Thomas HORDE of Cote (Bampton)

Will of Thomas HORDE of Cote (Bampton)

Will 12 Aug 1713 Codicils 15 Sep 1713, 23 Nov 1713, 29 Jul 1715 Probate 24 Apr 1716

Source:	TNA no. PROB11/551
Contributed by:	Heather Brunt	Go to Translation	Go to Transcript

Summary.

... I Thomas Horde Esquire of Cote ... Bampton ...
Name	Relationship	[Comments] or Major Bequests
Thomas HORDE		Cote (Bampton)
Barbara HORDE	Wife	[1st wife] Deceased
Susanna HORDE	Wife	[2nd wife] Deceased
Mary HORDE	Wife (Exec)	[3rd wife- prev CASTELMAN]
Charles HORDE	Son	Deceased
Allan HORDE	Son
Anne WILLIAMS	Daughter
Thomas WILLIAMS	Son-in-law
Mary MENNEL	Daughter
Frances CHAPMAN	Daughter
William CHAPMAN	Grandson
James CHAPMAN	Grandson
Elizabeth DAWSON	Daughter
Juliana WENTWORTH	Daughter
Peter WENTWORTH	Son-in-law
William WENTWORTH	Grandson
- GARDINER	Sister	Deceased
William GARDINER	Nephew	[s sister]
Thomas GARDINER	Nephew	[s sister]
Anne GARDINER	Niece	[d sister - no surname given]
Priscilla GARDINER	Great-niece	[g-d sister - no surname given]
Mrs LOCKTON	Sister
Anne HAYNES	Niece	[d Mrs LOCKTON]
Robert HORDE	Nephew	[with unnamed wife legatee]
Thomas HORDE	Great-nephew	[s Robert - under 21]
Thomas PALMER	Grandson	Deceased
Gyles PALMER	Grandson
Jonathan CASTELMAN	Eldest Stepson Trustee	GLS Couberley [s Mary]
Paul CASTELMAN	Stepson Trustee	[s Mary]
Richard CASTELMAN	Stepson Trustee	[s Mary]
John CASTELMAN	Stepson Trustee	[s Mary]
Mary CASTELMAN	Legatee	[wife's g-d - sis Anne]
Anne CASTELMAN	Legatee	[wife's g-d - sis Mary]
Alicia CRAYKER	Stepdaughter	[d Mary - see Note]
Benjamin CRAYKER	Step-Son-in-law
Mary RICH	Stepdaughter	[d Mary]
Lionel RICH	Step-Son-in-law
Richard COXETER	Legatee
Mr RAYNTON	Mention	Deceased
Edmond BRAY	Mention	Barrington [g-s Mr RAYNTON]
Reginald Morgan BRAY	Legatee Godson	[s Edmond]
Henry TURNER	Mention	BRK Eaton Hastings
Marke BRICKLAND	Former Tenant	Deceased
- STACY	Former Tenant
John PALMER	Former Tenant
John NEWMAN	Former Tenant
Edmond BARTLET	Tenant	[alias STARTUP]
Edmond STARTUP	Tenant	[alias BARTLET]
Humphrey LYNDSEY	Tenant
James STONE	Tenant
Edward RICKETTS	Tenant
John CARTER	Tenant
John SEARY	Tenant
Thomas YOUNG	Tenant
Alice YOUNG	Tenant	[w Thomas]
Anthony WENMAN	Tenant
William BLACKHALL	Tenant
Robert PENCOTT	Tenant
William SLATTER	Tenant
Jane SLATTER	Tenant	[w William]
John BUCKNER	Tenant
Bartholomew SLATTER	Tenant
John MOULDEN	Tenant
Thomas BARTLETT	Tenant
William SPARROWHAWKE	Tenant
John WILLIAMS	Tenant
Walter POWELL	Tenant
William BASELEY	Tenant
Roger FOX	Tenant
Robert SPARROWHAWKE	Tenant
Thomas FOX Jr	Tenant
Dr DOBSON	Trustee
Dr DUNSTAR	Trustee
Dr PAINTER	Trustee
William WRIGHT	Trustee
Henry WHITE	Trustee
James PINNEL	Trustee
Mathew PINNEL	Trustee
Thomas SNELL	Mention
John DEWE	Mention
John FREDERICK	Mention
William YOUNG	Mention
John EDMONDS	Mention
Mr MERVIN	Mention
William ALDER	Legatee Butler
Richard KEATS	Legatee Bailiff
John BASTON	Legatee Coachman
Joseph SHINGLETON	Legatee Servant
Francis COXETER	Witness to will
William LISSETT	Witness to will cod2 cod3
Jethro BUNCE	Witness to will cod2 cod3
Richard COXETER	Witness to cod1
John BLAGRAVE	Witness to cod1
John WHITE	Witness to cod1
William MERVIN Jr	Witness to cod2
John EDMONDS	Witness to cod3

Probate 24 Apr 1716 London (PCC) (with three codicils) ... Mary Horde relict and sole Executrix ...

Transcriber's and Editor's Notes

This is the very long will of a rich man, but what comes through most clearly is his desire to protect his (third) wife against his surviving son Allan, who hates her. He is even afraid that Allan will try to stir up the tenantry against her.
One protection is the large mortgage on Gollifers Farm, which he will pay off if Allan (and others) behave themselves, but not otherwise. Another is the right to a sizeable chunk of arable land, which he withholds if Allan causes trouble.
He and Mary had been married for at least twenty years, and he often describes her CASTELMAN children and grandchildren as his own.
In the "Translation" some of his words about his wife and her family are quoted almost verbatim, for comparison with Allan's "that vile woman that came from the Devil".
The clause re his daughter Frances is also quoted almost verbatim, the editor being unable to think of a way adequately to précis it. It is possible that she had simply become a Catholic.
He has step-daughters Mary RICH and Alicia CRAYKER. In the long list of tenanted properties the names "Mary RICH and Alicia RICH" appear twice. The editor thinks that this is probably an error, since otherwise Alicia CRAYKER is left out, but it is possible that Mary had a daughter Alicia, named after her sister.
The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon:
Testator: Father of Charles (1693 qv) and Allan (1728 qv). His first wife Barbara died in 1671 (having had 7 daus & 5 sons), his second wife Susanna in 1680.

Translated and paragraphed.
with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed.
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... I Thomas Horde Esquire of Cote ... Bampton ...

