Thos Bigsby
Jn Bagshawe
Wm Adams
memorandum the
30.6.1687
etc. I
Wm Adams
sen of Earls Colne in the county of Essex carpenter being sick and weak in body but of good and perfect remembrance thanks be given to god therefore do hereby constitute and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following as touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased the almighty god to bless me with I give and dispose the same as followeth item I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife
Susannah Adams
a featherbed and bolster two pillows rug blanket curtains and valance belonging to the bed whereon I and my wife now lie with a bedstead now standing in the hall chamber and two boxes and a trunk in the hall chamber with all the linen and other goods in them whatsoever the middle brass kettles two skillets two of the middle sized pewter dishes one pair of cobirons standing in the hall one pair of tongs one fire pan the middle spit the little gridiron one brass frying pan two joined stools the square table in the hall the low red leather chair one little hutch standing in the room where I now lie item I give and bequeath to my son
Hen Adams
the sum of 5li of lawful money of England to be paid within six months next after my decease by my executor hereunder named item I give and bequeath to my grandson
Hen Adams
son of my son
Hen Adams
all and singular my copy and freehold houses commonly called and known by the name of
Taverne
or by whatsoever other name or names the same or any one part thereof hath heretofore been called with the appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or formerly belonging situate lying and being in Earls Colne aforesaid now in the tenure or occupation of
Joseph Sewell
and
Ann Snellocke
to be to the said
Hen
and his heirs forever upon condition hereafter mentioned that is to say the said
Hen Adams
my grandson shall pay unto my brother
Thos Adams
of South Halsted the full sum of 20s of lawful money of England yearly and every year during the whole term or time of his natural life the said 20s to be paid yearly at four even and equal portions and at the four usual days of payment that is to say our lady day midsummer saint michael and christmas or within one and twenty days next after any day of payment provided the said
Hen
my grandson shall refuse or neglect to pay the said 20s a year at the several payments aforementioned but shall be unpaid or any part thereof by the space of one and twenty days or more then my will is the said
Thos Adams
my brother shall and may lawfully seize have hold occupy and enjoy all that part of the aforementioned house where the said
Ann Snellocke
now dwelleth which is free to be to the said
Thos Adams
during the whole term or time of his natural life without any let hindrance interruption or molestation of the said
Hen Adams
or any person or persons by from or under him whatsoever and also I do appoint my son
Hen Adams
to be guardian for my grandson
Hen Adams
and to receive all the rents and profits of the said house towards the bringing of him up and also to bear the same in repairs provided that the said
Hen Adams
my grandson shalt depart this life before he shall be of the age of 21yr then my will is that the said houses shall be to my son
Hen Adams
his father for and during the whole term or time of his natural life and after his decease then to be to my brother
Thos Adams
and to his heirs forever item also I give and bequeath unto my brother
Thos Adams
a half headed bedstead standing in the chamber over the hall with a strawbed and a little table and also all my wearing clothes linen and woollen hose shoes and hats
Wm Adams
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item I give and bequeath to my grandson
Hen Adams
one featherbed one feather bolster one feather pillow two blankets one rug one posted bedstead with curtains and valance standing in the parlour chamber one joined cupboard which formerly stood in the parlour chamber one red leather chair standing in the chamber where I lie one joined hutch standing in the chamber over the hall one pair of coal irons with brass heads one wainscot box which stands in the chamber where I now lie and a brass candlestick commonly called the callis candlestick all which goods before bequeathed and delivered unto my grandson
Hen Adams
when he shall attain to the years of 21yr by my executor hereafter named and a table and all the rest of my goods and chattels implements whatsoever or wheresoever not already bequeathed I do constitute and make my son
Wm Adams
my true and sole executor he paying discharging all my debts funeral expenses revoking and annulling all other former will or wills by me formerly made whatsoever ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written sealed signed published and pronounced in the presence of
Jn Fletcher
sen
Thos Bigsby
Jn Bagshawe
Wm Adams