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 Bef 1442 - 1493 (> 51 years)
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| Name |
Michael A’DENNE |
| Born |
Bef 1442 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1493 |
| Person ID |
I16338 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
John A’DENNE, b. Bef 1420, of Kingston, Kent, England  , d. 1475, Kingston, Kent, England (Age > 55 years) |
| Mother |
Eleanor SHAKEWEY, b. Bef 1419, Barham, Kent, England , d. Abt 1473, Kingston, Kent, England (Age > 54 years) |
| Married |
Bef 1442/1443 |
| Family ID |
F4992 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Married |
Abt 1467 |
| Children |
| | 1. Thomas A’DENNE, the elder, Esq, b. Abt 1464, of Denne Hill, Kingston, Kent, England , d. 1552, Barham, Kent, England (Age ~ 88 years) |
| | 2. Thomas A’DENNE, the younger, b. Aft 1467 |
| | 3. William A’DENNE, b. Aft 1467 |
| | 4. Michael A’DENNE, b. Aft 1467 |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F4991 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
Received from his father's Will land in Sandwich, Kingston, Womenswold and Barham. Because of the bequests of Barham land and a bequest to the fabric of Barham church in the will of John a'Denne and then carried through in the Will of this Michael, and the fact that this Michael specifically names Thomas the elder and Thomas the younger as his sons and the fact that my Thomas in his Will is specified as being Thomas the elder, I have to conclude that this is the correct ancestry for my Thomas a'Denne.
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SOURCE: Archaeologia Cantiana, v25-p263;
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF DOCUMENTS
BELONGING TO THE KENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY.. 14. [72].—1485. 30 October, 1 Henry VII. Release from
Thomas Godfrey, William a Broke, and Richard Knechebole (William
Knechbole consenting) to John Cullyns, William Nethersole,
Michael a Denne, and Thomas Cullyns of their right in a croft
called Gorishill in the parish of Elham containing about twenty
acres of land, which had formed part of the property Richard Lawrence
in the 9th year of Edward IV., with the consent, etc., of the
executors of the will of John ffurneys, late of Berham, conveyed to
John Putsham, William Nethersole, Michael a Denne, and Joan,
wife of William Knechbole, formerly the wife of John ffurneys
(which lands the said Richard held by the grant of William
Brouner and Thomas Brouner, late of Berham), during the life of
the said Joan, and after her death to Thomas Godfree, William
a Broke, etc. [No seal.]
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Act Denne Michael Kingston 1493 PRC/3/1/34 1493
=================================================================================Bequests left to the children of this Michael in the Will of Thomas a'Denne of Kingston, the Thomas who married Agnes Eshurst
A legacy to Thomas Denne s/o Michael Denne 40 sheep
A legacy to Thomas Denne junior s/o said Michael Denne 40 sheep & if it should happen that the said Thomas Denne junior should not reach the said 20 years of age then I wish that the said 40 sheep be distributed equally between his brothers & sisters
A legacy to William Denne s/o said Michael Denne 30 sheep and to William ???er 20 sheep
PRC/32/3/297 written in 1490, proven April 1491
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Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury Vol.49 folio 59
Transcribed by Brian Denn
In the name of God Amen the two and twenty day of March in the five and twentieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth and in the year of our Lord 1593 I Robert Denne of the Parish of Kingston in the County of Kent, yeoman being sick in body but in perfect remembrance (God be praised for the same) do make my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. First I will and bequeath my Soul to Almighty God my Creator and Redeemer by whose passion and bloodshedding my only hope is to be saved my body to the Earth from whence it came. And my mind is that my body shall be buried in Kingston church beneath the way into the church at the discretion of my wife for the which I give to the ? of the said church the sum of 10s to be paid presently(?) after my death.
Item I give to the poor of Kingston the sum of 20s to be distributed amongst them at the time of my burial at the discretion of my wife.
Item I bequeath to the poor of the Parish of Barham the sum of ? of lawful money of England to be paid within one month after my death and to be distributed amongst them at the discretion of my wife.
Item I bequeath to the poor of the Parish of Womenswold the sum of ? of like lawful money of England to be distributed amongst them within one month after my decease at the discretion of my wife.
Item I bequeath to Mary Goldsmith(?) one ewe and one lamb to be delivered presently(?) after my decease.
Item I bequeath to Silvester my eldest daughter the sum of one hundred marks of lawful money of England to be paid to her at her age of twenty years.
