Stanley Will 1669

Will of Thomas Stanley

of Plaxtol, Kent

Source: Peculiar Court of Shoreham

In the Name of God Amen
I Thomas Stanley of Plaxtole in ye County of Kent gent being in good health and of sound minde & memory for w’ch & for all other abundant blessings w’ch I have received from Almighty God I render unto his divine Ma’tie most humble & harty thankes doe make this my last will & testament (revoking & nulling all former Willes) as followeth
First I bequeath my soule to Almighty God intirely beseeching him to grant me pardon of my sins through ye meritts & Passion of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ & to receive my soul into Heaven
And I will my body to ye earth desiring to have it buryed in ye Chancell of ye Church of West Peckham.

Itm I will & bequeath to Mary my good & loving wife as an increase of her meanes & livelyhood (observing her very good affection to my daughter & her children) All those two messuages or tenem’ts called ye Chequer & ye Crossekeys scituate in ye Citty of Rochester in ye occupacon of John Cart & Rich Marchan.
But withall my Will & minde is that in consideracon thereof my said wife doe pay unto Rebeckah Warren of Plextole aforesaid (my neer kinswoman) the yearly some or Annuity of fower pounds by twentie shillings a q’rter during ye naturall life of her ye said Rebeckah Warren
To have & to hold ye said Messuages or tenem’ts to her ye said Mary for & during her naturall life
And after her decease I will ye same to my daughter Francis for & during her naturall lyfe
And after her decease I will & bequeath ye same messuage or tenem’ts to Thomas Dalyson a younger sonne of my said daughter & to his heires for ever.

Itm whereas I bought of my brother John Stanley in ye name of his sonne Wm Stanley by deed dated ye first day of November 1653 a lease of two houses or tenem’ts scituat in ye parish of St Gyles without Cripplegate & then in ye occupacon of Wm Ingram Ezekiel Kinsin? & Eliz King wid & rented at xx li a yere or therabouts for w'ch I paid unto my said Brother ye some of Ł200 of w’ch lease there is 10 yeres to come from Lady day next I doe give & bequeath to Mary my Sister one Annuity or rent charge of eight pounds a yere to yssue out of ye said houses or tenem’ts to be paid quarterly during ye said lease yf she live so long
And any surplusage over & above ye said viii li a yere of ye rents of ye said tenem’ts I give & bequeath to ye said Willm Stanley.

And whereas I bought another lease of my said Brother for ye some of Ł80 of one or two tenem’ts scituat neer to ye houses or tenem’ts aforesaid & rented at x li a yere or thereabouts I will & bequeath ye same to Dorothie Stanley my said Brothers daughter.

Itm I will & bequeath to Wm Raynes my long tyme servant ye some of ten pounds
and to Eliz Morris my mayd servant ye some of fifty shillings
& to Wm Morgan my servant twentie shillings
and to the poore of this parish twenty shillings.

Itm I doe ordeyne & make my welbeloved Wyfe Mary my full & sole Executrix of this my last Will
And I doe constitute Maximilian Dalyson Esq’r my sonne in lawe (& John Kerrill gent my Nephew*) Overseers of ye same unto whom I doe will fortie shillings apece in gold.

Dated ye xx th day of March in ye fifteenth yere of ye Raigne of our dread Sovaigne Lord Charles ye second by ye grace of God King of England etc 1662.
Tho: Stanley
Published sealed & subscribed by me ye said Thomas Stanley in ye presence of
Jo: Gallattor? - Willm Chowne

* Erased , written above is ‘mor? 25 Febr 66’

Probate 14 April 1669 to Marie Stanley relict & executrix.

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