Will of John Theobald

Date: 2 Jun 1665
Location: Kent, England
Surname/tag: Will

Notes

John Theobald This page includes a transcription of the will of John Theobald of Seale, Kent, who wrote his will 11 May 1665. The probate was on 2 June, 1665.

Transcription

IN the Name of God Amen

1. I John Theobald of Kemsing the County of Kent gent being in perfect

2. Estate in mind and memory do this eleventh day of May in the year of our

3. Lord God God one thousand six hundred sixty and five make and

4. Ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following

5. First I bequeath my soul unto the hands of Almighty God my blessed Creator

6. Who gave it in assured hope of eternal life through Jesus Christ my most

7. Blessed Saviour and Redeemer in the next place I bequeath my body to the

8. Earth to be decently buried in the Channell in Kemsing aforesaid And as

9. For my worldly Estate I dispose as following Impremis I give to the

10. Poore of the parish of Kemsing five pounds to be paid and distributed

11. Among them within one month after my death Item I give to the poore

12. Of the parish of Seale the sum of four pounds to be paid and distributed

13. among them within one within one month after my decease. Item I give and be-

14. queath to the minister that shall preach my funeral sermon the sum of

15. forty shillings Item I give to my brother in Law M George Raynsford

16. his four children the sum of one hundred pounds a piece if I shall

17. happen to dye without issue Male then my bequeath to be void otherwise to

18. be paid unto them within five years after my decease Item I give and

19. bequeath to my said brother in Law M George Raynsford and his wife

20. the sum of fourteen pounds a piece to buy them mourning Item I

21. give to my Sister Johnson the sum of Fifteen pounds to buy her mourn

22. ning Item I give to each of my servants that shall be living with me at

23. the tyme of my death the sum of forty shillings a piece to be paid to

24. each of them within six months after my death Item I give and

25. bequeath to my father in law John Goodwyn of the parish of Bletch-

26. ingley in the County of Surry Esquire and to my mother in Law his wife

27. and to my sister in Law Joanna his daughter the sum of twenty shil-

28. lings a piece to buy them rings Item I give and bequeath to my

29. brother in law M Thomas Barber (or Harler) and to his now wife twenty shillings

30. a piece to buy them Rings Item I give and bequeath to my sister in Law

31. M Thomasina Goodwyn the sum of twenty shillings to buy her a ring

32. Item I give and bequeath to M: Robert Turbervill the sum of thirty

33. Shillings to buy him a Ring Item I give to my uncle William Theobald

34. The sum of ten pounds a year to be paid him during his natural life

35. Over and above his yearly Annuity. Item I give and bequeath to my Aunt

36. Ewyne the sum of ten pounds a year to be paid her yearly during her

37. Natural life. Item I give and bequeath to my child if my wife shall

38. Happen to be with child of a daughter at the time of my decease the sum

39. Of one thousand pounds to be paid at the age of one and twenty years

40. If she long live And also my farm and lands called Fuller Street

41. Farm in addition to her fortune after her mothers decease And my

42. Will is that she have the Tuition of her Item I give and bequeath to my

43. deare wife in addition to her joynture and the estate settled on her

44. at her marriage the one moiety of my plate and household stuffe over

45. and above what plate and household stuffe she brought of her own freely

46. to enjoy for so long as she continues unmarried the paid plate and household

47. stuffe to return to my daughter Frances Theobald Item I give and be-

48. queath to my daughter Frances Theobald the other moiety of my Plate

49. and household stuffe and also one Pearl Bracelett and one Gold Ring

50. which was her mothers And also the one half of the Gold which I shall

51. leave behind her together with all the remainder of my Estate both reall

52. and personal if I shall happen to dye without a son. But if I shall

53. happen to have a son then my will is that my said daughter Frances

54. shall only enjoy my land in Sussex together with what I have before

55. given her Item I Constitute my dear wife and my honoured Kins-

56. man S: Thomas Pond to whom I give a peck of Plate to the value of

57. twenty pounds As the joynt executor of this my last will and testament

58. And my will is that the said S Thomas Piers shall take my said

59. Daughter Frances into his custody together with all the writings which

60. [Conerns] My Estate both Reall and personal In witness whereof I have

61. Sett my hand and seale the day and year first above written John

62. Theobald Sealed and declared with presence of Robert Turborvile

63. The mark of Thomas Harding the mark of Anne Gunter

65. A Declaration and addition to the will of John Theobald decd

66. Whereas in the will of the said John Theobald he hath given and bequeathed to

67. The four children of his brother in Law M George Raynsford the sum of

68. One hundred pounds a piece to be paid within five years after his decease

69. And in the said will there as mention made that the said bequeast should be void

70. If he should happen to dye without issue Male the writer of the Said will did

71. Mistake in the setting down of the said Legater for in truth the Said John

72. Theobald did intend And did give and bequeath to the four children of

73. The said George Raynsford one hundred pounds a piece if he died without

74. Issue male to be paid unto them within five years after his decease

75. And whereas in the said will it is mentioned that the said John Theobald

76. Did give unto his Deare wife as an Addition to her joynture and the estate

77. Settled on her with her marriage the one moiety of his Plate and household

78. Stuff over and above what Plate and household stuffe she brought freely

79. To enjoy so long as she continued unmarried the said writed did mistake In

80. The setting down of the said legatee for in truth the said John Theobald did

81. Intend And did give and bequeath to the said Sarah Theobald his wife All

82. The Plate and household stuffe which she brought in marriage to him and

83. Enjoy the same forever And the Said John Theobald did also give and

84. Bequeath unto his said wife the one halfe of his Gold which he did leave at

85. His death And the said Legaty is a annulled In the Said will And whereas

86. The said John Theobald of his first will did make and constitute the said

87. Sarah Theobald his wife and his kinsman S: Thomas Piers his executors

88. And in the said will it is sett down that he did give a peece of Plate to

89. The value of twenty pounds as the Joynt Executors of his said will The

90. Said writer did also mistake in the setting down of the said legatie for the

91. Said John Theobald did intend and did give and bequeath the said Legatei of

92. Twenty pounds to the said S Thomas Piers only. Robert Turbervill

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