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Will detail

Will of Reginald Denn of West Chiltington

Date signed: 12 Oct 1666, Probate date: 18 Oct 1667

In the name of God amen The Twelfe day of October in the yeare of our Lord God one Thousand Sixe hundred Sixty & Six I REGINALD DENN the elder of CHILTINGTON in the County of Sussex yeoman being sicke in body but of good & p[er]fect remembrance thankes bee given to God therefore revoking all former wills doe make & ordayne this my last will & Testament I Com[m]end my Soule into the hands of Almighty God trusting in & through Jesus Christ my Sacyour to have pardon & forgiveness of all my sinnes And my body to bee decently buryed at the at the discrec[i]on of my Executors hereafter named And for my worldly goods I dispose of them in manner as followeth

Item I give unto MARY my beloved wife all my goods & howsholdstuffe & provision w[hi]ch is in my dwelling howse & one Cow on the land & one hogg & a mare & one quarter of wheate for shee to possesse p[re]sently after my decease

Item I give unto my daughter MARY the wife of THOMAS WOOLLBURY five pounds to bee paid w[i]thin one yeare after my decease

Item I give unto my daughter ELIZABETH the wife of WILLIAM WAKEFORD five shillings to bee paid within one yeare after my decease

Item I give unto ROBERT SIM[M]ONS my Grandchild five shillings to bee paid w[i]thin one yeare after my decease

Item all the rest of my goods & chattels I give & bequeath unto ELIAS SIM[M]ONS Jun[ior] & MARY SIM[M]ONS my Grandchildren to be equally devided betweene them twaine whome I doe make my whole & sole Executors of this my last will & Testam[en]t they discharging my funeral & pay my debts & legacyes And I appoint JOHN HARRAD & HENRY HARRAD of CHILTINGTON to bee Overseers of this my last will & Testam[en]t to see it well & carefully fulfilled & kept And I give to each of them one shilling a peece to bee paid by my Executors In Witness I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the day & yeare abovewritten / the mark & Seale of REGINALD DENN Sen[ior]/ published & sealed in the p[re]sence of us RICHARD HAALL[?] Jun[ior] ELIAS SIMMONS jun[ior]

Proved 18 October 1667 by ELIAS SIM[M]ONS jun[ior] one of the Executors. Power reserved for MARY SIM[M]ONS

Transcribed by:

Norma Podesta.

Notes about this will:

Archdeaconry Court of Chichester – STCI/23 f 370b

Source:

Unknown.

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