Item I bequeath to Mary my daughter the sum of one hundred marks of like lawful money of England to be paid to her at her age of twenty years.
And if any of my said daughters fortune to die before her said age of twenty years then I will the one of them to be have to the other so deceasing.
And if they both die before they shall accomplish their said ages then I will their said portions shall remain to my wife.
Item I will that if my wife fortune to be with child at the time of my death be it a manchild or a manchild(?) I will to the said child the sum of one hundred marks to be paid by my wife at his or her age of twenty years.
Item I will to Thomasine my wife all my household stuff and implements of household and plate. Nevertheless after her decease I will all my ? glass table ? stools bed steddles(?) of my two best lodging chambers one feather bed furnished with the ? ? and ? of my house where I dwell shall ? remain to John my son ?.
And if it fortune that the said John my son die during the life of my said wife then I will that after the decease of my wife my said household stuff shall remain to Robert my son.
Item I will and bequeath to Edward my son the sum of one hundred marks to be paid unto him at his age of twenty and four years.
Item I will and bequeath to Robert my son the sum of one hundred marks of lawful money of England to be paid unto him at his age of twenty and four years.
And I will that if any of them fortune to die before their said ages then I will the one of them to be the others heir.
The residue of all my goods and chattels after my ? discharged my debts paid and my legacies performed I will and bequeath to Thomasine my wife whom I ordain and make my sole and only Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. And I ordain and make my cousin Thomas Denn of Adisham my overseer of this my testament and last will to ? for his pains in that behalf I give the sum of £10.
This is the last will of me the said Robert Denn made and declared the day and year aforesaid concerning the disposition of all my lands tenements and hereditaments.
Item I will to John Denn my third son to him and to his heirs forever my capital messuage wherein I inhabit with all the housing lands tenements wood and hereditaments to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining situate lying and being in the Parish of Kingston, Barham and Womenswold in the County of Kent together with all such lands hereditaments as I recently bought of Robert Walker Thomas and John ?. Nevertheless my mind is that my said wife shall take the rent and profits of all the said housing land tenement wood and hereditaments with their appertuances until such time as the said John shall accomplish his age of twenty and four years towards the performance of my last Will and Testament.
Item I will and bequeath to Vincent my son to him and to his heirs forever my messuage called ? with all the lands tenement woodland and hereditament now in the tenure or occupation of William Allen my farmer or of his assigns situate lying and being in the several Parishes of St John the Baptist and St Nicholas at Wood or elsewhere in the Isle of Thanet. Nevertheless my mind is that my said wife shall take the rents and profits of my said messuage called ? land tenement wood and hereditaments now in the tenure or occupation of the said William Allen or of his assigns until such time as the said Vincent my son shall accomplish his age of twenty and four years towards the performance of my last Will and Testament and the bringing up of my children wherewith my wife shall be charged.
Item I bequeath to Thomas my son to him and to his heirs forever all such lands tenements and hereditaments with their appertuances as I purchased to me and to my friend of Henry Blomfield(?) now being in the tenure or occupation of Robert ? or of his assigns except such lands and tenements before willed to Vincent my son. Nevertheless my mind is that my said wife shall take the rents and profits of all my said land and tenements with their appertuances until the time that the said Thomas shall accomplish his age of twenty and four years to the performance of my last Will and Testament and the bringing up of my children wherewith my wife shall be charged.
Provided always that if it fortune that the said John my son do die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten before his said age of twenty and four years then I will my said messuage wherein I inhabit with all the lands tenements and hereditaments before willed to John my son and to his heirs shall remain to Robert my son to him and to his heirs forever.
Nevertheless my mind is that if it so come to pass that from my said wife shall take the rents and profits of all my said lands and tenements with the appertuances until such time as the said Robert my son shall accomplish his age of twenty and four years towards the performance of my last Will and Testament and the bringing up of my children wherewith my wife shall be charged.
Item I will to Edward my son to him and to his heirs forever one messuage one barn and one garden situate lying and being in the said Parish of St John the Baptist purchased of one John Humphreys now in the tenure or occupation of one John Gamon(?) or of his assigns. And also one other my messuage or tenement garden loft and one acre and a half one acre of pasture land be there more or less lying in the said Parish of Womenswold by me purchased of one William Knoller. Nevertheless my will is that my said wife shall take the rents and profits of the said two messuages barn gardens loft and one acre and a half one acre of pasture land be there more or less until such time as the said Edward my son shall accomplish his age of twenty and four years towards the performance of my last Will and Testament and the bringing up of my children wherewith my wife shall be charged.
