MRP: Anthony Abdy will
Anthony Abdy will
PROB 11/184 Coventry 117-173 Will of Anthony Abdy, Alderman of London 04 December 1640
See also PROB 11/184 Coventry 117-173 Sentence of Anthony Abdy of Saint Botolph without Aldermary, City of London 02 December 1640
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Anthony Abdy was a London merchant and father of five boys, the four younger sons all becoming merchants - Robert, John, Nicholas, Roger. The eldest son, Thomas Abdy, XXXX.
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See Roger Abdy senior will (father of Anthony Abdy)
See Sir Robert Abdy will (son of Anthony Abdy)
See Nicholas Abdye will (son of Anthony Abdy)
See Roger Abdy junior will (son of Anthony Abdy)
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN The Two and Twentieth day of may Anno Dom 1640 And in the Sixteenth yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord Charles by the grace of God King of England & Scotland ffrance and Ireland defender of the ffaith vzt. I Anthony Abdy Citizen and Alderman of London being now in good and perfect memory and in good health of body (for which I give most humble and heartie thanks to Almighty God) but calling to mind the uncertainty of this transitory Life and how certaine wee are to dye and yett the time most uncertain: Doe therefore make ordaine and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following that is to say
first and before all earthly things I commend and bequeath my Soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator And my body to the Earth untill the generall Resurrection hopeing and stedfastly beleiving by and from of (CSG: or “all”) the onely Merritts death and passion of my onely Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ and by none other meanes to have and enjoy eternall beatitud: and to see (??) the Lord in the Land of the everliveing And I Will and apppoint my body to be buryed in a decent Christian manner in the Afternoone with a moderate expence, and that all such mourning as my Executors shall think fitt to be worne at my funerall shall be of black Cloth or stuffe but not any silke
And as touching the disposition of all that personall (CSG: estate is missing from the original) which it hath pleased God to blesse me withall in this life I Will give and bequeath the same as followeth (that is to say) ffirst my Will and mind is that all such debts and sumes of money as I shall truely owe to any person or persons at the time of my decease shall be deuly and truely paid And after my debts paid and funerall s discharged (which I Will shall be taken out of my Whole Estate) my Will is that all the residue of my goods Chattells and personall Estate being duely valued and Appraised shall according to the Laudable Custome of the Citty of London be devided into three just and equall parts
one just and equall Third part whereof I doe according to the Custom of the said Cittie leave and appoint unto Abigall my wellbeloved wife for her full part and portion of all my personall Estate
One other third part thereof I leave and appoint unto and amongst all my children which shall be liveing and not fully advanced at the time of my decease equally to be divided amongst them part and part alike accompting upon such sume or sumes of money as as any of them have had or received or shall have or receive of me before my decease to be in part of payment of such share and portion of the said Third part of my Estate as shall be to him her or them that hath soe received or shall receive the same respectively of right belonging so that those sumes of money that anie of them shall have received of me before my decease being accompted as aforesaid every of them may have alike equall shares of the same Third part acccording to the Custome of the said Cittie the certainty of which Summes that have beene or shall be by me soe paid in my life time I purpose (God Willing) to make appeare to my Executors either by enclosing the same upon this my Will or setting downe the same in some of my books of accompts
And the other Third part of my personall Estate I reserve to pay and performe the guifts Legacies and bequests said hereafter in this my Will conteyned and menconed (that is to say) I give to the said Abigall my wife One hundred pounds worth of such of my plate (as it shall be Appraised) as she shall make choice of, and alsoe all her Chaines Jewells and Ornaments
ITEM I give one other hundred pounds worth of Plate to my eldest sonn Thomas Abdy
ITEM I give a Bason and Ewer of Silver with my Armes to be engraven thereupon of the value of fforty pounds in money to my sonne in
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Law John Brampston and Alice his wife my Daughter
ITEM I give to my other foure sonnes and one daughter five peeces of plate of the value of ffifty pounds that is to say for every one of them one peece of the value of Ten pounds and my name to be engraven thereon
