Ash working lives · 1 April 1486
A cow for Cristine. Gravel for the road.
John Neme’s will had the everyday things covered.
Cristine was to get a cow. The servant John Peret was to get a cow and barley. The road between Ash and Molond cross was to get 25 cartloads of gravel.
John Neme put those provisions in his will on 1 April 1486. His wife Mariott was to keep his lands for life. Thomas Neame was named as an executor alongside her and Nicholas Pope.
The bequests do not tell us whether the road was repaired. They do let us meet a household through its cows, crops and a road needing attention. For another glimpse of ordinary life, follow the name to a wedding in Nonington.
Sources & research notes · 1 records
Edited will abstract in Archaeologia Cantiana 36, printed page 59, PDF page 11. Original will manuscript not inspected. The spellings Neme and Neame are retained from the transcription. Burial wording is a will provision, not a verified surviving grave. No brewery pedigree is inferred.
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- Arthur Hussey, 'Ash Wills', Archaeologia Cantiana, vol. 36Kent Archaeological Society · Edited will transcription · accessed 2026-10-08