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1665 will of Edward Munckton
Yeoman
In the Name of God Amen
I Edward Munckton of Yeovell in the County of Somersett yeoman being of good
and perfect Mind
and Memory but
weake of Bodye
doe make and
ordaine this my
last Will and
Testament in
manner and forme
following that
is to say I
Committ and give
my Soule into
the hands of
Almighty God my
Maker hoping for
salvation
through the
meritts Death
and passion of
Jesus Christ my
sole Saviour and
Redeemer And my
Body to
Christian
Buriall in the
Parish
Churchyard of
Yeovell at the [Charyed
?] and
discretion of my
Executrix of
this my last
Will and Testam[en]t
Item I give will
and devise unto
Joseph Munckton
my sonn his
executors adm[inis]trat[or]s
and assignes All
that my half
Acre of arable
Land by [escimacion
?] lying and
being in a Close
called Holland
within the
mannor of
Kingston iuxta
Yeovell in th
said County of
Somersett which
I bought by
Indenture
bearing date the
First day of May
In the
Fowerteenth
yeare of the
Raigne of the
late King
Charles the
First of England
[word illegible
- xxj ?] For the
terme of
Fowerscore and
Nyneteene yeares
if my self
Robert and
Jasper my sonnes
or any or either
of us shall so
long lyve And
all my Estate
right title
terme of yeares
Clayme and
demand
whatsoever of in
and unto the
same half Acre
Together with
the Lease
thereof Item I
give will devise
and bequeath
unto my daughter
Susanna Munckton
her executors
adm[inis]trat[or]s
and assignes All
that my Close of
Meadow called
Hollands
conteyning by
estimacion Three
Acres lying and
being in the
Parish of
Yeovell
aforesaid which
I bought of John
Brayne And all
my Estate right
title interest
terme of yeares
residue and Rest
of all my terme
of yeares Clayme
and demand
whatsoever of in
and unto my said
last mentioned
Close called
Hollande
together with
the Deed or
Assignment
thereof Item I
giver unto my
said daughter
Susanna the sume
of Two Hundred
Pounds To be
paid unto her by
my Executor of
this my last
Will and
Testament within
One yeare after
my decease But
if my said
Executor shall
neglect or
refuse to pay
the same within
the time
aforesaid Then I
doe hereby give
and devise unto
my said daughter
Susanna her
executors
administrators
and assignes All
those my Three
Closes called
Bowches lying
and being in the
Parish of
Bradford in the
County of
Dorsett with
theire and every
of theire
appurtenances
And all my
Estate right
title interest
terme of yeares
yet to come and
unexpired Item I
give to my sonns
Jasper Munckton
John Munckton
and Joseph
Munckton Fyve
shillings a
peece All the
rest and residue
of my Goods and
Chattells Debts
and Creditts not
herein or hereby
given and
bequeathed I doe
hereby give
devise and
bequeath unto my
sonn William
Munckton whome I
doe hereby
nominate make
and declare
whole and sole
Executor of this
my last Will and
Testament In
Witness whereof
I doe hereunto
sett my hand and
seale this
second day of
may In the
Seaventeenth
yeare of the
Raigne of our
Soveraigne Lord
King Charles the
second of
England Anno Dm
1665
The mark of Edward Munckton
Sealed delyvered published and declared in the presence of us
The mark of Thomas Churchhouse
The mark
of Alice Bishopp
Walter
Foy
Proved at London in 1675
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
