Hampshire Record Office will & inventory ref 1637B20
Transcript by Mary Bennett, Assistant Curator Surrey Heath Museum
1 In the name of god Amen. The tenth day of May Anno
2 Dom 1637 I Robert Gonner of Frimley in the County of
3 Surrey potter beinge sick & deseased in body but sound in mind
4 & of perfect remembrance for which I give prayse unto almighty
5 god doe here make my last will and testament in manner and
6 forme as followeth Impri(mis) I give and bequeath my soule into the
7 hands of almighty god the maker & creator herof & hopinge &
8 trustinge to be saved by the merritts & mercyes of Christ Jesus
9 & my body to the earth to be buried in the church yard of
10 Frimley and my lands goods and Chattells I bequeath as
11 followeth Im(em) I give unto the poore of Frimley two shillinge to
12 be payed att my funerall It(em) I give unto my brother Richard Gonner
13 two shillinges six pence for a payre of gloves It(em) I give unto my sister
14 Alice Gonner my least brasse kettle It(em) I give unto my sister Susan
15 my lest brasse pot It(em) I give unto my brother John Gonner
16 my greatest brasse kettle All the rest of my goods & chattells
17 unbequeathed I give unto Thomas Watts my unckle & John Cox
18 my trusty and loveinge friends whom I make executors
17 in trust of this my last will and testament to sell all
18 my goods & Chattells to discharge my funeral expenses
19 & to pay my debts & the rest of the money that shall remaine
20 to divide & give the one halfe to my brother John Gonner & the
21 other halfe to be divided bettweene my sisters Alice & Susan
22 aforesayed accordinge to the discretion of my executors above
23 named as they shall see needs giveinge unto each of them five
24 shillings a peece In wittnesse wherof I have hereto sett my
25 hand & seale the day and yeare first above written
26 Signed Sealed and delivered
27 in the presence of us
28 Robert Field
29 John (two marks) Watts
30 his marke
26 ye marke of
27 (mark)
28 Robert Gonner
Probate granted 25th May 1637 to Thomas Watts & John Cox
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