My body is to be interred between my two dear deceased wives Barbara and Susanna in my aisle in Bampton Church, and my grave covered with the marble stone which I have already provided.
I revoke all former wills.
I give my dear and loving wife Mary all the following:
- Ł100 to buy mourning and to put her bed, coach, and lodging room in mourning,
- A further Ł200, with Ł100 of which I desire that she buy herself a pair of diamond pendants, with the other Ł100 a mourning ring, enamelled with black and with a good diamond in it, to wear for my sake who dearly loved and honoured her for her patient suffering with me in my late afflictions and unkind and hard usage, for her constant care and tenderness of me in all my sicknesses and also for her great virtue and merit [see Note].
- The choice of my best coach or chariot, four of my best coach horses, mares or geldings, and four of my best coach harnesses and hamocks.
- The pictures of herself, myself, her granddaughter Mary Castelman and my grandson Thomas Palmer, all now in my best parlour, and my lolling chair.
- All my chinaware and all my plate (except my two silver chafing-dishes and my biggest silver tankard which I dispose of below).
- The use of my harpsichords and my two silver chafingidishes for life.
  After her decease I give the harpsichords and one of the chafing-dishes (marked A.C) to her daughter Alicia, and the other chafing-dish (marked M.C) to her daughter Mrs Mary Rich.
- My best bed with crimson silk morella curtains and valance lined through with white satin as it now stands in my best chamber, four pairs of my best holland sheets belonging to it, the arras hangings, the chairs and cushions covered with crimson silk morella, the looking-glasses, table and stands, all the Japan work and other furniture belonging to that chamber, and my best warming pan.
- My cabinet made of Princes wood in my bedchamber.
- All the goods, jewels, plate and writings intended to be hers by our marriage agreement.
- All arrears due at my death of the annuity to be paid to me by our marriage agreement out of her father's personal estate or otherwise.
- The green bed, bedding and all the furniture now in my closet next to my bedchamber, with liberty to dispose of it to her granddaughter Mrs Mary Castelman whenever she wishes.
- My best clock now standing in my best parlour, four pairs of my best holland pillowbeers, one dozen of my best damask napkins, two dozen of my best diaper napkins, four of my best diaper tablecloths and one of my best tables in my best parlour, all at her choice.
I charge Allan Horde, the only son God has left me, to be kind and dutiful to my dear wife in her disconsolate condition and to allow her the freedom of my house without any molestation for at least a month, or some weeks more if she wishes, to dry up her tears and remove the goods which she brought and those which I have given her.
During the time of her residence in my house all her expenses for meat, drink and provision for herself, her servants and such relations and friends who are with her or who visit and comfort her in her solitary condition, are to be paid out of my personal estate.
As a testimony of the entire love and affection which I bear my wife and her children, who never disobliged me in anything but have been very kind and respectful to me, I remit to her eldest son Jonathan Castelman Esq of GLS Couberley all arrears due at my death of the annuity charged on his lands and estate in Couberley or elsewhere in GLS.
My Executrix is to deliver to him all bonds etc made to me for securing such arrears, and release him from the annuity and all arrears.
I give Jonathan Castelman the sable muff which his mother gave me, and Ł10 to buy mourning.
I give to Paul, Richard and John Castelman and to Mrs Mary Rich and Mrs Alicia Crayker, my wife's sons and daughters, each a piece of plate of Ł10 value marked with my name.
I forgive Paul Castelman the Ł21 11s 6d bond wherein he is bound to me -- my Executrix is to give the bond to him -- and I give him a further Ł20.
I give Richard and John Castelman a further Ł10 apiece.
I give my sons-in-law Mr Benjamin Crayker and Lionel Rich Esq each a piece of plate of Ł10 value marked with my name.
My granddaughter and goddaughter Mary Castelman has lived mostly with me from infancy, has always behaved herself with great duty and affection towards me and my dear wife, has been very useful to us in the prudent management of our domestic affairs, and is a pious young woman of great virtue and merit.
Now I give her Ł100, my biggest silver tankard engraved with Mr Raynton's arms and my best looking-glass in my best parlour.
I give my goddaughter and granddaughter Mrs Mary Rich the next best looking-glass in my house (except that in my best chamber).
I desire my dear wife and her children to accept these legacies, which are the best my circumstances and many expectants will permit.
I give my daughters Mrs Anne Williams, Mary Mennel, Frances Chapman, Elizabeth Dawson and Juliana Wentworth Ł100 each, to be paid to such Trustees as they think fit In Trust [for their sole use independent of any husbands].
I also give them Ł20 each to buy mourning.
I give Mr Thomas Williams and Peter Wentworth Esq, husbands of my daughters Anne and Juliana, Ł10 each to buy mourning and another Ł10 each to buy a piece of plate.
I give my grandson William Wentworth the best saddle horse (mare or gelding) and the best saddle.
I give each of my own grandchildren a piece of plate of Ł10 value.
As for my unfortunate daughter Frances [see Note] whom it hath pleased God so far to abandon as to suffer her to be given up to delusions and an idolatrous worship and obstinately to continue in it notwithstanding the great endeavours I have used (by the assistance of great pious and worthy divines) to restore her to the profession of that holy religion wherein she was brought up, nevertheless I have thought fit to make provision for her:
By Indenture dated 23 Jan 1713 I have granted a lease of two yard lands etc in Aston and Cote, late in the possession of Marke Brickland deceased and now in my own possession, to Trustees to her use for life and the lives of her two sons William and James Chapman.
One part of the lease is to be delivered to her within one month after my decease.
I give my son Allan Horde Ł20 to buy mourning, and all my household goods and pictures not otherwise disposed of, on condition that within one year after my decease he settles in my Mansion House at Cote and lives there as his constant place of residence among his tenants.
If he does not settle there I give the household goods and pictures to my Executrix.
I remit to my son Allan Horde the debt and interest for which my dear deceased son Charles Horde mortgaged Gollifers Farm.
The money is yet unpaid, and was ordered to be paid to me by Decree of the High Court of Chancery and was then stated to be Ł2168, since much increased by the interest.
But if Allan does not settle in my Mansion House as above, or if he ever molests or disturbs my wife or any of my legatees in the receipt or enjoyment of what I have given to them, or any of my tenants in the enjoyment of any Estate which I have granted to them, or any other person(s) who have any claim under this will or by the Indentures (below) dated 11 Aug 1713, or does not permit my wife to remain in my house for a convenient time after my decease as above and to remove her own goods and those which I have given to her and her relations in my will, then the mortgage on Gollifers Farm is to remain in force, and all money due is ro be paid by Allan to my Executrix so as better to enable her to pay my legacies and all the costs etc to which he may put her and my legatees or tenants.
I have 5½ yard lands in Aston and Cote formerly in the possession of [blank] Stacy, John Palmer and John Newman and now in my own possession, which by Indenture dated 13 Apr 1657 were limited to the use of myself and my Heirs Male and have been since duly so settled.
- I give [the property] to my son Allan Horde for life without impeachment of waste.
- After the determination of the estate I give [the property] to Jonathan Castelman Esq and his heirs during Allan's life, In Trust to ensure the succession as below.
- After Allan's decease I give [the property] to his sons (in priority of birth) and the heirs of their bodies.
- In default of such issue I give [the property] to my nephew Mr Robert Horde for life without impeachment of waste.
- After the determination of the estate I give [the property] to Jonathan Castelman and his heirs during Robert's life, In Trust to ensure the succession as below.
- After Robert's decease I give [the property] to his sons (in priority of birth) and the heirs of their bodies.
- For want of such issue I give [the property] to my own right heirs forever.
- But [the gift of the property] is subject to the payment of Ł16 pa to the poor of Bampton, Weald and Shifford as described below, and also to making good the deficiences of the other charities ratified or given below (if any).
- [The gift] to my son Allan is on condition that he lives in my house and behaves towards my wife, legatees and tenants as above.
  If he does not, [the gift to him] is void.
I desire that all the plate given in this will given is to be engraved with my arms and inscribed "ex Dono Thomae Horde".
I give my grandson Gyles Palmer Ł10 to buy mourning.
Whereas I and my heirs are entitled to a Ł4 pa annuity issuing out of a land in BRK Eaton Hastings (alias Water Eaton alias Water Hastings) now belonging to Mr Henry Turner, now I give [it] to my dear and loving wife Mary and her heirs forever.
I give the three children of my late sister Gardiner, William, Thomas and Anne, and her granddaughter Priscilla, each a piece of plate of Ł10 value.
I forgive my nephew Robert Horde an Obligation dated 17 Nov 1663, wherein his father was bound to indemnify me against a Bond of Ł1200, upon which I have paid about Ł1000 for his father -- my Executrix is to deliver up the bond to him.
I give my nephew Robert and his wife Ł10 each to buy mourning.
I also give them Ł50 each, and to their son Thomas Horde Ł20 to be paid into Robert's hands for Thomas's use within six months after my decease, Robert's receipt being a sufficient discharge.
If Thomas dies under age I give the Ł20 to Robert.
I give my dear sister Mrs Lockton Ł100 and Ł10 to buy mourning, and to her daughter Anne Haynes a piece of plate of Ł10 value.
I give my good friend and neighbour Richard Coxeter Esq Ł100, asking him to help my Executrix with all the advice and assistance he can.
I leave the management of my funeral to my Executrix, whom I desire to give rings of 20s each and gloves to those persons mentioned in a list written by me and left with this will, and to such other persons as she thinks fit, to bury me with as little noise and charge as possible, and to hang with black baize and Escutcheons only my hall and parlour and my aisle at Bampton where my body will rest .
All my funeral rings are to be inscribed "Live to dye" with the day, month and year of my death and my initials "T.H."
My Executrix is to have my body buried within ten days after my death, and to allow my body to remain in my bed at least 24 hours.
My funeral is to be as early as possible so that the gentlemen who attend it may have time to return.
My parents, my wives and several of my children are buried in the parish church of Bampton, and I wish to be interred in the same place.
Because I have always heard Divine Service and received the Holy Sacrament in the chapel of Shifford, I charge my 5½ yard lands in Aston and Cote, as settled on my son Allan Horde, with the payment of Ł16 pa forever (without deductions) to be applied as follows:
- Ł10 pa is to be paid, Ł5 at Christmas and Ł5 at Easter forever, to such of the poorest inhabitants of Bampton and Weald as the then vicars of Bampton think most worthy of it, and in such proportions as they think fit.
- The remaining Ł6 pa is to be paid as above to such of the poorest Inhabitants of Shifford as the then vicars of Bampton think most worthy of it, and in such proportions as they think fit.
- In distributing the sums the vicars are to have respect to those in the said places as most constantly attend the morning and evening Divine Service and receive the Holy Sacrament.
- But the Ł10 pa given to the poorest inhabitants of Bampton and Weald is on condition that if at any future time the Custom of St Stephen's Breakfast, the Procession Custom and the Harvest Bottle Custom, which are now provided yearly by the vicars of Bampton, are abolished, and the vicars pay their equivalent in money, then one third of that money equivalent of the Customs is to be paid annually to the schoolmaster of Aston and Cote as an addition to the benefaction that I have settled on that school.
  If not, my Ł10 pa to the poorest inhabitants of Bampton and Weald is to cease and be void, and thenceforth I give Ł6 pa of it to the then-current schoolmaster forever as an addition to my existing benefaction, to be paid out of the 5½ yard lands at the same times and in the same manner as my existing benefaction. I give the other Ł4 pa to my son Allan Horde and his heirs forever in ease of the lands charged therewith.
I give the following sums to bind out poor children as apprentices:
- Ł10 to the village of Cote (Bampton) to bind out two poor boys or girls.
- Ł10 to the village of Aston Boges (Bampton) to bind out a poor boy or girl.
- Ł20 to the town of Witney to bind out two poor boys or girls.
- Ł10 each to the town of Bampton and the villages of Weald, Lew and Shifford, each to bind out two poor boys or girls.
- Ł10 each to the villages of GLS Couberley and BRK Eaton Hastings, each to bind out two poor boys or girls.
- The Lords of the Manor of those places and the Ministers, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor are to choose the children, and place them to such trades as they think fit.
I charge all my lands in Aston and Cote with the payment of the following yearly sums:
- 2s 6d to some glazier (to be appointed by the owner of my Mansion House) for repairing the glass of the windows of my aisle in Bampton Church.
- 2s 6d to the person who keeps the key of my aisle, for keeping my wives' monuments clean and for cleaning the paving,, windows and tombs of my aisle.
I earnestly desire my son Allan Horde and all my children and grandchildren to be kind and respectful to my dear wife, who never attempted to alienate my affection from them but encouraged me to advance their fortunes and allowances.
By an Indenture dated 11 Aug 1713 [the previous day] I have demised several messuages, lands, tenements etc to Jonathan Castelman and his brother Paul Castelman In Trust for such persons as I am to direct in writing or in my will.
Now I direct them and their Executors etc to hold the various premises Upon Trust as follows:
In each case the Trust is for the person's life, or if more than one then for the life of the longer liver.
- Re the premises demised to Edmond Bartlet alias Startup by Indenture dated 1 Jul 1673, In Trust for Mary Castelman and her sister Anne Castelman.
- Re the premises demised to Humphrey Lyndsey, In Trust for Thomas Horde, son of Robert Horde.
- Re the premises demised to James Stone by Indenture dated 8 Nov 1670, In Trust for William Chapman and James Chapman.
- Re the premises demised to Edward Ricketts, In Trust for Richard Castelman and John Castelman.
- Re the premises granted by Copy of Court Roll to John Carter, In Trust for Mary Rich and Alicia Rich [Mistake?], daughters of Lyonell Rich Esq.
- Re the premises demised to John Seary, In Trust for John Castelman.
- Re the premises demised to Edmond Bartlett alias Startup by Indenture dated 28 Jan 1712, In Trust for Mary Castelman and Anne Castelman.
- Re the premises demised to Thomas Young, his wife Alice and Anthony Wenman, In Trust for William Chapman and James Chapman.
- Re the premises granted by Copy of Court Roll to William Blackhall, In Trust for Mary Castelman.
- Re the premises demised to Robert Pencott by Indenture dated 13 Mar 1691/92, In Trust for Mary Rich and Alicia Rich.
- Re the premises demised to William Slatter and his wife Jane, In Trust for William Chapman and James Chapman.
- Re the premises demised to John Buckner, In Trust for Anne Castelman.
- Re the premises demised to Robert Pencott by Indenture dated 23 Dec 1670, In Trust for Robert Horde.
- Re the premises granted by Copy of Court Roll to Bartholomew Slatter, In Trust for Mary Rich.
- Re the premises granted by Copy of Court Roll to John Moulden, In Trust for Richard Castelman and John Castelman.
- Re the premises granted by Copy of Court Roll to Thomas Bartlett, In Trust for Robert Horde.
- Re the premises granted by Copy of Court Roll to William Sparrowhawke, In Trust for Mary Rich and Alicia Rich.
- Re the premises granted by Copy of Court Roll to James Stone, In Trust for Robert Horde and his son Thomas Horde.
- Re the premises demised to John Williams by Indenture dated 4 Jan 1704, In Trust for William Chapman.
- Re the premises demised to Walter Powell, In Trust for William Chapman and James Chapman.during their
- Re the premises demised to William Baseley, In Trust for Mary Castelman.
- Re the premises demised to Roger Fox, In Trust for Richard Castelman.
- Re the premises demised to Robert Sparrowhawke, In Trust for Thomas Horde, son of Robert Horde.
- Re the premises demised to William Sparrowhawke by Indenture dated 12 Aug 1697, In Trust for Robert Horde.
- Re the premises demised to Thomas Fox Jr, In Trust for Thomas Horde, son of Robert Horde.
In a Deed Poll dated about 15 Jan last (1712/13) I conveyed certain lands to Dr Dobson, Dr Dunstar, Dr Painter, Allan Horde, Jonathan Castelman, William Wright, Henry White, James Pinnel and Mathew Pinnel and their heirs, In Trust to raise and distribute 40s per month forever as described in the Deed, and to raise a further Ł16 pa for clothing poor people and teaching poor children to read English.
Now I ratify the Deed and direct as follows:
- In the distribution of my benefaction of 40s per month to the poor prisoners in Oxford Castle, my Trustees are to ensure that no money is given to any person(s) imprisoned for high treason, murder or burglary, or to such idle and disorderly persons who are there for deer stealing or fish stealing.
- Preference is to be given to those imprisoned for debt, particularly the poorest and most necessitous.
- I desire that the owner of my Mansion House at Cote, the President of Trinity College, the Rector of Exeter College and the Warden of Wadham College be always Trustees of this benefaction, and I entreat my Trustees for the time being to request them to act with them.
- If the lands which I have charged with the above yearly sums are insufficient to cover the cost, I charge my 5½ acres (given above to my son Allan Horde) with the payment of the shortfall.
I revoke an Indenture of Release dated 15 March 1707/08 between myself of the one part and Allan Horde, Thomas Snell, John Dewe, John Frederick, John Moulden, gent, William Young and Robert Pencott, yeomen, of the other part, whereby I made provision for clothing poor people and teaching poor children in Aston and Cote.
Legacies for Servants:
- I give my butler William Alder Ł5, Ł5 more to buy mourning, and half of my stuff and woollen apparel (if he is my servant at my death).
- I give the other half to my bailiff Richard Keats (if he is my servant at my death).
- If William Alder, Richard Keats and John Baston, my present butler, bailiff and coachman, are not my servants at my death, I give the persons who are then my butler, bailiff and coachman (if they have lived with me for one year before my death or make up that time afterwards with my wife or son) Ł5 apiece, and Ł5 apiece more to buy mourning.
- I give the person who is my gardener (if he has lived with me one year) Ł5 to buy mourning.
- I give my boy Joseph Shingleton (if he is my servant at my death) Ł3, and Ł3 more to buy mourning.
- I give the chief maid living with my wife at my death Ł5 to buy mourning, and to the other two maids Ł4 apiece to buy mourning (if they have lived with me one year before my death or make up the time afterwards with my wife or son).
- But all those legacies to my above servants or their replacements are to be void if my Executrix thinks they do not deserve them.
- I give the poor labourers who usually work all the winter about my house or wood in my garden 10s apiece above their weekly wages.
I ratify an Indenture Tripartite of Release dated about 23 March last (1712/13) between my self of the first part, my deceased grandson Thomas Palmer of the second part and Jonathan Castelman and Paul Castelman of the third part, whereby I have conveyed certain lands to Jonathan and Paul Castelman and their heirs upon certain Trusts.
I also ratify another Indenture Tripartite of Assignment dated the same day between the same parties, whereby I have assigned several mortgages, bonds, securities and sums of money (amounting altogether to Ł8080) to the same Trustees upon certain Trusts.
- Among other Trusts, my trustees are to raise and pay all the sums of money given in my will to the persons mentioned in a Schedule annexed to the Indenture, or to any other person(s) in my will, provided that such legacies do not exceed in total the sums mentioned in the Schedule.
- It is declared to be lawful for me to alter, add to or diminish any legacy mentioned in the Schedule, to change any of the named persons for any other person(s), and to give any of them the legacies in such proportions as I think fit (within the sums mentioned in the Schedule).
- Since the making of the Indenture and of my recent will wherein the legacies were to be given, appointing my grandson Thomas Palmer as Executor, Thomas Palmer has died, so that I have been obliged to make this new will, appointing another Executrix, and to make some small alterations in the persons and legacies mentioned in the Schedule.
- I also revoke the legacies to Mr John Edmonds, Mr Mervin, Richard Coxeter Esq and his wife and son of plate, gowns and other things mentioned in the Schedule, which are to be paid to my Executrix (out of the Ł8080) towards making up the Ł100 now given to Richard Coxeter.
- Therefore I declare that Jonathan and Paul Castelman (as Trustees), out of the securities and sums of money mentioned in the Indenture, are to raise and pay Ł1822 into the hands of my Executrix, being the gross total mentioned in the Schedule (allowing for 14 of my own grandchildren, to each of whom I have given a piece of plate valued at Ł10).
- My Trustees are also to raise and pay a further Ł278 into the hands of my Executrix for buying rings and gloves for the persons in a list written by me and left with this will, or for such of them or other persons as she thinks fit, besides many others to whom she will give gloves only.
- The sums of Ł1822 and Ł278 -- Ł2100 in all -- are to be raised out of the Ł8080 mentioned in the Indenture and the securities on which it is now or then invested, and paid to my Executrix within two months after my decease.
- My Executrix is then to pay the money to those of my legatees who have complied with the conditions mentioned in my will within three months after she receives it.
My son Allan Horde has withstood all the earnest requests and fair offers which I have made to him to marry, so I am not likely to be happy in any posterity by him. He has also several times refused to become my Executor.
Also I have received great sums of money out of the estate of my dear wife since our marriage.
Now I give the residue of my goods, chattels, debts, credits, stock of cattle, corn, hay and corn on the ground, arrears of rents in my tenants' hands and all my other personal estate (my debts, legacies and funeral expenses being paid) to my dear and loving wife Mary, and make her sole Executrix.
If my son Allan Horde or his heirs etc disturb my wife in the receipt or enjoyment of what I have given her, or any of my tenants in the possession of any estate which I have ever granted to them or anyone else by this will, then the cost of defending such disturbance is to be born by my Executrix out of my personal estate, and I give to anyone who suffers by such disturbance as much money as they have lost by it.
I charge the heirs of my late grandson Thomas Palmer, when they own my estate in Eaton Hastings by virtue of the above Indenture, to pay my wife her annuity [charged on the property] as agreed with my wife before our marriage, free from all taxes etc and without any difficulty.
If my son Allan Horde does not, within one month after my decease, give my Executrix such goods and sufficient release in the law as are necessary to discharge her from all demands to be made by him or his Executors etc on any legacy or money pretended to be due to him out of the estate or by the will of my late dear son Charles Horde (to whom I was Executor), then Gollifers Farm is to stand charged with the above mortgage and debt due to me on it, and in that case I give the debt and interest to my Executrix, who is to keep the Mortgage Deed until the provisos and conditions (on the part of my son Allan and other legatees in my will) are duly performed.
If all my other legatees in this will who may claim anything out of Charles's estate or by his will do not also release my Executrix from all such legacies etc due (or pretended to be due) to them, then the legacies etc given by my own will to the person(s) refusing to give such release are void, and my Executrix may detain [them] in her own hands for her own use until those person(s) give her such sufficient release.
I committed the management of my son Charles's estate to my son Allan.
If any of it still remains (or has been misapplied or wasted), it is in Allan's hands (or has been lost or misapplied through his mismanagement).
Therefore if any of my legatees who claim any legacy etc from Charles as due (or pretended to be due) to them or their children refuse to release my Executrix as above, and put her to any trouble, costs etc on that account or any other account relating to Charles's estate, then I charge the mortgage on Gollifers Farm with the payment to my Executrix of all such costs etc which she sustains thereby.
Witnesses Francis Coxeter; William Lissett; Jethro Bunce