Provided always that if it fortune that the said Vincent my son do die without issue of his body lawfully begotten before his said age of twenty and four years.
Item I will my land messuage called ? with all the lands tenements and hereditaments I before willed to Vincent my son and to his heirs shall legally remain to Edward and Robert my sons to them and to their heirs equally between them to be divided. Nevertheless my will is that then my said wife shall take the rents and profits thereof until the time that the said Edward and Robert shall accomplish their several ages of twenty and four years towards the performance of my last Will and Testament and the bringing up of my children wherewith my wife shall be charged.
And where I stand ? together with Thomasine my wife of a certain tenement and land called ? in the Isle of Thanet to ? and to the heirs male of our two bodies lawfully begotten. And where(?) also my said wife stands ? to her and to her heirs of the manor called Westgate Court in the said Isle of Thanet my mind is that the said tenement and land called ? and the said manor of Westgate Court after the decease of my said wife shall defend by coarse of law to Thomas my son and to his heirs and that the said Thomas shall enjoy all such land in the Isle of Thanet except the land my ? and garden bought of the said John Humphreys whereof I and my wife have ? our time with proclamation(?) to him and to his ? according to an indenture leading the case(?) of the said son Robert Denn ? ?
Thomas Denne the writer hereof John Nethersole, Vincent Nethersole.
A codicil annexed unto the last Will and Testament of me the said Robert Denn the ? of March in the year first above said. Memorand that where in my former will I have given full power and authority unto Thomasine my wife to take the rents and profits of all and singular my lands and tenements until such time as my sons to whom I have devised the same shall accomplish their several ages of twenty and four years my mind meaning and understanding is that she shall not fell or cause to be felled any timber or timber like growing near or about my foresaid house at Denehill in Kingston aforesaid. Robert Denne. Witness hereunto.
John Nethersole and Vincent Nethersole.
Probatum 1594
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Source: Norm Dennie, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury PRC 17/26/137, Probate 1542?
Thomas Denne of Kingston, will dated 16 August 1542
[first part missing]
son Thomas of Denhill, executor
son James
brother Thomas Denne
Thomas Nethersole of Eastry
Thomas Nethersole the sonne of ………… Nethersole
John Nethersole
…………Nethersole Symons …………… Denne, James Denne, Thomas Symons
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Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1591
Transcribed by Brian Denn
In the name of God Amen the sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred ninety and one and in the three and thirtieth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth, I Vincent Denne late of Kingston in the County of Kent and now of Newington in the County of Surrey, Doctor of Laws do ordain and make my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. First I bequeath my Soul to God Almighty my Creator Redeemer and Saviour my body to the earth until the general resurrection to be buried in such place and manner as shall seem meet by the discretion of my wife. All my worldly goods of what name nature and quality soever they be except inheritance lands and tenements and except bandes(?) made either to my father or to me for assurance of inheritance lands and tenements. I give and bequeath them (except before excepted) to Johane my well beloved wife whom I do ordain and make my sole and whole Executrix paying my debts. And I do hereby revoke and make frustrate all former wills or testaments made by me before the date hereof.
This is the last will of me the said Vincent Denne as touching my inheritance lands and tenements in the County of Kent. First I will that Johane my wife shall receive and take up all rents issues profits and forms(?) of all my houses, lands, tenements and hereditaments whatsoever except my house and lands with the appertuances in Bekesbourne which I have sold to Robert Beke which shall be due from the time of my death until the last day of September which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred ninety and five and until that time my mind is that she shall keep my children provided always that she my said wife during that time shall not fell or sell any woods underwoods hedgerows or trees but only for her own fuel and the reparations of my housing.
Item I will and bequeath to John Denne my eldest my capital messuage in Kingston wherein I myself did dwell together with all edifices belonging casements gardens and outyards to the same belonging or appertaining and all other my messuages edifices and buildings that I have in Kingston with all my arable lands pastures meadows woods and other hereditaments situate lying or being in Kingston aforesaid in whose tenure or occupation soever they may be with all my messuages arable lands pastures meadows woods and other hereditaments whatsoever which I have situate lying or being in Bishopsbourne between Barham(?) Down and Langhton Park and between Barham(?) Down and Kingston Reed as also in Barham between Barham Down aforesaid and the Court together with all evidences ? obligar and bonds concerning only the premises before to him bequeathed or only any part thereof to have and to hold all and singular the premises with their and every of their appertuances to the said John Denne his heirs and assigns for ever in fee simple and to have the possession thereof immediately after my wife’s aforesaid estate and term determined expired and ended and not before under these limitations following.
