Will of Henry Hart of Sellinge,
Kent, 1625 (Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, GS film 188963)
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN the two
and twentith day of the month of August in the yeare of our Lord God one
thousand sixe hundred twenty and five I Henry Hart of Sellendge
in the County of Kent Gentleman being hole of mind and of good
remembrance the lord bee praised doe ordeine and make this my last will and
testament in manner and forme following: that is to say; first I bequeath my
soule into the hands of almighty God my Creator who gave it mee and unto the
hands of Christ Jesus my Saviour by whose death and precious blood I hope to
bee saved and to inherit those unspeakeable wyes wch. hee hath purchased for
his elect; next I will my body to bee buried in the earth from whence it came
that is to say in the Church of Sellendge or elswhere my executor. shall
thinke fitt: ITEM I give unto ye. poore of the parrish of Sellendge
twenty shillings w.thin one halfe yeare after my decease to bee paid by my
executor. or els where I shall bee buried Item I give unto Mary Hart my
daughter fowerscore pounds of currant money of England to bee paid unto her by
my executor. w.thin sixe monthes after my decease: and the same fowerscore
pounds to remaine in the hands of my executor. if the said Mary my
daughter doe marry w.thout the consent of my executor and other of her good
freinds then my said executor to keepe her but if my executor refuse to keepe
her the said Mary: then my executor shall allow unto Henry Hart
my sonne after the rate of eight pounds in the hundred for her fowrescore pound
and Henry Hart my sonne to have the keeping of her or the money to rest
in his hands and hee the said Henry by sonne to put in security for the
same and the use to bee imployed and bestowed upon her as need shall require;
And if the said Mary my daughter doe bestow her selfe upon an unthrifte
or ill husband; Then my will is that my executor shall pay or bestow on her at
his discretion as need requireth and not suffer her husband to reteine any proffit
thereof: Now if the said Mary my daughter have any children of her body
then the said fowerscore pounds I will to bee devided equally among them after
her decease provided that if my daughter Mary happen to marry w.th a
sufficient honest man and is of that abelitie to leave the children of her body
in value worth fowerscore pounds; that then my executor shall pay unto Mary
my daughter at the day of her marriage or w.thin two monthes after flowerscore
pound of currant money of England; But if my daughter Mary happen to dy
before shee marry I will her porson to bee equally devided between my two
sonnes fourty pound a peece; And if the said Mary remaine unmarried and
my executor refuse to keepe her as is aforesaid; then my will is that Henry
or Anne w.ch of them will keepe her my executor shall pay unto him or
her ten pound a yeare halfe yearly by equall porcons to bee paid that is to say
fowre pounds a yeare now and[?] above the proffit of her flowerscore pounds in
lieu of the house and land called litle pearce w.ch I purchased of Stock
wyning[?] to Will pearce ITEM I
give unto Mary my daughter the bed w.ch shee now lyes in as it stands
altogether; and two paier of sheetes and one chest made of inch boards and her
trunke w.ch shee now hath and one chamber pot: ITEM I give unto Anne Hart
my daughter five hundred pound of currant money of England w.th the fourty
pound w.ch is her Grandmothers guift, my selfe fower hundred and
threescore and fourty by her Grandmother to bee paid unto her by my
executor at the day of her marriage three hundred pound and w.thin one yeare
after her marriage two hundred more; But if it shall happen that my daughter Anne
to dye before shee mary; my will is that fower hundred pound to bee equally
devided betweene my two sonnes William and Henry, and the other
hundred pound, the proffit of it I will my executor shall allow my daughter Mary
towards her maintenance and after my daughter maries decease to goe to
my two sonnes William and Henry equally to be devided, fifty
pound a peece: Provided also that my executor pay unto Anne my daughter
after my decease till shee happen to marry for her maintenance after the rate
of eight pound in the hundred for three hundred pound and soe to pay her
quarterly by equall porcons sixe pound every quarter: ITEM I give unto Henry
Hart my sonne one hundred pounds of currant money of England w.thin three
