The Document Chest
1645 will of Roger Penny
of Hinford Penn
I doe bequeath my soule into the handes of
God that gave
itt me and my
body to be
decently buried
in the Church
Yarde I doe
bequeath unto my
Daughter Joan
Peny Tenn
Poundes to be
payd six monthes
after my decease
but if she dye
within that tyme
and have [word
illegible]
childe livinge
itt shall [rebounde?]
to the use of
the childe and I
doe give to
Thomas Pennye
childe borne of
my daughter Joan
body her first
borne beit sonne
or daughter the
house on
Hinford
Penn adioyninge
to Thomas
Masters house on
the North side
after my wife I
doe bequeath to
my daughter
Edith Forty
pounds of Lawful
English money to
be paid her at
Twelve monthes
and one day
after my decease
and the house
after my wife
which is now in
the possession
of
Lawrence
Odams and
Stephen Triptree
and the biggest
Silver Spoons
and the [word
illegible]
Flaggon and one
of my biggest
plaites the half
bible likewise I
doe give unto
her [a?] bedd
and bedsteade
the flocke
bolster A paire
of sheetes a
blankett the
[word illegible]
My will is that
my daughter
Edith have all
this in one
yeare and A day
after my decease
except the house
the spoons and
flaggon if Edith
happen to dye
before she
receives her
portion within
Twelve Monthes
if I Leave not
my wife with
chylde then my
daughter Joan
shall have halfe
her sisters
portion both of
money and goods
And if I leave
my wife with
childe whether
Edith do live or
dye that childe
shall have halfe
her money Twenty
pound if my
daughter Edeth
doe dye before
the one Yeare be
out then the
other Twenty
pounde and halfe
the goods shall
remaine to my
daughter Joan
but if that
childe be borne
and buryed
within five
years then it
shall remaine
all to my
daughter Edith
if she be
livinge if dead
then it remaines
to my wife I do
make my wife
whole Executor
to pay my
Legacies and my
debts and to
take the rest I
doe bequeath
unto my Cosin
Peter Streat
Tenn shillinges
to my Cosin
Edeth Streat
twenty
shillinges and
to my two Cosins
Barnard Odams
and Mary Odams
five shillinges
a peece I do
desire my
brother John
Penny and my
brother John
Toogood to bee
my Overseers and
doe give them
Six shillinges a
peece to be
payed If my
daughter Joan
dye childles
within six
monthes the
money shall
returne to my
wife this is my
last will and
testament
written in
perfect health
and memory in
the fifth day of
September Anno
di One thousand
six hundred
Forty Five
Proved at London in 1646
