MRP: George Cock will - Revision history

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Francescagreenstreet at 22:46, January 12, 2012

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 ITEM I give to my said Friend Mr. Charles Porter five pounds to buy him a Ring and to his wife and to Mrs. Whitton twenty shillings a piece to buy each of them a Ring
-ITEM I give to my Lord Brouncker to Mrs. Johns (?) and to Mrs. Anne Lyte twenty shillings a piece to buy each of them a Ring
+ITEM I give to my Lord Brouncker<ref>Lord Brouncker.  Possibly Henry Brouncker, viscount Brouncker, of Sheen, Richmond, Surrey (see PROB 5/711 BROUNCKER, Henry, viscount Brouncker, of [Sheen in Richmond, Surrey] [Registered will: PROB 11/392] [Sentence: PROB 11/393] 1688)</ref> to Mrs. Johns (?) and to Mrs. Anne Lyte twenty shillings a piece to buy each of them a Ring
-ITEM I give to Mrs. Bortman Plutarch’s Lives and a decent hansome walking Cane which I would have my Executrix buy for her, I having long since promised her one
+ITEM I give to Mrs. Bortman [Check this is not an transcription error by me for Mrs Portman] Plutarch’s ''Lives'' and a decent hansome walking Cane which I would have my Executrix buy for her, I having long since promised her one
 ITEM I give to my Uncle and Aunt Tindall fourty shillings a piece to buy each of them a Ring

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 ITEM I give to my Sonn George Cock Seaven hundred pounds to be paid him at three severall yearly payments by equall portions within three years after my death the first payment to beginn & to be made at the end of the first yeare after my death, Nevertheless my will and meaning is that if it shall happen that my said Sonn George shall happen to dye before the end of the said three years next after my death that then such part of the said Seaven hundred pounds as shall not have become due and payable to him in his life time shall be paid to and divided amongst all the rest of my children by equall Shares and proportions
-ITEM I give to my said sons John Gerrard Cock and Georg Cock all the debt which is due to me from Peter Van Prebends in Cassavia<ref>Cassavia was XXXX. CHECK TRASNCRIPTION ACCURACY</ref> which was in the Administration [Persia]
+ITEM I give to my said sons John Gerrard Cock and Georg Cock all the debt which is due to me from Peter Van Prebends in Cassavia<ref>Cassavia was XXXX. CHECK TRANSCRIPTION ACCURACY</ref> which was in the Administration [Persia]
 ITEM I give to my Sonn Mattew Cock eight hundred pounds to be paid or disposed of for his use as soone as my estate can conveniently be gotten in which I desire my Executrix and the overseers of this my will hereafter named to take part may be done with as much Speed as conveniently they can unless they shall think fitt to continue the said summe in my trade of Tanning which I conceive the best use can be made thereof if it shall please God to continue it amongst us

