MRP: Edward Drayton will

Edward Drayton will

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I EDWARD DRAYTON CITIZEN and victualler of London Doe this ffifteenth day of August Anno Dmi 1677 being of sound and perfect memory Doe make and declare this as my last will and Testament as followeth

IMPRIMIS I give and devise unto my daughter Jane Drayton All that my ffarme called by the name of Wattses with the appurtenances And all the lands thereunto belonging scituate in the parish of hornchurch in the County of Essex now in the occupation of Thomas Moyse To have and to hold the said premisses and every part thereof unto my said daughter Jane and her heirs for ever from the day of Marriage of her the said same my wife Jane to receive the profitts thereof untill the day of Marriage of my said daughter

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Grandchild Edward Duncombe sonne of Thomas Duncombe All y Interest and Terme of yeares of and in One Messuage or tenement in the occupatton of one M:r Wallis scituate and being in Burchen Lane London To have and to hold unto the said Edward Duncombe the issues and proffitts of the same premisses for and during the Terme of his naturall life and not otherwise from and imediatly after the death of my said wife Jane and not before

ITEM I further give and devise unto my said daughter Jane the severall parcells of land and the Barne thereon being in the occupaccon of Anne Moyse widdow and Jospeh Moys or one of them And all that Messuage or Tenement now in the occupatton of Richard Bayly And all the Lands meadowes and pasture thereunto likewise belonging All which said last mentonned premisses and every part thereof unto may said daughter Jane and to her heires and assignes for ever from and imediatly after the death of my said wife Jane

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my sonne Edward Drayton All those severall Messuages and Tenements with their appurtenances And all the lands meadow and pasture thereunto belonging Now in the severall occupacttons of [Blank in original document] Serridge and Harding scituate within the said parish of Hornechurch To have and to hold unto the said Edward Drayton and to the heires of his body lawfully to be begotten for ever from and imediatly after the decease of my said wife Jane And if my said sonne Edward shall happen to dye without heires of his Body lawfully Begotten
Then

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Then my will and meaning is And I doe thereby give and devise the said last demised premisses unto my said daughter Jane and to her heires and assignes for ever

And my will and meaning is and I doe give the said last mentonned premisses unto my said sonne Edward, in manner and forme aforesaid upon this Conditton That my said sonne Edward shall and will free and discharge my Executo:rs and Administrato:rs from all obligattons Covenants or penalties which have formerly upon a Settlement or otherise made or entred into to XXXX

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Notes

Edward Drayton, The Ship, tokens

"Description
Bishopsgate Street, Edward Drayton, Farthing, 1.30g/6h (N 6585 rev., different [earlier] obv.; Berry p.34, but different obv. to those shown; BW. 228); Ascanius Hicks, Farthing, 0.91g/6h (N 6584; Berry p.34; BW. 232); Edward Nourse, Farthing, 1666, 8.12g/12h (N 6592; Berry p.33; BW. 247); Bishopsgate Without, R.K.S. at the movth tavern, Farthing, 1.08g/6h (N 6649; Berry p.35; BW. 323) [4]. About fine and better, first with heavy obverse die flaw £80-100
Footnote
Provenance: *First bt N.A. Clark 1983; third bt N.A. Clark 1979; others bt S.E. Schwer 1979.

Edward Drayton (†1677), vintner, The Ship, aka the Great James, apprenticed 1623; Ascanius Hicks, vintner, The Ship, aka the Great James, apprenticed 1624, married Susan Ellis 1637, succeeded by Edward Drayton; Edward Nourse (1624-90), brazier, situated next door to The Bull, son of the Gloucester issuer Luke Nourse, married Mary Wells 1649"

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Suggested primary sources

Hackney Archives Department

Hackney Archives Department: Pearson estate records 1615 - 1851: ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE; (1) Samuel Ferrers; Henry Marchant junior; Thomas Wadington; (2) Edward Drayton, citizen and vintner of London. D/F/PEA/30 5 Aug 1675

- Contents: (1) Assign to (2) the mortgage in D/F/PEA/27 and the equity of redemption.