Sittingbourne Wills - Ony to Wyn (concluded)

( 49 ) SITTINGBOURNE WILLS. (Concluded.) BY ARTHUR HUSSEY. THOMAS ONYON. 23 Eeb. 1498-9. Buried in the churchyard. High altar \2d. Wife Joan aU my lands and tenements. Helene my daughter 5 acres of land caUed WynchiU croft after the death of her mother. Residue to wife Joan and son John my Ex'ors, to dispose for my soul. Witnesses :—Thomas Highstede, WiUiam Depedate, Wilham PegiU. [Probate 18 July 1499.] (A. Vol. 7, fol. 145.) KATHERINE ONYON1 , widow. 9 June 1505. Buried in the churchyard. High altar 8d. Light of Our Lady, St Anne, St Katherine, the Trinity, 4d each. Residue equahy to aU my children. Ex'ors :—John Altroper of St Mary HUl, London, grocer, WiUiam Lawrence tailor, of Canterbury, to each 6-8 d. Son Umfrey have income from my tenement and three acres called the VineUenge for two years after my death, then Katherine my daughter have the profits until Umfrey is 24, doing repairs and paying the chief lord of the Eee his duty, then remain to Umfrey and his lawful issue, in default to son James and his lawful issue, in default to Katherine her heirs and assigns for evermore : Witnesses :—John Ladbery, John Peryn, John Weman, Thomas Redhed. [Probate 20 Oct. 1513.] (A. Vol. 12, fol. 174.) WALTER PARMAN. 10 Eeb. 1533-4. Buried in the churchyard next son Raffe. Richard Sparrowe my servant my say jacket. Jure my best freyse [coarse wooUen cloth] coat. Pelham the ryper2 my second 1 As Katherine Unwyn, the same Will at fol. 92 with Probate 17 Maroh 1611-2. * A pedlar, a man who carries fish for sale in a rip or basket.—Diet. Kent Dialect. ' 8 50 SITTINGBOURNE WILLS. freyse coat. WiUiam Barbar my brother in law my tawney dublet, and to his wife my sister my blue gaberden. Residue after debts paid to my wife (no name) my Ex'or, with Robert Patynden and Mark Dogett, overseers. No Witnesses. [Probate 14 April 1534.] (Con. Vol. 16, fol. 67.) RICHARD PENNARTH. 9 June 1490. Buried in the churchyard. Residue of goods to wife Emmote my Ex'or, to pay the debts I owe in Rochester and Sidingborn. Witnesses:—Thomas Barmyng, Lawrence Heyghsted, Richard Wayman, Thomas ByUing. [Probate 25 Sept. 1490.] (A. Vol. 5, fol. 181.) JOHN PETT. 24 Feb. 1550-1. Buried in the churchyard. Henry Patchy 12d. Dom Anthony Petche 12d. My house in Chemysforth in Essex in Moussant Street to Thomas Pett my natural son, under the governance of my wife until the child is 21, then to his proper use ; but if son die my wife have it, if wife die then to my brother Thomas Ryeder. My house in Syttyngborne to my wife, also my dredging boat. Ex'or :—Wife Agnes and have aU other goods :— Witnesses :—Christopher Collsone, Nicholas Browne. [Probate 26 May 1551.] (A. Vol. 27, fol. 102.) JOHN POLYVER.1 . . . . 1456. (No burial etc.) Feoffees of aU lands tenements, etc, in Sydyngborn, Myddelton, Morstone :—John Cotyng, Thomas Stephen, John Noke, Richard Andrew. Wife Jone my messuage and barn in East Street Sydyngborn, 4 acres of land at Sout in Morston, 2 acres in Sydyngborn under Morston parsonage, 2 acres in Bacchyld at MelleheUe, one acre and a yard in Shamely field in Myddelton, and to heirs and assigns of Jone for ever. Also wife have aU my other lands, tenements, rents, ferms, services, for life, then to son John when 22 and his heirs assigns for ever. If wife die before son John is 22, lands etc be in the hands of my Feoffees, until son is 22, but if son die before 22 with male issue, then after the death of my wife, to the said heirs male at 16, and if no such issue then sold, the halvyndell [half portion] of the money to a priest in Sydyngborn church as 1 He joined John Cade in 1460, and had pardon.