The Document Chest
1754 Will of Anne Markes
Spinster of Middle Street
In the Name of
God Amen I Anne Marks of Yeovil in the County of Somerset
Spinster being
in health of
Body and of
Sound Mind
Memory and
Understanding
praised be God
but considering
the Uncertainty
of this
Transitory Life
do make Publish
and declare this
my last Will and
Testament in
manner and Form
following that
is to say First
and Principally
I commend my
Soul into the
hands of
Almighty God
hoping through
my Saviour Jesus
Christ to have
full and free
Pardon and
forgiveness of
all my Sins and
to inherit
everlasting Life
and my Body I
commit to the
Earth to be
decently buried
at the
discretion of my
Executors
hereinafter
named and as
touching the
disposal of all
such temporal
Estate as it
hath pleased
Almighty God to
bestow upon me I
give and dispose
thereof as
follows I hereby
give and devise
unto Samuel
Daniel of Yeovil
aforesaid Doctor
of Physick and
John Daniel of
the same place
Mercer their
Heirs and
Assigns for ever
the Messuage or
dwelling House
in which I now
live Situate in
Yeovil aforesaid
in a Street
there called
Middle Street
my Lands called
Setlands my
Orchard called
Down and my
House called
Kettles in
Middle Street or
Pit Lane in
Yeovil aforesaid
with their
Appurtenances To
have and to hold
the Same
Premises unto
the said Samuel
Daniel and John
Daniel and their
Heirs forever to
the use of them
and their Heirs
upon the Trusts
and under and
Subject to the
Limitations
hereinafter
expressed and
declared of and
concerning the
Same that is to
Say in the first
Place to the
intent and
purpose that my
Executors
hereafter named
may have resolve
and take the
Rents Issues and
Profits thereof
until they shall
be fully paid
and satisfied so
much Money as my
Kinsman Charles
Bewsey of
Yeovill
aforesaid
Malster shall
only for
Principal and
Interest at the
time of my Death
he being now
indebted unto me
in the Principal
Sum of two
hundred pounds
besides Interest
and from and
immediately
after my said
Executors shall
have fully
received such
Principal and
Interest Moneys
as shall be due
unto me from the
said Charles
Bewsey at the
time of my
decease either
out of the Rents
[word illegible]
and Profits of
the said
Premises or of
or from the said
Charles Bewsey I
devise will and
direct the same
Premises to be
in Trust for my
said Kinsman
Charles Bewsey
and his Assigns
for and during
the Term of his
natural Life
[word illegible]
of waste and
from and after
the
determination of
that Estate To
the use of the
said Samuel
Daniel and John
Daniel and their
Heirs during the
natural life of
the said Charles
Bewsey In Trust
to Support and
Preserve the
contingent uses
and Estates
hereinafter
limited from
being Defeated
or destroyed and
for that purpose
to make Entrys
or bring Actions as the case shall require yet
nevertheless to
permits and
suffer the said
Charles Bewsey
and his Assigns
during his Life
to receive and
take the Rents
and Profits
thereof and for
his and their
own use and
Benefit and from
and after his
Decease the said
Principal and
Interest Moneys
which shall be
due at the time
of my death from
the said Charles
Bewsey unto me
being paid and
satisfied unto
my said
Executors In
Trust for
Charles Bewsey
son of my said
Kinsman Charles
Bewsey and his
assigns for and
during the Term
of his natural
Life without
Impeachment of
waste and from
and after the
determination of
that Estate To
the use of the
said Samuel
Daniel and John
Daniel and their
Heirs during the
natural Life of
the said Charles
Bewsey the Son
In Trust to
Support and
Preserve the
Continual uses
and Estates
hereinafter
limited from
being defeated
