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Last Will and Testament of
James Hanscombe - 1691
| In the name of God Amen I James
Hanscombe of Shillington being sick of body but sound and perfect in
mind and memory pray be therefore given to Almighty God do make and
ordain this my present Last Will and Testament in manner and form
following (that is to say) first and principally I commend my soul into
the hands of Almighty God hoping through the merits, death, and passion
of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness
of all my sins and to inherit everlasting life, and my body I commit to
the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors
hereafter named and as touching the disposition of all such goods and
chattels as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and
dispose thereof as followeth, first I will that my debts and funeral
charges shall be paid and discharged
Item I give to my son James twenty pound Item I give to my daughter Mary twenty pound Item I give to my son John twenty pound Item I give to my daughter Alice twenty pound and all of them to be paid at the age of one and twenty years All the rest and residue of my personal estate goods chattels whatsoever I do give and bequeath unto my loving wife. (Alice)1 And my son Thomas Hanscombe be full and sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby revoke disannul and make void all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made in witness whereof I the said James Hanscombe to this my Last Will and Testament set my hand and seal in the year of our Lord 1691 These words "and all of them to be paid at the age of one and
twenty years" was interlined before the sealing and delivering of
this Will These was published and rec’d in the presence of us Probate 1691 1. Wife's name Alice deduced from Shillington Parish Register re. children's baptisms. Arch Of Bedford Wills : HANSCOMBE, Jas, Shillington :- ABP/W 1691/107 |