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On yethe other ſide are yethe names of thoſe to whōwhome
my deceaſed neeceNeece left legacieslegacyes.
f. 2
All thoſe ytthat are croſt are diſcharged already,
yethe reſt
are to be payd./
To Mrs Magdalen Vaughan 100l̄
to Mrs Catherine Vaughā — 100l̄
Ｘ to Mr George Herbert 100l̄
Ｘ to Mrs Beatrice Herbert 40l̄
Ｘ to Mrs Jane Herbert 10l̄
Ｘ to Mrs Danuers — 5l̄
to Amy Danuers — 30s
to Mrs Anne Danuers 20s
to Mrs Mary Dāuers 20s
to Mrs Michel 20s
to Mrs Elizabeth Danuers. Mr Henry Dāuers wife 20s
Ｘ to ye poore of the pariſh 20l̄
to my Lord of Cherbery 10l̄
Ｘ to Mr Boſtocke 40s
Ｘ to Elizabeth Burthen 30s
Ｘ to Mary Gifford 10s
Ｘ to Anne Hibbert 10s
Ｘ to Williā Scuce 20s
to Mrs Judith Spenſer 5l̄
to Mary Owens 40s
Ｘ to Mrs Mary Lawly 50s
to Mr Gardiner 10l̄. To Mrs Magdalen Vaughan one hvndred pound, To Mrs. Catherine Vaughan One
hvndred pound,Ｘ
To Mr. George Herbert
one hvndred poundＸ
To Mrs
Beatrice Herbert
forty pound,Ｘ To Mrs. Jane Herbert tenn pound,Ｘ To Mrs. Danvers five pound,Ｘ To Amy ⫳
Danvers thirty ſhillings, To Mrs. Anne Danvers twentie ſhillings, To Mrs. Mary ⫳
Danvers twenty ſhilling, To Mrs Michel twentie ſhillings, To Mrs. Elizabeth Danvers
Mr. Henry Danvers wife twenty ſhillings,Ｘ
to the poore of the pariſh twenty
poundＸ
To my Lord of Cherbery tenn poundＸ
To Mr. Boſstocke
forty ſhillingsＸ
To Elizabeth ⫳
Burthen thirty ſhillings,Ｘ To Mary Gifford tenn ſhillings,Ｘ To Anne Hibbert tenn
ſhillings,Ｘ To William Scuce twenty ſhillings,Ｘ To Mrs Judith Spenſser five pound
To Mary Owens forty ſhillings,Ｘ
To Mrs.
Mary Lawly
ffifty ſhillingsＸ
To Mr. Gardiner
Tenn pound,
Mſ. ytthat the 5l̄five pound due to Mrs. JudithJudeth Spenſer is to be payd
to Mrs.
Mary Lawly at Chelſey.
Mſ. ytthat there are diuvers mon̄eysmoneys of mine in Mr. Stephens
[illegible] hands
ſStationer of LondōLondon, hauving lately receauved
an hundred and two pounds, beſides ſome
rRemainders
of mon̄yesmonyes wherof he is to giuve as I know he wilwill
a iuſtIuſt account. if there be
any body els ytthat owe me any
thing els ^of old debtof old debt I forgiuve ymthem./
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eccleſie Anglicane Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo Trireſimo Secundo Iuramento ⫳
Arthuri Woodnoth executoris in huiusmodi teſtamento nominati cui commiſſa
fuit adminiſtratio omnium et ſingulorum bonorum Iurium et creditorum dicti ⫳
defuncti De bene et fideliter adminiſtrando eadem Ad Sancta Dei Evangelia
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A° Dō: 1632
T: Georgii Herbert cli͞ci def͞.
I George HerbertI George Herbert: commending my ſouleSoule, &and body To Georgij
to Al-
mightyie Ggod ytthat made ymthem doe thus diſpoſe of my goods.,
I giue all my goods Herbert./
both within doores, & and without doores
both monneys, & and bookes, &and houwſhould ſtuffe whether‸whatſoe’erwhether
in my
poſſeſſiōon or out of my poſſeſſiōon ytthat proꝑperly belonge to me
vnto my deare wife,
excepting onely theſe legacies here-
after inſuing.
