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Richard Doggett

Prerogative Court of Canterbury will made: 5th January 1679
Probate Date: 12th August 1682
Proved by Elizabeth Doggett, widow of the testator
National Archive Catalogue reference: PROB 11/370

The original document is in the custody of the National Archives

Transcript

In the name of God Amen I Richard Doggett of Laighton Bussard in the County of Bedford Gentleman being in reasonable good health of body and of perfect sence memory and understanding praised bee Almighty God therefore yet Considering the certeinety of this life and that I am in my declineing age / Doe make and ordeine this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) First above all other things I commend and resigne my soule into the hands of Almighty God my maker Assuredly beleeveing to bee saved by the meritts of Jesus Christ And Concerning my worldly estate I dispose thereof as followeth I give and bequeath unto Richard Pawlett my Grandchild youngest sonne of my daughter Debora Pawlett and to the heires of his body lawfully to bee begotten forever All and every my Lands Tenements meadow pastures and hereditaments whatsoever scituate lyeing and being in the feilds parish precincts and Territories of Steeple Cleydon in the County of Buck[ingham] And for default of such issue I give and bequeath All the same premisses with the appertenances unto William Pawlett my Grandchild eldest sonne of my said daughter Pawlett and to the heires of his body lawfully to bee begotten forever And for default of such Issue I give and bequeath all the same premises with the appertenances unto Sarah Ironside and Martha Ironside my Grandchildren the Two Daughters of my late Daughter Judith Ironside / and to the Heires of their respective bodies lawfully to bee begotten forever equally to bee divided betweene them share and share a like And for default of such Issue I \give and/ bequeath all the same premises with the appertenances unto the said Debora Paulett my daughter and to the heires of her body lawfully begotten and to bee begotten forever And for default of such Issue I bequeath all the same premises with the appertenances unto Ralph Doggett \of Laighton Bussard aforesaid (sonne of my late Brother Ralph Doggett/ deceased) and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten and to bee begotten forever And for default of such Issue I give and bequeath All the same premisses with the appertenances unto my Cosen Thomas Doggett brother of my said Cosen Ralph Doggett and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten and to bee begotten forever And for default of such Issue I Give and Bequeath All the same premisses with the appertenances unto Edward Doggett my couzen One of the sonnes of my brother Lawrence Doggett and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten and to bee begotten forever And for default of such Issue my Will and true meaning is that all the same premisses with the appertenances shall discend and come unto the Right heires of mee the said Richard Doggett forever And to see all and every The Rents Issues and profitts of all the same premises disposed of to the use and benefitt of my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett untill hee shall accomplish his full age of One and Twenty yeares (according to my desire) My will true intent and meaning is That my loveing freinds and Trustees Francis Winton of Laighton Bussard aforesaid Gentleman Thomas Turney of the parish of Soulbery in the County of Buck[ingham] Gentleman Robert Turney of the parish of Linslade in the County of Buck[ingham] Gentleman and John Marshe of Laighton Bussard aforesaid Gentleman shall have the full power disposeing letting and setting of all the same premisses with Th'appertenances in their owne Names and shall take and receive All the rents Issues and profitts thereof to the sole use and benefitt of my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett untill hee shall Accomplish his full Age of one and Twenty yeares And my will and desire is That my said foure Trustees (or so many of them who shall accept of and undertake the trust by mee in them hereby reposed and the survivor and survivors of them Doe then pay all the same rents Issues and profitts of the same premisses with the appertenances unto my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett within three monethes next after hee shall Accomplish his Age of One and Twenty yeares And if it shall please God that my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett shall dye and depart this life without Issue of his body lawfully begotten before hee shall Accomplish his said Age of One and Twenty yeares That then in such Case My will desire and request is That my said foure Trustees Francis Winton Thomas Turney Robert Turney and John Marshe and the Survivor and survivors of of them shall have the full power disposeing letting and setting of all the same premises with the appertenances in their owne name and take and receive All the rents Issues and profitts thereof for the use and benefitt of my said Grandchild William Pawlett untill hee shall accomplish his full age of one and Twenty yeares And my Will is that my said foure Trustees and the survivor and survivors of them Doe render and pay all the said Rents and profitts of the same premisses unto the said William Pawlett my Grandchild within Three monethes next after hee shall Accomplish his full age of one and Twenty yeares And if both my said Grandchildren Richard Pawlett and William Pawlett shall dye and depart this Life without Issue of their Respective bodies lawfully begotten and to bee begotten before they shall accomplish their respective ages of One and Twenty yeares That then in such case my will and meaning is That my said foure Trustees