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William Finch will

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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN This Twentie Fourth June in the year of our Lord One thousand Six hundred seaventie and Two I William Finch of London Merch tthough sicke and weake of Bodie yet being sound and perfect in minde and memorie thankes be therefore given to Almightie God and willing to mind his uncertaine estate of this life and how certaine
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WEE are to die and that the time therof is most uncertaine and therefore being willing and desirous to settle and dispose of such estate as God of his infinite goodnes hath given and blessed mee with in this life and for prevention of all dissensions and unnecessarie suites that might hereafter arise betweene anie of my kindred or Relations after my decease concerning my estate aor anie part thereof I doe now revoke and disanull and make voyd all former Wills and testamanets by me made at anie time before the sealing thereof and doe make and decalre this to be my only last Will and testament: Wherein first and principallie I yeeld and commend my Soule into the hands of Almightie God my Creator hopeing and assuredly beleiving by and through the meritts death and passion of Jesus Christ my onlie Saviour and Redeemer to have full and free remission of all my Sinnes and to see my God in the land of the living And my bodie I committ to the Easth to be decently buried as my dearely beloved wife and my sonne Henrie my hereafternamed Executors shall see convenient not exceeding five hundred pounds

ITEM I give to my deare and well beloved wife th eone Third part of my personall Estate

ITEM I give 1/3 part of my Estate to my Children my sonne Henrie being eldest I give him a double portion out of the said 1/3:

ITEM I give to my Moth: Mistris Mary Finch One hundred pounds p Ann during her life to be paid out of the 1/3 part remaining

ITEM I give my Sister Mary Finch Eight hundred pounds

ITEM I give to Bro: Hen: Ffinch ffive hundred pounds

ITEM I give to Brother Tho: ffinch Eight hundred pounds

ITEM I give to Aunt Francis Bowen twentie pounds per Annum during her life

ITEM I give Aunt Martha ffinch Twentie pounds per Annum during her life

ITEM to Mary ?Grealkins I give tenn pounds per Annum for Tenn years

ITEM I give my Godsonne William ffinch son to my Bro: Hen: ffinch One hundred pounds to be paid at the yeare Seaventeene to putt him to prentice

ITEM I give Henrie Sadler Two hundred

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NOTES:

Mentions Dr. Horton - this may be Thomas Horton, minister of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate. See: "1673 Mar. 29 D:r Thomas Horton, our minister, in the Chancell under the Communion table" (p. 319) http://www.archive.org/stream/registersofsthel31sthe#page/318/mode/2up

"1673 May 9 M:rs Finch, in her Husband's grave in the north quire" (p. 319) http://www.archive.org/stream/registersofsthel31sthe#page/318/mode/2up

Gives 50 pounds to Mr Sam: Putt

London County Council, St. Helen's, Bishopsgate: George Finch, d. 1710

"73. WILLIAM FINCH, 1672.

GviLiELMi Finch non ita

PRIDEM MERCATORIS LON
DINENSiS NECNON ESTHER
CASTISSIMA CONJVGIS QVOD RE
LIQUUM EST SISTE PARVM Vlk
TOR ET SVSPICE MARMOR EX ADVEr
SO POSITVM DOCEBIT QVID DE TA
LO ViRO SENTIENDVM ET QVID DE
TALI FCEMINA ABI VIATOR &' PRO
PRI^ MORTIS MEMOR QVA [ ]

LAVDE DIGNA [I - - C - SI DVIO I.M.III]
Arms at head of slab : {Argent), a clieveron (sable) between 3 griffons
{sable)" (p. 80)

"75. GEORGE FINCH, 1710.

Here lyeth Interrd the Body
of George Finch of Valentine
in Efsex Efq. who Dyed the 5
of October ijio aged 48 who
was Son to William Finch of
this Parifh Efq' & Married to
CONSTANCE the Daughter of
Nathanil Horneby Citizen
of London by whome he had five
Sons & one Daughter where of
James & Henry Dyed young & ly
Buried near this Place the Reft
Survived him.
Achievement of arms above. Arms: {Argent), a cheveron {sadle)
between three griffons {sable). Crest : A griffon." (p. 80)

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