First there is 700l̄iSeaven hvndred pounds
in Mr. Thomas Lawleys hands a
mMerchant of Londōon, which fell to me by the death of my ⫳
deare neNeece Mrs. Dorothy Vaughan whereof 200two hvndredl̄i pounds
belongs to my two ⫳
neecesNeeces ytthat ſuruiuvive, &and the reſt vnto
my ſelfe, this whole ſum̄ of 500five hvndredl̄i pounds
I bequeath vn‸vnto
my neecesNeeces œequally to be diudevided betweene ymthem ſau ex-
cepting ſome legacies
of myſaid
deceaſed neeceNeece which are
to be payd out of it vnto ſome whoſe names ſhal be ⫳
annexed vnto this bill;,
Then I bequeath 20l̄twenty pounds vnto yethe poore of this pariſh
to be diudevided according to my deare wiuves diſcretion,
tThen I bequeath to Mr Hays yethe ⫳
comment of Lucas Bru-
genſis vppon yethe ſcripture, & and his halfe yeares wages afore-
hand, then I bequeath to Mr Boſtocke St. Auguſtines
workes, & and his halfe yeares
wages aforehand, ynthen I leauve
to my ſeruant Elizabethiijl̄
her^
here duble wages
leauing
giuven her iijl̄three pound more ⫳ my ſervant Elizabeth
beſides ytthat which is due to her,
to Ann I leauve 30sthirty shillings, to Margeret 20stwenty shilling, to
To William
twenty nobles, toTwenty Nobles, To John 20s,twentie shillings alall theſe are ouer &ver and
abouve ⫳
theretheir wages. toTo Sara 13s - 4d.thirteene shillings foure pence,
Alſoe my wil, &will and pleaſure is ytis ⫳
that Mr. Woodnoth ſhould
be mine executor,or. to whōome I bequeath 20l̄itwenty pound whereof
15l̄ififteene pound ſhal be beſtowed vppōonLate Leighton church, yethe other
5l̄pound I giue to
himſelfe. LaſtlyLastlie I beſeech Sr. John Danuvers
yt he wilthat he would be pleaſed to be ouverſeere of
this will.
George Herbert
testes
Nathanael Boſtocke
Elizabeth Burden.George: Herbert./ testes Nathaniell Bostocke, Elizabeth: Burden./
T: Georgii Herbert cli͞ci def͞.
I George HerbertI George Herbert: commending my ſouleSoule, &and body To Georgij
to Al-
mightyie Ggod ytthat made ymthem doe thus diſpoſe of my goods.,
I giue all my goods Herbert./
both within doores, & and without doores
both monneys, & and bookes, &and houwſhould ſtuffe whether‸
in my
poſſeſſiōon or out of my poſſeſſiōon ytthat proꝑperly belonge to me
vnto my deare wife,
excepting onely theſe legacies here-
after inſuing.
First there is 700l̄iSeaven hvndred pounds
in Mr. Thomas Lawleys hands a
mMerchant of Londōon, which fell to me by the death of my ⫳
deare neNeece Mrs. Dorothy Vaughan whereof 200two hvndredl̄i pounds
belongs to my two ⫳
neecesNeeces ytthat ſuruiuvive, &and the reſt vnto
my ſelfe, this whole ſum̄ of 500five hvndredl̄i pounds
I bequeath vn‸vnto
my neecesNeeces œequally to be diudevided betweene ymthem
cepting ſome legacies
of my
to be payd out of it vnto ſome whoſe names ſhal be ⫳
annexed vnto this bill;,
Then I bequeath 20l̄twenty pounds vnto yethe poore of this pariſh
to be diudevided according to my deare wiuves diſcretion,
tThen I bequeath to Mr Hays yethe ⫳
comment of Lucas Bru-
genſis vppon yethe ſcripture, & and his halfe yeares wages afore-
hand, then I bequeath to Mr Boſtocke St. Auguſtines
workes, & and his halfe yeares
wages aforehand, ynthen I leauve
to my ſeruant Elizabeth
giuven her iijl̄three pound more ⫳ my ſervant Elizabeth
beſides ytthat which is due to her,
to Ann I leauve 30sthirty shillings, to Margeret 20stwenty shilling, to
To William
twenty nobles, toTwenty Nobles, To John 20s,twentie shillings alall theſe are ouer &ver and
abouve ⫳
theretheir wages. toTo Sara 13s - 4d.thirteene shillings foure pence,
Alſoe my wil, &will and pleaſure is ytis ⫳
that Mr. Woodnoth ſhould
be mine executor,or. to whōome I bequeath 20l̄itwenty pound whereof
15l̄ififteene pound ſhal be beſtowed vppōon
5l̄pound I giue to
himſelfe. LaſtlyLastlie I beſeech Sr. John Danuvers
yt he wilthat he would be pleaſed to be ouverſeere of
this will.
