Will of Peletiah Barnardiston, Hackney Middlesex, 1679

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This is a transcription of a register office copy of the will of Peletiah Barnardiston (abt.1632-bef.1679), Hackney Middlesex. Written on 14 July 1679 and proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in 1679. Pelaha died in about 1679 in Hackney, Middlesex, England. His will passed probate in 1679.^[1]

The will images from Ancestry were quite faint in places and in some parts illegible.

Transcription conventions:

• Spelling, punctuation are as per the original document.
• Paragraph breaks at change of bequest, and bold text are my own for ease of reading.
• Where present, the obsolete letter Thorn has been rendered as th, and ff has been rendered as F
• Abbreviations and breviographs have been expanded in [square brackets]
• Non standard spelling as per usual for this time period, which has been transcribed verbatim.

Persons mentioned

• Peletiah Barnardiston (abt.1632-bef.1679) - testator
• Martha (Turner) Barnardiston (abt.1630-) - testator's wife & Co-executor
• Nathaniel Barnardiston (abt.1672-1712) - testator's son
• Nathaniel Barnardiston - testator's brother
• Arthur Barnardiston (-1692) - testator's brother
• Samuel Barnardiston (1620-1707) - testator's brother & Co-executor
• Samuel Barnardiston testator's nephew
• Peletiah Barnardiston - testator's nephew
• Samuel Barnardiston - testator's nephew
• Two sisters - testator's sisters
• E Hulse] John Brett jun[ior] Barnardiston Brett Gerard [Asherser] - Witnesses

In the name of God Amen The fourteenth day of July Anno Domini one thousand six hundred seventy nine and in the one and thirtieth yeare of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the second of England etc King Defender of the faithetc I Pelatia Barnardiston of Hackney in the county of Middlesex esq being [illegible] in bodie being of sound and perfect mynd memorie & understanding Laud & prase be therefore given to Almighty God doe make publishe & declare this to be my last Will and Testament. First and principally I committ and commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my creator, believing that by and through the onely Merits of Jesus Christ my onley Saviour and Redeemer [illegible] everlasting Life. My bodie I commit to the Earth to be decently buried in the Parish Church of Ketton alias Kedddington in the Countie of Suffolk [illegible] of a glorious Resurrection And as concerning my temporale Estate I dipose thereof as followeth (viz) Imprimus Whereas certaine Messuages and Lands scituate in Melles? and Geslingham? or any of them in the Countie of Suffolk

[page2 folio ] were upon my marriage with my deare and loving wife Martha conveyed to mee as part of the Portion and Estate which I had with her w[hi]ch messuages & Lands were of the value of Fourescore Pounds p[er] Annum And by Agreement upon the said marriage I was to make upp the somme] of three hundred pounds p[er] Annu[m] to be settled upon my said Wife for e as an for her Jointure; Now my will and mynd is that the same Fourescore pounds p[er] Annu[m] bee made upp three hundred pounds per Annu[m] (viz). I give will and order to my said deare and loving wife Two hundred and twentie pounds p[er] Annu[m] [illegible] out of my Estate for and during the Terme of her natural life W[hi]ch three hundred pounts p[er] Annu[m] in theire hole is to bec[ome] as and for a Jointure for my said wife in pursuance and full performance of the said Agreem[ent] and all other Covenants and agreem[ents] be made by mee for settling conveying or assuring any Mannors mesuages lands tenements or heriditaments whatsoever upon her or for her use. Also I further give & bequeathe to my said wife the Summe of one thousand points of lawfull money of England: Item I will that after my wifes decease All the said Mesu= =ages and lands in [Melles (place I think?) and [Geslingham?] aforesaid [named - scribe has abbreviated] of them shall [yet] and [be] and I doe hereby give and devise the same to my only Sonne Nathaniel Barnardiston and the heires of his bodie, and for want of such Issue, then to Samuel Barnardiston Peletiah Barnardiston and Samuel Barnardiston the sons of my two Brothers Nathaniel Barnardiston and Arthur Barnardiston and to such other Sonne and Sonness as my said brothers Or either of them shall have and to the heires and assignes of all and every the said Sonnes and of the Survivors and survivor of them forever. Item I give and bequeath to all my owne Brothers and their Wives and to my owne two Sisters and to my Wifes Brothers and their Wives and to my Wifes Sister and her husband and each of them (viz both to man and woman tenn Pounds apeece of lawfull money of England for mourning for each of them respectively. Alsoe I give and bequeath to my Nephew and [Prett/Grett/Brett?] tenn pounds apeece to buy each of them mourning . The rest and residue Of all and singular my goods chattels rights & creditors and estate whatsover and wheresoever after my debts and funeral charges and the legacies by this my will bequeathed being [illegible] thereout well and truely payd and satisfied And discharged I give and bequeath to my said Sonne Nathanial Bar= =nardiston to his owne use; And my will and mynd is that in case of the death of my said Sonne of his bodie lawfully begotten Then and in such case all the said rest and residue of my said personal estate Shall goe to and be equally parted shared and divided amongst the said three Sonnes of my said two brothers and such other Sonne and Sonnes as my said two Brothers Nathaniel and Arthur or either of them shall have part and partali alike and to and amongst survivours and and survivour of them my said Brothers Sonnes. And I doe hereby make constitute ordaine & appoint my deare and honoured Brother Sir Samuel Barnardiston Bart and my said deare and loving wife Martha Barnardiston Co=executors of this my last Will and Testam[ent] And my will and mynd is that they shall have the full and sole managem[ent] of my said Sonnes estate during and until such tyme as he shall attaine the age of one and twentie yeares and shall dispose and improve the same for his advantage, either by purchasing Lands or otherwise in such way. and maner as they my said executors shall think fit may be an i as abbreviation for itemj] And in case any losse damage or casualtie shall come or happen in or to my estate or by or by rea= =son of my Executors disposing putting forth or laying out of my said Sonnes Estate I will that the same losse damage and casualtie shall be borne suffered

[page 3 folio] Suffered and susteyned by the said son and that my executors shall be in noo wise charged or chargeable with or responsible for the same loss dam= =age or casualtie either in [illegible]. And lastly I doe hereby revoke disannull and make all and all maner of former and other Wills & Testam[ents] by me at any time heretofore made published or declared. [Witness] this To stand and be as and for my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I th said Pilatia Barnardiston the testator to this my last Will and Testament written and conteyned on this and the other side of this paper Have set my hand and Seale dated the day and yeare first before = written Memorandum it is my will that my wife shall have her servants to to her owne use; And I give to Sir William Bates tenn poundes And my will is that my wife shall have the use of my plate during her life. Pelat Barnardiston Signed sealed published and declared by the said Peletiah Barnardiston the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us E Hulse] John Brett jun[ior] Barnardiston Brett Gerard [Asherser]

Acknowledgements

This will was transcribed on 20th January 2024 by Kerry (Paris) Wallis and Ann Browning.