MRP: Daniell Williams will
Daniell Williams will
PROB 11/175 Goare 119 - 168 Will of Daniel Williams, Merchant of Saint Helen Bishopsgate, City of London 22 December 1637
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30/11/11, CSG: Created page and posted completed transcription
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In the name of God Amen the sixteenth daie of December 1636 And in the twelfe yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland Defender of the faith I Daniell Williams of London merchant being in xxxxxx of bodie and of good and perfect minde and memorie, thanks be therefore given to Almightie God yet calling to minde the uncertaine estate of this life and xxxxxx we are wee are to die and yet the tyme of our deathmost uncertaine I being therefore mindfull and desirous (sic) in this my tyme of of xxxxxxx [frailty?] to settle and dispose of sure [?] things as God of his infinite goodness hath given and lent unto me in this worlde doe now revoke informe and declare all former wills and testaments by me made at any tyme before then sealing of their presents.
And doe make this to be mine (sic) only last will and testament as followeth wherein I doe first bequeath and yield my Soule into the hande [or handes?] of the most holy and blessed Trinitie in unities (sic) that gave it and my Bodie to the earth to be decently buried in the parrish church wherein I am or shallbe parishioner at the tyme of my decease hopeing by and through the xxxxxxxx death and passion of my only Saviour and redeemer Jesus Christ and by noo other means to have full remission of all my sinnes and to see the Lord in the Land of the liveing
And as touching the dispoistion of such psonall estate as it hath pleased God to blesse mee w:th all in this life I will give and dispose the same as followeth ffirst my will and minde is that all and every such [several?] debte and somes of money whatsoever as I shall truly owe at the tyme of my deceaseto any person or persons shalbe (sic) payed with as short tyme after my decease as conveniente maye be And the debte [debts?] by mee oweing and my funerall expenses being satisfied and deducted my will and minde as that all the residue of my goods and xxxxx plate wares creddite [creddits?] and for xxxx Stuffe shalbe in differently pxxxxxx by xxxxxxxx and indifferent [?] men [?] And after sure appraisement (sic) made shall according to ye laudable custome of the Cittie (sic) of London be divided into severall [or seven?] equall part [parts?] and equall full heires partthereof [?] I give unto my loveing wife Martha Williams xxxx one of the equall heires part thereof
I give and bequeath unto and amongst all my children w:ch shalbe living at the tyme of my decease to be equally parted and devided amongst them part and part like to be payed and deliveredunto them severally that is to saie to my sonnes at their severall and respective ages of one and twentie yeares and to my daughter (sic - singular) a the age of one and twentie yeares of daye of marriage w:ch first shall happen And my will and meaneing (sic) is that yf any of my children shall die or deceaseout of this world before sure tyme as the part or portion of him her or themsoo deceaseing shalbe due and payable as aforesaid That then the part and protion of him her and them soo deceaseing shalbe dequally devided (sic) amongst the others as hxxx suriveing part and part alike to be payed them with their owne portions as aforesayd
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to buy cupboards of plate and also her childbde xxx xxxand the use and xxxx of my horse [?] dwelling house in the parrish of St Helen the great in London dureing soo long of the continuance of the terms therein yet to come and un exppired as she shalbe and remaine a widdowe and unmarried she payeing therefore yearly to the company of merchant taylors the yearly rent reserved [?] unto them for the same and keeping the same in good and sufficient reparacion And my will and meaneing is that after the goods and household stuffe are appraised shee shall or maye have the residuall [?] xxxx Before any other
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