or destroyed and
for that purpose
to make entrys
or bring Actions
as the case
shall require
yet nevertheless
to Permit and
Suffer the said
Charles Bewsey
the Son and his
Assigns during
his Life to
receive and take
the Rents and
Profits thereof
to and for his
and their own
use and Benefit
and from and
after the
Several Deaths
of the said
Charles Bewsey
the Father and
Charles Bewsey
the Son In Trust
for the Heirs of
the Body of the
said Charles
Bewsey the Son
lawfully to be
begotten and for
Default of such
Heirs in trust
for Jeremiah
Bewsey another
Son of the said
Charles Bewsey
the Father and
his Assigns for
and during the
term of his
natural Life
without
Impeachment of
Waste and from
and after the
Determination of
that Estate to
the use of the
said Samuel
Daniel and John
Daniel and their
Heirs during the
natural Life of
the said
Jeremiah Bewsey
In Trust to
Support and
Preserve the
Continual uses
and Estates
hereinafter
limited from
being defeated
or destroyed and
for that purpose
to make entrys
or bring Actions
as the case
shall require
yet nevertheless
to Permit and
Suffer the said
Charles Bewsey
the Son and his
Assigns during
his Life to
receive and take
the Rents and
Profits thereof
to and for his
and their own
use and Benefit
and from and
After his
decease In Trust
for the Heirs of
the Body of the
said Jeremiah
Bewsey lawfully
issuing and for
default of such
Heirs In Trust
for Jeremiah
Bewsey Son of
Jeremiah Bewsey
of Pitminster in
the said County
Yeoman his Heirs
and Assigns
forever also I
do hereby give
and devise unto
Mr Pet Wise and
Mr John Noble
both of the City
of Bristol their
Heirs and
Assigns forever
all my Lands
lying in Thorne
Coffin in the
said County of
Somerset and
four Acres of
Meadow or
Pasture lying at
or near
Compton
Mill my four
Acres of Meadow
or Pasture
called
Hather Mead
two Acres called
the
Hop Yard my
Close of Arable
called
Oxen
Furlong my Close
of Meadow or
Pasture called Winterhay [See Note 2 below] lying
at or near a
Place called
Brimsmore Tree
fourteen Acres
at Down and
Perry Thorn one
Ground called
Little Brimsmore
and my Lands
called Lilswell
[See Note 2 below] and Rodgrove [See Note 1 below]
lying and being
in the Parishes
of Yeovill and
Pitney or one or
either of them
to have and to
hold the said
Lands and
Premises last
above said unto
the said [word
illegible] and
John Noble and
their Heirs
forever To the
use of them and
their Heirs upon
the Trusts and
under and
subject to the
Limitations
hereinafter
expressed and
declared of and
concerning the
same that is to
say In Trust to
pay out of the
Rents Issues and
Profits of the
same Premises
unto George
Markes Joseph
Markes John
Markes and Sarah
Markes Sons and
Daughter of
Joseph Markes
late of the City
of Bristol
Gentleman
deceased the sum
of one hundred
pounds each when
and as they
shall
respectively
attain the age
of Twenty one
years and from
and immediately
after my death
until they shall
arrive to that
age respectively
In Trust to Pay
unto them
Severally and
respectively
yearly and every
year legal
Interest for
their several
and respective
Legacys hereby
given and
subject to the
payment of the
said several and
respective sums
of one hundred
pounds and
Interest for the
same as
aforesaid I
devise will and
to direct the
said Premisses
hereby devised
unto the said
Pet Wise and
John Noble to be
in trust for
William Markes
the Youngest Son
of the said
Joseph Markes
deceased and his
Assigns for and
during the Term
of his natural
Life without
Impeachment of
Waste and from
and after the
Determination of
that Estate To
the use of the
said Pet Wise
and John Noble
and their Heirs
during the
