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
_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 _VVilliam
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 Summ of Six hundred
Pounds unto _Jane Davis_, the Wife of the said _VVilliam Davis_.
_Item_, I give unto the said _Robert Croker_ and _VVill. Croker_, the
Summ 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 Peniston_, and _Jane Peniston_, and all other my Legatees
herein before-mentioned, and to every of them the Summ 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 Harbert_, _Sarah
VVinn_, 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_, _VVilliam Davis_
Senior, and _Thomas Cullin_, Sen. _viz._ my Bright Bay Gelding to the
said _Thomas Cullin_, and my Black Gelding to the said _VVilliam
Davis_, and my Dapple-grey Gelding to the said _John Brooking_. 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 _VVilliam VVickham_.
And, lastly, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said
_VVilliam VVickham_, _John Brooking_, _VVilliam 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 VVickham_ 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 Twenty seventh day of _December,
Anno Dom._ 1691.
_Humphrey Wickham._
Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared in the presence of us, with the
Words (_VVill. VVickham_) being first interlined, _Rob. Smith_, _Jo.
Chapman_, _Rich. Chapman_, _Mart. Pinckard_.
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