Will of Thomas Taylor of Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, 1728

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, England
Surname/tag: Taylor

This is a transcript of the will of Thomas Taylor, miller, of Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire. His will was dated 30 March 1728 and proved at Chesterfield on 3 October 1728.

Transcript

In the name of God amen I Thomas Taylor of Sutton in Scarsdale in the County
of Derby Miller being sound and perfect of mind and memory praise be therefore given to
Almighty God for the same do make and ordain this my present and last Will and testament
In manner and form following (that is to say) first and principally I commend my soul
Into the hands of Almighty God hoping through the merits death and passion of my Saviour
Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins and to inherit everlasting
life, and by Body I comit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix
hereinafter named, And as touching the disposition of all such Estate as it shall please Almighty
God to bestow upon me I Give and dispose thereof as followeth, First I will that my Debts and
funerall charges shall be paid and discharged in convenient time after my decease Item
I Give and devise unto my Son in law John West one shilling, Item I Give and devise unto my
Son in law John Wood one shilling, Item I Give and devise unto my Son in law William
Screwton one shilling, Item I Give and devise unto my loveing wife Elizabeth Taylor
All that my house cottage or tennenent in Shefield in the County of York with all and every its
Appurtenances unto her and her Heirs for ever, Item I Give and devise unto my said
Loveing Wife all that my estate at Grinnell in the parish of Norton and an County of York
(that is to say) all my houses, edifices, building, lands, meadows, orchards, Gardens with all and
every their Appurtenances for and during her Naturall life, And after her decease I give &
devise all my houses lands and buildings such shee was seased of in Grinnell unto my
three Sons John Taylor, Thomas Taylor, and James Taylor, but upon these conditions that they sell and pay
unto my Daughters Mary Taylor, and Sarah Taylor forty pound a peece, and to my Son
James Taylor threescore pounds of currant money of great Britain
And after my Daughter [my aforesaid?] Mary Talor Sarah Taylor and my Son James Taylor are
paid then the Remaing part of the money wch the Estate was sould for I do Give and devise unto
my Sons John Taylor, Thomas Taylor, and James Taylor to be equally devided amongs them
Share and Share alike, All the rest and residue of my estate reall and personall whatsoever
And of what kind soever, and in whose hands soever I do give and devise unto my loveing wife
Elizabeth Taylor whome I do make whole and sole Executrix of this my prsent last will and Testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this thirtieth Day of March
Anno Dom 1728 And in the first Yeare of the Raigne of o[u]r sovr lord George the Second King of Great Brit
France and Irland Defend of the Faith &c

Thomas Taylor

Signed sealed published acknowledged and declared
to be my last will and Testament in the presence of
Robert Turner his mark
William Sergent his mark
George Calladine

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Chesterfield tertio Octobris 1728
Fiat Probatio testamenti humoi […] bonorum
Elizabethae Taylor Extrici soli in […]
Jurata prius coram me
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Sources

• "Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860". FindMyPast Image FindMyPast Transcription. Thomas Taylor, 1728, Sutton, Derbyshire.