The will of William Hills who lived in Boughton under Blean at the same time as close Hills relations of mine, though I don’t know of a link to William. There probably was one, but it may have been distant or close. He seems to have been the son of Richard of Selling; I have a small tree showing William, his children, parents and siblings.
Continue reading →In the name of God Amen. December the Eighteenth in theyeare of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty and Nyne. I ThomasBecon the elder of Waltham in the County of Kent gentleman doe ordeine & makethis my last will … Continue reading →
Notes on 15 Hercules HILLS of East Kent over 6 generations from one who died in 1595 to one who died in 1763, with a tree showing the relationships between them.
Continue reading →A short will by Hercules of Boughton under Blean, in Kent who died in middle age. Bequests to his wife, children (sheep) and 3 siblings (small sums of money).
Continue reading →This group is known to have been living in East Kent by 1533 when one Richard GOTEHAM was a ‘collier’ (charcoal maker) living in Lower Hardres. Most of this group who are in England still live in East Kent, not … Continue reading →
Walter is a 10 x great grandfather of mine. Dying shortly before the restoration, before the restoration, that is, of Bishops and Archdeacons and their courts as well as of the monarchy, Walter’s will could not be proved locally, and … Continue reading →
An interesting family who can be traced back to around the time surnames began to be used, living in Lyminge in Kent. Thanks to an abundance of wills it is possible to ascertain how many (most?) known or believed to … Continue reading →
Most that Mary left was to be equally divided between her 4 daughters, the exception being that Marie, the eldest did not inherit £4 like the others. Perhaps there was friction between them: Mary was anxious to prevent a law suit arising, but saw sufficient possibility to appoint others to arbitrate, if necessary. The income from property, sold or let, could be divided without argument, but the value of household items etc. would not be so easy to determine.
Continue reading →Christopher wrote a simple will, leaving almost everything to his wife for her lifetime and then equally between his four daughters. The one exception was that eldest daughter Mary was to receive one bedsted and a table. He allowed for the possibility of a dispute between his daughters or their husbands, and said that any starting a suit would get just five shillings.
Continue reading →A simple will, her husband had decided much but left the decision as to which of their 2 surviving children inherited a house in Deal to Mary; she left it and all she had to her daughter.
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