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In the name of god Amen The xiii day of October in [the year] of our Lord god m v lviii I John Fermar of the parishe of Retherfield being syck in bodie but hole of mynd & perfect in Remembrance thanks be unto God do make this my Testament & last will after the manner & form following Fyrst I bequeath my Soule unto almighty god my maker & Redemer in whome & by whome I trust to have salvacion & my body to be buryed in churche yeard of Retherfield aforesaid Item I give to the mother churche of Chichester iiiid Item I give to Sylvester my daughter viili xiiis iiiid to be payd at the age of xx yeres & yff she doe marry before the age of xx yeres I will she shalbe payd on ye day of her maryage Also I give to my daughter A.ys [Avis] in lyke manner to be payd as is aforesayd Item I wyll to my daughter Grace vili xiiis iiiid & ii kine The one of them ys in keping with Robt Stapull [Robert Staple] my wyll ys she shall have the cowe & the sheepe as … & the other cowe I wyll she shall have for of mony …. & the sheepe Also her mony to be payd as ys aforesaid & the cowe & shepe to be delyvered Immedyatly after my decease Item I wyll the part of my farme of …feld shall Remayne to my sonn Adam for the tyme of my yeres Also I geve to my goddaughter Joan Hodlye vis viiid to be payd at her day of her maryage Item I wyll to (Gatbred or Gartred) [Gertrude] Farmer A Red …….. wenlynge bullocke Item I will to my godson John Farmer A fallow whyt backed wenlynge bullock Item I will to Margaret ye daughter of my brother William Farmer a wenlynge bullocke Item I will to John Nyndes [Nynne's] ii children eche of them a wenlynge bullocke Item I give to my godson Robt Skynner a wenlynge bullocke Item I wyll to my syster Jone a heffer & a calfe to be delivered Immediately After my decesse Also I will my bequestes to my iii daughters shalbe payed equally by my Executors Item I will to my servant Ryc a Downe [Richard A’Down] a heffer & a calfe Also I will to my boye John Colbrand a wenlyng bullocke The risydew of all my moveable goods not geven I give & bequethe to Odyan my wife & Adam my sonne whome I make my executors of this my testament & last wyll & I ordayne & make my brother Wyllm Farmer & my brother Thomas Farmer my faythfull overseers & they to have for ther laboure xs apece To this being wytnes Ryc Knyght & George Maynard with others Summa Inventorii lvii li iiii s Ext in ecclia … Sancti Bartholomew …. de Marsfeld xx die martii Ao Dno 1558 p .... exec ad ....... …… reservata potestate …. Commissionis …… ……… (Transcribed by Rosie Ansell March 2016 from a copy supplied by Geoffrey Barber)

1559

Died

In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Geoffrey Barber's records

Adam Fermor

m: c 1515

Alice ?

b: c 1490
d: 1546/47 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 24^th Jan 1546/47 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: c 1490
d: May 1551 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 10^th May 1551 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

John

William

Alice

b: c 1520 Sussex
d: 1559 Rotherfield, Sussex

b: c 1521 Sussex
d: Nov 1580 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 29^th Nov 1589 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: c 1530
d: Jun 1595 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 16^th Jun 1595 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Parental
record

John Farmer

m: 26^th Jul 1544 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Odyan Kent

2nd marriage

b: c 1520 Sussex
d: 1559 Rotherfield, Sussex

b: c 1520
d: Sep 1585 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 17^th Sep 1585 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1545/46 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 12^th Feb 1545/46 St. Denys Church

b: 1548 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 6^th Jul 1548 St. Denys Church
d: 1633

b: 1550/51 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 8^th Mar 1550/51 St. Denys Church
d: Sep 1625 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 12^th Sep 1625 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1555 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 11^th Apr 1555 St. Denys Church
d: May 1559 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 6^th Jun 1559 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

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record