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Thomas Rich

PROB 11/325 Carr 117-176 Will of Sir Thomas Rich of Sonning, Berkshire 20 November 1667

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Onus Thomas Rich Baronet [In RH margin]

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I S:r Thomas Rich of Sunning in the County of Berks Baronet on the Sixteenth Day of May instant in the year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty and Six and in the Eighteenth year of the raigne of our Soverayne Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and ireland King defender of the ffaith &c. Being through the mercy of God of good health and of a sound and disposing memory Doe make and declare this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following wherein I commend my soule to Almighty God who gave it hopeing through the meritts of Jesus Christ and the assistance of the Holy Spiritt To have ffree remission of all my sinnes And to enjoy eternall happiness both in Soule and body

And as touching such temporall estate as God of his goodness hath made me Steward of in this life I give will and dispose of the same [temporall estate] as followeth (That is to say)

ffirst I give the sume of ffive hundred poundsof lawfull moneys of England to the Pareshoners of the parish of S:t Buttolphs without Aldgate London to be laid out by them with all convenient speed in and for the purchase of reclame (?) lands of ffive and twenty pounds yearly vallue for ever in the names of some of the chiefest Pareshhouses of the said paresh and these xxxx as Trustees in trust onely and to thend and intent That Twenty pounds part of the yearly rent thereof shall be and goe for the yearly maintenance for ever of an orthedox Divine to read the morning prayers and service appointed by the Church of England every morning throughout the yeare in the parish Church of the said parish of S:t Buttolfs Aldgate at Six of the Clock in the morning in the Summer and at Seaven of the Clock in the morning in the Winter as the like is done in S:t Christophers Paresh in London And the other ffive pounds per Ann being the residue of the said ffive and Twenty pounds per Annum I will shall goe and be imployed for the incedent charges thereof And towards the releife of such poore of the said parish of S:t Buttolfs Church as shall frequent the said morning Prayers there

ITEM I give and bequeath to the Mayor and Burgesses of the County of the Citty of Gloucester where I was borne or to the XXXX xxxxx of the said County of the Citty of Gloucester by whatsoever name or names the same is called and unto the Successor for ever All that my Capitall Messuage or Tenement with the appurtenances in the Eastgate street neare the Barley Markett in the said citty of Gloucester to be an Hospitall and to be onely employed by them as an Hospitall for ever for the entertaynment and harbouring of soe many Blew Coats poore boyes therein as hereafterin and by this will are expressed.

