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Sir John Jacob will

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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN The sixteenth day of February in the Eighteenth yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King defender of the Faith xr And in the yeare of our Lord Christ 1665 I Sir John Jacob of Bromley in the County of Midds Knight and Barronett being in health of body and of sound and perfecte mynd and memory All laud and praise be therefore given to Almighty God doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme following That is to say

FIRST and principally I commend my soule into the hands of the Almighty God that gave it hopeing of
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Eternall salvaccon through the merritts death and passion of Jesus Christ my saviour and redeemer To have a full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sinnes and to inheritt everlasting life. And my body I committ to the earth from whence it was taken to bee decently interred in the Vault of Saint Leonards Bromley where my father mother wives and many children are and shallbe with me turned to corruption untill the Joyfull day of resurrection when all of us shall rise againe with hope of eternall glory And if I happen to dye in London I desire my freinds and acquaintance to accompany my hearse to Bromley aforesaid and to see me layd in my Grave And if I happen to dye in Bromley then to attend my hearse to the said Church without further ceremonie or Pomp,

And for my worldly Goods wherein I have had various fortunes with the tymes and have been wonderfully preserved by Gods providence As touching the sisposicon of all and such Temporall estate as it hath pleased the Almighty God to bestowe upon one I give and dispose thereof as followeth

FIRST I order will nad direct That all my proper debts entered into by my selfe alone or with my sone and brother according to a deed in that behalfe, shalbe punctually paid and discharged with all convenient speed upon the first receipts of?either rents Farmes or other proffitts whatsoever Next haveing by gods providence a good revenue and hopes (if the kings debts be paid and discharged) of a faire personall Estate I give and devise the same as followeth

IMPRIMIS I give and bequeath into my deare wife all the household stuffe both of Lynnen and Plate that was lefte unto her by her mother deceased And alsoe all my other plate whatsoever And all her necklaces Jewells rings and Cabbinetts with the bed bedding hangings & furniture lying and being in her chamber in London where she usually lyes Together with the new bedd and hangings in Bromley house according to an Inventory hereunto annexed with the Provisoe And upon condiccon That my said wife doe give her bond of the penalty Two Thousand pounds condicconed for the Due payment of One Thousand pounds of lawfull money of England into my little daughter Margarett Jacob To be paid unto her at her age of wighteene yeares if shee my said daughter shall then live; The sd goods Plate Jewells and household stuffe aforfesaid and given unto her by her Grandmother deceased To be valued as parte thereof and not to be alienated from my said daughter Margarett which said bond I hereby order to be lefte in the custody of my executor for her my said daughter Margaretts further advancement over and above what porccon I have secured XX to her by my XXXXX bond and an Indenture of Defeazance in that behalfe which said bond I doe hereby order and appoint my said wife to enter into or before any of the said goods plate Jewells and householdstuffe aforesaid be removed out of my house after my decease And which I hope my said wife will not scruple being for the advancement of our Little Peggy, whomew I desire my eldest sonne to Joyne with my said wife to see my said daughter Margarett humbly and decently educated & brought up in the Company of my daughter in law & and my other daughters with all due respect and dutie to her her said mother my said wife is hereby required to deliver those Jewells and the Chyna to my executor that belongs or appertaynes to Sir Robert Wingfield my grandsonne All which being specified in or ?note within one of his Cabbinetts To whome I give a ring of the value of twenty pounds to weare for my sake

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my said wife my right Tytle and interest in the Kentish Lands devideable betweene her and her sister, w:ch I value at five hundred pounds And doe hereby desire my said wife 6 her sisters to sell the same eyther together , or that some one would lay out the
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rest that they may be at peace and unitie And further I doe desire my said wife not to alienate her share or proporccon of the said Kentish lands or the value thereof from my youngest daughter Margarett Jacob But to settle & entayle the same upon my said daughter Margarett after my decease

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