natural Life of
the said William
Markes In Trust
to Support and
Preserve the
Contingencies
and Estates
hereinafter
limmitted from
being defeated
or destroyed and
from and after
his Decease the
said several
Legacies and the
Interest thereof
hereby charged
on the said
Premises being
duly paid and
discharged In
Trust for the
Heirs of the
Body of the said
William Markes
lawfully to be
begotten and for
default of such
Heirs In Trust
for George
Markes aforesaid
another son of
the said Joseph
Markes deceased
and his Assigns
for and during
the term of his
natural Life
without
Impeachment of
Waste and from
and after the
Determination of
that Estate To
the use of the
said Pet Wise
and John Noble
and their Heirs
during the
natural Life of
the said George
Markes In Trust
to Support and
Preserve the
Contingent uses
and Estates
hereinafter
limmitted from
being defeated
or destroyed and
from and after
his decease In
Trust for the
Heirs of the
Body of the said
George Markes
lawfully to be
begotten and for
default of such
Issues In Trust
for Joseph
Markes aforesaid
another son of
the said Joseph
Markes deceased
and his Assigns
for and during
the Term of his
natural Life
without
Impeachment of
waste and from
and after the
Determination of
that Estate To
the use of the
said Pet Wise
and John Noble
and their Heirs
during the
natural Life of
the said Joseph
Markes the Son
In Trust to
Support and
Preserve the
Contingent uses
and Estates
hereinafter
limmitted from
being defeated
or destroyed and
from and after
his Decease In
trust for the
Heirs of the
Body of the said
Joseph Markes
lawfully to be
begotten and for
default of such
Heirs In Trust
for John Markes
aforesaid
another Son of
the said Joseph
Markes deceased
and his Assigns
for and during
the Term of his
natural Life
without
Impeachment of
waste and from
and after the
Determination of
that Estate To
the use of the
said Pet Wise
and John Noble
and their Heirs
during the
natural Life of
the said John
Markes In Trust
to Support and
Preserve the
Contingent uses
and Estates
hereinafter
limmitted from
being defeated
or destroyed and
from and after
his Decease In
trust for the
Heirs of the
Body of the said
John Markes
lawfully to be
begotten and for
default of such
Heirs In Trust
for John Markes
son of John
Markes late of
the City of
Bristol
Gentleman
Deceased his
Heirs and
Assigns forever
also I give and
bequeath unto
the said William
Markes one
Silver Watch my
Brothers picture
and one Silver
Tankard also I
give and
bequeath unto
the said Sarah
Markes the
further Sum of
one hundred
pounds to be
paid unto the
said Pet Wise
and John Noble
to and for her
use and Benefit
by my Executors
hereinafter
named within one
year next after
my Decease also
I give and
bequeath unto Mr
Robert Markes a
Mourning Ring
also I give and
bequeath unto
Jane Harris and
Elizabeth Penny
Daughters of
Jeremiah Markes
of Thorn Coffin
aforesaid Yeoman
one Guinea each
Also I give unto
the said
Jeremiah Markes
of Thorn Coffin
one Guinea also
I give and
devise unto
William Cayme
Son of my Cousin
George Cayme his
heirs and
Assigns forever
my house and
Garden with the
Appurtenances
called Sweets
also I give unto
Mary the Wife of
my Cousin George
Cayme a Mourning
Ring also I give
and devise unto
Ann Cayme
daughter of the
said George
Cayme her Heirs
and Assigns
forever my house
in Vicarage
Street now or
late in the poss[ess]ion
of Edward
Collins or his
Undertenants I
also give and
bequeath unto
George Cayme Son
of my said
Cousin George
Cayme the Sum of
ten Pounds also
I give and
bequeath unto
John Bosey Son
of Judith Bozey
Widow the Sum of
forty Pounds and
a Silver half
pint Cup also I