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First Codicil 15 Sep 1713

I have given my granddaughter and goddaughter Mary Castelman my biggest silver tankard, engraven with Mr Raynton's arms.
Now I revoke that gift, and because the tankard was Mr Raynton's I now give it to my godson Reginald Morgan Bray, Mr Raynton's great-grandson and son of Edmond Bray Esq of Barrington.
If any of my legatees mentioned in my will (or in the Schedule annexed to the Indenture dated 23 March last) die before me, I give their legacies to my Executrix as part of my personal estate.
In my will I have charged my son Allan Horde to allow my wife the freedom of my house without any molestation for a month (or more if she wishes) to dry up her tears and remove the goods which she brought and those which I have given her.
Now that I have made her my Executrix she may (for want of enough time) be put to great inconvenience in disposing of the cattle and other goods that I have given her.
Therefore I now charge my son Allan to allow her the freedom of my house for at least three months after my decease.
I have given my 5½ yard lands to Allan, but now that gift is not to take place until three months after my decease, and I give the use of [the property] to my wife for that period to enable her to keep all the cattle etc on it until she can dispose of them.
In my will I have directed that if those of my legatees who claim any legacy etc out of the estate or by the will of my son Charles Horde do not release my Executrix from paying such legacies etc, that the legacies etc given by my own will to those who refuse to give such release are to be void, and that my Executrix may detain those legacies for her own use until those person(s) give her such sufficient release.
I am apprehensive that one or more of my legatees may refuse to give such release, and may sue my Executrix or give her some other disturbance on account of my son Charles's estate, though others may execute such releases.
Now if that happens my Executrix may detain all the legacies given to the persons who claim any benefit out of Charles's estate until all my legatees have executed such release.
If the execution of such releases is refused or delayed by any of my legatees for three months after they might receive their legacies, or after they have been told by letter by my Executrix that she is ready to pay them as soon as they execute such releases, then all their legacies are void, and go to my Executrix as part of my personal estate.
Witnesses Richard Coxeter; John Blagrave; John White

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Second Codicil 23 Nov 1713
This codicil is very long, but is mostly a reiteration of clauses (and especially of provisos) from his will and first codicil.

In my will and first codicil:
- I have given my son Allan Horde all my household goods and pictures not otherwise disposed of (upon conditions).
- I have remitted to Allan the debt and interest which my son late Charles incurred by a mortgage of Gollifers Farm (upon conditions).
- I have declared that my 5½ yard lands in Aston and Cote, limited to the use of myself and the Heirs Male of my body by Indenture dated 13 April 1657, should remain to my son Allan, and in default of his male issue then to my nephew Robert Horde, with reversion to my own right heirs, subject to the payment of the charities named in my will (and upon conditions).
- I have given a Ł4 pa annuity issuing out of lands belonging to Mr Edward Turner in BRK Eaton Hastings to my wife Mary and her heirs forever.
- I have provided that if my son Allan or his heirs etc should disturb my wife in the receipt or enjoyment of what I have given to her, or any of my tenants in the possession of any estate which I have ever granted to them or to anyone else by my will, that the charge of defending such disturbance is to be born by my Executrix out of my personal estate.
- I have also provided that if my son Allan and all other legatees named in my will who claim any legacy etc out of the estate or under the will of my late son Charles do not severally release my Executrix from all such legacies, claims and demands (due or pretended to be due to them), then the legacies etc given by my own will to the person(s) refusing to give such release are to be void and remain in the hands of my Executrix until they give such releases.
- I have provided that the mortgage on Gollifers Farm is to make good to my Executrix all the provisos and conditions laid down in my will.
- In my first codicil I have further declared that if any one or more of my legatees refuses to give release, or sues, or gives or joins in any other disturbance against my Executrix, that she may detain all the legacies given by me to the persons claiming any benefit out of Charles's estate until all my legatees have executed such release, and that if such release is refused or delayed by any of my legatees for three months after they might receive their legacies, or after they have been told by letter by my Executrix that she is ready to pay them as soon as they execute such releases, then all their legacies are void, my meaning being that if any one of my legatees refuses or delays such release, then none of my legatees get their legacies, which go to my Executrix.
If any suit, loss, charge, disturbance or trouble be commenced or given to my Executrix by any of the creditors, legatees or annuitants of my late son Charles in respect of any legacies, annuities etc given to them by his will, or in respect of any debt(s) due or pretended to be due from him or in respect of any other matter relating to his will or estate, the problem must have arisen from my son Allan's mismanagement of Charles's estate.
I am also apprehensive that if my Executrix, or any of my legatees named in my will, or any of my tenants in the Manor of Aston and Cote, sustain any loss, charge or trouble on account of their legacies or interest in my estate given to them by my will, or in respect of any leases or grants made by me to any of my tenants, or if any of my tenants themselves put my Executrix to any charge or trouble relating to the leases etc, that such loss, charge, trouble or other disturbance must have arisen from my son Allan or by his procurement or stirring up my tenants to cause it.
Therefore if any suit, loss, charge, damage or trouble happen to my Executrix or tenants or trustees for any of the above reasons, or if Allan or any other of my children or legatees attempt in any way to controvert or make void my will or codicils, then the share of my household goods and pictures given to Allan is to be sold by my Executrix towards reimbursing her for all such charges and troubles.
All my specific legacies and personal estate (except what is by my will given to Allan and the other legatees and annuitants of my son Charles) are hereby discharged from making good any of the losses, damages, costs, charges and disturbances that may happen to my Executrix or any of my tenants or any other of my legatees etc.
I revoke the provision in my will for making good [those losses etc] out of my personal estate, and [the losses etc] are to be repaid to the person(s) who suffer thereby out of the debt due to me out of Gollifers Farm, whether or not [the losses etc] proceed directly or indirectly from my son Allan or from any of my tenants or from any of the legatees, annuitants or creditors of my son Charles.
As a further security to indemnify my Executrix and tenants and other legatees (except as above) from such charges and disturbances I revoke my gift of my 5½ yard lands in Aston and Cote to my son Allan, with limitations over to my nephew Robert Horde and reversion to my own right heirs.
I now give [the property] with its commons etc to Jonathan Castelman and his heirs, subject to the charities and provisos expressed in my will, In Trust as follows:
- To raise money out of the rents etc to pay all the charities charged on it by my will every year.
- After paying the charities, to permit my son Allan Horde and such other person(s) to whom the premises are limited to take the residue of the rents etc for their own use until my Executrix, tenants or legatees sustain any loss, damage, charge or other disturbance on any of the above accounts.
- After any such disturbance by my son or any of my tenants or any of the legatees, annuitants or creditors of my son Charles, or otherwise contrary to my will and codicils, to raise out of the rents etc (after payment of the charities) enough money to pay all such sums of money as my Executrix. tenants, legatees etc are obliged to expend or sustain by reason of such losses, damages, troubles or charges, or for defending such disturbances.
- After my Executrix and other persons have been paid, and my Executrix fully discharged by my son Allan and all the other legatees etc of my son Charles, and after my Executrix has received the full benefit of my will and codicils, and she and all my other legatees and tenants have quiet possession and enjoyment of what I have given them in my will and codicils or have granted to my tenants by any lease etc, then the devise of my 5½ yard lands to my son Allan, with limitations over to my nephew Robert Horde as mentioned in my will, is to be revived (still subject to the charities to be paid yearly forever as in my will.
I ratify all the other matters and provisos in my will and first codicil.
Witnesses William Mervin Jr; William Lissett; Jethro Bunce

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Third Codicil 21 Sep 1715

By Indenture of Assignment Tripartite dated 23 Mar 1712 between myself of the first part, my then grandson Thomas Palmer of the second part and Jonathan Castelman Esq and Paul Castelman, gentleman, of the third part, and by the annexed schedule, I had power to give as many rings of 20s value each and black Shammey [chamois] gloves as I should decide, to be paid out of the trust moneys or estate, which by a late Decree in Chancery has (in pursuance of an offer made by me for that purpose) been ascertained at Ł278 and ordered to be paid for or in lieu of such rings and gloves to my Executors or as I should appoint.
Now I appoint the Ł278 to be paid to my dear wife Mary (my Executrix), leaving it to her sole discretion to dispose of as much of it in rings and gloves as she thinks fit and to keep the residue for her own use.
Witnesses John Edmonds; William Lissett; Jethro Bunce

Probate 24 Apr 1716 London (PCC) (with three codicils) ... Mary Horde relict and sole Executrix ...

As transcribed from a copy of the original document.
Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible.

