Ancient, Curious, and Famous WillsHarris, Virgil M. (Virgil McClure)
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Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills
Harris, Virgil M. (Virgil McClure)
Wills
“Item: I give, Will, bequeath, and devise, unto my daughter Susanna
Hall, for better enabling of her to perform this my Will, and towards
the performance thereof, all that capital messuage or tenement, with the
appurtenances, in Stratford aforesaid, called the New Place, wherein I
now dwell, and two messuages or tenements, with the appurtenances,
situate, lying, and being in Henley Street, within the borough of
Stratford aforesaid; and all my barns, stables, orchards, gardens,
lands, tenements and hereditaments whatsoever, situate, lying, and
being, or to be had, received perceived, or taken, within the towns,
hamlets, villages, fields, and grounds of Stratford-upon-Avon, Old
Stratford, Bishopton, and Welcombe, or in any of them, in the said
county of Warwick; and also all that messuage or tenement, with the
appurtenances, wherein one John Robinson dwelleth, situate, lying, and
being, in the Blackfriars in London, near the Wardrobe; and all other my
lands, tenements, and hereditaments whatsoever; to have and to hold all
and singular the said premises, with their appurtenances, unto the said
Susanna Hall, for and during the term of her natural life; and after her
decease to the first son of her body lawfully issuing, and to the heirs
males of the body of the said first son lawfully issuing; and for
default of such issue, to the second son of her body lawfully issuing,
and to the heirs males of the body of the said second son lawfully
issuing; and for default of such heirs, to the third son of the body of
the said Susanna lawfully issuing, and to the heirs males of the body of
the said third son lawfully issuing; and for default of such issue, the
same to be and remain to the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sons of
her body, lawfully issuing one after another, and to the heirs males of
the bodies of the said fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sons lawfully
issuing, in such manner as it is before limited to be and remain to the
first, second, and third sons of her body, and to their heirs males: and
for default of such issue, the said premises to be and remain to my said
niece Hall, and the heirs males of her body lawfully issuing; and for
default of such issue, to my daughter Judith, and the heirs males of her
body lawfully issuing; and for default of such issue, to the right heirs
of me the said William Shakespere for ever.
“Item: I give unto my wife my second best bed, with the furniture.
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