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The 1682 will of joseph king
Gentleman
In the Name of God Amen
theis three and twentieth day of July In the yeare of our Lord God one
thousand six
hundred eighty
two I Joseph
King of Yeovell
in the County of
Sommersett
Gentleman being
weake and ill of
body but thankes
be given
therefore unto
Almighty God
being of a sound
perfect and
disposing minde
memory and
understanding
Doe make and
ordaine this my
last will and
testament in
manner and forme
following that
is to say first
I Committ my
Soule into the
hands of
Almighty God
hopeing to bee
[saved ?] in and
through the
meritts death
and passion of
Jesus Christ my
most mercifull
Saviour and
redeemer and my
bodie to bee
buried at the
discrecon of my
Exe[curi]x
hereafter
mentioned now as
to that worldly
estate wherewith
it hath pleased
God to blesse
mee I bequeath
the same in
manner following
Imprimis I give
and bequeath
unto my loveing
wife Zippora
King all my
lands houses
tenements and
hereditaments
whatsoever
scituate and
lyeing within
the Counties of
Som[er]sett and
Dorsett and all
the profitts
thereof untill
my Sonne John
King shall
attaine his age
of one and
twenty yeares
upon Condition
that shee
educate my
children and pay
my debts if my
personall estate
shall doe it And
afterwards I
give all my said
lands and
tenements in Som[er]settsheire
and
Dorsettsheire
unto my said
Sonne John King
and to the heirs
of his body and
for want of such
issue to my
sonne Joseph
King and to the
heires of his
boy and for want
of such Issue
then I give the
said lands and
tenements unto
my daughter
Theodosia and to
the heires of
her body Item my
will is that
after my Sonne
John comes of
the age of one
and twenty
yeares that then
my wife shall
enjoy to her
owne use dureing
her life the
moietie or halfe
part of the
profitts of all
my said lands
Item I will that
my daughter
Theodosia shall
have and enjoy
to her use all
my chattell
leases when shee
comes to
Sixteene yeares
of age or
married with the
consent of her
mother but if my
said daughter
shall happen to
dye before her
said age of
Sixteene or
marriage as
aforesaid then I
will that all my
leases shall goe
and bee to the
use of my said
Sonne Joseph and
if hee dye
before hee comes
to one and
twenty yeares of
age then my will
is that my Sonne
John shall have
them to his owne
use Lastly I doe
make my said
wife Zippora
sole Executrix
of this my last
will and
testament and I
desire my
loveing freinds
Thomas Cooper
and George
Cooper to bee
aiding and
assisting of my
wife in and
about the
performance of
this my last
will and for
their paines
therein I give
each of them a
paire of gloves
of tenne
shillings price
And my further
will and meaning
is that my sonne
John King shall
pay out of my
said Lands unto
my Sonne Joseph
King after my
sonne Joseph
shall attaine
his age of one
and twenty
yeares the summe
of Forty pounds
a yeare duringe
my sonne Josephs
life by four
quarterly
payments and
that without any
abatement for
taxes or other
imposicons my
further will is
that my sonne
John King shall
pay my Sonne
Joseph but
twenty pounds a
yeare thereof
during my wives
life In witness
whereof I the
said Joseph King
have hereunto
sett my hand and
seale to this my
last will and
testament the
day and yeare
first above
menconed
Jos: King
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Joseph King as his last
will and
testament in the
p[re]sence of us
Jos; King Jos:
Dampny
John
Wills
the marke
of Rebecca
Bippin
Proved at London, 1682
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