ITEM I give to my kinswoeman (sic) Mary Reeve (?) if she shall be liveing and a Widowe at the time of my decease the sume of One hundred pounds for the good Will I beare to her and in good remembrance I have for her ffather and Mother But if it soe happen that the said Mary Reeve shall be livein and not a Widdowe but marryed at the time of my decease Then I give to her onely the sume of ffive and Twenty pounds and noe more AndI give to Jane Reeve Daughter of the said Mary, if the said Jane be liveing at the time of my decease the like sume of Twenty and ffive pounds which I Will shall be paid unto the said Jane at such time as she shall accomplish her full age of Twenty and One yeares or be married which shall first be or happen
ITEM I give to my Cosenne Anthony Daniell the sonne of my late Neice Elizabeth Daniell deceased the Sume of ffifty pounds and to her other children every of them Twenty and ffive pounds a peice which Legacies soe given to the Children of the said Elizabeth Daniell i Will shall be paid unto such of them as are xxxx at such time as they severally and respectively accomplish their severall ages of Twenty and fower yeares and to the Daughters at their severall ages of Twenty and One yeares or dayes of marriage respectively which shall first happen
ITEM I give to the President and Governors of Christs Hospitall in London towards the releife of the poor Children harboured their (sic) the sume of Two hundred markes
ITEM I give to the President and xxxxxxxxxxxxx of S:t Bartholomews Hospitall in London towards the Releife of the poore of that hospitall the sume of One hundred Markes
ITEM I give to the President and Governours of Saint Thomas Hospitall in Southwarke towards the releife of the poore harboured in that Hospitall the Sume of ffifty pounds which Three severall Summes last herein before mencioned I Will shall shall be paid within Six months after my decease
ITEM I doe hereby give and appoynt the Sume of of one hundred pounds to be distributed and paid by my said Executors or the Survivor of them within one yeare next after my Decease for the inlargeing and setting at Liberty of Twenty poore Prisoners out of the Prison of the Kings Bench Ludgate Newgate and the Two Compters in London such as my said Executors shall in their discretions judge doe best deserve to be released and such whose debt and Charges may be satisfyed and every of them sett at Liberty for the Sume of fiive pounds a peice or under And then any of them that shall be soe released and sett at liberty under five pounds shall have give unto him the residue of the saidf five pounds that shall be left and not disbursed for his enlargement
ITEM I give to soe many of my household servants as shall have served me at the time of my decease five yeares or upwards the sume of Tenn pounds a peice And to soe many of my Household Servants as at the time of my decease shall have served me three yeares or upwards but not five yeares I give the sume of ffive pounds a peiece and to all the rest of my household servants that shal not have dwealt with me at the time of my decease three yeares I give the sume of Three pounds a peice Provided and my Will is concerning the Legacies afore mentioned to my servants that the said Legacies shall be paid onely to such of them respectively as have demeaned themselves well as good and honest servants and soe adjudged by my wife and Executors and not to any other of them
ITEM I give and appoint the Sume of Twenty pounds to be disposed and distributed either in money
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or clothing at the discretion of my Executors too and amongst such persons of the poore of Leighton in Essex as they my said Executors shall think fitting
ITEM I give and appoint the Sume of Twenty pounds to be disposed and distributed in like manner either in money or cloathing to and amongst such poore people of Kelveden in the Comity of Essex as by my said Executors shall alsoe thought fitting
ITEM I give and appoint the sume of one hundred and Twenty pounds to be disposed and bestowed by my Executors upon twenty poore Boyes and Girles to be taken up out of the Streets of London as vagrants for the Cloathing and transporting of them either to Virginia New England or any other of the Western Plantations there to be placed
ITEM I give to the Master Wardens and Comminality (sic) of the Company of Cloathworkers of London (whereof I am a Member) the Sume of One hundred pounds which I Will shall be given and distributed to and amongst twenty and five poore men and Twenty and ffive poore Widdows of that Company such as by the Master Wardens and Assistants of the said Company or the greater number of them as a Court holden by the said Company shall be nominated and appointed (that is to say) to every of the said poore men and poore Widdows fforty shillings a peece And I give more to the Master Wardens and Cominality of the said Company of Cloathworkers of London the Sume of fforty pounds to be bestowed on a XXXXX of Silver for the use of that Company for ever and my name and Armes to be engraven thereon
ITEM I give to the Parson Churchwardens and Overseersfor the poor of the parish of S:t Andrew Undershaft London the Sume of fforty pounds to be by them distributed amongst the poore of the said parish at their discretions
ITEM I give to my loveing freind Doctor Ontosworth (???) Parson of Saint Victera the poore in London for a remembrance of my Love the Summe of Tenn pounds
ITEM I give to my loveing freind Doctor Westfeild for a remembrance of my love unto him the like sume of Tenn pounds
