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James Moyer senior will

PROB 11/176 Lee 1-51 Will of James Moyer, Mariner of Tower Wharf, Middlesex 02 March 1638

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Abstract & context

The mariner James Moyer (c. 1585 -1636/37) was a master mariner of considerable prominence. He was the eldest son of Lawrence Moyer, who had died when James was just 12 years old. He appears on a 1627 list of grants of marque as master of the Royal Merchant, which is described as a ship of 600 tons, and in a secondary source reporting a London shipping list of 1629 as being master of a ship of 500 tons (probably the same ship). James Moyer was engaged in the Levant trade and was buried at Smyrna in March 1636/7. His son Samuel Moyer was a London merchant with broad commercial interests.

See James Moyer senior will (father-in-law of Captain Nicholas Hurlestone)
See Samuel Moyer will (brother-in-law of Captain Nicholas Hurlestone)
See Lawrence Moyer will (brother-in-law of Captain Nicholas Hurlestone)
See James Moyer junior will (brother-in-law of Captain Nicholas Hurlestone)

See PROB 11/348 Dycer 52-105 Will of Lidia Moyer, Widow of Clapham, Surrey 01 June 1675 (possible widow of James Moyer senior)

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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I JAMES MOYER of the Tower wharfe in the Countie of Midd Marriner beinge noew in pfecte health and memory doe make this my last Will and testam:t in manner and forme followinge,

AND FIRST I comitt my body to the earth from whence it came and my soule to God that gave it hopinge by the merritts of Christ my saviour they shalbe both ??rennted togeather att the last daie and live eternally with Jesus Christ my redeemer which God for his mercies sake grannted Amen

And for those worldly goods which the lord hath lente me I will and bequeath in manner and forme followinge,

And FIRST I will and bequeath unto Lidia Moyer my deere and wellbeloved wife the whole number of seaventeene parts of shipps with theire stocks belonging into them as by a schedule hereunto annexed beinge valued att twoe thousand eight hundred and wightie pounds

ITEM I will and bequeath unto Lidia Moyer my wife all such adventure which I have in the good shipp called the Royall Marchant which is to the value of Eleaven hundred pounds with all the proffitts that shalbe gotten by it,

ITEM I will and bequeath into Lidia my Wife all my householdstuffe and plate only such as shalbe hereafter mentoned,

ITEM I will and bequeath unto Lidia my wife all my debts either by bond or bills or goods that shalbe due unto and as by my accompte appeareth which is to the value of thirteene hundred pounds or upwards, And out of this estate aforesaid which I have

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bequeathed unto Lidia Moyer my wellbeloved wife she shall paie these legacies as is hereadter specified

ITEM I will and bequeath into Lawrence Moyer my eldest sonne a parcell of land of eight pound p Ann called by the name of crosse howse lyinge in the parrishe of Milton in Essex withall the appurtenances thereinto belonginge unto him and his heires forever,

ITEM I doe will and bequeath into Lawrence Moyer my sonne the some of five hundred pounds of good and lawfull mony of England my persia carpett a silke quilte my bason and Ewer and my sealeringe to be paied unto him within six moneths after my Will shall be approved but the carpett and bason and Ewer when Lidia my wife shall marry or dye which shall come first

ITEM I doe will and bequeath into Samuell Moyer my sonne the some of five hundred pound with a carpett a silke quilte and my ringe with a rosete face in it att 6 monethes

ITEM I doe will and bequeath unto Anna Hurlstone my daughter the some of twoe hundred pounds a carpett a silke quilte and a peece of plate within six monethes after my Will shalbe approved,

ITEM I doe Will and bequeath unto James Moyer my sonne the some of ffive hundred pound withall my wearing appell within twelve monethes after my will shalbe aproved

ITEM I doe will and bequeath unto William Moyer my sonne the sume of five hundred pound to be paied att his age of eleaven yeares and the mony to be put out upon good security and my sonne to pay unto my wife or executors twentie pounds p nn for his bringinge upp after his being eleaven yeares of age,

ITEM I doe will and bequeath unto my sonne Nicholas Hurlstone the sume of tenn pounds to buy him a ringe

ITEM I doe will and bequeath unto Annah Hurlstone my grandchilde the some of one hundred pounds att her beinge a eleaven yeares of age

