The Document Chest
1696 will of Thomas Hawker
Esquire of Hawker's Farm, Vagg
The last Will and Testament
of Thomas Hawker
Esquire of Vagg
in the parish of
Yeovill in the
County of
Somersett being
in good and
perfect memory
made the
Thirtieth of
December one
thousand Six
hundred ninety
Six Imp[rimis] I
give unto my
dearly beloved
wife Elizabeth
Hawker one
hundred and
fifty pounds to
be paid her the
First day of
April next
ensuing the date
hereof by my
Trustees
provided if shee
Marry a Second
Husband the said
one hundred and
Fifty pounds to
bee repaid to my
Trustees upon
demand and
imployed for the
good of my
Children Item I
give to my Wife
the House I live
and the Orchard
and outhouses
belonging to it
for twelve
yeares after my
decease if the
lived on it live
soe long
provided shee
lived in the
house unmarried
and the use of
all the goods
withindoor and
the place
Tackling if she
married her [Joynture?]
herself Item I
give unto my
wife three Milch
Cowes for her
use while shee
lives in the
abovesaid House
But if shee
lives not in it
the said Cowes
to bee at the
dispose of my
Trustees for the
use of my
Children Item I
give to my wife
my Horse called
Angle and my
[bow?] Nag Item
I give unto my
Sonn George
Hawker All my
Lands except my
Land in Martock
and Boarehenton
parish which I
have lately sold
to one Palmer
who is now in
the possession
of it if the
Bargaine goes on
and be confirmed
part of the
money to pay for
an Estate I have
lately bought at
Vagg And my Will
is that none of
my Land shall
bee coppyed or
stated out
either by my
Trustees or
Widdow in my
Heires Minority
Item I give unto
my Sonn Charles
one thousand
pounds [around
£150,000 at
today's value]
to bee paid him
by my sonn
George when
Charles comes to
bee one and
twenty yeares of
Age Item I give
unto my daughter
Elizabeth one
thousand pounds
to be paid her
also by my Sonn
George when she
comes to the age
of one and
twenty years or
sooner if she
marry with the
consent of my
Trustees in her
Minority the
said Charles and
Elizabeth to bee
maintained and
educated out of
their brother
Georges Estate
at the
discretion of my
trustees
Provided they
keepe within the
yearly income of
my Sonn Georges
Estate and my
will is that my
Trustees shall
have the
Government and
Educating of my
Children only
Item I doe
constitute
appoint and
desire my Mother
Elizabeth Hawker
my Sister Sarah
Hawker and my
Sister Mary
Hawker to be my
Trustees and
Executrixes in
Trust of this my
last Will and
Testament And
hereby I doe
desire and
impower them to
take up monyes
for the
advantage of my
Heire if
occasion be on
his Estate not
exceeding the
Sume of Five
hundred pounds
Which moneys soe
to bee paid out
of my Heires
Estate with the
interest of the
same If either
of them Dye or
Marry the
Survivors to
appoint another
In Witnesse
whereof I have
set my hand and
Seale the day
and yeare above
written
Thos Hawker
In the presence
of
Abraham Forester
Rob Leach
Wm Markes
Proved at London 1697
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
gallery
The Hawker brass in St John's church, showing the Arms of Hawker impaling Duke.