ITEM I give to my Sister in Law Dame Iasbell (?) Cambell wife of S:r James Cambell knight as a remembrance of my love Twenty ounces of silver plate
ITEM I give to my Sister in Law M:rs Judith Abdy as a token of a loveing remembrance of her Twenty ounces of silver Plate
ITEM I give to my Cosen James Meggs the Summe of Twenty pounds
ITEM I give to Adam Bowen the Sume of Tenn pounds
ITEM I give to Vincent (?) Shawe the Sume of Tenn pounds
ITEM I give to the Two children of XXXX barron (?) whoe was sometimes my servant the Sume of Tenn pounds a peece
ITEM I give and bequeath to my sonne Robert Abdy the sume of ffifteene hundred pounds
ITEM I give and bequeath to my sonne John Abbdy the like sume of fifteen hundred pounds ITEM I give and bequeath to my sonne Nicholas Abdythe like summe of fifteene hundred pounds
ITEM I give and bequeath to my sonne Roger Abdy the like sume of fifteene hundred pounds
ITEM I give to my daughter Sarah Abdy if she be liveing and unmarryed at the time of my decease the like sume of fifteen hundred pounds The rest and residue of the aforesaid Third part of my personall Estate last before mentioned after the Legacies by me in this my Will given and bequeathed out of the same shall be satisfyed I wholie give and bequeath to and amongst those of my foure sonnes which are hereafter named vizt Robert Abdy John Abdy Nicholas Abdy and Roger Abdy equally to be divided amonst them part and part alike And I Will that aswell th: Customary parts and portions as the severall Legacies parts and portions which by the true intent and meaneing of this my Will shall be comeing and belonging unto my sonnes before named shall be paid unto them of them respectivelysoe soone as convenient
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may be after my decease And touching the Customary and Legators parte and portione intende by this my Will to my said Daughter Sarah who is yett in minoritie I doe herby Will and appoint that if the said Sarah shall not at or before my decease have accomplished her full age of Twenty and One yeares or be marryed that then her said Customary and Legatorie parte and portione shall be paid unto her at such time as she shall accomplish the said full age of Twenty and one yeares or be marryed which of the same shall first be or happen bit if it soe be that the said Sarah shall at or before my decease have accomplisht her said full age of One and Twenty yeares but not be formerly advanced in marriage then I Will that such portion and Legacy as shall be then belonging unto her according to the intent of this my Will shall be paid unto her soe soone as conveniently may be after my decease And my Will and mind isThat if my said Daughter Sarah doe depart this life at any time after my decease before she be of the full age of Twenty and One yeares or married That then the Orphanage or Customary part or portion of my said daughter shall goe and be paid to and amongst all the rest of my Children that shall the said Sarah survive part and part like And that the Legators part and portion of the said Sarah (she soe deceaseing) shall goe and be paid to and amongst all my five Sonns or such of them as shall survive the said Sarah part and part like And I alsoe declare my Will and meaning to be that if any person or persons whatsoever to whom to whome I have given all Legacy or Legacies be and my Will doe depart this life before my decease That then the Legacy gift and bequest soe by me given or made to every such person soe dying shall be void and the same shall not be paid And I doe hereby make and ordaine my Two sonns Robert Abdy and Nicholas Abdy full Executors of this my last Will andTestament chargeing and requireing them that in the service (??) of God and with a good Conscience they doe performe the same according to my true intent and meaning before herein declared and they carry themselves dutifully and loveingly to their Mother whome I have thought fit to make joynt Executor with them as well for avoyding her trouble as alsoe for the good oppinion and confidence which I have of their honest and faithful performance of the trust I doe repose in them And I intreate and appoint my aforesaid sonne in Law John Brampton Esquire and M:r Roger Vivian Merchant to be Overseers of this my last Will and Testament desireing them to be ayding and assisting to my said Executors in andabout the Execution thereof and to see the same duely performed And I give unto the said Roger Vivian as a remembrance of my Love the sume of Twenty pounds And as touching the disposition of all and singular my Mannours ffarmes Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof I stand seized of any Estate of Inheritance I declare my Will and mind to be as followeth that is to say I give bequeath and devise unto Thomas Styles the younger Gent Thomas Kerridge Marchant Edward Cooke Apothecary Roger Vivian Marchant Francis Tryon Marchant Adam Bowen Gent and Michael Markeland Apothecary being all or late Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Denis Backchurch in London which parish I late dwelt and to their heirs and Assignes for ever All those my Messuages or Tenements with the Lands and Appurtenances thereunto belonging sett lying and being att Collier Rowe in the parish of Haveringe at Bower in the Comity of Essex part whereof late was in the occupation of (CSG: small blank in original) Bradford or his assignes and yeilding together the yearely Rent of Seaven pounds and