ITEM I alsoe give unto the said Mayor and Burgesses of the said County of the said Citty of Gloucester or to the XXXXXX of the said County of the Citty of Gloucester by whatforme name or names the xxxx is called or xxxx by the sume of Six Thousand pounds of lawfull money of England to be laid out and disbursed by them with all convenient speed in and for the xxxx of the Inheritance of certaine lands to them and their successors for evermore That shalbeof the yearly value of Three Hundred pounds xxxxxxxxxx shall not be distant from the xxxx Citty of Gloucester above ffifty myles upon trust onely and unto and upon the uses following (That is to say) That one hundred and sixty pounds per Annum part of the yearly rent thereof for ever shalbe xxx and be imployed for the yearly maintenance for ever of twenty poore Boys with Dyett Lodgeing Washing Cloathing and other necessaries in Blewcoats and Capps according to the Lawdable usage of Christ Church Hospitall in London And that Twenty pounds per Annum more part of the said yearly rents xxxing for more shalbe for ever paid and imployed to six honest able schoolmasters that may take care and live in the said house or hospitall to teach the said poore Boyes to write and read, And that the said Schoolmaster shall be placed in and alsoe upon Just cause be removed and alsoe upon death or removall shall from tyme to tyme be made choyce of By the Mayor Aldermen and Counsell of the said Citty of Gloucester for the tyme being or the Major part of them And further alsoe that Sixty pounds per Annum more part of the said yearly rents thereof shall for everbe and goe for the yearly placeing out and cloathing of six Boyes That shall yearly for ever be soe placed out Apprentices may be placed Apprentices att London To some honest Handycraft That is there and with honest Masters not adhering on their XXXXX to the Nowelties of the tymes And my will and mind is That the said Blewcoat boyes to be harboured and intertayned in the said Hospitallshall for ever be yearly chosen and preferred to be of the number of them who shalbe soe placed out Apprentices if soe many of them shall be fitt to be placed out Or else that yearly for ever That number of Six poore boyes to be placed Apprentices shalbe chosen and supplyed elsewhere As the said Mayor Aldermen and Councell of the said Citty of Gloucester and their Successors for the tyme being or the major part of them shall thinke fitt and order in their Counsel Chamber And likewise That by their like election in their said Councell Chamber from tyme to tyme they constantly supply and make upp the said numbers of Twenty poore Blew Coat Boyes To be harboured in the said Hospitall when and as often as any of them shall dyeor be placed out Apprenticesor that shall attaine to the age of sixteene yeares ffor my Express will and meaning is That noe boyes be admitted to bee harboured in the said Hospitall under Tenn years of Age and that none of them shall continue therein after Sixteene yeares of Age And my further will and desire is That at the electing in of such poore boyes care be taken that they be of honest Parents And likewiseThat at the placeing of them out Apprentices speciall care be takento put them out to Masters of honest life and conversateon (sic) And not given to the Nowelties of the tymes And I further will and appoint that Thirtypounds per Annum more part of the said yearly rents and proffitts shalbe forever Annually imployed and disposed unto and for the provision of Gownes Shoes stockings and Cloth for shirting for tenn poore men and tenn poore women And that the sameshall be Annually given them for ever (That is to say) To each Man and Woman A Gowne of Blew Cloth a pare of shoes a paireof Stockings and Three Ells of Bowlas cloth for Shirt or Shirts And I farther will and appoint that the yearly sume of six Pounds Thirteen shillings and ffoure pence more part of the said yearlyrents and proffitts shalbe for ever yearly imployed by the said Mayor Aldermen and Counsell of the said Citty of Gloucester for the tyme being for a XXXXX for them xxxxx To him yearely on the ffeast day of S:t Thomas the Appostle On the which day I desire an attempt may be there made and given of the receipts and disbursements of all that generall xxxx they shall have received and paid by vertue of this my Bequest. And I further will will and appoint thatall everey

AND WHEREAS I have leased out my my said house in Eastgate Streete in the said Citty of Gloucester unto Robert Elwes whereof there are about ffifteene or sixteene yeares yet to come att Twenty pounds yearly rent My will and desire is That the said Mayor Aldermen and Counsell or the said Corporation of the Citty of Gloucester doe purchase in the said Lease from the said Tennant or his assignes by surrender or otherwise of he or they shall be willing or content to part with the same or otherwsise my will is That with the said yearly rent of that house They provide another fitt house in the said Citty of Gloucester for harbouring the said Twenty poore boyes attending to my mynd in this my will declared untill the determination of expiraton of the said Lease And that from and after the expiraton or determination of the said Lease I will that the said house shall be for ever used and imployed as an hospitall as aforesaid And I alsoe further will and appoint That in case the said Mayor and Burgesses of the said County of the Citty of Gloucester or the said Mayor Aldermen and Counsell of the said Citty of Gloucester or any of them doe or shall for and dureing the spate of one whole yeare faile in the performance of my said bequest soe made as aforesaid That then all and every the said house and lands soe by me bequeathed or to be purchased as aforesaid shall belong to the Governors of Christ Church Hospitall in London forever To be imployed for the bringing up and clothing of Poore Children in that hospitall for ever

ITEM I give and bequeath unto the Borough or Corporation of the Towne of Reading in the said County of Berks by what forever name or names the said Corporation is called of knowne by the sume of One Thousand pounds of lawfull moneys of England To be layed out by them withall convenient speed in the purchase of lands in ffee simple To them and their supervisors for ever And to maintayne with the rents and proffitts thereof yearly for ever Six poore boyes in Blewcoats in M:r Allworths Hospitall all there to be admitted chosen removed and continued (?) by them there and at and untill such like ages as I have herein before provided and appointed concerning the said Twenty poore Blewcoat boyes in Gloucester aforesaid Nevertheless upon the Condition That the Mayor and Burgesses of Reading for the tyme being Admitt into the said Hospitall all Three of the said Six boyes to have (?) for ever made (?) theye of by the London holders of the Towne and parish of Sunning in the County of Berks and upon that are dwellers and inhabitants there or the Major part of them whereof the Lord of the Mannor of Sunning for the tyme being to be xxxx

