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The Will of Henry Boorer
In the Name of
God Amen I Henry Boorer of Ockley in the
County of Surrey Butcher being sick and
weak in Body but of a sound and
disposing Mind Memory and Understanding
do make and ordain this my last Will and
Testament in manner following that is to
say first and principally I recommend my
Soul to Almighty God my Creator and my
Body I commit to the Earth to be
decently buried at the discretion of my
Executor hereinafter named and as to my
Worldly Estate after my just Debts and
ffuneral Expences are paid I dispose
thereof as follows I give and bequeath
unto my Son in Law Robert Boreman the
Sum of two hundred pounds of lawful
Money of Great Britain to be paid him
within six Months next after my decease
and one hundred pounds more to be paid
unto him within four Year next after my
decease Also I Give unto my Grandaughter
Elizabeth Boreman the sum of one hundred
pounds to be paid unto my said Son in
Law within four years after my decease
until my said Grandaughter shall attain
to the age of twenty one years and the
Interest to be paid to her during her
Minority towards her education and ....
And as soon as she attains the age of
twenty one Years my will is that she
shall have the said hundred pounds at
her own disposing as she shall think
proper but if she should not live to
attain the age of twenty one years and
leave no lawful Issue then I give the
said hundred Pounds unto my Daughter
Elizabeth the Wife of Robert Boreham and
to her Heirs and Assigns for ever I Give
and Devise unto my Daughter Mary Wife of
Hersey Willard all those my House
Tenements and Lands with the
Appurtenances situate in Ockley
aforesaid to hold the same to her my
said Daughter Mary during her natural
life and the Rents Issues and Profits
thereof to be at her disposing and her
receipt to be always a sufficient
discharge for the same and if her
Husband should survive her I give him
the said Houses Tenements and Lands to
hold the same during his life and my
Will and Desire is that they my said
Daughter and her Husband shall from time
to time during their Lives maintain
uphold and keep all the said Messuage
and Appurtenances in Good and sufficient
repair but not to cut down any of the
Timber standing and growing thereon but
as soon as my Grandson Henry Willard
shall attain to the age of twenty four
years I hereby authorize him my said
Grandson to enter upon the said Lands
and cut down and convert the Timber
thereon at his free Will and pleasure
and after the decease of my said
Daughter Mary and her Husband I give the
said Houses Tenements and Lands with the
Appurtenances unto my said Grandson
Henry Willard and to his Heirs and
Assigns for ever but in case my said
Daughter Mary should have no Issue which
may survive she and her Husband then I
give the said Houses Tenements and Lands
with the Appurtenances unto the Heirs of
my Daughter Elizabeth and in default of
such Issue I give the said unto my
nearest of kin known by the Name of
Boorer and to their Sons and Assigns for
ever Also I give and devise unto my
Grandson Henry Willard all that my
Messuage or Tenement with the
Appurtenances situate in Warnham as soon
as he shall attain to the age of twenty
four years and his Mother to take and
receive the Rents and Profits thereof
until he shall attain to that age and I
do hereby charge the said Messuage with
the payment of three shillings yearly
and every year for ever to the clerk or
Sexton of Warnham to keep up in good
order the Graves of my ffather Mother
and Brother Also I give unto my said
Grandson the Sum of one hundred Pounds
at the age of twenty one years and I
give unto my Grandaughter Mary Willard
the sum of one hundred pounds at her age
of twenty one years Also I give unto my
workman John Kitchen five pounds to be
paid in six Months after my decease Also
I give forty Shillings worth of Bread to
the poor of Ockley within one Month
after my decease all which Legacies I
direct to be paid by my Executor in
manner aforesaid and my Will is that my
Executor shall erect a Tomb over me and
my Wife and a Head and foot stone to my
Son Henry and my Daughter Sarah and I do
hereby appoint my Son in Law Hersey
Willard full and sole Executor of this
my Will hereby making void all former
Wills by me before made ratifying and
confirming this and no other to be my
last Will and Testament In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal the twenty first Day of May one
thousand seven hundred and seventy nine
Henry Boorer
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