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Will of James PERROTT of North Leigh
Will 14 Aug 1721 Probate 15 Feb 1724/5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Buried 29 Jan 1724/5 North Leigh The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon: Testator: son of James (1688 qv) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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... I James Perrott Esq of Northleigh ...
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In the name of God Amen I James Perrott of Northleigh in the County of Oxon Esq'r being of sound and perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God doo make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First and most chiefly I commend my Soul to the hands of Almighty God my Maker assuredly hoping for Remission of all my Sins through the Merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer and my Body I commit to the Earth to be interred at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named within the Isle which I have lately built in the Parish Church of Northleigh aforesaid with as much privacy as may be consistant with decency And Whereas I have erected a Monument in the said Isle my Will is that no Inscription be made thereon till the death of my Dear Wife Mrs Anne Perrott for whose sake alone and for a Memorial of whose virtue and excellent goodness I erected the same intending and hereby desiring that my Executor do so soon after my Wife’s decease as may be procure and cause such inscription to be made upon the said Monument as he shall think may best testifie her deserved Character and the remembrance of so good a Wife by an affectionate Husband. Item I give the yearly Rent or Sum of six Pounds of lawfull money to be divided and disposed of to and amongst such Poor People and in such manner as is hereinafter expressed for ever (viz't) I give three Pounds thereof yearly and every year to be laid out in buying of Bread to be distributed by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Northleigh aforesaid for the time being for ever equally to and amongst such Poor People of Northleigh aforesaid in the Parish Church there as do frequent Divine Service in the same or did use so to do while able on every first Sunday in every Month throughout the year (viz't) Five dozen of Bread on each of the said Sundays for ever The first distribution of which Bread I will shall be made and given on the first Sunday in that Month which shall happen next after my decease and I give three Pounds Residue of the said Six Pounds per Annum Yearly and every year to be laid out by my Son Henry Perrott Esq'r and his Heirs or Assigns for ever in buying of any sort of Cloathing or necessary Apparell to or for three such honest Poor Housekeepers of Northleigh aforesaid or their respective poor Child or Children living with them and being under the Age of Twelve years as do frequent Divine Service in the Parish Church of Northleigh aforesaid or did use so to do while able, to be distributed amongst those three in equall parts (viz't) to each of the said Three Poor housekeepers or to his or her Child or Children one part thereof The whole into three parts equally to be divided on the Nine and twentieth day of September yearly for ever the first Distribution thereof to be made and begin on the nine and twentieth Day of September next after my decease willing that my said Son Henry Perrott and his Heirs and Assigns shall have the Power from time to time always of nominating and appointing all such Poor People as shall be to receive the said Cloathing or Apparell The same Housekeepers and Child or Children being such and so as aforesaid qualified But my Will is that no one shall in any year be nominated or appointed to receive any part of the said Cloathing or Apparrell who in the same year shall or shall be appointed to receive any share or benefit of the Three Pounds per Annum or the Twenty shillings per Annum given or appointed to or for three Poor People of Northleigh aforesaid in or by the Will of my Honoured Father with the Payment of which said Sum or yearly Rent of Six Pounds per Annum I do hereby charge all that my Copyhold Close called Spicers hern containing Seven Acres and an half or thereabouts of assart Lands lying and being in the Tything of Hayley within the Mannor of Witney in the County of Oxon which said Close I have lately surrendered to the use of my last Will And whereas my daughter Amy Perrott Spinster deced did give or intend to or for the Poor of Northleigh aforesaid the Sum of Fifty Pounds desiring the interest thereof might be distributed equally to or amongst Ten Poor Housekeepers of Northleigh aforesaid at or about Christmas yearly for ever But none of the same Poor Housekeepers to have or partake of that Charity for any two years together And whereas I have lately surrendered All that Close of Copyhold Land called Pickett Close in the Tything of Hayley within the Mannor of Witney in the County of Oxon to the use of my Last Will Now I being disposed to have the said Charitable gift or intention of my said Daughter Amy Perrott performed and made good do hereby charge all that my said Copyhold Close called Pickett Close with the yearly Payment of Fifty shillings per Annum of lawfull money for the Interest of the said Sum of Fifty pounds to be distributed to and amongst Ten such Poor Housekeepers of Northleigh aforesaid as my said son Henry Perrott and his heirs or Assigns shall from time to time appoint on the four and Twentieth day of December Yearly for ever But none of the same poor Housekeepers to partake of this Charity two years together and all the said Close called Spicers hern and Close called Picket Close so respectively charged as aforesaid I do give and devise to my said Son Henry Perrott and his heirs for ever Provided always and my Will and meaning is That nothing herein contained shall charge the Persons of my Heirs or Executors or any of them with the said yearly Rent or Sum of Six Pounds or with the said yearly Rent or Sum of Fifty shillings or any