Will of Bridget Boddicott, Richmond, Surrey (1710)

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Richmond, Surrey, England
Surnames/tags: Boddicott Wills

Will of Bridget (Grew) Boddicott (abt.1666-1710), Widow of Richmond, Surrey, England
This is a transcription of the register copy of the Will of Bridget Boddicott of Richmond, Surrey. It was written on 4 August 1710 and proved at London on 14 October 1710. ^[1][2]

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

• Bridget Boddicott Testatrix
• Edmund Boddicott Son
• Richard Boddicott Son
• Richard Grew Brother, Wine Cooper of Mincing Lane, London
• William Boddicott of Richmond, Draper
• Edward Parrott Witness
• Edward Sharman Witness
• Edward Holden Witness

Transcription

T^m
Bridgetta Boddicott

In the Name of God Amen
I Bridgett Boddicott of Richmond in the County of Surry
Widow being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect
mind and memory and knowing the uncertainty of this
Life make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament
And first I recom[m]end my Soul into the hands of Almighty
God assuredly hoping for the eternall rest and Salvation thereof
thro' the alone merits of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ and
as touching such worldly Goods as it hath pleased God to
bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth

Item
my Will and desire is that all my debts and the debts of my late
husband and my Funeral charges shall be first paid and
satisfied and all the rest and residue of all my personall
Estate whatsoever and wheresoever I give and bequeath
unto my two sons Edmund Boddicott and Richard Boddicott
to be divided equally share and share alike But my Will
and meaning is that my Executors hereinafter named
shall bestow and dispose thereof or so much thereof as they
shall think fitt or the Survivour of them in the Educat[i]on or
promot[i]on of my said two children in the world as they shall
think most fitt for them And I doe nominate and appoint my
loving Brother Richard Grew of Mincing? Lane London
Wine Cooper and M^r William Boddicott of Richmond aforesaid
Draper sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal
this fourth day of August Anno D[o]m[ini] 1710 And in the Ninth
year of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lady Queen Ann over
Great Brittaine et.//. The marke of Bridget Boddicott.//.
Signed Sealed and delivered published and declared by
the said Testatrix to be her last Will and Testament in the
presence of us.//. Edward Parrott Edward Sharman Edward Holden.//.

Probate in Latin
Probatum fuit hujus modi Testamentum
apud London coram venti? viro Carolo Pinfold Legum Doctore
Surrogato ventis et egregij viri Domini Richardi Raines Militis
Legum etiam Doctoris Curiae Praerogativa Cantnar Magistri
Custodis sive? Com[m]ssarij legitimo constituti decimo quarto die
mensis Octobris Anno Domini Millesimo Septingentesimo Decimo
Juramento Richardi Grew unius? Executorum in dicto Testam.^to
nominat cui com[m]issa fuit Administratio omnium et singulorum
bonorum jurium et creditorum dicto? defuncta de bono et fidel[..]r
administrando eadem ad Sancta Dei Evangelia jurat Reservata
potestate similem Com[m]issionem faciendi Gulielmo Boddicott
alteri Executorum indicto Testamento etiam nominat cum
venerit eandem petiturus.//. Exam

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Bridgett Boddicott, Widow of Richmond, Surrey

   Reference: PROB 11/517/319

   Description: Will of Bridgett Boddicott, Widow of Richmond, Surrey

   Date: 14 October 1710

   Held by: The National Archives, Kew

2. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858", database with images, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 517, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #840847 (accessed 19 January 2024), Will of Bridgetta Boddicot, granted probate on 14 Oct 1710. Died about 1710 in Richmond, Surrey, England.