Verzeline's Will

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Universis et singulis ubi fidelibus ad quos presentes litere notre : testimoniales pervenerint et quos infrascriptor tangient seu tangere potemit quemodolibt in futierum Richardus providentia divina Cant Archiepus totius Anglie Primas et Metropolitanns Salutem in Duo- sempitema ac fidem indubiam pu-tibus adhiberi Ad universitatis vescre notitiam deducimus et deduei volumus per pu-tes quod serutato Regro- Curie nostre Prerogative Cant in Archiepus eiusdem bene et fideliter custoditis comperimus luculenter et invenimus inter alia in eodem quod in quodam Negetio Testamentario Jacobi Verzeline imper Civitatis London Armigeri defuncti hen- dum vixit et mortis sue tempore bona Jura sive Credita in diversis Diocess sive Jurisdiccoibus quod nuper in Dicta Curia inter Elizabetham Verzeline Relictam et Executricem Testamenti dicti defuncti partem idem Negotium promoven- ex una et ffranciscium Verzeline Jacobin Verzeline Elizabetham Verzeline als- Mammige et Mariam Palmer als-Verzeline liberos dicti defunctin specie at omnes et singulos alios ins titulum aut ineresse in Testamento vol bonis Juribus aut Creditis dicti defuncti habentes vol habere pretendentes in genere in ea parte vocatos et citatos parte contra quas idem Negotium promovebatur partibus ex altera aliquandiu indicialiter vertebatur et pendobat indeciss pars dicte Elizabethe Verzeline secundo die Juridico post diem Cineru die Veneris vicesimo (videlt) die Mensys ffebruary Anno Dm- inxta cursum et computacoem Ecclesie Anglieano millimo-secentesimo sexto in penam contumacie tam p-fator- Francisei Verzeline Jacobi Verzeline Elizabethe Verzeline als- Mammige et Marie Palmer als-Verzeline in specie quam omnia- aliomin ingenere (ut prefertur) in ea parte citat et intimatop preconizatop et non xxxxxxxxxxx exhibit et pro probacone- valore aut validitate eiusdem Testamenti allegaconem quandam in xxxxxxxxx forma dedit proposuit et admitti obtinuit Acpostea super allegacone- et testamento predis- quosdam Johannem Button William ffrith William Petala Petrum Thomton Henricie Mammige legu- Doctore Edwardu Penfax Johem Simpson et Thomam ffitch in testes produxit eosqz- et eorum quemlibet inramento corporali in forma inrandoru- testin- onerari ac postea examinari eorumqz- dicta et deposicones publicari obtinuit Quorum guidem Testamenti et deposiconum Testinm- an-dcop veri tenors sequimtur et sunt tales Et dicti Testamenti verus tenor sequitur et est talis (vizt-) In_the_name_of_God_amen : The nyne and twentithe daie of Maie Anno Dom One thowsand six hundred and fouwer in the seconde yeare of the Raigne of ower Sovereigne Lord James by the grace of god Kinge of Englande ffrannce and Irelande defendo of the faith &c and of Scotland the seaven and thirtithe Jacob Verzeline of London Esquier and ffree denizen of Englande beinge in good and perfect healthe and memorie (thanks be to almightie god) yf neverthelesse beinge nowe verie aged and well remembringe that all menn are mortall and borne to die and noe man knoweth the tyme of his visitacon doe make and declare this my present Testament indented conteyninge herein my last will in manner and fowrme folloeinge (that is to saie) ffirste and principallie and before all earthelie thinges I commende my Sowle to allmightie god my Maker and to Jhesus Christe his only sonne my only Savior and Redeemer by whose precious deathe paineful passion and glorious Resurrection I faithefullie truste and stedfasstlie believe to be saved and to have everlastinge lief and by noe other meanes And I will that my bodie be buried in the Chappell of Downe in the Countie of Kent And over my Grave will shalbe layde a Marble Stone wherein I will shalbe graven the Pictures of my self and my lovinge Wief with owre Armes and some other remembrannce or Epitaph uppon which I will shalbe bestowed the Somme of Twentye pounds of lawFull money of Englande or soe muche as shalbe thoughte meete and convenient by the discretion of my Executrix and Overseers hereafter named Item I geve and bequeathe to everie of my Tennannts Dwellinge in Downe aforesaid or elsewhere within the Countye of Kent soe muche Clothe of eighte shillings or tenn shillings the yearde as will make everie one of them a Coate to be by them worne at my ffunerall And for other Mouminge Clothe to be bestowed uppon my Children and ffreindes I referre the same to the consideracon and discretion of my Executrix and Overseers hereafter nominated ~Item more I geve and bequeathe to and among the poore People inhabitinge in Downe aforesaid the somme of ffive poundes of lawfull money of England to be delivered minister and Churchewardens of Downe aforesaid and by them distributed to and amongs the poorest People of the said Parrishe with the advise of my Sonne in Law Mr Peter Mannynge on the dai of my Buriall ~Item I geve and bequeathe to the poore People inhabitinge in the Parrishe of St Olaves in HarteStreete in London Where at this present I am abydinge the Somme of ffive poundes of lawFull money of England to be distributed amongs them within one Monethe next after my deceass by the advise and discretions of my wief and Overseers hereafter named ~ITEMI geve and bequeathe to the Maisters and Governors of Christes Hospitall neare West Smithfield London for and towards the Relieffe and sustentacon of the Poore Orphants there fostered and quartered that somme of ffive poundes ITEM I geve and bequeathe to and amongs the poore people harboured and nourished in St Bartholomewes Hospitall neare West Smithfield aforesaid the somme of Three poundes ~ITEMI geve and bequeathe to and amongs the poore and diseased People harboured and cherished in St Thomas Hospitall in Southwarke in the Countie of Surrey the Somme of ffive pounds ~ITEM I geve and bequeathe to and amongs the Children of my late Brother Jasper Verselline late whilest he lived dwellinge in Venice in the parties of beyond the Seas for a Token remembrannce of my goodwill towards them the Somme of Twentie and five poundes of lawfull money of England equallie and indifferetlie to be divided and parted betwene them And I will that the same somme of Twentye and five poundes shalbe payde and delivered unto them equallie by my sayde Executrix at suche tyme and tymes as they shall atteyne to theire severall ages of Twentye and one yeares or be married And yf either of them hgappen to departe this lief before the tyme aforesaid Then I will that the Survivor of them shall have the parte of the other soe happeninge to deceasse ITEMI geve and bequeathe to Elizabeth Guado my Wiefes Goddaughter