and the survivors and survivor of them shall have the full disposeing letting and setting of all the same premisses with th'apperten[a]nces (in their owne names) and shall and may take all the rents Issues and profitts thereof for the sole respective uses and benefitt of my said Two Grandchildren Sarah Ironside and Martha Ironside untill they shall accomplsh their respective ages of One and Twenty yeares And my will is That my said foure Trustees and the survivor and survivors of them in such Case doe render and pay All the said rents Issues and profitts of the same premisses unto them the said Sarah Ironside and Martha Ironside my Grandchildren within Three monethes next after they shall accomplish their respective Ages of One and Twenty yeares I give and bequeath unto the said Sara Ironside the sume of One Thousand and eight hundred pounds of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto her with the increase and proceeed thereof which my said foure Trustees or the survivor or survivors of them (bona fide) shall make thereof) when shee shall accomplish her age of One and Twenty yeares or within Three monethes then next following the same And if it shall please God that my said Grandchild Sarah Ironside shall dye and depart this life before shee shall accomplish her said Age of One and Twenty yeares without Issue of her body lawfully begotten or to bee begotten That then in such Case my will is That the said Legacy of One Thousand and eight hundred pounds shall bee paid unto my said Grandchild Martha Ironside together with the Increase and proceed thereof when shee shall accomplish her full Age of one and Twenty yeares (or within Three monethes then next following And if it shall please God that my said Grandchildren Sarah Ironside and Martha Ironside shall both dye and depart this life before they respectively shall atteyne to their said respective Ages of One and Twenty yeares without Issue of their respective Bodies lawfully to bee begotten That then in such Case the said Legacie of One Thousand and eight hundred pounds / together with such proceed and benefitt thereof shall bee paid unto my said Grandchildren William Paulett and Richard Pawlett when they shall accomplish their respective Ages of One and Twenty years equally to bee divided betweene them share and share alike And my will is That if either of my said Grandchildren William Pawlett Richard Pawlett shall dye and depart this life before they shall Accomplish their Respective ages of One and Twenty yeares without Issue of the Body of such of them soe dyeing lawfully to bee begotten That then in such case my Will is That the said sume of One Thousand and eight hundred pounds with such increase and profitt thereof which shall bee made by my said foure Trustees shall bee paid unto the survivor of them the said William Pawlett and Richard Pawlett within Three monethes next after hee so surviving shall Accomplish his full Age of one and Twenty yeares And if both my said Grandchildren William Pawlett and Richard Pawlett shall dye and depart this life without Issue of their respective bodies lawfully to bee begotten before they and either of them shall Accomplish their said respective ages of One and Twenty yeares That then in such Case The said Legacy of One Thousand and eight hundred pounds with such increase and proceed thereof which my said foure Trustees shall make thereof shall bee paid to my said Daughter Debora Pawlett her executors Administrators or Assignes And my will and true meaning is That my Executrix hereafter named within eighteene monethes next after my decease shall pay the said Legacy of One Thousand and eight hundred pounds into the hands of my said foure Trustees or to the survivors or survivor of them and the same money or part thereof to bee by them my said foure Trustees or the survivors or survivor of them placeed forth at Interest for the use and benefitt of my said Grandchild Sarah Ironside and the same with the proceed thereof rendered and paid unto her the said Sarah when shee shall accomplish her full age of one and Twenty yeares or within three monethes then next ensueing I give and bequeath unto the said Sarah Ironside the summe of Two hundred pounds of lawfull money of England (over and above the said Legacy of one Thousand and eight hundred pounds) to bee paid unto her within Three monethes next after the death and decease of Elizabeth my wife and Executrix hereafter named And if it shall happen that the said Sarah shall dye and depart this life without Issue of her body lawfully to bee begotten) before the said Legacy of Two hundred pounds shall become payable as aforesaid That then in such Case my Will is that the same shall bee paid unto Martha Ironside my Grandchild within Three monethes next after the death and decease of the said Elizabeth my wife And if it shall happen That the said Martha shall dye and depart this life without Issue of her body lawfully to bee begotten before the said Legacy of Two hundred pounds shalbecome due and payable to her as aforesaid That then in such Case my Will and true meaning is That the said Two hundred pounds shall bee paid unto my Grandchildren William Pawlett and Richard Pawlett (Children of my Daughter Debora Pawlett) within Three monethes next after the death of my said wife) equally to bee divided betweene them share and share alike I give and bequeath unto the said Martha Ironside my Grandchild the sume of one Thousand and Three hundred pounds of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto her with the increase and proceed thereof which my said foure Trustees or the survivors or survivor of them shall (bona fide) make thereof) when the said Martha shall accomplish her full Age of one and Twenty yeares or within Three monethes then next following the same And if it shall