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Medieval & Later Kent P.C.C. & C.C.C. Wills
Wills of 17th Century Gentlemen of Chatham 1647-1698

John FLETCHER 1694

In the Name of God Amen
I John Fletcher of Chatham in the County of Kent gent doe make my last Will and Testament as followeth
   I doe give and bequeath unto my deare and tender Mother Elizabeth Fletcher all and every my goods chattels and personall estate be the same as consisting of any nature or kind whatsoever adter my debts funerall charges and probate of this my Will paid and satisfied saveing only the sume of tenn shillings which I give to my wife to buy her a bible
   And as touching my reall Estate I give and devise the same be it Messuage Lands Tenements and Hereditaments or any parte share or dividend thereof or howsoever otherwise unto my loveing brother Peter Fletcher his Heires and Assignes for ever
   And of this my last Will and Testament Doe make constitute and ordaine her my said Mother Elizabeth Fletcher full and sole Executrix hereby revokeing annulling and making void all former Wills and Testaments by me made at any time heretofore made or published
   In witnesse whereof I the said John Fletcher have to this my present last Will and Testament sett my hand and seale the tenth day of April in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred ninety and foure John Fletcher Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Fletcher the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto in the presence of the same Testator Jo. Loran Andrew Hawes Paul Strange Thos. Legoe Jo. Walsall
   Proved 28th June 1694

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