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Will detail

Will of Arthur Blaker of Cuckfield

Date signed: 28 Aug 1618, Probate date: 20 Oct 1618

In the name of God Amen the twenty eight of August in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and eighteene I Arthur Blaker of Cuckfyeld in the County of Sussex husbandman being sicke of body ........ neverthelesse of good and perfecte remembrance all laud and prayse be given unto the Allmighty make and ordayne this to bee my last will and Testament in manner and forme following vizt. Imprimis I give and bequeathe my soule unto Almighty God my maker and redeemer by whose meanes I hope to be saved and by none other. And my body to be buryed in the churchyard of Cuckfyeld aforesayd. Item I give and bequeathe unto my daughter Margaret Blaker one joyned bedsteddle wch standeth in the low chamber wth a fetherbedd .... one .... cubbord and one brasse pan. Item I give and bequeathe unto William Butcher and Alice Butcher sonne and daughter of Richard Butcher of Baulcombe each of them three shillings foure pence a peece of good and lawfull money of England. Item I give and bequeathe unto Thomas Gurr sonne of Thomas Gurr of Baulcombe three shillings foure pence. Item I give and bequeathe unto my daughter Ellnor wyfe of the sayd Thomas Gurr twelve pence. Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne Alexander Blaker one payre of coarse sheets and all the bords and shelves whare in and about my house. Item I give and bequeathe unto my grandchilde Richard Blaker three shillings foure pence. Item I give and bequeathe unto my sonne in law Richard Kidd one chaffebedd and to his wyfe being my daughter Elizabeth Kidd twelve pence. Item I give and bequeathe unto my grandchilde Dorathy Kidd three shillings foure pence. Item I give and bequeathe unto my grandchilde Margaret Batcher one payer of good sheets. All the rest of my goods and cattell unbequeathed and not given I give and bequeathe unto my loving wyfe Alice Blaker whome I make and ordayne to be my whole executrix of this my last Will and Testament my buriall performed and legacyes payd. And my mynde ys that my foresayd wyfe shall have and enioye the use of all such houshold stuffe as is herebefore given and bequeathed during her naturall life. And I doe ordayne make and appoynt Edward Genner? and Thomas Page overseers of this my last will and Testament. In witnes whereof I have herunto sett my hand in the presence of these. Memorand my mynde is that all such goods and cattell wch my wyfe hath or shall have after my decease wch is unbequeathed and not given shall after her decease be equally devyded betweene my foure children that is to say Alexander, Ellnor, Elizabeth and Margaret. The marke of Arthur Blaker. Edward Genner?, Thomas Page. Per me O...? Salter, script

(In Latin) Proved before William Imans, Presber, Surrogate 20 October 1618 by Alice Blaker the relict & executrix of the deceased to whom was granted admon &c

Transcribed by:

Dave Woolven.

Notes about this will:

Contributed by Steve Langridge.

Transcribed from an appalling photocopy. DW

Source:

Unknown.

This will also mentions these parishes:

Balcombe.

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