Brudnell Fran: de Chinnor
In the Name of God Amen
the first day of May in the fourth year of
reign of [our Sovrin] Lord George by the Grace of
God of Great Brittain ffrance & Ireland
King defender of ye ffaith in Anno Dom 1718
I Francis Brudnell the Elder of Sprigs Alley
in the parish of Chinnor in the county of Oxon
Labourer aged weak & infirm of body but of
sound & perfect mind memory & understanding thanks
be given to Almighty God for ye same and
calling to mind ye mortality of my body & not
knowing how soon my change may be & being
willing to settle things in order do therefore make
& declare this my last Will & Testament in
maner & form following And first and prin-
cipally I bequeath my soul to God my Creator
& my body I commit to the earth to be buried
in decent and Christian buriall at the [discretion]
of my Extor herein after named And as touching
my temporall Estate such as God in mercy
hath bestowed upon me in this world I
do hereby order give bequeath & dispose
thereof in maner & form following Imprimis
I give devise & bequeath all that my
Messuage Cottage or Tenemts wherein I now
dwell situate & being at Spriggs Alley in
the parish of Chinnor aforesaid in ye sd county
of Oxon & also all that Close of arrable
Land to ye sd Messuage Cottage or Tenemts
near or adjoining the & also all houses Barnes
Stables Orchards Gardens & appurts
whatsoever to the said Messuage Cottage or
Tenemts Close of Land & premises belonging
unto Susannah brudnell my dear & loving
wife for & during the term of her naturall
Life without impeachmt of waste And
from & after her decease I give devise &
bequeath all that my Messuage Cottage
or Tenemt Close of arrable & premises afore-
mentioned with the appurts & also all other
my Messuages Lands Tenemts & Hereditamts
whatsoever situate lying & being within the
parish of Chinnor aforesaid unto my Grandson
ffrancis Brudnell (the son of my son ffrancis)
& to his Heirs and Assigns for ever Provided
always & upon condicon nevertheless that
if my Grandson ffrancis Brudnell his
Heirs Assigns do & shall well & truly pay or cause
to be paid unto my Grandaughter Susannah Brudnell
the Daughter of my son ffrancis Brudnell the sum
of ten pounds of lawfull money of Great Britt
within one year next after my Wifes decease
which I give and bequeath by virtue of this my Will
to be paid out of my Messuage Cottage or Tenemt
Close Lands & premises aforementioned And if in
case failure happen to be made in paymt of ye
sd Sum of ten pounds or any part thereof contra-
ry to the intent and true meaning of this my Will
being lawfully demanded & not paid then my
mind and Will is & I do give & bequeath my
Messuage & Cottage or Tenemts Close of Land &
premises aforementioned unto my said Grandaught
Susannah Brudnell & to her Heirs & Assigns
for ever Item I give and bequeath to my son
ffrancis Brudnell ye sum of ten shillings to
be paid to him within six months next after my
wifes decease Item i give & bequeath to my
son Thomas Brudnell the like sum of ten
shillings to be paid to him in like maner Item
I give and bequeath to my Grandaughter Eliz
Brudnell (the daughter of my son Francis)
six napkins & one pewter platter Item I give
& bequeath to my Grandson Thomas Brudnell
(the son of my son ffrancis) one brass pottage
pot & pewter platter & ye little Trunk
Item I give and bequeath to my Grandaughter
Susannah Brudnell (the daughter of my son
ffrancis) the feather bed whereon she now
lyeth two bolsters one pillow & all other furniture
to it except the Bedstead only & the great Brass
pottage pott the Brass mortar and pestle and table
standing in ye Chamber and table Cloth to it &
six napkins Item I give and bequeath to my
Grandson Thomas Brudnell (the son of my
son Thomas Brudnell) one Coverlid Item
