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Will of Richard SAWYER of Coscote
Will 16 Oct 1660 Probate 13 Nov 1661 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
... I Richard Sawyer of BRK Coskett ... gent being weak ...
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Tm Richard Sawyer In the Name of God Amen I Richard Sawyer of Coskett in the County of Berks gent being weake but of good understandinge and memorye doe make and ordayne this my last Will in manner followinge First I bequeath my Soule to God And my Body to the earth to bee buryed in such decent manner as to my Executors here after named shall seeme meete And touching my worldly goods and estate I dispose them in manner followinge I give to my daughter Anne the summe of one hundred and twenty pounds of lawfull money to bee payd her within one yeare after my decease And I doe likewise give and bequeath unto her All the bedding bedd and other goods in the Chamber wherein shee lyes in my house in Coskett aforesaid Item I give unto my daughter Jane the summe of Threescore pounds of like lawfull money to bee payd her within one yeare and a halfe after my decease And I give to my said daughter Jane my second best Cowe Item I give to the poore of the parish of East Hagborne, West Hagborne and Coskett the summe of Twenty shillinges to bee payd within one yeare after my decease Item I give to my daughter Williams and her Three Children the summe of ffive shillings apeece and to my daughter Keate ffive shillings to bee payd within one yeare after my decease And where I stand bound to my Uncle Robert Sawyer and John Carter in a Bond of Two hundred pounds condic'oned for the payment of one hundred poundes in trust for the use of my daughter Williams and her daughter and where my sonne in Lawe Mr John Keate together with one Henry Bunce and his surety stand bound to mee in the like summe My will and meaning is That the said one hundred pounds in the hands of the said John Keate shalbe payd in satisfaction of the said one hundred pounds wherein I stand engaged as aforesaid And my desire is That Bond bee given by the said John Keate to the uses aforesaid with such surety or suretyes with him as my Executors hereafter named together with the Trustee or Trustees for her and her daughter shall approove of and that my Bond bee taken upp And my will and meaning is that my sonne Robert Sawyer shall immediately after my decease enter have hold and enioy to my owne use All my Land and estate in Westhagborne Lastly I doe devise and bequeath unto my loveing Nephewe Joseph Sawyer of Yattendon in the County aforesaid Clerke Bartholomew Harris of Ducklington gent Robert Tirrold of West Hagborne yeoman and Richard Sawyer of [blank] yeoman my Howse And all and singuler my Lands Tennements and hereditaments in Coskett above menc'oned withall and singuler their and every of their appurtenances for soe long tyme and terme untill they shall have with the rents Issues and proffitts thereof raysed satisfyed and payd all such summe and summes of money as I shall owe and bee indebted at the tyme of my decease And all such legacyes as I have heerin before bequeathed and my funerall expences My personall Estate in Cattle Corne and other goods being first disposed by them to and for the payment of the said funerall expences debts and legacies All which said goods Cattle Chattles Corne Utensills of househould and husbandrye whatsoever and All other my goods of what kinde soever not herein before be queathed I give devise and bequeath to the said Joseph Sawyer Bartholomew Harris Robert Tyrrold and Richard Sawyer whom of this my last Will and Testament I make my full and whole Executors in Trust to and for the end and purpose that my debts bee payd and satisfyed and my legacyes hereby given satisfyed and discharged And I doe hereby desire my loveing Cousen James Yateman of Sandford gent and my loving Uncle Peter Sawyer of Blewberry yeoman Overseers To see the same performed And my Will is That my Executors shall satisfye themselves out of my reall or personall Estate All such Summe or Summes of money as they shall any wayes pay or disburse for or by reason of their under takeing of my said Executorshippe in suites or otherwise howsoever and shall not bee daminfyed in the least thereby And it is my Will desire and meaninge That if my said sonne Robert his Executors or Administrators shall pay and discharge all such debts as shalbe be owing at the tyme of my decease and all such legacyes as are herein by mee bequeathed and such Charges as my Executors have beene at at any tyme within the space of three yeares That then all the said Estate by mee here in bequeathed reall and personall shall revert come and bee to him in as full and ample man ner as if I had devised and given the same unto him by this my last Will and Testament In Wittnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the sixteenth day of October in the Twelfth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland Defender of the ffayth &c Annoq' D'ni One thousand six hundred and sixtye Richard Sawyer Signed Sealed and published as the last Will and Testament of the said Richard Sawyer in the presence of James Yateman William Yateman Peter Sawyer Decimo tertio die mensis Novembris Anno D'ni Millesimo sexcentesimo sexagesimo primo Emanavit Comissio Roberto Sawyer filio naturali et legitimo Richardi Sawyer nuper de Coscott intra parochiem de Hagborne in Comitatu' Berks defuncti habentis dum vixit et mortis suae tempora bona jura ant? credita in diversis diocessibus sive Jurisdisconibus Ad administrand' bona jura et credita ........................................................... .................................. quod Josephus Sawyer Bartholomewe Harris Robertus Tyrrold et Richardus Sawyer Executores in eodem Testamento nominat' ............................................................................. Probate 13 Nov 1661 [applied for by] Robert Sawyer son of Richard Sawyer late of Coscote ... Hagbourne ... who while he lived and at the time of his death owned goods rights and credits in several dioceses and jurisdictions ... to Joseph Sawyer, Bartholomew Harris, Robert Tyrrold, and Richard Sawyer Executors named in the will ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||