In dei ñom amen The third day of December yn
the yere of our lord god m _ [d] xxiiij I John Eps thelder
of the p·she of Saynt Clement of old Romeney marshe[?]
an hole mynd and of good remembrance thanketh be
god make [&] ordeyne my testame't yn man' [&] forme
foloweng ffirst I bequeath my soule to almighty god
to oꝛ blessed lady saynte marie [&] to all the holy companye
of hevyn / And my body to be buried yn the churche
of saynt cleme't aforesaid yn the mydle parte before
the Roode ther Item I bequeath to the high aulter ther
for my tithes neglygently forgotyn or by me wtholden
ij s Item I bequeath to the high aulter of saynt Martens
yn New Romeney xij d Item I bequeath to the high alter
of Saynt Laurence of new romeney xj d Item I give
to the reꝑations of the churche of Saynt Cleme't forsaid
and for the grounds belongyng[?] of my grave xx s Item
I bequeath to ___ brothered[?] light of the same churche
xij d Item give to ___ of my godchildren xij d Item
I give to John Epse my godson of yvechurche x ewes
Item I give to Alice Roger my daughter one ewe half
a quarter of whete [wheat] [&] half a quart of Barley Item I
will that the table yn the hall with the forme[?] [&} ___
therto belongyng [&] ___ the best bedsted[?] ___ with[?] all the
planks shelves [&] Benche bordes belongyng to the
house shall styll abyde [&] remayne to the house Item
I give to John Epse my sonne my great ___ [&] ___
a jak a ___ a crosse mattokk a tńth of iron and
half my Bakon [bacon] Item I give Johane my wiff theder
half of my said Bakon all my hempe [&] chose iiij quarts[?]
of whete iiij quarts of barley all suche whete [&] malt
as is now yn the place[?] redy ___ except ij
busshells of whete all my fewell wood lying[?] abowt
the place all my ___ [&] geese except ij brood-
Geese xxvj s viij d yn money / and all the residue
of my housold stuff / Item I give to the same Johane
my wiff in cows[?] [&] catall to the value of xij ___
as it is appraysed of ___ as the best[?] to take for the discharge
of an obligation for payme't of x l In the ___ my
sonne John ___ ___ Item I give to ___
of Agnes Elizabeth ciciley and John the children of
John Roger xiij s iiij d to be paid to eather of the ___
when they come to the age of xxi yeres except they do
marrie then for to be paid at ther mariage and
___ of the ___ to be others ___ / if they shall happen
                                                                                to dye before

to dye before the same age of xxi yeres and if it shall ___
___ all to dye before the age of xx yeres and not maried
then I will the same money shall remayne to Alice
Roger their ___ if she they[?] be livyng / And if she be
not then livyng I will that same half of the said money
shall equally be devided bytweene John Garrard my daughter
Agnes sonne and Agnes Hugglyn the daughter of James
Huggelyn and theder half therof to be bestowed yn ___
of charyte at the discretion of myn executors or ___ assignes
Item I bequeath to Johane my daughter x s and Anne my
daughter vi s viij which is yn the hands of Johane my
wiff for to be delyvred to my said daughters when they
come to the age of discretion / The Residue of all my goods
my detts and bequeathes first paid I give unto John Epse
my sonne the whiche[?] John of this my present Testamnt
I make [&] ordeyne myn executor Item I give to Elizabethe
Roger x sheepe Witness Sir Robert Brachay Jurat
Thomas Lersden[?] and John More This is the
last will of me the said John Epse made the day
[&] yere abovesaid ffirst I will that John Epse my sonne
shalhave to hym his heires [&] assignes for ___ all those my
lands [&] tentemnts ___ ___ [&] beyng yn the pisshes of old
Romeney Saynt Marten [&] Saynt Laurence of new romeney
hope all hallowes Brokeland and Brenzett payeng to
Johane my wiff yerely duryng her liff iij l vj s viij d
of good [&] [law]fuall money of England at the feste of
th___ of oꝛ lady and Saynt Michell tharchangell
by equall portions to be payed / And if it happen the said
annuyte[?] of iij l vj s viij d to be beyond ___ by
viij dayes of any of the said feasts above lymyted[?]
then I will the same Johane or her assignes mony parte
or parcell of all suche lands as I give yn the pisshes of
old Romeney Saynt Martens [&] Saint Laurence of New
Romeney shall difrayne[?] and thesame[?] distresses so wthold
unto ___ the same Johane or her assignes the said
annuyte[?] ___ other expenses in that ___
sustayned be fully content satisfied [&] paid Item I
will that [each] of my iij youngist daughters Johane
Amye [&] Johanie shalhave money they come to the age
of xx yeres vj l xiij s iiij d except they shalhappe'
to be married before the same age they to be paid at
their marriage / and if it happen any of they iij to dye
before they come to the same age of xx yeres [&] not
married then I will [each] of theyre to be ___ ___
and if it shall happen all my said iij daughters to dye
before the same age of xx yeres and not married then
I will ther shalbe ___ of the same money to poorer
people yerely xx s by the ___ vij yeres that is to
say x s at the feaste of Easter and x s at the feast of
Cristimas whereof I will that at [each] tyme vi s viij d
therof shalbe given to the poorer peple I ___ wtin

