The Last Will and Testament of the Reverend John Winge Reverend John Wynge/Wing Transcribed and annotated by James H. Stone. The original will is in the Public Record Office, London (PROB 11/158), which kindly gave permission for transcription and publication. An abstract of the will appears in George E. Wing's history of the Wing Family, "The Owl," volume 60, December 1966, reprint, page 1313; it was copied from "Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register "Scroope" 1630, Abstracts and Index, J. H. Morrison, ed., London, 1934, page 103. The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, on August 4, 1630. February 2, 2005...I downloaded a copy of John Wing's will via the English National Archives Website. Thankfully this will was a little easier (at times) to decipher than was Matthew Wynges will. I independently went through the will which took a few hours and consider the original translation to be excellent and a accurate transcription of Reverend John Wing's will. The only other addition that I could include that is worthy of mention is that in the right margin of the will in large writing is the name JOHANNIS WINGE. In the name of God Amen, the second daie of November one thousand sixe hundred twenty nine And in the fifth yeare of the reigne of our Soveraigne Lord Kinge Charles etc. I John Winge late of the Hague in Holland, clarke, now living in the pish (parish) of St. Mary Aldermary London and being sicke in bodie but of good and perfect minde and memory praised bee Almightie God, Doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme following First and principallie I commend my soule into the hands of Almightie God my maker trusting and assuredly believing to have full and free remission of all my sinnes by and through the only marritte and righteousness of Jesus Christ my alone Savior and my bodie I committ to the earth of which it came to bee decently buried where it shall please the Lord to direct. And as touching my wordly estate and substance whereof I am now possessed, I give and bequeath the same as followeth. First whereas I am now possessed and interested of an in certayne lands being freehold with appurtenances lying and beinge in the parish of Crickston and Stroud in the county of Kent or elsewhere, I will and desire and my minde and meaning is that the same be sold as soon as conveniently maye bee by my Executrix herein after named to the best profitt and advantage, and that the money thereof arisinge shall bee (with all and singular of, my other goods chattels and estate etc. whatsoever) divided into two equal pts and porcons (parts and portions), the one moietty whereof to be had received and enioyed unto and by my loving wife Deborah and the other pte or moytie to bee equallie and indifferently had, parted, divided and enioyed unto and amongst all my children share and share like, except unto and by my daughter Deborah whom I have allready advanced in marriage. And therefore I will that what I have allready given as her marriage porcon shall be accompted as pte of her dividend and proporcon of my estate given amongst my children by this will. And my will and meaning is, and I doe hereby appoint that ye said legacies and porcons shalbe paid unto my sonnes at their severall ages of one and twentie years and unto my daughters unmarried at their like several ages of one and twentie years or severall daites of marriage wen of them shall first happen. And if any of my child or children happen to die or depart this life before the said legacies shall become due to be paid unto them or any of them in and by this my will then I will that the survivor or survirors of him, her, or them that shall soe happen to die in the mean tyme, shall have, receive and enioye the legacie and bequest of him, her, or them soe dying as in aforesaid equallie to and amongst all the said survivor or survivors. And I hereby will that my said wife shall have and enioye the benefitt and profitt of my childrens porcon herein by my will bequeathed towards thir educacon and maintenance until their said porcon shall become due and payable to them severallie and respectively according to this my present will. Item, I will that all such debts as I owe in right or in conscience, together with my funeral charges shall be first paid, deducted, and allowed out of all my estate. And I doe hereby name, nominate and appoint my loving wife Deborah my Executrix of this my last will & testament and my loving friends Edward Foorde of London mercht and Andrew Blake of Stroud in the Countie of Kent, yeoman, Overseers of the same. in witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale. Dated the daie and yeare first above written. I doe affirme that this will above written was prononced according to the Testators mind witness my hand by me Edward Foorde. I doe affirm the like witness my hand by me Andrew Blake