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Will & Inventory of Bartholomew HESTER Sr of Kingston Blount
Will 11 Jul 1691 Probate 26 Apr 1692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A full Inventory is included. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
... I Bartholomew Hester the elder of Kingston Blount ...Aston Rowant ... yeoman ... weak & infirm of body ...
An Inventory ... of the goods of Bartholomew Hester the elder of Kingston Blount (Aston Rowant) ... yeoman ... Inventory taken 30 Nov 1691 by Richard Chitch & Bartholomew Hester Jr Inventory value: £37 15s 8d Exhibited: 26 Apr 1692 ... by Frances Hester Probate: 26 Apr 1692 Oxford ... Frances 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 I Bartholomew Hester the elder of Kingston Blount wthin the parrysh of Aston Rowant in the County of Oxon yeoman being weake & infirme of body but of perfect memory (praised be god) do make & ordaine this my last Will & Testament in manner Following First I bequeath my Soul into the hands of Allmighty god my maker & redeemer and my body to the earth from whence it was taken to be decently buryed at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named And as concerneing my temporall estate which God in his mercy hath lent me I do dispose thereof as followeth First I do give & bequeath unto Robert Hester my kinsman liveing at Bensington one shilling of lawfull money of England It I do give & bequeath unto my Kinsman Edward Hester the son of my brother John Hester the sum of Twenty Shillings of like lawfull money of England It I do give & bequeath unto my Kinswoman Frances Hester the daughter of my said Brother John Hester all my five half acres of arrable land (whether the same be more or lesse) lying dispersedly in the comon fieldes of Aston Rowant afforesaid in the said county of Oxon w'th every of their rights members & & app'tenaunces To be to the onely __per use & behoofe of my said Kinswoman Frances Hester and of her heires & assignes for ever It all the rest of my personall Estate goods & Chattells whatsoever I do give and bequeath unto my said Kinswoman Frances Hester whom I do make & ordaine my whole & sole Executrix of this my last will & testam't. And I do hereby revoke dissaull & make voyd all other Wills & Testam'ts by me heretofore made In witnes whereof I the said Bartholomew Hester to this my last Will and Testam't have set to my hand & seale the Eleaventh day of July In the third Year of William & Mary King & Queene of England Scotland Frannce & Ireland defenders of the faith &c Annoq D'ni 1691 Signed Sealed & Published Bartholomew Hester In the p'sence of us his mark V John Cooper his X marke Alice Chitch thelder her A mark Richard Chitch Probate (in Latin) granted to Frances Hester 26th April 1692 A true & perfect Inventory of all the goods cattells & Chattells of Bartholomew Hester the Elder of Kingston Blunt whin the parrysh of Aston Rowant in the County of Oxon yeoman deceased valued the Thirtyeth of November In the Third yeare of the Reigne of William & Mary of England Scotland Fraunce & Ireland Kinge & Queene defenders of the faith &c And In the yeare of our Lord God 1691:-
;Richard Chitch & Valued by Bartholomew Hester The younger His B marke Exhibited (in Latin) 26 April 1692 by Frances Hester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||