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Will of John HESTER of Aston Rowant
Will 3? Dec 1623 Probate 9 Jan 1623/24. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A full inventory is attached, but has not been here transcribed apart from the details below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
... I John Hester of Aston Rowant ... yeoman sick in body ...
An Inventory ... of the goods of John Hester of Aston Rowant ... Inventory taken 3 Jan 1623/24 by Edmond Cottifford, Richard Belson, Robert Cule, John Sherly Inventory value: £319 1s 4d (see Note) Exhibited: not available Probate: 9 Jan 1623/24 ... Edmund Hester ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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In the name of god Amen The 3ith day of December in the yeare of our lord god 1623 I John Hester of Aston Rowant in the Countie of Oxon yeoman sicke in bodie but in good & p'fect memorie thanks be given to god do ordaine constitute and make this my p'sent testamt contayninge herein my last will in maner and forme followinge First I com'end my soule into the hands of allmightye god my Creator and to Jesus Christ my alone Savior and Redeemer through whose most p'cious blood shedinge I trust to have free comission of all my sinnes and do leave all my hereditam'ts lande goods Cattells and Chattels to be disposed as followeth First I give grant bequeath and confirme all my lande p'm'ses barnes stables & all other mine hereditam'ts whatsoever to my brother Edmund Hester and to his heires for ever p'vided allwayes & it is my will th't he the said Edmund Hester shall w'thin the space of one monthe next after my decease satisfie and paye to Joyce now my wife the full sume of two hundred and fiftye pounds of lawfull money of England Item I give to my sister Ellen Burnham five pounds Item I give to the Children of my sister Jane Meade five pounds the w'ch was a legacie given unto them by my brother Thomas Hester deceased Item I give to the poore folkes of Aston aforesaid & Chalford fourtye shillings Item I give to my man John Clarke ten shillings Item I give to Agnes Hilchingdon five shillings All the rest of my goods not bequeathed I give and bequeath them to my said brother Edmund Hester whom I ordaine constitute and make my true and lawfull executor to execute this my last will & testam't In wittnesse whereof I have here unto put my hand & seale the day and yeare first above written in the p'sence of Michael Saunders Thomas Bosse, Robert Dove, William Hester Walter Potts John Hester Latin probate granted 9th January 1623 to Edmund Hester | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||