nowe dwellinge with me the Somme of Twentie poundes of lawfull Money of England to be payde unto hir by my Executrix within fourtene daies next after hir Marriage soe as shee marrie with the consent of my Executrix and Overseers or the more parte of them or of the Survivors of them or within fourtene daies next after shee shall atteyne to the age of Twentie and fower Yeares which of the same shall firste happen The rest and residue of all and singuler my Goods Chattells Plate Jewells Implemts- Utensills Howshould stuf Leasses Readie money and other things whatsoew noweable and unnoweable of what sorte kinde nature or condicon soewthe same byn or consiste I whollie give and bequeathe to Elizabeth deare and Welbeloved Wief Whome of this my present Testament and last will I nominate make and appointe my full and sole Executrix requiringe hir as my truste in hir is to see the same well trewlie and faithefullie performed And of this my said Testament and last will I nominate make and appointe my trustie and wellbeloved ffreindes James Deane William Petula Richarde Langley and Thomas ffitche Overseers desiringe them aidinge and assistinge to my sayde Executrix in the due execucon of the same and to see it in all things performed as my truste is they Will And for their paines herein to be bestowed I give to everie one of them Sixe Angells to make everie of them a Ringe to weare in remembmncs~of my goodwill towardes them And as concerninge the disposicon of all and everie suche Mannors Lordshippes ffarmes Messuadges Lands tenements Meadowes Pastures Woodes Woode groundes with all and everie theire and everie of theire Hereditaments and appurtennces- whatsoew whereof I am seised of any estate of inheritannce or freeholde whatsoew And of all and everie suche Annuytyes and yearlie payment as I have hereby limitted and appointed to be yssuynge and gevinge note of the same Mannors Lordshippes ffarmes Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with all and everie theire appurtenanncs I whollie geve devise and dispose the same in name and fourme followinge (that is to saie) ffirste I give and bequeath to Franncis Versellin eldest Sonne one Annuytye or Yearlie Rent of ffourtie pounds of lawfull money of England to be yssuynge and perceived owte of my Mannor or Lordshippe of Downe with th'appurten-ncs of the saide Countie of Kent and owte of my Capitall Messuadge or Tenements called and knowne by the name of Vallence with th'appurten-ncs scituate lienge and beinge in the Parrishe Courts and Hamletts of Westraham and Brasted or in one of them in the said countie of Kent (viz) owte of either of them Twentie poundes per annum To have houlde perceive receive take and enioye the said Annuytye or yearlie Rent of ffourtie poundes unto the saide ffranncys Versellyn ymmediatelie from and after the deceasse of me the said Jacob Versellyn for and duringe the naturall life of the said Frauncis Versellyn my Sonne The same to be payde by the sayde Elizabeth my Wief quarterlie duringe hir naturall lief at the fower moste usuall ffeastes or tearmes of the yeare (namlie) the ffeastes of St Michael[ Th'archangell- The Nativitie of oure Lorde The Annunciacon of Marye the Blessed Virgin and the Nativitie of St John Baptist by even parcons The firste payment thereof to be made at suche of the saide ffeaste daies as shall firste happen next after my deceasse and after the deceasse of the said Elizabeth (yf the said Frauncis shall happen to survive hir ) the same shalbe payde by suche person and persons and their heires as by this my present Testament and last will I shall give or leave the said Mannor or Lordshippe of Downe and Capitall Messuage or fferme called Vallence with their appurten-ncs unto equallie and indifferentlie betwene them (vizt) owte of either the sayde Mannor Twentie poundes as is aforesaid ~ITEMI geve and bequeathe to Jacob Versellyn my Sonne one other Annuytye or yearlie Rent of fourtie poundes of lawfull money of England to be yssueinge and perceived owte of all my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the said Countie of Kent and to commence ymmediatelie from and after the deceasse of me the said Jacob Versellyn and to contynewe for and duringe the naturall lief of the sayde Jacob my Sonne (yf the said Elizabeth my Wief shall soe longe live) and not otherwise The same to be paide by the sayde Elizabeth my Wief quarterlie at the said fower moste usuall feastes or Tearmes of the yeare by even partions And for defaulte of payment of either of the said Annuyties or Yearlie Rents by the space of fourtie daies next after any of the same ffeastes beinge lawfullie asked at my Capitall Messuage called Downe Courte in the saide Countie of Kent yt shall and maye be lawfull to and for the saide ffranncys and Jacob and either of them and theire and either of theire assignes to enter into all or any the Mannors Messuages Landes Tenements and Hereditaments herein mencioned owte of which the same Annuytyes or either of them are hereby by me Lymytted to be yssueinge and there to distreigne and the distresse or distresses then and there founde to leade drive and came awaie and the same to deteigne untill of the said Annuytys or yearlie Rents and everie parte and parcell of the same with the arrerages thereof (yf anie be) they and either of them shalbe fullie satisffied and payde Provided nevertheles and my Will and mynde is that yf my sayde Sonnes or either of them after my deceasse shall vex sewe or molest or cawse or assent to the sewinge vexinge or molestinge of the said Elizabeth my lovinge wief and their naturall Mother other than for Non payment
