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Will detail

Will of William Durrannte of East Hoathly

Date signed: 20 Jan 1597, Probate date: 12 Mar 1596

In the name of God Amen the twentyeth day of January 1597 I William Durrannte of East Hothley in the Countye of Sussex yeom sicke in bodye but of good & perfecte memorye (praysed be God) doe make & ordaine this my last will & testamente in manner followeinge. First I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almightye God trustinge onelye to be saved by his death and passion & my bodye to the earth to be buried at the discrecon of my execut. First I will that all my free holde lands in Hothley & lease at Arlington shall be leased out by my execut for the space of sixe yeares next cominge after my decease to be fully complete & ended all the woods & underwoods therein referred & p’ferred for my heyres & the use & profit receaved to be employed in manner followinge. Unto my daughters Joane, Marye, Margaret, Sara & Judeth. First I will unto Joane my daughter fourtye pounds to be payd hir or hir assignes wthin one whole yeare next after my disease. It I will unto Mary my daughter fourtye pounds to be payd unto hir or hir assignes wthin one whole yeare next after my discease provided olwayes & my mynd ys that yf my sayd daughters Joane & Mary shall at any time hereafter claime, sue for or any wayes moleste my execut for any legacies to them bequeathed by the last will & testament of Roberte Durrannte late of Framfeild deceased that then this my gifte & bequeath unto them made shall be voyd & of none effecte. Itm I will unto Margaret my daughter fourtye marks of lawfull Englishe money to be payd unto hir wthin three whole yeares next after my disease. Itm I will to Sara my daughter fourtye marks of lawfull Englishe money to be payd unto hir wthin ... whole yeares next after my disease. Itm I will unto Judith my daughter fourty marks to be payd unto hir wthin five whole yeares next after my disease and yf yt happen that any of my sayd three daughters Margaret, Sara or Judeth doe dye before the time appointed for the paymente of their porcons then I will that the on halfe .... porcon of the diseased shall remayne unto my execut & the other halfe to be equally divided betweene the survivors of the sayd three. Itm I give unto Nicholas Durrannte my sonne my lease of the Shaule Marsh at Arlington to him & his heyres for ever. Itm I will unto the sayd Nicholas my sonne one whole yeares p’fit of my lands called Gallannt = Reeden lyinge in Hothley to be taken next after the former lease of sixe yeares expired a....es reserved? the woods & underwoods thereon groweinge to the heyre of me Willia’ Durrannte. Itm I will unto Jane my wyfe all my sheets and my beste bed wth all thereunto appertayninge. Itm I will unto Jane my wyfe my gray mare wch I had of my brother & five of my beste kyne & one twoo yearinge heyghfer & one twelve monethinge heyghfer. Ite I will unto my sayd wyfe all my corne yn my house & barne & all my provision of victualls in my house and five? acres of wheate groweinge on the mellande? to be taken the next harvest to gither at hir discrecon. Itm I will unto my sayd wyfe fourtye shill whereof thone halfe to be payd hir wthin one weeke after my funerall & thother halfe wthin one quarter of a yeare after my disease. Itm I give unto my execut my second fether bed. Itm I will that my bedstedle & table yn the parlour, my cubhord yn the hall, my great spit & my longe ladder shall remaine standers to my house for ever. Itm I will that all my hoggs & all other my household stuffe shalbe equally devided betwene Jane my wyfe & my executur. Itm I give to Mr Bingham ten shill. Itm I give to Richard Lucas my servannt sixe shill eyght pence to be payd unto him wthin one halfe yeare next after my disease. Itm I give to Samuell Durrannte one sheepe. I give to Willia’ & Abraham the sonnes of John Barton eyther of them a sheepe. Itm I give all the residue of my goods & cattells unto my executur & I will that my execut shall fell & se... my woods & underwoods groweinge on my lands called the Upper & Nether Jackmans ... the h... for the payments of my debts. Itm I make Richard Tomset my sonne in lawe the overseer of this my will unto whom I give free power & authority to perforrme my testamente yf my executur fayle here & for his paynes I give him twentye shill. Itm I will that all my shingles shall be layd on my house & the charges for paymente shall be equally borne betwene my sonne Abraham & my wyfe. In witnes whereof to these p’sts the day & yeare firste above written I have set to my hande.

Witnesses hereunto Edward Topsell, Script; Richard Brightredge his mke; Abraham Tomset?

The mke (X) of the testator

(Latin)This Will was proved before .... Peeter, Clerk 12th March 1596 by ...? Durrannte daughter? (filia?) & executor

Transcribed by:

Dave Woolven.

Notes about this will:

NOTE: Some of the text has gone off the edge of the photocopy.

Source:

Unknown.

This will also mentions these parishes:

Arlington, Framfield.

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