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Will of Thomas Scrivener of Potterspury, 1682
In the name of god amen I Thomas Scrivener of Potterspurie in the County of Northampton yeoman being weake in body but of good and perfecte memory prayesed be god for the same do make & ordaine This to bee my last Will and Testament as followeth first I comand my sperit to all myty god my creator and my body to be buried in the parish Church neare the place my father was with such finerall as to my executors here after named shall thinke fite. [which are Margaret Scrivener my wife and Richard my son]i and as for my temporal estate I doe dispose of it as followeth: first I give and bequeth unto Richard Scrivener my sonn all my howses landes Closes meadows and assarte groundes standing lying and being with in the parish of Potterspurie Cousgrave or Passenham with all apurtenances There unto belonging after the decease of Margaret my wife [illegible] to Richard my sonn and his ares for ever. Item I give to Mar[illegible] Kingston dafter of my sister Jane deceased Thirty poundes [to be] payd to her with in on yeare after my deses Item I give to Thomas Kingston fyve shillings Item I give Elizabeth and Grace Scrivener fyve shillings a peese Item I give unto my brother William Scriveners Children fyve shillings a peese Item I give to my kinsman William Stilton fyve shillings Item I give unto Marie Kingston the dafter of William Kingston fyve shillings Item I give to George Kingstons Children fyve shillings a peese Item I give to Marie Willows Children fyve shillings a peese : and all so I do desire Margaret my wife to pay to my scister in la [Marie Scrivener]i Thirty poundes a yeare during her life given unto her by Richard Scrivener my decesed brother : and I do desire Margaret my wife and Richard my sonn to pay yearely the interest of Three pounds upon St Thomas day to Eighteene of the poorest people in the Towne of Potterspurie : Item I further ordaine and appoint my well beloved Brother in Law William Kingston to be the Overseer of this my last Will and Testament and for his care and paines taking Therein I do allow him twenty shillings. In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale the twenty third day of December and in the three and thurtieth year of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland and in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty [one] Thomas Scrivener In Witnesse of |
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