Snapshot: | lived in late medieval Kent, England |
Parents: | unknown |
Born: | unknown |
Died: | between 5 June and 9 September 1471 Brenzett, Kent, England |
Buried: | churchyard of St. Eanswith's Church, Brenzett, Kent, England church's coordinates: N51.0140 E0.8571 |
English translation:
In the name of God, Amen. On the fifth day of the month of June in the year of our Lord [...]
I Alanne Eps of the parish of Brenzett of sound mind and perfect memory ___
my testament in this manner. First I leave my soul to Almighty God the Blessed Virgin Mary
& all the saints ___ my body to burial in the ___ cemetery of Saint Eanswith of Brenzett
Thys is the laste Wylle of Aleyn Eps of Brenzete y made there the v day of
the monyth of Juyn in the yere of the regne of kyng Edward the iiii
uppon a ffeoffement made to Thomas atte Reche and Willm Berret of Brenzete
forseide the feoffer of all the landys and tenements w
which he hath in the parysh of Brenzete forseid ___ where Ẇḿ the ___
of Kent / ffirst the seid Aleyn will that his forseid feoffer anno aftyr his ___ [death?]
shall delyver unto Benet his wiff alle his foreseid lands & tent's w
[appurtenances] to have & hold them to the seid Benet & to her assignes fro the feste
of Seynt Michell tharchangel next cmyng aft the date above writen unto[?] the
ende ___ time[?] of xiiij yere kepying the ___ of all the houses of the seid tenemt
w
hys sone yerely aft' the tyme he comyth to the age of xiiij[? text unclear] yers -- xviij[?] d[?] and
to John hys oldest sone yerely aft' the tyme he comyth to the age of xiiij yers -- xij d
unto the time of his wiffs many[?] yere be atte ende. yif[?] thee[?] so long lyfe[?] / and yif
all his sones diye ___ the time of ___ yers or ___ the time of xij[?] yers aft
___ ___ then he will that all his foreseid lands & tenements w
[appurtenances] shall ret̃rn to his foreseid feoffer or to their assignes and then to sell
___ the better price which thei can and of the money therof receyved he
will that they shall delyver therof to the seid Benet his wiff by mark of
___ [text scratched] money of ___ for the time of beyng behynde of the seid
___ [text scratched] And yif his sones lyve to the time of xij[?] yers and then diy ___ ___
time of his wiffe xiiij yers be at ende then the said Aleyn will[?] y
feoffer shall pay to the seid Benet his wiff -- xx s[?] for the time of the latter
ij yers of the said xiiij yers and y
he will that they shall pay Johne his daughter 2 xl ___ And to Agnes his daughter
xl s yers[?] any of them live so longe. ___ to be disposed for his ___. Also
he will that they shall synde an honest and an able prest ___ in the church
of Brenzete by the space & tyme of an hole yer for his ___ and all ___
___ / Also he will that ___ of his feoffer shall have thereof for his labour
-- xx d / And yif any of his sones lyve aft the time of his wiffe xiiij yers
be at ende than he will that all his forseid lands & tent's w
shall [return?] to his forseid feoffers or to their assignes / and they to keep ___ unto
the tyme William his youngest sone comyth to the age of xxii yer' And than
he will y
and to their heirs ___ & possession in all the seid lands & tent's w
an ffee simple for ___ forthwith ___ accounte of y
conveying of the forseid lands & tent's w
___ of ___ ___
Probatum fuit nono die Septembrie anno dom[?] suprascripte [...]
As you can see, in his will
1:
2: John Salmon, "St Eanswith, Brenzett, Kent" (online image, photographed 28 September 2001). Wikimedia <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Eanswith,_Brenzett,_Kent_-_geograph.org.uk_-_322965.jpg>, accessed 1 December 2014.