AND THAT the said Three Boyes soe to be chosen by them shall alsoe from tyme to tyme be of the said parish of Sunning And if the said Mayor and Burgesses of the Borough of Reading aforesaid shall refuse to admitt and maintain The Three Boyes for to be Chosen out of Sunning aforesaid from tyme to tyme for ever or shall or doe faile for the space of one whole yeare to performe my said bequests as aforesaid That then all and every the said sumes of money and Lands soe by mee bequeathed unto them as aoresaid shall be paid and belong unto the Governors of Christchurch Hospitall in London To purchase lands for ever or to be imployed for the bringing up and Clothing of poore Children in that Hospitall for ever

AND WHEREAS I have lately purchased of one John Buryfeild to me and my heires All his ffarme and lands with the appurtenances in the Parish of Skiplarke in the said County of Oxon for Eight hundred and ffifty pounds I give and bequeath All the said ffarme and lands which I purchased from him the said John Buryfeild in the said Parish of Skiplark with the appurtenances To the Pareshhouses of Sunning aforesaid for ever To be setled and assured unto and upon soe many ffeoffees in trust as my heire at Law under his or her hand and seale in xxxx shall nominate direct or appoint for the uses hereafter next mentoned (That is to say) That Twenty pounds pre Annm for ever of the yearly rent thereof shalbe and goe for the yearly maintenance for ever of an able honest School master in Sunning aforesaid To teach poore There xxxxx to write and read English And that the residue of the yearly proffitts and rents of the said Premisses shall for ever be and goe for the yearly Clothing and placeing out of Three poore boyes out of the said paresh of Sunning apprentices in London to some honest and industreous men The which said School master I will shall for ever from tyme to tyme be cxxxx and forsuch and reasonable cause be removed And allow that the said Boyes shalbe for ever constantly put forth att the choice forever of the minister for the tyme being And the Landholders of the said Towne and parish of Sunning in the said County of Berks that are dwellers andinhabitants there or the Major part of them whereof the Lord of the mannor of Sunning for the tyme being to be xxx AND yet neverthelesse my will and desire is That M:r Nathaniell Hopper of the said towne of Sunning may be the ffirst Schoolmaster there dureing his life or till hee shall leave or refuse the place after whose death leaveing or refusall as aforesaid That then the choice of the said Schoolmaster shalbe from tyme to tyme had in such manner as aforesaid AND I alsoe give and bequeath unto the said M:r Nathaniell Hopper the sume of Twenty pounds To be paid unto him within one month after my decease And my will and order is That if he the said M:r Hopper will accept of being Schoolmaster in Sunning aforesaid To teach poore children xxxx to read and write as in this my will is expressed as aforesaid That hee shall have the said place for his life and xxxx xxx xxx Twenty pounds per Annum for the teaching of the said Children And for And for the said M:r Hoppers better encouragement to undertake the said place and out of my good respecte to him I further will order and appoint That hee shall have his dwelling and habitation in the house which he now lives in of myne in Sunning aforesaid gratis dureing the tyme of his being Schoolmaster there and teaching the poore children there carefully and well and keeping the said house in all good and needfull reparetons

ITEM I give unto Christchurch Hospitall in London the sume of one hundred pounds And alsoe I give unto S:t Bartholomews Hospitall near West Smithfield in London the sume of one hundred pounds

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my loveing freind M:r Oliver Neane (or Neave)

OF NORFOLK the sume of ffive pounds to buy a Ring

ITEM I give to my loveing freind and kinsman M:r Ralph Lea of London merchant the sume of twenty pounds to buy hima Ring

ITEM I give to the Pareshioners of Nethersole in the County of Leicester where my deare wife M:rs Barbara Rich Lyeth interred as the proper guift of my said wife the sume of two hundred pounds to purchase lands of the yearlly vallue of tenn pounds per Annum for ever To be setled in ffeeoffees names in trust for the use of the poore of the said parish to provide and buy weekly for ever ffoure shillings in Bread To be four every Sunday morning after Sermon or Devine Service ending distributed to such poore as the parishioners shall appoint PROVIDED the said poore men and women come to Church every Sunday morning to heare Devine Service appointed by the Church of England unlesse some lawfull excuse hinder them