Tm: Thomae Horde

In the Name of God Amen
This Twelfth Day of August in the Twelfth year of the
Reigne of our Soveraigne Lady Anne by the Grace of God
of Great Britain ffrance and Ireland Queen Defender of the
ffaith &c Annoque Domini 1713. I Thomas Horde of Coat in
the parish of Bampton in the County of Oxford Esquire being
of good and perfect Mind and Memory for which I praise
Almighty God doe make my Last Will and Testament in
manner and forme following And ffirst I doe commend my
Soul to the only Great God my Creator hopeing through the
Death and passion of his Son my Saviour Jesus Christ to
receive full and free pardon and remission of all the sins
which I have committed against soe good and mercifull a
ffather and my body I willingly yeild to the Earth which
I Desire my Executrix hereafter named to cause to be interred
between my Two dear Deceased Wives Barbara and
Susanna in my Isle in the Church of Bampton aforesaid and
to cover my Grave with the Marble Stone which I have already
provided Trusting and firmly relying through the Meritts
and infinite Satisfaction of my Saviour that we shall all three
together with my Dear Wife Mary now living with me
arrise at the Last Day and live with him in Glory to all Eternity
Item I do hereby revoke and make void all former and
other Wills by me at any time heretofore made. Item I doe
hereby give and bequeath unto my Dear and Loving wife
Mary One Hundred pounds to buy her Mourning and to put
her Bed, Coach, and Lodging room in Mourning, And I doe
give unto her the further summe of Two Hundred pounds
with One Hundred pounds whereof I desire she may buy her
a pair of Diamond pendants and with the other Hundred
pounds that she may buy her a Mourning ring, Enammelled
with black with a good Diamond in it to weare for my sake
who Dearly Loved and Honoured her for her patient suffering
with me in my late Afflictions and unkind and hard usage
and for her constant care and Tenderness of me in all my
sicknesses and also for her great vertue and Meritt. Item I
doe give unto my said Wife the choice of my best Coach or
Charriot and also four of my best Coach Horses Mares or Geldings
and four of my best Coach Harness and Hamocks which I shall
leave at the time of my Death. Item I doe give unto my said
Wife the pictures of her self and of my self and of her Grand-
=Daughter Mary Castelman and of my Grandson Thomas
Palmer all now in my best Parlour and my Lolling Chair,

and I doe also give unto my said Wife all my China Ware and all
my Plate whatsoever (except my two Silver Chaffing Dishes
and my biggest Silver Tankard which I Dispose of as hereinafter
is mentioned) And I do give unto my said Wife the use of my
Harpsicords and my two Silver Chaffing Dishes dureing her
Life and after her Decease I do give the said Harpsichords
unto her Daughter Alicia, and one of the said Chaffing Dishes
marked with (M.C) I do give unto her Daughter Mrs Mary
Rich, and the other of them marked with (A.C) I do give unto
her said Daughter Alicia, Item I do give unto my said Wife
my best Bed with Crimson Silk Morella Curtains and Vallans
Lined through with white Satten with all its appurtenances
as it now stands in my best Chamber and four pair of my best
Holland sheets thereunto belonging together with the Arras
Hangings and the Chaires and Cusheons covered with Crimson
Silk Morella and also the Looking Glasses Table and Stands
and all Japan Work and all other ffurniture whatsoever
belonging to my said Chamber wherein my said best Bed
stands and also my best Warming pan. Item I do give unto
my said Wife my Cabinet made of Princes Wood being in
my Bedchamber and I also give unto her All the Goods
Jewells Plate and Writings which were intended to be hers
by the Agreement which I made with her upon my Marriage
Item I do remitt unto my said Wife all arrearages which
shall be due at the time of my Death of the Annuity to be
paid unto me by our Marriage Agreement out of her ffathers Personall
Estate or otherwise howsoever. Item I give and bequeath
unto my said Dear Wife the Green Bed bedding and all
the ffurniture that now is in my Closet next to my Bedchamber
with liberty to Dispose thereof to her Grand Daughter Mrs
Mary Castelman whensoever she pleaseth And I do also
give unto my said Wife my best Clock now standing in
my best Parlour, four pair of my best Holland Pillow beers
one Dozen of my best Dammask Napkins, two dozen of my
best Diaper Napkins four of my best Diaper Table Clothes
such of all sorts as my said Wife shall choose and also one
of my best Tables in my best Parlour at her Election, And
I do charge Allan Horde the only Son God hath left me
to be kind and Dutifull to my Dear Wife in her Disconsolate
Condition and to allow her the freedome of my House
without any Molestation for a Month at least or some Weeks
more if she Desire it to dry up her Tears and remove the
Goods which she brought thither and those which I have
hereby given unto her, And I do Appoint that dureing the
time of my Dear Wive's Residence in my House all Charges
and Expences she shall be at for Meat Drink and Provision
of all sorts for her self her servants and such Relations and
ffriends who shall be with or visit and comfort her in her
solitary condition shall be paid out of my personal Estate
Item as a Testimony of the Entire Love and Affection which
I bare my said Wife and her Children who never Disobliged
me in anything but have been very kind and respectfull

to me, I do remitt and release unto Jonathan Castelman of
Couberley in the County of Gloucester Esquire the Eldest Son
of my said Wife all Arrearages which shall be due at the time
of my Death of the Annuity or yearly rent charges upon the
Lands and Estate of the said Jonathan Castelman scituate
and being in Couberley aforesaid or elsewhere in the said
County of Gloucester And I do Appoint my Executrix herein
after named to Deliver unto the said Jonathan Castelman
all Bonds or other Securities (if any be) made unto me for
secureing the Arrearages of the said Annuity or yearly
rent charge and to release the said Jonathan Castelman
of and from the said Annuity and all Arrearages thereof.
Item I do give unto the said Jonathan Castelman the Sable
Muff which his Mother gave unto me and the summe of
Ten pounds to buy him Mourning. And I do give unto Mr
Paul Castelman Richard Castelman and John Castelman and
unto Mrs Mary Rich and Mrs Alicia Crayker the Sons and
Daughters of my said Wife to each of them a peice of Plate
of the Value of Ten pounds marked with my name, And
I do remitt and forgive unto the said Paul Castelman the
Bond of One and Twenty pounds Eleven shillings and Six
pence wherein he is bound unto me and doe Order my Executrix
to Deliver up unto him his said Bond for the same And I
do give unto him the further summe of Twenty pounds.
And I do give unto the said Richard Castelman and John
Castelman the further summe of Ten pounds a peice. Item
I do give unto my Sons in Law Mr Benjamin Crayker and
Lionel Rich Esquire to each of them a peice of Plate of the
value of Ten pounds both marked with my name. Item
for as much as my Grand Daughter and God Daughter Mary
Castelman hath for the most part lived with me from her
infancy and hath always behaved her self with great
duty and affection towards me and my dear Wife and
been very serviceable to us in the prudent management
of our Domestick affaires to both our satisfactions and
also is a pious young woman of great Vertue and Merit
therefore I give and bequeath unto her the said Mary
Castelman the summe of One Hundred pounds and also
my biggest silver Tankard Engraven with Mr Rayntons
Armes and my best Looking Glass being in my best Parlour
And I do give unto my God Daughter and Grand Daughter
Mrs Mary Rich the next best Looking Glass in my House
(Except that in my best Chamber) And I do Desire my dear
Wife and her Children to accept of these specific Legacies
which I have hereby given unto them being the best my
Circumstances and many Expectants will admit. Item I do
give unto each of my Daughters Mrs Anne Williams Mary
Mennel ffrances Chapman Elizabeth Dawson and Juliana
Wentworth the summe of One Hundred pounds a peice to be
paid to such Trustee or Trustees as they shall severally
and respectively think fitt in Trust that the same may be
at their owne separate Disposal and that the Husbands

of such of them as are Married shall have nothing to doe
therewith And I do give unto each of my said Daughters
Twenty pounds a peice to buy them Mourning. Item I
doe give unto Mr Thomas Williams and Peter Wentworth
Esquire the Husbands of my said Daughters Anne and
Juliana to each of them Ten pounds a peice to buy them
Mourning and Ten pounds a peice more to buy each of
them a peice of Plate. And I do give unto my Grandson
William Wentworth the son of my said Daughter the
best Saddle Horse Mare or Gelding and the best saddle
that I shall leave at my Death. Item I do give unto each
of my own Grandchildren a peice of Plate of the Value
of Ten pounds. And as for ny unfortunate Daughter
ffrances whom it hath pleased God soe farr to Abandon
as to suffer her to be given up to Delusions and an Idolatrous
Worship and obstinately to continue in it Notwithstanding
the great Endeavours I have used (by the Assistance of
great pious and worthy Divines) to restore her to the
profession of that Holy Religion wherein she was brought
up Nevertheless I have thought fitt to make the provision
for her herein after mentioned (that is to say) I do hereby
Declare that by Indenture bearing Date the Twenty Third
day of January last past I have Granted unto Trustees to
her use for her Life and for the Lives of her Two Sons
William Chapman and James Chapman a Lease of two
yard Lands with the Appurtenances in Aston and Coat afore=
said late in the possession of Marke Brickland deceased
and now in my possession upon the severall Trusts and
Conditions in the said Indenture of Lease mentioned one
part of which said Lease I do appoint to be given and
Delivered to my said Daughter ffrances within One Month
after my decease. Item I do give unto my said son Allan
Horde Twenty pounds to buy him Mourning, and I doe
give unto my said son all my Household Goods and
Pictures which I have not hereby otherwise Disposed of
Provided my said son within one yeare next after my
Decease do settle and keepe House in my Mansion House
at Coat and live there as his constant place of Residence
amongst his Tenants but in case my said son shall not
soe settle and keep House there Then I do give the said
Household Goods and Pictures unto my Executrix herein
after named. Item I do remitt unto my said son Allan
Horde the Debt and Interest for which my Dear Son
Charles Horde Deceased made a Mortgage of the ffarme
called Gollifers ffarme which is yet unpaid and which was
ordered to be paid unto me by Decree of the High Court of
Chancery and was stated and reported by one of the
Masters of the said Court to be then Two Thousand One
Hundred and Sixty Eight pounds and is since much increased
by the interest thereof. Provided also and my Will and
meaning is That if my said son Allan Horde shall not
within one yeare next after my Decease Live inhabit and

keep House in my said Mansion House in Coat aforesaid as his
usual place of Residence or if my said son doe or shall at any
time Molest or Disturb my said Wife and Executrix herein
after named or my Legatees or any of them in this my Will
named in the receipt or Enjoyment of whatsoever I have
hereby given unto them or any of them or any of my Tenants
in the Enjoyment of any Estate which I have at any time
heretofore made or granted unto them or any of them or
any other person or persons who shall may or ought to
claime any Estate by vertue of this my Will or of the Inden=
=tures herein after mentioned bearing Date the Eleventh day
of this instant August or shall not permit and suffer my
said Wife to remaine and continue in my said House such
convenient time after my Decease as aforesaid and to remove
her own Goods and all such other Goods and things as I have
given to her and her Relations in and by this my Will That
then in any or either of the cases before mentioned the said
Mortgage on the said ffarme called Gollifers ffarme shall be
in force and the said ffarme shall stand charged therewith
and all money due thereupon shall be paid by my said son
to my said Executrix the better to enable her to pay the several
Legacies by this my Will given and to pay and Discharge
all such Costs Losses and Charges as my said son Allan Horde
may put her my said Wife and Executrix and my Legatees or
Tenants or any of them to. Item I do Declare my Will and
Mind to be that the five yard Lands and an half lying in
Aston and Coat in the parish of Bampton aforesaid and in
the said County of Oxon formerly in the possession of [blank]
Stacy John Palmer and John Newman or some of them and
now in my possession and which by Indenture bearing Date the
Thirteenth day of April Anno Domini One Thousand six hundred
and ffifty seven were limitted or intended to be limited to the
use of my self and the Heirs Male of my body and have
been since duely setled and limitted to the use of my selfe
and my Heires shall remain unto and I do hereby give and
confirme the said Premises with their Appurtenances unto my
said son Allan Horde dureing his Life without impeachment
of Wast And after the Determination of the said Estate I doe
give the same unto Jonathan Castelman Esquire and his Heires
dureing the Life of my said son Allan Horde In Trust to support
the contingent remainders following and after the Decease of my
said son I do give and confirme the said Premises unto all and
every the sons of my said son successively as they shall be in
priority of Birth and to the respective Heires of their severall
bodys begotten the Elder of his sons and the Heires of his
body being preferred before the younger of his sons and the
Heires of their bodys. And for default of such Issue I do give
and confirme the said premises unto my Nephew Mr Robert
Horde dureing his Life without impeachment of Wast and
after the Determination of the said Estate I do give the same
unto the said Jonathan Castelman and his Heires dureing the
Life of my said Nephew In Trust to support the contingent Remainders

