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Will detail

Will of John Person of West Chiltington

Date signed: 01 Apr 1623, Probate date: 12 May 1624

In the name of god amen I JOHN PERSON of WEST CHILTINGTON in the county of Sussex Husbandman beinge sicke in body & of p[er]fect momorie doe make this my last will & Testam[en]t the first day of Aprill – the yeare of our lord god one thousand six hundred twenty & three

First I bequeath my soule to god yt gave it & redee[me]d it by Jesus C[hrist] my Lord & Savior & my body to be buried in the churchyard of CHILTINGTON aforesaid

It[e]m I give & bequeath to JOHN PARSON of SHIPLEY my sister’s daughter’s husband foure pounds of good & lawful money of England to be paid to him the sayd JOHN w[i]th in one whole yeare next after my decease

It[e]m I give & bequeath to HENRIE JUPP THOMAS & JOANE JUPP my cosens now dwelling in SHIPLEY aforesayd to each twoe shillings & sixpence in token of my love to them for a remembrance of mee to be paid in [...] aforesayd

It[e]m I give to JOHN & MARY HAMPSON my Cosens to each of them twoe shillings & sixpence to be payd as aforesaid

It[e]m I give to the poore of the p[ar]ish of CHILTINGTON aforesaid three shillings & foure pence to be payd at my fun[er]all

It[e]m all the rest of my goods moveable & immoveable w[ha]t soev[er] my legacyes paid & funeral discharged I give & bequeath to my loving Cosen JOHN JUPP of CHILTINGTON aforesaid whome I make my full lawfull whole & sole Executor to se this my will p[er]formed

It[e]m I make my loving freind EDWARD ARCHER of CHILTINGTON Clarke the ov[er]seer of this my will & I give him for his paines three shillings foure pence & his charges to be borne by my Executor

Redd sealed & Subscribed w[i]th his name JOHN PERSON

In the presence of EDMUND ARCHER &

MARY JUPPE marke

Proved 12 MAY 1624 by JOHN JUPP Executor.

Transcribed by:

Norma Podesta.

Notes about this will:

S DEAN 21 1624

Source:

Unknown.

This will also mentions these parishes:

Shipley.

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