Chelsfield Wills - Part 1
Abstracts of will from Chelsfield proved in
the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Thomas Cox
of Chelsfield dated 12 December 1657
Abstract of the will of Thomas Cox of Chelsfield yeoman
dated 12 December 1657.
My body is to be buried among the faithful at the discretion
of my Executors.
I give to John Rawlings my son in law or to my daughter Joane
Rawlings his wife £40 "but if my son [sic] John Rawlins do molest or
anyway trouble by suit of law mine Executors " then they shall pay
him but £5.
I give to my daughter Amye Pratt, wife of James Pratt, £30.
I give to my daughter Elizabeth Waklen the wife of George
Waklen ten shillings.
To my grandchildren Sarah and Joane Cox, daughters of my son
Thomas Cox, £20 each at age 21 or on marriage, and each is to be the
other’s heir should either die before the legacy is due.
All my houses, barns, buildings and all my lands in
Chelsfield or elsewhere I leave to my two sons John and Thomas Cox equally
for ever, and also all goods and chattels, and I appoint them as my
Executors.
I appoint my two beloved friends John Ebett and John Brasier
to be Overseers of this Will, and they are to have two shillings each.
Witnesses James Style John Style John Rawlins.
Proved 25 March 1661 by Thomas Cox with power reserved to John Cox.
[PCC will PROB11/303]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus