The Denne Family
Alice Denn
John Den
Agnes (Philpott) Den
_____ Terry
Alice is named in her
father's will, dated 12 February 1601:
Item I will and bequeathe unto Margarett Marye Elizabeth and Alice my
daughters and to either of them twentye powndes to be paide to them
severallye at the age of One and Twentye yeres or at the dayes of there
severall marriages or at wich of them shall come ffirste yf they soo longe
doo live
Alice is also mentioned in the will
of her brother, John, dated 31 August 1638:
Item, I will and bequeath to my sister Alice ....
to the .... of her children the sum of twenty pounds..
Christiane Denne
Peter Denne
Mary (Burvell) Denn
Christiane is named in her
father's will, dated 13 August 1606:
To my daughter Christiane 40 pounds within
2 years .... to provide for her until the money is paid.
I give to my eldest three daughters my linen and half of my pewter.
She is also mentioned in the will
of her brother Peter, dated 12 November [1609]:
The residue of all my landes I will to my too brethren John Denn and James
Denn, and to their heires equally to be devided paying such legacies as I
shall hereafter bequeath that is to saie,
...
and to my sister Cristin xth,
Chrystns Den
William Denne
Chrystns is mentioned in the will
of her father, William dated 1524
First I will
that James my son immediately after my decease shall have and possess my
tenement called Little Barfield with all the lands pertaining thereto
with all the appertuances lying and being in the foresaid Parish of
Tilmanstone and all my woodland lying and being in the Parish of
Womenswold to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then I will
that John my son shall have the said lands to him and to his said heirs
of his body lawfully begotten.
And if it happen my said John to die without heirs of his body lawfully
begotten then I will that Thomas my son shall have it to him and to his
heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if Thomas die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then I
will that my son John the younger shall have the said lands in him and
to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten
and if it happen my said John the younger to die without heirs of his
body lawfully begotten then I will that Edward my son shall have the
said lands to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die without heirs then I will that Gelayne(?) my daughter
shall have the said lands to her and to her heirs of her body lawfully
begotten
and if Gelayne die without heirs of her body lawfully begotten then to
Chrystns and to her heirs of her body lawfully begotten.
Chrystns is also mentioned in the
will of her brother John, dated 1557:
and to my sister Christyns(?) 10s
Cyselley Denne
James Den
Johane (_____)
Den
Cyselley is named in her
father's will, dated 23 August 1557:
Item I bequeath to either of my two
daughters Julyan and Cyselley £6 13s 4d and to either of them a young cow
or a bullock and I give to Julyan my daughter upon consideration of
increase twenty ewes and to Cyselley ten ewes to be paid at the time of
marriage.
Cyselley is also named in the will
of her uncle, John Den, dated 1 February 1557/8 (OS/NS):
and to William Den the son of James Den late
deceased 10s
and to Thomas Den his brother 10s
...
and to Gelayne and Cysely Den their sisters to either of them 10s
Edward Denne
14 November 1609, in St Mary,
Sandwich, Kent, England
Edwarde Den is recorded as the son of Thomas
Thomas Denne
Phebe (Pordage) Denne
Edward is mentioned in the will
of his father dated 1620:
Item to John and Edward my other two sons I give
all my messuages or tenements situate and lying in Motesole(?) in the
Parish of St Mary in Sandwich aforesaid with all the orchards gardens
backsides and appertuances whatsoever to the same belonging to be divided
equally between them and if either of my said sons John or Edward shall
depart this life without any issue then my mind and will is that the other
of the lands tenements or messuage or fourth part of the share of him so
dying or departing this life shall discend and remain and wholly be to the
survivor of them two my said three sons paying to Katherine my now wife
the yearly sum of forty pounds Sterling out of the said messuage or
tenements for her ? during her life.
Elizabeth Denne
4 December 1578, in Tilmanstone,
Kent, England
William Denne
Margaret
(Harvye) Denne
4 December 1578, in Tilmanstone,
Kent, England
Tilmanstone, Kent, England
Elizabeth Denne
after 1578 and before 1583
William Denne
Margaret
(Harvye) Denne
Elizabeth is mentioned in the will
of her father, William, dated 1599:
Item I will and give unto every one of my fower daughters that is to saye
Marye Denn Elizabeth Denn Marthia Denn & Sara Denn To every eche one
of the Twentie poounds a peece of good lawfull Englishe money To be paide
by my Executor at the day of their severall marriages or within one
quarter of a yeare next after their saide severall marriages or Otherwise
to be paide by my Executor unto them or any of them yf they happen not to
marry before At their Severall adges of twentie and one yeres
and in the will
of her mother, Margaret (Harvye) Denne in 1609:
Item I give to Elizabeth Denne my second daughter
the like sum of twenty shillings of lawful money of England and one chest
within one month after my decease.
...
I will that all my other linen not yet bequeathed
shall be equally divided between Thomas Denne my youngest son Elizabeth
Denne and Sarah Denne two of my daughters.
- Elizabeth would
presumably have been born after her namesake sister who was born and
died in 1578, and she is named in the will of her mother as the second
daughter, indciatig she is older than Martha who was born in 1583.
- Will
of William Denne in 1599; will
of Margaret (Harvye) Denne in 1609
Elizabeth (Denn) Pising
14 April 1587, in Eastry, Kent,
England
John Den
Agnes (Philpott) Den
_____ Pising
15 August 1637, in Eastry, Kent,
England
Elizabeth is named in her
father's will, dated 12 February 1601:
Item I will and bequeathe unto Margarett Marye Elizabeth and Alice my
daughters and to either of them twentye powndes to be paide to them
severallye at the age of One and Twentye yeres or at the dayes of there
severall marriages or at wich of them shall come ffirste yf they soo longe
doo live
Elizabeth Denne
Thomas Denne
Phebe (Pordage) Denne
Elizabeth is mentioned in her grandmother's
will in 1609:
Item I give to Joshua Denne, John Denne, Sara
Denne and Elizabeth Denne the four children of Thomas Denne my eldest son
to either of them twenty shillings of lawful money of England at their
several ages of fifteen years.
also in the will
of her father dated 1620:
Item my mind and will is that all my goods and
chattels real and personal shall be in best and most ? in time (according
to the discretion of my Executors) sold to the most profit and my debts
and funeral expenses being first thereat paid and discharged shall then
the rest of that money remaining to be equally distributed and divided
amongst my three daughters Sara, Elizabeth and Mary. And if any of them
depart this life before they be married then I will that the part or
portion of her or them so dying or departing this life shall be equally
divided between the survivors of her or them so living or if not then
wholly to ? the survivor. And I will the portion which shall fall to my
said daughters be paid to them when they shall come unto their several
ages of eighteen years or to the survivor or survivors of them.
and in the will
of her brother, Joshua, dated 1637:
Item I will devise and bequeath unto my two sisters Sarah and Elizabeth
all that my dwelling house and malthouse with all and every the
appertuances to the same belonging situate and being in the Parish of St
Maryes aforesaid now in the tenure and occupation of one Meane(?) to have
and to hold the said dwelling house malthouse with the appertuances to my
said two sisters Sarah and Elizabeth and to their heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath unto my brother John Denne and to my sister Mary
to either of them forty shillings and I do make and ordain my said two
sisters Sarah and Elizabeth the joint Executrixes of this my last Will and
Testament.
Gelayne Den
William Denne
Gelayne is mentioned in the will
of her father, William dated 1524
First I will
that James my son immediately after my decease shall have and possess my
tenement called Little Barfield with all the lands pertaining thereto
with all the appertuances lying and being in the foresaid Parish of
Tilmanstone and all my woodland lying and being in the Parish of
Womenswold to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then I will
that John my son shall have the said lands to him and to his said heirs
of his body lawfully begotten.
And if it happen my said John to die without heirs of his body lawfully
begotten then I will that Thomas my son shall have it to him and to his
heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die without heirs then I will that Gelayne(?) my daughter
shall have the said lands to her and to her heirs of her body lawfully
begotten
The
will of Gelayne's brother John, dated 1557, mentions "my sister
Awdlest" as well some other people with the surname Awdlest. Christyns is
named seperately, so it is likely that this sister, who appears to have
married an Awdlest, is either Gelayne or Johane, and since she is listed
before Christyns, I think most likely Gelyane married a Mr. Awdlest
James Den
1515, in Tilmanstone, Kent, England
William Denne
Johane _____
in 1540, in Tilmanstone, Kent, England
James is mentioned in the will
of his father, William dated 1524
First I will
that James my son immediately after my decease shall have and possess my
tenement called Little Barfield with all the lands pertaining thereto
with all the appertuances lying and being in the foresaid Parish of
Tilmanstone and all my woodland lying and being in the Parish of
Womenswold to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
September 1557, in Tilmanstone, Kent,
England
A codicil to the will
of one of James's brother's, John, (will dated dated February 1556/7
(OS/NS), codicil dated 24 October 1557) refers to removing James from his
will because he was dead:
the said John Den being in perfect rememberence
but sick in body and seeing his wife sick also on the 24th day of October
called for his will to hear it read ? his brother James Den to be put out
and Alice Owers by cause they were dead
Tilmanstone, Kent, England
dated 23 August 1557 held at
Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury vol 32 folio 213, transcribed
by Brian Denn:
Latin and then 23 August 1557 Reign of Phillip
and Marie, I James Den of the Parish of Tilmanstone being in good and
perfect remembrance but sick in body do make my testament and last will in
manner and form following I bequeath my soul to Almighty God to the Virgin
Mary and to all the holy company of heaven and my body to be buried in the
church yard there by my father and mother in the parish aforesaid. Item I
will have at my burying or for the ? masses(?) with drudge(?) and at my
months mind as many with drudge and at my twelve months mind as many with
drudge(?) after the most customed fashion of the church.
Item I bequeath to the high alter there for my tithes negligently
forgotten one ewe.
Item I bequeath to every one of my god children 12d to be payable a ?
after my months day except Anthony Roger James Hylde and William Piper the
son of John Piper for to every one of them I give one ewe.
Item I will that my honest neighbours and friends after service after
service is due at the three times before appointed come home to this my
house and here to be refreshed honestly and also the poor people of the
parish at the discretion of my executors.
Item I bequeath to either of my two daughters Julyan and Cyselley £6 13s
4d and to either of them a young cow or a bullock and I give to Julyan my
daughter upon consideration of increase twenty ewes and to Cyselley ten
ewes to be paid at the time of marriage.
Item I bequeath to Peter Den and to John Den my sons to either of them £4.
Item I bequeath ten ewes to John Den and 5 wethers a seame of wheat and
two seames of barley.
Item I bequeath to Peter Den my son ten sheep half ewes half ? if I die
before Saint Andrew or else at ? time ten ewes and ten lambs bearing
charges and a seame of wheat and two seames of barley.
Item I give to Richard Panet(?) my servant twenty shillings six ewes and
six lambs.
Item I give to Alyse Stedams 20s.
Item I bequeath to Thomas Den my son a chest a brass pot a pane half a
dozen of pewter vessel two candlesticks a salt wythe all the store of my
tenements(?) at Updown belonging and 2 horses and a mare five seames of
wheat seven seames of barley a seame of oats 20 coppes of pedware and
three pairs of sheets.
Item I will my wife shall bear with Thomas Den my son 20s for one year and
next year she to have £10.
Item I bequeath to Johane my wife out of my son Williams’ lands and my son
Thomas’s lands yearly £4 during her natural life.
Item I give to John Den the elder and to John Den the younger my
brother(?) to either of them one old angel to be delivered a ? after my
twelve months mind the residue of all my goods moveable my debts and
bequeaths fully complete(?) and paid I give to Johane my wife and to
William Den my son the which Johane and William I make my executors to
dispose for my soul and all Christian Souls as they think most best.
This is the last Will of me James Den made the day and year above said.
First I will that William my son shall have my tenements in the whyche I
do dwell with all the lands thereto belonging as well that I bought as the
other to him and to his heirs for ever except 2 small houses and 2 gardens
in Stormston with a piece of ground upon the other side of the way For
these I do give to John Denne my son to him and to his heirs for ever.
Furthermore I will that William Den my son shall suffer his mother Johane
my wife to engage and occupy the chamber in the wyche I now do lie the
last in the upper end of the hall with fire and wood sufficient egresse
and regresse. And also the said William shall find her meat and drink
during her natural life if she shall marry not.
Item I will that Thomas Den my son shall have my tenement(?) at Updown and
the lands thereto belonging to him and to his heirs for ever except ?
house with a garden the whyche little house and garden I do give to Peter
my son to him and to his heirs for ever.
Witness thereof Thomas Lylforthe(?) vicar there and John Den the younger
with other ?
