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Samuel Dashwood will
PROB 11/178 Lee 115-183 Will of Samuell Dashwood of Stogumber, Somerset 31 December 1638
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See Francis Dashwood will
See Samuel Dashwood senior will
See Ellianor Dashwood will
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Samuell Dashwood of Stogumber being sicke of body but of good and perfect memory thanks be given to God Doe constitute & ordayne this my last will & Testament in maner & forme as followeth
IMPRIMIS I bequeath my Soule into y:e hands of Almighty God in whome I hope to have salvacion And my body to Christian buryall.
ITEM I give to y:e poore of y:e parish of Stogumber Twenty shillings
ITEM I give to y:e parish church of Stogumber Three shillings & fower pence
ITEM I give to my sonne Robert Dashwood Twenty shillings And to Samuell Dashwood my godsonne sonne of y:e said Robert Twenty shillings.
ITEM I give unto my sonne John Dashwood y:e some of Tenn pounds
ITEM I give unto my sonne Richard Dashwood y:e some of Twenty shillings
ITEM I give unto Elizabeth Knight my daughter Twenty shillings
ITEM I give unto my daughter Ellen Dashwood One hundred pounds to be payd unto her within one month after my decease And alsoeI leave y:e some of ffiftie pounds in y:e hands of my Executrix for y:e better prferment of y:e said Ellen to be payd her in three months after y:e day of her marriage if shee be guided by advise & consent of her mother & overseers of this my last will & Testament of in twoe yeares after my decease & not otherwise
ITEM I give to my sonne George Dashwood my Lease of a peece of ground called by y:e name of Brech (?) together withall y:e title & interest that I have to y:e same grounds Alsoe I give to y:e said George y:e some of Ten pounds to be payd unto him within twoe yeares after my decease provided always my will & intent is that y:e said George Dashwood my sonne shall suffer his mother my now wife to enioy y:e said grounds to pasture from yeare to yeare during her naturall life And for y:e better security of her enjoying y:e same ground my will is that George my sonne when hee shall accomplish y:e age of Twentie one yeares that he give bond unto Henry Sweeting & Richard Sweeting whom I ordayne Overseers in trust to this my last will & Testament in y:e some of one hundred pounds w:ch ife hee shall refuse to doe being thereunto required Then my will is that y.e Tenn pounds specified which I have given him shall not be payd him by my Executrix
ITEM I give unto my sonne Samuell Dashwood one hundred pounds to be payd him within Three months after hee shall accomplish y:e full & whole terme of yeeres wherein he is bound an Apprentice to ffrancis Dashwood his brother for y:e terme of eight yeeres whereof one yeare is ended at Midsomer Anno 1638 But ife y:e said Samuell my sonne shall happen to depart this life before his tyme be expired with his brother Then my will & meaneing is that y:e one hundred pounds shalbe given as followeth Twenty pounds to my sonne Richard Dashwood And Twentie pounds to my sonne William Dashwood, Tenn pounds to my sonne ffrancis Dashwood & Tenn pounds to my sonne John Dashwood And the other forty pounds to remayne to my Executrix
ITEM I give to all my grandchildren to every of them twoe shillings six pence
ITEM I give unto Henry Dashwood sonne of my brother Henry Dashwood some of five shillings
ITEM I give unto William Cornwales (?) my Apprentice one yewe sheepe (?) to be kept for him during his Apprentice but not y:e proffitt of y.e said yewe
ITEM I give unto my sonne ffrancis Dashwood y:e some of Twenty shillings The rest of my goods not given & bequeathed my debts & Legacies payd & funerall discharged I give & bequeath to Elizabeth my wife whome I make my whole Executrix of this my last will & Testament
IN WITNESS whereofe I have hereunto sett my hand & seale upon y:e nynth day of July Anno Dom 1638 presence
SAMUELL DASHWOOD
Lewis Sweeting, Sxxxx Joane Roox
PROBATUM FUIT Testamentum suprascriptum apud London coram venerabili vivo Domino Henrico Master milite legum XXXX Curia Prerogativa Cante Magro Custodesive Comissario Stinne constitute ultimo die mensio Decembrio Anno XX Millxxx sexgenttmo trisimo octavo Juramento Elizabeth Dashwood Relicta dxxx defuncto et Executrix in xxxx Testam:to nominate Uni commisa fuit Administrato omnia et singularum bonorum xxxxx et creditorum xxxxx defuncto xxxxx et fideliter Administrando eadem Adsamta dei Evangelia coram John Baynham XXX vigence Commisorio in x pte alo emanate Jurate Ex:
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Possible primary sources
PROB 11/197 Twisse 102-148 Will of Henrie Dashwood, Clothier of Holy Trinity Exeter, Devon 05 July 1646