please God that my said Grandchild Martha Ironside shall dye and depart this life before shee shall accomplish her said age of one and Twenty yeares without Issue of her body lawfully to bee begotten That then in such Case my Will and true meaning is That the said Legacy of One Thousand and Three hundred pounds shall bee paid unto my said Grandchild Sarah Ironside together with the increase and proceed thereof when the said Sarah shall Accomplish her full Age of One and Twenty yeares or within Three monethes then next following And if it shall please God That my said Grandchildren Sarah Ironside and Martha Ironside shall both dye and depart this life before they respectively shall accomplish their said respective ages of one and Twenty yeares without Issue of their respective bodies lawfully to bee begotten That then in such case my will is That the said Legacy of One Thousand and Three hundred pounds together with the proceed and benefitt thereof) shall bee paid unto my Grandchildren William Pawlett and Richard Pawlett when they shall accomplish their Respective Ages of one and Twenty yeares equally to bee devided betweene them share and share alike And if either of my said Grandchildren William Pawlett and Richard Pawlett shall dye and depart this life before they shall accomplish their Respective Ages of One and Twenty yeares without Issue of the body of such of them soe dyeing lawfully to bee begotten That then in such case my Will is That the said Legacy of One Thousand and Three hundred pounds (together with such increase and proceed thereof which shall bee made by my said foure Trustees) shall bee paid unto the survivor of them my said Grandchildren William Pawlett and Richard Pawlett within Three monethes next after hee shall accomplish his full age of One and Twenty yeares And my will is That if both my said Grandchildren William Pawlett and Richard Pawlett shall dye and depart this life without Issue of their respective bodies lawfully to bee begotten before they and either of them shall accomplish their said respective ages of One and Twenty yeares That then in such case the said Legacy of One Thousand and Three hundred pounds together with such increase and proceed which my said foure Trustees shall make thereof shall bee paid \un/to my said Daughter Debora Pawlett her executors administrators or assignes And my will and true meaning is That my Executrix hereafter named within Eighteene monethes next after my decease shall pay the said Legacy of One Thousand and Three hundred pounds into the hands of my said Foure Trustees or the survivors or survivor of them and the same money or any part thereof to bee by them my said foure Trustees or the survivor or survivors of them placed placed forth at Interest for the use and benefitt of my said Grandchild Martha Ironside and the same with such proceed and increase thereof shall bee rendred and paid unto her the said Martha Ironside when shee shall accomplish her age of One and Twenty yeares or within three monethes then next ensueing I give and bequeath unto the said Martha Ironside the summe of Two hundred pounds of lawfull money of England over and above the said Legacy of One Thousand and Threee hundred pounds to bee paid unto her within Three monethes next after the death and decease of the said Elizabeth my wife And if it shall happen that the said Martha shall dye and depart this Life without Issue of her body lawfully to bee begotten before the said Legacie of Two hundred pounds shall become due and payable as aforesaid That then in such case my Will is that the same shall bee paid unto the said Sarah Ironside my Grandchild within Three monethes next after the death and decease of the said Elizabeth my wife And if the said Sarah shall dye and depart this life without Issue of her body lawfully to bee begotten before the said Legacy of Two hundred pounds shall become due and payable to her as aforesaid That then in such Case my Will is That the said Legacy of Two hundred pounds last mentioned shall bee paid \un/to my said Grandchildren William Pawlett and Richard Pawlett (within Three monethes next after the Death and decease of the said Elizabeth my wife) equally to bee divided betweene them share and share alike provided always my Will and true meaning is That \?/ if it shall happen that the said Elizabeth my wife shall dye and depart this life before the said Sara Ironside and Martha Ironside or either of them shall accomplish their respective ages of One and Twenty yeares without Issue of their Respective bodyes lawfully to bee begotten That then in such Case my Will is That the said severall Legacies of Two hundred pounds a peece soe unto them the said Sarah and Martha respectively herein given as aforesaid shall bee (by the Executors Administrators or assignes of Elizabeth my said wife paid into the hands of my said foure Trustees or to the survivor of them for the severall and respective uses and benefitts of them the said Sarah and Martha and to bee paid by my said foure Trustees unto them the said Sara and Martha equally to be Divided betweene them when they shall accomplish their Respective Ages of one and Twenty yeares and not sooner Any thing herein Conteyned to the Contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding Whereas I am Interested in and entitled unto All that Capitall Messuage farme and demeasnes of Birton with the rights members and apperten[an]ces thereof scituate lyeing and being in the parish of Fordingbridge in the County of South[amp]ton which were and still are Mortgaged unto mee by S[i]r John Mynn late of Lincolnes Inne in the County of Midd[lesex] Knight for a long terme of yeares yet to come and unexpired upon which said Mortgage I did deposite and lend the summe of six hundred pounds As by Indenture bearing date on or about