1675 Will of Thomas Rivers IC/AA1/105/60

1675   Will of Thomas Rivers                       IC/AA1/105/60

In the name of God Amen the first day of January in the syven? & twentieth year

Of the reigne of our sovergne Lord Charles the seconde by the grace of God of England Scotland Ffrance

& Irelande Kinge Defender of the faythe and in the yeare of the Lord one thousande six hundred &

Seaventy fower I Thomas Rivers of Waldringfield in the County of Suff[olk]  house? Carpenter being god bee

blissed for it of sound & p[er]fecte memory both of body & mine doe disanull & renounce alle other form

Will & doe make & ordayne this my last will & testament Inpris I bequeath my soule into the

hands of almighty God Byseechinge him of his infinite mercy in Christ Jesus to save it & my body

to the earth from whence it came in a most comfortable hope of a most blessed & Joyfull  –untion

unto eternall glory and as for my houses & lands lyinge & beinge in Waldringfeld or else where in the county of Suff[olk]

— all other my worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased god to blisse mee withall I give &

bequeath them as followethe  Item I give & bequeath unto Richard Yorke of Hemley in the county of Suff[olk] yeoman

& Richard Yorke of Bentley in the sayd County of Suff[olk] yeoman all my coppihold lands tenements & messuages holden of Rivers Hall & of the

Mann[o]rs of Hilton Hall lyinge scittuate & being in Walderingfeilde aforesaid and also all my messuages lands & tenements that is freehold lyinge

Lyinge scittuate & beinge in Walderingfeild, aforesaid equally to be divided between them and theire heirs  Item I give & bequeath unto the sayd

Richard Yorke of Hemley & Richard Yorke of Bently all my bonds? Bills?  so any money cattelles? Cattells? & all other my household stuffe

& worldly estate what soev[er] they paying all the legacies here? with? in this my last will —— specyfyed & declared  Item my will

& minde is that the sayd Richard Yorke of Bently shall ber as halfe the charge that the sayd Richard Yorke of Hemley hath

beene at & that hee shall bee at hereafter for my Bord & lacking? & after? durings my life  Item I geve & bequeathes unto to the poore

of the towne of Waldryngfeld the sum[m]e of twenty shillings of lawfull money of England to be payd w[i]thin one month after my

decease by my Executors  Item I geve & bequeath unto Thomas Rivers of Backles[ha]m? —- sonne of Anthony Rivers Blacksmyth the sum[m]e

of Tenn pounds of lawfull money of England to bee payd when six moneths after my decease unto his heires  Item I geve and

bequeath unto Willia[m] Fremich? of Soyle he ——————- the sume of tenn pounds of lawfull money of England to bee payd within six months after

my decease by my executorer as to  his heires,  Item I geve & bequeath unto Thomas Pyrsh of Soules marr—- the sume of tenne

pounds of lawfull money of England to bee payd w[it]hin nyne months after my decease by my Executors or to his heirs

Item I give & bequeath unto sister Stannard of Cobsecke five pounds of lawfull money of England to bee? payde to hym

Twooe? months after my decease by my Executors or to her heires  Item I give & bequeath unto Mrs Cocte? of Backles[ha]m? widow

the sum[m]e of forty shillings of lawfull English money to bee payd w[it]h one moneth after my decease by my Executors  Item

I give & bequeath unto Porter Clarke of Bucklesham gent the sum[m]e of forty shillings to be payd to him twooe moneths

after my decease by my Executors   Item I give & bequeath unto Margarett Cryspe of Mart[le]s[h[a]m — a sum[me] of thirty shillings

of lawfull money of England to bee payd w[i]thin one moneth after my decease by my Executors  Item I give & bequeath

unto Mary Yorke the daughter of Richard Yorke of Hemley the sum[m]e of forty shillings of lawfull English money to bee

payd by my Ecxecutors  Item I give & bequeath unto Margarett Symonds of Rushmer the sum[m]e of twenty shillings of

lawfull money of England to bee payd w[it]h one moneth after my decease by my Exectors  Item I give

Richard Gardner to his three sisters Fifty shillings a peece to bee payd by my Executors w[it]hin six moneths after my decease

Item I give & bequeath unto Bethany Thinge the sume of twenty shillings of lawfull money of England to be payd by my Executors  Item I make

& ordayne the sayd Richard Yorke of Hemley & the sayd Richard Yorke of Bentley my Executors execute to this my

last will & testament  In witness whereof I have here unto set my hande & seale this day & yeare first above written

Item I doe make the sayd Porter Clarke of Buckleshem my supervisor of this my last will & testament

The Mark of                                                    The Mark of Thomas Rivers

Edmond Gilbert

John Cooper Snr

Probatum fuit

AD 1675  Richard Yorke & Richard Yorks of Hemley  both mentionned