1550 Roger Omer dated his will on 28 March. An abstract states, [1]
Roger Omer. 28 March 1550. Buried in the churchyard. To poor people at my burying 6s. 8d. Wife Pleasance have my pied red cow and all such household stuff as she brought at our marriage, and Richard and Francis my sons shall pay her yearly 6s. 8d. Son Francis have my little red cow and red heiffer; son William the £10 he oweth me. Residue of moveables to sons Richard, William, Laurence, and Francis, my ex'ors. The lands and tenements in Ash which I had with my first wife, the mother of my four sons, and also have acquired; that son Richard have the messuage, garden, and lands bought from Forstall, in which he now dwells, 3 acres and half of land bought from Mr. Boys, half an acre bought from Croker's widow, 6 acres bought from Wm. Gibbs, 7 acres and 3 rods bought from Paul Richemond in the hamlet (ville) of Ware, 4 acres bought from Mr. Gason, one acre and half bought from Baldocks, one acre and half situated in the brook near the way to Nell place, 10 acres at Grenedrove, 2 acres at Wallsend, one rod of land situated between the Chantry and the lands of Roger Seynt-nicholas, and the heirs, etc., of Richard* for ever. Son William a messuage with garden at Pamor Street, 15 acres with another little messuage bought from Cantisshe, 11 acres and 3 rods at pamor Street bought from Mr. Gason, 18 acres at Tripps bought from Mr. Boys, 3 acres and half at Newclose, one acre and half at Warehawthorn, and to his heirs, etc., for ever. Son Lawrence** my messuage and garden at Nell with 8 acres of land, 18 acres in Downefield bought from Gibbs, 2 acres and 3 rods at Nasshe, my place at Hode in the pairsh (sic) of Hode, with the gardens, 8 acres bought from Mr. Monings at Harman Street, and to his heirs, etc., for ever. Son Francis my messuage at Ware that I now dwell in with the garden and buildings of the same, 3 acres next the messuage, 6 acres bought from Gason, 12 acres at Ivisbridge, 9 acres at Weltys, 5 acres at Cocking, 2 acres in a close at Overland, 2 acres of brook land, 3 acres in Warefield, and to his heirs, etc., for ever. Witnesses: Christopher Jerard, Thomas Forte, Thomas Solye, carpenter. Probate 17 June 1550. (Con. Vol. XXII., fol. 110.)
*A Richard Omer was one of the churchwardens of Ash in 1557, when Archdeacon Nicholas Harpefield held his visitation. Vol. in Cathedral Library.
**A Lawrence Omer of Staple on 9 April 1588 contributed £100 towards the defence of this country at the time of the Spanish Invasion.
[1] Arthur Hussey, "Ash Wills Part 3," Archaeologia Cantiana 36 (1923), 49-64, at 62-63, [KentArchaeologicalSociety].