The Will of Elizabeth Pike

Date: 31 May 1770 to 7 Jan 1771
Location: Edington, Wiltshire, England

The Will of Elizabeth Pike, Widow, Edington, Wiltshire written on 31 May 1770 and proved on 7 January 1771.^[1]

Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the register copy. ff is rendered as F. Abbreviations are expanded and additions noted in [square brackets]. Paragraph breaks (where added) and bold text for names are my own for ease of reading.

Beneficiaries and relatives mentioned in the Will:

• Thomas Pike (son)
• Moses Pike (son)
• William Pike (son)
• Mark (son)
• George (son)
• Mary Drewett (daughter)
• Sarah Howel (daughter)
• Jean/Joan Pike (daughter) [Jane in Probate]
• Ann Pike (daughter)

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[Page 1]
This is the Last Will and Testament of me Elizabeth Pike of the Parish of
Edington in the County of Wilts Widow made this Thirty First of May 1770
as follows I give to my son Thomas Pike One Shilling I Give to
my Son Moses Pike One Shilling I give to my Son William Pike
One Shilling I Give to my Son Mark one Shilling and one Holland
Sheet I Give to my Son George One Shilling and my Part at my Pe[?]
in Littleton House. I Give to my Daughter Mary Drewett Four Guineas
and Two Gold Rings And the House that she now Lives in By the
Church Yard Held by Lease Under the Duke of Bolton Up to the
Second Golden Runnet Tree, I Give to my Daughter Sarah Howel
Ten Guineas and my Little Messing Tub and Church=Yard House
Now Occupied by Edward Taylor and Half the out Houses or
the Hovel at the Bottom of the Garden and the Upper end
of the Orchard down to the Pertree, I give to my Daughter
Jean Pike Ten Guineas and a Little Two [Yeard?] Tub and half a
Hogshead and my Best Table Board and my Warming Pan
and my B[ri?]dget Pott and my Coffer and Bed and Beding, I give to
my Daughter Ann Pike Ten Guineas and my Civer and Chest
of Drawers and my Frying Pan and my Round Table Board
and a Square Table Board I give to my Daughter Ann Pike
and Bead and Beding and the House that Henry Stokes Lives
in at the Church Yard with half the Garden Ground thereunto
belonging and half the House joined to Mary Drewets and the
middle part of the Orchard, I give to my Daughter Jean a binding
Place in the Middle Tenement with my Daughter Ann till
She is Married, I give to my Daughter Ann my Great ^^Bell mettle
Pot and Iron Pot I give th^e Said Belmettle Pot to my Son
William Upon Condition that he Pays my Daughter Ann
One Guinea for the same

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Lastly I do nominate and Appoint my Two Daughters Jean and
Ann Pike to be my Executrisx of this my Will and Testament
and They my Said Two Daughters Ann Pike and Jean Pike
are to pay all my withinsaid Legacies and Likewise to pay
all my Funeral Expenes Lastly I revoke all former
Will or Wills by me heretofore made and do acknowledge
and Declare this to be my Last Will and Testament
In Witness I the said Elizabeth Pike have hereunto set
my hand and Seal the Day and year first above Written
[Signed] Elizabeth Pike [LS]

Signed Sealed and Delivered by the
Testatrix Elizabeth Pike as and for
her Last Will and Testement in
the Presence of us Wittness hereunto
and by her Request and in Presence
of each Other
Edward Tayler
Jam^es Parker

At Sarum Jan^ry 7^th 1771
Jane Pike one of the Ex[ecu]trixes the
like power being reserved to Anne Pike
the other Ex[ecu]trix was duly Sworn before me
Rich^d Keble
Jurr:

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: "Wiltshire, England, Wills and Probate, 1530-1858"
   Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Wills and Probates; Reference Number: P2/P/1068; Reference Number: P2/P/1068
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61333 #83531 (accessed 27 September 2022)
   Elizabeth Pike probate in 1771.