The Document Chest
1778 Will of Thomas Slade
Surgeon
This is the last Will
and Testament of
me Thomas Slade
of Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset Surgeon
I give unto [Tarrissa?]
Chapmen one
Silver Tankard
mark [F.G.?] one
silver porringer
one silver
Tumbler one
silver Baker one
silver Sugar
Dish three
silver Table
Spoons one
silver Salts and
one silver Cream
Mug I give unto
Thomas Taunton
Son of Samuel
Taunton deceased
one silver
Tankard mark SD
I give unto
Samuel Taunton
Son of the above
Samuel Taunton
one silver
Waiter mark E.C.
I give
unto Frances
Taunton Daughter
of the above
Samuel Taunton
deceased one
silver Coffee
Pot I give unto
Mary Tucker of
Axminster
Daughter of the
above Samuel
Taunton deceased
six Silver Table
Spoons mark G.A.
I give
unto Charity
Sims my Servant
All the Wearing
Apparel of the
late Mary Marsh
except one Grey
Silk Gown which
I give unto my
Sister Elizabeth
Loaker of
Evilchester
I
likewise give
unto Charity
Sims six silver
Tea Spoons which
was the property
of the above
Mary Marsh
deceased
All the
above Legacies
shall be given
as mentioned
above if in case
my Daughter
Elizabeth Slade
dies without
Issue but if any
Issue then above
Legacies to be
null and void
My Will
further is that
Charity Sims my
Servant shall
have fifty
Pounds to be
paid by my
Executors In
Trust herein
after named one
Month after my
decease
Mt Will
further is that
if my Daughter
Elizabeth Slade
should die
before & she
arrives to the
Age of twenty
one Years That
the said Charity
Sims shall be
paid fifty
pounds out of
the Effects
which will be
then left at the
deceased of my
Daughter
Elizabeth Slade
I give
unto Joseph
Thomas Loaker
Son of my Sister
Elizabeth Loaker
one pair of
silver Shoe
Buckles Knee
Buckles and
Stock Buckles
I give
unto Edward
Slade Son of my
Uncle Edward
Slade one silver
Table Spoon
I give
unto Margarett
Slade Hannah
Slade Daughters
of the above
Edward Slade one
silver Table
Spoon each And I
appoint Mr
Thomas Taunton
and Mr James
Knight of
Cannington and
Mr Henry Slade
of North Perrott
and Mr John
Mercers of
Halstock
Executors In
Trust for my
Daughter
Elizabeth Slade
my Will and
Meaning is that
the above Samuel
Taunton and
James Knight
shall have the
sole care in the
Instruction and
Education of my
Daughter
Elizabeth Slade
and concerning
all the rest and
residue of my
Goods Chattels
Personal and
Testamentary
Estate
whatsoever and
wheresoever and
of what nature
kind or quality
soever I give
and bequeath the
same unto my
Daughter
Elizabeth Slade
whom I make and
appoint sole
Executrix of
this my last
Will and
Testament
In
Witness whereof
I the said
Thomas Slade the
Testator have to
this my last
Will and
Testament
subscribed my
Name and set my
Seal this third
day of February
in the Year of
our Lord one
thousand seven
hundred and
seventy eight
Thos Slade
Signed Sealed
Published and
Declared by the
said testator in
the presence of
us
Thomas Symes
The mark
of Betty Hodges
Mary
Winsor
This Will was proved at London the
first day of
October in the
Year of our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred
and seventy
eight before the
Right Worshipful
Sir Geo Hay Knt
Doctor of Laws
Master Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the Oaths of
Thomas Taunton
James Knight
Henry Slade and
John Mercers the
Executors In
Trust agreeable
to the tenor of
the appointment
in the said Will
for Elizabeth
Slade Spinster a
Minor the
Daughter of the
deceased to whom
Administration
was granted of
all and singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
said deceased
they having been
first sworn by
Commission duly
to administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
