Office copy, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Kent Archives Service, reference PRC/17/12/76.
In the name of God Amen The iiijth day of August in the yere of oure lorde god ml ccccc xj. I John Fynche of the p[ar]ishe of lynsted hole of mynde and seke of body make and ordeyne this my testament and last Wille vnto god oure blissed lady and vnto all the holy company of heaven my body to be buried in the chauncell of oure lady of lynsted aforesaid Item I gyve and bequeith vnto the hie altare therfor myn oblations and tithes necligently forgoten vjd Item I gyue and bequeath vnto the hie altare of lynto~n xd Item I bequeith to the hie altare of Morden xd Item I bequeith to the hie altare of Maydeston xd Item I bequeith to alice my Dough[ter] a Cordlett a bolster and a fetherbed Item I bequeith to the said Alice xxli sterling x marc[us] to be payed at the Day of her mariage by myn executores And the yere next aft[er] the mariage of the said Alice other x marc[us] to be paied by myn executores and the third yere other x marc[us] to be paid by myn executores in fulfyllyng of xxli of good alaufull money of england Item I gyve and bequeith vnto Elanore my dought[er] xxli of good and laufull money of england to be paid in man[ner] and forme folowing that is to say in the Day of her mariage x marks and the next yere folowing other x marks and in the next yere Which shalbe the thirde yere of her mariage other x marks so fulfyllyng of xxli Item I bequeith vnto Agnes my Dought[er] xxli of laufull money of england to be paid in forme following that is to say in the Day of her mariage x marks And yerely y[m]mediatly x marks vnto the said some of xxli sterling be fully content and paid vnto the said Agnes by myn executores Item I gyve and bequeith vnto Kat[her]ine mt dought[er] xxli sterling in man[er] and forme as is above rehersed vnto Alice Elinore and Agnes my dought[er]s to be paid to the said Kat[her]ine by myn executores the whieth money I will that it shalbe paid rerid of all my hole lands and tenements that shalbe paid vnto my doughters mariage The Residue of all my goods not bequeithed my detts and my ligacies paid I gyve and bequeith vnto Avys my Wif Whome I ordeyne and make myn executrice and Harberd my sonne to be myn other executor Item I ordeyn and make John Chilton gentilman to be ov[er]seer of this my last testament and | he to haue for his laboure 2s
This is the laste will of me John Fynche off
lynsted aforesaid made the day and yere abovesaid
First I will that Harberd my sonne
shalhave aft[er] my discease my place called Sewars
with all the lands wt other temediteas therto
belonging to hym and to his heres male of his
body laufully begotten And if the said Harberd
my sonne deceasse wtowte heres males of his
body laufully begotten then I will that the
forsaid plase called Sewars with all thapp[er]tenaces
remayne to Nicholas my sonne and to the heris
males of his body laufully begotten And if the
said Nicholas my sonne dye withoute heres male
of his body laufully begotten Then I Will the plase
called Sewars with thapp[ur]tennncs shall remayne
to Thomas my sonne and to the heres males
of his body laufully begotten And for defaute of
such issue of the said Thomas I will the said
place with thapp[ur]tennncs shall remayne to Alyce
Agnes Elynore and Kat[her]yn my doughters equaly
to be devided And eny of the said Alice Elinore
Agnes and Kat[her]in to be heres vnto the other
Also I wull that Avys my Wife haue my place
called lunds with all the londs therto p[er]tey[n]ing
t[er]me of her liff. And aft[er] the deceasse of thforesaid
Avis I wull that Nicholas my sonne shalhave
the foresaid place called lunds with all the londs
therto belonging vnto the tyme that he entre
into my londs at Romney And when the foresaid
Nicholas enterth into my londs at Romney
Then I wull that the foresaid place callyd lunds
shalremayne vnto Harberd my sonne in fee
symple Also I wull that the foresaid Avis my
wif shalhave my londs and tenements lying
in the p[ar]ish of Maydstone in the p[ar]ish of farle
in the p[ar]ishe of lynton and in the p[ar]ishe off
mardon t[er]me of her liff And aft[er] the disceace
of the forsaid Avis I wull that Thomas my
sonne shalhave all the forsaid londs lying in
the p[ar]ishes of maydston[e] Fa[r]ley lynton and
marden to hym and to his heres And if
the forsaid Thomas dye within the space of
xviij yeris of age than I wull aft[er] deceasse
of Avis my wif I wull a prest shalbe founde
the space of my yeris the first yere at lynsted
the sted secunde yere at Maydston[e] the third
yere at lynton for my soule my fa[thers] soule my
mo[thers] soule and all cristen soules and the said
prest to have for his labore for the yere x marks
Item I gyve and bequeith to Nicholas my sonne
all my londs tenements lying in Romney Marshe
seynte Martyns at ?heve to him in fee simple
Bering witnesse her of this my testament and last
wille p[ro] Robert Downe Avys Fynche and other r?
Probatu~ fuit suprascriptu~ testamentn~ xvij die mensis februarij Anno Dni~ Millimo~ ccccc vndecimo Ac approbat &c Comissa~ est admistratio om~is &c executoris m~ eod testro~ n~oiat~ pruntus in forma Juris Jurar~ r?
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Transcribed by Peter Alefounder April-May 2023 |
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