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Medieval &
Later Kent P.C.C. & C.C.C. Wills
Wills of 17th Century Gentlemen of Chatham
1647-1698
Miles
TROUGHTON 1651
Miles Troughton
was a cousin of Nathaniel Aplyn, a shipwright of
Chatham and overseer of Aplyn's will of 1643. He may
have been the Purser of the the ship Happy Entrance,
during the reign of Charles the First
In the Name of God Amen
I Miles Troughton of Chatham in the County of
Kent gent being weake in body but of perfect memory I praise God yet in
respect of my yeares and the uncertainty of my life doe therefore for
the quietinge of my minde and dispossinge of that estate wherewith God
in his goodnesse hath blessed mee withall in this life make and ordaine
this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following
First
I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God and Creator and make
and doe ?
believe that through his ? and the
all sufficient merritts of his only and most dear sonne Jesus Christ my
only Lord and Saviour and Redeemer that my Sinnes are freely pardoned
and forgiven And that in God's tyme I shall bee made a partaker in his
heavenly Kingdom and my body to bee buried in the parish church of
Chatham as neare my former deceased wife as may bee (not stirringe her
bones) if it please God I depart this life in that parish
Item
I give unto the most needfull poore of that parish of Chatham Forty
shillings to bee delivered into the hands of Mr Edward Hayward
and by him together with the church Wardens and Overseers of the poore
for the time beinge to bee distributed (as theire necessities require
with some respect to such as worke and yet want) within one moneth after
my decease by my Executors hereafter named
Item
I give unto the widdowe Hawkings? late wife of Thomas Hawkings?
tenn shillings
Item
I give unto Dorothy Peeke? a poore blinde maide in Chatham
tenn shillings if living at my decease
Item
I give unto Mr Rosewell Minister of Chatham twenty shillings
besides twenty shillings for his paines in a Sermon for the good and
benefitt of his living if he bee Minister there at the tyme of my
decease
And
it is my will that these Four Legacies bee paid accordingly by my
Executors within one Moneth after my decease
Item
I give unto my Daughter Mary Allen the now wife of James
Allen twenty pounds goode money as a token of my Fatherly affection to
her This legacy to be paid within Six moneths after my decease by my
Executors
And
whereas Philadelphia Troughton my daughter in Lawe who
married with my sonne James Troughton
but ? against my will
and with whome hee had noe portion
? In both with respects I hold not my selfe
bounde ( and that by better judgement than my owne) to inport any of my
estate unto her yet because shee was my Sonne's wife and in
considerstion of her present Condition shee taking what is given her
thankfully and in good part and carring herselfe as becomes her towards
my name after my decease It is my will and I give her forty shillings
per Annum for and during her natural life to bee paid her by my Sonne Samuell
Troughton out of those lands and tenements hereafter to bee
devised unto him halfe yearely as it is paid him shee allowinge out of
such ? taxes as shall
bee ? upon the pounds
And I further give unto her upon the former Condition thirty pounds good
money to bee paid her by my Executors at one intire payment within the
Compasse of one whole yeare after my decease shee giving such sufficient
discharge to my Executors as Mr Head of Rochester shall think
fitt
Item
I give and bequeath to the widdow Wells late wife of Richard
Wells her mother's brother
? Ten pounds of good money if living if not to
her daughter Mary if living if not to her children or for many of them
as shall bee living equally amongst them
?
? Boyse will direct you where to finde or
heare of them this legacie to be paide by my Executors within one Yeare
after my decease
This
is the last will and testament of mee Miles Troughton
touching and concerning the dispossinge of all my landes and tenements
and hereditaments with all and singular the appurtenances lyinge and
beinge in the parrish of Higham in the County of Kent except such as I
hath formerly disposed of by deed under my hande and seale to Jonathan
Troughton my younger sonne with a reservation? of my life therein
I
give and devise to Samuell Troughton my elsest sonne
living All that my messuage kitchin ? barne stable outhouses backside
and orcharde with three score acres of land bee it more or lesse arable
pasture and meadow with all their appurtenances belonginge or in any
wise appertayninge thereunto commonly called and Known as by the name of
Gore greene farme which I bought of Sir John Sidley
Baronet lyeing in the parish of Higham and now in the occupation of Edward
Fridd or of his assigns and ?