George Herbert
testes
Nathanael Boſtocke
Elizabeth Burden.George: Herbert./ testes Nathaniell Bostocke, Elizabeth: Burden./
On yethe other ſide are yethe names of thoſe to whōwhome
my deceaſed neeceNeece left legacieslegacyes.
f. 2
All thoſe ytthat are croſt are diſcharged already,
yethe reſt
are to be payd./
To Mrs Magdalen Vaughan 100l̄
to Mrs Catherine Vaughā — 100l̄
Ｘ to Mr George Herbert 100l̄
Ｘ to Mrs Beatrice Herbert 40l̄
Ｘ to Mrs Jane Herbert 10l̄
Ｘ to Mrs Danuers — 5l̄
to Amy Danuers — 30s
to Mrs Anne Danuers 20s
to Mrs Mary Dāuers 20s
to Mrs Michel 20s
to Mrs Elizabeth Danuers. Mr Henry Dāuers wife 20s
Ｘ to ye poore of the pariſh 20l̄
to my Lord of Cherbery 10l̄
Ｘ to Mr Boſtocke 40s
Ｘ to Elizabeth Burthen 30s
Ｘ to Mary Gifford 10s
Ｘ to Anne Hibbert 10s
Ｘ to Williā Scuce 20s
to Mrs Judith Spenſer 5l̄
to Mary Owens 40s
Ｘ to Mrs Mary Lawly 50s
to Mr Gardiner 10l̄. To Mrs Magdalen Vaughan one hvndred pound, To Mrs. Catherine Vaughan One
hvndred pound,
forty pound,Ｘ To Mrs. Jane Herbert tenn pound,Ｘ To Mrs. Danvers five pound,Ｘ To Amy ⫳
Danvers thirty ſhillings, To Mrs. Anne Danvers twentie ſhillings, To Mrs. Mary ⫳
Danvers twenty ſhilling, To Mrs Michel twentie ſhillings, To Mrs. Elizabeth Danvers
Mr. Henry Danvers wife twenty ſhillings,
To my Lord of Cherbery tenn pound
Burthen thirty ſhillings,Ｘ To Mary Gifford tenn ſhillings,Ｘ To Anne Hibbert tenn
ſhillings,Ｘ To William Scuce twenty ſhillings,Ｘ To Mrs Judith Spenſser five pound
To Mary Owens forty ſhillings,
Tenn pound,
Mſ. ytthat the 5l̄five pound due to Mrs. JudithJudeth Spenſer is to be payd
to Mrs.
Mary Lawly at Chelſey.
Mſ. ytthat there are diuvers mon̄eysmoneys of mine in Mr. Stephens
ſStationer of LondōLondon, hauving lately receauved
an hundred and two pounds, beſides ſome
rRemainders
of mon̄yesmonyes wherof he is to giuve as I know he wilwill
a iuſtIuſt account. if there be
any body els ytthat owe me any
thing els ^of old debtof old debt I forgiuve ymthem./
Probatum apud Londi͞iu coram Mag͞ro
William̄ Mericke legum doctore Surrogato @
duodecimo die menſis Martij Anno d͞ni iuxta @
i632 Iuramento Arthuri Woodnoth ex͞ris @
Cui @ de bene @ iurat. /Probatum: fuit teſtamentum ſupraſcriptum apud London
coram venerabili viro magiſtro Willimo Mericke legum doctore Surrogato ⫳
204v venerabilis viri Domini Henrici Marten militis legum etiam doctoris curiæ ⫳ ⫳
Prerogatiue Cantuarienſis magiſtri Cuſtodis ſive Commiſſarij legitime conſtituti
Duodecimo die menſis Martij Anno Domini iuxta curſum et computac̄onem ⫳
eccleſie Anglicane Milleſimo Sexcenteſimo Trireſimo Secundo Iuramento ⫳
Arthuri Woodnoth executoris in huiusmodi teſtamento nominati cui commiſſa
fuit adminiſtratio omnium et ſingulorum bonorum Iurium et creditorum dicti ⫳
defuncti De bene et fideliter adminiſtrando eadem Ad Sancta Dei Evangelia
in debita iuris forma Iurat./ GL
Examinatur per me
Gabrielem Lyon no:riūpub:cū