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A04795	The last will and testament of Mr. Iohn Kendricke late citizen and draper of London vvho departed this life the 30. day of December, anno, 1624. Full of notable workes of charity, worthy of lasting memory and imitation.	Kendricke, John, 1574 or 5-1624.	1625 (1625)	STC 14928; ESTC S119832	16,526	36

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF Mr. IOHN KENDRICKE late Citizen and Draper of LONDON Who departed this life the 30. day of December anno 1624. Full of notable workes of charity worthy of lasting memory and imitation LONDON Printed for NATHANIEL BVTTER and Nicholas Bourne 1625. THE LAST WILL and Testament of Master Iohn Kendricke of London Draper c. IN the name of God Amen The nine and twentieth of December Anno Domini 1624. and in the two and twentieth yeare of the Reigne of our Soueraigne Lord King lames c. I Iohn Kendricke of the City of London Draper being sicke in Body but of good and perfect mind and memory for which I giue most humble and hearty thanks to Almighty God do make ordaine and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following that is to say First and before all things I commend and commit my Soule to Almighty God my Creator trusting most assuredly to be saued by the death passion and onely merits of Iesus Christ my Sauiour and Redeemer And I will that my body bee decently interred in Christian Buriall in the Parish of Saint Christopher where I dwell as mine Executor hereafter named shall order and appoint Item I giue and bequeath to 60 poore men to euery of them a Gowne of broad-cloath to weare on the day of my buriall and twelue pence a piece in money to pay for their dinners the same poore men to be such as my Executor shall appoint Item I giue and bequeath blacke gowns and cloaks to be worne at my buriall by my Kindred Friends and Seruants as my Executor shall thinke meet not exceeding the summ of six hundred pounds in the said gowns and cloakes and the rest of the charges of my Funerall Item I giue and bequeath the summe of three score pounds to be bestowed vpon a dinner to bee prouided for my friends and the Inhabitants of the Parish of S. Christopher where I now dwell vpon the day of my buriall and in such place as my Executor shall think meet and conuenient Item I giue and bequeath to the Maior and Burgesses of the Town of Reading in the County of Berks I meane to the body corporate or Corporation of the said Towne of Reading by whatsoeuer name or addition the same is made or knowne the Summe of seuen thousand and fiue hundred pounds vpon speciall trust and confidence that they shall therewith perform these vses following that is to say The said Maior and Burgesses shall buy and purchase vnto them and their Successors for euer I say to the Body Corporate of the said Towne of Reading by whatsoeuer name or addition the same is made or knowne Lands and Hereditaments of the cleare value of fifty pounds by the year ouer and aboue all charges and reprises which summe of fifty pounds a yeare my will and meaning is shall bee paid by the said Mayor and Burgesses and their Successors vnto my sister Anna Newman yearly during her naturall life And after her decease the same yearly summe of fifty pounds shall be paid by the said Maior and Burgesses and their Successors to the Ouerseers for the poore of the said towne of Reading for the time being yearly for euer And by them the said Ouerseers for the time being shall be bestowed and distributed to and among the poore people of the said Towne for euer to wit the moietie thereof euery halfe yeare in such summes and to such persons as the said Ouerseers for the time being shall thinke meet according to the necessity and desert of the same seuerall persons Prouided alwayes and my meaning is that this my yearly gift shall not any way abridge the said poore of the ordinary allowances vsually assessed and collected of the wealthier sort of the Inhabitants of the said town towards the reliefe of the said poore people but shall be vnto them an additament and cleare encrease of reliefe yearly for euer And if this my gift and prouision shall happen which I trust it shal not to be by the said Maior and Burgesses or by the said Ouerseers for the time being ordered and disposed contrary to my meaning thus declared or that my will and desire aboue expressed touching the bestowing and distribution of the said summe of fifty pounds yearly be omitted neglected or left vnperformed by the space of one whole yeare after it is by this my Will appointed to be distributed and bestowed as aforesaid Then my will and meaning is that the said summe and reuennue of fiftie pounds a yeare shall be by the said Maior and Burgesses and their Successors for the time being for euer paid vnto the Treasurer of Christs Hospitall in London and by the Gouernours of the same Hospitall employed and bestowed in the reliefe and education of the poore children of the said Hospitall Or else that the said Mayor and Burgesses for the time being shall by their sufficient Deed in Law conuey and make ouer the lands and Hereditaments of the said yearly value of fiftie pounds vnto the Maior and Communaltie and Citizens of the City of London and their Successors for euer vnto the vse of the said Hospitall to be employed as aforesaid Prouided alwayes that the said fiftie pounds a yeare be yearly paid vnto my said sister Anna Newman during her naturall life and after her decease to the charitable vses aforesaid Moreouer my will and meaning as also my trust and confidence in the said Maior and Burgesses of the Towne of Reading is that with another competent part of the said summe of seuen thousand fiue hundred pounds so by mee deuised as aforesaid they the said Maior and Burgesses shall buy and purchase vnto them and their successours for euer a faire plot of ground within the said towne of Reading or the liberties thereof and thereupon shall erect and builde a strong house of Bricke fit and commodious for setting of the poore on worke therein or else shall buy and purchase such an house beeing already built if they can find one already fitting or that may with a reasonable summe bee made fit for the sayd vse the same house to haue a faire garden adioyning and to bee from time to time kept in good and sufficient reparations by the sayd Maior and Burgesses for the time beeing for euer Which House and garden my wil is shal be vsed and occupied by such as the said Maior and Burgesses and their successours from time to time for euer shal appoint and ordaine for the employing and handling of the stocke of money by me hereby left and deuised to that purpose And my will and meaning is that the sayd lands and hereditaments of the yearly value of fifty pounds and also the said house and garden beeing bought and purchased as afore sayd with parcell of the said summe of seuen thousand fiue hundred pounds then the whole residue and remainder of the same seuen thousand and fiue hundred pounds shal make and be

