| In the name of God Amen the xxvijth day of January 1619 Anno Regni
Jacobi Anglia &c decimo septimo et Scotia liij I Edmond Flowke of
Playstonne in the pishe of Deerhurst in the County of Gloucr yeoman being sick of body but of
pfect mynde & memory (thankes be to god) doe make & ordaine this
my last will & testament in mannr & forme follwing First I give &
bequeath my soule into he hands of almighty god my makr hoping through and assuredly beleeving
through the merritts & passion of my lord & savior Jesus Christe to be saved my body
I committ to the earth whereof it was made and framed & to be buryed
in such decent sort as to the executrix & overseers of this my last will
& testament shall deme expedient And first as touching my worldly goods
I give & bequeath to Elizabeth Flowke my daughter the sume of
forty pounds of lawful Englishe money to be paied wthin two yeares after my decease
the same to be sett forth for the use & best profytt of the said Elizabeth
by the oversight & discrecion of my Executrix & overseers
of this my will or the most pte of them untill shee shall accomplish the
age xxjtie yeares
or be marryed Item I give & bequeath to Anne Flowke my daughter
fifty pounds of lawful Englishe money to be paied wthin fower yeares after my decease
same to be sett forth for the use & best profytt of the said Anne
by the oversight & discretion of my Executrix & overseers
of this my will or the most pte of them untill shee shall accomplish the
age xxjtie yeares
or be marryed Item I give & bequeath to Mary my daughter fifty
pounds of like lawful Englishe money to be paied wthin sixe yeares after my decease
same likewise to be sett forth for the use & best profytt of the said
Mary by the Executrix & overseers of this my will or the
most pte of them untill shee shall likewise accomplish the age xxjtie yeares or be marryed Item I give
& bequeath to Edmund Beale my nephewe ten pounds of lawful Englishe
money to be paied unto him two yeares after my decease Item I give &
bequeath to Phillip Beale my nephewe five pounds of lawful Englishe
money to be paied unto him three yeares after my decease Item I give &
bequeath to Richard Beale my nephewe five pounds of lawful Englishe
money if he shall discharge my Executrix of this will of one bond obligatory
whereon I stand bound to Margery Taylor of Stokeorchard widowe as surety
for the said Richard to be paied to him fower yeares after my decease
And as touchinge my lands first my intent & meaninge is that Jane
my wife shall have and enioy the use profytt & commodity that
may rise or growe of the Messuage & tenemt wherein I nowe dwell &
all houses curtilages lands meadowes & pastures & commone of pasture
to the same belonging or reputed or knowen to be pte pr pcell thereof soe
long as Phillip Waters my father in lawe shall live to pay an Anuity
of xvjl p And to
him and after his decease my intent & meaninge is that Anne my
daughter shall have & enioy the pfitt & commoditie that may rise of
two ptes of the said Messuage or tenemt & other the prmisses for and during the terme
of sixe yeares & halfe if Jane my wife to whome the third pte
shall belong in respect of her dower shalbe then living or soe long live,
if she happen todecease before the said tyme then the said Anne to
have the whole untill she shall have receaved of the profytts thereof the
sume of one hundred pounds of lawfull Englishe money wch I give unto her forth of the said
Messuage or untill Elizabeth Flowke my daughter shall pay unto her
one hundred pounds of lawfull &c or make up the said sume ofa hundred
pounds wth the profitts
& that the said Anne hath rceeved forth of the said Messuage &
other the prmisses
then I give & bequeath to the said Elizabeth Flowke my daughter
all the said Messuage or tenemt lands meadowes & pastures & commone
of pasture & all & singler the prmisses to have & to hold the said Elizabeth & to
the heires of her body lawfully begotten or to be begotten & for want
of such issue to Anne Flowke my second daughter & to the heires
of her body lawfully begotten or to be begotten & for want of such issue
to Mary my third daughter & to the heires of her body lawfully
begotten or to be begotten & for want of such issue to the right heires
of me the said Edmond Flowke forever I give & bequeath to the
said Anne Flowke my daughter the tenent called Bynlay wth all the apprtances now in the tenure of Childe:
To have & to hold to the said Anne the said tenent wth all the apprtances & to the heires of her
body lawfully begotten or to be begotten & for want of such issue to
Elizabeth Flowke aforesaid & to the heires of her body lawfully begotten
or to be begotten & for want of such issue to Mary Flowke aforesaid
& to the heires of her body lawfully begotten or to be begotten &
for want of such issue to the right heires of me the said Edmond Flowke
forever Item my will & meaning is that Jane my wife
shall have & receave preave & take the pfitts and commodities of
all my lands Messuages & tents situate or being wthin sevrall prshes of Corse in the
County of Gloucr
& Staunton in the County of Wigorn or either of them so long as my foresaid
daughter or any of them shall remayne & be in the custody & charge
of the said Jane for theire better maintenance & bringinge[?]
& no longer & then I give & bequeath the same lands & Tenents
wth all & singler
theire apprtances
to the said Mary Flowke To have & to hold the said Messuages lands
tents wth all &
singler theire apprtances to the said Mary & to the heires of her body
lawfully begotten or to be begotten & for want of such issue to Anne
Flowke aforesaid & to the heires of her body lawfully begotten or
to be begotten & for want of such issue to the aforesaid Elizabeth
Flowke & to the heires of her body lawfully begotten or to be begotten
& for want of such issue to the right heires of me the said Edmond
Flowke forever I give & bequeath to evry godchilde I give xijd apeece & to the poore of the
pishe xxs of lawfull
Englishe money all the residue of my goods & chattles not before given
or bequeathed my debts & funerall expenses discharged I give & bequeath
to Jane my wife whome I do ordaine &make sole Executrix of this
my will & testament And I appoint overseers of this my will John Shedwell
Thomas Alston Phillip Waters Richard Harle & Edmond Beale praying
them to see this my will prformed In witness whereof I have sett my hand
& seale the day & yeare first above wrytten Witnesses Thomas Alston
Phillip Waters Richard Harle Edmond Beale Gyles Hawker Richard
Shedwell Phillipp Beale & others Item my will is that Elizabeth
my daughter shall have the greate brasse pott for a standard to
remayne in the howse & a greate brasse pann after the decease of my wife
And Anne my second best brasse pott the second brasse pann after my
wives decease And to Mary the third brasse pott & third brasse
pann after the decease of my wife
Probate granted at Gloucester 1620 |
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