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In
the name of God Amen the
12th day of
May in the year of our
Lord god 1542 and in the
34th year of
the reign of our
sovereign Lord King
Henry the eighth I
Walter Leedes of the
parish of St.Dunstan’s
Without the Walls of the
City of Canterbury being
whole in mind & in good
rememberance Lord be to
God ordain & make this
my present Testament &
will in form following.
First I bequeath my
sould to Almighty God &
to all the holy company
of heaven & my body to
be buried in the church
of St.Dunstan aforesaid.
Item I bequeath to the
high alter of the said
church of St.Dunstan
20d.
Item I bequeath to my
daughter Julien 20 marks
sterling to be paid to
her at the time of her
marriage, the residue of
all my goods moveable my
debts and bequests first
paid I give wholly to
Elizabeth my wife which
Elizabeth & Edward my
son I make my executors
of this my present
testament & last will
and I bequeath to the
same Edward my son 40s
and I will my said wife
shall dispose for me as
she shall think best to
the pleasure of Almighty
God. These witnesses Sir
Thomas Jakeman Vicar of
St.Dunstan’s aforesaid
John Tofte John Trester
Thomas Hawkin and John
Leedes.
And as touching the
disposition of all my
lands & tenements which
I have in the parish of
Benenden & St. Dunstan’s
aforesaid or else where
within the county of
kent.
First I will that
Elizabeth my wife after
my decease shall have my
tenement with the
appurtenances in the
parish of St.Dunstan’s
aforesaid in the which I
dwell and my tenement
with all the lands &
appurtenances to the
same parteyng
(appertaining) in the
parish of Benenden
aforesaid upon the den
of Denglesden to have to
the same Elizabeth
during all the term of
her life and after her
decease I will the said
tenement in St.Dunstan’s
shall remain to Edward
my son & to his heirs
for ever if he be a
secular man And if the
same Edward be a priest
then I will he shall
have the said tenement
but for term of his
life, and after his
decease I will the said
tenements shall remain
to my daughter Julyan(a)
to her heirs for ever.
And after my wife’s
decease I will that the
said tenements and lands
in Benenden upon the den
of Denglesden shall
remain to my son John
the younger his heirs &
assigns for ever paying
to my son John the elder
after my wife’s decease
£10 sterling if he be
alive And if the said
John be dead or come not
again then I will the
said £10 to Edward my
son in like manner as
John should have be paid
every year 40s. till the
same £10 be full paid.
Also I will that the
foresaid John the
younger my son shall
have all my other
tenaments & lands in
Benenden upon the den of
Holnasse in the
occupying of John
Wodland to have to the
same John & his heirs &
assigns for ever paying
my wife yearly rent
thereof term of her life
40s. half yearly to be
paid and for lack of
payment thereof distrain
upon the said tenement &
lands.
And also I will that my
other tenement in the
said parish of St.
Dunstan’s shall remain
to Michael Wright my son
in law and to Silvester
his wife my daughter &
their heirs for ever
paying to my wife out of
the same term of her
life 16s sterling. And
at 2 terms of the year
that is to say at the
Announciation of our
Lady & St Michael by
even portions and for
the lack of payment my
wife to distrain in the
said tenement for the
same and also I will
that the said Michael &
Silvester after my
wife’s decease shall pay
to the forsaid Julyan(a)
my daughter out of the
said tenement to them
willed £5 sterling to be
paid within one year
next after my wife’s
decease. And for lack of
payment of the same £5 I
will the said Julyan(a)
my daughter shall enter
& have the one half of
the said tenement to the
same Julyan(a) & her
heirs for ever.
Probatum; ………15th
day July……..(not
legible)
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