Umfrey Will 1641/2

Will of Clara Umfrey

of Great Mongeham, Kent


Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives original will PRC 16/234 U/3
Submitted by Margaret Wills
In the name of God Amen the twe[n]ty fift of May in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred thirty and seven, and the thirteenth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles &c.
I Clara Umfrey of the Parish of Great Mongeham in the County of Kent widdow, being in perfect memory and good understanding doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament in maner and fourme following
First I give and bequeath my soule into the hands of my most gratious(sic) Saviour and redeemer Jesus Christ, and my body to be comitted to the earth in such sort as my executors shall thinke fit And concerninge my worldly goods I dispose of them as followeth

First I give and bequeath to my nephew Robert Hobs two payre of sheets and one payre of pillowcoates, one bedstedle, one Featherbed and two boulsters, one payer of blankets and a Covering for a bed, one great Chest and one litle Chests, one brasse pot and two pieces of pewter
Item I give and bequeath unto my nephew Thomas Hobs one bedstedle, one fetherbedm two payer of sheets and one payer of pillowcoates, one Chest, and two pieces of pewter
Item I give and bequeath to my nephew John Hobs two payer of sheets and one payer of pillowcoates, and two pieces of pewter, one ketle and one Chest
Item I give and bequeath unto my nephew Richard Hobs two payer of sheets, one payer of pillowcoates, one brasse pot, one Chest and two pieces of pewter
Item I give and bequeath unto my nephew William Hobs two payer of sheets, one payer of pillowcoates, one brasse ?, one table, one frame, one forme and one yron pot

Item I give and bequeath unto my two nephews Richard Hobs and William Hobs two gold Rings, to each of them one.
Item I give unto my neece Allic Pashley twenty shillings I lent unto her father Michaell Pashley
Item my will is yt if the said Allice dy before she receive the use of twenty shillings that her? my nephew Robert Hobs shall have ye sayd some payd to him
Item I give unto my nephew Robert Hobs my great Bible and my pan kettle, and my two stupnets
Item I give and bequeath unto my newphew John Hobs one silver spoone

Item my mynde and will is th[a]t my loving daughter Margery Pashley shall have the use of all these things before bequeathed during the tyme of her natural life, uppon condition if her husband give Security yf it she dy before him, th't the goods be given to the legatees according as the? are bequeathed then my meaneinge is yf my daughter if she release any of those goods to the persons to whom they are bequeathed in the life tyme as she shall see cause?

And of this my last will and testament I make and ordayne my nephew Robert Hobs my sole and onely executor
And I entreate my loveing friend William Gibson of Betshan[g]er to be Overseere of this my will, to see of this be recyved according unto .....?

In witnesse whereof I have set my hand and seale the day and yeare above written
the marke of Clare Umfrey
In the persence [presence] of: Anne Crayford; John Francis

Probatum fuit: 21st January 1641/42

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 1st February 2024


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