In dei nom amen The third day of December yn
the yere of our lord god mo v c xxiiij I John Eps thelder
of the pishe of ſaynt clement of old Romeney marſhe
an hole mynd and of good remembrance thanketh be
god make ⁊ ordeyne my teſtamet yn man ⁊ forme
foloweng ffirſt I bequeath my soule to almyghty god
to or bleſſed lady ſaynte marie ⁊ to all the holy companye
of hevyn / And my body to be buried yn the churche
of ſaynt clemet aforeſaid yn the mydle parte before
the Roode ther Item I bequeath to the high aulter ther
for my tithes neglygently forgotyn or by me wtholden
ij s Itm I bequeath to the high aulter of ſaynt Martens
yn New Romeney xij d Itm I bequeith to the high alter
of Saynt Laurence of new romeney vj d Itm I give
to the repations of the churche of ſaynt clemet forſaid
and for the grounde belongyng[?] of my grave xx s Itm
I bequeath to evry brothered[?] light of the ſame churche
xij d Itm I give to evy of my godchildren xij d Itm
I give to John Epſe my godſon of yvechurche x ewes
Itm I give to Alice Roger my daughter one ewe half
a quarter of whete ⁊ half a quart of Barley Itm I
will that the table yn the hall with the forme ⁊ ___
therto belongyng ⁊ ij the beſt bedsted[?] ___ withall the
planks shelves ⁊ Benchebordes belongyng to the
houſe shall styll a byde ⁊ remayne to the house Itm
I give to John Epse my sonne my great sport ⁊ andryon
a jak a salett a crosse mattokk a tith of Iron and
half my Bakon Itm I give Johane my wiff thoder
half of my ſaid Bakon all my hempe ⁊ chose iiij quarts
of whete iiij quarts of barley all ſuche whete ⁊ malt
as is now yn the place redy threſſhen except ij /
buſſhells of whete all my fewell wood lying[?] abowt
the place all my pollell ⁊ geese except ij broode
Geese xxvj s viij d yn money / and all the reſidue
of my howſold stuff / Item I give to the ſame Johane
my wiff in cows[?] ⁊ catall to the value of xij ___
as it is apprayſed of suche[?] as ſhe[?] left[?] to take[?] for the diſcharge
of an obligation for paymet of^of x l In the ___ my
sonne John ___ Bowindrey[?] Itm I give to evy
of Agnes Elizabeth ciciley and John the children of
John Roger xiij s iiij d to be paid to eather of theym
when they come to the age of xxto[?] yeres except they do
marrie then for to be paid at their mariage / and
eyther of theym to be others here / if they shall happe
                                                                                to dye before

to dye before the same age of xxt[?] yeres and if it shall ___
___ all to dye before the age of xx yeres and not maried
then I will the same money shall remayne to Alice
Roger their ___ if she they[?] be livyng / And if she be
not then livyng I will that same half of the said money
shall equally be devided bytweene John Garrard my daughter
Agnes sonne and Agnes Hugglyn the daughter of James
Huggelyn and theder half therof to be bestowed yn ___
of charyte at the discretion of myn executors or ___ assignes
Item I bequeath to Johane my daughter x s and Anne my
daughter vi s viij which is yn the hands of Johane my
wiff for to be delyvred to my said daughters when they
come to the age of discretion / The Residue of all my goods
my detts and bequeathes first paid I give unto John Epse
my sonne the whiche[?] John of this my present Testamnt
I make [&] ordeyne myn executor Item I give to Elizabethe
Roger x sheepe Witness Sir Robert Brachay Jurat
Thomas Lersden[?] and John More This is the
last will of me the said John Epse made the day
[&] yere abovesaid ffirst I will that John Epse my sonne
shalhave to hym his heires [&] assignes for ___ all those my
lands [&] tentemnts ___ ___ [&] beyng yn the pisshes of old
Romeney Saynt Marten [&] Saynt Laurence of new romeney
hope all hallowes Brokeland and Brenzett payeng to
Johane my wiff yerely duryng her liff iij l vj s viij d
of good [&] [law]fuall money of England at the feste of
th___ of oꝛ lady and Saynt Michell tharchangell
by equall portions to be payed / And if it happen the said
annuyte[?] of iij l vj s viij d to be beyond ___ by
viij dayes of any of the said feasts above lymyted[?]
then I will the same Johane or her assignes mony parte
or parcell of all suche lands as I give yn the pisshes of
old Romeney Saynt Martens [&] Saint Laurence of New
Romeney shall difrayne[?] and thesame[?] distresses so wthold
unto ___ the same Johane or her assignes the said
annuyte[?] ___ other expenses in that ___
sustayned be fully content satisfied [&] paid Item I
will that [each] of my iij youngist daughters Johane
Amye [&] Johanie shalhave money they come to the age
of xx yeres vj l xiij s iiij d except they shalhappe'
to be married before the same age they to be paid at
their marriage / and if it happen any of they iij to dye
before they come to the same age of xx yeres [&] not
married then I will [each] of theyre to be ___ ___
and if it shall happen all my said iij daughters to dye
before the same age of xx yeres and not married then
I will ther shalbe ___ of the same money to poorer
people yerely xx s by the ___ vij yeres that is to
say x s at the feaste of Easter and x s at the feast of
Cristimas whereof I will that at [each] tyme vi s viij d
therof shalbe given to the poorer peple I ___ wtin

