In the name of God Amen the sevententh
day of January in the yeare of o^r Lord God one Thousand six
hundred Twenty & three And in the yeare of the Reigne of o^r
Soverainge Lord James by the grace of God of England Scot=
land, France & Ireland king defender of the faith &c viz^t of
England, France & Ireland the one & Twentith & of Scotland the
seaven & fifteith I Richard Halke of Hastingleigh in the
County of Kent yeoman, being of good & perfect memory thanks
be to God therefore do ordaine & make this my last will & Testam^t
in manner & forme following First I comend my soule into the
hands of Almighty God assuredly trusting to be saved by the death
& merritts of my Lord & onely Saviour Jesus Christ Itm I
bequeath my Body to the earth to be buried in the Church of
Hastingleigh aforesd at the discretion of my Executo^r heerafter
named Itm I do heerby nominate & appoint that the fower hundred
pounds remaining in the hands of my Cosen Daniel Harvey shalbe paid
unto my sonne Willm Halke according to the Condicon of one obligacon
of eight hundred pounds bearing date the thirteith day of September
last wherein my said Cosen Daniel Harvey, my Cosen John Harvey
& my Cosen Eliab Harvey stand bound unto me for the paim^t [payment] of
the said fower hundred pounds Itm I do will & appoint that for
the p[ro]ffits of the said money my Cosen Daniell Harvey shall
pay five & Twenty pounds of good & lawfull money of England
unto Alice my welbeloved wife according to the saide Indentures
made betweene my said Cosen Daniell Harvey on the one p[ar]t &
John Tayler of Hastingleigh aforesaid Clerke, my Cosen
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Richard Morrs & my Cosen Willm Rigden on the other p[ar]te,
bearing date the said Thirteith day of September whereof Twenty
pounds is intended for her joincture made unto her by me and
my father John Halke & the other five pounds is for the love I
beare unto her Itm if my said sonne Willm Halke dy before
his age of one & Twenty yeares having neither wife nor child
at the time of his death Then I do heerby nominate & appoint
that the said fower hundred pounds shalbe paid unto all my daugh=
ters that shalbe living upon the Wednesday next after the end
of three moneths next after the death of my said wife Alice
According to the Condicon of the said Obligacon Also my will
& meaning is that if my said wife Alice dy before my sonne
William do attaine unto the age of fifteene yeares that my
Executo^r heerafter named shall have the bringing up of my said
sonne & the ordering of his portion for my sonnes best advantage
& p[re]ferment And that in the meane time my said sonne shalbe
kept by my wife at her owne Charge Itm I give unto the sd
John Taylor three pounds to make him a gowne Itm I give
unto my Cosen Michaell Halke xii^d to buy a payer of Gloves
And to the rest of my Brother Thomas Halkes Children tenne
shillings a peece Itm I give unto my Brother Willm Halkes
Children ten shillings a peece Itm I give unto my brother
Harveyes Children w^ch he had by my sister his wife ten shillings
apeece Itm I give unto M^rs(?) Taylor and her Children
twelve pence a peece to buy them Gloves Itm I give unto
my said Cosen [1] Gloves & to his wife & Children Twelve pence
a peece to buy them gloves Itm I give unto my said Cosen
Rigden & Children twelve [2] a peece to buy them gloves Itm I
give unto my uncle Robert Simpson & to Richard Simpson &
his wife & Children twelve pence a peece to buy them gloves
Itm I give unto my sister Wells & to my brother Thomas
Raines & his wife and to William Raines his sonne twelve pence
a peece to buy them gloves Itm I give unto Richard Dally the
younger and to Christopher Dally his Brother & to William
Skilton five shillings a peece Itm I give to Goodwife Dally
& Elizabeth Dally my Goddaughter & to Goodwife Skilton
twelve pence a peece to buy them Gloves Itm I give unto
my Godsone Richard Halke & to Jane Epps to each of them a payer of
gloves xii^d a peece Itm I give unto my said sonne Willm Halke
my bible silver salt my great Chest & my great payer of iron(?)
Brandirons Itm I give unto my said wellbeloved wife Alice the
one halfe of all my houshold stuffe And the other halfe thereof I
give unto all my daughters that shalbe living at the time of
my death All the Residue of my goods Chattells & p[er]sonall
estate my debts & legacies funerall Chargs & p[ro]bate of my will
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being paid & discharged I give unto All my daughters w^ch shalbe
living at the timeof my death equally to be devided between them
by mine Executo^r presently after my death & to be imploied towarde
their maintenance untill their severall m[ar]riags or ages of one &
Twenty yeares w^ch shall first happen & every one to have her
p[ar]t at such time as she shalbe married or come to such age Itm
I give unto my Cosen M^r Willm Halke of Bircholt xx^s And
appoint & ordaine him my sole Executo^r, besides allowance of what
he lay out in his travaile & paine about my Executorship in
expenss Also I give unto my Cosen Halke his Wife & Children xii^d
a peece to buy them gloves And do heerby constitute & appoint him
sole Executo^r of this my last will & Testament In witnes whereof
I the said Richard Halke have heerunto put my seale And to
every one of these to [two] sheetes of paper subscribed my name and
published the same to be my last will & Testam^t the day & yeare
first above written Also my will is that my Executo^r abovenamed
p[ro]vide to lay upon me a convenience tombstone Richard Halke.
Sealed, subsrcibed, deliv[er]ed & publised in the presence of John Taylor
Parson of Hastingleigh. Richard Morrs. William Skilton his m[ar]ke.
William Watton his m[ar]ke./.

Probatum fuit … 15^o die x^brs [15 Dec] 1625 …
[to be transcribed]