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Non payment of the said Annuities above bequeathed or either of them or shal by any open or overt acte practize or goe abowte to frustrate this my present Testament and last will or any Legacye Guyfte or Devise by me herein given or bequeathed Or yf my sayde Sonnes or either of them at any tyme duringe the natural[ lief of their said Mother shall enter uppon any the Mannors Messuages Landes Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever Where I am nowe seized and molest or trouble any of the UnderTennts- ffarmers or Occupiers of the said premisses or any parte or parcell thereof for the holdinge and occupienge of the same or any parte or parcell thereof (except it be only uppon inste cawse by Waie of distresse for Non payment of the Annuyties and Yearlie Rent by this my Will willed and bequeathed ) That then and from thencefwothe the Legacie and Devise above given and made of ffourtie poundes per annu- unto him or them which shall soe offend transgresse or doe contrarie to the true meaninge this my present Testament and last will shall ceasse and determine and be utterlie void and of nowe effect to all intents and purposes ITEM I geve and bequeathe to the sayde Elizabeth my Wief all and everie my Mannors Messuages Landes Tenements Rents Revercons Services and Hereditaments whatsoever with all and everie their appurten-ncs scituate lie or beinge within the Countie of Kent (except only those Landes Tenements Woodes Woodgrowndes and Hereditam-ts which I purchased and bowghte of my said sonne in lawe Peter Mannynge called and knowne by the name of Randall Woodes) To have and to houlde all the said Mannors Messuages Landes Tenements Rents Reversions Services and Hereditaments with all and everie their appurten-ncs (except before excepted) unto the said Elizabeth my wief and hir assignes for and duringe all the terme of hir naturall lief ITEM I geve and bequeathe to the saide Elizabeth my Wief all those my Messuages Landes Tenements and Hereditaments scituate lienge and beinge in or neare Marte Lane als- Marke Lane in the Cittie of London which I late purchased and bowghte of Richarde Lee And alsoe all other my Messuages and Tenements whatsoew with all and everie their appurten-ncs within the Cittie of London Wereof I am nowe seized of any estate of inheritanns (except only one Messuadge nowe in the occupacon of Hughe Hamersley Marchnn- which I assured to or for the use of my daughter Marie Palmer at hir Marriadge ) To have and to houlde the sayde Messuages Landes Tenements and Hereditaments in London (excepte before excepted) shalbe and remayne to the righte heires of the said Elizabeth my Wief for ever ITEMI will and devise that ymmediately from and after the deceasse of the sayde Elizabeth my Wief all that my Capitall Messuage or Tenement called or knowne by the name of Vallence scituate and beinge in the Parrishes Towues Hamletts and ffieldes of Westraham and Brasted or one of them in the said Countie of Kent And all Milles Dovehowses Barnes Stables Buyldinges Landes Meadowes Pastures Woodes Woodgrowndes Rents Revercons- Servics and Hereditaments thereunto belonginge or therewith lett or occupied And all other my Landes Tenements and Hereditaments which I purchased and bowghte of Sir William CorneWallis Knighte And alsoe all that Meadowe or parcell of Lande called or knowne by the name of Shenfield Meade als~ Shingfields Meade or Meadowe conteyninge by estimacon seaven acres be it more or less with the appurten-ncs and lienge and beinge in the said Parrisch of Westram als~ Westraham which I purchased of Henrie Crowe of Brasted in the Countie of Kent gent. And William Crowe sonne and heire apparent of the said Henrie Crowe or one of them And alsoe all the said Manno~ or Lordshippe of Downe in the sayde Countie of Kent with all and singular the Rights Members Liberties Priviledges Proffitts Courts ffrannchises Hereditaments and appurten~ncs And all those Messuages Landes Tenements and Hereditaments Whatsoew scituate lienge and beinge in Downe Keyston Cowdom and ffameboroughe in the said Countie of Kent which I purchased and bowghte of John Smythe of London Esquier and Simon Smithe of London gent or one of them shall be and remaine to the said Jacob Verzeline my sonne for and duringe the terme of his naturall lief AND after his deceasse unto suche person as shalbe the firste begotten Sonne of the bodie of the sayde Jacob. Lawfullie to be begotten and to the heires males of the bodie of the said firste begotten sonne lawfullie to be begotten AND for defaulte of suche yssue to suche person as shalbe the secunde sonne of the bodye of the said Jacob lawfullie to be begotten and as the heires males of the bodye of the said secunde sonne lawfullie to be begotten AND for defaulte of suche yssue to suche person as shalbe the thirde Sonne of the bodye of the said Jacob Versellyn lawfullie to be begotten and to the heires males of the bodie of the said thirde begotten sonne lawfullie to be begotten AND for defaulte of suche yssue to suche person as shalbe the fowrthe Sonne of the bodye of the saide Jacob lawfullie to be begotten and to the heires males of the bodye of the said fowrthe begotten Sonne lawfullie to be begotten AND for defaulte of suche yssue to suche person as shalbe the ffifte sonne of the bodie of the saide Jacob Verzeline lawfully to be begotten and to the heyres males of the bodie of the said ffifte begotten sonne lawfullie to be begotten AND for defaulte of suche yssue to suche person as shalbe the sixte sonne of the bodie of the sayde Jacob lawfullie to be begotten and to the heyres males of the bodie of the said sixte sonne lawfullie to be begotten AND for defaulte of suche yssue to suche person as shalbe the seaventh sonne of the bodye of the sayde Jacob lawfullie to be begotten and to the heires males of the bodye of the said seaventh sonne lawfullie to be begotten AND for defaulte of suche yssue to suche dawghter and daughters as shall proceedeof the bodie of the said Jacob Verzeline my sonne lawfullie to be begotten AND for defaulte of suche yssue I will and devise that the saide Capitall Messuadge or Tenement called Vallence and all the Landes Tenements Hereditaments and other the premisses thereunto belonginge or therewith lett or occupied or accepted or taken as parte or parcell thereof And all singular other the premisses with th'appurten-ncs which I purchased and bowght of the sayde Sir William CorneWallis Knight AND alsoe all the said Meadowe or parcell of Grounde comonlie called or knowne by the name of Shenfield Meade or Shingfielde Meade or Meadowe shall be and remayne unto Elizabeth Marmynge my dawghter wief of the said Peter Mamynge for and duringe the naturall lief of the said Elizabeth AND after the deceasse of the sayde Elizabeth Then to my Godsonne Jacob Marmynge the eldest sonne of the said Peter Marmynge and Elizabeth and to the heires males of the bodie of the said Jacob Marmynge lawfullie to be begotten AND for defaulte of suche yssue to Nicholas Marmynge one other of the sonnes of the sayde Peter Marmynge and to the heyres males of his bodye lawfullie to be begotten AND for defautte of suche yssue to Bartholomewe Marmynge one other of the sonnes of the sayde Peter Marmynge and Elizabeth his wief and to the heyres males of his bodye lawfullie to be begotten AND for defaulte of suche yssue to the heires males of the bodye of my sayde daughter Elizabeth Marmynge lawfullie begotten and to be begotten AND for defaulte of suche yssue to the right heyres of the said Elizabeth Marmynge