and First I give and bequeath to my beloved dear and onely daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Pigott the wife of the Reverend John Pigott of Barham in the County of Kent, Clerke the sume of three hundred pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid to her by my Executor hereinafter named in three monthes next after my decease and all my Plate Rings Jewells and living of what kinde soever to be wholely and entirely att her dispos [disposal?] to give and dispose at her death amongst her Children as she shall thinke fitt and convenient
Item I give to my Grandchild Richard Piggot their eldest son Fifty pounds of like lawfull money to be paid to him by my Executor when he shall attaine the age of one and twenty yeares, but that when he shall attaine the age of sixteene I will that my said Executor do pay unto him lawfull interest for the said Fifty pounds yearly and every yeare untill the said Richard Pigott for attain to the age of one and twenty yeares
And in case the said Richard Pigott doe die before he attain the age of one and twenty yeares then I give and bequeath the said Fifty pounds so as aforesaid given unto the said Richard Pigott unto my Grandchild Hollis Pigott second son of my said daughter to be paid to the said Hollis Pigott by my said Executor when he shall attaine the age of one and twenty yeares, and that the interest thereof shall yearly and every yeare from the death of the said Richard Pigott be paid by my said Executors to the said Hollis Pigott until he attain to the age of one and twenty yeares
Item I give unto the said Hollis Piggot my Grandchild the summ of Fifty pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid unto him by my Executor when he shall attaine the age of one and twenty yeares And my mind and will is tat when my Grandchild Hollis Pigott shall attaine the age of sixteene yeares that then my said Executor shall pay unto him yearly and every yeare lawfull interest for the said Fifty pounds untill he shall attain to the age of one and twenty yeares
And in case the said Hollis Pigott shall dy and depart this life before [he] shall attaine to the age of one and twenty yeares, then my mind and will, and I do give and bequeath the said Fifty pounds so to him given as aforesaid unto my said Grandchild Richard Pigott if he then be living, and if he be then dead, then I give and bequeath the same unto my Grandchildren Catherine Pigot Elizabeth Pigot Mary Pigot Ann Pigot Martha Pigot and Hannah Pigot, daughters of my said daughter, equally to be divided among them
Item I give and bequeath unto the said Catherine Pigot Elizabeth Pigot Mary Pigot Ann Pigot Martha Pigot and Hannah Pigot to each and every one of them the sume of Fifty pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid unto them ad every one of them by my said Executor to their severall and respective ages of one and twenty yeares or shall severally and respectively be married which shall first happen
And my mind and will is that my Executor shall pay unto them severall yearly and every yeare lawfull interest for their several and respective Fifty pounds from the time they shall attain to their severall and respective ages of one and twenty yeares or be severally and respectively married which shall first happen
And my mind and will is that if any of them the said Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary, Ann. Martha or Hannah Pigot doe die and depart this life before they shall attain to their severall and respective ages of one and twenty yeares or severall and respective marriages which shall first happen, that then the said Fifty pounds so given as aforesaid to the said daughters or daughter shall be equally divided amongst the surviving sisters
Item I give to my honoured and most dear Brother Robert Hollis of Kingstone upon Hull
Esquire the sume of five pounds of lawfull money of England
Item I give to my Sister Mrs. Mary Hall of the same Towne Widow the sume of five pounds of lawfull money of England
Item to her son Mr. Joseph Hall of Nettleton, Clerk, my Nephew twenty shillings to buy him a Ring to wear in remembrance of me
Item I give to my Sister Mrs. Martha Bishop of Lincolne, widow, the summ of Five pounds [of] lawfull money of England
Item to her son Thomas Bishop my nephew twenty shillings to buy a ring in remembrance of me
Item I give to her daughter Mary Bishop my neece twenty shillings to buy a ring in remembrance of me
Item I give to my Sister Mrs. Hanna Hollis, Spinster, the summ of Five pounds [of] lawfull money of England
Item I give to Mrs. Ellen Drinkwater, wife to Mr. Richard Drinkwater, the summ of Five
pounds [of] lawfull money of England
Item to Mr. Richard Drinkwater my brother in law twenty shillings to buy a ring in remembrance of me
Item I give to my Sister Mrs. Dorothy Westaby, the summ of Five pounds [of] lawfull money of England
Item to Mr. William Westaby my brother in law twenty shillings to buy a ring in remembrance of me
Item I give to the three Children of my Sister Westaby to her son ______ Westaby twenty shillings and to her daughter Elizabeth Westaby twenty shillings and to her daughter Dorothy Westaby twenty shillings
all which said severall and respective legacies given as aforesaid to the said Robert Hollis, Mary Hall, Joseph Hall, Martha Bishop, Thomas Bishop, Mary Bishop, Hannah Hollis, Ellen Drinkwater, Richard Drinkwater, Dorothy Westaby, William Westaby, _____ Westaby, Elisabeth Westaby & Dorothy Westaby, I will shall be paid by my Executrix unto them and each of them respectively within one yeare next after my decease if they be then living
Item I give to the poore of the parish where I shall die forty shillings to be given and distributed at the discretion of my Executor
All the rest and residue of my estate goods and chattells whatsoever, my debts legacies and funerall expences first paid, I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved son in law Mr. John Pigot of Barham in the County of Kent Clerke, whom I do ordaine and constitute sole executor of this my last will and Testament in full hopes and assurance of his secure performance of this my last will and Testament attending to my true intent and meaning expressed in these p�sents
In Witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the day and yeare first above written
Elizabeth Cooke
Signed sealed published and declared to be the last will and Testament of the said Elizabeth Cooke in the presence of
John Nethersole - Philip Lade - William Nethersole
Probatum fuit: decimo tertio dei March Anno Dini 1693/4.
Notes:
Elizabeth Cook was buried at St. Giles, Barham on 12th February 1693/4.
No idea which Thomas she was married to � there isn�t one buried in the right time-frame in Bobbing or
at St. Faith under St. Paul, London....
Grandchildren:
Richard Piggott was christened at St. Peter, Sandwich on 19th November 1682 to Mr. John Pigot and Elizabeth his wife.
Hollis Pigott was christened a St. Vincent, Littlebourne on 26th November 1690 to �Mr. John Pigot, Clerk and Elizabeth his Wife�.
Catherine Pigot�s christening is not found.
Elizabeth Pigot was christened on 6th July 1684; Mary Pigot 2 Apr 1686; Martha Pigot 24 Aug 1688; all at St. Peter, Sandwich.
Anne Pigot was christened 10th July 1687 at St. Mary the Virgin, Sandwich.
Hannah Pigot was christened 29th Jun2 1693 at St. John the Baptist, Barham.
Annoyingly, the marriage of daughter Elizabeth to Rev. John Pigot is not found.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 29th March 2019. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.
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