give unto Ann
Bozey daughter
of the said
Judith Bozey the
sum of Fifty
Pounds and my
Silver Pair of
Salts also I
give unto the
said Judith
Bozey one Guinea
also I give and
bequeath unto
Mary and Hannah
Arnold Daughters
of John Arnold
ten Pounds each
also I give and
bequeath unto
John Pitman and
Susanna Pitman
Son and Daughter
of Jeremiah
Pitman the Sum
of five Pounds
each also I give
and bequeath
unto Jeremiah
Pitman Son of
John Pitman the
sum of ten
Pounds also I
give and
bequeath unto my
servant Mary
Taylor Crape
Gown and the sum
of five Pounds
if she shall be
living with me
at my Death but
not otherwise
also I give unto
Mary Hebbard
Daughter of John
and Sarah
Hebbard the Sum
of five Pounds
also I give unto
William Hebbard
Son of the said
John and Sarah
Hebbard the Sum
of five Pounds
also I give and
bequeath unto
John Markes Son
of my Cousin
John Markes
deceased the Sum
of ten Pounds
also I give unto
Mary Sarah and
Elizabeth Bozey
one Guinea each
all which
Legacys except
the Legacy
hereby give and
unto the said
John Bozey my
Will is shall be
paid and
satisfied by my
Executors
hereinafter
named in one
year next after
my Decease and
as to the Legacy
of forty pounds
hereby given
unto the said
John Bosley my
Will is and I
hereby direct
that the Sum
of ten
pounds part
thereof shall be
paid him within
Six Months next
after my Decease
to be applyed
for bringing him
apprentice and
the Sum of
thirty Pounds
Residue of this
said Legacy
shall be Paid
him when he
attains the age
of twenty one
years with legal
Interest for the
Same to grow one
and be accounted
from the time of
my Death that in
Case the said
John Bozey shall
happen to die
before he
attains the age
of twenty one
years then my
Will is that the
said sum of
thirty Pounds
shall be paid
unto the said
and Bozey his
Sister without
any Interest
also I give unto
the said John
Bozey and new
Suit of Apparel
and one Hat also
I give unto
Andrew Hammond
and Annuity of
twenty Shillings
to be paid him
yearly during
his natural Life
also I give and
bequeath unto
Mary Sams Widow
the Weekly Sum
of two Shillings
during the term
of her natural
Life also I give
and bequeath
unto Ruth Pain
of Nether
Compton in the
County of Dorset
the Weekly Sum
of two Shillings
and sixpence
during the Term
of her natural
Life also I give
unto Margaret
Hayward Widow
the Weekly Sum
of one Shillings
and Sixpence
during the Term
of her natural
Life also I give
and bequeath
unto the
Reverend Mr
Bernard Foskett
the Reverend Mr
Hugh Evans both
of Bristol the
Reverend Mr
Peter Evans of
Yeovil Mr John
Taylor of East
Coker and Mr
Peter Horsey of
Lopen the Sum of
one hundred and
Fifty Pounds
upon Trust and
to the Interest
and Purpose that
they and the
Survivors and
Survivor of them
his Executors
Administrators
or Assigns or
the Major Part
of them or of
the Survivors of
them the said
Trustees do and
shall from time
to time and at
all times
hereafter put
and place out
the said Money
at Interest to
such person and
persons and on
such Security
and Securitys
either in the
Public Funds or
otherwise as may
the said
Trustees or the
Survivors and
Survivor of them
his Executors
Administrators
or Assigns or
the Major Part
of them or of
the Survivors of
them my said
Trustees shall
think fit and
convenient so as
the same be not
laid out in
Lands nor in any
Respect contrary
to and Act made
in the ninth
year of his
Present
Majesties Reign
for the
restraining the
disposition of
Lands whereby
the same [word
illegible] and
do and shall
from time to
time and at all
times yearly and
once in every
year and [word
illegible] if
conveniently may
be pay the clear
interest and
profits thereof