my daughter forev~ ITEMI doe will give and devise unto the said Peter Marmynge and the sayde Elizabeth his wief all those my Landes Tenements Woodes and Hereditaments which I purchased of the said Peter Marmynge called or knowne by the name of Randall Woods or by any other name or names whatsoew scituate lienge and beinge in the said Countie of Kent To have and to houlde the sayd Landes Tenements Woodes and Hereditam~ts unto the sayde Peter Marmynge and Elizabeth his wief ymmediatelie from and after the deceasse of me the said Jacob Versellin for and duringe the terme of the natural I lief of the said Elizabeth And the deceasse of the said Elizabeth to my said Godsonne Jacob Marmynge eldest sonne of the said Peter Marmynge and Elizabeth his wief and to the heyres males of hir bodye of the same Jacob Marmynge lawfullie to be begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue to his brother Nicholas Marmynge and to the heires males of his bodye lawfully to be begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue to the said Bartholomewe Marmynge and to the heyres males of his bodye lawfullie to be begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue to the heyres males of the bodye of the sayde Elizabeth Marmynge lawfullie to be begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue to the righte heyres of my sayde daughter Elizabeth Marmynge forever I will and devise that after the deceasse of the sayde Elizabeth my wief all that my messuage or Tenement with th'appurten~ncs comonlye called or knowne by the name of Leaves Greene als~ Leafe Greene scituate Iyinge and beinge in Cudham Downe and Kelston als~ Keston or one of them in the said Countie of Kent And all and singler Howses Landes Tenements and Hereditaments belonginge or therewith lett or occupied And all other the Landes Tenements and Hereditaments which I purchased and bowght of John Awbey gent Margaret his wief Thomas Dixon the younger yeoman and Martha his wief or any of them And alsoe all that wood called or knowne by the name of Sowthcote woode And all that Grove comonlie called or knowne by the name of Fallowe fielde Shawe Grove scituate Iyinge and beinge in or neare the Parrishe of West Wickham Keston Heose Sowthcourt Bromley and ffarneboroughe or in the same or any of them in the said Countie of Kent And all Woodes Underwoodes and Trees standinge growinge or beinge in or uppon the said Woodes or Groves or either of them and which I purchased and bowghte of Johane Calthorpe widdowe and Clement Calthorpe Esquire or one of them shalbe and remaine unto the said Peter Marmynge and Elizabeth his wief for and duringe the naturall lief of the said Elizabeth Marmynge my dawghter And after the deceasse of the said Elizabeth Marmynge to the saide Jacob Marmynge eldest sonne of the said Peter and Elizabeth and to the heyres males of his bodie lawfullie to be begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue to the saide Nicholas Marmynge one other of the sonnes of the said Peter Marmynge and to the heyres males of his bodye lawfullie to be begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue to the saide Bartholomewe Marmynge one other of the sonnes of the said Peter Marmynge and to the heyres males of his bodye lawfullie to be begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue to the right heyres of the saide Elizabeth Marmynge my daughter forever ITEMI wilI and devise that ymmediately after the deceasse of the sayde Elizabeth my wief all that Capitall Messuages at Herme Place scituate and beinge within the Parrishe of Cheveninge in the said countie of Kent comonlye called and knowne by the name of Halles or by what other name or names soever the same is or shalbe called or knowne And all the landes Tenements Meadowes Pastures ffeedings Woodes Woodgroundes Hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoew thereunto belonginge sonnes of the sayde Peter Marmynge and to the heyres males of his bodye lawfullie to be begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue to Bartholomewe Marmynge one other of the sonnes of the sayde Peter Marmynge and Elizabeth his Wief and to the heyres males of his bodye lawfullie to be begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue to the heires males of the bodye of my sayde daughter Elizabeth Marmynge lawfullie begotten and to be begotten ~ And for defaulte of suche yssue to the right heyres of the said Elizabeth Marmynge my daughter forev~ ITEMI doe will give and devise unto the said Peter Marmynge and the sayde Elizabeth his wief all those my Landes Tenements Woodes and Hereditaments which I purchased of the said Peter Marmynge called or knowne by the name of Randall Woods or by any other name or names whatsoew scituate lienge and beinge in the said Countie of Kent To have and to houlde the sayd Landes Tenements Woodes and Hereditam~ts unto the sayde Peter Marmynge and Elizabeth his wief ymmediatelie from and after the deceasse of me the said Jacob Versellin for and duringe the terme of the natural I lief of the said Elizabeth And the deceasse of the said Elizabeth to my said Godsonne Jacob Marmynge eldest sonne of the said Peter Marmynge and Elizabeth his wief and to the heyres males of the XXXXX
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or apperteyninge or therewith used or occupied or reputed taken and known as parte parcell or member of the same which I purchased and bowght of Christofer Willowghbye of Penshurst in the said Countie of Kent shalbe and remayne to Michaell Palmer Cittizen and Grocer of London my sonne in lawe and Marie his wief my Daughter for and during the natural I lives of the said Michaell and Marie and the longer liver of either of them And after the deceasse of the said Michaell and Marie to John Palmer my Godsonne sonne of the sayde Michaell Palmer and to the heyres males of the bodye of the said John lawfullie to be begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue to the right heires of the said Marye Palmer my Daughter Lawfullie to be begotten forev~ And further I will and devise that yf yt shall happen my saide Sonne Jacob Versellyne to departe this lief withoute suche heyres of his bodie lawfullie to be begotten as is aforesaid That then the said Mannor or Lordshippe of Downe in the Countie of Kent comonly called or knowne by the name of Downe Courie with all and singular the Landes Tenements Meadowes Pastures ffeedings Comons Commodities Wood Rights Members Liberties Hereditaments and appurten~ncs thereof And all those Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Whatsoew scituate lienge and