The Great North Road, the Old Mail Road to Scotland: London to YorkHarper, Charles G. (Charles George)
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The Great North Road, the Old Mail Road to Scotland: London to York
Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
A1 Road (England and Scotland); England -- Social life and customs; Great Britain -- Description and travel
_Imprimis_. I give and devise unto my loving brother Thomas Trigg,
of Letchworth, in the County of Hertford, Clerk, and to his Heirs and
Assigns for ever, all those my Freehold Lands lying dispersedly in
the several common fields in the parish of Stevenage aforesaid, and
also all my Copyhold Lands, upon condition that he shall lay my body
upon the place before mentioned; and also all that Messuage, Cottage,
or Tenement at Redcoats Green in the Parish of Much Wymondly,
together with those Nine Acres of Land (more or less) purchased of
William Hale and Thomas Hale, Jun.; and also my Cottage, Orchard, and
barn, with four acres of Land (more or less) belonging, lying, and
being in the Parish of Little Wymondly, and now in the possession of
Samuel Kitchener, labourer; and all my Cottages, Messuages, or
Tenements situate and being in Stevenage, aforesaid: or, upon
condition that he shall pay my brother, George Trigg, the sum of Ten
Pounds per annum for life: but if my brother shall neglect or refuse
to lay my body where I desire it should be laid, then, upon that
condition, I will and bequeath all that which I have already
bequeathed to my brother Thomas Trigg, unto my brother George Trigg,
and to his heirs for ever; and if my brother George Trigg should
refuse to lay my body under my Hovel, then what I have bequeathed
unto him, as all my Lands and Tenements, I lastly bequeath them unto
my nephew William Trigg and his heirs for ever, upon his seeing that
my body is decently laid up there as aforesaid.
_Item_. I give and bequeath unto my nephew William Trigg, the sum of
_Five Pounds_, at the age of Thirty years; to his sister Sarah the
sum of _Twenty Pounds_; to his sister Rose the sum of _Twenty
Pounds_; and lastly to his sister Ann the sum of _Twenty Pounds_; all
at the age of Thirty Years: to John Spencer, of London, Butcher, the
sum of _One Guinea_; and to Solomon Spencer, of Stevenage, the sum of
_One Guinea_, Three Years next after my decease; to my cousin Henry
Kimpton, _One Guinea_, One Year next after my decease, and another
_Guinea_ Two Years after my decease; to William Waby, _Five
Shillings_; and to Joseph Priest, _Two Shillings and Sixpence_, Two
Years after my decease; to my tenant Robert Wright the sum of _Five
Shillings_, Two years next after my decease; and to Ralph Lowd and
John Reeves, _One Shilling_ each, Two Years next after my decease.
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