ITEM I give xxxx my sister M:rs Anne Hanburie the sume of Twenty pounds to buy her mourning

ITEM I give to my Brother in Law M:r Thomas Cokayne One hundred Pounds And to my Sister in Law Dame ffrances Greisley the wife of S:r Thomas Greisley ffive hundred pounds And alsoe to M:rs Grace Benett, my sister in law the wife of M:r Simon Bennett ffive hundred pounds And alsoe to my loveing sister in Lawe M:rs Joanne Salmon the wife of Doctor Peter Salmon the sume of ffive hundred pounds AND if any of my said last mentoned Sisters in Lawe shall depart this life before my decease yet Nevertheless my will and mind is And I doe hereby will and appoint that the Legacie or Legacies of ffive hundredpounds by me herein severally and respectively given unto such of my sister or sisters in law soe dyes before mee shall respectively and severally be paid unto the child or amongst the children of her or them for departing this life before the which shall be liveing at the tyme of my decease to be equally devided amongst them as if the mother or mothers of such Child or Children had been liveing to receeive the same To be paid unto each of them as shall be xxxxx his and their porcon thereof at his and their severall and respective age of One and Twenty yeares And unto such of them as shall be daughters att her and their Severall and respective like age at or the dayes of her and their respective and severall marriages ffirst happening respectively

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my very loveing kinsman M:r Thomas Coxxxxx who now liveth with mee One yearly Annuity or Rent Charge of ffifty pounds per Ann for and during the terme of his naturall life if and in case that hee shall for long continue and live in the mannor house of Sunning aforesaid which ffifty pounds per Annum I appoint to be paid unto him Quarterly And I intend it unto him for his assiatance dureing my sonnes minority in being helpfull and assistant in and about the gathering in of my sonnes Rents and about other of my sonnes affaires And therefore he is not to have any other reward for such his assistance saveing his diet and Lodging which I desire he may also have gratis in the said mannor house of Sunning with all due and fitting respects unto him for and dureing his naturall life

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Servant Jeffery Xattle One Annuity or yearly rent Charge of Twenty pounds per Annm for the terme of Seaven yeares to Comence next after the tyme of my decease And to be paid unto him Quarterly for his assistance in helping in the Receipts of my sonnes Rents over and above his Eight pounds per Annum yearly wages And I will and appoint that the said severall Annuities & Rent Charges soe to be paid unto the said M:r Thomas XXXXX Henry Rush and Jeffery XXXX as aforesaid

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SHALBE PAID had taken and received out of my said Mannor of Sunning and the Lands Tenements and hereditaments thereunto belonging in the said Counties of Berks and Oxon (other than the said ffarme and Landes soe purchased by me of the said John Bayfeild as aforesaid) att ffoure the most usuall ffeasts or dayes of payment in the yeare (That is to say) on the ffeast day of S:t Michaell Archangell on the ffeast day of S:t Thomas XXXXXXX on the ffeast day of Theannuntiation of our blessed Lady S:t Mary of the said payments to be made and begin on the ffirst of the sayd ffeast dayes which shall ffirst and next happen after the tyme of my decease And if it shall happen that the said severall and respective yearly rent Charges or any part thereof shall happen to be arreare and unpaid by the space of Twenty dayes next after any of the said ffeasts or dayes of payment on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid That then it shall and may be lawfull to and for them the said Thomas Burton Henry Rich and Jeffery Tattle and their severall and respective Assignes and every of them severally and respectively to enter into and upon the said Mannor of Sunning or any part thereof (other than as aforesaid) and to destrayne and goods or Chattells that shalbe upon the land (?) And the destresse and destresses soe taken to lead xxx take away impound and detayne untill such tyme as they shalbe respectively paid and satisfied the said Rent Charge and all arrearearages thereof that shall then respectively be due unto them or any of them And alsoe all charges expences in or about the takeing of deteyning such distresse or distresses

ITEM I give and bequeath unto Charles Marten one hundred pounds and that part thereof shalbe by him disbursed in the reparacon of the Lodge House I lett him to make it fitt for his habitation in case he liveth therein and the whole said Lodge I will he shall have and enjoy dureing his life paying yearly to my Sonne William Rich and his heires the yearly rent of one pounds per Annum xxx xxxx

