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The will of John Grant, 1729 |
Will made 29 Mar 1729 . Testator died [date unknown] . Will proved 20 Dec 1729 |
In the Name of God Amen | |
I John Grant of Steeple cum Stansgate in the County of Essex | |
Yeoman being in good health of Body and of sound mind praised | |
Be God for the same do make and ordain this my last Will and | |
Testament in manner following first and principally I commend | |
my Soul to God hopeing for a joyfull Resurrection to Eternall | |
life through the meritts of my Blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ | |
my Body I committ to the Earth to be decently interred at the | |
discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named and as to my | |
Temporall Estate I dispose thereof as followeth I give and | |
bequeath unto John Willingale of Southminster in the County | |
of Essex the Sum of two hundred Pounds of lawfull Money of | |
Great Britain to be paid unto him by my Executrix hereinafter | |
named in manner following (that is to say) ten Pounds paid | |
thereof within one Month next after my decease the Sum of one | |
Hundred Pounds more part thereof within twelve Months next | |
after my decease and after the payment of the said Hundred | |
Pounds then ten Pounds p Ann untill the remaining Sum of | |
Ninety Pounds shall be fully paid and satisfyed but my mind | |
as well is that in case the said John Willingale shall happen to | |
depart this life before my said Legacy shall become due and | |
payable unto him in manner as aforesaid either in all or in part | |
that then all or such part as shall not be due unto him at the time | |
of his decease by virtue of this my will shall be and remain unto | |
my said Executrix Item I give unto my Kinsman John Uskell[?] | |
the Sum of ten Pounds of like lawfull Money to be paid unto him | |
by my said Executrix within twelve Months next after my | |
decease Item I give to my Cousin William Woodwards all my | |
Wearing Apparell to be delivered unto him immediately after | |
my decease Item I give to my cousin John Woodwards Son | |
of Jeremiah Woodwards the Sum of ten Pounds of like lawfull | |
Money to be paid unto him by my said Executrix when he shall | |
attain to the Age of one and twenty Yeares Item I request and | |
desire my Servant Isaac Barker to be aiding and assisting to | |
my Executrix hereinafter named about the Execution and | |
performance of this my Will in such matter and things as she | |
shall request and desire his aid and assistance and I give to the | |
said Isaac Barker the Sum of twenty Pounds of lawfull Money | |
for his paines and trouble therein lastly I give and bequeath | |
unto Elizabeth Sharpe Daughter of William and Elizabeth | |
Sharpe of Tolleshunt Bushes in the said County of Essex all | |
and singular my Goods Chattels Cattell Stock Leases Ready | |
Money Bonds Bills and all other my Personnall Estate whatsoever | |
she paying my Debts Legacyes and Funerall Expenses out of the | |
same and I do hereby nominate and appoint her the said | |
Elizabeth Sharpe the Younger sole Executrix of this my will | |
hereby revoking all former Wills by me made and declarring | |
this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof | |
I have hereunto sett my Hand and Seal the Nine and Twentyeth Day | |
of March Anno D[omi]ni 1729 Anno Secundo Georgii Secundi Regis | |
John Grant .. Signed Sealed published and declared by the said | |
Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in our presence | |
and attested by us in his presence Isaac Harrison Elizabeth | |
Harrison Tho Forde |
[The probate details of this will are in Latin, and have not been fully deciphered yet, but the will was proved on 20th December 1729, and refers to Elizabeth Sharpe as 'Ux[or] Isaaci Barker' - wife of Isaac Barker]
[Copied at Essex Record Office - document reference (on microfiche) 259 BR 20]
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