The Notorious Impostor (1692); Diego Redivivus (1692)Settle, Elkanah
General
The Notorious Impostor (1692); Diego Redivivus (1692)
Settle, Elkanah
Morrell, William, -1692 -- Fiction
I, the above named _Humphrey VVickham_, having omitted out of my Will
above-mentioned, the Disposition of my Estate in _Huntingtonshire_, do
hereby make this Addition to, and part of my said Will, in manner
following. I give and bequeath all my Lands, Tenements and
Hereditaments, called _Pryor_'s Farm, and all other my Estate in
_Hollywell_ and _Needingworth_, or else where, in the said County of
_Huntington_, unto the above named _John Brooking_, _VVilliam Davis_
Senior, and _Tho. Cullin_ Sen. and the Survivor of them, and their
Heirs, and the Heirs of the Survivor of them, under this special Trust
and Confidence, that the said _Jo. Brooking_, _VVilliam Davis_, and
_Thomas Cullen_, shall sell and dispose of the same; and out of the
Moneys thereby raised, pay, or Cause to be paid the respective Legacies
hereafter named, _viz._ I give and bequeath to _Humphrey Longford_ the
sum of six hundred pounds, and to his Sister _Mary Longford_ the like
sum of six hundred pounds.
_Item_, I give and bequeath unto the said _Tho. Cullin_ Sen. the
further Summ of 800_l._. and all the Remainder of the Moneys thereby
raised, I give and bequeath unto the said _Will. Davis_ Sen. and _Jane_
his Wife, and the Survivor of them.
_Item_, Whereas I have by Will above-said, given unto _John Cullin_,
Son of the said _Thomas Cullin_, the impropriated Parsonage of
_Sowgrave_; my true meaning is, That I do give and devise the same to
the said _John Cullin_, and his Heirs for ever. In Witness whereof, I
the said _Humphrey Wickham_ have to this Condicil Addition, or further
part of my said Will, set my Hand and Seal, this Twenty eighth Day of
_December_, Anno Dom. 1691.
_Humphrey Wickham._
Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared, in the Presence of us, _Robert
Smith_, _John Chapman_, _Rich. Chapman_, _Martin Pinkard_,
_Probatum fuit hum. Testium. cum Codicillo eidem annex. coram
Venerab. Vir. Henrico Fauconberge Legum Doctore, Surr. Venerab. &
Egregii Viri Dom. Richardi Raines Militis, Legem etiam Doctoris
Curiæ Prærogativæ Cantuar. Magist. &c. Quarto die Mensis Januarii,
Anno Dom. (Stilo Angliæ, 1691.) Juramentis Willielmi Davis, & Thomæ
Cullen, duorum ex Executor. &c. Quibus, &c. de bene & fidel.
Administrand. eadem ad Sancta Dei Evangelia Jurat. Reservata
potestate similem Com. faciendi Willielmo Wickham & Johanni
Brooking, alteris Executor. eum venerint seu eorum a'ter venerit
eand. petitur._
_FINIS_
PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
First Year (1946-1947)
Numbers 1-6 out of print.
Second Year (1947-1948)
7. John Gay's _The Present State of Wit_ (1711); and a section on
Wit from _The English Theophrastus_ (1702).
8. Rapin's _De Carmine Pastorali_, translated by Creech (1684).
9. T. Hanmer's (?) _Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet_ (1736).
10. Corbyn Morris' _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit,
etc._ (1744).
11. Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717).
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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