18th century Wills - Langham Village History Group
18th century Wills - Langham Village History Group
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Thomas Palmer – 20th March 1700Northampton Record Office : T227Transcribed by Freda Smithson - <strong>Langham</strong> <strong>Village</strong> <strong>History</strong> <strong>Group</strong>In the name of God amen. I Thomas Palmer of <strong>Langham</strong> in the County of Rutland yeoman beingsick in body but sound of mind and memory I praise godItem I doo ordain and make this my last will and Testament in manor and forme following that isto say first I give and bequeath my soul unto the hands of Almighty god who gave it hopingthrough the Merits of Jesus Christ my saviour and Redeemer to Receive full and free pardonof all my sins and to inherit ever lasting life in the Kingdom of heaven committing my bodyto the earth from whence it was taken to bee buried att the discretion of my Executerhereafter named & for that little estate which it hath pleased god to bestow upon me Idispose as ffollowethI give and bequeath to my Sonne Thomas Palmer the Bedstead wherein I lye with thefeather bed and boulster the Curtains and Curtain Rods belonging & Table in the parlor andthe Chaire that stands by it and my Chaire that standeth in the Chimney a pair of Runninghooks a fire shovel and a tosting iron a pair of Toungs a little brass pott and three puterDishes two of the best and one of the worser sort and I give him five shillings in money alsoand it is my will that the household goods shall stand in the house until he have (….ation)for to take them away and to have his libberty to come to the house at any convenient timewithout MollestationItem I give to my Cousen Mary the daughter of my Brother John Hornby ffive shillingsItem I give my Cousen Al… Hornby five shillings to be laid out for her for such things as shestands most need of towardsall the rest of my goods Cattle & Chattles moveable and unmoveable what so ever unbequeathedmy debt and legacies being faithfully paid and funeral expenses discharged I give and bequeath myloving son Stephen Palmer whom I make full and soule executor of this my last will and TestamentRevoking all former <strong>Wills</strong> by mee made In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and sealthe nine and twentieth day of March Annog Dom 1700Signed with a markWitnessesFfrancis EdgsonThomas WoodsMargott Hornby (her mark)Proved May 1700 by Stephen Palmer<strong>18th</strong> c <strong>Langham</strong> <strong>Wills</strong> - LVHG - 32
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