MRP: Richard Turgis Junior will
Richard Turgis Junior will
PROB 11/326 Hone 1-57 Will of Richard Turgis, Grocer of London 03 April 1668
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Abstract & context
Richard Turgis made his will on XXX, when " at this p:rsent sicke and weak." He described himself as "Cittizen and Grocer of London."
He instructed that he "be buried in the Ruines of the Church of S:t Mary Woolnoth in Lumbard Streete as neere my late wife as possible may bee And my Will is that I may bee buried by Torchlight and that no other service shalbe given to those that attend my Buriall but Rosemary Biscakes and Burnt Wine."
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Richard Turgis Cittizen and Grocer of London being at this p:rsent sicke and weak but of sound and Competent mind and memory (blessed bee God, yet considering the uncertaine Estate of this Transitory life doe make and ordayne this my last Will and Testament in manner as followeth That is to say
FIRST I commend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God that gave it mee hopinge through his mercy and the meritts of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to have pardon of all my Sinnes and bee eternally saved And my Body I committ to the Earth from whence it came To be buried in the Ruines of the Church of S:t Mary Woolnoth in Lumbard Streete as neere my late wife as possible may bee And my Will is that I may bee buried by Torchlight and that no other service shalbe given to those that attend my Buriall but Rosemary Biscakes and Burnt Wine
And as touching my Temporall Estate goods and Chattells which the Lord hath been pleased to bestowe upon mee for my Porcon In this life I will appoint and dispose of the same as followeth
IMPRIMIS I give and bequeath Richard my Sonne what my little Cabbinett and my Studdie of Bookes my Diamond Ringe
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which I commonly weare upon my finger with all his one plate and his late Mothers single stone Ringe
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Anne My beste Necklace of Pearle now in the keeping of my Mother ?Davis and the best dyamond Ringe of her late Mothers
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth my wifes worst necklace and her Rose Ringe
ITEM I give unto my sonne Luke his late Mothers Watch And I give bequeath unto my daughter Priscilla the Brassletts that were her Mothers and the Luinen (sic) that lyes in my Trunke at Milend
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Sonne Luke the sume of one hundred pounds with the Interest therefore due from my Mother in Law M:rs Cropley which shee promised mee in marriage with her daughter
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter Priscilla the sume of Seaventy pounds due to mee from her Grandmother as aforesaid Item I give and bequeath unto my Loveing Brother Edward Turgis and to his wife sufficient cloth for Mourning And I give unto Thomas Turgis Esq and Mary his wife sufficient Cloth for Mourning Item I give and bequeath unto M:rs Anne Davis and to M:rs Cropley My two Mothers in Lawes (sic) and to my Deare and Loveing friend M:rs Hester Brett cloth for Mourning And alsoe I give and bequeath unto all my children complied and sufficient Mourning
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my very Loveing friend M:r Deputy Jefferyes Twenty shillings for a Ringe
ITEM I give unto my Loveing friend M:r Henry Tulse Esquire and M:r John Kirke Twenty shillings a peece for Rings to weare in Remembrance of mee And alsoe I give and bequeath unto my Loveing friends M:r John Carleton and to his wife, to M:r Brett to M:r Thomas Morton Senior and to his Wife, and to M:r Thomas Morton Junior and to his wife my Loveing friends M:r John Clutterbucke Twenty shillings a peece for Rings
ITEM I give to to M:r John Gurney To M:r Samuell Symons Xxxxx and to M:r Zachary Burroughs and to his wife alsoe Twenty shillings a peece for Rings
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Aunt M:rs Elizabeth Park [??] the sume of Three pounds in money
ITEM I give to M:r Ellin Barton fforty shillings in Money And to Lamb the Porter Twenty shillings and doe appoint him to bee one of my Bearers ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Sonne Richard my Picture in Gold
ITEM I give and bequeath unto M:rs Priscilla Jeffereys the wife of Robart Jefferyes Twenty shillings for a Ringe
ITEM I give unto M:r Luke Cropley and M:r Beinamin Cropley my Brothers in Lawes Twenty shillings a peece for Rings And I give unto M:r Roger Davis my Brother in Law Twenty shillings for a Ring.
