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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