WILL of Richard TAYLOR, Potter of Cove 1647
Hampshire Record Office Ref 1647A/74
Yateley History Project transciption MO53Will
1 In the name of god Amen. I Richard Taylor of Cove in
2 the p(ar)ish of Yately in the County of South Potter beinge sicke
3 & weake of Body but of good & perfecte memory (god be praised
4 for it ) doe make my last will & testament in man(n)er & forme
5 followinge vidzt ffirst I bequeath my soule unto my saviour
6 Jesus Christ w(i)ch dyed for to Redeeme me, & my body unto the
7 earth from whence it was taken: now Concerninge my worldly
8 goodes wherew(i)th god hath blessed me I bequeath as followeth first
9 I bequeath unto my sonne Robert Taylor fforty poundes out of the
10 house where in Mayses Terry now dwelleth w(hi)ch I would have to be
11 sold p(re)sently after my discease soo soone as a convenient Cheopman may be
12 found. It I give more unto my son(n)e Robert Taylor Two of my
13 best oxen & my best horse, Two of my best kyne, & half of the dead goodes
14 both w(i)thin doores & w(i)thout to be p(ar)ted by honest men Chosen by Consent of
15 both my sonnes, It I bequeath unto Joane Taylor my grandchild
16 one blacke heickfore Bullocke; It I bequeath unto Jane Reynolds five pounds
17 It I bequeath unto my sonne Roberts Two Sonnes Two Steare bullocks,
18 It I bequeath unto John Russell fforty shillings, & to William Bristowe
19 Twenty shillings, & unto Edward Harrison & Richard Westbrooke ten
20 shillings a peece, & unto Alice my mayde Ten shillings & unto geoddy
21 Bristow Ten shillings, all these legacies to be payed w(i)thin six monthes
22 after my discease It I give unto the poore in the Tythinge of Cove xs
23 It I doe will & bequeath unto my sonne Will(ia)m Taylor all my corne & grasse
24 & hay both w(i)thin doores & w(i)thout Towards maintayninge the house
25 & payinge my Rent; It I give more to my son(ne) Robert Taylor one heifer
26 bullocke of them that stand in the gate, It I give unto Joane Payne one small
27 heifer bullocke & fforty shillings in money: It my will is that yf there doe
28 arise any difference betweene my landlord & my exec the charge is to be borne
29 equally betweene my two sonnes, I make my sonne Will(ia)m Taylor sole execut(er) & I give unto him all my goodes unbequeathed, and
31 I doo intreate John ffinch son & Nicholas Stevens to be my overseers
32 I doo give them for their paines five shillings a peece. Wittnes my
33 hand & seale this one & twentith day of december 1649
34 In the p(re)sence of
35 Edward Badyen
36 Nicholas Stevens Richard Taylor
37 his marke his marke
38 John Russell
39 his marke
Wills and inventories were transcribed for the Yateley History Project in 1982/83 by Don Ridgers, Alison Ridgers, Caroline Powell & Agnes Stephenson under the direction of Dr John Porter
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