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Thomas Tomlins will

PROB 11/385 Lloyd 136-181 Will of Thomas Tomlins, Merchant of Saint Leonard Bromley, Middlesex 02 December 1686

Editorial history

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Abstract & context

Suggested links

See PROB 4/3008 Tomlins, Thomas esq., of St. Leonards, Bromley, Midd. 1678 3 Sept. (1677)

See 20th March 1662/63, Letter from Thomas Tomlins to Sir GO, London
See 26th March 1663, Letter from Thomas Thomlins to Sir GO, St. Leonards Bromley

To do

(1) Complete and check the trasncription

Transcription

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Thomas Tomlins of the Parish of Saint Leonard Bromley in the County of Midd Esquire being in perfect health of Bodie & of perfect and sound mind and memory and understanding considering with my self the certeinty of death and the frailty and uncerteinty of this life and being desirous to settle and dispose of such temporall Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to blesse mee with doe make ordeine publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following Ciz:t

FFIRST and principally I commend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping and assuredly beleeving through the bitter death and passion and meritorious intercession of my deare Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sinnes and to inheritt everlasting life My Body Icommitt to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named And whomesoever I have offended any wayes I doe earnestly desire to be foregiven of them And whomesoever have or hath any wayes offended mee I doe freely and fully forgive them as I doe wish to have my sinnes which are many great and greeXXX XXX forgiven mee

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my sonn Thomas Tomlins the summe of Tenn Thowsand Pounds of good and lawfull money of England To be paid unto him at his age of One and Twenty years And the interest thereof as much as is necessary I doe will and appoint to goe towards his maintenance and education

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my said sonn All my Bookes and millitary Armes my Seale Ring and my best table Diamond Ring

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Tomlins The summe of Two Thowsand and ffower hundred Pownds of good and lawfull money of England To be paid unto her within the space of Six monethes next after my decease or death hereby strictly charging and enioying her not to intermarry with John Lewin of London Merchant who without my knowledg and contrary to my will and inclinacon hath endeavoured to steale my said daughter from mee And I doe also give and bequeath unto her the silver bason her grandfather gave at her baptism And also One Rose Botkin Jewell of diamonds which I will and appoint to be delyvered unto her within One Moneth next after my wife decease

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter Anne Tomlins The summe of Two Thowsand and ffower hundred Pownds of like good and lawfull money of England To be paid within the space of six monethes next after my decease And also the peece of plate given her at her Baptism by Doctor Wilson deceased And I doe likewise give and bequeath unto my said daughter Ann One Rose Bodkin Jewell of Diamonds To be delyvered unto her within One Moneth next after my said wifes decease

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Tomlins

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The summe of Two Thowsand and ffower hundred pownds of like good and lawfull money of England To be paid at her age of One and twenty yeares or day of Marriage which shall first happen As aslo I doe give and bequeath unto her her mothers best necklace of Pearle her breast Rose Jewell and also her paire of Pendants being all sett with diamonds with very cleane stones and good waters (sic) And I doe likewise give her all the Plate given at her Baptism

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my deare and loving wife Susanna Tomlins the summe of ffive Thowsand Pownds of like good and lawfull money of England And also the use and wearing of all my Goods and household stuff during her life only All which said Goods and household stuff I will and appoint shall be sold after the death of my said wife and the money thereby to be raised to be equally distributed and devided amongst my said children And I doe further gyve and bequeath unto my said Wyfe all my Jewells of diamonds and Pearle necklaces and Gold during her life as also such diamond Rings and others as shee did usually weare which I formerly gave her All which after her decease I will that they may be equally and as indifferently as may be distributed and devided amongst my said Three daughters And whereas I have by this my last Will and testament given and bequeathed unto my said sonn Thomas Tomlins the summe of Tenn Thowsand pownds Now my Will and Meaning is And I doe hereby declare and appoint that in case my said sonn Thomas Tomlins shall happen to dye and depart this life before he shall have atteyned to the age of One and Twenty yeares having no issue That then and in such case my Will and meaning is and I doe hereby direct and appoint that the said Tenn Thowsand Pownds shall be equally distributed and devided amongst my said Three daughters share and share alike and unto and amongst the survivors and survivor of them in case any of them shall happen to dye and depart this life

ITEM I give unto Rebecca and Dorothy Kenrick ffyfty Pownds a peece And to John and Mathew Kenrick the like summe of ffyfty Pownds a peece

ITEM I give and bequeath into my wifes Two marryed daughters M:rs Susanna Peake and M:rs Elizabeth Williams the like summe of ffyfty Pownds a peece

ITEM I give and bequeath into my loveing sister Elizabeth Palmer Twenty Pownds and to her husband Gamaliel Palmer ffyve Powndes

ITEM I give and bequeath to my Cosen Elizabeth Hamond twenty Pownds And to her brother Thomas Hamond Twenty Pownds

ITEM I give and bequeath unto S:r John Cloberry and his Lady Twelve Pownds a peece to buy them mourning And to my brother John Webb and my sister his wife Tenn Pownds a peece

Notes

Possible primary sources

TNA

PROB 4/3008 Tomlins, Thomas esq., of St. Leonards, Bromley, Midd. 1678 3 Sept. (1677)

PROB 11/385 Lloyd 136-181 Will of Thomas Tomlins, Merchant of Saint Leonard Bromley, Middlesex 02 December 1686