monthes after my decease And if it happen that my said sonne Henry Hart
doe dye w.thout heires of his body then I will that my executor shall have
fifty pounds and my daughter Mary ten pounds, and my daughter Anne
forty pounds if shee bee unmarried: Item I give unto my sonne Henry Hart
halfe a dozen of a[?] silver spoons and also one silver bowle and a silver and
grilled bowle, and one silver salt and the bed and bed steele where two now
lyeth furnished as now it is and one trendle bed in the same chamber and one
old feather bed in the long chamber to ly one his trendle bed and I also give
unto my sonne Henry 4 paier of sheetes, two pillow coats, one chamber
pot and two spits, one longer, the other spit w:th the foote and halfe a dozen
of cushions: ITEM I give unto Henry Hart my sonne one bras pot, the
biggest saving one and one litle pot w.ch was James Lanckfords and one
Iron dripping pan: Item I give unto Henry Hart my sonne one great chest
w.ch I now use my selfe and one cupboard in the parlor w.ch was my fathers and
one long table standing in my parlor at Hill and one round or short
table w.th the frame, and one wyned setle of Deale boards standing in a lofte
over the hall next George Reenes[?] ITEM I give unto my sonne Henry
Hart fower plattees and two pewter dishes Itm. I give unto my sonne Henry
Hart my sorrell gilding and my gray guilding w.ch I now have in my keeping:
Item I give unto Henry Hary my sonne my ring that I usually weare w:th
two H: H: on it, and also a covering in the long chamber for his trendle bed, a
new one: ITEM I give unto Elizabeth my wife twenty pound a yeare during
her naturall life that is to say ten pound a yeare yearely out of the lands of
my sonne Willia. Hart and to bee paid unto Elizabeth my wife
halfe yearly by equall porcons by my sonne William and the other ten
pound a yeare yearely out of the lands of my sonne Henry Hart to bee
paid unto Elizabeth my wife halfe yearely by equall porcons by my sonne Henry
Hart; And if it shall happen the said twenty pound to bee behind or unpaid
in part or in all, after any feast dayes or termes of paymt. by the space of
twenty dayes, that then it shall bee lawfull for the said Elizabeth my
wife or her assignes to enter into the lands of the said William and Henry
my sonnes or in the lands of any one of them that make default of payment of
the aforesaid yearely legacy before given to enter and distreine, and the
distress or distresses there soe found to take and from thence to lead drive,
beare and carry away and the same to reteine and keepe untill the afforesaid
yearely legacy and guift bee unto Elizabeth my wife w.th all chardges
and expences by that accasion susteyned fully) satisfyed and payd. ITEM I give unto Elizabeth my wife one
joyne[?] bedstedle, two featherbeds, and one flockbed one great tapestry
covering, fower blanckets, fowre payer of sheetes, two paire of the fower of
the best two pillowes w.th pillow=coates, and dozen of pewter of all sortes,
two spits the one smale, and the other of a reasonable stantling[?] one brasse
pot, one ketle, and a scupnet, one Grediron and a payer of tonges, a paire of
pothookes, two dozen of trenchers, one chaire or two, one table and forme one cupboard
standing in the parlor w.ch I use one boarded chest and one wyned chest halfe a
dozen of truggs[?], and two smale andirons and a dozen of napkins: ITEM I give
unto William Hart my sonne all the residue of my moveable goodes and
chattells unbequeathed, and that my sonne William Hart shall see all my
funerall chardges and expences dischardged and paid Item I make and ordeine William
Hart my sonne, my executor of this my last will and testament; Provided
alwayes that if William Hart my sonne doe refuse to take upon him the
executorship or doe happen to dy before mee then I will Henry Hart my
sonne to bee my executor of this my last will and testamt. and take the
benefits and proffits thereof arising paying and dischardgeing all my debts and
legacies: THIS is the last will and testamt. of me Henry Hart as
concerning the disposing of all my lands and tenements viz: lying and being in
the parrishes of Sellendge, Allington Eastbridge, Burmerch
Lyme, Hethe and Smethe: ITEM I give unto my sonne William
Hart one messuage or tenemt. w.th all the buildings whatsoever thereunto
belonging; w.th the orchard and gardens at Stone=hill in the parrish of Sellendge,
and all the lands called Bakestable and the lands called will=pearce
and Greine[?] Court, and Foxefeilds, and a peece of land called fowertente[?]
