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happen any of the foresaid iii children to decease in lyke maner as is before expressed then I
will that his or her part so deceased shall remayn and equaly be delyvered amongest theym
that overlyne. Itm I gyve to John Swayn my sonne ii fleches of bacon or a pigg. And I gyve
to Agatha Stert my daughter a payr of flaxen shetes the best. And I gyve to Jane Vynall my
daughter my best gown. And I gyve to Agnes Blaker my daughter my next best gowne and ii
kirtells one of worsted and the other of black cloth. And the rest of all my howsold stuffe
wch is not gyven nor bequeathed I gyve to Agatha Stert, Jane Vynall and Agnes Blaker my
daughters to be equaly shifted and devyded amongest theym. Itm wheras Mr John
Bellingham gent of Eringhm within the pish of Oldshorham doth ow unto me the some of
nyne pounds of lawfull money of England as by a byll of his hand more planyly it doth and
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may appear. I will the same as followeth. Fyrst I bequeath to John Swayn my sonne iii to
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John Stert my sonne in law xl to Richard Vynall my sonne in law xl and to John Blaker my
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sonne in law xl on this condicon that he the said John Blaker shall suffer and p’myt Alice
Tyshurst widow and Johane Brooke widow peaseable and quyetly to inhabyt and dwell in the
howse or tenement wheras they now do dwell duringe all the space and term of yeres that he
the said John Blaker now hath? In the farme? wheras he now dwelleth. But if it happen the
said John Blaker at any tyme duringe the sayd yeres of the ferme? Wrongfully or ...onsly do
molest trouble vex or put forth the said ii widowes out of the howse whear they now dwell
the behavinge theym selves gently sobrely and quyetly as they ought to do then I will that the
foresaid xl gyven and bequeathed to John Blaker shalbe devyded as followeth that is to say
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xx therof to be gyven to the sayd ii wydowes to be equaly devyded betwixt theym. And the
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other xx I will shalbe distributed and gyven amongest poore people. Itm I gyve to the poore
mens box of Westfirles use. The reasidew of all my goods nor gyven nor bequeathed my
detts and legacyes first payed my funerall expenses discharged and this my last will proved
and fulfilled I wholy gyve and bequeath to John Swayn my sonne and John Blaker my sonne
in law whom I ordeyn and make myn executors of this my laste will and Testament. And I
constitute make and ordeyn John Stert my sonne in law and Richard Vynall my sonne in law
my faithfull and trusty oversears of this my last will and Testament and they to have for their
paynes taking herin eche one one of theym one stere. These beynge witnesses Willyam
Bownden?; Georg Awoche? and Michaell Lander clerk with other. Itm I gyve and bequeath
to Richard Stydolfe a hose cloth of my best kersey. Also I gyne to John Brown a hose cloth
of my best kersey, Itm wheras Robert Bastian doth ow me the some of tenn shillings of
lawfull money of I gyve the same to his sonne John Bastyan and my Godson when he comyth
to thage of xviii yeres. And if the said John do dy afore he come to the said age to receave yt
then I will the same to remayn back agayn to the sayd Robert Bastyan his father. Witnes as
afore.

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Sum of the inventory lxix xvi viiii

.......... John Ebringham? of Lewes xxii March 1567 ..........

Margaret’s daughter Agatha was married to John Stert, whose children
Robert, John, Michael and Joan were under age, probably all under 14, i. e. born
1554 to 1568. John Stert’s marriage to Agatha Faulconer would be before the
start of surviving Chichester (1575) and Lewes (1586) marriage licences. West
Firle parish registers survive no earlier than 1606.
These Stert &c. wills and administrations are listed in the Lewes
Archdeaconry calendars from 1544 to 1640:

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