Gream Will 1742

Will of Elizabeth Gream

of Sevenoaks, Kent

Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury Prob11/722
Submitted by Ros Dunning

In the Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Gream of the Parish of Sevenoakes in the County of Kent Widow being sick and weak in body but of a sound and disposing mind memory and understanding praised be God for the same Do therefore make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say)
first and principally I resign my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named And as to the Temporal Estate that it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and dispose thereof as followeth

First I give and bequeath unto my Sons Thomas Gream of Oxted in the County of Surry and William Gream of Sevenoakes aforesaid the Sum of Ten Pounds a piece of lawfull Money of Great Britain to be paid to my said Two Sons Thomas and William within one year next after my decease by my Executor hereinafter named

Item all that my Messuage or Tenement with the Land and Premises thereunto belonging situate in Oxted aforesaid and now in the Occupation of my said Son Thomas his Assigns or Undertenants I give and devise unto my Son John Gream of Oxted aforesaid Bricklayer to hold unto my said Son John Gream and to his heirs and Assigns for ever

Item all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate whatsoever or wheresoever that I shall dye possessed of or interested (that is to say) all my Bills Bonds Mortgages Jewells Rings Plate ready money Debts owing me) I give and bequeath unto my said Son John Gream subject nevertheless to the Payment of my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences that shall at my decease be due and owing

Item I nominate constitute and appoint my said Son John Gream full and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former Wills and Bequests by me at any time heretofore made

In Witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Gream the Testatrix have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this third Day of May in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord George the Second by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and forty The Mark of Elizabeth Gream
(Attestation Clause)
Jane Hills _ James Pound _ J Horton

Proved at London 30 November 1742

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