beinge in Downe Keyston Cowdham and ffarneborowghe in the Countie of Kent and everie or any of them Which I purchased and bowght of John Smithe of London Esquier and Symon Smythe gent or of one of them shall be and. remayne to my sayde Sonne in lawe Michaell Palmer and Marie his wief my Daughter for and duringe the natural I liefes of the sayde Michaell and Marie and the longer liver of them And after the deceasse of the said Michaell and Marie to the said John Palmer my Godsonne sonne. of the said Michaell Palmer and Marie his wief and the heyres males of the bodye of the said John Palmer lawfullie to be begotten And for defaulte of suche yssue to the right heyres of the said Marye Palmer my Dawghter lawfullie begotten or to be begotten forev~ ITEMI geve and bequeathe to John Nowell sonne of my late Sonne in lawe John Nowell Doctor of Phisick begotten uponn the bodye of Katherine his late wief my Daughter deceassed the Somme of ffiftie poundes of lawfull Money of England to be payde unto him at suche tyme as he shall attayne to the age of Twentie and one yeares And defaulte of payment thereof unto himby the space of one Monethe next after his sayde fulle age of twentie and one yeares I doe give and devise unto the said John Nowell one Annuitie or yearelie payment of Twentie and five poundes to commence and take place Ymmediatelie after the ende and expiracon of the sayde one Moneth next ensewinge his aid age of Twentie and One yeares and to contynewe for the space of twoe Whole yeares from thence next followinge To be perceived and taken owte of my sayde Manno~ of Downe And do appointe that for defaulte of payment thereof it shall and maie be lawfull to and for the said John Nowell to enter into the said Manno~ of Downe and there to distreigne and the distresse and distresses therein founde to leade drive and carrie awaie and the same to deteigne untill he shalbe satisfied and payde the said Annuytye of twentye and five poundes and the arrerages thereof accordinge to the trewe intent and meaninge of this will ITEMI geve and bequeathe to Elizabeth Nowell daughter of my said late sonne in lawe John Nowell deceassed and Katherine his wief my daughter deceassed the somme of ffiftie poundes of lawfull money of England To be payde unto hir at suche tyme as shee shall attayne to the age of twentye and one yeares or be married which of the same shall first happen And for defaulte of payment thereof by the space of one Monethe next ensewinge hir sayde age of twentie and one yeares or marriage which~ shall firste happen I doe geve and devise unto the sayde Elizabeth Nowell one Annuytye or Yearlie Rent of Twentie and five poundes to be yssuinge owte of my said Capitall Messuadge or Tenements called or knowne by the name of Vallence with th'appurten~ncs to take place ymmediatelie after the ende of the said one Moneth next ensewinge the said age of Twentie and one yeares or marriage of the said Elizabeth Nowell which shall firste happen and to contynewe for the space of twoe yeares from thence next ensewinge And I do appointe that for defaulte of payment thereof it shalbe lawfull to and for the said Elizabeth Nowell and hir assignes to enter into the said Capitall Messuadge or Tenements and there to distreigne and the distresse & distresses therein founde to leade drive and carrie awaye and the same to deteigne and keep untill shee shalbe satisfied and payde the said yearelie Annuytye of Twentye and five poundes and the arrerages thereof accordinge to the trewe intente and meaninge of this my Testament and last will And I do appointe that for defaulte of payment and Wills by me before this tyme made or sealled and Will that this my present Testament and Will shall Stande and be reckoned accounpted and taken for my last will and none other In witness whereof to both parts of this my present Testament and last will indented I the said Jacob Verselline sett my hande and sealle yeouen~ the daye and yeares firste above Written Jacob Versellyn . Memorand that the last daie of the Monethe of Maie Within Written Anno Dm~ One thousand sixe hundred and fower the withinmark Jacob Versellin did sealle subscribe and his deede deliver bothe partes of this Will indented either parte conteyninge twoe skynnes of parchement and did publishe declare and pronounce this same to be his last will and Testament in the presece of the persons whose names are subscribed (viz~) John Simpson Thomas ffitche Scr Edward Penfax William Petula Peter Thornton John Button meiq~(my quat or my little man?) William ffrith /Svien~ Dco~ Script ~Memorand that althoughe I the withinnamed Jacob Versellin since the seallinge and deliverie of this my present Testament within Written have grannted twoe severall Leasses of parcell of the Mannors and Landes within mencioned (viz~) of the Mannors or ffarmes of Downe Courte and Vallence With their or some of theire appurten~ncs yet nevertheles I Will and my Verie trewe intente and meaninge is that the sayde Mannors or ffarmes with their appurten~ncs and all thinges by the said twoe Leasses grannted or letten shall be and remayne to suche person and persons theire heyres and assignes forev~ in suche manner & forme as is within mencioned And I Doe hereby ratifie confirme and publishe this my present Testament withinWritten to be my last will and testament And Will that it shall stande in fulle force and effect (the sayde twoe Leasses or any other thinge by me made or done since the seallinge or deliverie of this my present Testament withinWritten to the contrarie notwithstandinge In witnes wherof I the said Jacob Versellyn have hereunto subscribed my name this present Nynethe Daie of September Anno Dm~ One thousand sixe hundred and sixe in the fowrthe yeare of the Rayne of owre sovereigne Lorde James by the yeare of god kinge of England ffrance and Ireland Defendo~ of the faithe &c. And of Scotland the fourtithe Jacob Versellyn The said Jacob Versellyn subscribed his name to this last (memorandi) and published this his inwritten Testament to be his last will the said nynthe daie of September 1606 par~s in the presence of vs~ (viz~) of me Thomas ffitche Ser. William Petla and of me William ffrith Scrip. Testium predictorum veritenores sequuntur et sunt tales (viz~)Vicesimo tertio February 1606 Johannes Button parochie See~ Catherine Colman London Painter Stainer vbi moram fecit quatnor annos aut circite ortus apud Ampthill in Com~ Beds etatis quinquaginta quatnor annorn~ fere libere ut dicit Condicons testis Ad primu secundu~ ter'tin quartu et quintu articulos et Testamentu exhibitu deponit that he knowe Jacob Versellyn the Testator articulate the space of fower yeares before his deathe And this deponent Was his Servannte and Clerke And he saieth that on a certayne daye happenninge abowte three yeares since or thereabouts (the tyme certaine he cannot otherwise now remember ) this deponent was called to the same Testator then beinge at his howse in the Crutched ffriers London And after his comynge thither the same Testator shewed to this deponent his will beinge readie written in parchement and sayde it was XXXXXX
