Chelsfield - Parish Information
Abstract of will from
Chelsfield proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Geoffrey Copus.2005
Thomas Cox
of Chelsfield dated 12 December 1657
Abstract of the will of Thomas Cox of Chelsfield
yeoman dated 12 December 1657.
My body is to be buried among the faithful at the
discretion of my Executors.
I give to John Rawlings my son in law or to my daughter
Joane Rawlings his wife £40 "but if my son [sic] John Rawlins do
molest or anyway trouble by suit of law mine Executors " then they
shall pay him but £5.
I give to my daughter Amye Pratt, wife of James Pratt, £30.
I give to my daughter Elizabeth Waklen the wife of George
Waklen ten shillings.
To my grandchildren Sarah and Joane Cox, daughters of my
son Thomas Cox, £20 each at age 21 or on marriage, and each is to be
the other’s heir should either die before the legacy is due.
All my houses, barns, buildings and all my lands in
Chelsfield or elsewhere I leave to my two sons John and Thomas Cox
equally for ever, and also all goods and chattels, and I appoint them as
my Executors.
I appoint my two beloved friends John Ebett and John
Brasier to be Overseers of this Will, and they are to have two shillings
each.
Witnesses James Style John Style John Rawlins.
Proved 25 March 1661 by Thomas Cox with power reserved to John Cox.
[PCC will PROB11/303]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus