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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

ITEM I give unto my said wife my best Coach and to (sic) Coach horses , and whereas I have settled upon my said wife the some of fower hundred pounds per Annum for her Joynture I XXXX my eldest Sonne to see the same most carefully and punctually payd by quarterly payments The first payment thereof to commence at or upon the first quarter day next after my decease And whereas I have alsoe setled upon my said wife the house in Bromley wherein my brother Robert Jacob now liveth, dureing her life I leave it to her election to accept of the same house or to accept of the somme of Two hundred pounds in lieu of the same: from my eexecutor hereafter named and to release and convey the same accordingly to my Executor his heires and assignes And whereas I have bought for the use of my eldest sonne and his heires for the improvement of his estate and alsoe paid and discharged severall debts Judgements and incumbrances chargeable upon his and my estate lying and being in the County of Cambridge amounting to the somme of foure Thousand pounds and upwards And have hitherto made noe provision for the maintenance and supporte of my youngest sonne Robert Jacob Therefore my will and mynd is That executor his heires executors administrators or assignes shall lay out and disburse the somme of foure Thousand pounds of lawfull money of England for the purchasing of lands and tenements of Inheritance to the value of at least two hundred pounds per Annum to bee setled upon my said sonne Robert Jacob and the heires of his body lawfully begotten And in default of such issue the remainder thereof to my eldest sonne and his heires in such manner as my sonne Robert shall not have power to discontinue the said estate Tayle or to alienate the said lands contrary to the intent and meaning of this my will with provision to make his wife a competent Joynture if he happens to marry And in such manner as counsell learned in the law shall advise and untill the said lands be purchased according to the true intent & meaning of this my will, my executor is hereby required to allowe my said sonne Robert the somme of Two hundred pounds per Annum And to pay the same by quarterly payments for his present mayntenance and subsistance And whereas I have an expectacon that my estate in the farmes of the customes by virtue of the present Granntes or Lease thereof from his sacred Maiestie together with my interest in severall Tallys as will ioyntly and perticularly with the present farmers That will amount to a very considerable Estate And will yield my executor a faire surplusaage or overplus All my debts and Legacies hereby given first paid & discharged Therefore I give and bequeath unto my daughter ?Heldon the somme of one Thousand pounds more than is already secured to her by bond and deed, as alsoe unto my daughter West the somme of five hundred pounds Provided alwayes and upon this condicon That the profitt of the present grannt or Lease of the Customes and the tallys thereupon struck doe yeild the same sommes over above all and all manner of debts and settlements THat are already charged upon the same

ITEM I give unto Mary ?Wilmer daughter of my Nephew Wilmer the somme of five hundred pounds payable at her age of Eighteene yeares or day of marriage which shall first happen Provided alwayes and upon this condiccon That my said
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NEPHEW Abraham Wilmer doe and shall assigne transferre & sett over into my executor All those Judgements and bonds taken in his name which was only used in trust to my only and proper use had and obtayned against Cadwaller ?Jonts Esquire Any thing in these presents conteyned to the contrary notwithstanding

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter in lawe the wife of my sonne Jacob the somme of Twenty pounds of lawfull money of England to buy some memorable thing to weare for my sake

ITEM I give unto my neece margarett Rolt The somme of two hundred pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid unto her within six monethes after my decease

ITEM I give and bequeath into my daughter Willmer the somme of fiftie pounds to buy some memorable thing to keepe for my sake

ITEM I give to my brother and sister Holliday Twenty pounds a peice to buy some memorable thing to keepe for my sake

ITEM I give unto my cousin John Andrewes the somme of twenty pounds of lawfull money of England intreating the continuance of his care in what may concerne my accompts

ITEM I give unto George Haddon over and above his wages the somme of Tenne pounds of lawfull money of England

ITEM I give and bequeath into Jane Girdi?o over and above her wages due the somme of Thirty pounds of lawfull money of England

ITEM I give and bequeath into ThomasHopkins the somme of forty pounds of lawfull money of England to bee paid him at the age of one and Twenty yeares for a stocke to beginne the world withall And whome I leave to the care of my eldest sonne after my decease

ITEM I give and bequeath mourning to my wife and all my children sonnes and daughterCompleate and to Jacob West and to my Nephew and daughter Willmer , my brother Jacob with one man and to my brother and sister Hallyday and to Sir Robert Wingfeild And I doe hereby appoint and intrust my eldest sonne and my loveing brother M:r Robert Jacob tosee the said Sir Robert Wingfield educated according to his ranke & quallitie to whome I leave the ?concernes of him and his estate untill he attayne to the age of one and twenty yeares

ITEM I give to my Cousin John Andrewes Francis Rogers John Mainstone THomas Dods and John Peake and to every one of them a mourning Cloake

ITEM I give and bequeath compleate mourning to all and every of my domestique servants that shall live and cohabitt with mee at the tyme of my decease

ITEM I give & bequeath unto the right honourable Sir Thomas Ingram the somme of Twenty pounds of lawfull money of England to

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