Will of William Boddicott, Mercer (1721)

to 24 May 1721
Location: Richmond, Surrey, England
Surname/tag: Boddicott

Will of William Boddicott (abt.1654-abt.1721)
This is a transcription of the register copy of the Will of William Boddicott of Richmond, Surrey. It was written on 20 April 1721 and proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 24 May 1721. ^[1][2]
William died shortly after writing his will and was buried at St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, on 27 April 1721.

Transcription conventions:
Spelling, punctuation and line breaks 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.
Non standard spelling as per usual for this time period, which has been transcribed verbatim.

Persons mentioned

• William Boddicott Testator
• my loving brother M^r Moses Boddicott
• my Sister Sarah Handford
• my nephew Edmond Boddicott, son of my brother Edmond Boddicott
• my nephew Moses Boddicott
• my nephew Richard Boddicott, son of my brother Edmond Boddicott
• my cousin Dorcas Antill (wife of his late wife's half brother William Antill)
• her husband William Antill (his late wife's half brother)
• my cousin Jane Antill daughter of William Antill
• Ann Boddicott daughter of my nephew Moses Boddicott
• Moses Boddicott son of my nephew Moses Boddicott
• Edmund Boddicott son of my nephew Moses Boddicott
• Susan Boddicott daughter of my nephew Moses Boddicott
• Mrs Stanley, tenant
• James Plumbridge, tenant
• John Michell Esq
• Mr Gough
• Mr Thornbury
• Mrs Thornbury
• Mrs Perkins
• Mrs Savile, tenant
• Mrs Layton, tenant
• the widow Pearce, tenant
• Thomas Elins, neighbour
• Charles Ilsley, tenant
• Mrs Reason, tenant
• Richard Cullon, friend, sole Executor, and Residuary Legatee
• Witnesses: Tesdale, Musgrave, Davison, John Dodgson

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Transcription

T^m
Gulielmi
Boddicott

[Page 1]
In the Name of God Amen
....I William Boddicott of Richmond in the County of Surry Gent
doe make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and
form following Viz. to be buried at the discretion of my Executors
hereafter named

Item I give to my loving Brother Mr Moses
Boddicott One hundred pounds of lawfull money of Great Britaine

Item I give unto my Sister Sarah Handford and my Nephew Edmond
Bodicott Son of my Brother Edmond Boddicott One hundred pounds apeice

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[of] the like lawfull money which Legacys are to be paid to each of them
by my said Executor twelve months next after my decease

Item I give to
my said Nephew Moses Boddicott ^[1] and his heirs a Close near the highway
leading to Row adjoining to a Close of mine North East and adjoyning to
a Close of one Bayley Southwest now in the occupation of James
Plumbridge and also all that one acre of Freehold land lying in Bottome
Bush Close

Item I give and bequeath unto my said Nephew Edmond
Boddicott and his heirs the dwelling house now in the occupation of Mrs
Stanley by Richmond Green together also with the Leasehold house by the
Town pond in the occupation of Mrs Savile

Item I give unto my Nephew
Richard Boddicott Son of my Brother Edmond Boddicott the house by the
Green side now in the occupation of Mrs Layton

Item I give to my Cousin
Dorcas Antill all that the Close now in the occupation of Moses Boddicott
Jun^r adjoyning North East to the Close of Thomas Elins and Southwest to a
Close in the occupation of Moses Boddicott for her sole and separate use and
maintenance notwistanding Coverture as well as with the house and
appurtenances in the occupation of Charles Ilsley and also all that the
Leasehold house now in the occupation of Mrs Reason against the Town
pond and also all that the Comonfield Land in occupation of ^Moses
Boddicott Jun^r

[In left hand margin]
the Widow Pearce and that
halfe Acre of Com[m]on Field
Lande in the occupation of

Item I give to my Cousin Jane Antill daughter of William
Antill the sum of four hundred pounds to be paid in twelve months next
after my decease together with all my household goods pictures and the rest
of my plate nothereafter disposed of after the death of my said Cousin
Dorcas Antill whom I desire may enjoy the same during her naturall life

Item I give to my Nephew Edmond Boddicott my silver Candlesticks and
Snuffers the large Salver and my Silver Tankard

Item I give now in the
hands of my said Nephew Moses Boddicott one hundred pounds unto his
four Children Ann Moses Edmund and Susan to be equally divided betweene
them

Item I give to my Nephew William Boddicott John Michell Esq
Richard Cullon Mr Gough Mr Thornbury and Mrs Thornbury and Mrs
Perkins to each of them a Ring of Twenty shillings value

Item I give and
devise all the rest and residue of my personall estate whatsoever
wheresoever and of what nature quality or kind soever and also all and
every my Messuages lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the
appurtenances whatsoever and wheresoever whereof I or any person or
persons In Trust for me or to my use now is or are seized or possessed of or
intituled unto or interested in in Law or Equity or otherwise howsoever unto
my good freind Richard Cullon of Richmond in the County of Surry his heirs
Executors Administrators and Assigns In Trust for my Cousin Dorcas
Antill exclusive of her Husband William Antill (my debts Legacys and
Funerall expenses being first paid and discharged)

Item I give to Mr
William Antill Twenty Shillings and doe hereby nominate and appoint
my said freind M^r Richard Cullon sole Executor of this my last Will And
doe hereby revoke and annull all other Wills and Testaments by me
heretofore made and published in writing or otherwise and declare this
to be my last Will and Testament

In Witness whereof I have to this my
Will sealed and subscribed my name this twentieth day of April 1721 and
the seventh year of the Reigne of our Soveraign Lord George by the
grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of
the faith & the mark of M^r William Boddicott./. Signed Sealed and
published and declared as the last Will and Testament of William
Boddicott by him in the presence of us whose names are hereunder

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written who also subscribed our names in the presence of the said Testator
?Ben: Tesdale Musgrave Davison John Hodgson

Probate in Latin:
Vicesimo Quarto die Mensis Maij Anno Domini
Millesimo Septingentesimo Vicesimo primo emanavit Commissio Dorcadi
Antill (uxori Gulielmi Antill) Legatarix Residuarie nominat in Testamento
Gulielmi Boddicott nuper de Richmond in Comitatu Surrie defuncti
habentis & ad administrandum bona jura et*edita dicti defuncti juxta
tenorem et effectum Testamenti ipsius defuncti (lo quod Richardus Cullon
Executor unicus in dicto Testamento nominat onori Executionis ejusdem
Testamenti expresse renuntiavit) de bene et fideliter administrando eadem
ad Sancta Dei Evangelia Jurat.

Translation from Latin (translation aided by Google Translate):
On the Twentyfourth Day of the Month of May in the year of the Lord
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-first, a commission was issued
to appoint Dorcas Antill (wife of William Antill) as residuary legatee in the will
of William Boddicott lately of Richmond in the County of Surrey, deceased, and to
administer the good rights and issues of the said deceased according to the tenor
and effect of the will of the deceased himself (which Richard Cullon, the sole
Executor named in said Testament has expressly renounced the honor of the
Execution of the same Testament) swears to the Holy Gospels of God to
administer the same well and faithfully.

Research Notes

• [1] "Sic in Orig" — Even though the text says 'my said nephew Moses Boddicott', this is the first mention of this nephew.
• Griffith Jones, tenant, appears also in the will of Moses Boddicott the Elder.

Sources

1. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858", database, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 579, Ancestry uk Record 5111 #1023362 (accessed 2 December 2022), Will of Gulielmi Boddicott, granted probate on 24 May 1721. Died about 1721 in Richmond, Surrey, England.
2. ↑ Will of William Boddicott The National Archives