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Same Codicill as parte and parcel of his will And then Mr~ ffitche wrote underneathe the same Codicill a Teste of the readinge and publishinge of the said Codicill and subscribed his name thereto and soe did this deponent and Mr Petula beinge then and there present the Testators wief Mr ffitche Mr Petula and this deponent And the same Testator was then of good and perfect mynde and memorie And the Testamt~ and Codicill articulate beinge by him seene and perused at the tyme of his examinacon he saieth they are the same will and Codicill before by him deposed of and not since altered in any parte The with he knoweth to be trewe for that the same Will and Codicill are all this deponents owne handwrightinge and he saieth that theis wordes Jacob Versellyn nowe written and subscribed to the same will and Codicill were and are the same Testators owne handwrightinge the with he knoweth for that he sawe the Testator with his owne hand write and subscribe the same Et aliter nescit deponere Ad ultimu dicit prodeposita per eum esse vera et aliter deponere Willimus~Petala parochie Scd Olavi in Hartstreete London Mercator ubi moram focit per viginti quatnor annos aut circiter ortus in Civitat London etatis setuaginta annorn et amplins libere ut dicit condicois testis &. Ad primu secundu tertium quartum et quintium articulos et testamentu et Codicillu exhibit depoint that he knowe Jacob Versellyn the Testator articulate at leaste ffiftie yeares before his deathe And he saieth that on the last daie of Maye one thousand sixe hundred and fower this deponent was called to be a Wittnes to the same Testators will and sawe the same Testator subscribe his name to his will and alsoe sealle yt on a labell beinge putt thereto And then the same Testator did publishe acknowledge and deliver his said will for his last will and Testament and requested this deponent to be a Wittnes that it was his last will and testament And this deponent did then amongest other subscribe or write his name on the backside of the same will underneathe a (memorandu~) endorssed on the same will of the seallinge and deliverie thereof as on the backside of the same will in this cawse exhibited nowe appeareth And the pre~misses were then soe done in the Testators Parloure in the presence of this deponent John Simpson Edwarde Penfax Thomas ffitche the Scrivens~ and his man & Peter Thorneton and John Button And the same Testator was then in healthe and of perfect mynde and memorie . And he further saiethe that on the six and twentithe daie of June in anno Dm~ one thousand six hundred and five this deponent was present with the same Testator And Mr Doctor Marmynge then came thither to him and they havinge some speache abowte his will the Testator said he shoulde see yt to see yf it were as it owghte to be And then cawsed his Will to be fetched unto him And Docto~ Marmynge at his request did then reade over the same Testators foresaid Will unto him And the same Testator did then confirme and acknowledge the same Will for his last will and testament beinge then and there present this deponent Mr Doctor Marmynge and the Testator and his wief And the same Testator Was then alsoe in healthe and of good and perfect mynde and memorie And after the premisses soe done and on the nynthe daie of September last this deponent was sent for to the same Testator to be Wittnes to a Codicill which and cawsed to be indorssed on the backsyde of his will aforesaid which Codicill was then redd over to the Testator by Mr ffitche And When it was read the Testator subscribed his name to the same Codicill and did then publishe and acknowledge the same Codicill as p~te and parcell of his said will And this deponent at his request did then subscribe his name underneathe a note endorssed on the same will under the same Codicill and by the same Codicill now exhibited appeareth Att which tyme were pn~te the said ffitche and ffrithe and this deponent. And the same Testator Was then of good and perfect mynde and memorie And the Testament and Codicill beinge by him seene and perused at the tyme of his examinacon he saithe they are the same Will and Codicill before by him deposed of which he knoweth by the severall subscriptions of his name made and endorssed thereuppon which he wrote and subscribed thereto as aforesaid and nowe well knoweth to be his owne handwrightinge And he saieth that the severall subscriptions of the Testators name made and subscribed to the same Will and Codicill Were and are the same testators owne handwrightinge which he knoweth for that he sawe him Write and subscribe the same Et alr~ nescit deponere Ad ult dicit p~deposita per en~ esse vera Et air~ nescit deponere Vicesimo sexto February 1606 Petrus Thorneton parochie Scd Olavi in Hartstreete London Carpenter ubi moram fecit par viginti duos annos aut circiter ortus apud Mellin(g?) in Com~ Lancastrie etatis Quinquaginta trium annorn~ aut circiter libere ut dicit condicois~ testis &c. Ad primum secundu tertin~ quartum et quinu~ articulos et Testamentu et Codicillu exhibit deponit et dicit that he knowe Jacob Verselline the Testator articulate the space of twentie yeares and more and Dwelled the next dore to him and was verie familiar and muche conversannte with him And he saieth that in or abowte the Daie of the date of the Will articulate (the certeine tyme he cannot otherwise nowe remember) this deponent was sent for to the same Testator to be wittnes to his will And went to him to his howse in the Crutched ffriers London where the testator was then in his Parloure havinge his will readye Written in parchement and divers other Wittnesses then and there present with him And this deponent comynge he sayde to this deponent it was good to sett things in order and that things were nevir the farther from him And he did then with his owne hande subscribe his name to his sayde will and alsoe sealled it uppon the Label[ thereof and did then deliver and acknowledge the same will for his last will and testament and requested this deponent and the rest then and there present to sett