Probatum in Latin
James Denne
27 September 1583, in Deal, Kent,
England
James Denne is recorded as the son of Peter Denne
Peter Denne
Mary (Burvell) Denn
Jane Paramour on 21 October
1605, in Sholden, Kent, England
Jane was born in 1583 in Sevenoaks district, Kent, and died in January 1622
in Sholden, Kent. She was buried in St Nicholas churchyard, Sholden.
- William Denn (1612 - 1612)
- Peter Denn (1613 - 1619)
- Valentine Denn (1621 - 1636)
- James Denn
- Jonathan Denn
- John Denn
Dorothy Honeywood on 26 June
1623, in Lenham, Kent, England
Dorothy Honywood was born in 1583 in Kent, England and died in May 1664 in
Eastry, Kent. She was buried on 19 May 1664 in St Mary the Virgin
churchyard, Eastry.
- Peter Denn (1633 - 1634)
- Algenon Denn
- Thomas Denn
- Dorothy Denn
- Elizabeth Denn
- Mary Denn
Yeoman
James is named in his
father's will, dated 13 August 1606:
To my son Robert 90 pounds at 21 .... for
three years and ..... for education ....
If he dies, to my other three sons John, Peter and James equally.
Son James Denne tenancy? at Updown Eastry for life, lands at Eastry and
Ham
After his decease to John son of said John Denne my son and to his heirs
forever.
...
To James Denne my son forever messuage or tent where I now dwell (9 acres)
Deal and Sholden, also 5 acres in Sholden to sell towards payments of
legacies.
Son James Denne to be executor and my brother James Burrell to .... him
James is named as an executor of the will
of his brother Peter, dated 12 November [1609]:
The residue of all my landes I will to my too brethren John Denn and James
Denn, and to their heires equally to be devided paying such legacies as I
shall hereafter bequeath that is to saie,
...
and xth wch my brother James Doth owe mee and I bequeath to him more all
my timber;
And further my will and meaning is, that John Denn and James Denn my
brothers shalbe my executors to paie all my debts and legacies wich I have
given;
And further my will & meaning is that if John Denn and James Denn doo
not pay all my debts and legacies wthin six months after my decease then
my will and meaning is that Robert my brother or his Assignes shall enter
upon all my lande in Chamberlend field and sell the same to paie all my
debts and legacies, and I doo make John Rand my overseer to this my last
will and testamt;
James is also named as an executor in the will
of his brother, John, dated 7 January 1622:
Item I ordain and constitute by my well beloved
brothers James Den of Fowlemeade in the said County of Kent and Henry
Feach(?) of Dover Castle in the said County my Executors.
1642, in St Mary the Virgin, Eastry,
Kent, England
dated 9 May 1642, held at the
Consistory Court of Canterbury original will 208, transcribed
by Brian Denn. Probate was granted on 9 November 1642.
In the name of God Amen I James Denne of Eastry
in the County of Kent, yeoman being weak in body but of sound and perfect
memory the Lord be therefore praised do renounce all former wills by
heretofore made and do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in
manner and form following. First I will and bequeath my Soul unto the
Almighty my Creator who first infused the same into my body with full
assurance through the merits of my Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ to be
made partaker of life everlasting after this mortal life shall be ended
and my body to the Earth whereof it was first formed to be buried in the
church of Eastry in the County aforesaid at the discretion of my Executrix
hereunder named and I nominate authorise and appoint my loving wife
Dorothy to be sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament to whom I
will and bequeath the sum of three hundred pounds of lawful money of
England which shall she have full power to retain in her hands one hundred
pounds ? ? to remain unto my said loving wife Dorothy and for her to
dispose by her will or otherwise the remainder of the other two hundred
pounds residue of the said three after the death of my said loving wife to
come to my two sons Algenon/Arthur(?) Denne and Thomas Denne equally to be
divided and in case either of them shall happen to depart this life before
his part and portion shall chance to become due then the survivor to have
the part of him so dying.
Item I will and bequeath to my said loving wife all and singular my
household stuff, plate, rings and chattels whatsoever wherewith I shall
die estated of and my will and meaning is that if any shall hereafter
attempt to marry with my Executrix ? then he that shall intend so to
intermarry with her shall first give bond to my overseer hereunder named
for the payment of the two hundred pounds to Algernon/Arthur? and Thomas
aforesaid or for default thereof my overseer to have power to prosecute
against him for the same.
Item I will and bequeath to James Denne my eldest son ten shillings if he
come to demand the same upon reasonable request therefore first made and
to the two eldest sons of my said son James and to his eldest daughter or
to so many of the three as shall be living at the day of my death the sum
of twenty pounds apiece at their several ages following that is to say the
sons at their ages of one and twenty years if they or either of them shall
long live and the daughter at her age of eighteen years if she shall so
long live but if either the said two sons and daughter of my said son
James shall chance to depart this life before the time appointed for
payment of their several legacies then their part and portion of him or
her so dying to remain in the hands of my said Executor.
Item I will and bequeath to my son Jonathan Denne one hundred and fifty
pounds to be paid unto him one month after my decease on sufficient bond
for the same to be turned(?) over unto him for the same.
Item I will and bequeath to my son John Denne the sum of fifty pounds to
be paid unto him six months after reasonable request therefore made.
Item I will and bequeath unto my son Algenon/Arthur? the sum of one
hundred pounds to be paid unto him when he shall attain to the age of one
and twenty years.
Item I will and bequeath unto my son Thomas Denne the sum of one hundred
pounds to be paid unto him at his age of one and twenty years.
Item I will and bequeath unto Dorothy my eldest daughter the sum of one
hundred pounds to be paid unto her at her age of eighteen years.
Item I will and bequeath unto Elizabeth my daughter the sum of one hundred
pounds at her age of eighteen years.
Item I will and bequeath unto Mary my daughter the sum of one hundred
pounds to be paid unto her at her age of eighteen years.
And my will and meaning is that if either of my two younger sons Algernon
and Thomas shall chance to depart this life before his or their legacies
shall become due by virtue of this my last Will and Testament that then he
that shall chance to survive shall have and receive the legacy part and
portion of him dying and also that the part and portion of my daughters
dying before her or their legacy or legacies due by this my will then the
said part and portion of her dying to be equally divided amongst the other
daughters surviving.
Item I give to the poor of the Parish of Eastry twenty shillings to be
paid by my Executor one month after my decease to whom she or he applies
shall think to have most need.
And of this my last Will and Testament I nominate and appoint my loving
friend John Paramour of Worth overseer of this my last Will and Testament
which I do hereby authorise to see the execution of this my will.
This is the last Will and Testament of me the said James Denne made this
ninth day of May in the eighteenth year of King Charles of England etc
Anno Domini 1642. And for this disposing of my real estate being nine
acres of marshland being in three pieces in the Parish of Sholden called
Croked Hopes late by me purchased of the widow Marsh, I will the same
shall be by Dorothy my Executrix sold for and towards the payment of my
legacies before hereby bequeathed.
In witness whereof to this my last Will and Testament contained in three
sheets of paper I have hereto set my hand and seal this said ninth day of
May in the said eighteenth year of King Charles of England etc James
Denne. Read sealed published and declared to be the last Will and
Testament of the said James Denne in presence of
Elizabeth her mark Hatcher widow - Roger Whitehead his mark - John
Paramour - John Engeham.
Probatum 9 Nov 1642
Jane Denne
1610,
in Deal, Kent, England Vincent Denne
Margaret (Cullinge) Denne
31 July 1634 in St Leonard, Deal,
Kent, England
Jane Denne is recorded as the daughter of Vincent and Margaret Denne
Joane Denn
John Den
Agnes (Philpott) Den
Joane is named in her
father's will, dated 12 February 1601, in which she is described as
his eldest daughter:
Item I will and bequeathe unto Joane my eldest daughter tenn poundes to be
given to her within one yeare next after my decease
Joane is not mentioned in the will
of his brother, John, dated 31 August 1638, in which a number of
Joane's other sisters are mentioned, so perhaps she was deceased by this
time.
Joane (Denne) Henecker
William Denne
Jane (Morris) Denne
_____ Henecker
Joane is mentioned in the will
of her stepmother, Margaret (Harvye) Denne in 1609, from which we
deduce that she is a daughter of William's first marriage to Jane Morris,
and that she married a Henecker:
Item I will to Joane Henecker my husbands
daughter ten shillings to be paid within one month after my decease.
Joane (Denne) Rand
1584, in Deal, Kent, England
Peter Denne
Mary (Burvell) Denn
John Rand
John was born in 1584, in Kent, England, and died in Jul 1637 in Deal, Kent.
He was buried on 31 July 1637 in Deal, Kent.
Joane is named in her
father's will, dated 13 August 1606:
To my daughter Joane Denne 40 pounds
She is also mentioned in the will
of her brother Peter, dated 12 November [1609]:
The residue of all my landes I will to my too brethren John Denn and James
Denn, and to their heires equally to be devided paying such legacies as I
shall hereafter bequeath that is to saie,
xth to my sister Jone the wife of John Rand
4 March 1620, in Deal, Kent, England
in St Leonard, Deal, Kent, England
Joane Denne
Vincent Denne
Margaret (Cullinge) Denne
Joane is mentioned in the will
of her grandmother, Margaret (Harvye) Denne in 1609 in which she is
named as a child of Vincent Denne.
Item I give to Joane Denne, Samuel Denne, William
Denne and Katherine Denne the four children of Vincent Denne my second son
to either of them twenty shillings of lawful money of England at their
several ages of fifteen years and my will is that if any of the said four
children die before they be of the age of fifteen years then I will that
one of them shall be the heir and I give to the foresaid Joane Denne one
pair of sheets to be delivered to Vincent Denne her father presently after
my decease.
Johane Den
William Denne
Johane is mentioned in the will
of her father, William dated 1524
First I will
that James my son immediately after my decease shall have and possess my
tenement called Little Barfield with all the lands pertaining thereto
with all the appertuances lying and being in the foresaid Parish of
Tilmanstone and all my woodland lying and being in the Parish of
Womenswold to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then I will
that John my son shall have the said lands to him and to his said heirs
of his body lawfully begotten.
And if it happen my said John to die without heirs of his body lawfully
begotten then I will that Thomas my son shall have it to him and to his
heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if Thomas die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then I
will that my son John the younger shall have the said lands in him and
to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten
and if it happen my said John the younger to die without heirs of his
body lawfully begotten then I will that Edward my son shall have the
said lands to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die without heirs then I will that Gelayne(?) my daughter
shall have the said lands to her and to her heirs of her body lawfully
begotten
and if Gelayne die without heirs of her body lawfully begotten then to
Chrystns and to her heirs of her body lawfully begotten.
And if she die without heirs of her body lawfully begotten then I will
that Johane my daughter shall have the said lands to her and to her
heirs of her body lawfully begotten.
The
will of Johane's brother John, dated 1557, mentions "my sister
Awdlest" as well some other people with the surname Awdlest. Christyns is
named seperately, so it is likely that this sister, who appears to have
married an Awdlest, is either Gelayne or Johane, but since "sister Awdlest"
is listed before Christyns, I think most likely Gelyane that married a Mr.
Awdlest
Johane (_____) Den
1519, in Kent, England
James Den
in 1540, in Tilmanstone, Kent, England
Johane is named in her
husband's will, dated 23 August 1557:
Item I will my wife shall bear with Thomas Den my son 20s for one year and
next year she to have £10.
Item I bequeath to Johane my wife out of my son Williams’ lands and my son
Thomas’s lands yearly £4 during her natural life.
Item I give to John Den the elder and to John Den the younger my
brother(?) to either of them one old angel to be delivered a ? after my
twelve months mind the residue of all my goods moveable my debts and
bequeaths fully complete(?) and paid I give to Johane my wife and to
William Den my son the which Johane and William I make my executors to
dispose for my soul and all Christian Souls as they think most best.
...
Furthermore I will that William Den my son shall suffer his mother Johane
my wife to engage and occupy the chamber in the wyche I now do lie the
last in the upper end of the hall with fire and wood sufficient egresse
and regresse. And also the said William shall find her meat and drink
during her natural life if she shall marry not.
November 1564, in Tilmanstone, Kent,
England
Tilmanstone, Kent, England
Johane Den
John Denne
Johane is mentioned in the the
will of her father's brother, also named John, dated 1557
and to my
brother John Den’s daughter Johane 10s
John Den
1518, in Tilmanstone, Kent, England
William Denne
Agnes _____
John is mentioned in the will
of his father, William dated 1524
First I will
that James my son immediately after my decease shall have and possess my
tenement called Little Barfield with all the lands pertaining thereto
with all the appertuances lying and being in the foresaid Parish of
Tilmanstone and all my woodland lying and being in the Parish of
Womenswold to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then I will
that John my son shall have the said lands to him and to his said heirs
of his body lawfully begotten.
