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1779 will of Mary Alford
Spinster
In the Name of God Amen I Mary Alford of Yeovil but late of Winsham
in the County of
Somerset
Spinster do
hereby revoking
all other former
Wills by me made
make this my
last Will and
Testament in
manner following
First I doe
hereby give
devise and
bequeath unto
Nathaniel Royse
of Winsham
aforesaid Clerk
and Singular my
Freehold
Leasehold or
Copyhold
Messuages Lands
Tenements and
Hereditaments
which I have in
the several
parishes of
Winsham
aforesaid or in
Yeovil in the
said County of
Somerset To hold
the same unto
the said
Nathaniel Royse
his Heirs
Executors and
Administrators
for and during
all such Term
and Terms of
Years Interest
and Estate as I
shall have
therein
respectively at
the time of my
decease Upon
Trust that he
the said
Nathaniel Royse
his Heirs
Executors and
Administrators
do and shall as
soon after my
death as
conveniently may
be by Auction or
otherwise sell
and dispose of
the said
Messuages Lands
and Tenements
for the most
Money that can
be had or gotten
for them and the
Money so arising
by sale thereof
together with
all such other
Moneys and
Effects as I
shall die
possessed of do
and shall apply
and pay in such
Manner and for
and towards the
discharge of my
Debts and the
Legacies
hereinafter by
me given and
bequeathed
provided always
that in case any
or either of the
lives on which
my said
Messuages Lands
or Tenements are
made
determinable
shall happen to
die after my
decease and
before the same
is or are
disposed of as
aforesaid and it
shall be deemed
beneficial for
the Sale thereof
to full state
the same by
adding a now
life or lives I
do hereby
impower the said
Nathaniel Royse
his Heirs
Executors and
Administrators
to Purchase and
Add such new
life or lives
and I do hereby
charge the said
several Estates
in the first
place with the
repayment of all
such Money and
Interest as
shall or may be
expended by the
said Nathaniel
Royse his Heirs
Executors or
Administrators
in or about the
purchase of such
life or lives of
and in them
respectively
Also I give and
bequeath unto my
Kinsman John
Hood of
Hardington the
Sum of two
Shillings and
Sixpence to be
paid him weekly
and every week
by my Executor
herein after
named for and
during the term
of his natural
life Also I give
and bequeath to
his Daughter
Mary Hood the
Sum of Four
hundred pounds
to be paid her
when she shall
arrive at the
Age of Twenty
one years with
Interest for the
same at and
after the rate
of Four pounds
by the hundred
for a Year to be
computed from
one year next
after my decease
and such
Interest to be
paid and applied
by my said
Executor unto
the said Mary
Hood for and
towards her
Education and
Maintenance by
two half Yearly
payments
Michaelmas and
Lady day the
first payment
thereof to be
made on such
of the said days as shall
first and next
happen after
such Interest
shall become due
as aforesaid
Also I give unto
Elizabeth [Kysing
?] Royse my God
Daughter the sum
of One hundred
pounds Also I
give and
bequeath unto
the two Children
of Edward
Whitely last of
Chard in the
County of
Somerset and to
his Sister
Elizabeth
Gregory Widow of
Froom in the
same County One
hundred pounds
to be equally
divided between
Edward
Wheatley's two
Children and
Elizabeth
Gregory their
Aunt Also I give
to Mrs Shew Wife
of George Shew
of Yeovil
aforesaid
Goldsmith Fifty
pounds and to my
servant that
shall live with
me at the time
of my death five
pounds all which
said last
mentioned
Legacies I do
hereby will and
direct to be
paid by my
Executor to the
respective
persons entitled
to receive the
same at the end
of one year next
after my decease
All the rest and
residue of my
Goods Chattels
Monies
Securities for
Monies personal
Estate and
Effects not
hereby given and
bequeathed after
payment of my
Just Debts
Funeral Expences
Legacies and the
said weekly
Allowance unto
the said John
Hood I do hereby
give and
bequeath unto
the said
Nathaniel Royse
his Executors or
Administrators
In Trust for and
to and for the
only proper use
and advantage of
the said Mary
Hood her
Executors
Administrators
and Assigns And
I do hereby
nominate
constitute and
appoint the said
Nathaniel Royse
whole and Sole
Executor of this
my Will And
lastly it is my
Will and I do
hereby declare
and direct that
it shall and may
be lawful to and
for the said
Nathaniel Royse
his Executors or
Administrators
in the first
place to deduct
and reimburse
him and
themselves by
and out of the
said Trust
premises and
Effects all such
Costs Charges
and Expences as
he or they shall
necessarily
expend or be put
unto in and
about the
Execution of the
Trusts hereby in
him or them
reposed and that
he or they shall
not be
answerable for
any more Moneys
than shall come
to his or their
hands
respectively nor
for any that
shall be
casually lost
and not
Willfully In
Witness hereof I
have hereunto
set my Hand and
Seal this
Seventeenth day
of February One
thousand Seven
hundred and
Seventy nine
Mary Alford
Signed Sealed
published and
declared by the
said Mary Alford
the Testatrix as
and for her last
Will and
testament
containing two
sheets of paper
to each of which
She has set her
name and to the
last thereof has
affixed her Seal
in the presence
of us who have
Signed our names
as Witnesses
thereto in her
presence and in
the presence of
each other
John King
Charles
King
Thomas
Hare
This Will was proved at London the
Twelfth day o
April in the
year of Our Lord
One thousand
Seven hundred
and Seventy nine
before the Right
Worshipful Peter
Calvert Doctor
of Laws Master
Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
Constituted by
the Oath of the
Reverend
Nathaniel Royse
Clerk the Sole
Executor named
in the said Will
to whom
Administration
was granted of
all and Singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
deceased he
having been
first sworn by
Commission duly
to Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
