1631 Will of Jeptha Waller Gent

1631 Will of Jeptha Waller Gent

 

In the name of God Amen   I Jeptha Waller

of Woodbridge in the Countie of Suff[olk] Gent being sicke in bodie but of sound and p[er]fect memorie

thanks be given to god. Doe this three and twentieth daye of Aprill in the Seaventh yeare of the reigne

of o[u]r soverigne Lord Charles by the grace of God kinge of England, Scotland France and Ireland

Defendor of the faith etc. make and Constitute this my last will and Testament in writing in manner

and forme following Inprimis I doe give and bequeath my soule into the hands of Almightie God my

Creator whoe gave it hoping to be saved through the only meritte of Jesus Christ my Redemmer And my bodie to bee

buried in that p[ar]iche Church or Churchyard of Woodbridge aforesaide in Comelie and decent manner according

according to the discrestion of my Executors thereto -perpect when by the sound of the last Trumpeit shalbe a

som[m]oned to arise and be united to my soule and remayne and live in eternall glorie with the blessed &

S[ain]ts in heaven for evermore  Item I give unto my wife Diana duringe the terme of hir natural life

the Messuage or tenam[en]t wherein I nowe dwell together w[i]th the Backsides garden Orcharde and Stable

thereunto belonging shee to keepe the same in rep[ar]ations  Item I give unto my said wife until Jeptha my

second sonne shall or may accomplishe the age one and twentie yeares All my Messuages Lands and

Tenement in Waldringfeild and Hemley in the Countie of Suff[olk] Item I give unto Diana my said wife

the Messuage or Tenem[en]t scituate in Woodbridge aforesaid w[i]th the Backside thereunto belonginge

wherein John Damsell nowe dwelleth together w[i]th all my meadowes and grounds lyinge over against

the said Messuage or Tenem[en}t And allsoe all my Close of pasture called the Long Pightell scituate

In Woodbridge aforesaid, And allsoe my Barnes and barnyard scituate in Fishpond Street in Woodbridge

aforesaid To have and told until my third sonne Will[ia]m shall or may accomplish the age of one and

twentie years  Item I give will and bequeath unto Thomas Waller my eldest sonne his heires and

assignes All that my Messuage or Ten[amen}t w[i]th the appurtenances scituate and beinge in Ufford in the said

Countie of Suff[olk]  wherein Adam Arnold nowe dwelleth togeather w[i]th all other my lands tenem[en]ts meadowes

pasture and feedings scituate lyinge and beinge in the said towne of Ufford and Melton or either of them

exceptinge onlie one hole tenement w[i]th thappurtances lyinge and being next to the Chuchyard in

Ufford aforesaid wherein John Thorne nowe dwelleth Provided always That my my said sonne Thomas

and his heires shall satisfie and paye unto Diana my said wife yearelie during hir natural life

the some of sixe pounds of lawful money of England to be paid at the feastes of the Nativity of St John

the Baptist St Michaell tharchangel The Nativitie of our Lord God and the and the Amdoracen of the

Blessed virgin Mary be even and equall portons And if it shall happen that default be made in payment

of the said some or any part thereof unto the Diana by the space of tenn dayes next after any of the

said feast dayes wherein the same ought to be payd and aforesaid Then I will that the said Thomas his

heires or Assignes shall forfeit for every such default the some of  tenn shillings of like currant English ///

money noie pene unto the said Diana And alsoe I will that it shall and may be lawfull for my said wife

Into all and singular the aforesaid Messuages Lande tenem[en]ts and hereditam[en]ts (except before axcepted?)

for default of payment of either of the said somes to be quarterlie payd —- aforesaid or any  p[ar]te thereof

to enter and distreine aswell for the said Rent for behind as for the noie pene? forfeited for non payment

therefor as aforesaid And the distresse or disstresses soe there taken to keepe and — destrane? until shee

shalbe satisfied aswell the -rrernge of the said some as the said noue pere (now spent?) I give and bequeath unto

my eldest daughter Anneys and her heirs and Assignes forever All that my Messuages or ten[amen]ts

w[i]th the appurten[ce]nes scituate in Woodbridge aforesaid  wherein Thomas Barnes nowe dwelleth

togeather w[i]th theshopp and shop chamber w[i]th the appurtenences in the occupacion of —left blank———-

