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1783 Will of James Hooper
Esquire
I
James Hooper
of Yeovil in the County of Somerset Esquire do make this
my Will in
manner following
I give all my
messuages Lands
Tenements and
Hereditaments
whatsoever and
wheresoever with
their and every
of their Rights
[Members?] and
Appurtenances
unto my Cousin
Jonathan Hooper
his Heirs and
Assigns for ever
I give
John
Hooper Nephew of
the said
Jonathan Hooper
three hundred
pounds and to
his Sister
Elizabeth Tyrrel
one hundred
pounds To
Elizabeth
Masters Widow
two hundred
pounds To my
Cousin William
Clarke Esquire I
give one hundred
pounds and to
his Sister
Frances Bartlett
Widow one
hundred pounds
To the three
Children of my
late Cousin John
Glyde or their
Representative I
give one hundred
pounds a piece
I give to my Servant John King if he shall be living with
me at the time
of my decease
five hundred
pounds and all
my Wearing
Apparel of what
nature or kind
soever To the
Custos and
Wardens of the
Almshouse of
Yeovil aforesaid
I give one
hundred pounds
for the use of
the poor of the
said House To
the poor of
Yeovil I give
twenty pounds
and to poor of
Preston ten
pounds also all
the Rest and
Residue of my
Personal Estate
Goods and
Chattels of what
nature or kind
soever not
hereinbefore by
me given I give
unto the said
Jonathan Hooper
whom I do hereby
make sole
Executor of this
my said Will In
Witness whereof
I have hereunto
set my Hand and
Seal this
sixteenth day of
December one
thousand seven
hundred and
eighty three
Jams Hooper
I do
by this Codicil of my own Handwriting and which I desire may be deemed and
taken as part of
my said Will
give unto the
above named
William Clark
Esq. the further
Sum of Four
hundred pounds
making in the
whole the Sum of
Five hundred
pounds As
Witness my hand
this seventeenth
day of December
one thousand
seven hundred
and eighty four
I
further give unto the above named John King on the Condition aforesaid the
Horse he usually
rides with the
Bridle Saddle
and
Accoutrements
thereunto
belonging As
Witness my Hand
the 9th August
1785
This Will
was proved at London with two Codicils the twentieth day of September in the
Year of our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred
and eighty seven
before the Right
Worshipful Peter
Calvert Doctor
of Laws Master
Keeper or
Commissary or
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the Oath of
Jonathan Hooper
Esquire 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
