The Document Chest
1740 Will of Robert Hayne
Glover
This is the last Will and
Testament of me
Robert Hayne of
Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset Glover
Imprimis
I give unto my
Son Jeremiah
Hayne one
Hundred pounds I
also give unto
my Daughter
Hannah Hayne one
Hundred pounds
which said
Legacies my Will
is shall be paid
to my said
Children at the
respective ages
of one and
twenty years
I give
unto my dear
Wife Sarah Hayne
All the Rest and
Residue of my
Goods and
Chattles
whatsoever and I
do hereby make
and appoint the
said Sarah Hayne
whole and sole
Executrix of
this my last
Will and
Testament
Subscribed my
name and set my
seal this
Twentieth day of
March in the
year of our Lord
One Thousand
seven Hundred
and Forty
Rob[er]t Hayne
Signed Sealed
Published and
Declared by the
said Testator as
and for his last
Will and
Testament in the
presence of us
who have
subscribed our
names as
Witnesses
thereof in his
presence
Nath[aniel]
Butler Batten
Clement
Cheesman
This Will was proved at London the
fourteenth day
of April in the
year of our Lord
one Thousand
Seven Hundred
and Forty one
before the Right
Worshipful John
Bettesworth
Doctor of laws
Master Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the oath of
Sarah Hayne
Widow the Relict
of the
deceased and
Sole Executrix
named in the
said Will to
whom
Administration
was granted of
all and singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
said deceased
being first
Sworn by
Commission duly
to Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
