MRP: Sir Andrew King will
Sir Andrew King will
PROB 11/359 King 1-65 Will of Sir Andrew King of Saint Helen, City of London 21 March 1679
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN:- I Sir Andrew King of London Knight being sickly and infirme in bodie, but through the merit of God of sound mynde and good memorie, And being desirous to settle that Estate which God hath beene pleased to bestowe upon mee, Doe hereby make and declare this my last Will and Testam:t in manner and forme following,
FIRST & principally I commend my Soul to Almightie God, believing in and through the merits & mediation of my Saviour Jesus Christ to receave free pardon and remission of all my Synnes; My Bodie I committ to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named with as much privacie as may be, and according to the Liturgie of the Church of England, and I doe hope for a joyfull Reunion of my Soul and Bodie at the generall Resurrection of the dead, and that with great Comfort I shall see my Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ the righteous to xxxxx with the Father and the Holy Ghost three persons and one God be all honor & Glory now and forever; And as concerneing my worldly Estate wherewithit hath pleased God to blesse mee, I doe dispose thereof as followeth:
FIRST I doe hereby give unto Nathaniel King the sonne of my late Brother M:r Nathaniell King deceased the summe of seventeen hundred pounds, to be payd to him at his Age of One and twentie yeares. And I doe alsoe hereby give and bequeath to the two daughters of my said late Brother M:r Nathaniell King to each of them The summe of foure hundred pounds apeece, to be payd unto them severally at their severalland respective age and ages of One and twentie yeares, or days or marriage which shall first happen; And my will and meaning is, that the said severall Summesof seventeene hundred pounds foure hundred pounds and foure hundred pounds shall be raisedout of the Profitts of my Estate soe soone as convenientlycan Be and placed forth at interest by my Executor hereafter named
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Being sickly and infirm in body. Nathaniel King, son of my deceased brother Nathaniel King. Gives him £1700 (he is the first named in the will, and I think the principal beneficiary). £400 to each of the two daughters of deceased brother Nathaniel King. Puts his money into securities in the Chamber of London. It sounds as if all three children are under the age of majority. Money is to be made available for the maintenance and education of Nathaniel King, or for the placing of him in a trade or any other imployment at the rate of £20 per year in two instalments per year.
In the event of Nathaniel King's death before the age of 21, the £1700 is to be assigned to my cousin John Oaxley of Brachel[XXXX] in the Countie of Montgomerie gent. And Mary his wife. An indenture has been made on the 11th Feburay this year past between John Oakley, Mary his wife, and their son, John Oakley for the first part, and me Sir Andrew King for the second part, and William Oakley of Oakley, Countie of Salops and Thomas Edwards of the Citie of London for the third part. The indenture will only be executed at the next Grand Sessions of the Countie of Montgomerie. States that Sir AK had an interest of £600 in the property of John Oakley the elder, but that £400 of this was the proper interest of his deceased brother, Nathaniel King, which he had disposed in his will in equal shares between his son and two daughters, and that thre remaining £200 was the interest of Sir AK himself. He goes on in the will to then allocate this £200 between Nathaniel King the younger and NK the younger's two sisters, though in unequal shares, weighted towards the boy.
My cousin Mary Posten, wife of John Posten of London cheesemonger (sic). John Oakley, Andrew Oakley, and Elizabeth Oakley, the sons and daughter of John and Mary Oakley. Gives the said Mary Oakley the truncke of lynen now lodged at Mr. Hooke's house, and the black and white wrought bed with the furniture thereto belonging
St Bartholomews in Smithfield and the King's Foundation of Christ Church in London. £50 each. To my good and faithfull servant Daniel Draycott, £150, and the bed which he lyes on, and all that belongs thereto, and all my wearing apparell, and to my maid, Margaret Avery, for all the care and pains she hath taken with me in my sickness £100, with the bed that she lyes on and all that belongs therto. My good friend Sir Arthur Ingram. Gives £15 to Mr. Robert Ingram the son, and Mrs. Katherine Ingram, the daughter, to buy mourning . My friend Mr. John Nedham of Westminster for the trouble which I have given him £40. Mr. Thomas [XXXX] of Staines £20. My former servant John Blest, £20. To wife of my cousin Richard Oakley of Wickham £20. To Charlton Goddard, son of Mr Thomas Goddard £20. Major Adrian Quincey £20. To my honoured friends Lady Anne Fanshawe, Sir Richard her sonne, and to her four daughters to everyone of them the sum of tenn guineys, and to old Lawrence the porter of Gresham College the sum of £5. To my boy which I have lately taken into service the sum of 40 shillings and 40 shilling smore for mourning. Nominates four executors: William Oakley of Oakley in the Countie of Salop, Esq; and my good friends John Powney [CHECK] and John Nedham of Westminster, gent., and Esquire of Old Windsor in Countie of Berkshire, and Thomas Edwards of London.
Mentions property in [XXXXXXX] alias Readsbury, countie of Bucks, which he desires his executors to sell. Mentions his Office in the Customs House [cf. John Buckworth] and the rent and profits which will accrue out of this Office (the Lease of which I desire to be reserved for the benefit of my Executors). Signed first day of March 1678 [old calendar, i.e. 1679 I believe]. Signed in presence of Gabriel Roberts, John Meade and Robert Hooke. In a codicil mentions that part of the earlier mentioned £600 is in the hands of William Morrice, gent., and changes terms slightly of will regarding John Oakley. Adds a second named maid ommitted from the earlier will, Jane Wright, and gives her £3 and a further £3 for mourning. The codicil has the same date as the main will and the same witnesses
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C 6/199/8 Short title: Bowtell v King. Plaintiffs: William Bowtell. Defendants: Sir Andrew King kt. Subject: money matters, Middlesex. Document type: bill, answer. 1672
