- Abraham Butcher, of Pluckley Kent, Clothier
Date 14 May 1603
Proved 1 June 1603
To be buried where it please my executors.
To my son Robert Butcher £46.13.4
To my son George Butcher £46.13.4
To Elizabeth Butcher my daughter £30
To Martha Butcher my daughter £32.6.8 at 20 or at marriage
To Mary Butcher my fifth daughter £20 to be paid at her age of 19 or at the day of marriage
To Barnaby Butcher my son £33.6.8
To the poor of Pluckley 20 Shillings
To my John Butcher my son one of my kersy looms and the other unto Robert my son
To my son Robert my little furnace in the kitchen
To my son George my broad loom and all the tackling that belongs to it
To John and George my sons my copper as it now stands in the milkhouse
The residue of my moveable goods to Martha my wife whom I make sole executrix.
To my son John and his heirs male the tenement where I now live in Pevington, Little Chart and Pluckley. He to pay my executor three and forty pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence.
If he default then I will the said premises to my son Robert, if he defaults to George, if he defaults to Barnaby.
To my wife Martha an annuity of £5 yearly and she to have the best loft in my messuage for her dwelling and the buttery and to have free liberty to come and go to the kitchen.
Witnesses: John House, John Moule, Thomas Poss
Transcribed Julie Goucher January 2018
Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury PRC 17/52/348
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