...
Also I will that John my son the elder shall ? my marsh lands lying and
being in the Parish of Worth to him and to his heirs of his body
lawfully begotten.
John is also mentioned in the will
of his brother James in 1557:
Item I give to John Den the elder and to John Den
the younger my brother(?) to either of them one old angel to be delivered
a ? after my twelve months mind
October 1557, in Tilmanstone, Kent,
England
Tilmanstone cemetery, Kent, England
dated 1 February 1557 held at
Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury vol 32 folio 198, transcribed
by Brian Denn:
In the name Amen in the first day of February
Anno Domini 1557 and in the third and fourth year of Philip and Mary I
John Den of the Parish of Tilmanstone being in good and perfect
remembrance thanks be to God not withstanding sick in body do make my
Testament and last Will in manner and form following. First I bequeath my
Soul to Almighty God to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to all the holy
company of Heaven and my body to be buried in Tilmanstone churchyard.
Item I will have at my forthfare(?) trentall(?) of masses with drudge at
my months mind as many with drudge and at my twelve months mind likewise a
trentall(?) with drudge after the most solemn fashion used in the church.
Item I bequeath to the poor people at my forthfare months mind and twelve
months mind at every time 20s and as for meat and drink for the people I
put it to the discretion of my Executors as they may be honestly
refreshed.
Item I bequeath to every one of my godchildren one ewe to be delivered by
Michlemas next after my decease.
Item I bequeath to my sister Awdlest(?) 10s
and to my sister Christyns(?) 10s
and to William Den the son of James Den late deceased 10s
and to Thomas Den his brother 10s
and to Peter Den their brother 10s
and to John Den their brother 10s
and to Gelayne and Cysely Den their sisters to either of them 10s
and to Lawrence Awdlest 10s
and to Thomas Awdlest 10s
and to John Pamores(?) wife 10s
and to Vincent Awdlests youngest daughter 10s
and to my brother John Den’s daughter Johane 10s
and to Marge Godfrey(?) my sisters daughter 10s
and to James Godfrey 10s.
Item I bequeath to Agnes my wife my annuity in the range term of her
natural life which is yearly 20s 20d and after to remain to Richard
Ower(?) and also 32 acres of leasehold(?) land taken off Richard Ower to
Agnes my wife till Michelmas next after my decease free for I have paid
for it for 9 years to come and afterward the profette(?) of the said lost
for the said term to remain to John Church and to Thomas Ower and if
either of them do die before the year be expired that then his part to
remain to the other living I will that my executors shall have ? hereof
till they come to 20 years of age.
Item I bequeath to John Church 45 wethers and 45 ewes and to Thomas Ower
45 wethers and 45 ewes to be delivered at 20 years of age and if either of
them die before the come to the age aforesaid then his part to remain to
the longer liver.
Item I bequeath 40 ewes to the poor people of this Parish of Tilmanstone
after this sort that the most honest men of substance shall put them out
to farm for the most vantage for the poor with the advisement of the vicar
for the time being for ever and the money thereof ? to be delivered to the
poor people at two times in the year that is to say on St Thomas ? day
before Christmas and on Good Friday by even portions these to be delivered
at Michelmas next after my decease.
Item I bequeath to Richard Ower £40 upon ? ? that he be a good husband and
Christyns(?) that honest men will testify for him to be my Executors that
then they shall deliver him at Candlemas come the twelve months £20 and at
Candlemas next after £20 if no honest man will witness so for him that
then I will my Executors shall pay this £40 of his debts where they so
most need and necessary.
Item I bequeath to John Church and to Thomas Ower to either of them £10 to
be delivered as before at the age of 20 years and if either of them die
before the time appointed his part to remain to the longer liver.
Item I bequeath to Matthew Wolfe a seame of wheat and a seame of barley to
be delivered at Michelmas next after my decease.
Item I bequeath to John Hayward a seame of barley to be delivered at
Michelmas next after my decease.
Item I bequeath to John Wolfe a seame of barley likewise to be delivered
at Michelmas.
Item I will that all my bequeaths bequeathed to John Church and to Thomas
Ower if they both die before they come to the years appointed Agnes my
wife then alive(?) that then she to have the disposing of it and if she
die before and they two die after before the time appointed that then it
shall remain to the next heir
Item I bequeath to Eden Harrison 40s.
Item I bequeath to Christian Colverhouse 10s.
The residue of all my moveable goods my debts and bequeaths fully
contented and paid I give to Agnes my wife the which Agnes and John Den my
brother I make Executors and I give to my brother John Den for his labour
£4
the said John Den being in perfect rememberence but sick in body and
seeing his wife sick also on the 24th day of October called for his will
to hear it read ? his brother James Den to be put out and Alice Owers by
cause they were dead and said if my wife die of this disease that then I
give the residue of all my moveable goods my debts and bequeaths paid I
give to John Den my brother the which John Den my brother I make sole
Executor to dispose for my Soul and all Christian Souls as he thinks best.
Witness
Thomas Lylford(?) vicar Matthew Wolfe and John Wolfe with other…
Probatum in Latin
John Den
William Denne
John was one of two brothers named
John, who lived contemporaneously. This John is referred to in the wills
excerpted below as "John the younger"
John is mentioned in the will
of his father, William dated 1524
First I will
that James my son immediately after my decease shall have and possess my
tenement called Little Barfield with all the lands pertaining thereto
with all the appertuances lying and being in the foresaid Parish of
Tilmanstone and all my woodland lying and being in the Parish of
Womenswold to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then I will
that John my son shall have the said lands to him and to his said heirs
of his body lawfully begotten.
And if it happen my said John to die without heirs of his body lawfully
begotten then I will that Thomas my son shall have it to him and to his
heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if Thomas die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then I
will that my son John the younger shall have the said lands in him and
to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten
...
Also I will that John my son the elder shall ? my marsh lands lying and
being in the Parish of Worth to him and to his heirs of his body
lawfully begotten.
And if he die ? without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then to
Thomas and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die then to John the younger and to his heirs of body lawfully
begotten.
John is mentioned in the will
of his brother James in 1557:
Item I give to John Den the elder and to John Den
the younger my brother(?) to either of them one old angel to be delivered
a ? after my twelve months mind
He is named an executor in the
will of his brother John, also in 1557.
The residue of
all my moveable goods my debts and bequeaths fully contented and paid I
give to Agnes my wife the which Agnes and John Den my brother I make
Executors and I give to my brother John Den for his labour £4
the said John Den being in perfect rememberence but sick in body and
seeing his wife sick also on the 24th day of October called for his will
to hear it read ? his brother James Den to be put out and Alice Owers by
cause they were dead and said if my wife die of this disease that then I
give the residue of all my moveable goods my debts and bequeaths paid I
give to John Den my brother the which John Den my brother I make sole
Executor to dispose for my Soul and all Christian Souls as he thinks
best.
John Denne
1550, in Tilmanstone, Kent, England
James Den
Johane (_____)
Den
Agnes Philpott
Agnes was born in 1550, in Kent, and died in 1630, in Kent. She is buried in
St Mary the Virgin churchyard, Eastry, Kent.
Yeoman
John is named in his
father's will, dated 23 August 1557:
Item I bequeath to Peter Den and to John
Den my sons to either of them £4.
Item I bequeath ten ewes to John Den and 5 wethers a seame of wheat and
two seames of barley.
...
First I will that William my son shall have my tenements in the whyche I
do dwell with all the lands thereto belonging as well that I bought as the
other to him and to his heirs for ever except 2 small houses and 2 gardens
in Stormston with a piece of ground upon the other side of the way For
these I do give to John Denne my son to him and to his heirs for ever.
In his own will, John lists the lands that he holds, including his house at
Updowne and 56 acres belonging to the house spanning the parishes of Eastry,
Ham and Betteshangar. This is presumably the Updown
Farm still in existence today near Betteshangar. John also owned a
house and four acres in "Tylmstone", presumably Tilmanstone.
John is also named in the will
of his uncle, John Den, dated 1 February 1557/8 (OS/NS):
and to William Den the son of James Den late
deceased 10s
and to Thomas Den his brother 10s
...
and to John Den their brother 10s
1601, in St Mary the Virgin
churchyard, Eastry, Kent, England
dated 12 February 1601 held at
Consistory Court of Canterbury PRC 32, vol. 40, folio 65b [CKS], transcribed
by Noël Siver:
In the name of god Amen the twelfe daye of
ffebruarye in the yeare of oure Lord Christe One thousand sixe hundred and
one and the in the yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Ladye Elizabethe
by the grace of god of England ffrance and Ireland Queene Defender of the
ffaithe yr the fowre and fortith I John Den of Updowne in the parishe of
Eastrye in the County of Kent yeoman being sicke of bodye but of sounde
and pfect remembrance thanks be unto god therefore doo make and ordayne
this my last will and testamente in manner and forme followinge
ffirste I will and bequeathe my sole unto Almighty god my maker and
redeemer and my bodye to be buried in the pishe churche or churchyard of
Eastrye aforesaide at the discretion of myne executor And as concernge my
Landes ten[emen]ts and moveable goods whatsoever I will and bequeathe them
in manner and forme followinge viz
ffirste I will and bequeathe unto Thomas Denn my eldest sonne my howse at
Updowne wherein I now dwell with all the landes thereto belonging ?
contayninge by estimacon sixe and fiftie Acres more or lesse there situate
setlyinge and beinge in the parishe of Eastry Ham and Betteshanger in the
said Countye
Item I will and bequeathe unto John Denn my younger sonne my Howse at
Tylmstone in the saide Countye and all the Landes thereto belonginge
contayninge by estimacon four Acres more or lesse thereof in the occupacon
of George Hammon or of his Assignes
Item I will and bequeathe unto Joane my eldest daughter tenn poundes to be
given to her within one yeare next after my decease
Item I will and bequeathe unto Margarett Marye Elizabeth and Alice my
daughters and to either of them twentye powndes to be paide to them
severallye at the age of One and Twentye yeres or at the dayes of there
severall marriages or at wich of them shall come ffirste yf they soo longe
doo live
And my will ys that John Denne my sonne shall take and receave the
profitts of my saide howse and lande at Tylmstone aforesaide ymmediatly
after my decease soo that he be ruled and governed by my Brother John
Phillpott his Unckle in puttinge the same to pfitt for his better
advantage
Item my will is that my sonne Thomas Denn shall prove this my laste will
and undertake the payemt of all my debtes & legacies oe else to have
no bennyfitt of this my laste will And I make and ordayne Thomas Denn my
sonne sole executor of this my laste will and Testamente Witnesses
hereunto
Probatum fuit [Will proved 23 February 1601/02]
John Denne
around 1573, probably in
Tilmanstone, Kent, England
William Denne
Margaret
(Harvye) Denne
John is mentioned in the will
of his father, William, dated 1599, of which he is an executor:
Item I will unto John Denn my second sonne Tenn pounds of good and lawfull
money of England to be paid and delivered by my Executor at her
Discrecione or otherwise to be paid after the death of my foresaid wife
...
And for Overseers of this my will to see
it the more effectuallye pformed I doo appoint my two brothers Peter Denn
and John Denn
the testators marke Peter Denns marke Witnesses at the makeinge of this
will
Thomas Harwe(?) Peter Denn and John Denn as appeareth by their Severall
markes
John Denns marke
but in John's mother's
will dated 1609, John is not mentioned and Vincent is now described as
her second son, indicating that John had likely died before the will was
written.
John is possibly the John Den "of Deal, yeom." who
married Alice Smith of Deal on 1 July 1600 in St Mary Bredman,
Canterbury
- John's elder brother,
Thomas was born in 1572 in Tilmanstone, and his younger brother Vincent
was born in 1574, also in Tilmanstone.
- Will
of John's father, William Denne in 1599 lists John as his second
son
John Denne
26 February 1579, in
Sutton-by-Dover, Kent, England
John Dene is recorded as the son of Peter Dene
Peter Denne
Mary (Burvell) Denn
Joane Foach on 8 August 1601, in
Worth, Kent, England
Joane was born in 1583, in Deal, Kent, and was buried on 4 March 1620, in
Deal.
- Elizabeth Den
- Sara Den
- Mary Den
- Martha Den
- John Den
- James Den (1603- 1638)
- Henry Den
Yeoman
John is named in his
father's will, dated 13 August 1606:
To my son Robert 90 pounds at 21 .... for
three years and ..... for education ....
If he dies, to my other three sons John, Peter and James equally.
Son James Denne tenancy? at Updown Eastry for life, lands at Eastry and
Ham
After his decease to John son of said John Denne my son and to his heirs
forever.