Mannestra there the said Anneys paying the early out of the same unto Diana my said wife the some of

fortie shilling of currant English money quarterlye for longe as there the said Anneys shall remaine

unmarried  Item I give unto my sayd second sonne Jeptha his heirs and Assigns when he shall accomplished

the age of 21 yeares all my aforesaid Messuages Landes tenem[ent]s and hereditaments scituat in Waldringfield

and Hemley aforesaid  Item Igive and bequeath unto my third daughter Elizabeth her heires and assignes

my foresaid Messuage or tenement with the appurten[an]ces in Ufford aforesaid where the said John Thorne

now dwelleth And I doe also give and bequeath unto my said daughter Elizabeth the some of three score

pounds of currant English money to be paid to hir by my said wife Diana within sixe months nexte

after shee the said Elizabeth shall have accomplished her age of 22 years  Item I give and bequeath

unto my said third sonne Will[ia]m his heires and Assignes when he shall have accomplished the age

of 21 years the said Messuage or Tenement w[ith] the backside thereunto belonging wherein the

said John Damsell nowe dwelleth And allsoe all the said meadowes and grounds lyinge over against the

said Messuage or ten[amen]t together w[i]th my Barne and barnyard lying and being in Fishpond street in

Woodbridge aforesaid  Item I will that my wife shall pay to the use of Marie my youngest daughter

into the hands of the Overseers of this my Will and hereafter p[ar]ticularlye named when shee the said

Marie shall have accomplished the age of 16 yeares the some of fortie pounds of currant English

money to be ymployed by the said Overseers to the best benefit in raising a port[i]on for the said

Marie against the accomplishment of hir age of 21 yeares  Item I give and bequeath unto my said sonn

Thom[a]s and his heires aswell the revert[i]on of the said house wherein I now live after the decease of

Diana my said wife as alsoe the aforesaid Croft called the long pightell after the determynaton

of the terme aforesaid uppon Conditon that her or his heires shall pay w[i]thin sixe moneths next

after either the said house or pightlell shall maye or ought to come unto him by this devise the some of one

hundred marks of lawfull English money unto my said youngest daughter Marie w[[hi]ch I give and bequeath

to hir as a full porton and all soe in satisfaction of some small legacies w[hi]ch I have formerlia re-ewed

to hir use And if my said sonne Thomas or his heirs shall make default in the paym[en]t thereof then I

give and bequeath the Remainder of the said house w[i]th thappurtences unto the said Marie and hir

heires forever Item my will is that if either of my younger sonnes shall happen to dye w[i]thout yssue

of their bodyes lawfully begotten before the lands before bequeathed unto them or either of them shall

come unto them Then that land? Given to him for dyeing to be equallie devided betweene my said

wife and the other younger brother To hold to them and their heirs for ever Item Iwill that if

either of my younger daughters that is to saie Elizabeth or Marie shall happen to dye w[i]thout issue

of their bodyes lawfully begotten before theie portons shall come unto them according to my

bequest before expressed Then I will that the porton of either of them for dyinge shall be equallie

devided between my said wife and the survyvinge youngest daughter Item I doe make and ordaine

the said Diana my wife my sole Executrix of this my last will and testament And I doe give unto

hir All my goods Chattells, rights and Creditts and debts owing unto me and all other my

p[er]sonall estate for and towards the p[er]formance of this my last will and testament Item I doe —–

and appoint my most ancient and welbeloved friend James Goodwin the Elder of Rendham Gent

And my trustie friend Thomas Alexander of Framlingham gen Overseers of this my will And

I doe give and bequeath unto each of them for and towards their paines tenn shillings apeece

Besides all the Charges w[i]ch they shalbe anywares be at about the seeing or causing of this my Will to

Be p[er]formed Jeptha Waller published and declired by the said Jeptha Waller as his last will

And testament in the p[re]sence of us Tho. Browne  George ????  Miles Edwardes

 

Probatum paid to Diana Waller relict of the deceased (or maybe she was also deceased??