ITEM I give unto Cap:t Thomas Xassinden my speciall friend and to M:r John Snagg of Xentworth in Sussex Tenn shillings a peece for Rings
ITEM I give unto my Brothers George Mellnish and William Mellnish the sume of Twenty shillings a peece for Rings
ITEM I give unto my Brother Edward Turgis his five children Tenn shillings a piece for Rings And I give and bequeath unto the Poore of the Parish of S:t Mary Woolnoth The sume of Three pounds And All the rest and residue of my Goods Chattells debts plate Monyes and Estate Whatsoever My debts Legacies and ffunerall charges being first borne paid and deducted I give will and bequeath unto my said five children Richard Anne Elizabeth Luke and Priscilla equally amongst them (That is to say to every person of them an equall share And I make nominate & appoint my said Loveing Brother (sic) Edward Turgis and Thomas Turgis Esq full and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament And I doe Entriat nominate and appoint the said Robert Jeffryes John Kirke and Henry Tulse as overseers thereof And doe devise them to bee Assistant to my said Executors in the Execution thereof And my Will and mind is that the Porcons hereby given unto my said children shalbe paid unto them
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According to the Custome of the Citty (That is to say) To my sonnes at their severall ages of One and Twenty yeares, and to my said Daughters at their severall Ages of One and Twenty yeares of Dayes of marriage (which shall first happen And that if any of my said Children shall die and depart this life before his or her said porcon shalbe soe paiable the same shalbe and remaine to all my said Children which shall survive equally amongst them And I doe hereby revoke all former Wills In testimony whereof I the said Richard Turgis have to this my last Will and Testament sett my hand and Seale The One and Twentieth Day of March In the years of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundred Sixty and Seaven
RIC:H TURGIS
Signed sealed and published by the said Richard Turgis On the day of the date hereof in the p’sence of us
Zach. Burrough. Rich: Wallace John ?Turpin Scr./
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Notes
People & Places
People and Places
Wife: “my late wife”
Mother in Law: “my Mother in Law M:rs Cropley”; unto M:rs Anne Davis and to M:rs Cropley My two Mothers in Lawes (sic
Son: “my Sonne”; my sonne Luke; my Sonne Richard
Daughter: “my Daughter Anne”; my daughter Elizabeth; my daughter Priscilla
Brother: (1) “my Loveing Brother Edward Turgis” [& his wife] (2) Thomas Turgis
Brothers in Law: M:r Luke Cropleyand M:r Beinamin Cropleymy Brothers in Lawes; M:r Roger Davie my Brother in Law
Nephews: my Brother Edward Turgis his five children
Other: unto Thomas Turgis Esq and Mary his wife; to my Deare and Loveing friend (sic) M:rs Hester Brett [?];my very Loveing friend M:r Deputy Jefferyes; my Loveing friend M:r Henry Tulse Esquire; M:r John Kirke [?];my Loveing friends M:r John Carleton and to his wife; M:r Brett [?]; M:r Thomas Morton Senior [& his wife]; M:r Thomas Morton Junior [& his wife]; my Loveing friends M:r John Clutterbucke; M:r John Gurney [??] To M:r Samuell Symons Xxxx; M:r Zachary Burroughs and to his wife; my Aunt M:rs Elizabeth Park [??];M:r Ellxx Breton; Lamb the Porter; M:rs Priscilla Jeffereys the wife of Robart Jefferyes; Cap:t Thomas ffxxxxx my speciall friend and to M:r John Snagg [?] of Xentworth in Sussex; my Brothers George Mellnish [?] [or Wellnish] and William Wellnish [?];
Inheritors of Residual & Remainder: my said five [?] children Richard Anne Elizabeth Luke and Priscilla equally amongst them
Executors: my said Loveing Brothers Edward Turgis and Thomas Turgis Esq full and sole Executors
Overseers: Robert Jeffryes John Kirke and Henry Tulse as overseers
Witnesses: Zach. Burrough. Rich: Wallace John XXXXX Sen:r./
Places: (1) the Church of S:t Mary Woolnoth in Lumbard Streete (2) the Poore of the Parish of S:t Mary Woolnoth
Events:
Dated: March 21st 1667/68
Proved: April 3rd 1668
Edward Turgis, J.R. Woodhead (1966)
"TURGIS, Edward
Co Co Cordwainer, 1660-2, 1669, 1671- 81, Dep 1679-81 (1) AH Bread Street, 1650, 1681, St Stephen Coleman Street, 1670/1, Charterhouse Yard, St Botolph Aldersgate, 1686 (2) DR, appr, 1635, fr, 1643, by John Mellish ( ? John MELLISH), W, 1667, 1676, M, 1672 (3) bap 3 Feb 1619/20, AH Bread Street, bur 13 Jan 1686/7, AH Bread Street (4) Will PCC 31 Foot pr, 10 Feb 1686/7 f Richard Turgis of Chichester, Suss, and AH Bread Street and St Augustine, m Ellen, da of Edward Arnold of Croydon, Surr, mar Rebecca, da of Henry Whittaker of London, and co-heir of her m Hester Crisp, sis of John CRISP (5) Woollendraper (6) City property (7) Whig (8) Da Rebecca mar George NEWLAND, da Elizabeth mar Simon Beckley, NEWLAND's partner Nephew of Thomas TURGIS, "cousin" of John MELLISH (9)
(1) 1671 CRO, MS 109 15 (2) Boyd 10315, VBk, AH Bread Street, CRO, MS 109 15, will (3) Boyd 10315, LVP, 1663, p 140 (4) LVP, 1664, p 140, Reg, St Botolph Aldersgate (5) LVP, 1664, p 140, Boyd 9286, 9287 (6) Boyd 10315 (7) Will (8) SP/29/417/394 (9) LVP, 1664, pp 139-141, will of John MELLISH"[1]
Possible primary sources
TNA
PROB 4/10596 Inventory of Richard Turges (alt. Turgis), 1668 (scroll)
PROB 11/161 Audley 1-65 Will of Richard Turgis, Merchant Tailor of Saint Augustine, City of London 06 March 1632
PROB 11/202 Fines 202-260 Will of William Turgis of Saint Giles Cripplegate, City of London 17 December 1647
PROB 11/216 Grey 52-104 Will of Thomas Turgis, Grocer of Saint Dionis Backchurch, City of London 14 March 1651
PROB 11/326 Hone 1-57 Will of Richard Turgis, Grocer of London 03 April 1668
