MRP: Sir Thomas Bludworth junior will
Sir Thomas Bludworth junior will
PROB 11/411 Fane 147-194 Will of Sir Thomas Bludworth of Leatherhead, Surrey 22 September 1692
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29/11/11, CSG: Posted partial transcription
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“Sir Thomas Bludworth militis” [In RH margin]
“In the Name of God Amen the second day of September Anno Dom one thousand six hundredd (sic) ninety two I S:r Thomas Bludworth of Leatherhead in the County of Surrey knight being sick in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner following..”
“..my Body I comitt to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter
as for my worldly estate I dispose as followeth
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my sister the Right Hono:ble the Lady Anne Jeffreys the sume of two hundred pounds
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my goddaughter and Neice (sic) M:rs Christina Jeffreys the sume of three hundred pounds
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Neece Mary Jeffreys the sume of fifty pounds
ITEM I give to my Lady Moor one hundred pounds
ITEM I give and bequeath unto M:r Richard Spencer (sic) of London Merchant the sume of one hundred pounds
ITEM I give unto my Aunt Bludworth the sume of tenn pounds
ITEM I give unto M:rs Saltonstall [??] ten pounds
ITEM I give to William Hitch [??] of London gent the sume of ffive pounds to buy him mourning
ITEM I give unto my servant Thomas Jolly all my woolen apparell
ITEM I give devise and bequeath all my Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements rents and hereditments by whatsoever name or names they may of shall be called in the Counties of Yorke Darby and Surrey as alsoe in the City of London or the suburbs thereof to my xxx Brother Charles Bludworth Esq:r all the rest and residue of my personall estate goods and chattells whatsoever and wheresoever (after my debts and funeralls are paid and discharged I give and bequeath unto my said brother Charles Bludworth and I doe hereby make constitute ordaine and appoint my said so brother Charles Bludworth the full and sole Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills by me heretofore made
In witnesse whereof I have thereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare xxxxx above written
Tho: Bludworth
Signed sealed published and declared to be his last will and testament in the presence of Joseph XXXling Tho: Jolly Will: Hitch/ xxx
BE IT KNOWNE unto all men by these presentse that whereas I S:r Thomas Bludworth Kn:t have made and declared my said last Will and Testament in writeing (sic) beareing (sic) date the Second day of this instant September I the said Sir Thomas Bludworth doe by this present Codicill confirme and ratifie my said Past will and testament and whereas I have therein devised all my Landes Mannors Messuages rents and Hereditaments in the Counties of Yorke Derby (sic) and Surrey and in the Citty (sic) of London and suburbs thereof to my xx [CSG: could be ho: presumably “hounoured”] brother Charles Bludworth my will and meaneing (sic) is and I doe hereby give devise and bequeath the same to him and his heires forever
ITEM I doe give and bequeath unto M:r Joseph Gosling [??] mourning
ITEM I give and bequeath unto M:rs Gosling [?] mourning
ITEM I giVe and bequeath unto my ho: brother Charles Bludworth all my Leases whatever
ITEM I give to my servant Thomas Perkins the sume of tenn pounds to put him out an apprentice I give to the poore of Leatherhead in the County of Surrey tenn pounds
ITEM I give to the poore of the Parish where my ffather was buried the sume of tenn pounds desireing to be buried in the Vault by him which he built for our ffamily
ITEM I give to M:rs Bowden [??] and M:rs Thomas Bird of London and all such ffreinds as come to visit me in my sickness rings of the value of twenty shillings whereas M:r Richard Spencer hath kept my accounts for a considerable time I desire and hope that he will give to my brother a just and true accompt (which I doe not but believe he will/ the same not being yet adjusted and my will and meaneing is that this Codicill or schedule be and be adjudged to be part and parcell of my said last will and testament and that all things therein conteyned and mencioned (sic) be faithfully and truly performed as if the same were set downe in my said last will and testament
In witnesse whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale this fifth day of September Anno Dom One Thousand Six hundred ninety two.
Tho: Bludworth
This Codicill was signed sealed published and declared as part of his last will and testament in the presence of Joseph Gosling Tho: Jolly Willm Hitch./
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