Henry Firebrace (1619 - 1691)

Born 1619 in Derby

Husband of Elizabeth Dowell — married 1645 in Stoke Golding,Leicestershire

Descendants

Died 1691 at about age 72 in Stoke Golding,Leicestershire.

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Biography

Henry was born in 1619. He was the son of Robert Firebrace and Susanna Jerome. He passed away in 1691.^[1]

He was knighted by the King Charles II in 1685.

The last Will & Testament of Sir Henry Firebrace 1680

In the name of God amen, I Henry Firebrace of Whitehall in the parish of St Martins in the Field in the county of Midd Being in health and perfect mind and memory thanks be to the Almighty God, then considering the frailty and uncertainty of life and the certainty of death do make and declare this my last Will & Testament in manner and form following that is to say first and principally I humbly commend my soul to God who gave it hoping and assuredly believing through the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour to obtain redemption of my sins and eternal salvation. My body I bequeath to the earth from whence it came to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named. And as concerning such worldly goods as God in his bounty hath been pleased to bestow upon me, I dispose of as followeth. Impris. I give and bequeath my house at Stoke Golding in the County of Leicester to my son Henry and other property at Sutton Cheney and thence, failing male heirs of his body, onto my second son Basil. Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susanna Hall Widow the sum of Hundred pounds together with the like sum of one hundred pounds now which I lately lent her and to her daughter Elizabeth Hall the like sum of one hundred pounds. Item. I give and bequeath unto Charles Firebrace the son and to Hester Firebrace the daughter of my said son Basil each of them one hundred pounds. And my will is that if either of the dye before they be of lawful age the survivor to have the two hundred pounds And that the last mentioned three several sums of one hundred be by my Executors put out to interest upon good security or securities or some other good and serviceable way to dispose of three months after my death, for the benefit of my three grandchildren. Item. I give and bequeath to my cousin Elizabeth Lewis Widow the sum of seventy pounds. Item. I give and bequeath to my' sister Firebrace of Ratcliffe' and to her two daughters my nieces each of them five pounds to buy them mourning. Item. I give to each of my servants who serve me at the time of my death forty shillings. Item. I give all the rest of my goods and personal estate of what nature or quantity so ever after my debts if any and my funeral expenses being discharged unto and between my said two sons Henry and Basil to be equally divided between them share and share alike. And I hereby make and ordain my said two sons Henry and Basil my joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament. Item. I give unto my most worthy aunt mistress Hester Hodges a spinster twenty pounds to buy her a gold ring. Item. Whereof I the said Henry Firebrace the elder have hereunto set my hand and seal fifteenth day of December anno dom one thousand six hundred and eighty. Henry Firebrace

Sources

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