First that he the said John Denne within one quarter of a year after my decease and after knowledge of this point of my will and before she shall make any conveyance of the premises or of any part thereof or otherwise charge or encumber the same or any part thereof and before he shall do any act or acts whereby this my will and the true meaning thereof should be hindered or let shall acknowledge one Recogninhence(?) or Statute before the Chief Justice of England or the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in nature of a statute staple of the sum of five hundred pounds of lawful money of England at the proper costs and charges in the Law of the said John Denne. Which statute my will is shall be acknowledge to Johane my said wife and to Thomas Denne my brother and to my cousin Robert Denne with this ? in effect to be drawn and penned by the advice and counsel of my said brother Thomas Denne according to the true meaning of this my will that if the said John Denne his heirs and assigns after my wife’s said estate and term ended and expired yearly to pay to my said wife his mother and to her assigns for and in the name of a Jointure and in full recompense satisfaction and discharge of all former Jointures to her in anywise made and of all dowers which she by any means may claim or challenge out of all lands and hereditaments to him the said John by this my will given and out of all other my lands tenements and hereditaments hereafter by this my will to my other children to be given the sum of twenty and five pounds of lawful money of England during her life natural at the feasts of the Nativity of our Lord the Annunciation of our Lady the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Michael the Archangel by even portions yearly to be paid in the church porch of the Parish Church of Kingston aforesaid. And also if the said John Denne his heirs and assigns do pay to my daughter Anne (who is seven years of age at Midsummer last) or to her mother during her widowhood to the use of the said Anne after my wife’s said estate ended the sum of six pounds of lawful money of England yearly for the sustenance and maintenance of the said Anne by the space of eleven years after the date of this my will at the said feasts quarterly to be paid at the place aforesaid. And also if the said John Denne his heirs or assigns do content and pay on the feast day of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and two which is the eleventh year after the date of this my will at what time she the said Anne shall be of eighteen years of age.
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to the said Anne or to her assigns (if she be by then living) the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of England towards the advancement in marriage of the said Anne at the said church porch of Kingston aforesaid. And also if the said John Denne his heirs or assigns do content and pay at the place aforesaid to the said Anne on the Feast Day of Nativity of Saint John the Baptist which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and five (if she the said Anne be then living) the sum of thirty three pounds six shillings and eight pence of lawful money of England more in full payment of the sum of two hundred marks to her as aforesaid to be paid and if it fortune the said Anne Denne to die before the said time of payment of the said two hundred marks having one child or more of her body lawfully begotten and the same child or children fortune to live until the said time then if the said John Denne his heirs or assigns do content and pay to the said child or children equally between them to be divided at the time aforesaid and at the place aforesaid the said sum of two hundred marks or to the father of the said child or children if he be then alive to the use of the said child or children that then the said statute staple shall be void provided always and my will is that the said annuity of six pounds by the year shall cease at eleven years and if the said sum of one hundred pounds be paid with effect.
And I will that if the said John my son do not acknowledge the said statute with such ? in such sort as before in this my will is declared then my said wife during her widowhood my brothers Thomas Denne, Robert Denne of Darnhill, William Thomas and John Coppin my servants and the survivor of them shall take the issues and profits of all my housing lands tenements and hereditaments to him the said John my son before by this my will bequeathed until such time as they or the survivor of them have levied the said sum of two hundred marks for the said Anne my daughter in manner as is aforesaid to be paid over and before the twenty and five pounds by the year to my said wife and the six pounds by the year to the said Anne my daughter in manner as is aforesaid to be paid which my will is they or the survivor of them shall pay and discharge as is aforesaid out of the issues and profits of the premises and over and before the sum of fifteen pounds by the year which my will is they or the survivor of them shall pay to the said John Denne my son out of the issues and profits of the premises for his maintenance provided always that if my said son John die before he be married either in my life or after my death then I will all and singular the premises before to the said John by this my will bequeathed to William my second son to him and to his heirs forever with the like charge and under the same limitations as before in this my will are limited to the said John so as the said William do acknowledge a statute staple to the said parties with the like ? within one quarter of a year after the death of John my son if he the said John die after my decease or within one quarter of a year after my death if the said John die in my lifetime. And if both John and William do die before they be severally married then I will all and singular the premises before by this my will willed to John my son to Thomas my third son to him and to his heirs forever. And then I will that my said wife during her widowhood my brother Thomas Denne Robert Denne William Thomas and John Coppin and the survivor of them shall take the issues and profits of the premises to the uses aforesaid until such time as the said Thomas shall come to the age of twenty and four years and if all the said John William and Thomas my sons die before they be severally married then I will the premises to Henry the fourth son to him and to his heirs for ever. And then I will my said wife during her widowhood my brother Thomas Denne Robert Denne William Thomas and John Coppin and the survivor of them shall take the issues and profits of the premises to the uses aforesaid and for the performance of my will in such sort as is before limited.