a common stock to be emploied and bestowed in trade of clothing eyther in making of coloured cloathes or whites as the time shall require and also in working of Wooll Hemp Flax Iron grinding of brasill woods and other stuffes for Dying or otherwise as to the saide Maior and Burgesses afore-saide and their Successors for euer shall seeme conuenient for the employment of poore people and for the preseruation and encrease of the said common stocke And the said Maior and Burgesses and their Successors for euer shall haue the election placing and ordering as also the displacing if cause bee of all and euery person and persons to be employed in the handling and husbanding of the sayd common stocke in the house aforesaid according to their th● sayd Maior and Burgesses good discretion from time to time for euer Wherein yet my desire is that they shall preferre the poore of the said towne to the sayd worke and employment before others of other places And for the performance of these premisses my will is that the summe of seuen thousand and fiue hundred pounds before for this end by mee bequeathed to the sayd Maior and Burgesses shall bee paid vnto them or their Successors in mann●r and forme following that is to say two thousand pounds thereof at the end of one yeare next after my decease O her two thousand pounds thereof at the end of two yeares next after the day of my decease And the residue of the sayde whole Summe being three thousand and fiue hundred pounds at the end of three yeares next ensuing after and from the day of such my decease But if it shall happen as my trust is it will not that the sayd Maior and Burgesses or their Successors shall neglect omit or faile to performe the premisses according to my will and meaning aboue declared or shall mis-employ the said Stocke contrary to the true intent and meaning of this my deuice and disposition for the good of the poore and their honest imployment and maintenance as aforesaid and that such their neglect omission or misimployment shall continue at any time by the space of one whole yeare together Then my will and meaning is that my said whole Legacy of seuen thousand and fiue hundred pounds and euery part and parcell thereof shall bee thence vtterly voyd frustrate and of none effect as to for and concerning the said Mayor and Burgesses and their Successors and as to for and concerning the vses thereof before limited and expressed And that the said whole common stocke shall bee by them the said Mayor and Burgesses and their successors for the time being forthwith payd vnto the Mayor and Communalty and Citizens of the City of London to the vse of Christs Hospitall in London according as I haue aboue deuised and disposed touching the reuennue of fifty pounds a yeare for euer first bequeathed to the vse and releefe of the peore poople of the Towne of Reading As also my will and meaning is that in this case of non-performance by the sayd Mayor and Burgesses the house and garden to be purchased in Reading as aforesayd shall be by the said Mayor and Burgesses and their Successors conueyed and made ouer by their Deede sufficient in Law vnto the sayd Mayor and Communalty and Citizens of the City of London and their Successors for euer to the like vse of Christs Hospital in London as aforesaid Item I giue and bequeath to the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the towne of Newbury in the County of Berks I meane the Body corporate of the same Towne the summe of foure thousand pounds to buy and purchase therewith a commodious house and garden within the same towne or the liberties thereof to set the poore on worke and with the resi●ue of the same Summe to make a common stocke for the imployment of t●e poore in the said house according to the good discretion of the said Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses from time to time for euer And according to my meaning before declared in the deuising of the sum of seauen thousand and fiue hundred to Mayor and Burgesses of the Towte of Reading to the like Vse But my will and meaning is that if it shall happen which I trust will not that the sayd Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the towne of Nuburie or their successors shall neglect or faile to performe my trust and m●aning hereby committed vnto them or shall misimploy the said stocke contrary vnto my good intent to the poore before declared by the space of one whole yeare at any time after my said Legacy shall bee payd vnto them Then my Will and meaning is that my said whole Legacy of foure thousand pounds and euery part and parcell thereof shall thenceforth bee vtterly voyde and of none effect as to for and concerning the sayd Maior Aldermen and Burgesses of the towne of Newbury and their successors for euer And that the saide whole common stocke shall bee by them the sayde Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of Newbery and their Successours for the time being foorthwith paide ouer vnto the Maior and Burgesses of the Towne of Reading in the same County to bee by them and their Successours for euer employed bestowed and vsed in like manner as I haue by this my Will deuised and appointed another common stocke for the poore in the same Towne of Reading as by my sayd deuice and disposition before herein more at large expressed doth and may appeare In like manner also my will and meaning is that in case of such non-performance of my will and intent by the saide Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the Towne of Newbery the house and garden by them so to bee purchased and built as aforesayd shall bee by the sayde Maior Aldermen and Burgesses of the Towne of Newbery and their Successours conueyed and made ouer by their Deede sufficient in Law vnto the Maior and Burgesses of the saide Towne of Reading and their Successors for euer to bee by them sold and conuerted into money and the same money to bee vsed and employed in their Common stocke for the poore in the saide Towne of Reading aforesayd in such sort as I haue formerly hereby expressed And for the performance of the sayd trust and vses by the said Maior Aldermen and Burgesses of the towne of Newbery aforesaid my wil meaning is that the said sum of foure thousand pounds so to them bequeathed and deuised as aforesaid shall bee payd vnto them or their Successors in manner as followeth that is to say One thousand pounds thereof at the end of one yeare next ensuing after the day of my decease One other thousand pounds thereof at the end of two yeares from and after my sayd decease And the residue beeing two thousand pounds shall bee payed them at the end of three yeares next after my said decease Item I giue and bequeath to the Company of Drapers of the City of London of which Company I am free the summe of