Lee Will 1706

Will of John Lee

of Deal, Kent


Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 32/58/16a
Submitted by James Canney
In the Name of God Amen I John Lee of Deale in the County of Kent Pylott being in health and sound memory, but aged and weake in body and considering the uncertainty of this Life, do make and declare this my last will and Testament in manner following
First I comend my soul unto Almighty God my Maker trusting by the onely merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to be made pertaker of a better Life ended, And my body I comit to the Earth from whence it is to be decently buried by my Executrix hereafter named And as for my worldly Estate I give and bequeath the same as followeth (that is to say)

All that my messuage Ground and pr[e]misses with the Appurt[enance]s in Deale aforesaid now in my Occupacon being Leasehold Estate And alsoe all and singuler my goods Chattells moveables and personall Estate whatsoever and wheresoever of what nature kind or quality soever
I give and bequeath unto my welbeloved wife Ursula Lee her Executors Administrators and Assignes (after payment and discharge of my debts, Funeral Expences and Charges of Probate of this my Will)

And I doe hereby make ordaine and appoint my said wife Ursula full and sole Executrix of this my Will,
And revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made, I doe make and declare this onely for my true and last Will and Testament

In Witness whereof I the said John Lee have hereunto set my hand and Seale the two and twentieth day of Aprill Anno Dini 1706, and in the fifth Yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lady Queene Anne over England &c.
The marke of the said John Lee

Signed Sealed published and declared by the said John Lee for and as his last will and Testament on the day of the Date thereof in the prsence of us Witnesses, who subscribed our names in the prsence of the said Testator
George Hammond, John Taylor, Not[ary] Pub[li]c
Exiatur Geo: Upton Junr.

Probatum fuit: 5th July 1706
Inventory taken.

Note: John Lee and Ursula Hall married 13th February 1670/71 at St. Leonard, Deal, Kent.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason 23rd May 2022


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