acres and a peece of ground called ferrears, lying in Smethe:
ITEM I give unto my sonne William Hart another messuage or tenement
neere Sellendge = lease, w.th all the buildings thereunto adioyning, and
all the lands thereunto apperteyning, and one meadow called Gylninge in
the occupacon of mee the said Henry Hart: ITEM I give unto my sonne William
Harte another messuage or tenemt: w.th all the buildings thereunto
belonging at southway[?], and all the lands thereunto apperteyning, all
lying and being in the parrish of Sellendge: Item I give unto my sonne William
Hart fourty acres of mersh land at terme la?e[?] lying in the parrish of Eastbridge:
ITEM I give unto my sonne William Hart my house and lands w.ch I late
purchased of Thomas Stocke and his brother, lying in Sellinge,
wyninge[?] to will=peerce, Provided that if William my sonne doe
not pay Mary my daughter her marriage mony, or keepe her sufficiently
according to this my will; It shall bee lawfull for Henry my sonne, to
enter upon the said house and land w.ch I purshased of Thomas Stocke in
ye behalfe of Mary my daughter and to take it and keepe it and keepe
her, and to have the fower pound before menconed: ITEM I give unto my sonne William
Hart, my house at Ollington and all the buildings and lands
thereunto belonging, now in the occupacon of Goodman Wraith lying in Ollington
aforesaid: ITEM I give unto William Hart my sonne one parcell of land
w.ch I hold by lease called Iclome[?] brookes lying in Ollington
afforesaid: To have and to hold all the afforesaid tenemt: lands and all and
singler the hereditaments w.th their appurtenances before given unto ye said William
Hart and to his heires for ever; Provided alwayes that if my sonne William
Hart doe happen to dye w.thout heires of his body lawfully begotten then my
will is that Henry Hart my sonne shall have all the aforesaid messuages
lands and tenement afforegiven unto him, and to his heires for ever. ITEM I give unto my sonne Henry Hart
my house and land lying at Lyme beacon now in the occupacon of Harrison
lying in Lyme parrish: Item I give unto Henry Hart my sonne my
lands, lying and being in the parrish of Burmersh neere Abbites[?]
Court: Item I give unto the said Henry Hart my sonne my howse and
all the buildings and gardens thereunto belonging lying and being in the twone
and port of Hethe in the midle ward, and also one peece of meadow=land
neare Hith mill; to have and to hold all the foresaid tenement landes,
and all and singler the hereditaments w.th their appurtenances before given,
unto the said Henry Hart my sonne and to his heires forever; Provided
alwayes that if my sonne Henry doe happen to dye w.thout heires of his
body lawfully begotten; then my will is that William Hart my sonne shall
have all the aforesaid messuages, houses, tenemts. and lands aforegiven unto
him the said William and to his heires fo.r ever; Provided alwayes and
my mind is that if my sonne William Hart doe molest and trouble my sonne
Henry Hart for the house and lands lying at Lyme. beacon, w.ch I
had by the right of my mothers guifte, and inheritance and w.ch I have
formerly given to my sonne Henry then it shall bee lawfull for Henry
my sonne to enter into and upon the lands and tenemts. adioyning unto Selling
lease and into the meadow called Gilminge w.ch I formerly had given unto
William, and to remaine unto the said Henry and to his heires for
ever notw.thstanding my former guift.
ITEM I make and ordeine Sr. Peeter Hayman Knight of Sellinge
and John Whitt of Westhide yeoman my overseers of this my last
will and testament to see that it bee p.formed and done according to the true
meaning hereof and I give them twenty shillinges a peece for their paines: Item
I give Henry Hart my sonne the wyne table in the litle parlor at my
house at Stonehill as it now stands and one wyne forme now in the
parlor IN WITNESS whereof I have
heereunto set my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written Henry
Hart: Witnes to this pr.sent will Tho:
Griffin William Cavell, John Coxe:/
PROBATUM fuit . . . [The probatum
section another 3 pages long and is in Latin.]
[Typed from a photocopy on 13
January 1990 by Greg Ramstedt.]
{HHRT1625}
[See my Devon & English
Genealogy submission to Rootsweb.com’s WorldConnect family trees:
Greg Ramstedt, 6 August 2012]
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