John is also named as an executor of the will
of his brother Peter, dated 12 November [1609]:
The residue of all my landes I will to my too brethren John Denn and James
Denn, and to their heires equally to be devided paying such legacies as I
shall hereafter bequeath that is to saie,
...
And further my will and meaning is, that John Denn and James Denn my
brothers shalbe my executors to paie all my debts and legacies wich I have
given;
And further my will & meaning is that if John Denn and James Denn doo
not pay all my debts and legacies wthin six months after my decease then
my will and meaning is that Robert my brother or his Assignes shall enter
upon all my lande in Chamberlend field and sell the same to paie all my
debts and legacies, and I doo make John Rand my overseer to this my last
will and testamt;
11 January 1622, in St Leonard,
Deal, Kent, England
dated 7 January 1622, held at the
Consistory Court of Canterbury Vol.45 f.332b (and Vol.46 f.11), transcribed
by Brian Denn. Probate was granted in June 1623 (note, just 6 months
after the date of the will since the year changed in March at this time).
In the name of God I John Den of the parish of
Eastry in the County of Kent, Yeoman being sick in body but of perfect
memory thanks be to God do make this my last Will and Testament in manner
and form following that is to say first I commend my Soul unto Almighty
God trusting assuredly to be saved by the merits of my Saviour Jesus
Christ. And my body to be buried ? ? ? church.
And as touching my moveable goods my will and pleasure is they shall be
sold by my Executors and that all my debts where duly and truly owing and
which may be fully and rightfully demanded shall be first duly paid.
Item I give and bequeath to my four daughters Elizabeth, Sara, Mary and
Martha and to any of them at their several ages of one and twenty years or
days of marriages which shall first happen the sums of forty pounds apiece
if my said moveable goods will extend thereto but if that they will not
extend to the sum of forty pounds apiece my will is that they and any of
them shall have abatements of their ? equally and if ? ? ? then equally
divided between my said daughters. And if it happen either of them to die
before their said several ages of one and twenty years or days of marriage
that then their portions equally to be divided between the surviving
sisters.
Item I give to my eldest son John Den the sum of twenty shillings to be
paid unto him within three months after my decease out of my said moveable
goods.
And as touching the disposement of my lands within the said parish of
Deal, item I will that the said shall be sold by my Executors within one
year and a half after my decease to the best advantage and the monies
thereof coming to be employed by them to the best uses it may till my sons
James and Henry shall attain to their several ages of one and twenty years
and then the said monies to be equally divided between them by my
Executors.
Item I ordain and constitute by my well beloved brothers James Den of
Fowlemeade in the said County of Kent and Henry Feach(?) of Dover Castle
in the said County my Executors. In witness whereof I have put my hand and
seal the seventh day of January Anno Domini 1622. John Den
Witnesses to sealing and subscribing thereof,
Peter White, James Miles his mark.
Probatum in Latin June 1623
- England
Births and Christenings GS film 1752236 ref #19
- England
Births and Christenings GS film 1752236 ref #19; will
of John's father, Peter Den; findagrave.com
ID#108618626
- wikitree
Denne-71 citing Pedigrees of some of
Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Volumes I to III; findagrave.com
ID#108618626; Will
dated 7 January 1622 names "brother" Henry Foach; Joane birth from
findagrave.com
ID#145661146; Joane burial from England
Deaths and Burials GS film 1736691 item 2 has the burial of Joane
Denne, wife of John Denne, on 4 March 1620 in Davington, Kent. Davington
is about 30 miles from Deal. As with a number of other Deal/Davington
records, I believe this is a transcription or indexing error in the LDS
extract, and that the burial actually occurred in Deal. A findagrave.com
entry shows Joane's burial in St Mary Magdalene and St Lawrence
Churchyard in Faversham
- Will
dated 7 January 1622
- Will
dated 7 January 1622
- England
Deaths and Burials GS film 1736691 item 2 has the burial of John
Denne on 11 January 1622 in Davington, Kent. Davington is about 30 miles
from Deal. As with a number of other Deal/Davington records, I believe
this is a transcription or indexing error in the LDS extract, and that
the burial actually occurred in Deal. A findagrave.com
entry shows John's burial in St Mary Magdalene and St Lawrence
Churchyard in Faversham
John Denn
1586, in Kent, England
John Den
Agnes (Philpott) Den
Ann (_____) Hilde on 20 October
1614, in St Paul's, Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury Marriage Licences First Series
1568-1618 p125
Denn,
John, of Eastry, yeom., and Ann Hilde of Worth, w. At St. Paul's, Cant.
Oct. 13, 1614.
Ann was married firstly to _____ Hilde. At her second marriage in 1614 she
is noted to be a widow, of Worth, Kent.
Yeoman
John is named in his
father's will, dated 12 February 1601, in which he is bequeathed a
house at Tilmanstone with about four acres:
Item I will and bequeathe unto John Denn my
younger sonne my Howse at Tylmstone in the saide Countye and all the
Landes thereto belonginge contayninge by estimacon four Acres more or
lesse thereof in the occupacon of George Hammon or of his Assignes
...
And my will ys that John Denne my sonne shall take and receave the
profitts of my saide howse and lande at Tylmstone aforesaide ymmediatly
after my decease soo that he be ruled and governed by my Brother John
Phillpott his Unckle in puttinge the same to pfitt for his better
advantage
October 1638, in Tilmanstone, Kent,
England
Tilmanstone cemetery, Kent, England
dated 31 August 1638, held at
Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, PRC 17/70/25, Film # 188968, transcribed
by Norm Dennie:
In the name of God Amen, I John Denne of
Tilmanstone in the county of Kent, yeoman, being in perfect health and in
good and perfect memory ........ And ordain this my Last Will and
Testament in manner and form following, that is to say; First I will and
bequeath my soule unto the hands of my creator who .... into my .... body
with full .... And .... faith in Christ Jesus to live with him .... after
this my mortal life shall be ended. Item, I bequeath my body to the earth
whereof it .... first .... to be buried at the discretion of my Executrix
.... and in named.
And I do .... nominate and .... Ann my loving wife to be sole Executrix of
this my Last Will and Testament.
Item, I .... the .... of Tilmanstone aforesaid the sum of twenty
shillings. Item, I will and bequeath the sum of six shillings .... for the
term of ten years to the .... of the years aforesaid. .... Out of my lands
.... bequeathed and ..... at the will of my Executrix For the term of the
said ten years to the .... of the years aforesaid to be paid yearly on St.
John’s day in ......
Item, I give to my sister Margaret Terry the sum of one shilling.
Item, I give to Barbara Barber my sister .... daughter the sum of five
pounds of lawful money of England.
Item, I give to the children of my late sister Mary Austen the sum of
twenty pounds of lawful money of England, that is to say to John Austen
sonne of the said Mary fifteen pounds and to his sister .... the sum of
five pounds.
Item, I will and bequeath to my sister Alice .... to the .... of her
children the sum of twenty pounds.
Item, I give unto the sonnes and daughters of my brother Thomas Denne five
shillings apiece.
Item, I give unto my God child Thomas Denne sonne of Thomas Denne forty
shillings, ......
Item, I give unto my God child John Denne sonne of James Denne The sum of
forty shillings
Item, I give unto Anne ...... twenty shillings and to Elizabeth .....
twenty shillings.
All the said .......... and bequeaths before bequeathed by this my last
Will and Testament .... what of ..... to the .... aforesaid bequeathed my
will and testament, my said Executrix shall .... pay all the .... after my
decease
I give and bequeath to my said loving wife for and during the term of her
natural life all and singular my lands, leases, tenements and
hereditaments what soever, and after her decease I will and bequeath all
my said messuages, lands, leases, tenements and hereditaments whatsoever
unto my loving ...... Denne son of my brother Thomas Denne and his heirs
forever. .... And my will and meaning is that ..... my brother Thomas
Denne or any of his children might ...... for terms of life by this my
last will or by any .... in Law .... away and of the .... on or during
.... life as aforesaid then I will my .... lands and .... of Thomas .....
.... unto my said loving wife and to her house? forever.
Is whatsoever of my ........ Not in this my will ..... my ...... I will
and bequeath them unto Ann my said wife and Executrix .... whereof I have
.... set my hand and seal the last day of August in the fourteenth year of
King Charles ? of .... testament of the said John Denne in the .....
John Engharth?, John ......
Probatum 1638 Testamontum John Denne Tilmanstone
John Denne
14 December 1606, in St Mary,
Sandwich, Kent, England
John Den is recorded as the son of Thomas
Thomas Denne
Phebe (Pordage) Denne
John is mentioned in his grandmother's
will in 1609:
Item I give to Joshua Denne, John Denne, Sara
Denne and Elizabeth Denne the four children of Thomas Denne my eldest son
to either of them twenty shillings of lawful money of England at their
several ages of fifteen years.
also in the will
of his father dated 1620:
Item to John and Edward my other two sons I give
all my messuages or tenements situate and lying in Motesole(?) in the
Parish of St Mary in Sandwich aforesaid with all the orchards gardens
backsides and appertuances whatsoever to the same belonging to be divided
equally between them and if either of my said sons John or Edward shall
depart this life without any issue then my mind and will is that the other
of the lands tenements or messuage or fourth part of the share of him so
dying or departing this life shall discend and remain and wholly be to the
survivor of them two my said three sons paying to Katherine my now wife
the yearly sum of forty pounds Sterling out of the said messuage or
tenements for her ? during her life.
and in the will
of his brother, Joshua, dated 1637:
Item I give and bequeath unto my brother John Denne and to my sister Mary
to either of them forty shillings
Joshua Denne
10 May 1601, in St Mary,
Sandwich, Kent, England
Josua Den is recorded as the son of Thomas
Thomas Denne
Phebe (Pordage) Denne
Joshua is mentioned in his grandmother's
will in 1609:
Item I give to Joshua Denne, John Denne, Sara
Denne and Elizabeth Denne the four children of Thomas Denne my eldest son
to either of them twenty shillings of lawful money of England at their
several ages of fifteen years. And I likewise give to the foresaid Joshua
Denne one pair of sheets.
and in the will
of his father dated 1620:
Item to Joshua my eldest son I give the house
wherein I now dwell with all the gardens backsides outhouses and all other
the appertuances thereunto belonging.
circa 1640
dated 25 October 1637 held at
Consistory Court of Canterbury 21, transcribed
by Brian Denn:
In the name of God Amen I Joshua Denne of St
Maryes in the town and port of Sandwich in the County of Kent being in
good health of body and of good and perfect remembrance blessed be God do
make my last Will and Testament this five and twentieth day of October in
the year of our Lord God 1637 in manner following. First I bequeath my
Soul to God in expectation of salvation through Christ alone and by body
to the grave in hope of a glorious resurrection at the last day.
Item I will devise and bequeath unto my two sisters Sarah and Elizabeth
all that my dwelling house and malthouse with all and every the
appertuances to the same belonging situate and being in the Parish of St
Maryes aforesaid now in the tenure and occupation of one Meane(?) to have
and to hold the said dwelling house malthouse with the appertuances to my
said two sisters Sarah and Elizabeth and to their heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath unto my brother John Denne and to my sister Mary
to either of them forty shillings and I do make and ordain my said two
sisters Sarah and Elizabeth the joint Executrixes of this my last Will and
Testament.
Signed sealed and published this thirteenth day of October in the
thirteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King Charles 1637.
Joshua Den
In the presence of Joshua Porage, Frances Hoge his mark
Probatum in Latin
Although the within written Testator wrote himself of Sandwich in his will
within written and so the same was written and so the same was proved
before the Official of Canterbury that he was an inhabitant of Ash an
exempt parish and so her the Executrix was called to appear before the
Commissary to prove the same which she accordingly did as appears by the
ensuing act.
13th August 1640 Thomas Shand - John Den - Sara Den
Julian (Denne) Rand
Peter Denne
Mary (Burvell) Denn
Andrew Rand on 28 November 1603:
Canterbury Marriage Licences First Series
1568-1618 p342
Rand,
Andrew, of Deal, and Julian Den, s. p., v. At Deal. Nov. 28, 1603.
Andrew is likely the Andrew Rand, pilot of Deal, who is mentioned in this
study of a question that arose at the time of who owned a piece of land near
the sea that had over time been built up and no longer was covered at high
tide.
Archaeologia Cantianas vol 50 1938 p53
THE SEA
VALLEY OF DEAL
BY F.W. HARDMAN, LL.D., F.S.A.