the pishe of old Romeney and iij s iiij d to be givyn whereas
myn executor or his assignes shall thynk most wise[?] / And I will
that vj l therof shalbe bestowed yn ___ wayes whereas
my said Executoꝛ or his assignes shall ___ most wise[?] / And
I will that the vij l residue my wiff shalhave if she then be
liveng or els to be bestowed yn ___ [The text is jumbled.] [&] other charitable ___
at the ___ of my said Executoꝛ or his assignes / Item
I will that Agnes Huggelyn shalhave to her mariage when
she comyth to the age of xx yeres vj s viij d and if she happe'
to dye before the same age then I will it shall remayne to
the children of Alice Roger my daughter / Item I will that
I may have done [&] bestowed for me at my buryeng[?] xxxiij s iiij d
and so yn likewise at my months mynde xxxiij s iiij d / And also
at my yeres mynd xxxiij s iiij d Item I will that an honest
preest shall syng [&] say for me yn the pishe churche of Saynt
Clement foresaid by the spare of a yere half yerely / that is to
saye ffrom the feste of the annunciation of our lady next after
my decesse unto the feaste of saynt michell tharchangell / And
so to begyn agayne at the feaste of the annunciation of our lady
then next foloweng unto myhelmasse then next ensuing /
Item I will that Johane my wiff shalhave my pace that I
now dwell in with all suche necessary lands appartaynyng
therto ___ ___ that is to say a parcell of land
and xvj acres called Longbothe[?] ___ the ___ iiij ___
of land ___ thereto, vi acres of land called Bretts xiij
acres of land called Dadds vij acres of land called quartlands
and ij acres et ___ of land whiche I late purchased of John
Arnell to be had to her then and next ___ after my
decesse unto the ffeasteof Saynt myhell tharchangell
then next foloweng / And so from the feast of Saynt Mahell
by the spare of a yere then next ensueng / And if she do
___ her self sold[?] [&] remarried[?] another yere foloweing
then I will she shalhave the said tenemn't [&] lands the
same yere and so to take none[?] other annuyte[?] by all suche
terms that she shalhave the said tenemn't [&] lands and
she to ___ ___ ____ ___ paying to my sone John yerely
by the same terms xx s for the discharge of Rents [&] detts
and repation of housing[?] and barn Item I will that
all suche corne as is sowen and shalbe sowen of [&] uppon
the above namyd lands for thas yere that at harvest
___ shalbe indifferently [&] equally devided betwene
Johane my wiff [&] John my sonne ___ of ___ to
___ charge of harvest like[?] / Item I will that John my
sonne shalhave the ___ of the said chamber as ___
hathe had before tyme Item I will that John Roger and
Alice his wiff shalhave to theym and their assignes[?] for
terme of their lyves a teneme't [&] a Garden, whiche
they now dwellin payeng yerely to John my sonne
or to his assignes for the Repations of the same ij s Item
                                                                                I will that if

Item I will that if it happen that when eny of my said children
Johane Amye and Johane to be married and the money
which I have assigned theym to their mariage be not
paid accordyngly to the same or with a quarter of a yer'
then next ensueng then I will that they and [each] of
theym for their parte shall ___ ___ a pcell of land to
___ ___ yn the pishe of hope alhalos called sevenhay
xvij acres that is to say to the lands of allsoules collage
of oxenford toward the west and to the lands of the
home of Richard hall toward the east to be had to theym
to their heires and assignes for [each] Item I will that Johane
my wiff shall have [each] yere by ___ ___ as she shall happ'
to dwell yn my said place as it is a ___ ___ ij loods [loads]
of Elme loggs
                                                                                Concordat in orig[inale]

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