the Nyneteenth day of November In the Twentieth yeare of the Reigne of our now Sovereigne Lord King Charles the second over England &c. had and made betweene the said S[i]r John Mynn of the one part and mee the said Richard Doggett of the other part more at large appeareth Now I doe hereby give and bequeath the said summe of Six hundred pounds And all my estate right title Interest terme of yeares Clayme and Demand whatsoever together with the said Recited Indenture which I now have or which my Executors or Administrators hereafter may or can have of into or out of the said Capitall Messuage Farme and demeasnes of Birton aforesaid with all and every of its rights members and apperten[a]nces) unto the said William Pawlett my Grandchild eldest sonne of my said Daughter Pawlett To have and to hold all the same premises with th'aaperten[a]nces Unto him my said Grandchild William Pawlett and to his Assignes for and dureing all the Terme of yeares which I have therein yet to come and unexpired In as large and ample manner as I may can or ought to hold the same And in case my said Grandchild William Pawlett shall Dye and depart this life before hee shall Accomplish his age of One and Twenty yeares That then in such Case My Will is And thereby devise All my said estate right and Interest which I now have may or can have of and in the said capitall messuage farme and demeasnes and all other the premises in the said parish of Fordingbridge in the said County of South[amp]ton unto my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett for him to enter upon the same when hee shall accomplish his age of One and Twenty yeares And if my said Grandchildren William Pawlett and Richard Pawlett shall both Dye and depart this life before they and either of them shall atteyne unto the said Age of One and Twenty yeares \That/ Then in such Case I give and bequeath all my said estate right title Interest Terme of yeares Clayme and demand whatsoever which I now have or can have of and in the said premises in the said County of South[amp]ton unto my said Daughter Debora Pawlett her executors administrators and assignes I give and bequeath unto the said William Pawlett my Grandchild the summe of Six hundred and Ninety pounds of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto him with such increase and proceed thereof which my said foure Trustees or soe many of them who shall undertake the trust by mee in them hereby reposed) shall make thereof when hee my said Grandchild William Pawlett shall accomplish his Age of One and Twenty yeares or within three monethes then next following And if my said Grandchild William Pawlett shall dye and depart this life before hee shall atteyne his said Age of One and Twenty yeares without Issue of his body lawfully to bee begotten That then in such Case I give and bequeath All the said six hundred and Ninety pounds withall such increase and proceed thereof which my said foure Trustees bona fide shall make thereof unto my said Grandchild Richard Paulett when hee shall accomplish his Age of One and Twenty yeares I give and bequeath unto the said William Pawlett my Grandchild the summe of Two hundred pounds of lawfull money of England over and (above the said Legacy of six hundred and Ninety pounds) to bee paid unto him within Three monethes next after the death and decrease of the said Elizabeth my wife and Ex[ecut]rix hereafter named And if it shall happen that the said William Pawlett my Grandchild shall Dye and depart this life without Issue of his body lawfully to bee begotten before the said Legacie of Two hundred pounds soe to him hereby bequeathed) shall become payable as aforesaid That then in such case my Will is that the same shall bee paid unto my Grandchild Richard Pawlett within Three monethes next after the death and decease of the said Elizabeth my wife And my Will is that my Executrix hereafter named within Eighteene monethes next after my decease shall pay the said Legacie of six hundred and Ninety pounds into the hands of my said foure Trustees or to the survivor or survivors of them and the same or any part thereof to bee by them my said Trustees or the survivor or survivors of them placed forth att Interest for the use and benefitt of my said Grandchild William Pawlett to bee paid unto him when hee shall atteyne his Age of One and Twenty yeares or within Three monethes then next following the same I give and bequeath unto my said Grandsonne Richard Pawlett the summe of Three hundred and Fifty pounds of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto him w[i]th the increase or proceed thereof which my said foure Trustees and the survivor and survivors of them (bona fide) shall make thereof when the said Richard Pawlett shall accomplish his age of One and Twenty yeares or within Three monethes then next following the same And if my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett shall dye and depart this life before hee shall Accomplish his said Age of One and Twenty yeares without Issue of his body lawfully to bee begotten That then in such Case my will is that the said Legacy of Three hundred and fifty pounds shall bee paid unto my said Grandchild William Pawlett together with the increase and proceed thereof when hee shall Accomplish his full Age of One and Twenty yeares (or within three monethes then next following And if it shall happen That both my said Grandchildren Richard Pawlett and William Pawlett shall dye and depart this life before they shall Accomplish their respective Ages of One and Twenty yeares without Issue of their Respective Bodies lawfully to bee begotten That then in such Case the said Legacy of Three hundred and Fifty pounds together with such increase and proceed thereof shall bee paid unto my said Daughter Debora Pawlett her Executors or assignes I give