of my lands Tenements or hereditam'ts whatsoever other than the said Copyhold Closes called Spicers hern and Picket Close respectively Item I give to my dear wife the Sum of Two hundred Guineas and all the furniture of her Bedchamber and of the Room within it together with such of my Coach and Chariot and Coach Harness and also such of my Coach horses and other Horses and other of my Cattle as she shall be pleased to accept of and think necessary or convenient for her use And I do also give unto my dear Wife so much of my Fuel Wood and Coal and so much of my Malt Corn and Hay and Straw in my Dwelling House Outhouses Barns Yards Rickyards and Backsides or in any of them in my own Possession at my decease as she shall think sufficient to serve her and her family Horses and cattle for the space of six months if the same be there to be had. Item I give to my Dear Wife all my Plate and all other my Household Goods to be disposed of by her at such time or times and to or amongst such of her Child or Children as she shall think fit but to or amongst no other person or persons nor otherways. Item I give to my Son Thomas Perrott Doctor of the Civil Laws my Lease of the Rectory of Northleigh aforesaid To hold till the feast of St Michael the Archangel next after my decease and then I give the same Lease to my said Son Henry Perrott for all the residue of my Term therein saving to my said son Thomas the use of the Barns Rickyards and Backsides of the said Rectory till the five and twentieth day of March next after the same feast of St Michael the Archangel for thrashing out and disposing of the Corn and Straw which shall be then therein not doubting but that my said Son Henry will make good his promise to me in Paying to his Brother Thomas the Sum of Two hundred Pounds at my decease upon the account of an exchange of Cozens’s Farm & for Fifield Parsonage and Longworth estate The said Exchange being Ten Pounds per Annum advantage to my said Son Henry Item I give to my daughter Ann Perrott the Sum of Fifteen hundred Pounds of lawfull moneys in full of her porcon Item I give to my Daughter Sarah Perrott the Sum of Fifteen hundred Pounds of lawfull moneys in full of her porcon Item I give to my Grandson and Godson William Walker Twenty broad Twenty shilling peices of old Gold Item I give to my Grandchildren John Walker and Jane Walker Ten broad Twenty shillings pieces of old Gold apeice Item I give to my Grandson and Godson Richard Musgrave Twenty broad Twenty shillings pieces of old Gold and to my grandchildren James Musgrave Dorothy Musgrave Thomas Musgrave and Catherine Musgrave Ten broad Twenty shilling pieces of old Gold apeice Item I give to my Godson Charles Perrott Son of my esteemed friend Charles Perrott Gent. the Sum of Ten Pounds Item I give to Mr John Brooks of Oxford the Sum of Ten Pounds desiring his assistance to my Executor in the execution of this my last Will and to his son James Brooks being my Godson the Sum of Ten Pounds Item I give to all my Servants who shall be living with me at the time of my decease such Legacies as I shall appoint for them by a Note or List in Writing under my own hand Item I give to such of the Poor of Northleigh aforesaid as my Executor shall think fit the Sum of Ten Pounds (viz't) Five Pounds thereof to be paid within one week next after my Funerall and five Pounds residue thereof within six Months then next after Item I give to my Son Thomas Perrott my two severall Leases which I hold from St Johns Colledge in Oxon one of them of Fifield rectory or Parsonage in the County of Berks and th’other of them of severall Closes in the parish of Longworth in the same County and whereas by Indenture bearing date the Eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventeen I have covenanted to and with S'r Robert Bancks Jenkinson and John Walker Doctor in Physick to stand seized of all and singular the Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Longworth in the County of Berks in the same Indenture mentioned To the use of my self for life and after my decease To the use of my Son Thomas Perrott and his heirs for ever Now I do hereby ratifie and confirm the same Indenture and do give and devise to my said Son Thomas Perrott and his Heirs for ever the same Premisses and all my Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever in Longworth aforesaid and after all my debts Legacies and Porcons hereinbefore mentioned and my Funerall expenses shall be Paid and discharged I give all the rest and residue of my Goods and Chattles and Personal estate whatsoever to my Son Thomas Perrott whom I make Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament In Testimony whereof I the said James Perrott have hereunto put my hand and seal the fourteenth day of August in the Eighth year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord George King of Great Britain & Anno Domini 1721 Ja: Perrott Signed Sealed Published and declared by the within named James Perrott Esqr for and as his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us whose names are here subscribed and who subscribed our names in the presence of the said James Perrott J Brooks, Tho: Taylor, George White, Edm'd Palmer Probatum fuit hujusmodi Testamentum apud London coram Venerabili Viro Gulielmo Strahan Legum Doctore Surragato Venerabilis et Egregii Viri Johannis Bettesworth Legum etiam Doctoris Curiae Praerogativae Cantuariensis Magistri Custodis sive Commissarii legitime constituti decimo Quinto die Mensis Februarii Anno Domini Millesimo Septingentesimo Vicesimo Quarte Iuramento Thomae Perrott Legum Doctoris Filii dicti defuncti et Executoris in dicto Testamento nominat’ Cui Commissa fuit Administratio omnium et singulorum bonorum jurium et creditorum dicti defuncti de bene et fideliter Administrando eadem ad Sancta Dei Evangelia Jurat Proved at London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 15th February 1724. Administration granted to Thomas Perrott, Doctor of Laws, son of the deceased and executor named in the said testament. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||