Item I will my manor or messuage of Bursted with all devices lands pastures woods rents and service to the same belonging with the appertuances in the Parish of Bishopsbourne and High Hardres to William my second son to him and to his heirs for ever provided that where I have made a bargain with Robert Beke of Ash next Sandwich in the County of Kent yeoman for my house and land in Bekesbourne for one hundred pounds whereof I have received before the date hereof fifty pounds and am to receive the other fifty at New Years tide next which house and lands were bequeathed to me by my fathers will for term of my life without impeachment of waste the remainder to the said William my son and to his heirs for ever if the said William my son do make sufficient assurance of the said house and lands with their appertuances to the said Robert Beke his heirs and assigns for ever or to such person or persons and their heirs to whom the said Robert Beke shall thereunto ? and appoint at or before the Feast of the Epiphany next ensuing after the date of this my will at the costs and charges in the Law of the said Robert Beke his heirs or assigns and enter into one bond or obligation of two hundred pounds of lawful money of England for the enjoying of the said house and lands with the appertuances and of every part thereof saved harmless of all encumbrances whatsoever done by him the said William or by any other by his means or procurement. And also if the said William do suffer my daughter Jane to have and enjoy the forty pounds parcel of the fifty which I received of the said Robert Beke being in the hands of my brother Thomas Denne and also the other fifty pounds that is to be received at New Years tide next and two years ? of Burstead in lieu of the other ten pounds. And also if the said William my son do enter into bond or obligation of threescore pounds of lawful money of England to be paid Jane with condition for the payment of thirty and three pounds to the said Jane at her age of twenty and one years then I will that the said William my son shall have my said manor or messuage of Burstead with all edifices lands tenements woods and other the premises with their appertuances to him and to his heirs for ever without any further charge. But if he will not agree thereunto but will have the whole sum of one hundred pounds to himself to be paid after my death or do refuse to make assurance of the house and lands in Bekesbourne together with the bond to the said Robert Beke or refuse to make the said bond to the said Jane my daughter then I will that my said daughter Jane shall have authority by this my will to free or cut down all my woods at Burstead and all the timber there according to the statute and that she the said Jane and her assigns shall have seven years utterance of the same woods and timber with free ingress egress and regress in and upon all the grounds at Burstead for her the said Jane and all other person or persons that shall buy the said woods and timber or any part thereof for that purpose during the seven years. And after the said seven years ended I will the said woods and woodlands to him the said William and to his heirs for ever and if he die before he be married then I will that all I have given him before in this my will shall remain to Thomas my third son to him and to his heirs for ever with the like charge and under the same limitations in all points limited to the said William my son.
Item I bequeath to Thomas my third son my two messuages or tenements in the Parish of High Hardres wherein Stephen Mighell and John Bolton do now severally inhabit with all the edifices lands and pastures now in their several ? or occupation situate lying and being in High Hardres aforesaid and Barham (except twenty acres by estimation called Crispes which my father bought of Sir Henry Crispe, Knight). Also I bequeath to the said Thomas all my woodlands called Great Brocktons and a piece of lands of five acres more or less called Littlewood Leaye where I have set up the frame of a little house and also a piece of woodland lying on the same side of the highway there which two last recited parcels of land and woodland I purchased amongst other lands from Lord Chief Baron ? I bequeath to the said Thomas my son all my woodland at Pickett Meare and any woodland I bought of Mr Lawrence below Mellfield and the woodland adjoining to Downings and one acre of woodland lying at Bekondowne or Greene Ways among Mr Brentes woods to have and to hold all and singular the premises with their and every of their appertuances after my wife’s said estate ended to the said Thomas my third son his heirs and assigns for ever. And also I give to the said Thomas one parcel of pasture ground called Green Broctons(?) containing by estimation twenty acres now in the occupation of ? Nethersoll or of his assigns to have and to hold the same to the said Thomas my son his heirs and assigns for ever.
