Will of John Hoare of Leckhampton, 1643
Testament[um] Johannis Hoare
[Will of John Hoare]
In the name of God, Amen.
I, John Hoare of Leckington [in the] County of Glouc[ester], husbandman, This p[re]sent 27th day of [?]June in the yeare of o[u]r Lord God 1643, being weake in body, but of good and perfect memory (thankes be to God for it) do make this my last will and testament, That is to say,
In primis I bequeath my soule to God my redeemer, [and] my body to the earth (whereof it is made) to be buried in Leckington, [hoping] through the merites of Jesus Christ my savio[u]r to obteine et[er]nall life.
[Item I] do make and appoint Joan my wife the sole executrix of this my will [and testament].
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Hoare [the sum of] twenty poundes in money, whereof my will is that ten poundes [be] payde her on the day of her marriage, if at any time during her mother's life she happen to marrie,
Or so soone as she shall cease to live w[i]th and be maintained by her mother, if at any time her mother shall refuse [to have] her w[i]th her and to maintaine her,
And the other ten poundes to be payde her at the decease of her mother,
Or if she shall not before marrie, nor [happen] to be payde the first ten poundes, that the whole twenty poundes be payd her immediatly after the decease of her mother.
Item I give and bequeath unto my s[ai]d daughter Margaret in householde goodes two beddes, being one tuke and one canvase tuke, w[i]th the furniture and ymplim[en]tes belonging to them,
Allso one halfe-hedd-bedstead And my great pott and my great brewing tubb, And one table boord w[i]th a frame, And one wyned cupboard, And two coffers, the one standing in my bedchamber, the other a bucking coffer, And two trundle beds,
All w[hi]ch goodes my will is shall come to her after the decease of her mother, and that her mother shall holde and have the use of the[m] all her liffe time, unles she shall willingly imp[ar]te them or any p[ar]te of the[m] to her sooner.
Item I give and bequeath unto my nephewe John, the sonne of Giles Hoare, five pounds in money, To be payde him att the age of one and twenty years, or soon[er] if in the discretion of the ov[er]seers of this my testam[en]t it shall seeme requisite for his p[re]ferm[en]t to some trade or occupation.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Walter Hoare my best suite of wearing apparell.
Item my will is that the great Fate [vat] in the oute house, together w[i]th all settles, shelves, benches and boordes fastened to my p[rese]nte dwelling house, And all talletes and outhouses, be suffered to stand and remaine unremooved dureing the life of my s[ai]d wife, and for her use,
And after her decease, to come and be possessed by my son[n]e Thomas Hoare.
All other my goodes and chattelles by me not dysposed I bequeath unto my s[ai]d wife and executrix, and to her disposeall,
And I no[m]inate, appoint and authorize my son[n]es in lawe John Battone and Thomas Ballinger to be the ov[er]seers of this my last [will] and testament.
Witnes my hand the day and yeare abovewritten.
signu[m] testatoris Johannis Hoare
[The mark of the testator, John Hoare]
Signed in the p[rese]nce of:
John Clifford his marke
Edm: Welles
Probate of Will of John Hoare, 1644
Probatum fuit hu[ius]mo[d]i testamentu[m] apud Charleton Regis 3io die mensis Maii Junii Anno d[omi]ni 1644
Coram Johanne Hayward Cl[er]ico Surrogato ven[erabi]lis viri Francisci Baker legum d[o]c[t]oris Reverendi in Xr[ist]o patris ac d[omi]ni d[omi]ni Godfridi providentia divina Glouc[estrie] Ep[iscop]i Vicario in sp[irit]ualibus gen[er]alis etc
Ac per eum approbatu[m] et insinuatu[m] etc
Commiss[a]q[ue] fuit et est Administrac[i]o etc Exec[utrici] etc debite prius iurat[e] etc
[This will was proved at Charlton Kings on the 3rd day of the month of May June in the year of our Lord 1644
Before John Hayward, Clerk, Surrogate of the worshipful Francis Baker, Doctor of Laws, Vicar General in Spiritual etc of the Reverend Father and Lord in Christ, Godfrey, by divine providence, Lord Bishop of Gloucester,
And by him approved and favoured etc,
And administration was and is committed etc to the Executrix etc, she being first duly sworn etc.]