Robert Edolff of the Parish of Brensett in Romney Mershe being seeke etc 26 Nov 1549 (3 Edw VI). To be buryed within the chauncell in the churche of Brensett comonly called Or Lady Chauncell. I will at my out bearing unto preestis & clerks to singe suche service as is appointed & set furthe by the Kinges Maiestie & his Counsaill according to the tyme 10s. To everye poore body being a housholder straunger & other of the said parrishe, a loafe of breade one pece of beef & 2d of money & under the age of 12 yeres & no housholder 2d of money. Also at my mounethes mynde & at my yeres mynde. 
Unto Margarete my wif 100 marcs & all her ringes & jewelles & the comodetie of my chamber wt free going in & out wt meate & drincke for so longe tyme as she liketh, my bed, a new chest & half a garnishe of the best vessel, one gilted goblet & one new gilted salt, my best bay gelding with a donne geldinge wt her sadill & bridill & harnes, four of my best kyne & 20 of my best ewes wt their lambes being at home. To John Asheherst my wifes Father my blacke gelding that is unhandled. To my wifes mother my blacke gelding whiche she comonlie used to ryde on. To everye of my wifes susters 20s. 
To Thomas Cooper & Wm Cooper 40s. Unto the two sonnes of Thomas Yeldishe 10s. To Philipp my daughter £40 on condicon viz whereas Edward Honny husband of & unto the said Philipp my daughter promised her a good estate in the law in fee simple of & in all & singular his landes in the marshe called Wallande, if he parfourme his fathefull promise then the said £40 to be paied but not otherwise. To John Idenden of Mersam one cowe & a calf at Saint George next coming. To Sr Thomas Cannon 20s. To every of my men servantes & boyes 6s 8d at my mounethis day.
To William Whitewood my locker [looker] one cowe & a balde gelding which he comonly usith to ryde on. To Alice Tiseherst & Elizabeth Bate 10s. Unto my father Asheherst my best gowne. Roger Pelland my best coote. Alice Ashehurst my servaunt 6s 8d. Robert Edolph my sonne all my housholde not bequeathed, all my fewell wood, all the brewing vessilles paying £20 to Symon Edolph my sonne. My daughter the wedowe of Thomas Fowle 40s. John Mackestede 6s 8d. Robert Edolf my sonne 12 of my best spones, my best pece of silver, one potte of silver, my worst salte & one maser. To William Tokyes children 10s. 
To Margaret my saide wif & either of my daughters twoo spoones off silver & my wif to take the choise. To John Edolf my sonne 100 of my best ewes & 100 of my best lambes choise in & amongst all my flocke, to be dilivered at Michaelmas next comying. John Edolf my sonne shalhave to his onely use the lease of the Greate Bickerd, Little Beckard & Cokerd Mershe during the terme of yeres except 30 acres whiche Edward Honny hathe. 
To reparation of the churche of Brensett 40s. To the poore mens box 6s 8d. To Robert & Symond my sones the lease of Elderstones Mershe. To Bennett Wibley 6s 8d. To Raphael Brightes wif 6s 8d. I will Robert Edolf shall pay unto John Edolf my sonne £15 for a rewarde out of a pece of lande I bought of Sr Thomas Kempe, knight, of 16 acres. Residue to Robert Edolf & Simon Edolf my twoo sonnes & executors & John Edolf my sonne overseer.
Last will of my landes & tenements. To Philipp my daughter all my landes in Wallande called Courties, Epses, Tildens & Mardens. To Robert Edolf my sonne my woodlands in Ruckinge called Morland of 40 acres. To Symon Edolfe my sonne 40 acres of woodlande called Pyrland & the wood thereof. To John Edolfe my sonne 12 acres of lande called Hogges wt all the wood now felled upon the same & 6 acres of woodlande sometyme Durbans & 3 acres of woodland lying at Hamme & 3 acres called Old Gardeyn. To Robert Edolf my sonne a tenement & 52 acres in the parishes of Brensett & Brokeland paying unto Margaret my wif 53s 4d by the yere. To Symon Edolph my sonne 48 acres in the parish of Ivichurch in occupacon of Wm Whitehedde & Raaf Bright, paying Margaret my wif 46s 8d by the yere. To Robert my sonne all suche landes as I latelie bought of Sr Thomas Kempe. To John Edolf my sonne a house standing nye unto the churche yard of Brenset comonly called the new vicaredge. Witness: John Asheherste, John Cooper, Thomas Chapman, vicar, Leonard Whitewood & Rauf Bright.
Proved 18 March 1557 by John Culpeper, proctor for Robert Edolf & Simon Edolf executors. [PCC 13 Noodes]

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