following and after the Decease of my said Nephew I do give
and confirme the said Premises unto all and every the sons
of my said Nephew successively as they shall be in Seniority
of Age and priority of birth and to the respective Heires of
their severall bodys begotten the Elder of his sons and the
Heires of his body being preferred before the younger of
them and the Heires of their bodys And for want of such
Issue I do give the said premises unto my own right Heires
for ever. Nevertheless my Will and meaning is that Notwith
=standing the Limitations aforesaid of the said ffive yard
Lands and an half last mentioned the same shall be subject
to the payment of sixteen pounds per Annum to the poor
of Bampton Weald and Shifford in such manner as in and
by this my Will hereafter is mentioned and also to make
good the Deficiences of the severall other Charities hereby
rattifyed and confirmed and herein after given and
bequeathed (if any shall happen to be) Provided also and
this Last bequest to my said son is upon this condition that
my said son shall inhabit and keep house in my said
Capital Messuage or Tenement in Coat aforesaid as his
constant place of Residence and shall permitt my Dear and
Loving Wife to live therein such convenient time after my
Death as aforesaid and shall be respectfull to her and
permitt her to remove what soever by this my Will I have
given unto her without any Disturbance or Denyall and
that neither my son or his Heires do Disturbe any person or
persons whatsoever in the Enjoyment of any Estate in Aston
or Coat aforesaid which I have at any time granted unto
him her or them, and in case my said son shall fail in
any of the Premisses Then this my Gift Bequest and Limitation
aforesaid shall cease as to my said son. And I do Desire that
all the Plate by this my Will given may have my Armes and
this Inscription (ex Dono Thomae Horde) Item I do give unto my
Grandson Gyles Palmer Ten pounds to buy him Mourning.
Item Whereas I am seized of or intituled unto one Annuity
or yearly rent charge of ffour pounds per Annum Issuing
out of a certain Lande now belonging to Mr Henry Turner
scituate in Eaton Hastings alias Water Eaton alias Water
Hastings in the County of Berks to me and my Heires for
ever. Now my Will is and I do hereby give and Devise the
said Annuity or yearly rent=charge of ffour pounds per Annum
unto my said Dear and loving Wife Mary and her Heires
for ever. Item I do give unto the three Children of my late
sister Gardiner namely William, Thomas, and Anne and unto
her Grand Daughter Priscilla to each of them a peice of Plate
of the value of Ten pounds. Item I do remitt and fforgive unto
my said Nephew Robert Horde one Obligation bearing Date
the seventeenth Day of November Anno Domini 1663, wherein
his ffather was bound to indemnify me against a Bond of the
penal summe of Twelve Hundred pounds upon which Bond
I have paid about one Thousand pounds for his said ffather
And I do Direct my said Executrix to Deliver up the said bond

unto him. And I do give unto my said Nephew Ten pounds to
buy him Mourning and unto his Wife Ten pounds to buy
her Mourning And I do also give unto my said Nephew and
to his said Wife each of them the summe of ffifty pounds and
unto their son Thomas Horde the summe of Twenty pounds
to be paid into the hands of the said Robert Horde for the use
of the said Thomas Horde within six Months after my Decease
whose receipt shall be a sufficient Discharge to my Executrix
for the same, and in case the said Thomas Horde shall dye
under Age then I give the said Tweny pounds to my said
Nephew Robert Horde. Item I do give unto my dear sister
Mrs Lockton One Hundred pounds and Ten pounds to buy her
Mourning And I do give unto her Daughter Anne Haynes a
peice of Plate of the value of Ten pounds. Item I do give and
bequeath unto my good ffriend and Neighbour Richard Coxeter
Esquire the summe of One Hundred pounds the better to engage
him to be Assistant to my Executrix hereinafter named to whom
I do Desire ^that he will give all the Advice and Assistance he can
for the due performance of this my Will. And as concerning
my ffunerall I wholly leave the Management thereof to
my Executrix whom I Desire to give Rings of Twenty shillings
each and Gloves to such persons whose names she shall find
mentioned in a List or Schedule for that purpose by me written
and left with this my Will and to such other persons as she
shall think fitt, and to bury me Decently and with as little
noise and charge as may be And only to Hang with black
Bayes and Escotcheons my Hall and Parlour and my Isle at
Bampton where my body will rest untill I Trust in my Saviour
it will arise into a glorious Resurrection, And I Desire all my
ffunerall Rings may have this Inscription (Live to dye) with
the day of the Month and year of my Death and the two
Letters of my name (T.H.) And I do Desire my Executrix to
cause my body to be interred within Ten days after my
Death and to suffer my body to continue in my Bed at least
four and Twenty hours, And I do Desire my ffunerall may
be as Early as may be that the Gentlemen that attend it may
have time to returne. And for as much as my Parents my Wives
and severall of my Children doe lye interred in the Parish
Church of Bampton aforesaid and I my selfe do Desire to be
interred in the same place, And for as much also as I have
always heard Divine Service and received the Holy Sacrament
in the Chappel of Shifford in the said Parish of Bampton I
do therefore charge all my aforesaid ffive yard Lands and
an half in Aston and Coat in the said Parish of Bampton
which I have herein before setled on my said son Allan Horde
with the payment of the yearly summe of sixteen pounds
for ever without any Deduction or Abatement whatsoever
which I will shall be applyed and Disposed of upon the
Trusts and in the manner herein after mentioned (that is to
say) my Will and Desire is that the yearly summe of Tenn
pounds thereof shall for ever hereafter be paid by equall
portions upon the ffeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and upon

Easter day in every year for ever unto such of the poorest
Inhabitants in the Towne and Village of Bampton and Weald
in the saId County of Oxon as the Vicars of the Parish of
Bampton aforesaid for the time being or the Major part of
them shall at the times aforesaid think most worthy of it
and in such proportions as they shall think fitt, and the
remaining yearly summe of six pounds shall for ever here=
=after be paid by such equall portions at the times aforesaid
unto such of the poorest Inhabitants of the Village of Shifford
as the said Vicars of the Parish of Bampton aforesaid for
the time being or the Major part of them shall at the times
aforesaid think most worthy of it and in such Proportions as
they shall think fitt, And my Will is that in the Disposeing of
the said yearly summes the said Vicars for the time being shall
have respect to such in the said respective places as shall
most constantly frequent the Morning and Evening Divine
Service and receive the Holy Sacrament. And I do hereby
Charge all my aforesaid ffive yard Lands and an half in Aston
and Coat aforesaid to make good the Bequest I have hereby
made for the benefitt of the Poor aforesaid Provided always
and the beforementioned summe of Ten pounds yearly given by
this my Will unto the poorest Inhabitants of Bampton and
Weald aforesaid is upon this Condition that if at any time hereafter
the Customes of St Stephens Breakfast the Procession Custome
and the Custome called the Harvest bottle now provided
yearly by the said Vicars of Bampton shall be Abolished
and the said Vicars doe or shall pay an Equivalent for the
same in money then my Will is that in case one Third part
of the said Equivalent for the said Customes shall not be
yearly paid and setled on the Schoolmaster of Aston and
Coat as an Addition to the benefaction that I have setled on
the said School of Aston Then and from thenceforth my
said Gift and bequest of Ten pounds yearly to be given
to the poorest Inhabitants of Bampton and Weald afore=
=said shall cease and be utterly void anything herein
contained to the contrary Notwithstanding, And then and
from thenceforth I give and Devise the summe of six pounds
yearly for ever out of the said Ten pounds unto the School=
=Master of Aston and Coat aforesaid for the time being as an
addition to the benefaction which I have already setled on
the said School to be paid unto him out of the said ffive yard
Lands and an half at such times and in the same manner
as my said other benefaction already given to the said
School is appointed to be paid and the other four pounds
of the said yearly summe of Ten pounds I give unto my
said son Allan Horde and his Heires for ever in ease of
the Lands charged therewith. Item I do give to the Village
of Coat in the Parish of Bampton aforesaid Ten pounds to
bind out two poor Children boys or Girles Apprentices
Item I do give Ten pounds to the Village of Aston Boges
in the parish of Bampton to bind out a poor boy or Girle
Apprentice. Item I do give to the Towne of Witney in the

said County of Oxon Twenty pounds to bind out two poore
Boys or Girles Apprentices.Item I do give to the Towne of Bampton
Ten pounds and unto the Village of Weald Ten pounds and
unto the Villages of Lewe and Shifford Ten pounds a peice
to bind out of each Towne or Vilage two poor boys or Girles
Apprentices. Item I do give unto the Village of Couberley in
the County of Gloucester Tenn pounds to bind out two poore
boys or Girles Apprentices. Item I do give unto the Village of Eaton
Hastings in the County of Berks Tenn pounds to bind out two poor
Boys or Girles Apprentices And my Will is that the Lords of the Mannor
of the said respective places and the Ministers Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor or the Major part of them with the Ministers
shall make choice of the Children who shall be so put out Appren=
=tices and place them to such Trades as they shall think fitt. Item
I do charge all my Lands in Aston and Coat aforesaid which I have
at any time purchased of any person or persons whatsoever or
wherein I have any Estate of Inheritance in ffee Simple with the
payment of the yearly summes hereinafter mentioned (that is
to say) two shillings and sixpence to be paid to some Glazier
to be Appointed by the Owner of my Mansion House in Coat for
repairing the Glass of the Windows of my Isle in the Church of
Bampton aforesaid and Two shillings and six pence to be
paid to the person who shall keep the key of my said Isle for
keeping the Monuments of my Wives there Clean and for Clean=
=ing the Paving, Windows and Toombs of my said Isle, and I do
earnestly Desire and Charge my said son Allan Horde and all
my Children and Grandchildren to be kind and respectfull to my
Dear Wife who never Attempted to Alienate my Affection from
them but encouraged me to Advance their ffortunes and Allow=
=ances, And whereas by Indenture bearing Date the Eleventh
Day of this Instant August I have Demised unto the aforesaid
Jonathan Castelman and Paul Castelman his Brother severall
Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments therein menc'oned
for such Estate and Interest as therein is expressed In Trust
for such persons as I should by any Writing under my hand
and seal or by my Last Will and Testament in Writing Testifyed
by two or more Credible Wittnesses Direct and Appoint I doe
hereby Direct and Appoint that the said Jonathan Castelman and
Paul Castelman their Executors Administrators and Assignes shall
be possessed of the said Premisses upon the Trusts following (that
is to say) as for and concerning such of the said Premisses as by the
said Indenture are mentioned to have been granted unto Edmond
Bartlet alias Startup by Indenture bearing Date the ffirst day
of July in the ffive and Twentieth year of the Reigne of the Late
King Charles the Second or to have been in his possession In
Trust for the aforesaid Mary Castelman and Anne Castelman
the Sister of the said Mary Castelman dureing their Lives and the
Life of the longest liver of them, And as for and concerning such
of the said Premisses as by the said Indenture are mentioned
to have been Demised unto Humphrey Lyndsey or to have been
in his possession In Trust for the said Thomas Horde the son
of the aforesaid Robert Horde dureing his Life, And as for and

concerning such of the said Premisses as by the said Indenture
are mentioned to have been Demised unto James Stone by
Indenture bearing Date the Eighth Day of November in the Twenty
second year of the Reigne of the said Late King Charles the
Second or to have been in his possession In Trust for the said
William Chapman and James Chapman dureing their Lives
and the Life of the longest liver of them And as for and concerning
such of the said Premisses as by the said Indenture are menc'oned
to have been Demised unto Edward Ricketts or to have been
in his possession in Trust for the aforesaid Richard Castelman
and John Castelman dureing their Lives and the Life of the
longest liver of them, And as for and concerning such of the
said Premisses as by the said Indenture are mentioned to
have been granted by Copy of Court Roll unto John Carter or to
have been in his possession In Trust for the aforesaid Mary
Rich and Alicia Rich the Daughters of the aforesaid Lyonell
Rich Esquire dureing their Lives and the Life of the longest liver
of them And as for and concerning such of the said Premisses
as by the said Indenture are mentioned to have been Demised
unto John Seary or to have been in his possession In Trust
for the said John Castelman dureing his Life And as for and
concerning such of the said Premisses as by the said Indenture
are mentioned to have been Demised unto Edmond Bartlett
alias Startup by Indenture bearing Date the Eight and Twentieth
Day of January Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Twelve or to have been in his possession in Trust for the said
Mary Castelman and Anne Castelman dureing their Lives and
the Life of the longest liver of them, And as for and concerning
such of the said Premisses as by the said Indenture are menc'oned
to have been Demised unto Thomas Young Alice his Wife
and Anthony Wenman or to have been in his possession in
Trust for the aforesaid William Chapman and James Chapman
dureing their Lives and the Life of the longest liver of them And as
for and concerning such of the said Premisses as by the said
Indenture are mentioned to have been granted by Copy of Court
Roll unto William Blackhall or to have been in his possession in
Trust for the said Mary Castelman dureing her Life, And as
for and concerning such of the said Premisses as by the said
Indenture are mentioned to have been Demised unto Robert
Pencott by Indenture bearing Date the Thirteenth day of March
in the Third year of the Reign of their late Majesties King William
and Queen Mary or to have been in his possession in Trust
for the said Mary Rich and Alicia Rich dureing their Lives and
the Life of the longest liver of them And as for and concerning
such of the said Premisses as by the said Indenture are menc'oned
to have been Demised unto William Slatter and Jane his Wife
or to have been in their possession in Trust for the said William
Chapman and James Chapman dureing their Lives and the Life
of the longest liver of them And as for and concerning such of the
said Premisses as by the said Indenture are mentioned to have
been Demised unto John Buckner or to have been in his possession
in Trust for the said Anne Castelman dureing her Life. And as