ITEM I doe will and bequeath into Alice Hurlstone my grandchilde the some of one hundred pound when she shalbe att the age of eleaven yeares;

And if any of my grandchildren doe happen to dye before the mony grows due the one to be the others heire, and if both should happen to dy then to returne to Annah Hurlstone my daughter,

ITEM I doe will and bequeath one hundred pound unto the wor:ll, the Master wardens and assistants of the trinity howse to be paied them within six monethes after my will shalbe approved and that the said Master wardens and assistants shall paie unto twentie poore Seamen or Seamen widdowes the some of five poun p Ann which is five shillings a peece and twentie shillings to the Minister p Ann to make a sermon upon the sixte daie of August and to be six pound to be distributed the 6:th as they shall thinke fittinge not doubtinge theire wo: will deny me this request beinge a member of theire society, I meane unto the poore of the parishe of Leigh in Essex wheare I was borne

ITEM I will and bequeath unto the Corporation of the Trinity howse the some of tenn poundes to buy a peece of plate,

ITEM I doe give unto Robert Moyer tenn pounds.

ITEM I doe give unto my sister ?Sharpe five poundes,

ITEM I doe give unto my brother ?Paprill and sister ffortie shillings apeece to buy rhem a Ringe

ITEM I doe will unto my brother Nathaniell Goodladd and his wife fforty shillings a peece for a Ringe,

ITEM I doe give my cossen Annah Goodlad fforty shillings

ITEM I doe give unto Richard Goodlad five pound,

ITEM I give unto John Stevens five pound

ITEM I give unto Peeter Salmon ffortie shillings

ITEM I give unto my sister Mary Goodlad children being fower daughters ffortie shillings apeece,

ITEM I give unto my unckle Salmon five pounds to make jim a mourning cloake,

ITEM I give unto Elizabeth Wright tenn pounds

ITEM I give unto Edward ?Bassock ffortie shillings

ITEM I give unto M:r ??Gattaker five pound

ITEM I give unto M:r Symes three pounds,

And the Legacies to be paid six monethes after my will is aproved,

And last of all if anie of my children should happen to dye before there portions shall growe due that then my Will is that my children survivinge shall have every one an equall proportion of theire legacies that shall happen to dye,

And whereas that estate which the lord hath lente me is in shipping and adventures by Sea, And if there should happen any of my shippinge to be loste or any badd debts made that then my Will is that my Wife and children shall beare theire severall proportions accordinge to theire severall legacies given them,

And last of all I alsoe ordaine Lidia Moyer my Wife and Lawrence and Samuell Moyer my sonns

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my Executors of this my last will and testament and my Sonne Hurlstone and my brother nathaniell Goodladd my Overseers,

And in withes of the truth I have sett my hand and seale the six:t daie of September one thousand six hundred thirtie six p mee

JAMES MOYER

Witnes Robert Langton, James Till

PROBATUM fuit testamentum suprascriptum apud London coram Magro Willimo James legum dctre Surrogato venerabilis viri domini Henrici Master miltis legXX etiam doctoris curiae Prerogative caute magri custodies XXXX comissary ltime constitute ?Secundo dei mensis Marty Anno domini mixta cursum et XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX Anglicano Millimo Sexcentesimo ?tresimo septimo Juramente Samuells Moyer pXXXX executor in hunor testamente assient omni comissa fuit Administraio XX eadem, Ad sancta dei Evangeloa Jurate XXXunta plate XXXX comiss XX faciento Lidia Moyer Relicata et Laurenc Moyer fil dicti defuncti XXXX execute et cum veneXXXX eadem pctitur in debita Juris forma admissure

Commentary

Notes

Brother Nathaniell Goodland
Son Nicholas Hurlstone
my brother ?Paprill and sister
my unckle Salmon

Possible primary sources

PROB 11/176 Lee 1-51 Will of James Moyer, Mariner of Tower Wharf, Middlesex 02 March 1638
PROB 11/304 May 54-103 Will of James Moyer, Merchant of London of Eastwood, Essex 11 May 1661
PROB 11/348 Dycer 52-105 Will of Lidia Moyer, Widow of Clapham, Surrey 01 June 1675
PROB 11/373 Drax 52-101 Will of Samuel Moyer of Saint Giles without Cripplegate, Middlesex 03 August 1683