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1744 Will of Thomas Knight
Gentleman
The Last Will and Testament
of me Thomas
Knight of
Yeovill in the
County of
Somersett
Gentleman made
this thirteenth
day of December
in the Year of
our Lord One
thousand Seven
hundred and
forty four and
first my Will is
that all my just
Debts may be
fully paid and
satisfyed And
also my Will is
that I may be
Buryed by my
dear Wife in the
Chancell of the
Parish Church of
Closworth in the
said County and
that my funeral
Expences may not
exceed the sum
of Eight Pounds
Also I give and
bequeath unto my
two Daughters
Elizabeth Knight
and Issabella
Knight the sum
of Four hundred
and twenty
pounds apeice to
be paid unto
each of them
within six
Months after my
decease by my
Executrix
hereinafter
named Also I
give and
bequeath unto my
Grandaughter
Mary Beacham the
sum of One
hundred pounds
at her Age of
one and twenty
Years and my
Will is that the
Interest thereof
in the mean time
shall be laid up
for her Use as
an Augmentation
of her Legacy or
to be laid out
and paid for or
towards her
Maintenance and
Education in uch
manner as my
said Executrix
shall think
proper Alo I
give and
bequeath unto my
Grandson Francis
Edwards my Watch
Silver Spurrs
Sword and all my
Law Books Also I
do Nominate and
Appoint my
Daughter Ann
Knight to be the
Lords next
Tenant to all
that my
Customary
Tenement with
its
Appurtenances
lying in
Yetminster in
the County of
Dorsett called
Frenches
Tenement and
lately in the
possession of
Richard Mundeen
deceased To hold
to her and her
Assigns
according to the
Custom of the
Manor to which
the same belongs
Also I do
Nominate and
Appoint Mr
Arthur Cosens of
Yetminster
aforesaid to be
the Lords next
Tenant to all
that Customary
Tenement with
its
Appurtenances
lying in
Yetminster
aforesaid called
Grinsteds higher
Tenement
deceased To hold
to him and his
Assigns
according to the
Custom of the
Manor to which
the same belongs
under the Trusts
mentioned in his
late Fathers
Will concerning
the same Also I
give devise and
bequeath unto my
said Daughter
Ann Knight all
my Real Estate
Goods Chattles
and Personal
Estate
whatsoever and
wheresoever
chargeable with
the payment of
all my said
Debts and
Legacys
hereinbefore by
me givn and I do
hereby make her
the said Ann
Knight sole
Executrix of
this my last
Will and
Testament hereby
revoking and
making void all
former Wills by
me made In
Witness whereof
I have hereunto
sett my Hand and
Seal the day and
year above
written
Tho[mas] Knight
Signed Sealed
Published and
declared by the
said Thomas
Knight to be his
last Will and
Testament in the
presence of us
who subscribed
our Names as
Witnesses hereto
in his presence
and at his
request
R Kennaway
Tho[ma]s
Bartlett the
Younger
John
Gardner
This Will was proved at London the
twenty first day
of June in the
Year of our Lord
One thousand
Seven hundred
and forty eight
before the Right
Worshipfull John
Bettesworth
Doctor of Laws
Master Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the Oath of Ann
Knight Spinster
the Daughter and
sole Executrix
named in the
said Will To
whom
Administration
was granted of
all and singular
the Goods
Chattles and
Creditts of the
deceased being
first sworn by
Commission duly
to Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