and bequeath unto the said Richard Pawlett my Grandchild the summe of Two hundred pounds of lawfull money of England (over and above the said summe of Three hundred and Fifty pounds to bee paid unto him within Threee monethes next after the death and decease of the said Elizabeth my wife And if it shall happen that the said Richard Pawlett shall dye and depart this life without Issue of his body lawfully to bee begotten before the said Legacy of Two hundred pounds shall become due and payable to him as aforesaid That then in such Case My Will is that the same bee paid unto my said Grandchild William Pawlett within Three monethes next after the death and decease of the said Elizabeth my wife And my Will is That my Executrix hereafter named within Eighteene monethes next after my decease shall pay the said Legacy of Three hundred and fifty pounds soe as aforesaid bequeathed unto my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett) into the hands of my said foure Trustees or to the survivor or survivors of them \And the same or any parte thereof to bee by my said foure Trustees the survivor of survivors of them/ placed forth at Interest for the use and benefitt of my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett to bee paid unto him when hee shall accomplish his age of one and Twenty yeares or within Three monethes then next following provided always my will and true meaning is That it shall and may bee lawfull to and for the said Elizabeth my wife and Executrix hereafter named (in Case shee shall undertake the burthen of Executrixship of this my Will) to enter into lett sett demise? have hold and enjoy all and every of my said Lands Tenements and hereditaments with their Appertenances scituate lyeing and being in the said parish of Steeple Cleydon in the County of Buck[ingham] and \to/ receive take and dispose of the Rents Issues and profitts thereof to her owne use for the space of Two whole yeares next and Immediately after my death and decease Any thing herein Conteyned to the Contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding provided also my will and true meaning is That if they the said Sarah Ironside and Martha Ironside or either of them shall happen to marry before they or either of them shall accomplish their severall and respective ages of One and Twentie yeares without the Consent and good likeing of my said wife and foure Trustees or the Major part of them first had and obteyned in writing under their hands or the hands of the survivors of them That then in such Case They the said Sarah and Martha or either of them soe marrying without such Consent shall loose all and every the said respective Legacy and Legacies porc[i]on and porc[i]ons by mee hereby given and bequeathed to them respectively And I hereby give and bequeath to each of them soe marrying without such Consent only the summe of One hundred pounds to bee paid unto her or them respectively when they shall accomplish their age of one and Twenty yeares Any thing herein Conteyned to the Contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And my will is that then in such Case of marriage without such Consent all and every the said Legacy and Legacies so as aforesaid by mee given and bequeathed to the said Sarah and Martha (the said Legacies of one hundred pounds a peece soe by mee herein given to them only excepted) shall bee paid by my said foure Trustees unto them the said William Pawlett and Richard Pawlett my Grandchildren equally to be divided betweene them share and share alike And my Will true Intent and meaning is That my said Grandchild William Pawlett and his heires doe and shall at any time and times within one moneth next after reasonable demand to him or them made by my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett his heires or assignes att the Costs and Charges of my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett his heires or assignes) Convey Release suffer leavy and execute or cause to bee Released conveyed suffered leavied and executed All the estate right title and interest which my said Grandchild William Pawlett may or hereafter can have of and in all that Messuage Tenement or farme Commonly called or knowne by the name of little Testwood al[ia]s Silvers hold and of all Lands Tenements and hereditaments to the same belonging incident or in any wise apperteineing or with the same any part thereof now or at any time or times heretofore used or enjoyed or Accepted taken or reputed to bee part parcell or member of the same scituate and being in the parish of Eling in the said County of South[amp]ton and which now are or formerly were in the terme of occupac[i]on of William Pawlett th'elder Esq[uire] (father of my said Grandchild William Pawlett) and one Henry Manbridge or one of them their or one of their undertennants or assignes And also of and in all tythes and Tenth parts of all manner of Corne graine and hay yearly growing encreaseing or arissing out of in and upon all and every the before menc[i]oned farme and lands thereunto belonging or at any time or times heretofore held used and enjoyed And shall alsoe doe all and every such further Act and thing for the releaseing acquitting dischargeing and extinguishing of all the estate right title interest propertie Claime and demand whatsoever of him the said William Pawlett my Grandchild his heires and assignes of into and out of the same premisses or any part thereof scituate lyeing and being in the said parish of Eling in the said County of South[amp]ton provided also if my said Grandchild William Pawlett his heires or assignes shall upon such reasonable Request refuse or neglect to make release and execute all and every such Assurance and assurances act and acts thing and things as aforesaid That then and from thenceforth (in such Case of