Nicholas Ayling In the name of God Amen the Thirteen day of June 1665 I Nicholas Ayling of Toathill in the parish of Stedham in the County of SUSSEX yeoman being sick in body but of good & perfect mind and memory thanks be unto God therefore revoking all former wills by me made do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following: I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to be buried in Christian Burial I do give unto the poor people of the parish of Stedham twenty shillings to be distributed at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named. I do give unto those which shall be my household servants at the time of my death five shillings a piece. I do give unto Elizabeth my loving wife all the bedding apparel & the bedding & bedsteads in the chamber over the hall with all the furniture there unto belonging. I do give unto my five children Nicholas, Thomas, William, Mary and Katherine ten shillings a piece. I do give and bequeath unto my grandchild William Ayling (son of my said son William) his Executors Administrators and assigns all that my Lease for years yet to come & unexpired in a parcel of Land lying in the parish of Rogate in the County of Sussex called by ye name of Wishmeade & Wishmoore and Washmead & Washmooreholding & paying out of the same yearly and every year unto William Ayling his father for the term of sixty years five pounds a year for he shall so long live to be paidhalf yearly by even & equal portions of fifty shillings at the feast of St Michael the Archangell and fifty shillings at the feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Lady Mary the Virgin The first payment to beg in at the first of the aforesaid feasts or days of payment which shall happen after my decease. I give & bequeath unto my Son WilliamAyling’s three daughters Mary, Anne & Elizabeth the sum of Twenty marks a piece to be paid them when they shall accomplish their several ages of one and twenty years or be married which shall first happen with such use and interest as my executors hereafter named can make of it from and after my decease until the several times of payment as it is above written. All the rest of my Goods and Chattels my debts and charges being first paid and my funeral expenses discharged I do give unto Nicholas Ayling my Grandchild son of my said son Nicholas whom I make whole Executor of this my last will & Testament and I appoint my two sons Nicholas Ayling & Thomas Ayling to be overseers of the same. And I do give them Twenty shillings a piece for their pains to be taken therein and I do publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In witness where I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written Nichol as Ayling. In the presence of Mary Hanks, Nicholas Ayling and Thomas Ayling Memorandum. That I the within written Nicholas Ayling being at this time sick in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be unto God therefore do add unto my within written will to be given and paid as forthwith. I do give unto my Grandchild Joane Ayling the youngest daughter of my son William Ayling the sum of Twenty marks to be paid unto her by my Executor within written when she shall accomplish her age of one & Twenty years or be married which shall first happen with sure use and interest as my said Executor can make thereof as it is wthin written. I do give unto my son William Ayling Twenty Pounds to be paid unto him by my said Executor towards the satisfying of a fine for that tenement and half yard land called Rodford whensoever the said fine shall be required of my said son William Ayling to be paid. I do publish and declare this to be an addition to my within written will. In witness whereof l have here unto set my hand the nineteenth day of August 1670. Nicholas Ayling [his mark] in the presence of John Ayling Richard Bridger [his mark] Thomas Ayling