Will of Edward Hyde of Norbury 1669

Date: 12 Dec 1668 to 13 Apr 1669
Location: Norbury, Cheshire, England

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Will of Edward Hyde of Norbury 1669

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People mentioned in the Will

• Robert Hyde - Son and Heir
• Felicia Hyde - wife of Robert
• Felicia daughter-in-law of Edward
• Anne Hyde - Wife
• Richard Hyde - Son
• Thomas Hyde - Son
• Nevil Hyde - Son
• Sister Sneyd - Sister Margaret
• John Warren - Cousin
• Piers Leigh - Grandson
• Jane Priestnall - Servant
• Hollinsworth - Servant
• William Hall - Servant
• Master John Angier - Will beneficiary [1]
• Thomas Marbury

Will of Edward Hyde

In the Name of God Amen The twelfth day of December in the ninteenth year of the reign of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second and by the grace of god of England Scotland France & Ireland
King defender of the faith etc An[no] Do[min]i. I Edward Hyde of Northbury in the county of Chester Esq[uire] being weake of body but of perfect memory I bless god for the same and being cirtaine that I must die but not
Of the time thereof And that there may bee no dissent amongst my wife children and friends after my decease concerning those worldly goods which it hath pleased Almighty god to bistow upon mee I doe therefore
make and declare my last Will and testam[ent ] in manner and forme following. First I comend my soule into the hands of Almighty god my creato[r] hoping for remission and pardon of my sinnes through
the death and passion of my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ and my body to the dust whereof it was made and to bee buried in my Chappell in the Parish Church of Stockport amongst my Ancesto[rs] in a

decent manne[r] And for my worldly goods Chattells and Cattls which it hath pleased god to Endow me with My will and mind is that they bee disposed of in manner and forme following Impr[im]is [ ]
At the marriage of my eldest Sonn Robert Hyde I did settle my whole estate in lands reserving unto myselfe libertie to charge upon all my lands (Except upon the lands sett out and appointed for the ...........
of my wife and daughter in law [ ] the deed of Settlm[en]t is expressed) The sum of Three hundred pounds. My Will and mind is That the Said sum of three hundred pounds bee paid and discharged
by said eldest sonn Robert Hyde or his heirs out of all my lands whatever (except out of the said lands sett out and appointed for the said jointures) within the space of six years immediately after my decease
by the sume of fiftie pounds by the yeare, yearly to bee issuing and going out of the profitts of the said lands for and towards the discharging of all from debts as shall be by mee owing at the time
of my decease And in case that the debts by mee owing at the time of my decease shall not amount unto the said sum of three hundred pounds or any part thereof Then my Will and mind is that
the said summe of three hundred pounds or so much thereof as shall remaine over and above the discharging of my said debts bee equally divided amongst my three younger sonnes Richard
Thomas and Nevil Hyde or the survivo[rs] or survivo[r] of them. Item I give and bequeath unto my Dear wife Anne Hyde, all her jewells my old gold, her own bed as it now standeth
all my plate and her own saddle horse with the furnitur belonging unto him. Item I give unto my said eldest sonn Robert Hyde and unto his heirs to remaine and abide as heirsloomes at
the Manno[r] house of Northbury aforesaid there goods following viz the [ ] hangings with the standing bed feather bedd bolsters and hangings about the same in the best chamber and all my
presses and table as they now stand in my closett at Northbury aforesaid. Item I give unto my said eldest sonn Robert Hyde all my brewing vessels at Northbury as they now stand there.
Item further I give and bequeath unto my said eldest sonn Robert Hyde the sume of One hundred pounds to bee paid unto him out of a debt which my sister Sneyd of Bradwell owes unto mee
being part of the porcon due unto mee at the marriage of my said eldest sonn Robert Hyde with her daughter Felicia Hyde now wife to my said sonn Robert Hyde. Item I give unto my grandson
Piers Ligh the sum[m]e of Twenty pounds to bee paid within the space of seaven yeares after my decease and the same to bee imployed for his use if he bee then living. Item I give unto Master
Angier late Minister at Denton Chappell in the County of Lancaster the sum of fourty shillings. Item My Will and mind [ ] that my Sonn Piers Ligh and my said three younger sonnes Richard
Thomas and Nevil Hyde have each of them a mourning sute at the time of my funeral. Item I give my servant Jane Priestnall the sum of fourty shillings. Item I give
unto my servant Edward Hollinsworth the summ of five pounds. Item I give unto my servant Will[ia]m Hall the sume of fourty shillings. Item do give unto the rest of my
Servants whatever as well men as women that shall live with mee at the time of my decease the sum of tenn shillings apeece. Item I give unto the poore of the Parish of Stockport the
Sume of Six pounds thirteent shillings and foure pence to bee a stocke for their use and die entrust my said Sonn Robert Hyde and my Coson John Warren of Poynton and their
heires to see that it bee imployed for the use of the poore as aforesaid. Item I give
to the poore in Northbury the sume of twenty shillings to be divided amongst them. Item I give to the poore in Hyde the sume of twenty shillings to be divided amongst them That after those my legacies and funerall expenses bee paid and discharged [out] of my whole
personnall estate my Will and mind is that the rest and remainder of all my goods Chattels and Cattells bee divided into two equall parts the one halfe whereof I give unto
my said deare wife Anne Hyde And the other halfe I doe give unto my said three younger sonnes Richard Thomas and Nevil Hyde equally to bee divided amongst them and to the survivo[rs] or
survivo[r] of them. Postremo I do make constitute and appoint my said eldest sonn Robert Hyde and my said Deare wife Anne Hyde Executo[r] and Executrix of this my last Will and testam[ent] And doe desire my brother in lawe Thomas Marbury of Marbury Esq[uire] to see this my last Will
and testam[ent] executed and performed according to my mind and will therein
expressed And also I do hereby make null and void all former Wills by me published and declared In Witness whereof I have herento put my hand and seale the day
and yeare first above written.