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1734 will of dorothy dorrington
Wife of William Dorrington
The Last Will and Testament of Me Dorothy
Dorrington Wife
of William
Dorrington of
Yeovill in the
County of
Somerset
Gent[leman] made
the Twenty Third
Day of December
in the Eighth
Year of the
reign of our
Sovereign Lord
King George the
Second Annoqi
Domini 1734
First I give and
bequeath to my
Dear and Loving
Husband William
Dorrington all
and Singular my
Household Goods
and Implements
of Household
whatsoever Also
I give unto my
Son Edward Perry
my Silver Cupp
and the Great
Bible which were
his Fathers Also
I give unto my
Daughter in Law
Mary Perry my
best Suit of
Linnen and my
best Silk Night
Gown and I give
all the rest of
my Wearing
Apparel unto my
Daughter
Elizabeth Bewsey
Also all the
rest of my Goods
Chattles Moneys
and Personal
Estate
whatsoever not
hereinbefore
given I give and
bequeath unto my
said Son Edward
Perry and my
said Daughter
Elizabeth Bewsey
equally to be
devided between
Them They paying
thereout all my
Just Debts and
Funeral Expences
And my Will is
that the share
of my said
Daughter Bewsey
of the remainder
of such Personal
Estate as
aforesaid shall
within the Space
of One Year next
after my Death
be laid out by
my Said Husband
William
Dorrington in
the Purchase of
Some lands of
Inheritance and
the Same to be
Settled and
Assured to and
for the Sole and
Separate Use of
my said Daughter
Elizabeth Bewsey
for and during
the Term of her
Natural Life and
from and after
her decease To
the use and
Behoofe of such
Child or
Children of the
Body of my said
Daughter Bewsey
begotten or to
be begotten by
Charles Bewsey
her present
Husband for such
Estate or
Estates therein
as my said
Daughter
Elizabeth Bewsey
shall
(notwithstanding
her Coverture)
by her Last Will
and
Testament in
Writing or by
any other
writing attested
by Three or more
Credible
Witnesses give
Limit or Appoint
the Same and for
want of such
Will or Deed
Then to and for
the use and
Behoofe of the
right Heirs of
the said
Elizabeth Bewsey
for ever and to
and for none
other Use Intent
or Purpose
whatsoever And
lastly I do
hereby make my
said Husband
Executor and
Trustee of this
my Will Desiring
Him to see the
Same duely
performed In
Witness whereof
I the said
Dorothy
Dorrington have
here unto set my
Hand and Seal
the Day and Year
above written
Dorothy
Dorrington
Signed Sealed
Published and
Declared by the
said Dorothy
Dorrington to be
her Last Will
and Testament in
the presence of
us
Joan Bucher
The Mark
of Elizabeth
Phelps
Tho[mas]
Knight Esq[uire]
This Will was proved at London On the
Twenty Eighth
Day of May In
the Year of our
Lord One
Thousand Seven
Hundred and
Thirty Six
Before the Right
Worshipful John
Bettesworth
Doctor of Laws
Master Keeper of
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
Constituted by
Oath of William
Dorrington the
Husband of the
Deceased and
Executor named
in the said Will
To Whom
Administration
was granted of
all and Singular
the Goods
Chattells and
Credits of the
said deceased He
being first
sworn by
Commission well
and truely to
Administer the
Same
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
