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Will of Elizabeth Terry of Bushey 1654

 

 

In the name of God Amen. The tenth day of June

in the yeare of our Lord God [accordinge to the compu

tation of the Church of England] one thousand sixe

hundred & fiftie I Elizabeth Terre), of Bushey in the

Countie of Hartford Widdowe beinge in good health of

body & of sound & perfect memorie & understanding

[God be praised for the same] doe make & declare this

my last Will & Testament in manner & forme followinge.

That is to say Imprimis I commend my Soule unto

Allmightie God who gave it trustinge he will gratiously

 receave it for the sake of Jesus Christ my onely Saviour

& Redeemer & my body to bee buried in Christian

manner att the discretion of my Executor hereafter named.

Item I give & bequeath unto my sonne Thomas Perre

 -pont the two hundred poundes which hee oweth to me

by Bond, which Bond I will & desire shall bee delivered

upp to him by my Executor hereafter named within six

monethes next after my decease, hee my said sonne then

and thereupon givinge & sealinge to my Executor a

sufficient discharge in the Law for the same. Item I give

unto my said sonne Thomas Perrepont the summe of

one hundred pounds of lawfull money of England & to

his wife tenne pounds to bee paid to them within one

yeare next after my decease. Item I give more to my

said sonne Thomas Perrepont & to his wife tenne pounds

for mourninge & to his sonnes Robert & Thomas Perre-

pont & to his daughter Mary five pounds apeece for

mourninge & to his other children for mourninge foure

pounds apeece. Item I give & bequeath to my sonne

William Terrey the summe of three hundred pounds of

lawfull money of England. Item I give & bequeath to

the wife of my said sonne William Terrey tenne poundes,

also I give to my. said sonne William Terrey & to his

wife for mouminge Tenne pounds, to his sonne in lawe

Jeremy Richardson & his wife tenne pounds for mourninge.

To his sonne William & to his daughter Mary five pounds

a peece & Sarah foure poundes for mourninge. Item I

give & bequeath to my sonne John Terry the sum of two

hundred pounds which he oweth mee by Bond which

Bond I will & desire shall bee delivered upp to him by

my Executor hereafter named within six monethes next

after my decease hee my said sonne John Terrey then &

thereupon givinge & sealinge to my Executor a sufficient

discharge in the Lawe for the same. Item I give more to

my said sonne John Terrey one hundred pounds of lawfull

money of England & to his wife Tenn pounds to be paid

unto them within one yeare next after the time of my

decease alsoe I give to my said sonne John Terry & his

wife Tenne pounds for mourninge to his daughters Sarah

& Elizabeth five pounds a peece for mourninge, & to

each of his other Children fower pounds a peece for the

same purpose. Item I give & bequeath unto my sonne

Stephen Terrey one hundred & fiftie pounds which hee

owes to mee by bond which Bond I will & desire shall

be delivered upp to him by my Executor hereafter named

within six monethes next after my decease. Hee my said

sonne Stephen then & thereupon givinge & sealinge to

my Executor hereafter named a sufficient discharge in

the Lawe for the same Also I give & bequeath more to

my said sonne Stephen Terrey the summe of two hundred

& fiftie pounds. of lawfull English money & to his wife

tenne pounds to bee paid within one yeare next after my

decease. Also I give to my said sonne Stephen Terrey

to his wife tense pounds for mourninge & to everie one

of his children three pounds a peece for mourninge. Item

I give & bequeath to Elizabeth Terrey daughter of my

said sonne John Terrey [beeinge my grand child & god

daughter] Twentie pounds & to all the rest of my grand

children whatsoever five pounds a peece to bee paid to

. them & each & everie one of them within one yeare next

after my decease. Item I give to my .brother John Gale

& to his wife Tenn pounds for mourneing & forty shillings

a peece to buy them rings. Item I give to my brother in

lawe James Terrey & to my sister in lawe his wife eight

pounds for mourning. Item I give to Sarah Morrison

the late wife of Josias Morrison deceased forty shillings.

Item I give to my Mayde servant Jane three pounds to

: buy her mourning if shee shall be dwelling with mee at

the time of my decease & to the rest of my servants forty

shillings a peece for mourneing. Item I give to Mrs. Anne

Whitfeild three pounds for mourneing To Edward & the

rest of my brother Gale's servants that shall be with him

at the tyme of my decease forty shillings a peece for

mourning To my cozen Susan Atkins five pounds To my

Cozen Susan Knight five pounds To the poore of Bushey

five pounds to bee paid & distributed at the discretion

of my. Executor hereafter named within convenyent tyme

after my decease. The residue of all my goods & chattells

rights creditts & personall estate whatsoever undisposed

of [the charges of my funerall discharged] I give and

bequeath to my sayd sonne William Terrey whome I doe

hereby make constitute and ordayne the sole & only

Executor of this my last Will & Testament & I doe

constitute & ordayne my sonnes Thomas Perrepont

John Terrey & Stephen Terrey Supervisors of this my last

Will & Testament & I doe hereby altogeather revoake

& disannull all other Wills and Testaments by mee here-

tofore made hereby declaring and affirmeing the same to

be voide & of none effect In witness whereof I the sayd

Elizabeth Terrey the testatrix aforesayd have to this my

last Will & Testament conteyning seaven sheetes of paper

written [with this] sett my hand to the bottome of every

sheete & my seale as well to the labell fixed to the topp

hereof As alsoe have put my hand and seale to the last

sheete hereof the day & yeare first above written. The

mark of the sayd—Elizabeth Terrey—Signed sealed

published & declared by the sayd Elizabeth Terrey the

testatrix the daye & yeare first above written as & for

her last Will and Testament in the presence of [after then-

terlyning of the words five pounds a peece] in the second

sheete betweene the first & second lynes—Ja. Actonn

—John Clarke—Wm. Warne Servt to Robert Yarway

Scr :

This Will was proved at London before the Judges

lawfully authorized for Probate of Wills and graunting

Administrations the second day of March in the yeare of

our Lord God according to the computation of the Church

of England one thousand sixe hundred fiftie & fower

by the oath of William Terrey the naturall and lawfull

sonnet of the sayd deceased & sole Executor in the sayd

Will named to whome was committed Administration of

all and singuler the goods chattels & debts of the sayd

deceased hee being first legally sworne before Dcor.

James Master well and truely to administer the same.

 

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