Will of John Glossop of Barlborough, Derbyshire, proved 1698

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Barlborough, Derbyshire, England
Surnames/tags: Glossop Glossopp

This is a transcript of the will of John Glossop, yeoman, of Barlborough, Derbyshire. His will was dated 6 November 1696 and proved at Chesterfield on 19 October 1698.

Transcript

In the name of God Amen I John Glossopp of Wood house Lane in the Parish of Barlbrough in the County of Derby yeoman
beinge somethinge weake & infirme in body but of sound & p[er]fect minde & memory (praised by given to Almighty God for the same)
Therefore consideringe the frailty & incertainty of this humane life Doe make & ordaine this my last Will & Testam[en]t in manner
& forme followinge First & principally I comend my soule into the handes of Almighty God my Creator hopeinge assuredly through
the merritts & mediation of the death & passion by Jesus Christ my Saviour & Redeemer to obtaine free pardon & remission of all
my Sins And my body I comitt to the Earth from whence it came to be decently buryed att the discretion of my Executor here after named
And as for my Temporall & worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God of his goodnesse to blesse me I give & dispose of the same
as followeth First my Will & minde is And I doe hereby give & bequeath unto John Glossopp Eldest sonne of unto my Cozen Nicholas
Glossopp the elder All my Messuages or dwelling Cottages Closes Lands Woods & pr[e]misses whatsoever with their & every of their Their Appurtences scituat[e]
lyeinge & beinge in Hackenthorpe in the parish of Beighton in the C outy of Derby aforesaid To have & to hold the same unto the
said John Glossopp his heires & assignes for ever Nicholas for & dureinge the Terme of his naturall Life And from & after his decease
Then I doe hereby give & bequeath the same unto John Glossopp eldest Sonne of my s[ai]d Cozen Nicholas Glossopp & his heires for ever
They the said Nicholas Glossopp & John Glossopp payinge out of the same theise severall Legacies or Sumes of money followinge
(That is to say) Twenty poundes of Lawfull money of England unto John Pynder eldest sonne of my Cozen John Pynd[er] Alsoe to
Thomas Pynder second sonne of my Cozen John Pynder Twenty poundes Alsoe to Elizabeth Pynder & Mary Py[nder Daughters
of my said Cozen John Pynder Five poundes a peice And further my Will & minde is that the afores[ai]d Legacies give unto the s[ai]d John
Pynder Thomas Pynder Elizabeth Pynder & Mary Pynder shall be p[ai]d then when they shall severally attaine to the age of One & Twenty
yeares or be marryed which shall first happen And further That if any of them dye B[e]fore he she or they have rec[eiv]ed their Legacy That
then such Legacy or Legacies of such of them soe dyeing shall goe to the survivor of them to be equally devided amongst them And further
my Will & minde is That if my s[ai]d Cozen Nicholas Glossopp & John GLossoppe doe faile in payinge the s[ai]d John Pynder Thomas Pynder Elizabeth
Pynder & Mary Pynder their several Legacies as afores[ai]d That then the s[ai]d John Thomas Elizabeth & Mary Pynder shall severally enter upon
the afores[ai]d Lands & shall receive & take the rents issues & p[ro]fitts thereof untill their so severall Legacies shall be fully satisfied And I doe hereby
give & bequeath unto my Cozen Thomas Hodson the Rear Two Cottages or Tenem[en]ts in Eckington in the County of Derby afores[ai]d with Thappurtences with
Two Crofts to the same adjoyneing now in the severall possessions of Thomas Louynes Thomas Burke & Samuel Hodson To have & to holde the same
unto the s[ai]d Thomas Hodson for & dureinge the Terme of his naturall life And from & after his decease Then I doe hereby give & bequeath the same unto
Thomas Hodson & Samuell Hodson his Two Sonnes & their heires for ever to be equally devided betwixt them Alsoe I doe hereby give & bequeath all
the rest of my Messuages or Tenem[en]ts Cottages Closes Lands & pr[e]misses whatsoever with their & every of their Appurtences (& not herein before bequeathed) unto
my s[ai]d Loveinge Cozen Nicholas Glossopp the elder To have and to holde the same unto the s[ai]d Nicholas for & dureinge the Terme of his naturall
Life And from & after his decease That my Will & minde is And I doe hereby give & bequeath unto Nicholas Glossopp sonne of my s[ai]d Cozen Nicholas
Glossopp the elder All the Messuage or Tenem[en]t in Troway in the parish of Eckington afores[ai]d & the Lands thereunto belonginge now in the possession of Henry
Wollas or of his assignes with all & singular Thappurtences thereunto belonginge To have & to holde the same unto the s[ai]d Nicholas Glossop the younger and
his heires for ever Alsoe unto Peter Glossopp sonne of my s[ai]d Cozen Nicholas Glossopp the elder One Cottage or Tenem[en]t called Pippin house with a
Croft thereunto adjoyneinge in Eckington afores[ai]d now in the possession of Henry Bald & alsoe one close in Eckington afores[ai]d called Longs Meadowe
with Thappurtences To have & to holde the same unto the s[ai]d Peter Glossopp & his heires for ever Alsoe unto Frances Glossopp sonne of my s[ai]d Cozen
Nicholas Glossopp the elder Two closes in Eckington afores[ai]d called Platts closes with Thappurtences To have & to holde the same under the s[ai]d Francis
Glossopp & his heires for ever And alsoe One close in Eckington afores[ai]d called Ravencar[?] & a Lane thereunto adjoyneinge with Thappurtences
unto the s[ai]d Nicholas Glossopp the elder To have & to holde same with the s[ai]d Nicholas Glossopp the elder & his heires for ever And further my Will & minde is
& I doe hereby will & devise That if the s[ai]d John Glossopp Nicholas Glossopp Peter Glossopp & Francis Glossopp sonnes of my s[ai]d Cozen Nicholas Glossopp the
elder shall any of them depart this life & leave noe issue of their bodies Lawfully begotten That then the Lands hereby given to him or them soe dyeing
shall goe to the survivors of them & be equally devided amongst them All the rest residue & remainder of all & singular my Goods Cattle Chattells reall &
p[er]sonall Estate whatsoever (after my debts Legacies & Funerall expences are discharged) I give & bequeath unto my s[ai]d Loveing Cozen Nicholas Glossopp the elder And doe make him the s[ai]d Nicholas Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testam[en]t And I doe hereny revoake make null & voide all former & other Will & Wills by me
heretofore made & doe publish & declare this only to be my lastWill & Testm[e]nt In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the Sixeth day of
November In the Eight yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Kinge William the Third over England & Anno [..] Dm 1696
John Glossop

[lieft margin]
Signed Sealed &
Published in the
p[re]sence of
Tho Boulsove
Marm: Carver

Sources

• "Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860". FindMyPast Image FindMyPast Transcription. John Glossop, 1698, Barlborough, Derbyshire.