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Will of Richard Brickell, Butcher of Motcombe, 1660

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The Will of Richard Brickell, Butcher of Motcombe, Dorset
Probate 1660
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Swindon, Wiltshire
reference P27/1/8 file 0001

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Written 14 March 1659(1658/9)

Richard Brickell (-abt.1660)

This will is written the form of an ‘account’ with the amounts for each bequest placed under the headings L s d with two columns for each denomination. For simplicity, each amount has been written in the transcript in the form £0 3s 6d
In the name of God Amen, I Richard Brickell the Elder of Motcombe :in the County of
Dorsett do make this my last will and Testament
the fourteenth day of March in the year of O’ Lord God 1659
First I bequeath my soule to Almighty God & my Body to the Dust
Item I give unto my Eldest sone John Brickell £1 00s 0d
Item I give unto my cosen John Brickell eldest son of my son John Brickell £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my cosen Anna Brickell Daughter of my son John Brickell £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto Richard Brickell younger son of my son John Brickell £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto Mary Brickell younger Daughter of my son John Brickell £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto Thomas Brickell second son of my son John Brickell £3 00s 0d
Item I give unto my daughter Susan Wild £1 00s 0d
Item I give unto John Wild Eldest son of my daughter Susan Wild £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto Richard Wild second son of my daughter Susan Wild £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto Edmond Wild youngest son of my Daughter Susan Wild £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto Melyor Wild eldest daughter of my daughter Susan Wild £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto Elizabeth youngest daughter of my daughter Susan Wild £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my coson Margerett Metyard wife of John Metyard £1 00s 0d
Item I give unto John Metyard Eldest son of Margarett Metyard £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto Mary Metyard Eldest daughter of the aforesaid Margarett Metyard
£0 10s 0d
Item I give unto Marten Metyard second son of Margarett Metyard £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto Hannah Metyard youngst Daughter of Margarett Metyard £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto James Metyard youngst Son of Margarett Metyard £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my cozen Melyor Baron wife of John Baron of Magston £1 00s 0d
Item I give unto Joane Baron daughter of the aforesaid Melyor Baron £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto John Baron son of my cosen Melyor Baron £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my Cosen John King of Motcombe son of my daughter King deceased :£1 00s 0d
Item I give unto John King son of the aforesaid John King £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto Mary King daughter of my grand child John King £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my kinsman John Deane the elder of Margarett Marsh £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my Cosen Robett Deane the elder of Margarett Marsh £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my cosen Abraham Brickell ye elder of Motcombe £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my cosen Richard Briickell son of my brother John Brickell deceased
£0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my Cosen Melyor Curtice £8 00s 0d
Item I give unto my cosen Elizabeth Brickell Eldest Daughter of my son Richard :Brickell £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my cosen Anna Brickle youngest Daughter of my son Richard Brickell :£0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my cosen Edward Brickell ye elder of Motcombe £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto the poore of Motcome £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto the poor of Shaston £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my sister in law Margarett Curtise £0 5s 0d
Item I give unto my cosen John Metyard the elder of Motcombe £0 10s 0d
Item I give unto my eldest son John Brickell moore one great brass pott & the greatt :bedsteed & the bed and boulster w’ch ly on the cheast at ye foot of ye bedstead
It I give unto my daughter Susan Wild one great brasse pann
It I give unto Margarett Metyard the wife of John Metyard one Brass Pott
It I give unto my son John Brickell one Brasse pan of second best
It I make my sonne Richard Brickle my Soule Executor of all my Goods Moveable & :unmoveable w’th in doors & withoutt
It I make my Kinsmen John King & John Metyard overseers of this my last will & testament & also I give unto them moore two shillings & six pence a peece
It my will is th’t all theise legicseis are given & bequethed shall be paid within three :months after my decease
Richard Brickell (mark) xpofer [--man] Abraham Mathew
Probate granted 20th day of August 1660
Inventory of the good & credits of Richard Brickell whilst he lived of Motcombe in the Liberty of Gillingham in the County of Dorset taken and prised by John King & John Metyeard ye 29 day of July in the yeare of Our Lord 1660

Household stuff and wearing apparrell and hay and animals ( hay £12, a mare, six kine £20 1 pig £1 10s 0d) came to £58 05s 0d. He had in money £210 0s 0d





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