for and concerning such of the said Premisses as by the said
Indenture are mentioned to have been Demised unto Robert
Pencott by Indenture bearing Date the Three and Twentieth day of
December in the two and Twentieth year of the Reign of the said
late King Charles the Second or to have been in his possession in
Trust for the aforesaid Robert Horde dureing his Life And as for and
concerning such of the said Premisses as by the said Indenture are
mentioned to have been granted by Copy of Court Roll unto Bar=
=tholomew Slatter or to have been in his possession in Trust for
the said Mary Rich dureing her Life And as for and concerning such
of the said Premisses as by the said Indenture are mentioned to
have been granted by Copy of Court Roll unto John Moulden or
to have been in his possession in Trust for the said Richard Castelman
and John Castelman dureing their Lives and the Life of the longest
liver of them, And as for and concerning such of the said Premisses
as by the said Indenture are mentioned to have been granted by
Copy of Court Roll unto Thomas Bartlett or to have been in his
possession in Trust for the said Robert Horde dureing his Life
And as for and concerning such of the said Premisses as by the
said Indenture are mentioned to have been granted by Copy of
Court Roll unto William Sparrowhawke or to have been in his
possession in Trust for the said Mary Rich and Alicia Rich
dureing their Lives and the Life of the longest liver of them And
as for and concerning such of the said Premisses as by the said
Indenture are mentioned to have been granted by Copy of Court
Roll unto James Stone or to have been in his possession in Trust
for the said Robert Horde and Thomas Horde the son of the said
Robert Horde during their Lives and the Life of the longest liver of
them And as for and concerning such of the said Premisses as by
the said Indenture are mentioned to have been Demised unto
John Williams by Indenture bearing Date the ffourth day of
January One Thousand Seven Hundred and four or to have been
in his possession in Trust for the said William Chapman during
his Life And as for and concerning such of the said Premisses as
by the said Indenture are mentioned to have been Demised
unto Walter Powell or to have been in his possession in Trust for
the said William Chapman and James Chapman during their
Lives and the Life of the longest liver of them, And as for and
concerning such of the said Premisses as by the said Indenture
are mentioned to have been Demised unto William Baseley or
to have been in his possession in Trust for the said Mary
Castelman during her Life And as for and concerning such of
the said Premisses as by the said Indenture are mentioned to
have been Demised unto the said Roger ffox or to have been in
his possession in Trust for the said Richard Castelman during
his Life And as for and concerning such of the said Premisses as
by the said Indenture are mentioned to have been Demised unto
Robert Sparrowhawke or to have been in his possession in Trust
for the said Thomas Horde the son of the said Robert Horde
during his Life And as for and concerning such of the said
Premisses as by the said Indenture are mentioned to have been
Demised unto the said William Sparrowhawke by Indenture

bearing Date the Twelfth day of August Anno Domini One Thousand
Six Hundred and ninety seven or to have been in his possession
in Trust for the said Robert Horde during his Life And as for
and concerning such of the said Premisses as by the said Indenture
are mentioned to have been Demised unto Thomas ffox the
Younger or to have been in his possession in Trust for the
said Thomas Horde the son of the said Robert Horde during
his Life. Item I do ratify and confirme a certain Deed Poll
bearing Date on or about the ffifteenth day of January last
past whereby I have conveyed the Lands therein mentioned
unto Dr Dobson Dr Dunstar Dr Painter Allan Horde Jonathan
Castelman William Wright Henry White James Pinnel and
Mathew Pinnel and their Heires In Trust to raise and
Distribute the summe of fforty shillings Monthly for ever in
such manner as in the said last mentioned Deed is expressed
And also in Trust to raise the further yearly summe of Sixteen
pounds for the Clothing poor people and for Teaching poor
Children to read English in such manner and proportions as
in the said Deed is expressed Nevertheless my Will and Desire
is and I do hereby Direct and Appoint that in the Distribution
of my aforesaid benefaction of fforty shillings Monthly for
ever to the poor Prisoners in the Castle at Oxford in such manner
as in the said Deed Poll is mentioned my said Trustees in the said
Deed named and their Successors for ever shall take care that
no part of the said Money may be given or Distributed there
to any person or persons who shall or may be respectively
Committed to the said Prison for the severall Crimes of High
Treason Murther or Burglary or to such Idle and Disorderly persons
who shall be Committed there for Deer Stealing or ffish Stealing
And my Desire is that chiefly and before all other Prisoners
there regard shall be had in the first place to such who shall be
there confined for Debt and that among such Debtors the poorest
and most necessitous of them shall be preferred before those
whose Necessities are not so urgent And it is my Desire that the
Owner of my Mansion House at Coat aforesaid the President
of Trinity Colledge the Rector of Exeter Colledge and the Warden
of Wadham Colledge in Oxford be always Trustees of this my
benefaction And I do intreat my Trustees for the time being to
take care that they be from time to time Requested to Act with
them. And in case the Lands which by the said Deed Poll I have
charged with the said yearly summes shall not be sufficient to
answer the same Then I do hereby charge all my ffive yard
Lands and an half (which I have herein before given ^to and
setled on my said son Allan Horde) with the payment of soe
much money yearly as shall be wanting to raise the full yearly
payments aforesaid out of the Premisses charged therewith
as aforesaid. Item I do hereby revoke One Indenture of
Release bearing Date the ffifteenth day of March in the Sixth
year of her present Majesties Reigne and made between my
self of the One part the said Allan Horde Thomas Snell
John Dewe John ffrederick John Moulden Gen William
Young and Robert Pencott Yeomen of the other part Whereby

I made some Provision for Cloathing poor people and Teaching
poor Children in Aston and Coat aforesaid. Item in case William
Alder shall be my servant at the time of my Death ^Then I do give unto
him ffive pounds and ffive pounds more to buy him Mourning and
in that case also I give the said William Alder one half of my
Stuff and Woollen Apparell and the other half thereof I do give
unto my Bayliffe Richard Keats in case he shall be my servant at
the time of my Death. Item in case the said William Alder
Richard Keats and John Baston my present Butler Bayliffe
and Coachman shall not be my servants at the time of my
Death Then I do give unto the persons who shall be my Butler
Bayliffe and Coachman at the time of my Death (in case they
shall have respectively lived with me one yeare before my Death
or shall make up ^{that time} afterwards with my Wife or son and not other=
=wise) the summe of ffive pounds a peice and five pounds a
peice more to buy them Mourning. Item I do give unto the person
who shall be my Gardiner (having also lived with me one
year) at the time of my Death the summe of five pounds to
buy him Mourning. Item I do give unto Joseph Shingleton
(my boy) if he shall be my servant at the time of my Death
(and not otherwise) the summe of Three pounds and Three
pounds more to buy him Mourning. Item I do give unto the
chief Maid who shall Live with my Wife at the time of my
Death the summe of ffive pounds to buy her Mourning and
to the other two Maids who shall be my servants at the same
time four pounds a peice to buy them Mourning in case the
said severall Maid Servants shall also have respectively
lived with me one year before my Death or shall make
up the said time afterwards with my Wife or son Neverthelesse
my Will is that all those Legacies to my severall servants
before mentioned or to such other persons who shall be my
servants at the time of my Death or such of them as my
Executrix shall think fitt shall be void in case my said servants
shall not (in the judgment and discretion of my said Executrix)
be worthy of and Deserve the same. Item I do give to the
poor Labourers who usually work all the Winter about my
House or Wood in my Garden Ten shillings a peice above their
weekly wages. Item I do ratify and confirme a certain
Deed or Indenture Tripartite of Release bearing Date on or
about the Three and Twentieth day of March last past and
made between my self of the first part, my late Grandson
Thomas Palmer Deceased of the second part and the afore=
=said Jonathan Castelman ^{and Paul Castelman} of the Third part whereby I have
conveyed the Lands therein mentioned unto the said Jonathan
Castelman and Paul Castelman and their Heires upon the
Trusts in the said Indenture Tripartite mantioned and
expressed. Item I do also ratify and confirme one other Deed
or Indenture Tripartite of Assignment bearing Date on or about
the said Three and Twentieth day of March last past and
made between my self of the ffirst part the aforesaid Thomas
Palmer Deceased of the Second part and the aforesaid Jonathan
Castelman and Paul Castelman of the Third part whereby

I have assigned and sett over the severall Mortgages Bonds and
Securitys for Money and the severall summes of Money therein
mentioned (amounting in the whole to the summe of Eight
Thousand and Eighty pounds) unto the said Jonathan Castelman
and Paul Castelman and the Survivor of them and the Executors
and Administrators of such Survivor upon the Trusts in the said
Indenture mentioned and Declared And Whereas among other
things and Trusts in the said last mentioned Indenture contained
It is Declared that from and after my Decease the said Indenture
is upon the Trust that they the said Jonathan Castelman and
Paul Castelman or the Survivor of them
[The next two short lines inserted marginally]
or the Ex'ors or Adm'rs of the
Survivour of Them
shall and may raise
and pay out of the same summes of Money and Premisses
thereby to them bargained sold assigned and sett over all
and every the summe and summes of Money which in and
by my Last Will and Testament should be bequeathed or
mentioned to be bequeathed to the severall persons in a
Schedule to the said Indenture Annexed mentioned and in
such summe and summes and proportions as in the said
Schedule is mentioned and expressed or which should be given
and bequeathed to any other person or persons whatsoever in
and by my said Last Will Provided that such summe and
summes or Legacys so to be given did not exceed in the whole
or gross summe the summe and summes in the said Schedule
mentioned Nevertheless it is thereby Declared to be the true
intent and Meaning of the said Indenture that it should be
lawfull for me to alter add to or Diminish any Gift or Legacy
in the said Schedule mentioned to be given or appointed to
any person or persons whatsoever or to change any of the
persons therein named for any other person or persons and
to give them or any of them the said Legacies in such pro=
=portions as I should think fitt so as all the said Legacys
so to be given to the said severall persons in the said Schedule
mentioned or to any other person or persons in their or any
of their stead do not exceed in the whole the sum'e and
summes in the said Schedule mentioned And whereas since
the making of the said recited Indenture and of my late Will
wherein the said Legacies were mentioned to be given and
in which Will I had appointed my said late Grandson Thomas
Palmer to be my Executor he the said Thomas Palmer is Dead
by reason whereof I have been obliged to make this my Last
Will and to appoint another Executrix thereof and to make
some small alterations in the persons and Legacies in the said
Schedule mentioned And to revoke as I hereby do the severall
Legacies and Bequests of Plate gownes and all other matters in
the said Schedule mentioned to be given to Mr John Edmonds
and Mr Mervin and to the aforesaid Richard Coxeter Esquire
and his Wife and Son which I will shall be paid to my Executrix
out of the said Eight Thousand and Eighty pounds towards
making up the summe of One Hundred pounds by this my Will
given to the said Richard Coxeter as aforesaid Therefore I doe
Declare my Will and Mind to be that the said Jonathan Castelman
and Paul Castelman the Trustees in the said Indenture mentioned