unto such Person
or Persons [two
words illegible]
Minister or
Ministers of or
for the said
Town or Parish
of Yeovil in the
denomination of
Baptists or
Protestant
Dissenters of
whom the said
Peter [word
illegible] is
now Minister for
his or their
better and more
comfortable
Subsistence
Maintenance and
Support and my
further Will is
that when the
said five
Trustees hereby
nominated shall
be by Death
reduced to three
that then such
three Trustees
or the Major
Part of them
shall and I do
hereby impower
and Request them
to grant assign
and transfer the
said Moneys and
the Securities
of and for the
same unto such
five or more
other persons as
such three
Trustees or the
Major Part of
them shall think
fit and
Convenient upon
the trusts and
for the Ends and
Interests and
for alike Power
for recovering
[word illegible]
Trustees as is
in this my Will
mentioned and
the so from time
to time and at
all times in
like manner and
[2 words
illegible] But
if there shall
be no such
Minister or
Ministers of
Protestant [word
illegible] as
aforesaid in the
said Town or
Parish of Yeovil
or if such
Minister or
Ministers shall
not be allowed
or permitted by
the Laws or
Statutes of this
Realm Then and
in either of the
said cases it
shall and may be
lawful for the
said present or
future Trustees
or the Major
part of them for
the time being
to apply and pay
the same Moneys
and the interest
thereof to such
Charity and
Charities and
Charitable and
other uses
Persons and
purposes and in
such manner and
Form as the
Trustees for the
time being or
the Major part
of them shall
think fit or
Convenient and I
will that it
shall and may be
lawful to and
for the present
and future
Trustees from
time to time and
at all times to
compound for any
Debt or Debts
and to take part
thereof instead
of the whole if
it shall be
found necessary
and to deduct
and retain and
[word illegible]
unto themselves
respectively out
of the said
Trust Moneys all
such Costs
Losses Damages
Charges and
Expences as they
or any or either
of them shall or
may bear sustain
or be put unto
by means of the
said Trust or
for acting in
the Execution or
Management
thereof and that
they shall not
be answerable
for any bad or
insufficient
Security or
Securities
relating to the
said Trust
Moneys nor the
one for the
other but each
for himself and
his own Acts
only and I
hereby order and
direct my said
Executors
hereinafter
named or one of
them to pay the
said sum of one
hundred and
Fifty Pounds
unto the said
Bernard Foskett
Hugh Evans Peter
Evans John
Taylor and Peter
Horsey or some
or one of them
for the purpose
aforesaid within
twelve Months
next after my
death and to pay
them some or one
of them legal
Interest for the
said Sum of one
hundred and
Fifty Pounds
until the same
shall be duly
paid such
Interest to be
computed from
the time of my
decease also I
give and
bequeath unto
the said Samuel
Daniel and John
Daniel the
yearly Sum of
three Pounds
lawful Money of
Great Britain
for and during
the natural Life
of Mrs Joanna
Hamlin In Trust
and for the sole
and separate use
of the said
Joanna Hamlin
the same not to
be any way under
the Controul of
her Present
Husband or
liable to the
payment of his
Debts and I
hereby direct
that in Case the
said Joanna
Hamlin shall at
any time
hereafter
Cohabit with her
now Husband then
the said Annuity
of three Pounds
hereby given
unto the said
Samuel Daniel
and John Daniel
In Trust for her
shall during
such
Cohabitation
cease and not be
due or paid also
I give unto Ann
Willy Daughter
of John Willy of
South Petherton
in the said
County Mercer a
Silver Spoon
marked ABMM also
I give unto
Elizabeth Penny
[Barcock ?]
