In the Name of God Amen I John Hannell Citizen and Weaver of London being weak in body but of sound and disposing Mind and Memory praised be Almighty God for the same do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and fform following And first and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my heavenly ffather trusting through the alone Meritts of my dear Lord and Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ to obtain a glorious Resurrection and a blessed Eternity and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buryed at the discretion of my Executor and Executrix hereinafter named And as for such temporal Estate as God hath been graciously pleased to bestow upon me I give devise and bequeath the same as followeth Imprimis I give and confirm unto my loving Wife Bithia Hannell one third part of all my personal Estate (the same in three equal parts to be divided according to the ancient Custom of London Item I give and confirm one third part of my personal Estate unto and amongst all and every my Children whom shall be living at the time of my decease to be equally divided between them according to the said Custom Share and Share alike And as to the remaining third part of my said Personal estate which I have power to dispose of by the said Custom I do give and dispose of the same as hereinafter mentioned that is to say I give and bequeath unto my eldest Son Charles Hannell the sum of Sixty pounds of lawful money of Great Britain Item I give unto my Son John Hannell the sum of fforty pounds of like lawful Money Item I give unto my Son William Hannell the Sum of Sixty pounds Item I give unto my Daughter Mary the Wife of Elisha Bentley the Sum of Seventy Pounds to be paid into her own hands for her sole and separate use for which her Receipt alone shall be a good discharge unto my Executors It being my Will and Meaning that the said Elisha Bentley shall not in any wise intermeddle with the Same or the Interest or produce thereof Item I give unto my other Daughters Susanna Mehetable and Elizabeth Hannell the Sum of Eighty Pounds apiece And my Will is that all and every the Legacys hereinbefore given shall be raised out of my Estate and paid to the several persons above named within one year next after my decease Item my Will and Meaning is and I hereby direct that my said Wife Bithia Hannell shall have the good Will of my Trade and hold the Lease of my dwelling house for the Remainder of the Term of Years which I shall have therein at the time of my decease she paying and allowing the Sum of One Hundred pounds for the same which shall be deducted out of her customary Share of my estate upon the Division thereof Item I give devise and bequeath all and every the Rest residue and Remainder of the said lsat mentioned third part of my personal Estate and my Reall Estate whatsoever unto my said loving Wife Bethia Hannell her Heirs Executors and Administrators And I hereby make constitute and appoint my friend Mr Benjamin Noble and my said Wife Executor and Executrix of this my last Will and revoke all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal the one and twentieth day of June Anno Dm 1732 and in the fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God King of Great Britain John Hannell his mark
Witnesses Benjamin Noble (erased) ffrancis Mansfield James Tyler Attorney in Aldersgate Street
 
Proved 1st July 1732 PCC
 Prob11/652
 
(Written in Margin)
The ...day of March in the Year of Our Lord 1734 ...Susanna Hannell and Mehetabell _ Hannell the Executrices (with Will annexed) of the Goods of Bithia Hannell Widow dec'd which living the Relict one of the Execors & Residuary Legatee named in the Will of the sd John Hannell deced to administer the said Goods Chattells & Credits of the said deced according to the......said left unadministered by the sd Bithia Hannell deced (for that Benjamin Noble the other Execor named in this Will hath renounced the Execution thereof) being first sworn duly to administer

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