shall by and out of the severall Securities and summes of Money
in the said Indenture mentioned raise and pay into the hands
of my Executrix herein after named the summe of Eighteen
Hundred and Twenty two pounds being the whole gross sum'e
in the said Schedule mentioned accounting my own Grand=
=children (to each of whom I have given a peice of Plate to the
Value of Ten pounds) to be fourteen in number and that they
the said Jonathan Castelman and Paul Castelman do also raise
and pay into the hands of my said Executrix hereafter named
the further summe of Two Hundred and Seventy Eight pounds
for the buying of Rings and Gloves for the severall persons in a
List or Schedule by me written and left with this my Will or
for such of them or for such other persons as my said Executrix
shall think fitt besides many others to whom Gloves only will
be given by my said Executrix And my Will is that the said
whole summes of Eighteen Hundred and Twenty two pounds
and Two Hundred and Seventy Eight pounds making in all
the summe of Two Thousand and One Hundred pounds shall
be raised by the said Trustees out of the said summe of Eight
Thousand and Eighty pounds in the said recited Indenture
mentioned and out of the Securities on which the same now
is or hereafter may be placed and shall be paid into the
hands of my Executrix hereafter named within Two Months
next after my Decease And that my said Executrix do pay
over the same unto my severall Legatees in this my Will
named or to such of them respectively who shall have
complyed with the Termes Provisoes and Conditions in this
my Will mentioned and to them or any of them respectively
relateing within Three Months then next after the same shall
be so paid unto my said Executrix as aforesaid And my Will is
that the said whole summe of Two Thousand and One Hundred
pounds for the paying and satisfying of all the said Legacies
and summes in the said Schedule mentioned and intended be
paid only out of the summes of Money and Securities in the said
Indenture mentioned And that all the rest of my Estate real
and personal and my said Executrix to be Discharged thereof
and of every part thereof. Item for as much as my said Son
Allan Horde hath withstood all the earnest Requests and
fair Offers which I have formerly made unto him to Marry
and I am not likely to be happy in any Posterity by him And
for as much as he hath severall times formerly Declared that
he would not axcept [sic] of being my Executor And in regard I
have received great summes of Money out of the Estate of
my Dear Wife since my Marriage with her Therefore I do
give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my Goods
Chattells Debts Creditts Stock of Cattle Corne Hay and Corne
upon the Ground Arrearages of Rents in my Tenants hands
and all other my personal Estate whatsoever unbequeathed
(my Debts Legacies and ffunerall Expences being first paid
and Discharged) unto my said Dear and loving Wife Mary
And I do make and constitute my said Dear Wife Mary the
Sole Executrix of this my Will with great confidence that she

will performe it with judgment care and Integrity. Provided
and my Will is That if my said son Allan Horde his Heires
Executors or Administrators do or shall Disturbe my said Wife
in the Receipt or Enjoyment of whatsoever I have hereby given
unto her or any of my Tenants in the possession of any Estate
which I have at any time heretofore made or granted unto
them or to any other person or persons by this my Will Then
my Will is that the charge of Defending such Disturbance
shall be paid and borne by my said Executrix out of my personal
Estate And I do hereby give unto the person or persons who
shall suffer by such Disturbance soe much money as they or
either of them shall be Daminfyed [sic] by reason thereof And I
do Appoint my said Executrix her Heires Executors and
Administrators to pay all such charges and money accordingly
And I do hereby charge all the Estate both real and personall
which I have hereby given unto my said Executrix with the
payment thereof And I do Desire and charge the Heires of
my said late Grandson Thomas Palmer Deceased as they
shall be seized of my Estate in Eaton Hastings aforesaid by
vertue of the Deed or Indenture above ratifyed to pay my said
Wife her Annuity charged thereupon duely free from all Taxes
which was my Agreement with my said Wife before my
Marriage with her and without any Difficulty or Disturbance
Provided also and my Will further is that in case my said son
Allan Horde shall not within One Month next after my Decease
give and duely Execute unto my said Executrix such goods
and sufficient Release and Discharge in the Law as shall be
necessary to quitt and Discharge my said Executrix from all
Demands to be made by the said Allan Horde his Executors
Administrators or Assignes of any Legacy or summe of
money whatsoever pretended to be due to him or them out
of the Estate or by Vertue of the Will of my late Dear Son
Charles Horde deceased (to whom I was Executor) Then in
such case I Will that the aforesaid Estate called Gollifers
ffarme shall stand charged with the aforesaid Mortgage and
Debt due thereon to me And then in such case I do give the said
Debt and all Interest due thereon to my said Executrix And
I do appoint that my said Executrix shall keep the Mortgage
Deed thereof untill the due performance of the severall
Provisoes and Conditions which on the part of my said son
Allan Horde and my other Legatees in this my Will named are
to be performed and done Provided also that if all and every
of my other Legatees and Devisees in this my Will named
who shall or may claim any Legacy or summe of money or
other matter or thing whatsoever out of the said Estate or by
vertue of the said Will of my said son Charles Horde Deceased
shall not also severally and respectively release and Discharge
my said Executrix of and from all Legacies and summes of
money and other claims and Demands whatsoever due or
pretended to be due unto them or any of them respectively
out of my said son Charles's Estate or by vertue of his said Will
That then in such case the severall Legacies Devises and Bequests

by this my Will given to the person or persons respectively
refuseing to give such Release shall cease and be void And it
shall be Lawfull for my said Executrix to Detain the same
respectively in her owne hands and to her owne use as part of
my personal Estate until such person and persons who shall
make such claim shall give unto my said Executrix such sufficient
Release and Discharge as is aforesaid anything herein before
contained to the contrary notwithstanding And in regard I
committed the mannagement of my said son Charles's Estate
to my said son Allan Horde and if anything thereof yet remains
or hath been Misapplyed
[The next four short lines inserted marginally]
or wasted the same is
in the hands of my said
son Allan Horde or has
been lost or misapplyed
through his Default or Mismannage=
=ment Therefore my Will further is that in case any of my
Legatees before named who shall or may claime any Legacy
summe of Money or other Matter or thing whatsoever as
due or pretended to be due unto him or them respectively
or to his her or their Child or Children respectively shall
notwithstanding the Proviso before mentioned refuse to Release
and Discharge my said Executrix in manner before expressed
and shall put my said Executrix her Executors or Adminis=
=trators to any trouble Costs or charges upon the Account
aforesaid or any other account relateing to my said son
Charles's Estate Then in such case also my Will is And I doe
hereby charge the said Mortgage on the said ffarme called
Gollifers ffarme with the payment to my Executrix her Heires
and Administrators of all such summe and summes of money
Costs Charges and Damages whatsoever which my said
Executrix her Executors or Administrators or any of them
shall be put unto or susteyne for or upon the account afore=
=said In Wittness whereof I the said Thomas Horde to this
my Last Will and Testament consisting of ffourteen sheetes
of paper have sett my hand and seal the Day and yeare
first above written (Tho: Horde) Signed Sealed published
and Declared by the said Thomas Horde as and for his last
Will and Testament in the presence of us and in his
presence subscribed by us. ffrancis Coxeter, William
Lissett, Jethro Bunce.

A Codicill to be annexed unto and taken as
part of the Last Will and Testament of Thomas
Horde Esq'r

Imprimis Whereas I have in and by
my Will above written given and bequeathed unto my
Grand Daughter and God Daughter Mary Castelman my biggest
Silver Tankard Engraven with Mr Rayntons Armes Now I
do hereby revoke the said Gift and Legacy of the said Silver
Tankard so given unto the said Mary Castelman And for as much
as the said Tankard was the said Mr Rayntons Therefore I do
give and bequeath the said Silver Tankard unto my Godson
Reginald Morgan Bray the great-Grandson of the said Mr Raynton

and son of Edmond Bray of Barrington Esquire Item I do
further Declare my Will and Mind to be that in case any of my
Legatees in my said Will before mentioned (or which are
mentioned in the Schedule in my said Will expressed to bee
annexed to the Indenture Tripartite of Assignment bearing
Date the Three and Twentieth day of March last past
which in my said Will before is mentioned) shall happen to
dye before me whereby their said respective Legacys may
become void Then in such case my Will is and I do hereby
give all and every such Legacy and Legacys so given and
bequeathed to the person and persons that shall or may
so happen to dye before me unto my said Executrix in my
Will before named as part of my personall Estate. Item
Whereas also I have in and by my Will before mentioned
charged my son Allan Horde to allow unto my Dear Wife
Mary the freedome of my House without any Molestation
for a Month at least or some Weeks more (if she Desires
it) to dry up her Tears and remove the Goods which she
brought thither and those which I have by my said Will
given unto her Now I having considered that in regard
I have made my said Wife my Executrix of my said Last
Will and Testament and that by reason thereof she may
be put to great inconveniencys in the Disposeing of such
Stock of Cattle and other Goods as by my said Will I have
given unto her for want of sufficient time to make the
best Advantage thereof Therefore I do hereby charge my
said son Allan Horde to allow unto my said Wife the
freedome of my said House for Three Months at least
after my Decease for the purposes aforesaid And I do Declare
my Will and Mind to be that notwithstanding the Device
and Limitations of my ffive yard Lands and an half in my
said Will mentioned to be given and Limitted to my said
son Allan Horde and upon other Limitations therein mentioned
the said Device and Limitations of the said ffive yard Lands
and an half in my said Will mentioned shall not be in
force or take place untill the expiration of Three Months
next after my Decease And I do hereby give the use of the
said five yard Lands and an half unto my said Dear Wife
and Executrix before mentioned for the said Terme or space
of Three Months next after my Decease to the intent to
enable her thereon to keep all such Cattle and Stock as
she may have after my Decease as my said Executrix untill
she can conveniently Dispose thereof within the said time
anything in my said Will before contained to the contrary
Notwithstanding. And whereas I have in and by my Will
before mentioned Provided that if all and every ^of my Legatees
and Devisees in my said Will named who shall or may
claime any Legacy or summe of money or other matter
or thing whatsoever out of the Estate or by vertue of the Will
of my Late son Charles Horde Deceased shall not severally
and respectively release and Discharge my Executrix of and
from all Legacys and summes of money and other Claims

and Demands whatsoever due or pretended to be due unto
them or any of them respectively out of my son Charles Hordes
Estate or by vertue of his Will That then in such case the severall
Legacys Devices and Bequests by my said Will given to the
person or persons respectively refuseing to give such Release
should cease and be void and that it should be lawfull for
my said Executrix to Detaine the same Legacies respectively
in her own hands and to her owne use as part of my personall
Estate until such person and persons who should make such
claime should give unto my said Executrix such sufficient
Release and Discharge in the Law as is aforesaid. And
Whereas I am Apprehensive that one or more of my said
Legatees may refuse to give such Release and may sue my
said Executrix or give her some other Disturbance upon the
account of my said son Charles's Estate altho' others of them
may Execute such Release as is aforesaid Now therefore
my Will and meaning further is that in case any one or
more of my said Legatees shall refuse to give such Release
as is aforesaid or shall commence any Law Suit against
or give or joyn in any other Disturbance to or against my
said Executrix Then and in such case it shall and may be
Lawfull to and for my said Executrix to detain all and every
the Legacy and Legacys by my said Will given unto the
persons respectively claiming any share or benefitt out of
my said son Charles's Estate untill all and every of my said
Legatees shall have duely given and Executed such sufficient
Release and Discharge as is aforesaid And in case the
giving and Executeing such Releases shall be refused or
delayed by all or any of my said Legatees for the space
of three Months next after the said respective persons
might have and receive their respective Legacies or after
it shall be signifyed unto them respectively by Letter
or otherwise by my said Executrix that she is ready to pay
the same upon the executing of such Releases from them
respectively Then in such case my Will is that the said severall
Legacies so to them respectively given and every of them
shall be utterly void and shall remain to my said Executrix
as part of my personall Estate In Wittness whereof I the
said Thomas Horde have hereunto sett my hand and seal
this ffifteenth day of September in the Twelfth year of the
Reigne of Our Soveraigne Lady Anne by the Grace of God
of Great Britain ffrance and Ireland Queen Defender of
the ffaith &c Annoque Domini 1713 (Tho: Horde) Signed
sealed and published by the said Thomas Horde in the
prence of us who subscribed our names thereto in his presence
Rich'd Coxeter, John Blagrave, John White.

A further Codicill to be annexed unto and
taken as part of the Last Will and Testament of
Thomas Horde Esquire.