refusall or neglect All and every Legacy and Legacies by mee to him my said Grandchild William Pawlett herein given and bequeathed shall bee void and of none effect to all Intents and purposes whatsoever Any thing herein Conteyned to the Contrary in any wise notwithstanding And all and every such legacie and legacies \soe/ as aforesaid by mee herein given and bequeathed unto my said Grandchild William Pawlett upon such his refusall and neglect as aforesaid I hereby give and bequeath unto my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett his executors administrators and assignes And my will and true meaneing is That my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett his heires and assignes Doe and shall at any time and tymes within One moneth next after Demand to him or them made by my said Grandchild William Pawlett his heires or assignes) Convey release leavy suffer and execute all the estate right title and Interest which my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett may or hereafter have of and in all the said Capitall Messuage farme and demeasnes of Birton and of and in all and every the Lands Tenements and hereditaments withall and every the appertenances scituate lyeing and being in the parish of Fordingbridge aforesaid in the said County of South[amp]ton And shall also doe and execute all and every such further and other lawfull and reasonable act and thing for the Releaseing acquitting dischargeing and extinguishing of all the estate right title Interest property Clayme and demand whatsoever of him the said Richard Pawlett my Grandchild his heires and assignes of in to and out of the same premisses and every or any part thereof scituate lyeing and being in the said parish of Fordingbridge in the said County of South[amp]ton provided also if my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett his heires or assignes shall upon such reasonable request refuse or neglect to make release and execute all and every such assurance and assurances act and acts things and things as aforesaid That then and from thenceforth in such Case of refusall or neglect) All and every Legacy and Legacies by mee to him my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett herein given and bequeathed shall bee void and of none effect (Anything herein conteyned to the Contrary in any wise notwithstanding And all and every such Legacy and Legacies soe as aforesaid by mee herein given and bequeathed unto my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett I hereby give and bequeath unto my said Grandchild William Pawlett his heires and assignes forever provided also my will and true meaning is that my said foure Trustees nor any of them shall bee answerable to any of my said Legatees or any of them for any more Interest or proceed of the said severall and respective Legacies by mee herein given to them save only what my said Trustees shall (bona fide) make and raise thereof I being well assured of their fidelity and integritie grounded on long experience that they will doe their utmost endeavour to Improve place and dispose of the said respective Legacies soe here by mee given) for the most probable and best advantage of them my said Grandchildren Provided also my will and true meaning is That if my said foure Trustees or any of them who shall take upon them the said Trust herein by mee in them reposed and the survivor and survivors of them shall put forth and dispose of all or any of the said Legacies soe as aforesaid by mee herein given and bequeathed to my said Grandchildren and any losse shall happen thereby soe that the securities and those to whome the same shalbee lent and placed at Interest shall become insolvant and not pay the same soe that any part of the said Legacies shall bee thereby lost and cannot bee Recovered or if any of the said legacies shall lye Dead in the hands of my said Trustees or any of them and cannot with probable safety bee put forth and disposed of upon good securitie That then in such case my Will is that my said Trustees nor any of them shall bee answerable or Accomptable to my said foure Grandchildren or any of them for any interest which shall fall short therein by reason that the said Legacies or any part of them have not been placed forth or disposed of Provided also my will is That if there shall happen to bee any losse in the putting forth and placeing \of/ any the said Legacies soe by mee here given to my said Grandchildren soe that my said Trustees cannot recover the same That then in such Case my Grandchildren to whom the same is hereby given shall beare and susteyne the said Losse among them equally and proportionably share and share alike Provided also my will and true meaning is That my said foure Trustees or so many of them who shall take upon them the said Trust and the survivor and survivors of them (by and with the consent of my Executrix hereafter named shall and may disburse and lay out for and towards the maintenance and educac[i]on of my said Grandchildren William Pawlett Richard Pawlett Sarah Ironside and Martha Ironside respectively such reasonable and fitt allowances some and summes of mony as in the discretion of my said Trustees or the major part of them by and with the Consent of my Executrix hereafter named) shall bee thought reasonable and Convenient and the same sume and sumes of money to bee defaulked and abated by my said Trustees out of such the respective Legacies to them the said William Pawlett Richard Pawlett Sara Ironside and Martha Ironside soe here in by mee given and bequeathed Item my will and desire is that what money shall bee put forth at Interest by my said Trustees (for the use of my said Grandchildren (that the same bee expressed in the severall bonds securities mortgages and other writings which shall bee thereupon made