PROB 11 Wills Case Study
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Six yeres I doe giue and bequeath vnto Symond percivall of hambrowe the some of three pounds six shillings eithe[r] pence I doe giue and bequeath vnto my tymeswooman the wief of Arante burtles in hambrowe & [th]e [th]e vse vj d I doe giue and bequeath vnto hanni hygen his twoe Sangusters xxvij s myd to either of them I doe giue vnto Ellen vandorne one pere of goulde of kinge Edward royne of the value of xvs I doe giue vnto the poore of Saint Mighells in the Querne xxx s And to vj poore men vj s gownes I doe giue and bequeath vnto my sone in Lawe Iohn Dobbe my ringe of goulde w[i]th a Oathes hed my Cassoke of Oamaske and to my daughter his wief my ringe with a pointed Diamond I doe giue and bequeath vnto Randall Manninge my best gowne my sattin Soublett my ringe w[i]th a table Diamond and to my Sangufer his wief my rynge with a turkis I doe giue and bequeath vnto Anthonie Binghm my best Cloke and my hatt with a brouche of goulde and to my Sangufer his wief my ringe of goulde wexinge my Angells I doe giue vnto the poore prisoners myl to be Distributed at the Disirec[i]on of my executrix and ouerseers I will that my wief Phill[ip] Oering shall haue and enioye Dureinge hir naturall lief all the rents of all those my Leasses or houses within St Martins le grande in London. As also the rents of all my stauds or houses w[i]thin the parishe of Saint Mighells in the Querne in London w[i]th all my rents of Arflect w[i]thin the towne of Andwarpe in Brabant And also I will yf she shall not giue graunte or assigne ouer anye parte or parcell of the premisses neither make anye lease by worte or writinge for anye tyme longer then hir naturall lief And after hir Deceast I giue and bequeth vnto my three Sangusters Margaret Dobbe Katherin Manninge and Elizabeth Binghm all those my houses or Leasses afore menc[i]oned situat and being in Saint Martins le grande in London and also all my rents of Arflect within the towne of Andwarpe in Brabant w[i]th all proffitts and Com[m]odities therunto belonginge to be equallie Seised amongst those my three Daughters And also I will that if anye of those my three Daughters doe happen to Departe this naturall lief before the Decease of my wief aforesaid That then I will their partes so Deceasinge shall remaine vnto their husband or ells to be disposed at the will and plesine of anye of my Daughters so Deceasinge And as for my house wherin Thomas winter and Iohn browne doth nowe Swell in situat and being in the parishe of St Mighells in the Querne in London I doe giue & bequeth the same after the Deceast of my wief vnto my Sangufer Katherin Manninge and to the heires male of hir bodie p[er] hir husband Randall Manninge, And for Defaulte of suche heires male vnto the ffemales condic[i]onallie that the said Katherin or hir heires Doe paie vnto Margaret Dobbe sister vnto the foresaid Katherin the some of threscore six pounds thirten shillinges fouer pence I saie Sixtie six pounds thirteene shillinges fouer pence of good and Lawfull money of england within Six weekes after that the said Margaret Dobbe shall haue enye Childe p[er] this hir husband of hir bodie or p[er] anye other hir husband hereafter to be paid at the same house aforesaid and for my other house wherin Iohn Sweting doth nowe Swell in being in [th]e parishe of Saint Mighells in the querne aforesaid and adioyninge vnto the Northsyde of winters house situat and being in ffoster lane I doe giue and bequeath the same after the Decease of my foresaid wief vnto my sone in Lawe Anthonie Binghm and Elizabeth his wief and to the heires of their bodies for ever, And the rest of my goodes or moveables Inels and plate vnbegneathed my debts being paid my Leganes and funerall p[er]formed I doe giue and bequeath vnto my wellbeloued wief whome I doe make and ordeme my sole executrix of this my last will and testament And my ouerseers Iohn Dobbe Randall Manninge and Anthonie Binghm In witnes whereof I the said Nicholas Oeringe haue setto my hand and subscribed my name the daie and yere aboue written. By me Nicholas Oeringe Sealed and Deliuerted in the presens of vs whose names are vnderwaite Robert wynge procter Iohn Dobbe Randall Manninge p[er] me Anthonie Binghm Probatum fuit h[omi]n[um] Testamentum Coram Domino Domini Cantuar[um] Archiep[ro] p[ro]p[ter] London xxvi to Die viecas Octobris Anno Domini millium quinque no Septuagesimo quarto Intrat m[a]ra Willm[in]a[m] Babham w[hi]ch p[ro]n[atur] p[ro]p[ri]um phillie reliu et ex[em]p[le] in D[omi]no testamento nora[n]t Cui com[m]issa fuit adminstr[ati]o[n]is et singulor[um] bonor[um] juror[um] et Creditor[um] &c De bene &c Intrat etc In the name of god Amen Iohn Atkinson the third daie of September Anno Domini 1574 I Iohn Atkinson dilegm and Draper of London being at this present sick in bodie but whole of mydne and p[er]fitt remembrance praisse be giuen to Allmightie god my onlie maker and redeauer trustinge to be saued by the onlie death of & passion of one Lord and saviour Iesus Christ and to be…