their handes thereunto And then this deponent amonges others then and there present suscribed or wrote his name on the backsyde of the same will as in the will articulate appeareth At which tyme were pn~te the Testator and his wief John Simpson Edward Penfax Mr~ Pettala Thomas ffitch the Scrivons and his mann John Button and this deponent And the same Testator was then in healthe and of good and perfect mynde and memorie And the Testament exhibited beinge shewed him at his exa~iacon he saithe it is the same will before him deposed of which he knoweth by the subscription of his name on the backside of the same will which he nowe seeth and well knoweth to be his owne handwrightinge Et alr~ nescit deponere Ad ult dicit p~deposita per enm esse vera et air~ nescit deponere Vicesimo primo Febr. 1606 Henricus Marmynge alme Curie Cant de Archubus London Advocatus ortus apud Downe in Com~ Cantij etats quadraginta octo annos aut circiter libere ut dicit condicon~ testis &c. Ad primum secundu tertin~ quartu~ et quintu~ articulos et testamentu exhibitum depoint et dicit that he knowe Jacob Verselline the Testator articulate twentye yeares before his deathe and this deponent and he called Cosyns And on the Sixe and twentithe of June one thousand sixe hundred and five this deponent beinge with the same Testator at his howse in the Crutched ffreers London persuaded him that he was in age to settle his estate whiles he was in healthe and good memorie And the Testator then toulde this deponent that he had alredye made his will and did then goe up into his Chamber and fetched downe a blacke boxe sealled with many sealles and he cutte up the sealles thereof and owte of the same Boxe tooke his will to him in the presence of his wief and William Pettala there present And the Testator then said that that was his last will & asked this deponent howe he liked it and this deponent toulde him he had bene well advised in it and that this deponent liked it verie well And the same Testator was then in healthe & of good and perfect mynde and memorie beinge then and there present this deponent and the persons aforenamed and the Testament exhibited beinge showed him at his examinacon he saithe it is the same will before by him deposed xxxxocxx
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By him seene and perused at his examinacon he saieth it is the same will before by him deposed of which he knoweth by the subscription of his name indorsed thereon which he subscribed and wrote thereunto as aforesaid and nowe well knoweth to be his owne handwrightinge And those wordes Jacob Versellyn nowe written and subscribed on and neare the Labell of the same will were and are soe written which the same Testators owne handwrightinge the which he knoweth to be trewe for that he sawe the same Testator soe write and subscribe the same Wordes with his owne hand Et air ad Droo articulos testainentum et Codicilln humod nescit deponore Ad ult Dicit predeposita perenns esse wera et air nescit deponere Johannes Simson Rector Ecclesie pochialis Scd Olavi in Hartstreete London vbi stotit Rector per septemdecim annos aut circiter ortus apnd Brightlingsey in Count. Essex etatis quadragint sex annoz et amplins Libere vf Dicit condicons testis &c. Ad primu secundu tertims quartinn et quintum articulos testarmentum et Codicillum humod deponit that he knowe Jacob Verselline the Testator articulate by all the tyme this deponente hathe bene Parson of St Olaves aforesaid untill his deathe by reason he was this deponents parrishoner there And he saieth that on the last daie of Maye One thousand five(six?) hundred and fower and in the fforenoone of the same daye this deponent was sent for to the same testator to his howse within the Crutched ffreers London to be a Wittnes to his will and the testator was then in his Stone parlour next to his Garden. And at his comynge to him he declared to him that he had sent for him to be a wittnes to his will which he then and there had before him readie written in parchement . And the saime Testator did then and there with his owne hande subscribe his name to his said will on and neare the Labell thereof and sealled it with his Ringe on the same Labell and did then acknowledge publishe and deliver the same will for his last will and testament and desired this Deponent and the rest then and there present to sett their handes thereunto And at his request this Deponent and others there present subscribed their names on the backside of the same will underneathe a (memorandii) indorssed thereon of the seallinge delivre and publishinge thereof as on the backside of the same nowe appeareth. At which tyme were present this deponent, Edward Penfax , William Pettula, Thomas ffitche, Peter Thorneton, John Button, and William ffrith And the same Testator was then in healthe and of good and perfect mynde and memorie and cawsed them all or the most of them to staye and dyne with him the same daye And the Testament exhibited beinge by him soene and perused at hys exa~iacon he saieth it is the same will before by him deposed of which he knoweth by the subsciption of his name indorsed thereon which he subscribed thereto as afore he hath deposed & nowe well knoweth to be his owne handwrightinge And he saith that theis words Jacob Verselline nowe Written and subscribed on and neare the Labell of the same will were and are the same Testators owne handwrightinge which he knoweth to be trewe for that he sawe him soe write and subscribe the same Et air~ nescit deponere Ad ult Dicit p~leposita per enm esse vera et aliter nescit deponere Thomas ffitche parochie Scd Androe Undershaste Civitate London Scriptor ubi moram fecit per triginta annos aut circiter ortus apud Aldwinkle in Con~ Northampton etatis quinquaginta quinque annoru et amplins Libere ut dicit condicois testis Ad primu secundu tertium quartus et quitium articulos et testamentum et Codicillu exhibit deponit that he knowe Jacb Veselline the Testator articulate twentye yeares at the leaste before his deathe And he saieth that abowte a Month before the date of the Will ar~late the same Testator sent for this deponent to come unto him to his howse within the Crutched ffreers London to make his will for him And he there showed to this deponent an oulde will which he had formerlie made which this deponent by his direction did reade unto him And the Testator then gave this deponent direction wherein he would have it altered and alsoe for the newe wrightinge of his will And this deponent accordinge to his mynde and direction drewe the same Testators will in paper and havinge drawne it in paper he