Daughter of John
Capel a Silver
Spoon marked
1630EW also I
give unto my
Cousin Jeremiah
Bewsey of
Pitminster
aforesaid my
Close of Meadow
or Pasture lying
at or near Pen
Mill in Yeovill
aforesaid
containing by
estimation eight
Acres for and
during the Term
of his natural
Life Subject to
the payment of
an Annuity or
four Pounds
hereinafter
charged thereon
and from and
immediately
after the
Decease of my
said Cousin
Jeremiah Bewsey
I give and
devise the Close
of Meadow or
Pasture lying at
or near Pen Mill
aforesaid unto
Jeremiah Bewsey
the younger son
of the said last
Jeremiah Bewsey
his Heirs and
Assigns forever
Subject
nevertheless to
the Payment of
the said Annuity
hereby charged
thereon and I
hereby give unto
the said Samuel
Daniel and John
Daniel the
yearly Sum of
four pounds
lawful money of
Great Britain
for and during
the natural Life
of Sarah Thomas
Daughter of John
and Sarah
Crosier In Trust
to and for the
Sole and
Separate use of
the said Sarah
Thomas the Same
not to be any
way under the
Controul of her
Present Husband
or liable to the
payment of his
Debts and I
hereby charge
and subject the
said Close of
Meadow or
Pasture lying at
or near Pen Mill
aforesaid with
the payment of
the said Annuity
or yearly Sum of
four pounds unto
the said Samuel
Daniel and John
Daniel their
Executors
Administrators
or assigns for
the purposes
aforesaid during
the natural Life
of the said
Sarah Thomas to
be Paid by half
yearly Payments
clear of all
deductions
whatsoever with
full Power of
Distress for the
same if in
Arrear for the
Space of forty
days next after
the same ought
to be paid also
I give and
bequeath unto
Mary Swetman of
Yeovil aforesaid
Spinster the
Weekly Sum of
one shilling and
six pence during
the Term of her
natural Life
also I give unto
Mary Pudding
Spinster one
Guinea also I
give unto Mary
Ringwell Widow
the Sum of five
Pounds also I
give unto
William Atkins
one Guinea also
I give unto
Elizabeth the
Wife of Joseph
Tayler one
Guinea also I
give unto
Elizabeth [Tear
?] Widow the sum
of five Pounds
also I give unto
the Reverend Mr
Peter Evans ten
Pounds to Preach
my Funeral
Sermon also I
further give and
bequeath unto
John Markes Son
of my Cousin
John Markes
deceased so much
money my
Executors
hereinafter
named shall
receive of the
Debt due unto me
from Thomas
Jeanes of
Carolina in
America and Paul
Jeanes formerly
of Yeovil Mercer
to be paid him
the said John
Markes by my
said Executors
when they or one
of them shall
have received
the Same and not
before also I
give and
bequeath unto
all the Children
of the late Mr
Samuel Dampier
of Yeovill
aforesaid
Clothier
deceased the Sum
of ten pounds
each when they
shall Severally
and respectively
attain the age
of twenty one
years but in
case they or
either of them
shall happen to
die before they
are twenty one
years old then
my Will is that
the legacy or
Legacys of him
her or them so
dying shall be
equally divided
amongst the
Survivors of
such Children
also I give and
bequeath unto
Mrs Dampier
Widow of the
said Samuel
Dampier two Gold
Mourning Rings
one of which is
marked 1718 MI
and the other of
them marked 1722
JD also I do
herby make
constitute and
appoint George
Cayme of Yeovil
aforesaid Glover
and John Will of
South Petherton
aforesaid Mercer
joint Executors
of this my last
Will and
Testament as to
all the rest
residue and
Remainder of my
Goods Chattels
Estate and
Effects
whatsoever and
wheresoever both
Real and
Personal of what
nature kind or
Quality soever
the same be not
by me otherwise
already disposed
of after and
subject to the
Payment of my
just Debts and
Funeral Charges
and the several
Legacies Sum and
Sums of Money
Bequests and
appointments by
me hereby given
bequeathed or
made and not
hereby by me
charged and
chargeable on
Lands or
Tenements by the
hereinbefore
devised I give
and bequeath the
same and every
Part thereof and
all my Estate
and interest
therein unto my
said Executors
the said George
Cayme and John
Willy their
Heirs Executors
Administrators
and Assigns
respectively
upon the Trusts
and to the
several uses
following that
is to say one
Moiety of the
said Residuum of
my real Estate
To the use f
Samuel Cayme
Mary Cayme and
Sarah Cayme Son
and Daughters of
the said George
Cayme their
respective Heirs
