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In
the name of God
Amen the six and
twenteith day of
September in the the
fourteenth year of his
Majesty reign of England
that…………and of Ireland
the fiftieth Anno dm.
1616 I John Leedes of
the town and parish of
Hastings in the county
of Sussex yeoman being
weak in body but whole
and perfect in memory
thanks be given to
Almighty God therefore
do make and ordain this
my last will and
testament in manner and
form following that is
to say First I bequeath
my soul into the hands
of Almighty God my maker
hoping through the only
merit of Jesus Christ my
saviour and redeemer to
be made partaker of life
everlasting
Item I give unto
Elizabeth my loving wife
yearly and for every
year during her natural
life Ten pounds to be
issueing and given out
of my lands quarterly to
be paid at four usual
times or terms in the
year by even portions (viz)(?)
at the birth of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ
the annunciation of The
Virgin Mary, Saint John
the Baptist and Saint
Michael the Archangel
the first payment
Thereof to begin and be
made on the first day
which shall first happen
after my decease or
within fourteen days
after my decease paid
ten pounds or any part
or parcel thereof to be
behind and unpaid in
part or in all by the
space of twenty days
next after any of the
said feast days of which
or right the same ought
to be paid that then and
from thenceforth and so
after shall be lawfull
to and for the said
Elizabeth my wife into
all or any the said
lands to enter and
distress and the
distress or distresses
there found and taken to
bear drive or loads and
carry away and the some
to deliver and keep
until the same. and the
arranging thereof if be
fully satisfied and paid
Item I give unto my said
wife The bedstead
whereon lies one flocked
bed one bolster five
pillows two blankets,
one covering and one set
of curtains and also two
chests at her choice to
be taken and also six
pairs of sheets whereof
three pairs of the finer
sort & three pairs of
the coarse sort to be
delivered her
promptly(?) after my
decease Item I give unto
my daughter Anne Leedes
one hundred pounds to be
paid her within one year
next after my decease.
Item I give Unto my son
William Leedes all my
lands Lying and being in
the parish of Westfield
in the County of Sussex
to have and to hold to
him and the heirs of his
body lawfully begotten
and for want of such
issue I give the same
unto my two Daughters
Ann and Joan equally
betwixt them And their
heirs forever Item I
give unto The poor
people of the Parish of
Westfield and Saint
Clements in Hastings ten
shillings a year to be
paid within a month
after my decease
Item I give unto my
brother George Leedes
Forty shillings to be
paid him within one year
next After my decease
Item of this my last
will And testament I
make and appoint my son
in law John Yarrow and
my son William Leedes
to be my sole executors
and all the rest of any
goods not bequeathed by
debts, legacies and
funeral expenses being
paid and discharged I do
give Unto my said son
William and my two
daughters Equally to be
divided amongst them in
witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand &
seal The day and year
first above written.
John Leedes
Witness to this my will
John……(?)……John Lucke
His mark John
Ellis
Probate in Latin 1617
PRC 32/44/267 120 |
