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1662 Will of Barnaby Mollins
Milliner
In
the Name
of God Amen I Barnaby Mollins of Yeovill in the County of Som[er]s[e]t
Milliner beinge
in this tyme
sick and weake
in body yet of
sound and
perfect memory
(praised be God)
doe this Twentie
Seaventh day of
March in the
Fowerteenth
yeare of the
Raigne of our
Soveraigne Lord
Charles the
Second by the
grace of God
kinge of England
And in the yeare
of our Lorde God
1662, make and
ordaine this my
last will and
Testament in
manner and forme
Followinge
hereby revoking
all or any
former or other
will or wills by
me heretofore at
any time or
tymes had or
made; And First
and principally
I Commend my
Soule into the
hands of my
heavenly father
stedfastly
believing that
when this vaine
and Transitory
mortall life
shall have an
end in through
the [alsutinience
?] meritts
ands
Satisfaction of
our only
Savioure Christ
Jesus to have
remission of my
Sinnes and to
live and raigne
with him in
eternall
felicitie And my
Body I Committ
to the Earth
from whence it
came to be
buried in decent
and Christian
Buriall at the
discretion of my
wife Children
and overseers
herein after
mentioned And
for such
Temporal estate
as it hath
pleased
Almightie God to
lend me I doe
dispose thereof
in manner
Followinge Imp[rimi]s
I give and
devise unto
Alice my nowe
wife all my
right title and
interest of in
and to my
dwellinghouse
with the
Appurtenances
thereunto
belonging
Scituate in
Barnstaple in
the County of
Devon and alsoe
my best Bed
bedstead and all
the furniture
thereunto
belonging with
bolster
Blankettt and
Sheetes Standing
and being in the
fore Chamber in
the said house
and Twentie
pounds in money
to be paid
within Twelve
months after my
decease in full
satisfaction of
all her Dower or
Thirds w[hi]ch
shee may clayme
out of all or
any Lande or
estate whereof I
am seized in fee
and alsoe in
full recompence
and satisfaction
of her right
[word illegible]
widdowe hood of
a Tenement at
Sherborne in the
Countie of
Dors[e]t w[hi]ch
I hold by Coppy
of Court Role
for my life
according to the
custome of the
mannor there as
alsoe of all or
any
[abbreviation =
part of parcel
?] of my
personall Estate
whatsoever
provided
allwayes and
upon Condi[t]ion
never the lesse
that if my said
wife after my
decease shall
denye or refuse
upon demand to
release her
Third of moiety
all or any of my
lands or to
Surrender up or
relinquish her
right or title
for her widow
hood of in and
to the said
Coppie hold
Estate at
Sherborne soe
that the said
Lands and Coppie
hold Estate may
immediatlie
after my Decease
cleerly doe end
and come to my
Children to
whome the same
and hereby
devised and
intended that
then and from
thence forth all
and what soe now
I have here by
given and
devised to her
shall [surcease
?] and be null
and voyd to all
intents and
purposes And
that then and in
such case I doe
give and devise
my said house
with its
Appurtenances at
Barnstaple
aforesaid for
all my Terme and
after therein to
come unto my
Sonne Roger
Mollins And I
doe further give
and devise unto
my said wife one
brasse pan, one
[two words
illegible] two
pewter dishes
and halfe a
Dozen of my best
[Tremhands ?]
Item I give and
devise to my
wifes Two
Daughters
Elizabeth and
Mary Jennings
twelve pence
apeece And alsoe
all my right
title and
Interest
whatsoever of in
and to a
Certaine
messuage or
dwelling house
w[i]th app[ur]tenances
scituate in
Bridgwater in
the said Countie
of Som[er]s[e]t
with all the
goods and implem[en]ts
of house hold
stuffe there in
and thereto
belonginge which
I had in the
right and by
marriage of my
said wife To
hold the same
unto the said
Elizabeth and
Mary Jennings
for all the
residue of my
terme and Estate
therein yet to
come and
unexpired Item I
give and devise
unto my said
Sonne Roger
Mollings my
house with th[e]appurtenances
scituate in the
Burrowe of
Yeovell
aforesaid over
against a place
called Nunwell
there to him and
his heires
forever Item I
give and Devise
unto my Sonne
Barnaby Mollins
my new built
house and barne
with the acre of
ground and
Garden plott
thereto
belonging
Scituate in
Coldharbor in
Sherborne in the
said County of
Dors[e]t now in
the occupacon of
Walter Pittman
dureing all the
residue of my
Terme and Estate
therein And
alsoe one other
little house at
Coldharbor
aforesaid and a
yard of ground
thereto
belonginge now
in the occupacon
of Esau Rogers
for all my
interest terme
and estate
therein Item I
give and devise
unto my Sonne
John Mollins all
that my house
with its
appurtenances
Scituate in
Midle Street
in the Burrowe
of Yeovell
aforesaid now in
the occupacon of
Edward Hale for
and dureing all
my Interest
Estate and Terme
of yeares
therein to come
and unexpired
Item I give and
devise unto my
Sonne Beniamine
and his heires
for ever all
that my dwelling
house
the[e]appurtenances
Scituate at a
place on [Studets
?] called the
Greene at
Sherborne
aforesaid now in
the occupacon of
John [Firge ?]