and Assigns
forever as
Tenants in
Common and not
as joint Tenants
and the other
Moiety of the
said Residuum of
my real Estate
to the use of
Elizabeth Axe
Daughter of
Stephen Axe
deceased Mary
Willy Margaret
Willy and Ann
Willy Daughters
of the said John
Willy their
respective Heirs
and Assigns
forever as
Tenants in
Common and not
as joint Tenants
and one Moiety
of the said
Residuum of my
Personal Estate
and effects In
Trust for the
said William
Cayme Samuel
Cayme Mary Cayme
Anne Cayme and
Sarah Cayme
equally to be
divided between
them Share and
Share alike and
the other Moiety
of the said
Residuum of my
Personal Estate
and Effects In
Trust for the
said Elizabeth
Axe Mary Willy
Margaret Willy
and Ann Willy
equally to be
divided between
them Share and
Share alike and
to and for no
other uses
Trusts Intents
or Purposes
whatsoever and
my further Will
is that they my
said Trustees
and Executors or
either of them
their or either
of their
Executors or
Administrators
shall not be
charged or
chargeable with
or accountable
for any more of
the abovesaid
Trusts Estates
Moneys and
Premises than
they
respectively
shall actually
receive or shall
come to their
respective Hands
by virtue of
this my Will nor
with or for any
loss which shall
happen of the
Same Estates
Moneys and
Premises or any
Part thereof so
as such loss
happen without
their Wilful
Default nor
either of them
for the other of
them or for the
Acts Deeds
Receipts or
Disbursements of
the other of
them but each of
them only for
his own Acts
Deeds Receipts
or Disbursements
and also that it
shall and may be
lawful for them
my said Trustees
and Executors
and each of them
their and each
of their
Executors and
Administrators
in the first
place by and out
of the aforesaid
respective
Trusts Estates
Moneys and
Premises by and
equal Deduction
of the two
Moietys of the
said Residuum of
my Personal
Estate to
reimburse him
and themselves
respectively all
such Loss Costs
Charges and
Expences as they
or either of
them shall
respectively
sustain expend
or be put unto
for or by reason
that the said
George Cayme and
John Willy have
the aforesaid
Trusts reposed
in them in
Relation to the
said Estates
Moneys and
Premises
respectively or
the Management
and Execution
thereof or any
other Thing in
any wise
relating
thereunto In
Witness whereof
I the said Anne
Markes the
Testatrix have
to this my last
Will and
Testament
contained in
this and the
Seven Preceding
Sheets of Paper
set my hand and
seal to wit my
hand to the
Bottom of each
of the Seven
Preceding Sheets
and my hand and
seal to this
last Sheet the
nineteenth day
of September in
the twenty
eighth year of
the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord
George the
Second by the
Grace of God of
Great Britain
France and
Ireland King
Defender of the
Faith and so
forth and in the
year of our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred
and fifty four
Ann Markes
The Writing contained in this and the seven Preceding Sheets of Paper was
Signed and
sealed by the
above named Anne
Markes the
Testatrix and by
her Published
and declared as
and for her last
Will and
Testament in the
Presence of us
who have
subscribed our
Names as
Witnesses
thereto in her
Presence and in
the Presence of
each other after
the following
Interlineations
were incerted as
hereafter
mentioned to wit
in the third
Sheet between
the 28th and
29th Lines the
Words also I
give unto Mary
the Wife of my
cousin George
Cayme a Mourning
Ring in the
fourth Sheet
between the 2nd
& 3rd Lines the
Words if she
shall be living
with me at my
Death but not
otherwise in the
Sixth Sheet
between the 22nd
& 23 Lines the
Words [much of
the remainder of
this paragraph
is illegible].
This Will was Proved at London the fifteenth
day of December
in the year of
our Lord One
thousand Seven
hundred and
Fifty Eight
before the Right
Honourable Sir
George Lee
Knight Doctor of
Laws Master
Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the Oaths of
George Cayme and
John Willy the
Executors named
in the said Will
to whom
Administration
was granted of
all and Singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
Deceased having
been first Sworn
by Commission
duly to
Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
