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- Will of Robert Joliffe, Witchampton
- Probate date 11 September, 1708
- Dorset Archdeaconry
- Dorset History Centre, Ref Ad/Dt/W/1708 record 21
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- Will has tears in the folds and some fading of ink. Square brackets indicate letters or words missing, where possible these have been extrapolated from context.
- Robert Jollife (bef.1643-abt.1708)
- In the name of God Amen I Robert Joliffe of Wichampton
- in the County of Dorset Gent bei[ng] weake in Body [bu]t of sound & pfect
- mind & m[em]ory praise be therefore given to Almighty God doe make &
- ordain thi[s] my last will & Testament in manner & f[orm] following, that
- is to say Fi[r]st & principally I commend my soul into t[he] hands of Almighty
- God hopin[g] through the merits death & passion of my Lord & Saviour
- to have f[ ] free parson & forgiveness of all my [ ] & to everlas
- ing Life [my ] Body I commit to the Earth to be decen[tly] buried at the
- discrection [of] my executrix here in after named in th[e] church of Witchampton
- aforesaid as near my late deare wife as convenient [] may be And as for
- & touching the disposition of such [ ] estate as it hath pleased
- Almighty God to bestow [upon me] I give & dispose [ ] pf as foll[ow]eth
- First I give unto my Grandson Robert Hussey three hundred pounds to
- be paid him within three yeares after my decease And also I give & [ ]
- unto my said grandson & the heires of his Body Lawfully to be begotten All
- my lands & hereditaments with the Appt’ces situate lying & being in the p’isshe
- of St James in Shaftesbury within the said County of Dorset & for want of such
- issue I give & devise the same unto my nephew Robert Joliffe sonne of my
- Brother John Joliffe & his heires forever Item I give unto my kinswoman
- Katherine Russell daughter of Robert Russell late of Hinton Martell within the
- said County of Dorset yeoman [one?] five pounds to be paid her within one
- month next after my decease Item 'Whereas on the marriage of my
- daughter Annover [Annever] with John Hankins I did agree to pay him six hundred
- pounds on his making a settlement on her & the issue of that marriage
- and whereas I have already paid two hundred & forty pounds thereof
- my will and pleasure I give the remaining three hundred & sixty pounds of
- the said six hundred pounds unto the said John Hankins when he shall have
- made a settlement of lands on my said daughter & her issue according to
- the said agreement on the said marriage & not before And I give unto my
- said daughter Annever five shillinges Item my will & pleasure is & I doe
- hereby order & appooint my executrix herein after named to buy my said
- Grandsons life after her decease & the decease of my said daughter
- Annever in my copyhold landes at Hinton Martell aforesaid & to make
- him purchaser thereof and I dow herby charge all my lands & tenements
- goods & chattells for the de[ ] the[ ] at the next Court to be holden for that
- manor of Hinton Martell aforesaid after my decease Item I give unto the
- poore of W[ich]ampton aforesaid twenty shillings & to the poore of Hinton [Martell?]
- aforesaid [ ] shillings to the poore of St James aforesaid twenty shillings to be distributed
- amongst [ ] according to the discretion of my executrix Item all the
- rest & residue of my lands tenements hereditaments goods & chattells
- I give grant & devise unto my daughter Mary Joliffe her heires executors
- Adm’s & Assignes forever whom I make my full & sole executrix of this my
- last will & testament I doe hereby revoke & make v[oi]d all former wills &
- testaments [ ] made In witness whereof I h[ave] unto set my hand
- and seal the [ ]& twentyeth day April in the [ ] year of the reigh
- [ ] sovraigne Lady Ann Queen of England]
- [bottom line torn and folded part signature, year 1706]
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