{"id":2736,"date":"2015-08-14T13:21:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T12:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/?page_id=2736"},"modified":"2015-08-14T18:26:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T17:26:26","slug":"john-halke-1601-1678","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/","title":{"rendered":"The will of the Rev. John Halke (1601-1678)"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Halke<\/a> is, I think, a 2nd cousin 10 x removed of mine.<\/p>\n

Line breaks are as in the register copy, not indicated by ‘\/’ which are as in the document.<\/p>\n

\n

Draft transcription<\/strong> – not checked for typos and other errors – and not yet linked to tree<\/p>\n

\n

In the blessed Name of God Amen:<\/b><\/p>\n

I John Halke Clerke of the Parish of Kensington in the Countie of Middx<\/p>\n

being at present this Eighth day of September one thouand six hundred seventie<\/p>\n

eight in perfect health of bodie and of sound memorie, Blessed be God, doe make<\/p>\n

and constitute this my last Will and Testament in maner and forme following<\/p>\n

First I commend and committ my pretious Soul into the hands of Almightie<\/p>\n

God my most loving and tender Father in Christ Jesus, verely believing through<\/p>\n

the only Merits and Mediation of my onely Saviour Jesus Christ to obtaine a full<\/p>\n

free and universall Remission of my Synns And doe returne most due humble<\/p>\n

and heartie Thankes unto my God for his revealing the Lord Jesus (the Lord of<\/p>\n

life and Glorie) to mee, and for his Preserving mee safe from making Ship=<\/p>\n

=wrack from all those dangerous Rockes of plaine Poperie, and all the disguizes<\/p>\n

thereof under the nation and name of any Sect whatsoever; And as for my<\/p>\n

Bodie (if soe that it shall please God that I shall breath out my last in the<\/p>\n

Countie of Kent) I will it to be layd and intombed in the Parish Church of<\/p>\n

Petham in the same Countie (without Ceremonie or service if it may be)<\/p>\n

But if soe be an End be put unto my dayes in any Continent out of the County<\/p>\n

of Kent, then my bodie to be buried in whatever^{re} place my Executors hereafter<\/p>\n

mentioned shall think fit; And to the Poore of that Parish where my Bodie<\/p>\n

shall be buried I give five pounds And to my Kinsmen Thomas Pemble [have will] of London<\/p>\n

Clement Tipp of Ashford, Henry Impet of Brabourne, and to my Kinswomen<\/p>\n

Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Pemble and Martha the wife of Luke Cullen of<\/p>\n

Dover Agnes Strowd of Brabourne Elizabeth Mantle Alice Shipwash<\/p>\n

Mary Spencer Joan Gibs and to Anne Cawton of Westminster widdow five<\/p>\n

Pounds a peece, or each one: Alsoe I give One hundred pounds to such poore men<\/p>\n

Widdows and Orphans in and of the Countie of Kent, to be distrubuted to them<\/p>\n

[p.2]<\/p>\n

according to my Schedule appertayning to this my Will, its direction, The wch<\/sup><\/p>\n

I will not to be opened till this my Will be proved, These Legacies to be payd<\/p>\n

by the readie moneys that I may have by mee at the day of my dissolution, and by<\/p>\n

debts then due unto mee; Alsoe unto these my Tenants (if soe they contynue<\/p>\n

Tenants to mee to my death) Matthew Jacob of Bocton under the Bleane,<\/p>\n

John Hodgman of Bocton=Aluph _ Jones of Saltwood Thomas Bull of<\/p>\n

Mersham, and Thomas Roberts of Wye I doe bequeath the next halfe yeares<\/p>\n

Rent that shall grow due to mee from them from the Lands and Tenemts<\/sup>. of myne<\/p>\n

that they shall have in occupation; Readie moneys falling short for the payment<\/p>\n

of these Legacies I will that my Farme at Saltwood call’d Slarbrooke be sold;<\/p>\n

And my Goods houses hereditamts. and chatells lying and being in the Parishes<\/p>\n

of Wye, NewChurst, Saltwood, Mersham Bocton under the Bleane in the<\/p>\n

Countie of Kent, Together with the Advowson in gross of the Rectorie in Essex=<\/p>\n