I
give and devise unto my sayd sonne Samuell Troughton all
those my two messuages backsides barnes orchards with their
appurtenances with eight acres of land bee it more of lesse to each of
them Fower acres anciently belonginge to them One of which messuage and
Fower acres of land bought of Sir John Sidley The other
messuage I bought of Mr Nathaniell Trarms? gent both which
messuages landes and hereditaments backsides barnes stable and orchard
with the appurtenances sett lyeing and beinge at or neare Gore Green in
the parish of Higham both hauld of the Manor of Higham and both in the
occupation of Ralph Goodall or his assignes All which
severall devise and devises formerly mentioned in this my will with all
the singular the messuage lande backside barne stable kitchin outhouses
orchards gardens plottes with all the apperteances thereunto belonging
or in any wise apperteyninge to them or any of them
All which I give unto my said sonne Samuell Troughton and
to the heires of his body lawfully begotten or to bee begotten And for
want of such issue I give the same severall devises to Jonathan Troughton
my younger sonne and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten and for
want of such issue to Mary Allen the now wife of James Allen and to the
heires of her body lawfully begotten or to bee begotten And for want of
such heires my grandchild Ann Skelton and to the heires of
her body lawfully begotten or to bee begotten And for want of such issue
to bee and remaine to the right heires of mee the sayd Miles Troughton
for ever
Item
I give and devise unto Jonathan Troughton my younger sonne
for and duringe his natuarall life all that my
other ? messuage
backside barne and orchard situate lyinge and beinge in Higham Streete
in the parish of Higham in the County of Kent with seaven acres of land
bee it more or lesse thereunto belonginge or in any wise apperteyninge
arable pasture and meadow And after his decease I give and devise the
same messuage lande backside and barne with the appurtenances to John
Troughton his sonne my grandchilde and to his heires for ever
And
whereas I am stand bound to John Goslinge of Maidstone
blacksmith in two obligations in one of Sixty pounds for payment of
thirty pounds upon the nine and twentieth day of September which shall
bee in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fiftie and one
The other in Forty pounds for payment of twenty pounds or the daye of my
death or in two or three dayes after
Now
it is my will and true meaninge and I doe hereby [direct] my Executors
to pay the same money accordinge at the severall tymes expressed in the
severall obligations by equall portions as they
? Legacies in my will And whereas I have
formerly made over by deede
? under my hand and seale unto my sonne Jonathan
Troughton one messuage or tenement backside orchard barne and
stable with three score acres of land bee it more or lesse arable
pasture and meadow thereunto belonginge with the appurtenances situate
lyinge and beinge in Higham Streete in the parish of Higham and Chalke
with a Reservation of my life therein which I bought of Sir John Sidley
Baronet and holdeth of the Manor of Higham save only two acres of it
lyeth in the parish of Chalke and holdeth of Ansther? Manor to which
Goodman Shuter of Higham hath formerly paid the Quit rent and
cann informe you of that main... ? it holdeth of
Juncone? those two acres now since the date of that deed I have
in ? Consideratly
Loveinge power but for my life made a lease of the same messuage and
land with the appurtenances unto Edward Bonham of Higham
husbandman for certaine Yearely rent yet to come Notwithstanding it is
my will and desire And I doe hereby require my sayd sonne Jonathan
Troughton not withstandinge any advantage hee might take thereof
That hee suffer the said Edward Bonham his heires
Executors Administrators and assignes quietly and peacefully to hold and
enjoy the said messuage and landes with the appurtenances the full terme
of Yeares mentioned ? in
the lease remaininge unexpired at the time of my deceade without his
lett ? trouble or molestation Provided alwaiwes that hee the said Edward
Bonham his heires Executors administrators and assignes pay his
rent duly at the severall Feaste Dayes expressed in the Lease or within
the days limited therein wherein it ought to bee paid And that hee the
said Edward Bonham his heires Executors administrators and
assignes truly Keepe and performe all such Covenants articles clauses
and agreements mentioned in the same Lease which on his or theire parts
are or ought to bee performed and kept
And
I doe hereby make and ordaine my two sonnes Samuell Troughton
and Jonathan Troughton my full and whole Executors of this
my last will and testament notheing doubtinge out of the confidence I
have in them that they wilbee both Faithfull and with what convenient
speed execute this my will
And
I doe appoynt my wellbeloved Friend Mr John Allen gent and
Mr Edward Hayward gent overseers of this my will whome I
doe earnestly entreate to bee aiding and assisting to my Executors
wherein they may have use of them in the Execution of this my last will
or otherwise
And I give each of them twenty shillings to make them a Ringe as a
Remembrance of my love and affection to them
And
whereas there are some words razed out and some interlined in this my
will It is soe donne by my own hand before the sealing and declaringe of
the same
In
witnesse whereof I have to this my last will written with my owne [hand]
in two sheets of paper to this First I have subscribed my name and to
the second sett my hande and seale this seaventeenth of July one
thousand Six hundred Forty Nine Miles Troughton
Signed Sealed and declared to my last will and testament in the presence
of us whose names are hereunder written Ro Heath
Hen Peirce
Proved 25th February 1651 (1652 in
the modern calendar)
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