I give & bequeath to my Grandaughter Susannah
Brudnell (the daughter of my son Thomas) six
Napkins Item I give & bequeath to my Grand-
son James Dossett two pewter platters Item
I give & bequeath to my Grandaughter Mary
Dossett two pewter platters & the middle kettle Item
I give and bequeath to my Grandaughter Ann
Brudnell (the Daughter of my son William
Brudnell deceased) the sum of fifty shillings
to be paid to her at her age of one and
twenty years or within one year next after
(ffran Brudnell the Elder his mke)
after my wifes decease which shall last happen
one Trunckle bed one flock bed one bolster
one pillow one Blankett Item I give &
bequeath to my Grandaughter Mary Brudnell
the Daughter of my Grandson ffrancis
Brudnell my little Silver spoon Item I
give & bequeath to my Grandson Richard
Dossett one shilling Item I give and bequeath
to my Grandaughter Ann Bruttnell the
Daughter of my son ffrancis one pewter
platter Item all the rest & residue of
my Goods Chattles & personal Estate insoever
unbequeathed after my Debts and Legacies
paid & my ffuneral Expenses discharged
I give & bequeath to my Grandson ffrancis
Brudnell (the son of my son ffrancis Brudnell)
& do hereby make & ordain him sole
Extor of this my last Will and Testamt
And lastly I do hereby revoke & make
void all former & other Will & Testamts
by me made or declared & do hereby
declare this to be my last Will and
Testament in manner & form aforesaid
In Witness whereof I the said
ffrancis Brudnell the Elder to this my
last Will and Testament contained
in two sheets of paper have set my
hand at the botton of the first sheet
and my hand & seal to the last sheet
the day and year first above written
(the marke of Francis Brudnell
the Elder) Signed sealed published
& declared by the said ffrancis Brudnell
the Elder (with those words {the elder}
interlined in the third line of the first
sheet) to be his last Will and Testament
in the presence of us who have attested the same in
his presence Zachariah Seaman
Judith Cox her mke Will Walker Senr
Probated 5 June 1721 and Administration granted to ffrancis Brudnell, Grandson and Executor.
An Inventory of the goods and chattell of ffrancis
Brudnell the elder late of Spriggs Alley in the p’ish
of Chinnor in the county of Oxon labourer deceased
taken on paper first stamped with the three six
penny stamps And appraised by Thomas Clark &
William Walker the first day of March 1720.
|
| | £ - s - d
|
| Imp: The deceased his Apparell & money in purse | 2 -
0 - 0
|
| Two feather beds 2 bedsteads & all furniture |
|
| belonging to them ------------------------------------ |
6 - 10 - 0
|
| One flock bed & Trundle bedstead | 1 - 0 - 0
|
| One chest 2 coffers 2 trunks | 0 - 16 - 0
|
| Two boxes & 8? old chairs | 0 - 6 - 0
|
| Two Table Cloths one dousen and a halfe of |
|
| Napkins 2 Pillow beares ----------------------------- |
1 - 10 - 0
|
| Eight pewter platters 6 plates with other |
|
| small pewter ----------------------------------------- |
1 - 12 - 6
|
| Three kettles 3 pottage potts one brasse pann |
|
| one skillett with other small Brasse ------------------- |
2 - 0 - 0
|
| One old Table & frame 4 Joynd stooles one old |
|
| cubbard with other old Lumber ---------------------- |
0 - 10 - 0
|
| One spitt and Driping pann | 0 - 1 - 6
|
| One pr of Andirons and pr of Iron Doggs Two |
|
| hangars 2 pr of Tongs and fireshovell 2 box |
|
| Irons with other fire irons ----------------------------- | 0 - 18
- 0
|
| One salting Trough and drink barrell 3 kivers |
|
| and Meale Tubb with other old lumber --------------- | 0 - 9 - 0
|
| one greate looking Glasse | 0 - 5 - 0
|
|
Summ’a -------------------- | 17 - 18 - 0
|
the marks of
Thomas TC Clarke }
Will Walker } Appraisers
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