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Will of Timothy EGLINGTON of Shutford (Swalcliffe)
Will 6 May 1710 Probate 27 Apr 1711 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Probate 27 Apr 1711 ... Mary daughter and Executrix ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
... I Timothy Eglington of Shutford ... Swalcliffe ... mason ... not well in body ...
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As transcribed from a copy of the original document. Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eglington Tim: de p'o'a Swaicliffe In the name of God Amen I Timothy Eglington of Shutford in the parish of Swaicliffe in the County of Oxon Mason being not well in body but in good & perfect mind & memory (Thanks be unto Almighty God) Doe make & ordeine this my last Will & Testam't in manner & forme following (y't is to say) ffirst & principally I com'end my Soul to Almighty God my Creator & Redeemer trusting in God's infinite mercy & the blood of our Lord & Savio'r Jesus X't to be saved And my body to be buried in the parish Church-yard of Swaicliffe afores'd in such decent manner as my Executrix hereafter named, & other my Good Friends shall think fit there to remain in X'tian burial until the Resurrection of all flesh which I believe and expect And my Will and mind is y't all such due Debts & Sums of money as at the time of my death shall justly appear to be due & owing by me to any p'son or p'sons be by my Exec'rix of this my last Will & Testament (hereafter named) well and truly paid And as touching the disposition of my temporal things First I give devise & bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Eglington All y't my little Messuage or Tenem't of one Bay of building lately built Westward from the old building with a small plott or parcell of ground thereunto belonging, which S'd piece or parcell of ground conteining in Length five & twenty yards & seventeen Yards in breadth or thereabouts be the same more or less, which said House & ground is situate standing & being in Shutford afores'd, the ground of Madam Wickham west?, and this is to the use & behoofe of the s'd Mary Eglington & of her Heires & Assignes for ever charged with the payment of five pounds to my Son James Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Timothy Eglington one shill' Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Anne Blincho? one shill' Item I give & bequeath unto my four Daughters Twenty pounds which is charged in a deed in writing which my Son Timothy is to pay Six Monthes after my decease parti- cularly menc'oned & expressed (that is to say) Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Smith ffive pounds of lawfull money of great Brittain Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Martha Bradford the sum of five pounds And also I give & bequeath unto my s'd Daughter Martha One bedstead with the Bedding thereunto belonging, One Table & Frame, form, Kettle, and the broad Barrell Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Gilkes the sum'e of Five pounds of lawfull money of great Brittain Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mary Eglington the the sum'e of five pounds of lawfull money of great Brittain But if either or any of these my Daughters shall happen to die without heir, that their Legacy so dying shall be equally divided between them and my mind & will is that all the s'd Legacies and porc'ons given by this my Will shall be paid to every of them one year after my decease And after all Legacies & porc'ons given, the residue of all & singular my Goods Chattells houshold stuff & Implem'ts of houshold and other things whatsoever not hereby given or bequeathed, my Debts and Legacies being paid and fun'ral Expences discharged, I wholly give and bequeath unto my Exec'rix hereafter named And I do by these p'sents make and ordeine my Daughter Mary afores'd Sole Exec'rix of this my p'sent last Will & Testament to be paid & perform'd In witness whereof I the said Timothy Eglington have hereunto set my hand & seal this sixth day of May in the Ninth year of the Reigne of o'r Sov'eigne Lady Ann by the grace of God of great Brittain &c An'oq' D'ni 1710 Timothy Eglington Signed Sealed published & declared by the said Timothy Eglington to be his last Will & Testament, revoking all other formerly made by him & this only to be his last Will & Testament in the p'sence of Us John Harwood Susannah Robinson Tho: White Probat' &c 27'mo Aprilis 1711 Coram ................ ............................................................. ........... Juramento Mariae Filiae et Ex'tricis &c Cui &c Salvo &c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||