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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