=Countie, I doe bequeath to my kinsman Richard Halke of Hastingly yoman<\/p>\n

and to his Sonns Abraham and William and to their heires males forever, And<\/p>\n

in default of such issue the inheritance of all these houses and Lands I will<\/p>\n

to devolve to my kinsman Thomas Halke of Petham yoman and to his Heire<\/p>\n

or Heires to contynue forever; And the said Richard Halke and Thomas<\/p>\n

Back of Blackwall the’lder I doe constitute for the Executors of this my<\/p>\n

Will and Testament, and doe give unto Thomas Back tenn pounds for his<\/p>\n

paines and care in his seeing this my Will fulfilled; And in assurance that<\/p>\n

I would have this to stand for my last Will and Testament I have written it<\/p>\n

with my owne hand throughout (the yeare and day above-written) and<\/p>\n

signed it and subscribed it: John Halke : \/ in the presence of these witnesses:<\/p>\n

Tho: Paleman: Samll<\/sup>; Morris; John Wells: \/<\/p>\n

These are to acquaint my Executors<\/b><\/p>\n

that I give my whole Librarie printed Bookes and Manuscripts unto<\/p>\n

Henry Halke’s Sonn, whome hee intends to make a Scholar of, Except one<\/p>\n

Manuscript upon the twentie fourth of Ezekiel thirteene verse, And one<\/p>\n

Manuscript on the one hundred thirtie nyne Psalme the fourteene verse, As<\/p>\n

alsoe a Manuscript on the third of John the third fourth fifth verses, Which<\/p>\n

I bestowe upon my Brother Mr<\/sup> Pateman, As alsoe my will is, that John<\/p>\n

Richardson have twentie shillings given him by my Executors as a Legacie<\/p>\n

from mee, and to Mrs. Herne of Ashford I give give pounds, and to Mrs. Barly of<\/p>\n

Dover five pounds, shee is Ministers-widdowe: I allowe of this: Witness my<\/p>\n

hand: Joh: Halke:\/ Witnes. Frances Forke: Memorandum, the two last women<\/p>\n

I set downe by Mr. Halke’s will after that hee had set his hand ^ {un}to what went before.<\/p>\n

But I asked him, whether his hand should goe or serve for this alsoe, And<\/p>\n

hee sayd, I:\/<\/p>\n

[Probate granted 4 Nov 1678]<\/p>\n

Probatum<\/b> fuit Testamentum suprascriptum apud London unacum<\/p>\n

Codicillo eidem annesco quarto Die mensis Novembris Anno Domini millesimo<\/p>\n

sexcentesimo septuagesimo octavo coram venerabili et egregio Viro domino Leolino<\/p>\n

Jenkins milite legum doctore Curiœ prrogativæ Cantuariensis Magistro<\/p>\n

Custode suie Commissario legitime constituto juramentio Richardi Halke et<\/p>\n

Thomæ Beck seniocio Executorum in hujusmodi Testamento nominatorum quibus<\/p>\n

commissa fuit Administratio omnium et singulorum Bonorum jurium et creditoru<\/p>\n

dicti defuncti de berie et fideliter administrando eadem ad sancta Dei Evangelia<\/p>\n

vigore Commissionis juratorum : …<\/p>\n

\n

PCC<\/a> will, TNA<\/a> ref. PROB 11\/358\/214<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Halke is, I think, a 2nd cousin 10 x removed of mine. Line breaks are as in the register copy, not indicated by ‘\/’ which are as in the document. Draft transcription – not checked for typos and other …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2257,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2736","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"\nThe will of the Rev. John Halke (1601-1678) - Teresa's Tree and the Goatham \/ Gotham One-Name Study<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/\",\"name\":\"The will of the Rev. John Halke (1601-1678) - Teresa's Tree and the Goatham \/ Gotham One-Name Study\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-14T12:21:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-08-14T17:26:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wills\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Kent wills\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Halke\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"The will of the Rev. John Halke (1601-1678)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/\",\"name\":\"Teresa's Tree and the Goatham \/ Gotham One-Name Study\",\"description\":\"My family tree and history and the Goatham One-Name Study\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The will of the Rev. John Halke (1601-1678) - Teresa's Tree and the Goatham \/ Gotham One-Name Study","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/","url":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/","name":"The will of the Rev. John Halke (1601-1678) - Teresa's Tree and the Goatham \/ Gotham One-Name Study","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-08-14T12:21:16+00:00","dateModified":"2015-08-14T17:26:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/john-halke-1601-1678\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wills","item":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Kent wills","item":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Halke","item":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/halke\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"The will of the Rev. John Halke (1601-1678)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/#website","url":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/","name":"Teresa's Tree and the Goatham \/ Gotham One-Name Study","description":"My family tree and history and the Goatham One-Name Study","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2736"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2744,"href":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2736\/revisions\/2744"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}