Will of Seaborne Buckeridge, 1701

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: London, England
Surnames/tags: Buckeridge Wills

Will of Seaborn Buckeridge (bef.1658-bef.1701)
This is a transcription of the register copy of the Will of Seaborne Buckeridge of London. It was written on 4 January 1700 and proved at London on 26 November 1701. ^[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

• Seaborne Buckeridge of London Merchant, Testator
• Sarah Buckeridge, Wife
• Anthony Rodney Buckeridge, Son
• Elizabeth Buckeridge, Daughter
• Sarah Buckeridge now Sarah Huttson, eldest Daughter
• Kendall Huttson, Son-in-Law
• Witnesses: Sarah Fish, Sarah Green, Rob. Fish

Transcription

[page one]

Tm
Seaborne Buckeridge

In the Name of God Amen:
I Seaborne Buckeridge of London Merchant at present enjoying perfect health
and memory (for which I give my most humble and hearty thanks to God) but not
knowing how soon it may please him to take me out of this transitory life doe make
ordaine and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following
(that is to say) In primis and before all things I committ my Soul to Allmighty God
my Creator trusting most assuredly to be saved by the death passion and only meritts
of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer And my Body to the Earth to be
decently Interred in Christian Buryall as my Executrix hereafter mentioned shall
think fitt And as to all my reall and personall Estate which God of his infinite
mercy hath or shall bestow upon me (my Debts and Funerall charges being first paid)

I give and bequeath as followeth (that is to say) one third part according to the custome
of the City of London) to my dearly beloved Wife Sarah Buckeridge

one other
third part to be equally divided between two of my Children that is to say Anthony
Rodney Buckeridge and Elizabeth Buckeridge I having already given Five
Hundred pounds as a Marriage Portion to my eldest Daughter Sarah Buckeridge

[page two]
now Sarah Huttson to her Husband Kendall Huttson

The remaining third (which
according to the said custome is solely at my dispose) I give unto my dearly
beloved Wife Sarah Buckeridge aforesaid to be by her disposed of as she shall
think most convenient whom I also make sole Executrix of this my last Will and
Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale this fourth
day of January In the twelfth year of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord William
the third by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King
Defender of the Faith ex. Anno D[o]m[ini] one thousand seven Hundred Seaborne Buckeridge
Signed Sealed and Delivered (the double stamp being first affixed) in the presence of
Sarah Fish Sarah Green Rob. Fish

Probate in Latin
Probatum fuit jusmodi Testamentum apud London
coram venti viro Thoma Ayloffe Legum Doctore Surrogato ventis et egregij
viri Domini Richardi Militis Legum etiam Doctoris Curie Prerogat[]
Cantuarien[] Mag[ist]ri Custodis sine Com[m]issarij legitime constituti Vicesimo
Sexto die Mensis Novembris Anno Domini millesimo septingentesimo primo
Juramento Sara Buckeridge Relicta dic[ti] def[unc]ti et Executricis d[ic]to Testamento
nominato Cui com[m]ssa fuit Administrat[i]o omni[] et singulorum honorum jurium et
creditorum dicti defuncti De bene et fideliter Administrando eadem ad Sanctam
Dei Evangelia jurato Ex

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Seaborne Buckeridge, Merchant of London

   Reference: PROB 11/462/283

   Description: Will of Seaborne Buckeridge, Merchant of London

   Date: 26 November 1701

   Held by: The National Archives, Kew

2. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858", database with images, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 462, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #775537 (accessed 14 April 2024), Will of Seaborne Buckeridge, granted probate on 26 Nov 1701. Died about 1701 in London.