brought it to the same Testator and read the same drawghte over to him and havinge soe read it he liked it well and for the better establishinge thereof and for the better and sure devisinge of his Landes therein devised he willed this deponent to goe to some good Councell in the lawe to paruse the same for that he well knowe not the tenure of his Landes whether they were held in Chief or not And this deponent then named unto him Mr Sergeant Altham nowe one of the Barrons of the Courte of Excheq~as one whoso judgement and opinion therein this deponent thought to be sufficient And this deponent by his consent and good likingewent unto Mr Sergeant Altham and showed unto him the same drawghte of the same Testators will whoe perused and penned the same drawghte And after it was soe perused and penned by Mr Sergeant Altham this deponent carried it againe to the same Testator and did reade it over to the same Testator in suche sorte as he well understoode the same And the Testator then liked it well and willed this deponent to engrosse the same Will Whereuppon this deponent cawsed William ffrith then this deponents servunte to engrosse the same Will in parchement whoe wrote the same in twoe skynnes of parchement And after it was soe engrossed and on the last daie of Maye 1604 beinge the seconde daye after the date of the same will the same Testator sent for this deponent to come to him and to bringe with him his said will And thereuppon this deponent went unto him with the same will soe engrossed in parchement and William ffrith aforenamed went with him and found him in his said howse And this deponent was called unto him into a little parlo~ there where this deponent said servu~nte did reade the same will soe engrossed to the same Testator And this deponent looked on a Counterpaine thereof also written in parchement which the Testator had alsoe willed to be written And the same was read unto him playnelie and distinctly in suche sorte as he did and might well understande the same and when it was soe read the same Testator sent for some other of his ffriendes unto him to be witnesses to the same will as (namely) Mr Simson, Mr Penfax, and others And aft~ their comynge the same Testator declared unto them that he had made his will and had sent for them to be witnesses thereunto and shewed the same unto them and tolde them that he had hearde it redd and that he well understoodethe contents of yt and that it was accordinge to his meaninge And he then subscribed his name to the same will on or neare the Labell putt to the same and did alsoe sealle it with his sealle uppon the said Labell and did then acknowledge and deliver the same Will for his last Will and testament and desired the Wittnesses then and there present to be wittnesses thereunto and to sett their handes to the same Will And at his request this deponent and the rest whose names are engrossed on the same will subscribed their names underneathe a (memorandii) endorsed on the backside of the same Will of the subscibinge seallinge publishinge and deliverie of the same will as on the backside of the will ar~late appeareth And there were p~nte{present} at the readinge subscribinge seallinge publishinge and delyverie of the same Will this deponent, William ffrith and the Testators wief and William Petala as he remembreth And there were present at the subscribinge seallinge delyverie and publishinge of the said will Mr Simson, Mr Penfax, William Petala, Peter Thorneton and John Button And the same Testator was then healthe and of good and perfect mynde and memorie And he saieth that after the premisses soe done the same Testator made twoe Leasses of some of the Landes by him devised And (as it seemed) he was putt in doubte leaste it might appeare that it was not his meaninge that the same Leasses should be any prejudice or ympeachement to the devices in his will And thereuppon this deponent cawsed drewe the memorandii nowe indorssed on the same will expressinge the Testators intent and meaninge therein and shewed it him and did reade yt to him and he liked it well and then this deponent cawsed the said William ffrith to indorsse on the backside of the sayde will the Codicill or memorandii now indorssed on the Will articulate And when it was soe endorssed thereon the same was readunto the same Testator and the Testator liked it well and subscribed his name underneathe the same and did then acknowledgeand publishe the same Memorandii as parte and parcell of his will and requested this deponent and the rest there present to be witnesses unto yt and to putt their handes unto it And thereuppon this deponent underwrote to the same (memorandi) the teste nowe indorsed on the same will of the publishinge of the same Memorandi or Codicill and subscribed his name to the same and soe did alsoe William Petala and William ffirth At which tyme were present this deponent the same Petala and ffirth and the Testators wief And it was soe done on the daie in the said Teste mencioned And the same Testator Was then in healthe and of good and perfect mynde and memorie And the Testament and Codicill articulate beinge by him seene and perused at his examinacon he saithe they are the same will and Codicill before by him deposed of And the same will is not since the seallinge delyv~ye and publishinge thereof by the testator as aforesaid altered in any parte And the same Testator did give will bequeath dispose and name his wief his executrix in all points as in the same will and Codicill are conteyned ThereWith knoweth to be trewe for that he drewe the same will and Codicill by the direction of the same Testator and nowe seethe his name indorsed in twoe places of the backside of the same Will which he indorssed thereon as aforesaid and now well knoweth to be his owne handwrightinge And he saithe that theis wordes Jacob Verselline written and subscribed on and neare the Labell of the same will and alsoe underneathe the Codicill articulate were and are the same Testators owne handwrightinge The which he knoweth to be trewe for that he sawe the Testator Write and subscribe the same with his owne hande Et air~ nescit deponere Ad ult dicit predepoita per en esse vera Et alr~ nescit deponere In quoy omnium et singlorum parmissorn maiorem fidem et testimonin has Lras~ uras~ testimoniales fiori sigilliq~ Curie mie~ prerogatine Cant quo in hac parte utimur appencone comuniri et corroborari fecimus dat London quoad scrutiniu et sigillacoem putimu unesmo sexte die mensys Octobris Anno Dm~ millimo sexcentesrmo octavo et w~tre Trnus~ anno quarto

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