Will of Priscilla Bodicoate

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Southwark, Surrey, England
Surnames/tags: Bodicoate Wills

Will of Priscilla Bodicoate
This is a transcription of the register copy of the Will of Priscilla Bodicoate of St Olave's, Southwark, Surrey, England. It was written on 27 August 1733 and proved at London on 30 August 1733.^[1][2]

Transcription conventions:
Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the original document.
Crossings through have been included struck out
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]
The image quality was good and the writing very legible.
Non standard spelling as per usual for this time period, which has been transcribed verbatim.

Persons mentioned

• Priscilla Bodicoate Testatrix
• Mary Durham Niece
• Anna Durham Mary Durham's daughter
• Elizabeth Durham Sister
• Elizabeth Harrison Legatee
• Sarah Manton Legatee
• Rev. M.^r Samuel Read Legatee
• Thomas Pickson Legatee
• Joseph Tew Senior Executor
• Richard Crump Witness
• Robert Lingwood Witness
• Tho. Maddison Witness

Transcription

In the Name of God Amen August the Twenty Seventh
Day Anno Dom[ini] 1733 I Priscilla Bodicoate of the parish of
St. Olaves Southwark in Surrey Widow . being very sick and weak
in Body . but of Sound mind & Memory praised be God for y^e Same
but calling to mind y^e Mortality of my Body and to prevent Contro-
versies after my decease do make this my last Will & Testament
Imprimis I commend my Soul to God who gave it . and my Body I
Commit to y^e Earth to be decently buried by my Husband.

Item
I Give and Bequeath unto my loving Neice Mary Durham all
my wearing apparel and Linnen and to her Daughter Anna Durham
ten pounds.

Item I Give all and Singular my Plates and Gold
Chain to my loving Sister Elizabeth Durham and also one
Guiney to buy her a Ring.

Item I Give unto Elizabeth
Harrison half a Guiney, and likewise half a Guiney to
Sarah Manton.

Item I give to the Rev. M.^r Samuel Read
one Guiney.

Item I Give to ....... Thomas Pickson my Clock

Lastly I Nominate and appoint Joseph Tew Senior of the parish
abovesaid Baker to be Executor of this my last Will & Testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto my Hand and Seal
the day and Year above written/

Priscilla Bodicate X her mark

Signed Sealed & Delivered
In the presence of

Richard Crump X his mark
Robert Lingwood
Tho. Maddison

Probate
This Will was proved on the Thirtyeth Day of August
in the year of our L^d 1733 before the Wors[shipfu]^ll W[illia]^m Bramston D[octo]^r of
Laws Surrogate to the Wors[shipfu]^ll Charles Pinfold D[octo]^r also of Laws in ..
throughout the whole Arch Deaconry of Surrey Official lawfully
constituted by Joseph Tew the Elder Sole Executor to whom Admon
was granted & He being sworne duely to Administer./.

[verso]

Arch Deacon of Surrey
The Will of
Priscilla Bodicoate Widow dece[ase]d
proved 30^th August 1733

by February

Reg^ed
...
Exam..

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: "London, England, Wills and Probate, 1507-1858", database with images, London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, Clerkenwell, London, England; Reference Number: DW/PA/5/1733; Will Number: 16, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1704 #386611 (accessed 19 January 2024), Prisilla Bodicoat probate on 30 Aug 1733.
2. ↑ Probate: "Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856", database, FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 19 January 2024), Priscilla Bodicoate probate in 1733 in Surrey & London, England.