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 But if it shall soe fall out that there be warrs either with France or other Countries soe as a trade with them cannot Safely be managed and driven on then I doe desire that my Childrens money may be employed by way of Exchange which I conceive if well managed ay raise a much greater profitt than putting the same at Interest can bring to them
-ITEM I give and bequeath to Letitia Porter the daughter of the said Mr. Charles Porter and my Goddaughter fifty pounds to be paid to her at her age of Seaven years if she soe long live But if she happen to dye before she attaine to the age of seaven years then I give to Frederick Porter her Brother thirty pounds in case he be living at the time of her death
+ITEM I give and bequeath to Letitia Porter<ref>See C 6/196/24 Short title: Earl of Cardigan v Gower. Plaintiffs: Robert Brudenell Earl of Cardigan, Mervyn Touchet, William Talbott, Charles Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, Gilbert Crowch and Richard Coxeter. Defendants: John Gower, Charles Porter, Lettice Porter his wife, Edward Wainwright, Bartholomew Collingwood, William Sadler and others. 1671</ref> the daughter of the said Mr. Charles Porter and my Goddaughter fifty pounds to be paid to her at her age of Seaven years if she soe long live But if she happen to dye before she attaine to the age of seaven years then I give to Frederick Porter her Brother thirty pounds in case he be living at the time of her death
 ITEM I give to my said Friend Mr. Charles Porter five pounds to buy him a Ring and to his wife and to Mrs. Whitton twenty shillings a piece to buy each of them a Ring
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 And if any of my friends to whom I have given Legacies shall make use of these Coaches to accompany my body to the Grave then I give to each of them that shall soe accompany me two pairs of Gloves & noe more nor would I have any more company to follow me to the grave
-And I doe make and constitute my deare and loving wife Mary Cock Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and my good friends Mr. William Glanvill   and Mr. William Porter overseers thereof to whom I give fourty shillings a piece and desire them to be aiding and assisting to my wife in the Execution and performance of this my will, And I desire my said wife to take theire advice in the management of that estate I shall leave
+And I doe make and constitute my deare and loving wife Mary Cock Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and my good friends Mr. William Glanvill and Mr. William Porter overseers thereof to whom I give fourty shillings a piece and desire them to be aiding and assisting to my wife in the Execution and performance of this my will, And I desire my said wife to take theire advice in the management of that estate I shall leave
 In Witness whereof to this my last Will and Testament contained in four Sheets of paper I have to every Sheet hereof sett to my hand and to the last Sheet my hand and Seale the ninetenth day of February in the yeare of our Lord one thousand Six hundred seaventy and eight and in the one and thirtieth  yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles the Second over England
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-PROB 11/359 King 1-65  Will of George Cock, Merchant of Greenwich, Kent 03 April 1679
+C 6/168/57 Short title: Graves v Marsh. Plaintiffs: William Graves. Defendants: Richard Marsh, George Marsh, William Goldsbrough and Charles Porter. Subject: property in Limehouse, Middlesex. Document type: bill, answer. 1664
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 ===London Metropolitan Archives===
 [http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=15638&inst_id=118&nv1=search&nv2= Archival notes on records of parish of Saint Peters le Poer]

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		+	===London Metropolitan Archives===
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		+	[http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=15638&inst_id=118&nv1=search&nv2= Archival notes on records of parish of Saint Peters le Poer]