the pishe of old Romeney and iij s iiij d to be givyn whereas
myn executor or his assignes shall thynk most wise[?] / And I will
that vj l therof shalbe bestowed yn ___ wayes whereas
my said Executoꝛ or his assignes shall ___ most wise[?] / And
I will that the vij l residue my wiff shalhave if she then be
liveng or els to be bestowed yn ___ [The text is jumbled.] [&] other charitable ___
at the ___ of my said Executoꝛ or his assignes / Item
I will that Agnes Huggelyn shalhave to her mariage when
she comyth to the age of xx yeres vj s viij d and if she happe'
to dye before the same age then I will it shall remayne to
the children of Alice Roger my daughter / Item I will that
I may have done [&] bestowed for me at my buryeng[?] xxxiij s iiij d
and so yn likewise at my months mynde xxxiij s iiij d / And also
at my yeres mynd xxxiij s iiij d Item I will that an honest
preest shall syng [&] say for me yn the pishe churche of Saynt
Clement foresaid by the spare of a yere half yerely / that is to
saye ffrom the feste of the annunciation of our lady next after
my decesse unto the feaste of saynt michell tharchangell / And
so to begyn agayne at the feaste of the annunciation of our lady
then next foloweng unto myhelmasse then next ensuing /
Item I will that Johane my wiff shalhave my pace that I
now dwell in with all suche necessary lands appartaynyng
therto ___ ___ that is to say a parcell of land
and xvj acres called Longbothe[?] ___ the ___ iiij ___
of land ___ thereto, vi acres of land called Bretts xiij
acres of land called Dadds vij acres of land called quartlands
and ij acres et ___ of land whiche I late purchased of John
Arnell to be had to her then and next ___ after my
decesse unto the ffeasteof Saynt myhell tharchangell
then next foloweng / And so from the feast of Saynt Mahell
by the spare of a yere then next ensueng / And if she do
___ her self sold[?] [&] remarried[?] another yere foloweing
then I will she shalhave the said tenemn't [&] lands the
same yere and so to take none[?] other annuyte[?] by all suche
terms that she shalhave the said tenemn't [&] lands and
she to ___ ___ ____ ___ paying to my sone John yerely
by the same terms xx s for the discharge of Rents [&] detts
and repation of housing[?] and barn Item I will that
all suche corne as is sowen and shalbe sowen of [&] uppon
the above namyd lands for thas yere that at harvest
___ shalbe indifferently [&] equally devided betwene
Johane my wiff [&] John my sonne ___ of ___ to
___ charge of harvest like[?] / Item I will that John my
sonne shalhave the ___ of the said chamber as ___
hathe had before tyme Item I will that John Roger and
Alice his wiff shalhave to theym and their assignes[?] for
terme of their lyves a teneme't [&] a Garden, whiche
they now dwellin payeng yerely to John my sonne
or to his assignes for the Repations of the same ij s Item
                                                                                I will that if

Item I will that if it happen that when eny of my said children
Johane Amye and Johane to be married and the money
which I have assigned theym to their mariage be not
paid accordyngly to the same or with a quarter of a yer'
then next ensueng then I will that they and [each] of
theym for their parte shall ___ ___ a pcell of land to
___ ___ yn the pishe of hope alhalos called sevenhay
xvij acres that is to say to the lands of allsoules collage
of oxenford toward the west and to the lands of the
home of Richard hall toward the east to be had to theym
to their heires and assignes for [each] Item I will that Johane
my wiff shall have [each] yere by ___ ___ as she shall happ'
to dwell yn my said place as it is a ___ ___ ij loods [loads]
of Elme loggs
                                                                                Concordat in orig[inale]

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