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In
the name of God Amen,
the twenty day of April
in the year of our Lord
one thousand five
hundred and four score
and five, I John Leedes
of the parish of
Snodland within the
dioces of Rochester in
the county of Kent,
clothier, being sick in
body but of whole mind
and perfect remembrances
lauded be Almighty God,
do make and ordain this
my present last will and
testament in manner and
form following. First I
commend and bequeath my
soul unto the hands and
mercy of Almighty God
desiring that through
the merits of Christ his
son my redeemer, and by
virtue of his passion
and resurrection, I may
be the child of eternal
salvation and my body to
be buried in the
churchyard of Snodland
beside the Yew tree on
the south side of the
said church.
Item give and
bequeath unto Edward
Leedes my eldest son
all such corn and
cattle hay and other
moveable goods and
chattels belonging as
well to my husbandry and
trade of clothe making
within the said parish
of Snodland as also with
the City of London or
elsewhere within the
realm of England,
excepted and reserved
unto Amye my wife all my
household stuff &
implements of household
by what name so ever
their or any of them are
knowing or called within
my house mansion in
Snodland aforesaid in
the which I now dwell
the which I give and
bequeath unto the said
Amye.
Item I give & bequeath
unto the said Amye my
wife and my very will is
that if the said Amye
shall be minded to
remove any other
dwelling out of my house
wherein we now dwell
that then my son Edward
shall well & truly pay
or cause to be well and
truly paid unto her the
said Amye the sum of
thirty pounds of lawful
money of England to be
paid within one month
next after the said Amye
shall so remove.
Item I give and bequeath
unto the said Amye my
wife five silver spoons
that are in her keeping.
Item I give and bequeath
unto the said Amye the
best horse mare or
gelding and the best cow
and one calf which I
shall happen to have at
the time of my departure
at the choice of her the
said Amye out of the
goods and cattle which
before I have given unto
the said Edward my son.
Item I give and bequeath
unto Dennis Carrit now
my servant six shillings
and eightpence.
Item I give and bequeath
unto Margaret Carter now
my servant six shillings
and eightpence.
Item I give and bequeath
unto William Godfrey my
son in law the sum of
four score and five
pounds of lawful money
of England to be paid
unto the said William
Godfrey or to his
executors and
administrators or
assigns by the said
Edward my son or by his
heirs executors or
administrators within
two years after my
decease if the said
William do make or cause
to be made unto Margaret
my daughter now wife of
the said William a good
and lawful and perfect
jointure of the sum of
ten pounds by year of
lawful money of England
issuing out going and to
go out of in and out of
all the land and
tenement of the said
William or out of or in
sum sufficient and
payable part thereof
yearly to be paid unto
the said Margaret during
all the life natural of
the said Margaret to be
paid unto her the said
Margaret at two several
terms of the year
according to the due and
best form and assurance
of such jointure But if
the said William Godfrey
shall not so make and
perform the said
jointure within the said
space of two years next
after my decease then my
very will is that if the
said Edward my son keep
the said four score and
five pounds in his own
hands during the term of
the life natural of the
said William Godfrey and
then if it shall happen
the said Margaret my
said daughter to outlive
the said William Godfrey
her husband my very will
is that the said four
score and five pounds
shall be paid unto her
the said Margaret but if
the said Margaret shall
happen to decease the
said William living then
I will and my very will
is if the said four
score and five pounds
shall be paid unto such
of the children of her
the said Margaret as
shall live unto them
shall come unto their
several ages of twenty
and one years. The said
sum to be equally
divided between them by
even portions, the which
said Edward Leedes my
son I make and ordain
the sole executor of
this my present last
will and testament and
he to see my body comely
and decently buried and
my debts and legacies
well and truly contented
satisfied and paid in
witness whereof I have
hereunto set my seal the
day and year first above
written.
The mark of John Leedes
This is also the last
will and testament of me
the said John Leedes
concerning all my lands
tenements and
heriditament within the
said parish of Snodland,
Burling, East Malling,
Lullingstone,
Paddlesworth, Staplehurst,
Marden, Lynton and
elsewhere within the
said county of Kent made
and ordained the day and
year first above
written. First I give
and bequeath unto the
said Edward Leedes my
eldest son my Manor of
Wells being the mansion
house wherein I now
dwell situate lying and
being within the parish
of Snodland together
with all and singular
the which messuages and
appurtenances situate
lying and being within
the said parishes of
Snodland, Burling, East
Malling, Lullingstone
and Paddleswick to have
and to hold unto him the
said Edward his heirs
and assigns to the
profit and use and
behoff of him the said
Edward Leedes and his
heirs and assigns
forever.
Item I give and bequeath
unto William Leedes my
son ……….of acres all my
land and tenement and
woodlands situate lying
and being within the
said parishes of
Staplehurst, Marden and
Linton together with all
and singular their
messuages and
appurtenances to have
and to hold unto him the
said William to the
profit and use and
behoff of him the said
William and his heirs
and assigns forever. And
I give and bequeath and
my very will is that if
the said Edward Leedes
my son his heirs or
assigns shall well and
truly content satisfy
and pay unto the said
Amye my wife his mother
the sum of thirty pounds
of good and lawful money
of England by the year
during all the natural
life of her the said
Amye out of all and
singular the said manor
of Wells and the
appurtenances and out of
all and singular the
said other lands
tenement, woodlands and
heriditament situate
lying and being within
the said parishes of
Snodland, Burling, East
Malling, Lullingstone
and Paddleswick before
given and bequeathed
unto the said Edward
Leedes to be paid unto
her the said Amye at
four several feasts or
terms of the year, that
is to say at the feast
of St.Michael the
Archangel the birth of
our Lord the
Annunciation of our Lady
and the Nativity of
St.John the Baptist by
equal portions yearly to
be paid and if it shall
happen the said annuity
or yearly rent of £30 to
be behind and unpaid
after any of the said
feasts payment limited
in part or in all that
then it shall be well
and lawful unto her the
said Amye and her
assigns in and to the
said Manor of Wells and
all and singular or any
the other lands
tenements woodlands and
heriditaments before
unto the said Edward
given and bequeathed
with their appurtenances
to each and thereto to
distrain and the
distress or distresses
there so taken the same
to lead drive or carry
away and which her to
keep and detain until
she the said Amye shall
be well and truly
satisfied and paid as
well of the said
annuitie or yearly rent
of £30 of as all the
acreage thereof if any
shall happen to be. But
if it should happen
Agnes Turpin of
Canterbury Widow to
decease the said Amye my
said wife then living it
then and from there for
the immediate after the
decease of the said
Agnes Turpin my said son
Edward his heirs or
assigns shall not be
charged but only with
20s by the year nor the
said manor of Wells nor
any other of the lands
tenements and woodlands
or heriditament before
to him given shall not
be liable or charged but
only with 20s a year
unto Amye his mother and
that then and there for
the immediately after
the decease of the said
Agnes Turpyn the said
William Leedes my son
shall pay the other 10s
by the year unto the
said Amye my wife during
all the residue of the
natural of her the said
Amye in such form and
manner and as to the
said several terms or
feasts for the payment
thereof before limited
and appointed and all
the said lands tenements
woodlands and
heriditaments before the
said will some given and
bequeathed shall there
then be charged with the
said ten pounds by the
year and liable by the
said Amye or her assigns
to be distrained thereof
and for every part
thereof with the
acreages as is before
intended specified and
mentioned in witness
whereof I the said John
Leedes unto this my
present last will and
testament have set my
seal the day and year
first above written in
the presence and
witnessed of John Aston
writer hereof, William
Taylor and others.
The mark of John Leedes
Probate granted……
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