ITEM I give unto the sonne and the daughter of the said Charles Marsh (?) the sume of one hundred pounds To be paid unto them at their ages of One and Twenty yeares of day of marriage which shall ffirst happen And that in the meane tyme my Executors shall pay yearly unto the said Charles Mxxxxx their father the yearely sume of Six pounds for for and towards ther maintenance of the said Children And my will is That in case They the said sonne and daughter Mathen shall dye before the age of One and Twenty yeares or day of marriages That then the said one hundred pounds soe devised unto the said Children shall be paid to the said Charles Mathen

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my maid Servant Ann Gough One hundred pounds To be paid unto her when she shall require it And in the meane tyme I will that my Executors from the day of my death shall pay and allow unto her interest for the same after the rate of six pounds per Centum for the same

ITEM I give unto Elizabeth Kent the wife of Thomas Kent the sume of Twenty pounds

ITEM I give to my Servant Richard London (?) the sume of one hundred pounds And to all other my man servants and maid servants who shalbe liveing with me att the tyme of my decease the sume of Tenn pounds a peece (Except my onely such servants unto whom I have given any other Legacie by this my Last Will

ITEM I give unto William Saxby the sume of one hundred pounds when he shall attaine unto the age of One and Twenty yeares

ITEM I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Vernon Susan Vernon and Anne Vernon daughters of my late Daughter in Lawe ffrances Vernon deceased one hundred pounds a peece to be paid unto them severally att there severall and respective ages of one and Twenty yeares or on the severall and respective dayes of there severall marriages ffirst happening respectively

ITEM I give to my sonn in Lawe S:r Robert Enges Knight of the honourable order

OF THE BATH the summe of one hundred pounds And to my daughter Dame Mary Gayer his wife the sume of one hundred pounds

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my said sonne William Rich And to the heires of his body lawfully to be begotten All that my part of the Mannor of Ashwood in the parish of ffecknam or elsewhere in the County of Worcester And all other my lands Tenements and hereditments in the said County of Worcester And all other my lands Tenements and hereditaments in the said County of Worcester And all other my lands Tenements and hereditaments in the said County of Worcester which were given unto mee by my late mother M:rs Anne Robins (?) in and by her last will and testment And for want of heires of the body of my said sonne William Rich Then I give and bequeath my said part of the Mannor of Ashwood And all other my saidlands & tenements and hereditaments in the said County of Worcester which were given unto me by my late mother as aforesaid unto Henry XXXXXX the eldest sonn of my sister M:rs Ann Hanburie and to his heires for ever

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my said sonne and heire William Rich and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten All that my Mannor of Sunning with its eighty members and appurtenances and the Mills there with the appurtenances scytuate lying and being in the Counties of Berks and Oxon or one of them and were by me bought by severall Purchases And alsoe all my lands Tenements and hereditaments with their and every of their appurtenances in Romney Marsh or elsewhere in the County of Kent now in the occupacon of Thomas Chawkes nor his assignes And alsoe all my house in Lymestreete in London with theappurtenances in the occupacon of S:r William Thompson or his assignes And alsoe the Sxxxxx Jxxxx in the said Citty of Gloucester with the appurtenances And alsoe all other my Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever not otherwise disposed of by this my last Will And in default os such issue to be had by my said sonne I give and devise the said premisses and everypart thereof To my said daughter xxx xxx Dame Mary Gayer for and during the terme of her naturall life And from and after the decease of her the said Dame Mary Gayer I then give and devise the same and every part thereof To all and every the Child and Children of the body of her the said Dame Mary Gayer lawfully begotten or to be begotten and to the heires of their bodyes of every such Child and Children lawfully her issue begotten And in default of such issue I then give and devise the said premisses and every part thereof to John Rich sonne of my said cosen Henry Rich in Oxon for and dureing the terme of the life of the said John Rich And from and after his decease To all and every the sonne and sonnes of the body of the said John Rich lawfully begotten And of the heires males of the xxxxx of every such sonne and sonnes lawfully to be begotten And in default of such issue I then give and devise the said premisses and every Part thereof To Christ Church Hospitall, in London, for ever for the maintenance and bringing up of poore Children in the said Hospitall for ever more

