Will of Marke Hickes yeoman of Cricklade 1655

Date: 1654 to 1655
Location: Cricklade St Mary, Wiltshire, England

The Will of Marke Hickes, yeoman of Cricklade was written on 10 October 1654 and proved on 16 February 1654/5, in London Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Administration granted to Joan Hickes, sister and sole Executrix.^[1]

Mark Hickes, brother in law of Robert Betterton

Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the register copy. ff is rendered as F. Abbreviations are expanded and additions noted in [square brackets]. Paragraph breaks (where added) and bold text for names are my own for ease of reading. Clear copy.

People mentioned in the will:

• Marke Hickes (testator)
• Anne the wife of Robert Butterton (sister and brother in law)
• Mary the wife of John Clements (sister and brother in law)
• Joane Hicks (sister, executrix)
• John Lawrence, Edward Pleydell (friends, trustees)
• Witnesses: John Lawrence, Tho: Kember

In The name of God Amen
the Tenth Day of October in the year of our lord God One Thousand
Six Hundred Fifty Foure I Marke Hickes of Cricklade Maries in the
County of Wilts yeoman being of Good and perfect memory for which I bless
God) Doe make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme
following First I bequeath my Soule into the hands of God my Creator
in an assured hope of Resurrection to eternall life through the onely
meritts of Christ my Saviour And my body to the Earth from whence
it came Item I give and bequeath unto my Loveing Brother in Law
John Clements all my wearing apparell of what sort soever all
funerall expences discharged and will proved I give and bequeath
unto my Three Sisters (namely) To Anne the wife of Robert But=
terton Mary the wife of John Clements and Joane Hicks share and share
and share alike But on these Conditions That shee the said Anne shall
not wast any of the Principle of this Legacie hereby bequeathed
unto her wherein her husband shall have noe power of but shall
onely take to herselfe the Interest hereof dureing her naturall life
and after her decease shall suffer the said Principle to goe to her
Children share and share like her Two Eldest Children now liveing
onely excepted Alsoe that shee the said Mary nor her husband shall
not have power of themselves to demand the Legacie hereby be=
queathed unto her but with the consent of my Trusty freinds John
Lawrence and Edward Pleydell the younger gent And the survivo[r]
of them To whom I com[m]itt the disposeing of the Legacie hereby bequea=
thed unto her the said Mary to her best benefitt and advantage
And if it happen the said Mary to dye before her said husband
Then my will and meaning is That the said Legacie or soe much
thereof as is undisposed of by consent of my Freinds aforesaid
To be divided betweene her husband and her sisters or sister if
then liveing equally And if neither of her sisters be liveing Then
the one halfe to be to her husband And the other to the Children
of her sister Anne as aforesaid Alsoe That shee the said Joane
Hickes shall take the advise of my trusty Friends before named
aswell for the better manageing for her benefitt and profitt
this my legacy bequeathed to her as alsoe for the just and honest
performance of this my last will whom I doe hereby make my
Sole Executore In Witnes whereof I doe hereto put my hand
and Seale the day and yeare above written . / Marke Hickes ./
witnesses John Lawrence Tho: Kember

Sources

1. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 243
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #75407 (accessed 30 November 2023)
   Will of Marcus Hicks, granted probate on 16 Feb 1654. Died about 1654 in Cricklade Maries, Wiltshire, England.