The first occupiers of the shingle bank were squatters whose work
lay on the sea shore and for a time little notice was taken of them. As
the settlement grew disputes about boundaries began to arise. In 1623
Andrew Rand, a Deal pilot, pulled down part of a tenement which William
Mommery, a Deal baker, was building on the "waste", and alleged that the
land belonged to him and others and shut out their houses from a
prospect of the sea. Aggrieved squatters began to seek confirmation of
their titles from the archbishop as owner of the adjoining manors.
Julian is named in her
father's will, dated 13 August 1606:
To my daughter Julian now wife of Andrew
Rand 20 bushels of wheat
She is also mentioned in the will
of her brother Peter, dated 12 November [1609]:
The residue of all my landes I will to my too brethren John Denn and James
Denn, and to their heires equally to be devided paying such legacies as I
shall hereafter bequeath that is to saie,
...
And xth to my sister Gilan the wife of Andrew Rand
Julyan Denne
James Den
Johane (_____)
Den
Julyan is named in her
father's will, dated 23 August 1557:
Item I bequeath to either of my two
daughters Julyan and Cyselley £6 13s 4d and to either of them a young cow
or a bullock and I give to Julyan my daughter upon consideration of
increase twenty ewes and to Cyselley ten ewes to be paid at the time of
marriage.
Julyan is also named in the will
of her uncle, John Den, dated 1 February 1557/8 (OS/NS):
and to William Den the son of James Den late
deceased 10s
and to Thomas Den his brother 10s
...
and to Gelayne and Cysely Den their sisters to either of them 10s
Katherine Denne
Vincent Denne
Margaret (Cullinge) Denne
Katherine is mentioned in the will
of her grandmother, Margaret (Harvye) Denne in 1609 in which she is
named as a child of Vincent Denne.
Item I give to Joane Denne, Samuel Denne, William
Denne and Katherine Denne the four children of Vincent Denne my second son
to either of them twenty shillings of lawful money of England at their
several ages of fifteen years and my will is that if any of the said four
children die before they be of the age of fifteen years then I will that
one of them shall be the heir
Margaret Denn
May 1584, in Tilmanstone, Kent,
England
John Den
Agnes (Philpott) Den
May 1584, in Tilmanstone, Kent,
England
Tilmanstone, Kent, England
Margaret (Denn) Terry
John Den
Agnes (Philpott) Den
_____ Terry
Margaret is named in her
father's will, dated 12 February 1601:
Item I will and bequeathe unto Margarett Marye Elizabeth and Alice my
daughters and to either of them twentye powndes to be paide to them
severallye at the age of One and Twentye yeres or at the dayes of there
severall marriages or at wich of them shall come ffirste yf they soo longe
doo live
Margaret is also mentioned in the will
of her brother, John, dated 31 August 1638:
Item, I give to my sister Margaret Terry the sum
of one shilling.
Margaret Denne
27
September 1612, in Deal, Kent, England Vincent Denne
Margaret (Cullinge) Denne
Martha Denne
13 January 1583, in St Andrew,
Tilmanstone, Kent, England
William Denne
Margaret
(Harvye) Denne
Samuell
Pittocke on 29 January 1599, in St Leonard, Deal, Kent, England
Canterbury Marriage Licences First Series
1568-1618 p332
Pittocke,
Samuel, of Deal, and Martha Den, s. p., v. At Deal. Jan. 29, 1599
Martha is mentioned in the will
of her father in 1599:
Item I will and give unto every one of my fower
daughters that is to saye Marye Denn Elizabeth Denn Marthia Denn &
Sara Denn To every eche one of the Twentie poounds a peece of good lawfull
Englishe money To be paide by my Executor at the day of their severall
marriages or within one quarter of a yeare next after their saide severall
marriages or Otherwise to be paide by my Executor unto them or any of them
yf they happen not to marry before At their Severall adges of twentie and
one yeres
Martha, Samuel and two of their daughters are mentioned in the will
of her mother, Margaret (Harvye) Denne in 1609. Martha is bequeathed
twenty shillings and a cow.
Item I give to Martha Denne my third daughter now
the wife of Samuel Pittock the like sum of twenty shillings of lawful
money of England and one cow within one month after my decease.
...
Item I give to Mary Pittock and to Phoebe Pittock the two children of my
daughter Martha to either of them twenty shillings of lawful money of
England at their several ages of fifteen years and I will that if any of
the said two children die before they shall come to their age of fifteen
years that then the other shall be her heir and I likewise give to the
said Mary Pittock one pair of sheets to be delivered to Samuel Pittock her
father presently after my decease.
3 January 1638, in Deal, Kent, England, aged 57
Mary (Denne) Snode
1576/7, probably in Tilmanstone,
Kent, England
William Denne
Margaret
(Harvye) Denne
Anthony
Snode on 20 April 1605 in St Mary Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury Marriage Licences First Series
1568-1618 p383
Snoth,
Anthony, of Challock, husb., and Mary Den of Deal, v., 28. At St. M.
Bredman's. April 20, 1605.
Mary is mentioned in the will
of her father, William, dated 1599:
Item I will and give unto every one of my
fower daughters that is to saye Marye Denn Elizabeth Denn Marthia Denn
& Sara Denn To every eche one of the Twentie poounds a peece of good
lawfull Englishe money To be paide by my Executor at the day of their
severall marriages or within one quarter of a yeare next after their saide
severall marriages or Otherwise to be paide by my Executor unto them or
any of them yf they happen not to marry before At their Severall adges of
twentie and one yeres
and in the will
of her mother, Margaret (Harvye) Denne in 1609:
Item I give to Mary Snode my eldest daughter
twenty shillings of lawful money of England within one month after my
decease.
Item and likewise I give to my said daughter Mary one table and ? sheets.
...
Item I give to Martha Snode and to Mary Snode the
two children of my eldest daughter to either of them twenty shillings of
lawful money of England at the several ages of fifteen years and I will
that if any of the said two children die before they be of fifteen years
the other to be her heir and I likewise give to the said Martha Snode one
pair of sheets to be delivered to Anthony Snode her father presently after
my decease.
and in the will
of her brother, Joshua, dated 1637:
Item I give and bequeath unto my brother John Denne and to my sister Mary
to either of them forty shillings
Mary Denne
May 1582, in Deal, Kent, England
Peter Denne
Mary (Burvell) Denn
17 May 1583, in Deal, Kent, England
in St Leonard, Deal, Kent, England
Mary (Denn) Austen
John Den
Agnes (Philpott) Den
_____ Austen
ldren:
Mary is named in her
father's will, dated 12 February 1601:
Item I will and bequeathe unto Margarett Marye Elizabeth and Alice my
daughters and to either of them twentye powndes to be paide to them
severallye at the age of One and Twentye yeres or at the dayes of there
severall marriages or at wich of them shall come ffirste yf they soo longe
doo live
Mary and two children are also mentioned in the will
of her brother, John, dated 31 August 1638:
Item, I give to the children of my late sister
Mary Austen the sum of twenty pounds of lawful money of England, that is
to say to John Austen sonne of the said Mary fifteen pounds and to his
sister .... the sum of five pounds.
Mary (Denne) Horne
Peter Denne
Mary (Burvell) Denn
Isaake Horne
Mary is named in her
father's will, dated 13 August 1606:
To my daughter Mary Denne 40 pounds
I give to my eldest three daughters my linen and half of my pewter.
She is also mentioned in the will
of her brother Peter, dated 12 November [1609]:
The residue of all my landes I will to my too brethren John Denn and James
Denn, and to their heires equally to be devided paying such legacies as I
shall hereafter bequeath that is to saie,
...
and xth to my sister Marye the wife of Isaacke Horne
Mary Denne
13 April 1617, in St Mary,
Sandwich, Kent, England
Mary Den is recorded as the daughter of Thomas
Thomas Denne
Katherine (Jenkyn, Denwood) Denne
Mary is mentioned in the will
of her father dated 1620:
Item my mind and will is that all my goods and
chattels real and personal shall be in best and most ? in time (according
to the discretion of my Executors) sold to the most profit and my debts
and funeral expenses being first thereat paid and discharged shall then
the rest of that money remaining to be equally distributed and divided
amongst my three daughters Sara, Elizabeth and Mary. And if any of them
depart this life before they be married then I will that the part or
portion of her or them so dying or departing this life shall be equally
divided between the survivors of her or them so living or if not then
wholly to ? the survivor. And I will the portion which shall fall to my
said daughters be paid to them when they shall come unto their several
ages of eighteen years or to the survivor or survivors of them.
and in the will
of her brother, Joshua, dated 1637:
Item I give and bequeath unto my brother John Denne and to my sister Mary
to either of them forty shillings and I do make and ordain my said two
sisters Sarah and Elizabeth the joint Executrixes of this my last Will and
Testament.
Mary is possibly the Mary Denn who married
Edward Elsted on 14 October 1638, in St Mary, Sandwich, who would then
be the Marie Elsted, wife of Edward, who died
in Sandwich on 25 September 1651.
Peter Denne
1552, in Tilmanstone, Kent, England
James Den
Johane (_____)
Den
Mary Burvell
Mary was born in 1552 in Tilmanstone, Kent, and died on 3 June 1600, in
Deal, Kent. She is buried in St Leonard, Deal.
Yeoman
Peter is named in his
father's will, dated 23 August 1557:
Item I bequeath to Peter Den and to John
Den my sons to either of them £4.
...
Item I bequeath to Peter Den my son ten sheep half ewes half ? if I die
before Saint Andrew or else at ? time ten ewes and ten lambs bearing
charges and a seame of wheat and two seames of barley.
...
Item I will that Thomas Den my son shall have my tenement(?) at Updown and
the lands thereto belonging to him and to his heirs for ever except ?
house with a garden the whyche little house and garden I do give to Peter
my son to him and to his heirs for ever.
Peter is also named in the will
of his uncle, John Den, dated 1 February 1557/8 (OS/NS):
and to William Den the son of James Den late
deceased 10s
and to Thomas Den his brother 10s
and to Peter Den their brother 10s
August 1606, in Deal, Kent, England
28 August 1606 in St Leonard, Deal,
Kent, England
dated 13 August 1606, held at
Consistory Court of Canterbury PRC 32/39/185, extracted
by Norm Dennie. Probate was granted on 24 August 1606.
To the poor of Deal where I now dwell 5 shillings
To my daughter Joane Denne 40 pounds
To my daughter Mary Denne 40 pounds
To my daughter Christiane 40 pounds within 2 years .... to provide for her
until the money is paid.
I give to my eldest three daughters my linen and half of my pewter.
To Thomas Rand my godson 40 shillings
To my daughter Julian now wife of Andrew Rand 20 bushels of wheat
To my son Robert 90 pounds at 21 .... for three years and ..... for
education ....
If he dies, to my other three sons John, Peter and James equally.
Son James Denne tenancy? at Updown Eastry for life, lands at Eastry and
Ham
After his decease to John son of said John Denne my son and to his heirs
forever.
To my son Peter, tenancy? in Deal called Day house and lands belonging
which I late land shared of Leonard Reynolds at Kings ....
And land in Deal, Sholden .... all those my lands lying in a field called
Chamberlens Field, also .... acres at a place near Deal called Cottenlye,
also three acres three rods at .... Deal, and three acres at Rushmarsh
Sholden.
To James Denne my son forever messuage or tent where I now dwell (9 acres)
Deal and Sholden, also 5 acres in Sholden to sell towards payments of
legacies.
Son James Denne to be executor and my brother James Burrell to .... him
Witnesses: William Coppin?, John ....
- findagrave.com
ID#108618077
- Will
of Peter's father, James Den; findagrave.com
ID#108618077
- findagrave.com
ID#108618077; Mary birth from findagrave.com
ID#108618266; Mary death, burial from findagrave.com
ID#108618266; citing St. Leonards, Deal, Index to Baptisms,
Marriages, Deaths, Vol. 3,4,5 1559 - 1837 Text: Mary Denn 3 June 1600,
Husband Peter.
- Extract
of will dated 13 August 1606
- Will
dated 13 August 1606, probate granted 24 August 1606
- findagrave.com
ID#108618077; exact date from transcription
of the will of Peter's son, also named Peter
Peter Denne
26 December 1589, in St Leonard's,
Deal, Kent, England
Peter Denne
Mary (Burvell) Denn
James is named in his
father's will, dated 13 August 1606:
To my son Robert 90 pounds at 21 .... for
three years and ..... for education ....
If he dies, to my other three sons John, Peter and James equally.
...
To my son Peter, tenancy? in Deal called Day house and lands belonging
which I late land shared of Leonard Reynolds at Kings ....
And land in Deal, Sholden .... all those my lands lying in a field called
Chamberlens Field, also .... acres at a place near Deal called Cottenlye,
also three acres three rods at .... Deal, and three acres at Rushmarsh
Sholden.
