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 →
Richard’s only beneficiaries were his wife and two children. The latter got nothing when he died, but inherited when their mother died some 21 years later. Richard left to his wife to decide which child should inherit the house in which they lived (she chose Mary).
Continue reading →Cicely left everything to her surviving child, Richard. This included two tenements described as ‘on the beach’ in Deal, which she stipulated he should pass these on to his children, doing nothing to hinder this without good reason.
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