The Notorious Impostor (1692); Diego Redivivus (1692)Settle, Elkanah
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The Notorious Impostor (1692); Diego Redivivus (1692)
Settle, Elkanah
Morrell, William, -1692 -- Fiction
hundred pounds, to be by them bestowed, distributed, or employed for
the use and benefit of the Poor of the Parish of_ Swacklift _aforesaid,
in such manner as they, or the major part of them shall think fit and
convenient_.
Item, _I give and bequeath unto the said_ John Brooking _out of the
Moneys that shall be raised of the Sale of the said Lands and
Tenements, called_ Apple-tree Ducy _aforesaid, the Summ of Five hundred
Pounds: And all the rest and residue of the Moneys that shall be
thereby raised, I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said_ William
Davies _Senior, and_ Thomas Cullin _Senior, to be equally divided
between them and the Survivor of them_.
Item, _I give and bequeath unto_ Alice Cullin, _Wife of the said_
Thomas Cullin _Senior, the Sum of Six hundred Pounds to her own proper
Use and Disposal_.
Item, _I give and bequeath in like manner the Sum of Six hundred Pounds
unto_ Jane Davis, _the Wife of the said_ William Davis.
Item, _I give unto the said_ Robert Croker _and_ Will. Croker, _the Sum
of Ten Pounds a piece to buy them Mourning: and also to each of them a
Ring of Twelve Shillings_.
Item, _I give unto_ Jane Croker _and_ Mary Croker; _and also to the
said_ Robert Penniston, _and_ Jane Penniston, _and all other my Legates
herein before mentioned, and to every of them the Sum of Ten Pounds a
piece to buy them Mourning, and a Ring of Twelve Shillings_.
Item, _Whereas I have the Sum of Seven hundred Pounds lying at Interest
in the hands of Mr._ Ambrose Holbitch, _in the name of_ Oliver Charles,
_my Servant, I do hereby give and bequeath the same to and amongst my
Four Servants_, Oliver Charles, John Harber, Sarah Winn, _and_ Margery
Smith, _and the Survivor of them, to be equally divided amongst them,
share and share alike_.
Item, _I give and bequeath my Three Geldings, and all my Accoutrements
belonging to them unto the said_ John Brookeing, William Davis _Senior,
and_ Thomas Cullin, _Senior_, viz. _my Bright Bay Gelding to the said_
Thomas Cullin, _and my Black Gelding to the said_ William Davis, _and
my Dapple-grey Gelding to the said_ John Brookeing. _All the Arrears of
Rent in my Tenants Hands at the time of my Decease I do hereby freely
acquit and discharge. And all the rest and Residue of my Personal
Estate, not herein before devised, after my Debts, Legacies and Funeral
Expences, paid and discharged, I do hereby give and bequeath unto my
said Kinsman_ William Wickham.
_And, lastly. I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said_
William Wickham, John Brooking, William Davis senior, _and_ Thomas
Cullin senior, _Executors of this my Will; hereby revoking and making
void all other, and former Will or Wills by me made_.
_In Witness whereof I the said_ Humphrey Wickham _have to this my last
Will, containing one side of a Sheet of Paper, and almost half the
back, thereof, set my Hand and Seal this Twentieth day of_ Decemb. Anno
Dom. 1691.
Humphrey Wickham.
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