15 November 1609, in St Leonard's,
Deal, Kent, England
dated 12 November [1609], held at the
Consistory Court of Canterbury PRC 32, vol. 41, folio 230 [CKS], transcribed
by Noël Siver. Probate was granted on 14 January 1609/10 (OS/NS).
In the name of God amen I Peter Denne of the
parish of Deale in the countie of Kent doo ordaine and make this my last
will and testament the xiith of November in manner and forme following:
ffirst I bequeath my soule to almightie god my maker and my body to bee
buried in the church of Deale;
ffirst I bequeath to Robert Denne my brother my howse and all my lands in
Kingstiles and all my lands in the to Dedames[?] to him and to his heires
The residue of all my landes I will to my too brethren John Denn and James
Denn, and to their heires equally to be devided paying such legacies as I
shall hereafter bequeath that is to saie,
xth to my sister Jone the wife of John Rand
And xth to my sister Gilan the wife of Andrew Rand
and xth to my sister Marye the wife of Isaacke Horne
and to my sister Cristin xth,
And further I bequeath to Elizabeth Horne my kinswoman vth,
and to Robert Denn my brother xxith,
and xth wch my brother James Doth owe mee and I bequeath to him more all
my timber;
And further my will and meaning is, that John Denn and James Denn my
brothers shalbe my executors to paie all my debts and legacies wich I have
given;
And further my will & meaning is that if John Denn and James Denn doo
not pay all my debts and legacies wthin six months after my decease then
my will and meaning is that Robert my brother or his Assignes shall enter
upon all my lande in Chamberlend field and sell the same to paie all my
debts and legacies, and I doo make John Rand my overseer to this my last
will and testamt;
In witness I have set my ??? and hand[?]
Witness John Horne, John Rand their markes.
Probatum fuit [Will proved 14[?] January 1609/10]
Robert Denne
Peter Denne
Mary (Burvell) Denn
Robert is named in his
father's will, dated 13 August 1606:
To my son Robert 90 pounds at 21 .... for
three years and ..... for education ....
If he dies, to my other three sons John, Peter and James equally.
Robert is also named in the will
of his brother Peter, dated 12 November [1609]:
ffirst I bequeath to Robert Denne my brother my howse and all my lands in
Kingstiles and all my lands in the to Dedames[?] to him and to his heires
The residue of all my landes I will to my too brethren John Denn and James
Denn, and to their heires equally to be devided paying such legacies as I
shall hereafter bequeath that is to saie,
...
and to Robert Denn my brother xxith,
Samuel Denne
1603,
in Deal, Kent, England Vincent Denne
Margaret (Cullinge) Denne
Samuel is mentioned in the will
of his grandmother, Margaret (Harvye) Denne in 1609 in which he is
named as a child of Vincent Denne.
Item I give to Joane Denne, Samuel Denne, William
Denne and Katherine Denne the four children of Vincent Denne my second son
to either of them twenty shillings of lawful money of England at their
several ages of fifteen years and my will is that if any of the said four
children die before they be of the age of fifteen years then I will that
one of them shall be the heir
September 1654, in Deal, Kent,
England
St Leonard, Deal, Kent, England
Sarah Denne
William Denne
Margaret
(Harvye) Denne
Sarah is mentioned in the will
of her father, William, dated 1599:
Item I will and give unto every one of my fower daughters that is to saye
Marye Denn Elizabeth Denn Marthia Denn & Sara Denn To every eche one
of the Twentie poounds a peece of good lawfull Englishe money To be paide
by my Executor at the day of their severall marriages or within one
quarter of a yeare next after their saide severall marriages or Otherwise
to be paide by my Executor unto them or any of them yf they happen not to
marry before At their Severall adges of twentie and one yeres
and in the will
of her mother, Margaret (Harvye) Denne in 1609:
Item I give Sara Denne my youngest daughter the
like sum of twenty shillings of lawful money of England and one chest
within one month after my decease.
...
I will that all my other linen not yet bequeathed
shall be equally divided between Thomas Denne my youngest son Elizabeth
Denne and Sarah Denne two of my daughters.
Sara Denne
6 February 1602, in St Mary,
Sandwich, Kent, England
Sara Den is recorded as the daughter of Thomas
Thomas Denne
Phebe (Pordage) Denne
Sara is mentioned in her grandmother's
will in 1609:
Item I give to Joshua Denne, John Denne, Sara
Denne and Elizabeth Denne the four children of Thomas Denne my eldest son
to either of them twenty shillings of lawful money of England at their
several ages of fifteen years.
also in the will
of her father dated 1620:
Item my mind and will is that all my goods and
chattels real and personal shall be in best and most ? in time (according
to the discretion of my Executors) sold to the most profit and my debts
and funeral expenses being first thereat paid and discharged shall then
the rest of that money remaining to be equally distributed and divided
amongst my three daughters Sara, Elizabeth and Mary. And if any of them
depart this life before they be married then I will that the part or
portion of her or them so dying or departing this life shall be equally
divided between the survivors of her or them so living or if not then
wholly to ? the survivor. And I will the portion which shall fall to my
said daughters be paid to them when they shall come unto their several
ages of eighteen years or to the survivor or survivors of them.
and in the will
of her brother, Joshua, dated 1637:
Item I will devise and bequeath unto my two sisters Sarah and Elizabeth
all that my dwelling house and malthouse with all and every the
appertuances to the same belonging situate and being in the Parish of St
Maryes aforesaid now in the tenure and occupation of one Meane(?) to have
and to hold the said dwelling house malthouse with the appertuances to my
said two sisters Sarah and Elizabeth and to their heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath unto my brother John Denne and to my sister Mary
to either of them forty shillings and I do make and ordain my said two
sisters Sarah and Elizabeth the joint Executrixes of this my last Will and
Testament.
Thomas Den
William Denne
Thomas is mentioned in the will
of his father, William dated 1524
First I will
that James my son immediately after my decease shall have and possess my
tenement called Little Barfield with all the lands pertaining thereto
with all the appertuances lying and being in the foresaid Parish of
Tilmanstone and all my woodland lying and being in the Parish of
Womenswold to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then I will
that John my son shall have the said lands to him and to his said heirs
of his body lawfully begotten.
And if it happen my said John to die without heirs of his body lawfully
begotten then I will that Thomas my son shall have it to him and to his
heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
...
Also I will that John my son the elder shall ? my marsh lands lying and
being in the Parish of Worth to him and to his heirs of his body
lawfully begotten.
And if he die ? without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then to
Thomas and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
but Thomas is not mentioned in either the will
of his brother James in 1557 or the
will of his brother John, also in 1557, even though both of these
wills mention other of their siblings, so perhaps he was already deceased by
1557.
Thomas Denne
1548, in Tilmanstone, Kent, England
James Den
Johane (_____)
Den
Thomas is named in his
father's will, dated 23 August 1557:
Item I bequeath to Thomas Den my son a
chest a brass pot a pane half a dozen of pewter vessel two candlesticks a
salt wythe all the store of my tenements(?) at Updown belonging and 2
horses and a mare five seames of wheat seven seames of barley a seame of
oats 20 coppes of pedware and three pairs of sheets.
Item I will my wife shall bear with Thomas Den my son 20s for one year and
next year she to have £10.
Item I bequeath to Johane my wife out of my son Williams’ lands and my son
Thomas’s lands yearly £4 during her natural life.
...
Item I will that Thomas Den my son shall have my tenement(?) at Updown and
the lands thereto belonging to him and to his heirs for ever except ?
house with a garden the whyche little house and garden I do give to Peter
my son to him and to his heirs for ever.
Thomas is also named in the will
of his uncle, John Den, dated 1 February 1557/8 (OS/NS):
and to William Den the son of James Den late
deceased 10s
and to Thomas Den his brother 10s
1 October 1572 in St Mary the
Virgion, Eastry, Kent, England
Thomas Denne
1572, in Tilmanstone, Kent,
England
William Denne
Margaret
(Harvye) Denne
Phebe Pordage on 25 May 1600,
in St Mary, Sandwich, Kent, England
Phebe was the daughter of Joshua Pordage, who was chosen mayor of Sandwich
in 1604. She was buried in the chancel at St Mary, Sandwich on 15 July 1612.
The inscription in the chancel was noted
by Zechariah Cozens in 1795:
At the South side of the Rails of the Communion
Table, round the verge of a plain stone is: Here lyeth buryed the Body of
Phebe DEN, late Wife of Thomas Den who was buryed the 15th of July 1612.
Katherine (Jenkyn) Denwood on
22 November 1613, in St Mary Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury Marriage Licences First Series
1568-1618 p125
Denne,
Thomas of St Mary's in Sandwich, merchant, and Catherine Denwood of St.
Peter's in Sandwich, w. At St Peter's. Nov. 22, 1613.
Katherine was baptised on 6 May 1577 in Coldred, Kent, the daughter of
Thomas and Margaret Jenkyn. She married, firstly, William Denwood on 18
January 1594, having daughter named Margaret and Susanna. The will of
Katherine's mother, Margaret Jenkyn, dated 28 April 1616, names three other
children of Katherine's - Daniel, Katherine and Joan, but it is unclear if
they are from Katherine's first or second marriage. Daniel, Katherine and
Joan are not mentioned in Thomas's will, so I tend to think they are from
Katherine's first marriage.
The
New England Historical and Genealogical Register January 1922 p59
The Will of MARGARET JENKYN
of the town and port of Sandwich [co. Kent], widow, dated 28 April 1616.
...
To Katherine my daughter wife of Thomas Denne of Sandwich £20. To Daniel
and Katherine, her children, and to her future children.
...
To my daughter Katherine a gold ring with a death's-head thereon. To my
daughters Katherine and Barbara and to Katherine, daughter of my daughter
Katherine, my wearing linen except my handkerchiefs. To my daughter
Katherine my hat lined with velvet and a taffety apron.
...
To my two daughters and my son Edward twelve silver spoons. To Daniel and
Katherine, children of my daughter Katherine, £12, and to Katherine,
daughter of Katherine, my riding hood, cloak, and hood. To Joan, daughter
of Katherine, my daughter, a silk scarf.
...
Witnesses: Thomas Den, Thomas Harryson, Richard Pynder. Proved 15 December
1616.
After Thomas's death, Katherine married, thirdly, Richard Selwyn on 9
November 1621, in St Clement, Sandwich.
Canterbury Marriage Licences Second Series
1619-1660 pp878-9 (ed. Joseph Meadows Cowper, 1894)
Selwin,
Richard, of S. Mary's in Sandwich, clothier. ba., about 42, and
Catherine Denne of S. Clement's, in Sandwich, w., about 44, relict of
Thomas Denne late of S. Mary's in Sandwich, g., dec. At S. Clement's in
Sandwich. Isaac Gogar of S. Mary's in Sandwich, beerbrewer, bonds. Nov.
9, 1621.
Katherine died in 30 December 1642 in Sandwich, Kent.
Merchant. Thomas was chosen
Mayor of Sandwich in December 1619. On his death he was succeeded in this
position by his father-in-law, Joshua Pordage, who had previously served as
mayor of Sandwich in 1604.
March 1620
13 March 1620 in St Mary, Sandwich,
Kent, England
dated 2 March 1620 held at Consistory
Court of Canterbury vol 45 folio 164, transcribed
by Brian Denn:
In the name of God Amen the second day of March
Anno Domini 1620 in the sixteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord
James by the grace of God of England France and Ireland King Defender of
the Faith etc and of Scotland the four and fiftieth. I Thomas Denne Mayor
of the Town and Port of Sandwich in the County of Kent being sick and weak
in body but sound in mind and perfect memory do make this my last Will and
Testament. First I commend my Soul into the hands of God my maker not
doubting but through the only merits of Jesus Christ his Son my Saviour to
be made partaker of life everlasting and I commend my body to the earth
whence it is made.
Item to Joshua my eldest son I give the house wherein I now dwell with all
the gardens backsides outhouses and all other the appertuances thereunto
belonging. Item to John and Edward my other two sons I give all my
messuages or tenements situate and lying in Motesole(?) in the Parish of
St Mary in Sandwich aforesaid with all the orchards gardens backsides and
appertuances whatsoever to the same belonging to be divided equally
between them and if either of my said sons John or Edward shall depart
this life without any issue then my mind and will is that the other of the
lands tenements or messuage or fourth part of the share of him so dying or
departing this life shall discend and remain and wholly be to the survivor
of them two my said three sons paying to Katherine my now wife the yearly
sum of forty pounds Sterling out of the said messuage or tenements for her
? during her life.
