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In the name of god amen The fourtene daye of Aprill in the yeare of our Lorde god A Thowsand Five hundreth Ninety Fower I John Bowridge of Charde in the County of Somerset yeoman being of perfecte minde and remembraunce thanks be to Almighty god but weake of bodye doe ordayne and make this my Last will and Testament in manner and forme following First and principally I give and bequeathe my Sowle to Almighty god my Creator And to Jesus Christ his sonne my Redemer by whose Almighty powre Deathe and passion I am fully assured of my Salvacon and to inherite the Joyes and the Kingdome of heaven forever And my Bodye to be buryed according to the Ryghtes of holye Churche as it shall seeme best to my Executor and overseers And for the Disposing and giving of all suche goods and Chattells moveable and unmoveable as god of his greate goodnes and blessing hathe given and Lent me My Will and testament is That First I give to the Churche of Charde six shillings eighte pence Item I give and bequeathe unto the poore of the same towne and parrishe Forty shillings Item I give and bequeathe unto Elizabeth my Wyfe Foure Kye Adn after a herriott chosen for the Lorde the best horse beast whiche shalbe Lefte Also my Will is that my said wyfe shall have the halfe of all suche Corne as at the time of my Death shalbe growing in all my howsehold stuff in and abowte my howse excepting all suche goods as hereafter shalbe given one yeating stone for malte whiche stone my will is my sonne Thomas shall have after the Deathe of my wyfe Also my Will is that my saide wyfe shall have the halfe of all suche Corne as at the time of my deathe shalbe growing in and uppon my grounds or ells in my barne to be equally devided betwene my saide wyfe and my Executor by the descreacon of my overseers Item I give and bequeathe unto my daughter Joane twenty pounds to be paide within three moneths after my Deathe Also my Will is that she shall have a Fetherbedd furnyshed with all necessaryes to the same my greate Crocke but one my greate panne whiche I had in pawne for twenty shillings Item I give to my sonne William Bowridge the use of all my Bedstedds formes stooles tablebordes and wainescott nowe in my howse to be delivered and Lefte unto him after the Deathe of my wyfe And if he happen to dye before my sonne Thomas Then my Will is it shall remaine to my sonne Thomas Item I give and bequeathe unto my sonne John Bowridge twoe hundred pounds to be paide and delivered unto him in manner and forme following that is to saye when he shall accomplishe and be of the age of six and twenty yeares Then to have it delivered and paide unto him by my overseers or some of them in whose handes my Will is it shall be and remaine trusting that by theire greate care and honest meaning they Will see the same to be well imployed untill he shalbe six and twenty yeares and for his most good and increase And if that my overseers shall thincke it good after he shalbe of the age of three and twenty yeares That then if it maye be and happen he my saide sonne John or any frends of his to procure and gett some living whiche shalbe for his better preferment and maintennce Then my overseers to paye the same some of twoe hundred pounds so it be for his preferment and not otherwise Provided allwayes and Further my Will is that if my saide sonne John Doe not serve with his master to the end of his apprentishippe and well and honestly behave him selfe during all the saide time wythe his saide master Then my Will is that one hundred pounds of the money to him before given shalbe and remaine unto my Executor And that the residue that is one Hundred pounds and the Forthy pounds whiche his master hathe shalbe delivered and paide him at the end of the yeares that is when he shalbe and accomplishe the age of six and twenty yeares according to my meaning herein by whiche time I thincke his prentice will be ended Item I give and bequeathe unto my sonne Thomas Bowridge one hundred pounds to be imployed in manner and forme following Forty pounds whereof was given me by my Brother in Lawe William Every by his Last will to the intent that I shoulde have the more care of my daughter Mawdlyn and to allowe her what it shoulde seeme best to me towards her maintennce and the better bringing upp of her Children Nowe my will is that if my saide Daughter Mawdlyn shall overlive her husband Edward Grenefild That then my saide sonne Thomas shall within one yeare next after the Deathe of the saide Grenfild paye and deliver unto my saide Daughter Mawdlyn threescore pounds of the saide hundred pounds towards her better preferment And the Residue that is saye the saide Forty pounds to be imployed unto the use and bringing upp of the Children of the saide Mawdlyn untill they shalbe of the age of one and twenty yeares And then the Forty pounds to be equally devided amongest the Children And that my sonne Thomas shall uppon the receiving of the saide hundred pounds be bounde with suche sureties for the performannce thereof according to this my will and meaninge and to answere yearely to my saide Daughter Mawdlyn and her Children for the use of the saide hundred pounds for theire better maintennce as shalbe thoughte fitt and meete by my overseers or the Longest liver of them And if my Daughter Mawdlyn happen to dye before her saide husband Grenfeild Then the saide threescore pounds to remaine to my sonne Thomas for ever And if my sonne Thomas shall refuse to doe herein according to this my Will and the Discreacon of my overseers or some of them Then my Will is it shall remaine and be in the overseers handes to be imployed by them according to this my will untill my sonne Thomas shall become bounde for the performannce hereof Item I give to Katherine Grenfild my daughter Mawdlyn her daughter my greate Chest to be Lefte her after the Deathe of my Wyfe And if the saide Katherine happen to dye before my wyfe Then my Will is the Cest to remaine to my sonne Thomas Item I give and bequeathe unto my saide daughter Mawdly a Fetherbedd furnished with all necessaryes to the same Item I give and bequeathe unto my Cosen and servnte Elizabeth Palmer Tenne pounds to be paide by my Executor within halfe a yeare after my deathe Item I give and bequeathe unto my sister Agnes Wolmington twenty shillings And to every of my other Sisters six shillings Eighte pence apeece Item I give and bequeathe unto Thomas Bowridge my Brother Willm his sonne Twenty shillings Item I give and bequeathe unto Thomas Bowridge my brother Thomas his sonne Twenty shillings Item I give to every of my sonne William his sonnes tenne pounds apeece to be paide them within twoe yeares after my decease Item I give to every of my daughter Mawdlyn her Children twenty shillings apeece Item I give and bequeathe to every of my godchildren twelve pence apeece Item my Will is that if any of my Children happen to dye before that they accomplishe and come to the age and time for the having and receiving of theire partes and Legaceis in manner and forme above Written Then theire and every of theire parts and Legaceis shall wholly remaine and be unto my sonne Thomas Bowridge And for the residue of all my goods and Chattells moveable and unmoveable not give and bequeathed my Funerall discharged my debts paide and my Legaceis performed I doe by this my Last will and testament make and ordayne my sonne Thomas Bowridge my full and sole executor of this my Last will and Testament And for the more and better performannce hereof hoping that my saide executor will the better performe the same and be advised and ruled in all things concerning this my Will and Testament by my overseers and the Longest Liver of them I doe make and appointe my good frendes and Brothers Thomas Pyke Thomas Edmonds William Bowridge and John Bowridge my overseers And for theire paynes and care herein to be taken by them hereafter I give to every of them Tenne shillings Thomas Pyke John Bowrdiche Willm Bowridge Probatum fuit Testamentum supra scriptum apud London ... [this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 08 June 1594] Octavo Die mensis Junii Anno Dni Millesimo Quingentesimo Nonagesimo Quarto [to] Thome Bowridge filii naturalis
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