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John Pixly will

PROB 11/221 Bowyer 52-106 Will of John Pixly, Merchant of Smyrna, Turkey 16 March 1652

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Abstract & context

John Pixly described himself in his will as "of the Citty of London now resident in the Towne of Smyrna within the jurisdiction of the Emperor of Turky." He was almost certainly a factor for the London merchant Thomas Pearle, whom he made his sole executor. In Smyrna he was probably in partnership, or at least in a close trading relationship, with Mr. William Alvey, to whom he assigned "all Commissions or estate that may come recommended to my selfe and him joyntly." At the time of writing his will, when he was already sick, Francis Gough was his apprentice, having previously had William Gough, Francis' brother, as an apprentice.

He left four siblings; two brothers and two sisters. The brothers were Samuell and Richard Pixly and the sisters Winifred and Ann Pixley. Samuell Pixley was also a merchant, and like Thomas Pearle, was a subscriber, after John Pixly's death, in the SVJS.

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See Samuel Pixley will (brother of John Pixly)

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The will of John Pixly [In LH margin]

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I John Pixly of the Citty of London now resident in the Towne of Smyrna within the jurisdiction of the Emperor of Turky, though being at present sicke and weake yet of sound and perfect memory and understanding doe declare and make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following

FFIRST and principally I recommend my soule to god my Creator and my body to bee decently buried and for my temporall goods which it hath pleased god to bestowe on me I doe give and bequeath as followeth

ITEM I give and bequeath unto M:r ?William Brill the present Minister of Smyrna the sume of dollars one hundred Ryalls of 8/8

ITEM I give and bequeath to M:r Nathaniel Durant late Minister of Smyrna the sume of one hundred doolars, Ryalls of 8/8^[1]

ITEM I give unto M:r Thomas Pearle Marchant Resident in London two hundred dollars, Ryalls of 8/8

ITEM I give unto M:r Daniel Edwards Marchant in Smyrna one hundred Dollars Ryalls 8/8

ITEM I give and bequeath unto M:r William Alvey and unto M:r John ?Pavaracin Marchants in Smyrna the summe of Dollars two hundred, Ryalls 8/8 for each of them

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my brother Samuell Pixley one hundred dollars Ryalls of 8/8 as a token of my affection to him I say I give unto my sayd loveing brother Samuell Pixley two (sic) hundred dollars Ryalls of 8/8

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my servant ffrancis Gough the samme sume which I received from his brother M:r William Gough when he came to serve me as p his acco:t in my books

ITEM what shall be found to remaine of my estate over and above the forementioned legacies I give unto my brothers Samuell and Richard Pixly and my sisters Winifred and Ann Pixley to be devided in equall proporconns

ITEM if my estate amount not to be sufficien to make good the whole Legacies before given and bequeathed then my will is that the Legacies of the Legatees aforesaid shall beare the losse and rebate proporconally, according to severall sumes by me the testator given

ITEM I constitute and ordaine M:r Thomas Pearle^[2] Marchant in London executor of this my last will and testament, not doubting of his carefull endeavours to see it executed and legacies discharged according to my desire

ITEM my will and meaneing is that all my Legacies given as before expressed shalbe paid unto every Legatee by my said executor twelve monthes after my decease

ITEM for adjustment of acco:ts and estate belonging both to my selfe and principalls and friends in my custody and charge at present or that may come for the future I constitute and appoint M:r William Alvey and M:r John Penwarne my true and lawfull assignees with full and sufficient power as any assignee possibly may have excepting that in vertue hereof the said John Penwarne may incur solely to his owne use and disposal all commissions or estate that may come recommended to my selfe and him joyntly desiring my said assignes to take care of my business and make home

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my estate unto M:r Thomas Pearle as it shall come to theire hands

ITEM I declare that in vertue hereof the said M:r William Alvey may inioy solely to his owne use and disposall all Commissions or estate that may come recommended to my selfe and him joyntly

Lastly it is my will and desire that all my former testaments shalbe voyd and invallid, and I here ratify and confirme this my last will and testament with my hand and seale dated in Smyrna the 19th September Anno 1651

John Pixly

THIS will was proved at London the sixteenth day of March in the yeare of our Lord God according to the English stile one thousand six hundred fifty one before William ffoorth Doctor of Laws Surrogate of S:r Nathaniel Brent Knight Doctor of Laws master or Keeper of the Prerogative Court by the oath of Thomas Pearle the executor named in the said will to whom was committed Administration of all and singular the goods chattells and debts of the said deceased he being first legally sworne well and truly to administer the same. Ex.

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Possible primary sources

TNA

C 9/24/39 Cocke v. Pixley 1661
C 9/24/48 Cocke v. Pixley 1661
C 9/24/47 Cocke v. Pixley 1661
C 9/26/40 Cock v. Pixley 1661
C 9/228/178 Pixley v. Cock 1661
C 9/409/267 Pixley v. Cock 1662

C 10/99/150 Pixley v Cocke 1663

C 22/237/44 Cox v Pixley. Between 1558 and 1714

PROB 11/221 Bowyer 52-106 Will of John Pixly, Merchant of Smyrna, Turkey 16 March 1652

1. ↑ "Durant, Nathaniel: of Jesus College, Cambridge. Chaplain to the Levant Company at Constantinople 1638-42; at Smyrna 1642-51" (Robert S. Bosher, The making of the Restoration settlement: the influence of the Laudians, 1649-1662 (XXXX, 1957), p. 287)
2. ↑ Thomas Pearle, London merchant and SVJS subscriber. See Thomas Pearle will