Item my mind and will is that all my goods and chattels real and personal
shall be in best and most ? in time (according to the discretion of my
Executors) sold to the most profit and my debts and funeral expenses being
first thereat paid and discharged shall then the rest of that money
remaining to be equally distributed and divided amongst my three daughters
Sara, Elizabeth and Mary. And if any of them depart this life before they
be married then I will that the part or portion of her or them so dying or
departing this life shall be equally divided between the survivors of her
or them so living or if not then wholly to ? the survivor. And I will the
portion which shall fall to my said daughters be paid to them when they
shall come unto their several ages of eighteen years or to the survivor or
survivors of them.
And of this my present last Will and Testament I make and ordain Joshua
Fordage my Father in Law sole Executor and on the execution of the same I
make and ordain John Jacob of Sandwich aforesaid Jurat overseer.
In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal. Dated the day and
year above written. Thomas Denn These being witnesses ???
A codicil Nuncupative to be added and annexed to the last Will and
Testament of Thomas Denn Esquire late whiles he lived Mayor of the Town
and Port of Sandwich in the County of Kent deceased by him made and
declared (being of perfect mind and memory) not long before he died with a
mind and intent that it should be added to his said executed and
accomplished as part and parcel thereof as followeth or the very like made
in effect and substance ? so gave and bequeathed to Catherine Denn his
wife all such household stuff as he brought him at the time of her
marriage. Witness hereunto
Thomas Jenkin, Edward Jenkin.
Probatum 1621
Thomas was the elder of two brothers,
both, curiously, called Thomas. The two are distinctly referred to in the
wills both of their father and their mother, with this Thomas referred to as
"Thomas my eldest son" and the other as "Thomas my youngest son".
The reference in his
father's will in 1599 is:
Item I will and give unto my eldest sonne Thomas Denn Twentie pounds of
good and lawfull Englishe money to be paid and delivered unto the said
Thomas Denn Immediatlie after the decease of Margaret nowe my wife:
...
Item I will and give unto Thomas Denn my youngest sonne Tenn pounds of
good and lawfull money of England to be paide by my Executor unto the said
Thomas when as hee shall accomplish and come to the full adge of Twentie
and one yeres
and in their mother's
will in 1609 is:
And touching my goods first I give and bequeath
to Thomas Denne my youngest son eleven pounds of lawful money of England
to be paid to him at his age of thirty years or at his age of 24 years at
the discretion of my Executor.
Item I give to the said Thomas Denne one ? chest and one cupboard at his
age of 24 years.
...
Item I give to Joshua Denne, John Denne, Sara
Denne and Elizabeth Denne the four children of Thomas Denne my eldest son
to either of them twenty shillings of lawful money of England at their
several ages of fifteen years. And I likewise give to the foresaid Joshua
Denne one pair of sheets.
...
All my other goods my debts legacies and funeral
expenses discharged I will and bequeath to Thomas Denne my eldest son whom
I make Executor to this my last Will and Testament.
This testament also lists the four children of Thomas Denne, the elder son.
Thomas Denn
27 February 1577, in Eastry, Kent,
England
John Den
Agnes (Philpott) Den
Thomas had other sons and daughter - in the will
of his brother, John, dated 31 August 1638, we find:
Item, I give unto the sonnes and daughters of
my brother Thomas Denne five shillings apiece.
Thomas is named in his
father's will, dated 12 February 1601, in which he is bequeathed his
father's house at Updowne and 56 acres belonging to the house spanning the
parishes of Eastry, Ham and Betteshangar. This is presumably the Updown
Farm still in existence today near Betteshangar:
ffirste I will and bequeathe unto Thomas Denn my eldest sonne my howse at
Updowne wherein I now dwell with all the landes thereto belonging ?
contayninge by estimacon sixe and fiftie Acres more or lesse there situate
setlyinge and beinge in the parishe of Eastry Ham and Betteshanger in the
said Countye
...
Item my will is that my sonne Thomas Denn shall prove this my laste will
and undertake the payemt of all my debtes & legacies oe else to have
no bennyfitt of this my laste will And I make and ordayne Thomas Denn my
sonne sole executor of this my laste will and Testamente Witnesses
hereunto
Thomas is also named in the will
of his brother, John, dated 31 August 1638:
Item, I give unto the sonnes and daughters of my
brother Thomas Denne five shillings apiece.
Item, I give unto my God child Thomas Denne sonne of Thomas Denne forty
shillings
...
I give and bequeath to my said loving wife for
and during the term of her natural life all and singular my lands, leases,
tenements and hereditaments what soever, and after her decease I will and
bequeath all my said messuages, lands, leases, tenements and hereditaments
whatsoever unto my loving ...... Denne son of my brother Thomas Denne and
his heirs forever. .... And my will and meaning is that ..... my brother
Thomas Denne or any of his children might ...... for terms of life by this
my last will or by any .... in Law .... away and of the .... on or during
.... life as aforesaid then I will my .... lands and .... of Thomas .....
.... unto my said loving wife and to her house? forever.
Thomas Denne
1 September 1593, in Deal, Kent,
England
William Denne
Margaret
(Harvye) Denne
Magdalen (_____) Allen on 22
December 1620, in St Mary Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury Marriage Licences Second Series
1619-1660 p282 (ed. Joseph Meadows Cowper, 1894)
Den,
Thomas, of Deal, sailor, ba., about 27, and Marlyn Allen, s. p., w.,
about 40, relict of Richard Allen, late s. p., sailor, dec. about half a
year since. At S. M. Bredman's, Cant. Dec. 22, 1620.
Magdalene was born about 1580. She was married firstly to Richard Allen of
Deal, sailor. Richard was buried on 9 June 1620 in Deal, Kent. Magdalene was
buried on 18 December 1626 in Deal, Kent. Her will, dated 11 April 1626, was
proved in January 1626/7 (OS/NS) transcribed
by Noël Siver:
In the name of God Amen The eleventh day of
Aprill in the yeare of our Lord God 1626 in the second yeare of the reigne
of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God King of England,
Scotland, ffrance & Ireland defender of the faith etc I Magdalen Denne
of Deale in the County of Kent widdow being sicke in body but in perfect
& good momory I praise God do make & ordaine this my last will
& testament in manner & forme following
First I give & bequeath my soule unto the hands of Almighty God my
creatour & most mercifull redeemer and my body to be buried in the
churchyard of Deale aforesaid so neere the body of Richard Allen my late
husband as possibly may be
Itm I give & bequeath to John Allen my said late husbands nephew
twenty pounds in gold ...? now lying by me. And my two best gold rings to
be delivered to him at his age of one & twenty yeares, or at such time
as his father (if he be so disposed) shall by him an apprentice
Itm I give & bequeath to Thomas Master of Deale aforesaid Esquire my
???all ring of gold
Itm I give & bequeath to my ....? Jane Thorowgood of Deale one gold
ring with a true lovers knot thereon
Itm I give & bequeath to Timothy Winter of Deale one hoope ring of
gold now fastened to the parte wherein the said twenty pound in gold now
is
Itm I give & bequeath to the aforesaid John Allen my said late husband
Richard Allen his best cloake
Item I give & bequeath to John Allen father of the aforenamed John
Allen my late husband Thomas Denne his best mate & one suite of his
apparrell
Itm all the rest of my goods, my debts, legacies funeral charges & my
....? expenses so allowed I give & bequeath to the said John Allen to
be delivered to him at his age of one and twenty yeares
And of this my last will & testament I make and ordaine the aforesaid
Thomas Master & Timothy Winter and either of them my Executors
Itm I give & bequeath to Elizabeth ffile my maid servant fowre
shillings, upon condition that she loke carefully to all my goods &
throughly acquaint my ...? with the same
Itm I give & bequeath to Vincent Denne of Sandowne Castle all such
money as was due to my late husband Thomas Denne for his service in the
said castle at his death
Itm I give & bequeath to William Mullett my said late husbands brother
in law my said husbands gowne
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand marke the day & yeare
first above written. The marks of the abovenamed Magdalen Denne, Witnesses
hereof,
James Beezen[?] William Stevens Thomas Avery by his mrke
Probatum fuit humoi testamentum [Will proved January 1626/27]
Sailor; fisherman.
In the will
of Thomas's wife, Magdalene, she bequeaths to Vincent Denne
(presumably Thomas Denne's brother) "of Sandowne Castle all such money as
was due to my late husband Thomas Denne for his service in the said castle
at his death". It is unclear what these services were, and whether they
relate to his occupation as a fisherman.
24 October 1625 in St Leonard, Deal,
Kent, England
dated 6 October 1625 held at
Consistory Court of Canterbury PRC 32 vol 47 folio 101a, transcribed
by Noël Siver:
In the name of God Amen This sixth day of October
in the yeare of our Lord God 1625 I Thomas Denn of the pish of Deale in
the County of Kent fisherman being bodily sicke, but in pfect mind &
memory praise be God make this my last will & testament
First I bequeath my soule unto Almighty God my Creator & unto Jesus
Christ my Redeemer, by whose most meritorious death and passion I hope to
be saved & my body to be buried in the churchyard of Deale And my
worldly goods in manner & forme following
Imprimis I give unto Magdalen my now wife that messuage or tenement that I
lately purchased of Abraham Smith to be sold to pay my debts
Item I give unto the said Magdalen my now wife all my moveable goods
within doores & without unto her pper use forever she paying and doing
as is heerafter written
Itm I give unto Richard the sonne of William Mullett to be paid by my said
wife at her .....? within twelve monethes next after her day of marriage
the sume of Twenty pounds of lawfull money
Itm I give unto Annes the wife of Edward Willes all my herring netts &
shott netts, my said wife to receive the proffitt coming of my herring
netts this voyage
Itm I give unto my said wife my three best suites of apparrell my best
hats & two cloaks
The rest of my clothes I give unto William Mullett the Elder & Edward
Willes equally to be devided betwixt them
Itm I make my said wife Magdalen my whole & sole Executrix of this my
last will & Testament
In witness whereof I have sett my hand & seale the day & years
first above written Thomas Denne his marke. Wrote, read and sealed in the
presence of
John Norman his marke. William Sto...? Tho: Petteman.
Probatum fuit [Will proved 2 November 1625]
Thomas was the younger of two
brothers, both, curiously, called Thomas. The two are distinctly referred to
in the wills both of their father and their mother, with this Thomas
referred to as "Thomas my youngest son" and the other as "Thomas my eldest
son".
The references in his
father's will in 1599 are:
Item I will and give unto my eldest sonne Thomas Denn Twentie pounds of
good and lawfull Englishe money to be paid and delivered unto the said
Thomas Denn Immediatlie after the decease of Margaret nowe my wife:
...
Item I will and give unto Thomas Denn my youngest sonne Tenn pounds of
good and lawfull money of England to be paide by my Executor unto the said
Thomas when as hee shall accomplish and come to the full adge of Twentie
and one yeres
and in their mother's
will in 1609 are:
And touching my goods first I give and bequeath
to Thomas Denne my youngest son eleven pounds of lawful money of England
to be paid to him at his age of thirty years or at his age of 24 years at
the discretion of my Executor.
Item I give to the said Thomas Denne one ? chest and one cupboard at his
age of 24 years.
...
Item I give to Joshua Denne, John Denne, Sara
Denne and Elizabeth Denne the four children of Thomas Denne my eldest son
to either of them twenty shillings of lawful money of England at their
several ages of fifteen years. And I likewise give to the foresaid Joshua
Denne one pair of sheets.
...
All my other goods my debts legacies and funeral
expenses discharged I will and bequeath to Thomas Denne my eldest son whom
I make Executor to this my last Will and Testament.
Thomas Denne
Thomas Denn
Thomas is named in the will
of his uncle, John, dated 31 August 1638:
Item, I give unto the sonnes and daughters of my
brother Thomas Denne five shillings apiece.
Item, I give unto my God child Thomas Denne sonne of Thomas Denne forty
shillings
...
I give and bequeath to my said loving wife for
and during the term of her natural life all and singular my lands, leases,
tenements and hereditaments what soever, and after her decease I will and
bequeath all my said messuages, lands, leases, tenements and hereditaments
whatsoever unto my loving ...... Denne son of my brother Thomas Denne and
his heirs forever. .... And my will and meaning is that ..... my brother
Thomas Denne or any of his children might ...... for terms of life by this
my last will or by any .... in Law .... away and of the .... on or during
.... life as aforesaid then I will my .... lands and .... of Thomas .....
.... unto my said loving wife and to her house? forever.
