Will of Ann Robinson (1673)

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Middlesex, England
Surnames/tags: Robinson wills

Will of Ann Robinson, Single Woman
This is a transcription of the register copy of the Will of Ann Robinson of Saint Andrew, Middlesex. It was written on 19 February 1673 and proved at ??? on 15 March 1674.^[1]

Transcription conventions:
Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the original document.
Crossings through have been included struck out
Paragraph breaks at change of bequest, and bold text are my own for ease of reading.
Where present, the obsolete letter Thorn has been rendered as th, and ff has been rendered as F.
Abbreviations and breviographs have been expanded in [square brackets]
The image quality was good and the writing very legible.
Non standard spelling as per usual for this time period, which has been transcribed verbatim.

Persons mentioned, in order of appearance:

• Ann Robinson Testatrix
• my loving brother M^r Thomas Robinson, Executor
• my mother Cremer
• her husband Charles Cremer Esquire
• Elizabeth his daughter
• Katherin the daughter of my brother Thory
• my brother William Robinson's daughter
• my sister Steede sonn by Mr Harrison
• my brother William Robinson and his wife
• my brother Thory and his wife
• my sister Steed
• my Aunt Clarke
• Mary her daughter
• Witnesses: Mary Cox, Joanna Thornell, Edmond Grand

Transcription

[Page one]

T. Anna Robinson

I Ann Robinson of the Parish of St Andrewes Middlesex Single woman
doe this Nyneteenth day of February Anno –– 1673 make my last Will
and Testament in manner following Imprimis I will that my Body be buryed
at the discretion of my mother Cremer and I giue to her Twenty Poundes
for the discharge of the same

Item I giue all my Estate Freehold and Copy
hold to my loving brother M^r Thomas Robinson and the heires of his body

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and for want of heires of his body I giue the same to my mother Cremer
for her life and after her decease to my sister Sarah wife of M^r Thomas
Thory and the heires of her body and for want of such heires To my brother
M^r William Robinson and his heires foreuer

Item I make my said brother M^r
Thomas Robinson my Executor

Item I giue vnto my mother Cremer Twenty
Poundes And to her husband Charles Cremer Esquire Tenn Poundes and to
Elizabeth his daughter Forty shillinges And I will that my Executor pay vnto
Katherin the daughter of my brother Thory Fyfty Poundes when the said Katherin
comes to the age of Seaventeene yeares Also to my brother William Robinsons
daughter Fyve poundes at the same age Also to my sister Steede sonn? by M^r
Harrison Fyve Poundes at the same age And I doe giue to my brother William
Robinson and his wife To – my brother Thory and his wife and to my sister Steed
Twenty shillinges a peece to buy them Ringes and to my Aunt Clarke Forty
shillinges and to Mary her daughter Fyve poundes To be paid within Two Yeares
after my death. Ann Robinson. Declared and published as the last will and
Testament of the said Ann Robinson in presence of us Mary Cox Joanna Thornell
Edmond Grand

Prabate in latin
Decimo Quinto Die mensis martij Anno D[om]ini (stilo Anglia) millesimo
Sexcentesimo Septuagesimo Quarto Emanavit Comissio Carolo Cremer Armingero
Curatori legittime assignato Thomae Robinson fratri et Executori Testamenti
dicta defuncta habentis .. ad administrant... Bona Jura et Credita eiusdem defuncta
in vsum et Comodum dicti Executoris et douer dictus Executor vire sumum Primum
aetatis fuae Annum attegit? iuxta tenorem et effectum Tsetamenti insius? defuncta
de bene et fideliter administrando eadem ad sancta Dei Euangelia in debita
Juris forma Jurat./ex^rs

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Ann Robinson

   Reference: PROB 11/347/307

   Description: Will of Ann Robinson, Single woman of Saint Andrew, Middlesex

   Date: 15 March 1675

   Held by: The National Archives, Kew