William Browne

JOSEPH BROWNE 1633, STCI/18 278 [Chichester Wills] "_____" = words Ihave not been able to transcribe, "\________/" text obliterated byink from opposite page, text therein is my guess of the missingword(s), "?" words I am not entirely sure off. 001 In the name ofGod amen the eighteenth 002 day of July [?] in the year of our LordGod one thousand 003 six hundred and three and thirty and in the ninth004 years of the reign of our said _____ Lord Charles by the 005 graceof God of England Scotland _____ and Ireland 006 king defender of thefaith __ I Joseph Browne clerke 007 parson of Rusper in the County ofSussex and diocess 008 of Chichester being of perfect mynde and memoryI 009 thank god for it I ordain and make this my 010 last will andtestament? in manner and form 011 following first I recommend my souleunto the hands 012 of almighty god my saviour and Redeemer And 013 mybodie to the earth to be buryed in the church 014 yard of Rusper orwhere else it shall please 015 Almighty god Then I give to 40 poore ofthe parish 016 of Rusper Ten shillings to be distributed at the 017discretion of myn executor hereundernamed Then I 018 give to the useof the poor there to put into the chest 019 for the poor threeshillisngs foure pence Then my 020 will is that my mayde Mary ffowlershall have in 021 respect of her faithfull service as I shall have____ to 022 ____ to her only use and to the use of her assignees 023free without[?] paying anything therefore an hye[?] chamber 024 in thesouthend of my house wherein Robert Mathew dwelleth 025 in Rusperaforsaid during her natural life with free 026 liberty ofing\res___________an/d regress to and from the 027 said chamber withliberty to make fire for her use 028 either in the hall with them thatdwell there or else 029 against the stocke where the oven is and touse the oven 030 when the dwellers in the house doe not use it And my031 will is further that the bedsteddle that standith in the 032chamber over the millhouse wherein my men 033 persanly use________\_________ ____ ___/ at ___ chamber 034 for her use andremains there after her decease as a 035 standard to the said __ Iwill also that she shall have 036 a little garden plott on theSouthend of the sayd house 037 for ______ and to set and sew beansThen I will 038 that she shall have one annuity or yearly rent 039 ofTwenty Shillings a yeare issuing and going out PAGE 040 of the rent ofthe said house and land wood in the occupation 041 of the said RobertMathew to have hold levie and wreive[?] 042 the same yearly and everyyear during her naturall life 043 at four terms at feasts of the year___ usuall viz the 044 feast of St Michael archangell the birth of ourLord 045 God The _iuciation[?] of St Mary the blessed virgin and the046 feast of St John the Baptist by equal portions yearely to be 047payd the fist payment thereof to begin at that feast of the 048 feastabove said which shall next happen after my decease 049 Then I givemore unto the said Mary ffowler my best flock 050 bed save one a flockboalster a resonable good coverlett two 051 blankets and a pair ofgood towen[?] sheets Then I give unto 052 my mayd servant ElinorEvershed twenty shillings Item I 053 give unto Joseph Bristowe twentyshillings and to Arthur 054 ffenner tenn shillings and the chest in mystudy Item I 055 give unto my daughter in law Elizabeth Old[?] fforty056 shillings to be payd unto her within a year next after my 057decease and I f\orgive her the one/ pound she borrowed of me 058 ItemI give unto Phebe Leachford the daughter of my 059 daughter Susanffive pounds to be payd unto her ffather 060 and mother to her usewithin one year next after my 061 decease Item I give unto my sonWilliam Browne my 062 best table cloth Item I give unto his son JohnBrowne my 063 wyned table in the parlour and all the \__/nd worbethere 064 and in the chamber \_____ _______________/ of his ffather065 and __ \_____/ give unto all and every one of my 066 grandchildren not before named tenn shillings a peice 067 to be payd untothe hands of their ffather and mother 068 to their use within one yearnext after my decease 069 Item I give unto my daughter Sara the wifeof Arthur 070 ffenner gent tenn pounds and half a quarter of wheate071 and the little brass pan which I bought of her Item I 072 giveunto my daughter Susan the wife of Thomas 073 Leachford tenn poundsand a little brass pott Item 074 I give unto my daughter Phebe thewife of William 075 Simons tenn pounds and half a quarter of wheate076 Item I give unto _______ according to my promise to her 077 mybest feather bed save one a feather boulster the 078 next to the bestmy best coverlett and two blanketts 079 Item I give unto my said threedaughters Sara Susan 080 and Phebe all my linnen not before given andhalf 081 all my pewter Item my will is that myne executor shall 082presently after my decease dwell by the chamber above 083 granted toMary ffowler healling and walling it well 084 Item I give unto my sonWilliam and to Jane his wife 085 my house barne and land in Rusperabove said 086 abovenamed for and during their naturall lives and 087the naturall life of the longer lives of them and after PAGE 088 theirdecease I will and bequeathe the same to their two 089 sons ThomasBrowne and Henry Browne and their 090 heires forever to the onely[?]use of the said Thomas and 091 Henry their heirs assignes fore everAll the residue 092 of my goods not before given my debts paid mylegacies 093 performed and my body honestly buried I give and 094bequest to the above named William Browne my sonn 095 whome I makefull and whole executor of this my last 096 will and testament and Ido ordaine and appoynt 097 Oversers of this my last will and testament__ 098 Benjamin Browne of Ifeild my brother and Arthur 099 ffennergent my son in law and I doe give to each of 100 them for their paynestenn shillings and I doe hereby 101 revoke all former wills by me madeaknowledging 102 this to be my very true and last will __ witneswhereof 103 I have written it with myne own hand and sett thereto 104my name and seal Joseph Browne