Brothers / Pye Will 1705

Will of Elizabeth Brothers alias Pye

of Deal, Kent


Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 32/57/361a
Submitted by Margaret Wills
In the name of God Amen the 24th day of March 1705/05 according to the Computation of the Church of England
I Elizabeth Brothers alias Pye of Deale in the County of Kent widow, being of perfect memory and remembrance, praised be God, doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following
First I bequeath my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my maker, hopeing that thro' the meritorious death and passion of Jesus Christ my only Savior and Redeemer, to receive free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sinns and as to my body to be decently buried at the discrecon of my Executor hereafter nominated

Item I give to my daughter Jane Gubbins of Deale Widow the sume of five shillings
Item I give to my grandson Will Harden my best bed and bedsted as it is now standing if he be good

Item all the rest of my estate real and personall, Goods, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, plate, goods and house holdstuffe whatsoever I give unto my grandchildren William Harden, Anne Roby, Edward Roby, George Roby, Ellen Small, Elizabeth Small and Robert Small to be equally divided amongst them, soon after my decease

Alsoe I make and appoint my sonn Robert Small of Deale aforesaid ironmonger to be Executer to this my last will and Testament, renounceing all other Wills whatsoever before made by me

Witness my hand the day and yeare abovewritten
Eliz : Pye her marke

Memorandum: the Words (al[ia]s, Pye, Small and Robert Small, soon after my decease my son and be) were all interlined and the other words cancelled before Elizabeth Pye signed this her last Will and Testament
Witness our hands
Elizabeth Gardner, Sarah Snape her marke, Samll. Gill

Probatum fuit: 17th April 1705 to Robert Small

Notes:
Widow Brothers was buried at St. Leonard, Deal, Kent on 27th March 1705.
Robert Small, bachelor of Ash and Eleanor Brother, Singlewomen of Deal, on 3rd April 1699 at Ash (next Sandwich) by Licence.
Edward Roby, Bachelor of Deal and Elizabeth Brothers, singlewoman of Deal, on 5th October 1697 at St. Mary the Virgin, Wingham, Kent, by Licence.
Daughter Jane's marriage is possibly to an Edward Gibbins of Deal.

Inventory Ref.: PRC 27/36/197

An Inventory of all and singular the goods and Chattells of Elizabeth Pye late of Deale in the County of Kent Widow deced [deceased] taken and Appraised by us whose names are hereunto Subscribed the fourteenth day of Aprill Anno Dom : 1705 : in Manner following, Vizt.

										£.	s.	d.

Imprimis	The Wearing Apparrell of the Dec[eas]ed				07	02	00
Item	Ready money in the house						02	03	06
Item	In Plate								07	10	00

	In the Kitchen
Item	a pair of Grates, a gridiron, a pair of Tongs, a Spitt, a Fire pan
		   & a Frying pan						00	11	00
Item	a shout?, a Table, two joint [joined] Stoolls, a Cubbord, two
		   Chaires, a Clock, a parcell of Earthen Ware			00	13	00
Item	5 pillowbeers, 4 pair of Sheets, 14 Napkins, two Table Cloths
	   	& 10 Towells							02	04	06

	In the Chamber
Item	A Bedsted, Curtain & Vallance, a Feather Bed, a bolster, two	
		   pillows, 3 Blanketts, a Coverlid, a Rugg, two pair of sheets
	  	   & a pair of Pillowbeers					05	00	00
Item	a mantle Cloth, 4 dozen of small Linnen, a pair of pilowbeers,
		   12 Aprons, 4 pair of Stockens, a riding hood, 4 pair of Gloves,
		   two Hoods & a Scarfe						03	02	00
Item	a Chest of Drawers, a Table, two joint Stoolls, four Chaires,
		   a Warming Pan, a looking glass, a box, a trunk, a Deck &
		   Earthen Ware							01	06	06

	In the Cove
Item	Coales, Kettles & some Payles [Pails] & odd things			01	00	00
Item	two Pewter Platters, a Salt & porrenger					00	02	06

								Total		30	15	00 

Item	A Messuage upon the Beach with Th'appurts [appurtenances] 
		   in Occupacon of Robert Small being leashold Estate under the 
		   Lord Archbishop of Canterbury				120	00	00
Item	Debts due to the Deced.							15	07	06

								Total		135	07	06
										30	15	00

								Totall :	166	02	06
Appraised by us:   Samuel Harris;   Mrs. ? Powell

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason 1st January 2023


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