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 See [[MRP: Sir William Ryder will|Sir William Ryder will]]
 See [[MRP: Sir George Smith will|Sir George Smith will]]
-See [[MRP: Charles Porter will|Charles Porter will]]
+See [[MRP: Charles Porter will|Charles Porter will]] (Not clear this is the correct will for George Cocke' s friend)
 See [[MRP: Danzig|Danzig]]
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 ITEM I give to my Sonn George Cock Seaven hundred pounds to be paid him at three severall yearly payments by equall portions within three years after my death the first payment to beginn & to be made at the end of the first yeare after my death, Nevertheless my will and meaning is that if it shall happen that my said Sonn George shall happen to dye before the end of the said three years next after my death that then such part of the said Seaven hundred pounds as shall not have become due and payable to him in his life time shall be paid to and divided amongst all the rest of my children by equall Shares and proportions
-ITEM I give to my said sons John Gerrard Cock and Georg Cock all the debt which is due to me from Peter Van Prebends in Cassavia which was in the Administration [Persia]
+ITEM I give to my said sons John Gerrard Cock and Georg Cock all the debt which is due to me from Peter Van Prebends in Cassavia<ref>Cassavia was XXXX. CHECK TRASNCRIPTION ACCURACY</ref> which was in the Administration [Persia]
 ITEM I give to my Sonn Mattew Cock eight hundred pounds to be paid or disposed of for his use as soone as my estate can conveniently be gotten in which I desire my Executrix and the overseers of this my will hereafter named to take part may be done with as much Speed as conveniently they can unless they shall think fitt to continue the said summe in my trade of Tanning which I conceive the best use can be made thereof if it shall please God to continue it amongst us
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 ITEM I give and bequeath to my youngest sonn William Cock eight hundred pounds which said eight hundred pounds I would have continued & used in my tanning trade so long as my Executrix & the overseers of my said Will shall finde it profitable, in case it shall please God to continue peace amongst us And Frances Hale my Tanner shall live
-ITEM I give and bequeath to Robert Temple & Mary Temple my sonn and daughter in Law     to  each of them fifty pounds a piece to be paid to them by my Executrix theire mother within one yeare next after my decease
+ITEM I give and bequeath to Robert Temple<ref>Presumably Robert and Mary Temple were the children of George Cocke's wife Mary, by an earlier marriage to XXX Temple.  It is possible that his wife had been married to James Temple, a London merchant, who is identified as the second first party with George Cock in a charter party drawn up on November 1st, 1667, with Thomas Hobart (alias Hobard), the master of the ''William'', as the second party (See [[MRP: C6/36/21 f. 1|C6/36/21 f. 1]]).  George Cocke's first wife was Anna Maria Cock (née possibly Solomons), beside whom he wished to be buried in St. Peters Poore, London</ref> & Mary Temple my sonn and daughter in Law to each of them fifty pounds a piece to be paid to them by my Executrix theire mother within one yeare next after my decease
-ITEM I give and bequeath to my brother Philip Wheeler to provide some way of Livelyhood for himself twenty pounds And if my deare Wife his sister shall aprehend & hope or believe that he will become Sober and carefull and she shall think fitt to continue my Tanning works she may send him to Limerick in Ireland and there employ him only to take care there be noe embezelment to oversee the workmen & Labourers that they Loyter not, to see all hydes bought and Leather Shipt out expertly weighed and to be a Cheque over Davis and the whole work
+ITEM I give and bequeath to my brother Philip Wheeler to provide some way of Livelyhood for himself twenty pounds And if my deare Wife his sister<ref>Presumably George Cocke's wife was born XXXX Wheeler, and subsequently married Mary Temple, was widowed, and then married George Cocke</ref> shall aprehend & hope or believe that he will become Sober and carefull and she shall think fitt to continue my Tanning works she may send him to Limerick in Ireland and there employ him only to take care there be noe embezelment to oversee the workmen & Labourers that they Loyter not, to see all hydes bought and Leather Shipt out expertly weighed and to be a Cheque over Davis and the whole work
 ITEM I give to Philipp Beaumont fourty pounds and also five pounds to buy him mourning and desire him to continue with my Executrix and to take the care of her business and the Management of his tanning trade which he is sufficiently able and knowing how to doe she allowing him what is fitting for that service which he knowes may be dispatcht in part of two dayes in every week, And if he continue a Single man and will live with her then I desire he may have his Dyet and Lodgings at her house

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 ITEM I give to my Sonn George Cock Seaven hundred pounds to be paid him at three severall yearly payments by equall portions within three years after my death the first payment to beginn & to be made at the end of the first yeare after my death, Nevertheless my will and meaning is that if it shall happen that my said Sonn George shall happen to dye before the end of the said three years next after my death that then such part of the said Seaven hundred pounds as shall not have become due and payable to him in his life time shall be paid to and divided amongst all the rest of my children by equall Shares and proportions
-Item I give to my said sons John Gerrard Cock and Georg Cock all the debt which is due to me from Peter Van Prebends in Cassavia which was in the Administration [Persia]
 ITEM I give to my Sonn Mattew Cock eight hundred pounds to be paid or disposed of for his use as soone as my estate can conveniently be gotten in which I desire my Executrix and the overseers of this my will hereafter named to take part may be done with as much Speed as conveniently they can unless they shall think fitt to continue the said summe in my trade of Tanning which I conceive the best use can be made thereof if it shall please God to continue it amongst us
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-==George Cock will==
+'''George Cock will'''
 PROB 11/359 King 1-65  Will of George Cock, Merchant of Greenwich, Kent 03 April 1679
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-===Abstract & context===
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 See [[MRP: Sir William Ryder will|Sir William Ryder will]]
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 See [[MRP: Danzig|Danzig]]
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 In the Name of God Amen
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 Activities in Ireland
 Short entry in DNB on GC
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		+	PROB 11/359 King 1-65 Will of George Cock, Merchant of Greenwich, Kent 03 April 1679
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		+	'''Editorial history'''
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		+	===Abstract & context===

		+	See [[MRP: Sir William Ryder will\|Sir William Ryder will]]
		+	See [[MRP: Sir George Smith will\|Sir George Smith will]]
		+	See [[MRP: Charles Porter will\|Charles Porter will]]

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