Whereas I have in and by my Will above written
bearing Date the Twelfth day of August Last past and in
the third folio of my said Will given unto my son Allan
Horde therein mentioned all my Houshold Goods and Pictures
not thereby otherwise Disposed of under the Proviso therein
mentioned and also in that and the fourth folio of my said
Will have remitted unto my said son Allan Horde the Debt
and Interest for which my son Charles Horde Deceased made
a Mortgage of the ffarme called Gollifers ffarme under the
Proviso therein also mentioned, and whereas also I have
in the said fourth and the fifth folio of my said Will Decla=
=red my Will and Mind to be that the five yard Lands and
an half lying in Aston and Coate therein mentioned to have
been limitted to the use of my self and the Heires Male of
my body by Indenture Dated the Thirteenth day of April
Anno Domini One Thousand Six Hundred and fifty seven
and to have been since duely setled and limitted to the
use of my self and my Heires should remain unto my said
son Allan Horde upon the Limitations therein mentioned
and for Default of such Issue of my said son Allan Horde
as therein is expressed Then the same are thereby limited unto
my Nephew Robert Horde in Special tail in such manner as
therein is mentioned with Reversion in fee to my own right
Heires (there being a rasure where the name of the said Robert
Horde is mentioned which was made before the Executing of
my said Will) subject to the payment of the Charities in
my said Will named and under the Proviso therein menti=
=oned and contained, and whereas in the said fifth folio of
my said Will I have given one Annuity or yearly Rent=
=charge of four pounds per Annum issuing out of certaine
Lands ^now belonging to Mr Edward Turner in Eaton Hastings
in the County of Berks unto my Dear and loving Wife Mary
and her Heires for ever (there being also a rasure in the
said Will where the Words (my said Dear and loving Wife
Mary and her Heires) are written which said rasure was
also made and such words written and incerted therein before
my executing thereof) And Whereas in the Thirteenth folio
of my said Will I have Provided that if my said son Allan
Horde his Heires Executors or Administrators should Disturbe
my said Wife in the receipt or enjoyment of whatsoever I
have thereby given unto her or any of my Tenants in the possession
of any Estate which I have at any time heretofore made or
granted unto them or unto any other person or persons by my
said Will that then the charge of Defending such Disturbance
shall be paid and borne by my Executrix out of my personal
Estate which I have thereby appointed to be paid accordingly And
I have therein further Provided that in case my said son Allan
Horde and all and every other Legatees and Devisees in my
said Will named who should claime any Legacy summe of money
or other matter or thing whatsoever out of the Estate or by vertue
of the Will of my said late son Charles Horde Deceased should not

also severally and respectively Release and Discharge my said
Executrix of and from all Legacys and summes of money and other
Claims and Demands whatsoever due or pretended to be due
unto them or any of them respectively out of my said son Charles's
Estate or by vertue of his Will That then the several Legacys
Devises and bequests by my said Will given to the person or persons
respectively refuseing to give such Release should be void and
remain in the hands of my Executrix until such person and persons
who should make such claim should give such Release as aforesaid
And that the said Mortgage on the said ffarme called Gollifers
ffarme shall make good to my said Executrix all the said Provisoes
and Conditions pursuant to my said Will. And Whereas by a
former Codicill bearing Date the fifteenth day of September last
and annexed to my said Will reciteing among other things in
part the last above mentioned Proviso I have Declared it to be my
further Will and meaning that in case any one or more of my said
Legatees shall refuse to give such release as aforesaid or shall
sue or give or joyn in any other Disturbance to or against my said
Executrix that then she my said Executrix shall and may detain
all and every the Legacies by my said Will given unto the persons
respectively claiming any share or benefitt out of my said son
Charles's Estate until all and every of my said Legatees shall
have executed such Release and Discharge as is aforesaid And
that in case such Release shall be refused or Delayed by all or
any of my said Legatees for three Months next after they might
receive their respective Legacies or after it shall be signifyed
to them respectively by my Executrix that she is ready to pay the
same upon their executing such Releases that then my aforesaid
Legacys and every of them shall be void and remain to my
said Executrix as part of my personal Estate or to such Effect.
My Will and Meaning thereby was and is that if any one of my
aforesaid Legatees shall so refuse or Delay to give my said Executrix
such Release and Discharge as aforesaid that then none of my
said Legatees shall have their or any of their aforesaid Legacys
But that all and every of their said Legacies shall be utterly
void as to them and every of them and shall come to and be
Detained by my said Executrix unto whom I in such case give
all and every of the said Legacies. And Whereas if any Suit
Loss Charge Disturbance or trouble shall after my Decease be
commenced against or happen or be given to my Executrix her
Executors or Administrators by any of the Creditors Legatees or
Annuitants of my said late son Charles Horde Deceased for or
in respect of any Legacies Annuities summe or summes of money
given to them or any of them by the Will of my said late son
Charles Horde or for or in respect of any Debt or Debts pretended
to be due or owing from or by my said late son Charles Horde
or for or in respect of any other matter or thing whatsoever
relating to his said Will or Estate the same must arise from my
aforesaid son Allan Hordes Mismanagements of my said late
son Charles Hordes Estate. And for as much as I am also Apprehensive
that if my said Executrix or any of my Legatees or Devisees in my
Will named or any of my Tenants within the aforesaid Manor

of Aston and Coat or her their or any of their Executors or Admi=
-nistrators shall meet with or sustein any Loss charge or trouble
for or upon account of their or any of their respective Legacies or
interest in my real or personal Estate to them respectively
given by my said Will or for or in respect of any Leases or
Grants by me at any time heretofore made or granted to any
of my said Tenants or if my said Tenants themselves or any
of them shall put my said Executrix her Executors or Adminis=
=trators to any charge or trouble relating to the same that such
Loss charge trouble or other Disturbance must respectively
accrew or arise from my said son Allan Horde or by his
means or procurement or Stiring up my said Tenants thereto
Therefore my further Will and meaning is that in case any
Suit Loss charge Dammage or trouble shall happen to my said
Executrix or to my aforesaid Tenants or any of them or to any
other person or persons in Trust for them or any of them or to her
their or any of their Executors or Administrators for or by reason
or means of any of the matters aforesaid or if my said son
Allan Horde or any other of my Children or Legatees shall any
way controvert or endeaver to make void my Will or the Codicills
thereunto annexed in any part or parts thereof That then and
in all and every of the aforesaid cases the part and Share of my
said Household Goods and Pictures so given to my said son Allan
Horde in and by my said Will as aforesaid shall be Sold by my
said Executrix her Executors or Administrators towards the
reimbursing her and them for all such Charges payments
Expences and troubles which she or they shall or may Susteine
or be put unto for or by reason of any of the matters or
Accounts aforesaid. And my further Will amd meaning is that
all my Specifick Legacies and all other my personal Estate
except what is by my said Will given to my said son Allan Horde
and to the other Legatees and Annuitants of my said son Charles
Horde Deceased shall be and are hereby Discharged from making
good of any of the Losses Dammages Costs Charges and Disturbances
whatsoever that shall or may happen to my said Executrix her
Executors or Administrators or to any of my Tenants or any other
of my said Legatees or Devisees except as aforesaid And instead
of the Provision in my said Will made for making good the same
or any part thereof out of my said personal Estate which part of
my said Will I do hereby revoke. My Will now is that in the first
place all such Losses Dammages Charges and Disturbances shall be
repaid and made good to the person and persons who may suffer
thereby out of the said Debt due unto me out of the said ffarme
called Gollifers ffarme whether such Losses Charges or Disturbances
shall proceed directly or indirectly from my said son Allan Horde
or from any of my Tenants or from any of the Legatees Annuitants
or Creditors of my said son Charles Horde or otherwise. And as
a further Security to indemnify my said Executrix Tenants her and
their respective Executors and Administrators and all other my
Legatees and Devisees in my said Will named except as aforesaid
from such Charges and Disturbances upon the Accounts aforesaid
and upon the Account of any Suit Controversy or Disturbance

for about or concerning my said Will I do hereby revoke and
make void my Gift and Devise of my five yard Lands and an
half in Aston and Coat mentioned to be given and limitted to
my said son Allan Horde with Limitations over to my Nephew
Robert Horde as the same are given Devised and limitted in the
fourth and fifth folios of my said Will with revertion in fee to
my own right Heires And my Will and meaning is and I doe
hereby give unto the said Jonathan Castelman in my said Will
named and his Heires All those my said five yard Lands and an
half with the Commons and Appurtenances thereunto belonging
in Aston and Coat aforesaid (mentioned in the said fourth and
fifth folios of my said Will to be limitted as aforesaid Subject
to the Charity's and Proviso's in my said Will particularly expressed)
In Trust in the first place that he the said Jonathan Castelman
and his Heires shall and will by and out of the Rents and
profitts of the said premisses raise money to pay and Discharge
all the Charities charged thereon in and by my said Will yearly
and every yeare as the same are thereby appointed and made
payable and from and after the raising and paying of the said
yearly Charity's that then he the said Jonathan Castelman
and his Heires shall permit and suffer my said son Allan
Horde and his Assignes and such other person and persons to
whom the Premisses are limitted to receive and take all the
residue of the rents Issues and profitts of the said Premisses to
his and their own use and behoofe untill my said Executrix
her Executors or Administrators my Tenants or Legatees or any
of them their Executors or Administrators shall or may sustain
any Loss Dammage Charge or other Disturbance for or upon
any of the Accounts mentioned in this my Codicil or in any former
Codicil or in my Will to which this and the said former Codicill
are annexed and from and after such Disturbance given to
any of the persons aforesaid by my said son or by any of my said
Tenants or by any of the Legatees Annuitants or Creditors of
my said son Charles Horde Deceased or otherwise contrary to
my said Will and the Codicills thereunto annexed any or either
of them Then in Trust that he the said Jonathan Castelman and
his Heires shall and will by and out of the rents and profitts
of the said Premisses after the payment of the said Charities
raise money from time to time to pay and Discharge all such
summe and summes of money which my said Executrix
Tenants Legatees and Devisees and other persons exceot as
aforesaid or any of them shall be Obliged to lay out or expend
or otherwise Sustein for or by reason of such Losses Dammages
troubles or Charges or for the Defending of such Disturbance or
Disturbances And from and after my said Executrix and such
other persons as aforesaid shall be so paid and satisfyed
and my said Executrix shall be fully Discharged by my said
son Allan Horde and all other the Legatees Annuitants and
Creditors of my said son Charles Horde Deceased according to the
true intent and meaning of my said Will and Codicills, and
after my said Executrix shall have received and taken the
full benefitt of my said Will and Codicills and She and all other

my Legatees and Tenants quieted in the possession and enjoym't
of all and whatsoever I have in my said Will and Codicills
given ^unto her and them respectively and which by any Lease
or Leases or grants I have made and granted to my said tenants
or any of them or to any other person or persons in Trust for
them either in possession or Revertion or otherwise Then my Will
is that the said Devise and Limitation of my said five yard
Lands and an half and the Limitations thereof to my said
son Allan Horde with Limitations over to my said Nephew
Robert Horde as the same are mentioned in the said fourth
and fifth folios of my said Will shall be revived and the
same shall come and remaine unto my said son Allan
Horde under the aforesaid Limitations in the said fourth and
fifth folios of my said Will mentioned with Limitations
over to my said Nephew Robert Horde with revertion in
fee to my own right Heires as therein is also expressed,
Subject Nevertheless to the Charity's aforesaid to be paid
thereout yearly for ever pursuant to my said Will. And
as to all other the Provisos Matters and things in my said Will
and first Codicill thereunto annexed mentioned which are
not hereby revoked or altered my Will and meaning is
that the same shall stand in force and I do hereby ratify
and confirme the same in every particular In Wittness
whereof I the said Thomas Horde have hereunto sett my
hand and seal the Three and Twentyeth day of November
in the Twelfth year of the Reigne of Our Soveraigne Lady Anne
by the Grace of God of great Britain ffrance and Ireland
Queen Defender of the ffaith &c Annoque Domini 1713.
(Tho: Horde) Signed sealed and published by the said
Thomas Horde in the prence of us who subscribed our names
therto in his presence William Mervin Jun'r. William Lissett
Jethro Bunce

Whereas by Indenture of Assignment Tripartite
bearing Date the 23'd day of March 1712 made or mentioned
to be made between my Self of the first part my then Grandson
Thomas Palmer of the 2'd part and Jonathan Castelman Esq'r
and Paul Castelman Gentleman of the 3'd part and by the Schedule
thereunto annexed I had (among other things) power to give
and Dispose of as many Rings of Twenty Shillings value
each and black Shammey Gloves as I should as therein
mentioned appoint to be paid out of the Trust moneys or
Estate by the said Indenture assigned which by a late Decree
in Chancery hath in persuance of an Offer made by mee
for that purpose been ascertained at 278li and Ordered
to be paid for or in Lieu of such Rings and Gloves to my
Executors or Administrators or as I should appoint. Now
I do hereby Appoint the said summe of 278li to be paid
to my Dear Wife Mary Horde whom I have made my
Executrix of my Last Will, leaveing it to her sole power
and Discretion to give and Dispose of such part thereof

in Rings and Gloves as she shall think fitt and to keep the
residue thereof to her owne use which I do hereby give her
accordingly Wittness my hand this 29th day of July in the
yeare of Our Lord 1715. (Tho: Horde)

I Appoint the above writing to be added as a Codicill to and
taken as part of my Will Wittness my hand and seal this one
and Twentieth day of September 1715 (Tho: Horde) Signed
sealed published and Declared by the said Thomas Horde in
our presence and in his presence Wittnessed and subscribed
by us John Edmonds, William Lissett, Jethro Bunce

Probatum fuit hujusmodi Testamentum apud
London cum tribus Codicillis annexis coram venerabili et
Egregio viro Johanne Bettesworth Legum Doctore Curiae
Praerogativae Cantuariensis Magistro Custode sive Commissario
legitime constituto Vicesimo Quarto die Mensis Aprilis anno
Domini Millesimo Septingentesimo Decimo Sexto Juramento
Mariae Horde Viduae Relictae dicti Defuncti et Executricis unicae in dicto
Testamento nominatae Cui commissa fuit Administratio omnium et
singulorum bonorum jurium et Creditorum dicti defuncti de bene
et fideliter Administrando eadem ad Sancta Dei Evangelia vigore
Commissionis Jurat.

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