—Arch. Cantiana, Vol. VII, 260. SITTINGBOURNE WILLS. 51 long as it wiU endure for my soul, friends, aU my good doers ; and to the daughters of John my son £6-13-4rf when 15. The other halvyndell of the money—to repair bad roads 40 / - , to poor people 40 / - , in clothing hosyn and shoyn, to each Feoffee 20 /-, the residue to the reparation of Sydyngborn church. That my Feoffee John HaU deliver estate to Richard Andrew in my messuage bought from Thomas Sprynget and Robert Hexsted at Stokwell in Sydyngborn. [No Probate date.] (A. Vol. 1, fols. 19, 24.) RIOHARD POSEWEKE. 17 June 1517. Buried in the church. High altar 40c£. Light of the Rood, and of St Anne 20 d each. My servant Michael WeUest have my green coat and 20 / - to his marriage if he continue in service with my wife. Isabell Fisher my servant 20 / - at her marriage. To the vicar of Rodmersham 6-8d. Ex'or :—Wife Katherine and have residue after paying debts, with Roger Garmeston overseer. Witnesses:—Dom Richard Lyttylford, Robert Cotyng. [Probate 7 Oct. 1517.] (A. Vol. 13, fol. 42.) KATHERINE POSWICKE. 22 Oct. 1521. Buried in the church beside my husband. High altar 4/-. Light of Our Lady, St Christopher, St James, 12 d each. To every priest at my burying 8d. My best rayle to the church to make two corporas. EUsabeth Fisher my servant for her service and the bequest of my husband 20 /-, and various household things. To the Hermit1 to buy him a coat 6-8d. Residue after debts paid to Dom John Heth vicar of Borden for the use of Stephen my son when 21; if son dies then disposed for our souls. Ex'ors :—The vicar of Borden and my son Stephen, the vicar to have 6-8d and a fur of black lamb. Witnesses :— EUsabeth Fisher, Joan Water, Thomas Smith, Hermit.1 [Probate 6 Novem. 1521.] (A. Vol. 15, fol. 182.) WTLLIAM PYKYLL. 2 Decern. 1530. Buried in the churchyard nigh the south door. High altar 12 d. Son Symon my loom with aU thereto, after the death of Helyn my wife. Affray and Margaret my 1 For the Hermitage at Schamel see Arch. Cantiana, Vol. XXIX, 254. 52 SITTINGBOURNE WILLS. daughters, each a sheet. Residue to wife Helyn my Ex'or. My house and garden in the town of Syttyngbourne to John Row his heirs assigns for ever, which I sold to him for £20 as by deed, and have received £10 in part payment, the other £10 to my wife, but if she marry then my five children—Symon, AUce, Agnes, Margaret, Affray, have 40 / - each. Witnesses :—Dom John Sewen, curate, Dom Robert Gate, John Row, Thomas Hylls. [Probate 16 January 1530-1.] (A. Vol. 19, fol. 128.) ALEXANDER PYTTARD. 14 Oct. 1530. Buried in the churchyard. High altar 12d. To the daughter of my daughter (no names) 40/ - at marriage. Agnes Hame my brother's daughter 3-4d. To my Lady Prioress of Sheppey 12 d, and to every lady there 8d. Agnes VenneU mj servant 10 / - . To the maintenance of the Brotherhood priest of St Anne 5/-. Residue after debts paid to wife Joan my Ex'or to dispose for my soul. My lands tenements in the Isle of Sheppey to Thomas Wreke, as by a pair of deeds indented if he pays as appointed, if not my Feoffees to re-enter and grant to my wife. Robert Nouwyke 8 acres of land caUed vineyard in Bakchild and Tong, after the death of my wife. To five of the children of my wife 10 / - each. Witnesses :—Dom John Showen curate there, Richard Guston, WUham Gregory, Robert Nouwyke, John Jacobbe. [Probate 18 January 1530-1.] (A. Vol. 19, fol. 130.) RICHARD RAND. 6 Oct. 1498. Buried in the churchyard. High altar 3-4