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my loveing wife Dame Elizabeth Rich one Hundred Pounds And I alsoe leave her to clayme her Thirds of all my Mortgages & Debts and personall Estate according to the custome of London I being ffreeman thereof And for that I have but Two Children (To witt) the said William Rich and the said Dame Mary Gayer And have fully advanced my said daughter in her marriage And have taken a Release for her Childs part from her husband and her selfe and my said sonne is in his minority and unadvanced Therefore I give and bequeath All my Mortgage & debts and personall Estate whatsoever not in this my will by me otherwise disposed given or bequeathed And whereof I have any power of disposition unto my said Sonn William Rich But if my said sonne William Rich shall depart this life before hee shall accomplish the age of one and Twenty yeares I then give and bequeath the same unto my said Daughter Dame Mary Gayer And I will and appeal that my xxxx legacies

FOR CHARITABLE uses be paid within six months next after my decease,

LASTLY I name ordaine and appoint my said sonne William Rich my full and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament AND YET nevertheless I doe alsoe hereby constitute and appoint my said loveing in Law S:r Robert Gayer and S:r Thomas Doleman Knight Executors of this my last Will and Testament untill such tyme as my said sonne William Rich shall attaine unto the full age of one and Twenty yeares in case the said William Rich shall soe long live In Trust never the lesse for my said sonne William Rich giveing them the said S: Robert Gayer and S:r Thomas Doleman after here by full power and authority to restower and reterne any moneys due, unto me upon any mortgages Bonds or Bills or otherwise and to give discharges for the same and to dispose of the same or of any other part of my personall estate during the minority of my said sonne for the payment of All or any the Legacies or bequests before in and by theis presents by mee bequeathed And alsoe for the discharges of my funerall expenses xxxxx and desireing the said S:r Robert Gayer and S:r Thomas Doleman and each of them to give and render a just and true account and satisffaction of my said personall Estate unto my said sonn when he shall accomplish the age of One and Twenty yeares of which I noe wayes doubt but that they will do and performe And after my said sonne William shall have attained unto the age of One and Twenty yeares Then I constitute and appoint my said sonne William Rich to be the full and whole Executor of this my last will and Testament as aforesaid But in case that my said sonne William shall dye before he shall attaine the age of one and Twenty yeares Then I appoint my said sonne in Lawe S:r Robert Gayer and Dame Mary his wife the Executors of this may last will and testament And I give also further unto the said S:r Robert Gayer the sume of one hundred pounds more than what I have before given unto him by this my will And I alsoe give unto S:r Thomas Doleman the sume of One Hundred Pounds as an acknowledgment to them for their paines in being Executors in trust for my said sonne as aforesaid

ITEM I doe alsoe hereby revoke and dissanull all former wills by me made

IN WITNES whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written. Thomas Rich. Signed Sealed declared and published by the witness named S:r Thomas Rich to be the last will and testament of the said S:r Thomas Rich in the parish of Rich, Count, (viz:t) Rich: haddon ffrancis Kerer Clerke to the said M:r Croke

MEMORANDUM That I S:r Thomas Rich of Sunning in the County of Berks Baronett haveing made my last will and Testament bearing date the sixteenth day of May One Thousand Six hundred Sixty six Doe with and ordaine this my Codecill may be annexed unto it ffirst I will and require that all those exhibitions given by me att Sunning and att London be weekly paid to those poore people dureing their lives according to my severall bequests

ITEM I give unto my Cosen Luelys tenn pounds

ITEM To my Aunt ffloud Twenty pounds And doe forgive her whatsoever she owes unto me

ITEM I give to M:rs Eliz: Saxbye widdow Tenn pounds

ITEM I give unto my loveing Aunt Morewood twenty pounds to buy her Black

ITEM I give unto my loveing ffreind John Harbert Twenty pounds

ITEM in thankfulness to God that hath blessed me in the parish of woolthursth London where I did live I give unto the Parishoners of that parish In case that Church is to be new built Two hundred pounds (viz:t) One hundred pounds when it is halfe built up

ITEM I give to M:r Will Harese my sonnes

SCHOOLMASTER ONE hundred pounds To be paid One moneth after my decease if not bequest be formely made to him in my will

ITEM my will is that those servants which have particular Legacies given to them in my will shalbe excempted from haveing of the other legacy of tenn pounds to the other servants IN WITNES whereof I have hereunto put my gand and seal this twenty ffourth day of September One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Seaven Thomas Rich In the presence of William Lewin.