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Ten shillings per Annumupon Condition Trust and Confidence and to this intent and purpose That they the said Thomas Style Thomas Kerridge Edward Cooke Roger Vivian Francis Tryon Adam Bowen and Michaell Markeland doe and shall from time to time and at all times from and after the decease of me the said Anthony Abdy permitt and suffer and alsoe if needs require sufficiently authorize the Churchwardens of the said parish of Saint Denis Backchurch and their Successore Churchwardens of the said parish that for the time shall be for ever to collect levy sue for receive and take the rents issues and proffitts of the said Messuages Tenements and Lands with their Appurtenances Andthat the said be distributeed paid and disposed by the said Churchwardens as followeth that is to say six shillings and Eight pence yearely for ever to such Minister or Curate as shall in the Morning of the feast day of S:t Thomas the Apostle yearely read Divine service in the parish Church of S:t Denis Backchurch aforesaid to the Congregation then and there assembled and Three shillings and fower pence for ever on that day to the Clarke of that parish giveing his attendance there And five pounds yearely for ever on that day to such xxx poore housholder dwelling in the said parish as at a vestrie to be held within the said Church on the same day or at any time in ten daies before the same by the Parson Churchwardens and the most Ancient parishioners of the said parish and such as shall have born the office of Churchwarden there or the greater number of them shall be by the said Vestrie soe assembled or by the greater part thereof (soe there be not less than Seaven of the greater part) thought fitt elected and appointed to have and receive the same And the remainder of the rents issues and proffitts of the Messuages Lands and premisses yearely on the said ffeast day of Saint Thomas the Apostle to and amongst such other poor people of the said parish to be then present at divine service as shall be by the said Vestry or the more part of them thought fitt and appoynted to have and receive the same The said payments to begin and be made on the next S:t Thomas day That shall be due or received And alsoe upon condition trust and confidence that when soe many of them the said Thomas Stiles Thomas Kerridge Edward Cooke Roger Vivian ffrancis Tryon Adam Bowen and Micheall Markeland shall be deceased that there shall be but Three or two of them livieing those Three or two of them Surviveing doe and shall grant transferr and conveigh the said Messuages Tenements and Lands with their Appurtenances to seaven or more other Parishioners of the said parish to be named and appointed by the Parson Churchwardens and Vestrie men of the said parish or the more part of them at Vestries to be held in the church of the said parish to the intent and purpose and upon like Trust and Confidence and for and to such uses as are before in those presente expressed and declared and that in such manner and forme as by the said Parson Churchwardens and Vestrie men or the greater number of them or their Councell learned in the Law shall be reasonably advised or devised and required And soe this course from time to time to be continued that alwaies when there shall be but three or two of those persons liveing that shall be seized or interested of or in the said Messuages or Tenements and Lands they may and shall passe over and Conveigh the same to others of that parish as is before herein appoynted to the end and intent that the rents issues and proffitts of the said Messuages Lands and premisses may for ever be received (??) and disposed to and for such uses as are before by me in this my Will declared and intended Provided alwaies and my Will is that noe one
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Householder shall have the said guift of ffive pounds above one in five yeares Provided alsoe that if default shall be made of or in the disposeing and payment of the rents issues and proffitts of the said Messuages Lands and premisses soe that the same be not disposed and paid in such manner soe before mentioned and lymitted by the space of one whole yeare next after in same xxxxx or by the meaneing of this my Will to be paid as aforesaid then I ?devise and appoint that from and after such default of payment made xxx guift and devise by me before herein made of the Land Messuages and premisses shall be utterly void and of none effect and that then the said Messuages Lands and premisses shall revert and come to the right heires of me the said Anthony Abdy for ever And of and concerneing All that my Mannours of Burnhall ?als ??Lonaden hall in the in the County of Essex withall the Rights of Members and Appurtenances thereunto belonging and all the Messuages Lands Tenements hereditaments and appurtenances which I therewith heretofore purchased of Henry ?Lord ?MXXXXX I give will and devise the same to Robert Abdy my Second Sonne and to the Heires Males of the body of the said Robert lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue unto John Abdy my Third Sonne and to the Heires Males of the body of the aid John Abdy lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue unto the said Nicholas Abdy my fourth sonne and to the Heires Males of the body of the said Nicholas lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue unto Roger Abdy my fifth Sonne and to his Heires Males of the body of the said Roger lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue to the right heires of me the said Anthony Andy for ever according to the purport and intent of one deed Indented bearing date the Twentieth day of August in the Eleaventh yeare of the Reigne of our said Sovereigne Lord King Charles Made betweene me the said Anthony Abdy of the one part and William Meggs and Roger Vivian of the other part whereof the said Tenements and Hereditaments last mentioned which were purchased of the said Lord ?Mortey and declared sealed and commited to be after the decease of me the said Anthony Abdy to and for such uses as before herein are appointed and mentioned And I give Will and devise All that my Mannours and ffarmes commonly called the ?Moores in the County of Essex aforesaid with all the Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereunto belonging which were lately by me purchased of M:r John Manning to the said John Abdy my Third sonne and to the Heires Males of the body of the said John Abdy lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue unto Nicholas Abdy my fourth sonne and to the Heires Males of the body of the said Nicholas Abdy my fourth sonne lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue unto the said Roger Abdy my fifth sonne and to the Heires Males of the body of the said Roger lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue unto the right heires of me the said Anthony Abdy for ever And I give devise and bequeath All that my Messuages or Tenements with the Appurtenances scitiuate lying and being in Langhrow in the County of Essex now in the proper tenure or occupation of me the said Anthony Abdy and all other my Lands and Tenements with their appurtenances in Leighton aforesaid which I therewith hertofore purchased of S:r James Cambell Knight to the aforenamed Abigalll my wife dureing soe long time as she shall continue my Widdow And I give devise and bequeaththe said Messuage or Tenement And all other my
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Tenements and Lands in Loughton aforesaid which I purchased of the said James Cambel l ymediately after the decease or marriage againe of the said Abigall my wife (which of the same shall first be or happen) to the said Nicholas Abdy my fourth sonne and to the Heires Males of his body And for default of such issue to the said Roger Abdy my fifth sonne and to the Heires Males of his body lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue to the right heires of me the said Anthony Abdy for ever And I give Will and devise All that my Messuage or Tenement with Appurtenances of the Antwerpe scituate and being neere the Royall Exchange in London which I lately purchased from John Chamberlin to the said Roger Abdy my fifth sonne and to the Heires Males of his body lawfully to be begotten And for default of such issue to the right heires of me the said Anthony Abdy for ever And for and concerning all other my Mannours Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and Appurtenances whereof I now am or stand seized but are not named nor devised in or by this my last Will and Testament I Will the same shall be enjoyed according as I have by former deeds and conveyances already conveyed lymitted and settled the same
And I doe hereby revoake and disannull all formerTestaments and Wills by me made And Will that this onely shall stand before and as my last Will and Testament and noe other Soe praying God to blesse my Children and to continue love and unity betwixt my wife and them and amongst them my Children one with another (as I hope there should) I conclude this my Will
In Witness I the said Anthony Abdy to this my present last Will and Testament being written in Seaventeene sheets of paper have sett my Seale and to every Sheet thereof I have sett my hand & proven the day and yeares first above written
Anthony Abbdy (sic)
Memorandum that on the Seaventh Sheete in the Seaventeenth line thereof the word (Twenty) was stroke out and the word (Tenn) over the same interlined before the Sealing and delivery And afterwards this Will was by the above named Testator Sealed delivered and published for and as his last Will and Testament on the two and twentieth day of May 1640 In the presence of us John Mennxxx Scriverner Tho Ousby William Deane servant to the said Scrivener Richard Swinglehurst
GUILIEMUS providentia divina Cant Anxxxxx toxxx xxx primus Metropxxxx Delicta Nobis in Christo Thoma Abdy XXX fillio nata xxxxx Anthony Abdy Armiger xxx Aldermanor Civitatid London defuncti Satulem Cum idemxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
PROBATUM
PROBATUM (a second probatum)
QUINTO die mensio Augusti Anno Dui Millessimo Sexenteisimo XXX XX Tertio xxxxx Anthony Abdy Bar:t
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PROB 11/184 Coventry 117-173 Will of Anthony Abdy, Alderman of London 04 December 1640
PROB 11/184 Coventry 117-173 Sentence of Anthony Abdy of Saint Botolph without Aldermary, City of London 02 December 1640