Provided and yet my will is that when by deed of gift and by act heretofore done before witnesses assigned my daughter Margaret only the sum of one hundred pounds now in the hands of Nicholas Beverley of Canterbury my will is she shall have to her paid the full sum of two hundred marks of lawful money of England and for the further payment thereof I will she shall have power and authority by this my will to fell and cut down so much wood in Great Broctons above ten years growth to make up with the said hundred pounds the said sum of two hundred marks to her to be paid. And I will that she the said Margaret shall have three years utterance for the felling of the same in due season provided always and my mind is that the said Nicholas Beverley of Canterbury shall have two years rent of Green Brectons as it now goeth after my wife’s estate ended and after the same two years ended I will that my son Nethersoll shall have two years more of the same Green Broctons and to make the most he can of the same without felling of any woods hedgerows or trees there and afterwards I will that my said son Thomas shall have the same in such sort manner and form as before in this my will is set down and declared.
Item I will to Henry my fourth son to him and to his heirs for ever my farm called Dane or Dane House now with tenure or occupation of James Court or of his assigns (except Littlewood lease) and I further will to the said Henry and to his heirs all the woodland and woods one Colehillside Bonockfield and Brickhouse and all the hedgerows east and south from Eleham Lane.
Item I will to my son Vincent my fifth son my house and lands that Fittel(?) and Sholner(?) dwell in and occupy with all the woods at Waterways Bertham and Lyteham Dane and twenty acres of land called Crispes which my father bought of Sir Henry Crispe with the woods and hedgerows to the same belonging provided always and yet my will is that my said wife during her widowhood my brother Thomas Denne Robert Denne William Thomas and John Coppin and the survivor of them shall take the issues and profits of the three portions to my three youngest sons before given until they severally shall accomplish the age of twenty and five years and longer if the profits of the same portions will not be sufficient to fulfil my will hereafter specified that is to say that Katherine my daughter shall have five pounds of lawful money of England by the year for her education after my wife’s estate ended until such time as the said Katherine be of the age of twenty and one years or be married which of them first happen and that she the said Katherine shall have the full sum of five hundred marks of lawful money of England for her advancement in marriage to be paid at her age of twenty and one years or day of marriage which first happens which portions I will shall rise out of the profits of the said portions over and above the said six pounds by the year and the said two hundred marks levied I will shall be shifted(?) amongst my said three youngest sons at their ages of twenty and five years.
Provided always and my will is that that my said three younger sons on to the issues and profits of their said portions shall be allowed the sum of eight pounds of lawful money of England apiece yearly for their sustenance and education if the same will arise out of the profits of their portion provided also and my will is that every of the said three younger sons shall enter upon his portion before to him bequeathed at his age of twenty and five years if my will may then be fulfilled provided further that if it fortune that the said Katherine my daughter die before her said age of twenty and one years or before she be married that then the sum of one hundred marks parcel of that which should be levied out of the issues and profits of the portions of my three youngest sons shall be paid to my said son John (if he be then living) or else to him that shall have his portion by this my will towards his or their charges and to cost him of them therewith of their burden and charge aforesaid.
And also provided that if it fortune that Anne my daughter before she attain the age of eighteen years or be married that then my said son John shall pay to my daughter Katherine for my said three youngest sons the sum of one hundred marks in discharge of them thereof and then I will they shall have their said portions the sooner thereby provided also that if my said son William do refuse to make assurance to Robert Beke as is aforesaid that then the said Robert Beke shall have to him repaid his fifty pounds again and where the said Robert Beke by his bargain should have ten tons of timber together with the top thereof my mind is the same shall be taken and felled in Pickett Meare aforesaid and Great Broctons. And my will is that every of my said sons at such time as they severally shall come to my lands by this my will shall have the evidence escripts bonds and obligations concerning only the lands and hereditaments to them severally before willed. Witnesses hereof
Thomas Denne the writer hereof. Vincent Nethersole, Nicholas Beverley, Stephen Mighell, Agnes Hopkin.
By me Vincent Denne.
Probatum in Latin 13 October 1591
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