1479 John Bigge of Benenden wrote his will on October 21. French abstracted the will as follows:[1]
The Will of John Bygg Jun' of Benynden, 21 October 1479. To be buried in the parish church of Benynden. To the high altar there 3s. 4d. To the high altar of Tenterden 20d. To Agnes Bygg my mother, whom I make my executrix, all the residue of my goods. Regarding my lands in Benynden willed to me by Richard Bygg my father, lately deceased, I give all my lands and tenements to my mother for life, and after her death to be divided among all my sons at the age of eighteen years. If they all die before such age without lawful issue, reversion to my brothers Robert Bygg and Thomas Bygg, who on entering into the land shall pay £20 as follows : £10 to a priest to pray for a year in the church of Benynden for my soul, the souls of my father, my mother, and Alice my wife, and of the other £10, marks to my sister Katherine and the residue in various gifts to the church. Proved 17 May 1480 by the executrix named in the will. (Archdeaconry of Canterbury, vol. 3, fo. 17.)
[1] Elizabeth French, transcriber, "Genealogical Research in England, Bigge," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 66 (1912), 54-61 at 55, [InternetArchive], [AmericanAncestors].