that such money is part of the Legacies by mee herein given to my said Grandchildren respectively and that the same is for their respective use and benefitt And my will and true menaing is That whatsoever Lands or Tenements which now \are/ or at the tyme of my Death shall bee mortgaged to mee for the payment of money that the principall or Interest thereupon due and payable shalbee accompted to bee assetts in the hands of my Executrix and that upon the receipt of the same moneyes due upon such Mortgages I doe hereby authorize and impower my Executrix to cancell surrender make void and release All and every such Mortgage or Mortgages And I hereby Require and Charge my heire and heires at Law that they doe not hinder my Executrix from the doeing thereof (And if required that they (upon request release all their Interest therein) but that they suffer all the moneys paid upon the said Mortagage and Mortgages to goe and bee disposed of by my Executrix according to this my Will I give and bequeath unto my said Foure Trustees Francis Winton Thomas Turney Robert Turney and John Marshe if they shall please to accept to undertake this freindly offire of trust herein by mee reposed in them (or to so many of them who shall please to accept of and undertake the same) the sume of Twenty Markes a peece of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto them Respectively by my Executrix hereafter named within Three monethes next after my decease I also give and bequeath unto my said foure Trustees or to so many of them who shall accept of and undertake this Trust herein by mee in them reposed) the sume of Tenne pounds p[er] annum (equally to bee divided amongst them share and share alike) for and untill my said foure Grandchildren and every of them shall Accomplish their Respective ages of One and Twenty yeares And my will is that my said foure Trustees or so many of them who shall so accept of and undertake the said Trust) shall and may defaulke to themselves the said summe of Tenne pounds p[er] annum out of the Legacies soe given to my said foure Grandchildren or out of the Interest or proceed thereof Provided also my Will and true meaning is that my said foure Trustees and survivors and survivor of them who shall undertake the Trust herein by mee in them reposed shall and may defaulke to themselves out of the said Legacies soe as aforesaid given unto my said Grandchildren or out of the Interest thereof all and every their Respective Reasonable and just Charges and Costs of suite and suites in Law and equity and all other expences and damages which they and every of them shall bee occasioned to lay out disburse and susteyne in any manner whatsoever relateing to the Trust by mee in them hereby reposed according to the true intent and meaning of these presents I give and bequeath unto my brother Lawrence Doggett for and dureing the terme of his naturall life one Annuity of Five pounds by the yeare of lawfull money of England without defaulkeing or abateing to him out of the same any Taxes or payments whatsoever to bee paid unto him by my Executrix hereafter named at the foure most usuall Feast dayes or termes in the yeare that is to say The feast dayes of S[ain]t Michael the Archangell S[ain]t Thomas the Apostle Th'annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Nativity of S[ain]t John Baptist by even and equall porc[i]ons The first of the said payments to bee made at such of the said Feasts which shall first happen to bee next after my death and decease I give and bequeath unto my Couzen Thomas Doggett brother of the said Ralph Doggett the sume of Five pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto every of the Children of my said Couzen Thomas Doggett the sume of Five pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto every of the Children of my Couzen Anne Edwards Foure pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto every of the Children of my Couzen Elizabeth Shepheard of Shefford the summe of Twenty shillings of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto every of the Children of the sonne of my late Brother Francis Doggett Five pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto my Couzen Thomas Horwood alias Smith Three pounds of lawfull mony of England I give and bequeath unto my Couzen Sarah Stevens of Aston Five pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto my Couzen Richard Jenkins Five pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath \un/to my Couzen Sarah Burr of Hertford Five pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath to my Couzen Thomas Doggett of Stanbridge Fifty shillings of lawfull money I give and bequeath unto Thomas Bonner of Dunstable Five pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto William Pawlett Esq[uire] my sonne in lawe Five pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Pawlett Twenty pounds of lawfull of England I give and bequeath unto Samuel Ironside Esq[uire] my sonne in law Five pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto Edward Hargrave my Godsonne fifty shillings of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto Mary Deards my Goddaughter Fifty shillings of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto my Godsonne the sonne of my Couzen Tobias Churchill Fifty shillings of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto Ralph Duncombe of Laighton Forty shillings of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Bickerstaffe of Laighton Forty shillings of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto Pheby Turney Daughter of my Cousen Robert Turney Three pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto Anstis Turney One other of the Daughters of my Couzen Robert Turney Fifty shillings of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto the Children of Francis Markeham of Surcott Five pounds a peece to bee paid unto them at or before they shall accomplish their respective ages of Eighteene yeares I give and bequeath to the wife of the said Francis Markham Five pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto my Godsonne the sonne of my Couzen Robert Parrott Fifty shillings of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto the sonne of Isaac Hannell my Godsonne Twenty shillings of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto Anne Wells the daughter of Mr. John Wells of Laighton Tenn pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto Edward Doggett sonne of my brother Lawrence Doggett Five pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath unto Richard Doggett one of the sonnes of the said Edward Doggett Tenn pounds of lawfull money of England \I give and bequeath unto every of the other Children of the s[ai]d Edw[ar]d Doggett Forty shillings of lawfull money of England/ I give and bequeath unto Bernard Turney the elder of Coblington Esq[uire] Twenty shillings to buy him a Ring to weare in my Remembrance I give and bequeath unto the said Ralph Doggett my Couzen Twenty shillings to buy him a Ring to weare in my Remembrance I give and bequeath unto Mr. Francis Marshe of Dunstable Twenty shillings to buy him a ring to wear in my Remembrance I give and bequeath unto my said Foure Trustees Twenty shillings a peece to buy each of them a Ring to weare in my Remembrance I give and bequeath unto John Truelove the elder of Laighton Twenty shillings I give and bequeath unto John Buckmaster of Laighton Twenty shillings I give and bequeath unto my Couzen Susan West Twenty shillings I give and bequeath unto the said John Marsh one of my Trustees Eight pounds of lawfull money of England I give and bequeath to the use of the poore of the Towne of Laighton Bussard aforesaid Fifty Poundes of lawfull money of England And my Will is that the same bee paid by my Executrix within six moneths next after my decease into the hands of my said Foure Trustees And my will is that they or the survivors or survivor of them with all the Convenient speed which they can) lay out the same in the purchase of Freehold lands of Inheritance for the use and towards the maintenance of the poore people of the Towne of Laighton Bussard forever And my Will is that the Rent of such Lands which shalbee soe purchased shall bee by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poore for the time being of the Towne of Laighton Bussard aforesaid yearly forever bee distributed on the Feast day of S[ain]t Thomas Th'apostle amongst such of the said poore People of the Towne of Laighton Bussard aforesaid who probable have most need and necessity in such manner as the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poore for the time being shall thinke fitt I hereby direct and appoint One hundred pounds to bee spent at my funerall I appoint Twenty pounds to buy a monument to be sett up at my grave All the residue of my goods Chattells and personall estate whatsoever herein not given or bequeathed my debts being paid my Legacies satisfied and funerall expences discharged I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth my deare and loveing wife And my will is that the said Elizabeth my wife Doe and shall (at any time or times within one moneth next after reasonable request to her made by my said Grandchild Richard Pawlett his heires or assignes Release unto him the said Richard Pawlett his heires and assignes forever All her estate right title and Interest of Thirds and Dower which my said wife shall or may have of and in all and every of my said Lands Tenements and hereditaments scituate and being in the said parish of Steeple Claydon aforesaid in such manner as shall bee reasonably required Provided alwayes my Will is That if my said wife upon such Request refuse or neglect to make such Release within one moneth next after such request as aforesaid That then in such Case I give and bequeath unto my said Grandsonne Richard Pawlett the summe of Three hundred pounds of lawfull money of England over and above the said other legacies soe to mee to him hereby given as aforesaid And I doe hereby make and ordeine the said Elizabeth my deare and loveing wife my full and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament to see the same performed according to the true intent and meaning of theis presents And I hereby Revoke and make void all former and other Wills by mee made and declare this Conteined in Six and Twenty sheetes of paper to bee my last Will and Testament I also give and bequeath unto Abigail Redbourne daughter of my Couzen Thomas Carrington late of Chaulston the summe of Five pounds of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto her within Three monethes next after my decease I give and bequeath unto Abraham Carrington brother of the said Abigail Redbourne the summe of Forty shillings of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto him within Three monethes next after my Decease I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth one of the Daughters of Francis Doggett my late Brother deceased the sume of Five pounds of lawfull money of England to bee paid unto her within Three monethes next after my Decease In witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale this fifth day of January In the One and Thirtieth yeare of the reigne of our sovereigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. Annoq[ue] Domini One Thousand Six hundred Seaventy and Nine. Richard Doggett signed sealed published and decalred to bee the last Will and Tsetament of the within named Richard Doggett in the presence of Ralph Doggett John Marshe Jun[ior] John Trulove Edward Trulove

 
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