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Will of John Terry 'the Younger' Will of Totteridge 1637

 

 

In the Name of God, Amen. The fiefteenth daie

of November in the seaventh yeare of the raigne of our

Soveraigne Lord Kinge Charles of England &c. & in

the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred thirtie

& one I John Terry cittizen & goldsmith of London

beinge weake in bodie but of Pfect memory the Lord's

Name be praised therefore, Doe ordaine this my last will

& testament in manner & forme followinge: First, I

comend my Soule to Allmightie god my Creator, &

to Jesus Christ my Redeemer, & my bodie to the earth

from whence it came to be buried in Christian buriall

att the discrecon of my executrix hereafter named &

touchinge my personall estate I will & ordaine as follow-

eth; First, that all my debte which I shall owe at my

decease be instil & truly paired, & that my funeral sue

far as the customer & orders of the City of London

doe allowed be discharged out of my whole estate, next

I will & ordained that my said Spinal estate [the said

deductions being deducted] be disposed of in manner

& formed following, First, I make constitute & or-

daine my deere & loving wife Elizabeth Terry the

sole full & whole executrix of this my last will & testa-

ment to whom moreover in that respecte which I beare

to her I give & bequeath for & during the tearme

of her life that Three score pound land p. ann. lyinge

neere to Epworth in lyncolnshire And alsoe all my

lands & houses lyinge in Foster Lane in the parishe

of St. Leonard London. Item I give to my Sonn

William Terry Twoe hundred pounds. Item I give to

Elizabeth Terry, the daughter of my Sonne William

Terry One hundred pounds. Item I give to William

Terry the Sonne of my said Sonne William Terry Thirtie 

pound land p. ann. which lieth neere to prshe of Aston

in the county of Southampton which land I purchased of

the Earle of Sussex. Item I give to my sonne John

Terrie five hundred pounds & to Elizabeth Terry the

daughter of my said Sonne John-Terry I give One hun-

dred pounds. Item I give to my Sonne Steeven Terry

twoe hundred pounds. Item I give my daughter

Susanna Cooke my lease & all my tearme right title

& interest of & in the house commonly called the

golden calfe in Thames St. London. Alsoe I give to my

said Daughter Susanna Cooke twoe hundred pounds.

And furthermore to her & her husband I give that

hundred & Nyntie pounder which he oweth me. And

heere I Doe Declare & notifie that my mynde purpose

& will is that the lands porcons and legacies which I

have heretofore given & by this my last will & testament

I doe give to my said children William John & Steeven

Terry and Susanna Cooke Doe debarr & cutt them of

from all title or chime which all or any of them may or

shall either pretend or make to any parte or porcon of

those lands houses tenemts goods chattells or whatsoever

I leave give & bequeath to my lovinge wife Elizabeth

Terry. Item I will & bequeath to my lovinge Sonne in

lawe Thomas Perepointe Fieftie pounds in money to be

paied unto him within one yeare after my decease. Item

I give to Thomas Perepoint the Sonne of my said Sonne

in lawe twentie pounds. Item I give & bequeath to the

Wardins Assistants & Company of Goldsmiths London

by what name soever the same be Incorporated a bowle

of silver & giult weighinge Sixtie ounces or thereabouts

to be delivered within three monethes after my decease;

Item I give & bequeath to fower & twentie poore gold

smithes fower & twenty gownes worth twentie shillings

a peece, to be worne at my funeral if I shalbe buried in

London but if I shalbe buried out of London then I will

that these fower & twentie poore gouldsmithes shall have

twentie shillings apeece in mony in lieue of these gownes.

The choice & appointment of which poor goldsmithes I

leave to the wardens of the Company of Gouldsmithes

for the time beinge. Item I give unto Twentie poore

widdowes of the same Companie of goldsmithes tenn

shillings apeece to be distributed by the said Wardens

att theire discretion but if there shall not be soe many

such poore widdowes then my will is that the whole some

of Tenn pounds shalbe equally devided amongst soe

many as shall then bee. Item I will & bequeath to the

poore children harboured in Christs Hospitall in London

the some of Forty pounds theire reliefe & maintenance

to be paled with in six monethes after my decease. Item

If I shall be buried in London I will and bequeath to the

Treasurer & governor of Christs hospitall tenn pounds to

make them a dynner upon the daie of my funerall other-

wise not Item I will & bequeath the some of twentie

poundes to the wardens assistants & livery of the Com-

pany of goldsmiths to make them a dynner upon the

daie of my funeral! if I shall be buried in London

otherwise not. Item I will & bequeath to the poore

inhabitants of the parishe of Saint Foster's, London,

where I have dwelte the some of six pounds thirteene

shillings & fower pence to be distributed by the Church-

wardens for the time beinge of the same pishe beinge

assisted with fower other of the inhabitants of the same

parrishe which some I will shale paled & distributed

- within one month after my decease Item I will and

bequeath to the pore of the parishes of longer Sutton in

the counties of Southampton six pounds thirteen shillings

& fewer pence to be paled within three monethes after

my decease & distributed att the discrecon of my brother

Thomas Terry or of his heirs. Item I give to the poore

of Saint Buttolphes Aldersgate five pounds. Item I will

& bequeath to the poore of Totteridge in the Countie of

Hartford the some of five pounds to be paled within

three monethes after my decease & to be distributed by

the Minister & Churchwards then beinge. Item I give

to Mr. Morrison the Preacher of Totteridge five pounds

& a mourning gowne desiring him to preach a Sermon

there upon the next Sunday after my funerall. Item. I

give to Josias Morison my godsonne Fortie shillings.

Item I give & bequeath to the Parson of Saint Fosters

London for the time beinge a morninge gowne. Item I

will & bequeath to my brother James Terry if he be

lyvinge att my decease. the some of Tenn pounds to be

paied within three monethes after my decease. And

further I give him a mourninge gowne & a suite of black

apparel to be worne att my funerall. Alsoe I doe give

to him twoe cloth suits which I doe comonly weare. And

I give to my Sister in lawe his wife a mourninge gowne.

Item I give & bequeath to my servant William Hill

three pounds & mourninge both suite & cloake. Item

to my Servant Katherine Goodman three pounds & a

mourninge gowne. Item to my Servante Anne Blagrove

Fortie shillings & a mourninge gowne. Item I give to Mar-

gerie Tringe three pounds & a mourninge gowne. Item I

give to Marie Whitchurch my sonne Williams Maide fortie

shillings & a mourninge gowne. The residue of all &

singular my goods & chattels rights & creditts not hereby

bequeathed I will & bequeath to my lovinge wife Elizabeth

Terry whome [as was before said) I doe ordaine consti-

tute & appointe the sole & whole executrix of this my

last will & testament. And I doe -ordaine & appointe my

fore said sonnes William Terry & John the Supvisors of

this my Will & Testament prayinge them & my other

children to be dutiful' respective & lovinge to their

Mother & that the said William & John Terry Supvisors

of this my last will & Testament be to the best of theire.

power aidinge & assistinge to her my loveing wife &

theire tender Mother my executrix in the execucon of

this my Will. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett

my hand & seale the daie & yeare first above written &

published the same as my last will in the presence of

those whose names are hereunder written

John Terry, Josias Morison, William Terry, Steven Terry.

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