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Wills of Rochester Shipwrights 1652 - 1837
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
Henry BEST -
1651
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN
I HENRY BEST he elder of Eastgate
streete within the liberty of the Citty of Rochester in the County of
Kent Shipwright being at this present in reasonable & good health
and of perfect memory praise be therefore given to Almighty God calling
to remembrance the uncertainty of this miserable life and the certainty
of death the end of all flesh doe therefore for the settling of the
estate both reall and personall werewith it hath pleased God to blesse
me Make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form
following that is to say first I
give devise and bequeath unto my loveing wife HANNA BEST
for and during the terme of her naturall life All that my Messuage or
tenement wherein I now dwell with the backside or yard and garden with
the appurtenances situate lying and being in Eastgate Streete with the
liberty of Rochester aforesaid And after her decease I
give devise and bequeath the same Messuage or Tenement and premisses
with the appurtenances unto my daughter HANNA PAMFLETT the
wife of DAVID PAMFLETT To have and to hold the same unto
the said HANNA my daughter and to her heires and assigns for ever
Item I give and bequeath unto my
Sonne THOMAS BEST one shilling and six pence To
my Sonne GEORGE BEST one shilling and six pence And
to my Sonne HENRY BEST one shilling and six pence And
to every one of my Grandchildren twelve pence apiece to be paid unto
them within six months after my decease All
the rest and residue of my goods chattels household stuffe rights and
? my Debts being first paid I give unto my said daughter HANNA PAMFLETT
her executors administrators and assigns Item
I ordaine and make my said HANNA PAMFLETT Executrix of
this my last will and testament and make my said daughter HANNA PAMFLETT
Executor of this my last will and testament In
witness whereof I the said HENRY BEST the Elder to this my
last will and testament have sett my hand and seale this six and
twentieth day of Apprill in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six
hundred and fifty one HENRY BEST Read Signed
sealed and acknowledged as his last will and testament in the presence
of us MARY HEATH THOS. STAINES
ROB. HEATH Script.
Proved 8th January 1651 (1652 in the modern calendar)
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