there being some
p[ar]te of the
Backside on
ground thereto
belonginge latly
inclosed in Mr
Casments
Backside And I
Further give and
devise unto the
said Beniamin
Twenty pounds in
money Item I
give and devise
unto my Fower
Daughters
Elizabeth, Joane,
Sarah, and Ann
Mollins Fifty
pounds a peece
to be paid at
their severall
ages of one and
Twenty yeares or
dayes of
marriage w[hi]ch
shall first
happen and in
the meane time
soe soone as the
same [word
illegible] and
made out of my
personall Estate
to be disposed
of at Interest
and the profitts
thereof to goe
for their
severall
maintenances
Item my will is
that all other
my household
stuffe
wheresoever it
be not before
Devised
(excepting onlu
my plate) be
equally devided
amongst my owne
Eight Children
p[ar]te and p[ar]ts
alike alike And
that all my
wares
Marchandizes and
plate be forth
with appraised
and sold to the
best advantage
and that the
money raised
thereby to goe
towards the
payment of my
debts and
raising of my
Daughters
portions
together with
all my Debts
that are owinge
me either upon
[word illegible]
or otherwise and
upon an Estate
heretofore
Conveyed to me
by [Gerard ?]
Frome lying at
Hewish in the p[ar]ish
of Crewkerne in
the said Countie
of Som[er]s[e]t
or upon any
other Lands or
Estates made
over to mee at
Halstocke in the
said County of
Dors[e]t And my
Further will and
minde is that
after my debts
and Funerall
expences are
paid and the
said Legacies
raised for my
said Daughters
that then the
Surplusage of my
personal Estate
(if any bee) be
equally devided
amongst my fower
Sonnes part and
parts alike And
my Further will
and minde is
that if any of
my said
Daughters shall
happen to dye or
departe this
life before they
attaine to their
severall Ages of
one and Twentie
yeares or be
married that
then the Legacy
or Legacies soe
to them here
given Shall
remaine and come
to the Survivors
and Survivor of
them equally to
be And that if
any of my said
Sonnes shall in
like manner
happen to dye or
depart this life
within the age
of one and
Twenty yeares or
married bearing
no iss[u]e of
their bodyes
that then and in
such case the
Estate or
Legacies hereby
devised to them
or either of
them soe dyeinge
to come and be
equally devided
amongst the
Survivors and
Survivor of them
in an equall
manner p[ar]te
and p[ar]ts
alike And I doe
hereby
constitute and
appointe my said
sonne Beniamine
to be sole
Executor of this
my last will and
Testament And my
loveing Friends
Mr Peter Way of
Chard in the
said County of
Som[erse]t
George Larkin of
the Citty of
Bristoll Linnen
Drap[er] and
John Hawkins of
West Coker in
the said County
of Som[erse]t
Yeoman my
trustees and
overseers of my
said Estate and
of this my sayd
will earnestly
intreating and
desireinge them
and either of
them to take all
possible care to
see the same
punctually p[er]formed
accordinge to
the true
meaninge thereof
And I doe hereby
give unto each
of them five
shillings to buy
them Gloves as a
token of my love
In witnes
whereof I have
hereunto putt my
hand and seale
the day and
yeare First
above written
Barnaby Mollins
Sealed delivered and published in the
p[re]sence of us
and the words (accordinge
to the Custome
of the Mannor
there) first
interlined
Joseph Ringe
the marke
of John Gillam
al[ia]s Delamont
John Lamb
the marke
of Joane Ashford
wid[ow] of
Sanford [word
illegible]
Memorandum my further will and minde is that whereas I have formerly disposed of two
little Cottages
and dwellinge
houses with
their
appurtenances
now in the
occupacone of
Thomas Baker and
Phillipp Elway
scituate in Cold
harbour at
Sherbourne
aforesaid unto
my Sister
Elizabeth
Mollins to hold
the same dureing
her naturall
life if my
interest and
Estate shall soe
longe continue
therein Towards
her maintenance
and w[i]th and
to be repayred
by me or my
Assignes dureing
all the same
time; I doe
hereby give and
devise the same
Cottages with
the
appurtenances
unto my Said
Sonne Barnaby
for all the
residue of my
interest and
estate therein
to come after
the death of my
said Sister soe
that the said
Barnaby or his
Assignes doe and
shall in the
meane time keepe
the same well
and
sufficientlie
repaired as
above said; This
being added as
p[ar]te of the
will before the
sealing and
publishing
hereof in the
p[re]sence of us
Joseph Ring
John
Lambe
the marke
of Joane Ashford
the marke
of John Gillum
al[ia]s Delamont
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
