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Last Will
and Testament of Thomas THORPE – 1727 In the name of God amen I Thomas Thorpe of Hogson
[Hoggeston] in the County of Bucks Yeoman being indisposed in body but
of sound and perfect mind and memory Praised be Almighty God therefore
and considering the certainty of death and the uncertainte tyme thereof
doe this seventeenth day of August Anno Dom 1727 make and ordeyne this
my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following (that is to
say) first and principally I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty
God my maker hopeing through the meritts death and passion of Jesus
Christ my saviour to be made pertaker of everlasting life and my body I
commit to the earth to be decently buryed att the discretion of my
executor herein after named And as for the temporall estate as itt
pleased Almighty God to bestowe upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis I
give will devise and bequeath unto my loving wife
Mary Thorpe all my goods and
furniture in the chamber which I usually lye in (except the clock there)
and also all my goods and furniture in the bed roome below staires
(except the bed bedstead and furniture belonging to the bed there) And
also one of the beds in the chamber over the hall and the bedstead and
furniture thereto belonging And also the pewter which was here before I
marryed her to be delivered unto her by my executors herein after named
within one month next after my death Item I give will devise and bequeath unto
Thomas Thorpe my sonn the
sume of three score and tenn pounds of lawful mony of Greate Brittaine
to be paid unto him by my executors hereinafter named att such tyme as
he the said Thomas Thorpe my sonn shall have paid off and satisfied the
mony I am bound with him for to John Merrill Item I give will devise and bequeath unto the said
Thomas Thorpe my sonn and his
heires [heirs] forever all my lands and commons in the Parish of
Swanbourne in the said County of Bucks and the appurtenances thereunto
belonging Item I give will devise and bequeath unto
John Thorpe my sonn and his
heires forever the reversion (expectant upon the death of the said Mary
my wife) of and in all that close of pasture ground in the Parish of
Oveing (Oving) in the said County of Bucks and the appurtenances thereto
belonging Item I give will devise and bequeath unto the said
Mary Thorpe my wife the sume
of tenn pounds of lawful
mony of Greate Brittaine to be paid unto her by my executors herein
after named within one month next after my death Item I give will devise and bequeath into
Deborah Thorpe my daughter
the sume of five pounds of lawful mony of Greate Brittaine to be paid
unto her by my executor herein after named within twelve months next
after my death Item I give will devise and bequeath unto
William Thorpe and
John Thorpe my sons a Guinea each to be paid unto them by my
executor herein after named within one month next after my death Item I give will devise and bequeath unto
Alice Hancock my daughter the
three cowes and fifteene sheepe which I heretofore lent her and her
husband and which is now the stock in Platts Item I give will devise and bequeath unto
Mary Seare my daughter in
case she happens to outlive Elizens Seare her husband yearly and every
yeare after the death of the said Elizens Seare one annuity or yearly
sume of fifty shillings of lawful mony of Greate Brittaine for the terme
of her natural life to be paid unto her by my executor herein after
named the first payment to be due and payable twelve months next after
my death or the death of the said Elizens Seare her husband which shall
last happen Item I give will devise and bequeath unto
Elizabeth Stanley my daughter
in case she happens to outlive Thomas Stanley her husband yearly and
every yeare after the death of the said Thomas Stanley one annuity or
yearly sume of fifty shillings of lawful money of Greate Brittaine for
the terme of her natural life to be paid unto her by my executor herein
after named the first payment to be due and payable twelve months next
after my death or the death of the said Thomas Stanley her husband which
shall last happen Item I will give devise and bequeath unto
John Seare my grandson the
sume of tenn pounds of lawful mony of Greate Brittaine to be paid unto
him by my executor herein after named att such tyme as she shall
attained the age of one and twenty yeares Item I give will devise and bequeath all the rest
of my goods chattels and personal effects whatsoever and wheresoever
unto the said Joseph Thorpe
my sonn he paying my debts legacyes and funeral expences and I doe
hereby ordayne and appoint the said Joseph Thorpe my sonn full and sole
executor of this my Last Will and Testament And lastly I doe hereby revoake and make voide all
former wills by me before made and doe declare this to be my Last Will
and Testament In witness whereof I have to this my will conteyned in two
sheetes of paper to the first sheete sett my hand and the last sheete my
hand and seale this seventeenth day of August Anno Dom 1727. Signed sealed subscribed and delivered in the
presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in
the presence of the testator Probated 27th Nov 1827 Wills in the Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham –
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