AND WHEREAS there is lately come into my service One Thomas Knight whom I have lately taken upon Tryall since Michas Last my will and meaneing is That he shall not be partable of my bequest of Tenn pounds with my other servants

ITEM I bequeath to Richard Pell now remaining in my house

ITEM I give to the Two Children of Henry Young Henry Yound and William Young tenn pounds a peece To be paid unto them att their severall ages of One and Twenty yeares a peece And if each of them dye then the Survivor of them to have the benefitt of it all And in case that both of them dye then the ffather and mother of them to have the benefitt of it And my will and meaning is that my Executor and Overseers of this my last Will and Testament shall pay unto them the full interest after One month after my decease annually dureing the minority of the Children

ITEM I give unto poore widdow Underwood ffive pounds to be paid unto her after one weeke after my decease

ITEM I give and forgive to William Edward and Jane his wife all such moneys as they owe unto me for Rent as any other wayes that shalbe remaining due unto me att the tyme of my decease in hope they will be better tennants to there succeeding Landlord xxx heere incase hee shall lett it unto them

ITEM I give unto ffarmer Eastment ffive pounds to be paid within one moneth after my decease

ITEM I give unto William Mxxxxx for to be and assistant to him and his poor Children ffive pounds to be paid within one week after my decease

WHEREAS in my will bearing date the Sixteenth of May One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Six I gave unto marten Daughter of Charles Marhen One Hundred pounds To be paid unto her att her age of one and Twenty yeares or day of Marriage It hath pleased God since that tyme to send the said Charles Marhen a sonne called Thomas Marhen NOW my will and meaning is And for for I doe order and appoint it That the foresaid hundred pounds soe give to his shalbe equally devided betweene the sonne and daughter by ffifty pounds a peice And in case of mortality of either That then the survivors of them shall enjoy the full hundred pounds And if both of them dye Then the ffather shall have the full benefitt thereof according to the intent of my will

ITEM I will and bequeath to the Governors of Christs Hospitall in London the sume of two hundred pounds Towards the building of that Church and hospitall Alsoe I doe acknowledge that the word twenty in the Seaventeenth lyne from the beginning of my will was done with my consent and order

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale this Nynth day of October One Thousand Six hundred Sixty Seaven

THOMAS RICH:

In the psence of ff.: Hungerfold Nat: Hopper.

WHEREAS in the beginning opf my will dated the Seaventeenth day of May One Thousand Six hundred Sixty Six and in the Eighteenth year of King Charles the Second I did there give and bequeath to the Parishoners of S:t

BOTOLPHS ALDGATE the sume of ffive hundred pounds to purchase to the vallueof Twenty ffour pounds per Annum, in the names of some of the cheifest Parishoners of the said parish and there Heirs as ffeoffees whereof Twenty pounds should be for the maintenance of an Orthodox Minister To read the morning prayers and service of the Church of England every morning at six of the Clock in Somer and att Seaven of the Clocke in winter in the said Church of St Botolphs And the other ffive pounds was to buy xxxxx and defray all other Charges I doe here by these presents upon more mature consideraton Revoke that yinst of myne and doe nullify it and make it void for ever to all intents and purposes

ITEM I DOE hereby give and bequeath and it is my will and intent That the Parishioners of S:t Andrews Undershaft in London such have the sume of ffoure hundred pounds for to purchase landes to the vallue of Twenty pounds per Annum in the names of some of the Chiefest parishioners of the said Paresh and theire heires as ffeoffees whereof Twenty Marks shalbe towards the maintenance an Orthodox Minister to read the Morning Prayers and services of the Church of England every morning at Six of the Clock e in the Summer and att Seaven of the Clock in the winter in the said Church of S:t Andrews Undershaft, neare to S:t Mary Axe And the other Twenty Noblis I order for the buying of light, and defraying siver charges And if any overplus be to give it to the poore of this said parish

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale this fourteenth day of October One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Seaven This was published declared and approved of by

S:r Thomas Rich

XX be in Codecill annexed to his last Will and Testament beareing the dateabove written in the presence of Thomas Carnon (or Garnon)

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PROB 11/325 Carr 117-176 Will of Sir Thomas Rich of Sonning, Berkshire 20 November 1667

MRP: Thomas Rich will

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