Thomas Denne
September 1607, in Deal, Kent, England Vincent Denne
Margaret (Cullinge) Denne
6 September 1607, in Deal, Kent,
England
St Leonard, Deal, Kent, England
Thomas Denne
19 January 1614, in St Mary,
Sandwich, Kent, England
Thomas Den is recorded as the son of Thomas
Thomas Denne
Katherine (Jenkyn, Denwood) Denne
24 February 1615
Thomas Den is recorded as the son of Thomas
Vincent Denne
February 1574, in Tilmanstone, Kent,
England
William Denne
Margaret
(Harvye) Denne
Margaret Cullinge on 11 May 1601 in
St Mary Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury Marriage Licences First Series
1568-1618 p126
Denn,
Vincent, of Deal, tailor, and Margaret Cullinge of Northbourne, v. At
St. M. Bredman's, Cant. May 11 1601
Margaret was born in 1578, in Northbourne, Kent. She died on 29 September
1640 in Deal, and is buried in St Leonard, Deal.
Tailor
Vincent is mentioned in the will
of his father in 1599:
Item I will and give unto Vinceynt Denn my third
sonne tenn pounds of good and lawfull money of England to be paid and
delivered unto the said Vincent by myne Executor within one halfe yere
next after my Decease
Vincent and four of his children are mentioned in the will
of his mother, Margaret (Harvye) Denne in 1609:
Item I bequeath Vincent Denne my second son
twenty shillings of lawful money of England within one month after my
decease.
...
Item I give to Joane Denne, Samuel Denne, William Denne and Katherine
Denne the four children of Vincent Denne my second son to either of them
twenty shillings of lawful money of England at their several ages of
fifteen years and my will is that if any of the said four children die
before they be of the age of fifteen years then I will that one of them
shall be the heir and I give to the foresaid Joane Denne one pair of
sheets to be delivered to Vincent Denne her father presently after my
decease.
Vincent is also mentioned in the will
of the widow of his brother, Thomas (the younger), in which he is
describes as being of Sandown Castle.
Itm I give & bequeath to Vincent Denne of
Sandowne Castle all such money as was due to my late husband Thomas Denne
for his service in the said castle at his death
30 January 1650, in Deal, Kent,
England
St Leonard, Deal, Kent, England
Vincent Denne
30
March 1617, in Deal, Kent, England
Vincent Denne is recorded as the son of Vincent Denne
Vincent Denne
Margaret (Cullinge) Denne
Elizabeth Gillow on 29 November
1642 in Ringwould, Kent, England
Canterbury Marriage Licences Second Series
1619-1660 p283 (ed. Joseph Meadows Cowper, 1894)
Denne,
Vincent, of Deal, seaman, ba., about 25, whose father, Vincent Denne,
consents, and Elizabeth Gillow of Walmer, v. about 19 or 20, d. of
William Gillow, s.p., yeom., who also consents. At Ringwould. Nov. 29,
1642.
Elizabeth was born on 11 May 1623 in Walmer, Kent, the daughter of William
Gillow, yeoman. She was buried on 14 March 1699 in Blessed Mary of Walmer,
Kent. Her will, dated on 20 May 1690, is held at the Archdeaconry Court of
Canterbury vol 79 folio 270 and has been transcribed
by Norm Dennie:
In the name of God Amen. I Elizabeth Denn of
Walmer, in the county of Kent, widow, being in good health of body and of
sound and alert mind and memory yet considering the uncertainty of this
life do make and declare this my last will and testament this seventh and
twentieth day of May Anno Domi 1690 in manner following: First I commend
my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator and power by the only
merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to be made ... of a better life after
this mortal life my body I commit to the earth to be buried at the
direction of my Executrix hereafter named and as authority for my estate I
give devise and bequeath in manner following:
First I give devise and bequeath unto my son Thomas Denn ... all that my
... of land lying and being in the parish of Great Mongeham in the said
county of Kent, now in the occupation and to the heirs of my said son
Thomas Denn for by him lawfully begotten and if my said son Thomas Denn
shall die without issue of his body lawfully begotten then my mind and
will is and I do hereby give and bequeath the said lands and ... in Great
Mongeham aforesaid unto the children of my son Vincent Denn and the
children of my daughter Margaret Johnson equally to be divided between
them, and to their heirs,
and my mind and will if that my said son Thomas Denn his heirs and assigns
shall out of the rents and profits of the said lands yearly pay unto my
said daughter Margaret Johnson during her natural life the sum of forty
shillings and by quarterly payments.
Item, I give devise and bequeath unto my son Daniel Denn all that my
tenement ground and thereonto belonging and in his occupation in Deal in
the said county of Kent, to my said son Daniel Denn his executors and ...
provided always and my mind and will is that my said son Daniel Denn his
executors or ... shall and will ... of the rents and profits of this said
... shall yearly pay unto my said daughter Margaret Johnson during her
natural life the sum of forty shillings. And by equal quarterly payments,
and shall yearly pay unto my son Vincent Denn of Deal aforesaid the like
sum of forty shillings and by equal quarterly payments. And also shall
after the decease of my son Vincent pay the children of my said son
Vincent the sum of fifty pounds of lawful money of England.
Also I will and order my said son Daniel Denn his executors or .... to pay
in consideration of my giving him the said ... by this my said will.
Item, I give to my grandson David Denn the sum of five shillings and to
his sister Mary Denn one shilling of lawful money of England.
.......... I give and bequeath after payment of my debts, funeral charges
and probate of this my will unto my daughter Margaret Johnson her
executors and I do make and appoint my said daughter Margaret Johnson full
and sole Executrix of this my will revoking all other wills and testaments
by me, and do ordain this to be my last will and testament in writing
.....
Probated 1699
Seaman
1 October 1689 in Blessed Mary of
Walmer, Kent, England
William Denne
1524, in Tilmanstone, Kent, England
Tilmanstone cemetery, Kent, England
dated 1524 held at Archdeaconry Court
of Canterbury vol.16 folio 85, transcribed
by Brian Denn:
This is the last will of me William Denne of the
Parish of Tilmanstone made the day and year above (1524) as touching the
disposition of all former(?) my lands and tenements with all their
appertuances.
First I will that James my son immediately after my decease shall have and
possess my tenement called Little Barfield with all the lands pertaining
thereto with all the appertuances lying and being in the foresaid Parish
of Tilmanstone and all my woodland lying and being in the Parish of
Womenswold to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then I will that
John my son shall have the said lands to him and to his said heirs of his
body lawfully begotten.
And if it happen my said John to die without heirs of his body lawfully
begotten then I will that Thomas my son shall have it to him and to his
heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if Thomas die without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then I will
that my son John the younger shall have the said lands in him and to his
heirs of his body lawfully begotten
and if it happen my said John the younger to die without heirs of his body
lawfully begotten then I will that Edward my son shall have the said lands
to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die without heirs then I will that Gelayne(?) my daughter shall
have the said lands to her and to her heirs of her body lawfully begotten
and if Gelayne die without heirs of her body lawfully begotten then to
Chrystns and to her heirs of her body lawfully begotten.
And if she die without heirs of her body lawfully begotten then I will
that Johane my daughter shall have the said lands to her and to her heirs
of her body lawfully begotten.
Also I will that John my son the elder shall ? my marsh lands lying and
being in the Parish of Worth to him and to his heirs of his body lawfully
begotten.
And if he die ? without heirs of his body lawfully begotten then to Thomas
and to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten.
And if he die then to John the younger and to his heirs of body lawfully
begotten.
This always provided that any of my children both male and female shall
succeed and be there ? as well of lands as of Montables(?). Witness at
this present testament and last will.
? Rath Roger ? Nicholas Harvey, William Kerby.
William Denne
1542, in Tilmanstone, Kent, England
James Den
Johane (_____)
Den
Jane Morris in 1567
Jane died in May 1572, in Tilmanstone, Kent, in childbed. She was buried in
Tilmanstone cemetery.
Margaret
Harvye on 14 December 1570 in St Andrew, Tilmanstone, Kent, England
Note that both the eldest and youngest son of William and Margaret were
named Thomas, even though the eldest son was still living. This is evidenced
in the wills of both William and Margaret.
Yeoman
William is named in his
father's will, dated 23 August 1557:
Item I bequeath to Johane my wife out of my son Williams? lands and my son
Thomas?s lands yearly £4 during her natural life.
Item I give to John Den the elder and to John Den the younger my
brother(?) to either of them one old angel to be delivered a ? after my
twelve months mind the residue of all my goods moveable my debts and
bequeaths fully complete(?) and paid I give to Johane my wife and to
William Den my son the which Johane and William I make my executors to
dispose for my soul and all Christian Souls as they think most best.
This is the last Will of me James Den made the day and year above said.
First I will that William my son shall have my tenements in the whyche I
do dwell with all the lands thereto belonging as well that I bought as the
other to him and to his heirs for ever except 2 small houses and 2 gardens
in Stormston with a piece of ground upon the other side of the way For
these I do give to John Denne my son to him and to his heirs for ever.
Furthermore I will that William Den my son shall suffer his mother Johane
my wife to engage and occupy the chamber in the wyche I now do lie the
last in the upper end of the hall with fire and wood sufficient egresse
and regresse. And also the said William shall find her meat and drink
during her natural life if she shall marry not.
William is also named in the will
of his uncle, John Den, dated 1 February 1557/8 (OS/NS):
and to William Den the son of James Den late
deceased 10s
1 June 1599 in St Leonard, Deal,
Kent, England
dated 19 May 1599 held at Consistory
Court of Canterbury PRC 32 vol 38 folio 218, transcribed
by Noël Siver:
In the name of god amen one thousane five hundred
nintie nyne the nintenth day of May in the One and fforteth yere of the
reign of Sovrigne Ladye Elizabeth by the grace of god of England ffrance
and Ireland Queen defender of the ffaith etc I William Denn of the prshe
of Deale in the countie of Kent yeoman beinge sicke in body but yet in
good and pfect memorye thankes be unto allmightie god, doe make and
ordayne this my last will in manner and forme followinge First I will and
give my soule unto allmightie god my maker to Jesus Christ my redemer and
to the Holye Gooste my comforter three psons and one Eternall god in whome
and by whome I hope to have forgiveness of all my sines[?] And as
concerninge my bodie I comitt to the earthe to be buryed in the church
yarde of Deale Among the ffaithfull
Item I will and give to the poore people of Deale tenn shillings to be
distributed by my Executor at the tyme of my funeral
Item I will and give unto my eldest sonne Thomas Denn Twentie pounds of
good and lawfull Englishe money to be paid and delivered unto the said
Thomas Denn Immediatlie after the decease of Margaret nowe my wife:
Item I will unto John Denn my second sonne Tenn pounds of good and lawfull
money of England to be paid and delivered by my Executor at her
Discrecione or otherwise to be paid after the death of my foresaid wife
Item I will and give unto Vinceynt Denn my third sonne tenn pounds of good
and lawfull money of England to be paid and delivered unto the said
Vincent by myne Executor within one halfe yere next after my Decease
Item I will and give unto Thomas Denn my youngest sonne Tenn pounds of
good and lawfull money of England to be paide by my Executor unto the said
Thomas when as hee shall accomplish and come to the full adge of Twentie
and one yeres
Item I will and give unto every one of my fower daughters that is to saye
Marye Denn Elizabeth Denn Marthia Denn & Sara Denn To every eche one
of the Twentie poounds a peece of good lawfull Englishe money To be paide
by my Executor at the day of their severall marriages or within one
quarter of a yeare next after their saide severall marriages or Otherwise
to be paide by my Executor unto them or any of them yf they happen not to
marry before At their Severall adges of twentie and one yeres
All the residue of money goods moveables and immoveables whatsoever my
debts and legacies ffirst paid I will and give unto Margarett my wyfe
whome I make and ordayne my sole Executor[.]
And for Overseers of this my will to see it the more effectuallye pformed
I doo appoint my two brothers Peter Denn and John Denn
the testators marke Peter Denns marke Witnesses at the makeinge of this
will
Thomas Harwe(?) Peter Denn and John Denn as appeareth by their Severall
markes
John Denns marke
Probatum fuit [Will proved 26 or 27 July 1599]
William Denne
September 1604, in Deal, Kent, England Vincent Denne
Margaret (Cullinge) Denne
21 June 1605, in Deal, Kent, England
St Leonard, Deal, Kent, England
William Denne
Vincent Denne
Margaret (Cullinge) Denne
William is mentioned in the will
of his grandmother, Margaret (Harvye) Denne in 1609 in which he is
named as a child of Vincent Denne. I do not think this William can be the
same child as the William Denne (1604-1605) since the will was dated in
April 1609, but more likely a later child given that name after the infant
death of the first William.
Item I give to Joane Denne, Samuel Denne, William
Denne and Katherine Denne the four children of Vincent Denne my second son
to either of them twenty shillings of lawful money of England at their
several ages of fifteen years and my will is that if any of the said four
children die before they be of the age of fifteen years then I will that
one of them shall be the heir
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