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Summary:
Testator:
Francis Kingsmill (1),
gentleman, of Ballybeg,
Cork, Ireland
Legatees:
Dominick Fisher, Thomas
Cooper and ?Crass Hooper
Brother and executor:
William Kingsmill (2),
esquire
Signed:
16 August 1640
Witnesses:
Fra Smith, George Wotten
Clarke, Tho. Bragg,
Dominick Fisher and
Thomas Cooper
Probate:
granted at London ?30
October 1640 to William
Kingsmill
Notes:
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Testator (1612-1640)
was the third son of
Sir Francis
Kingsmill
(1570-1620) by
Dorothy Hunt (b
1584); he does not
appear to have
married or had
children;
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Testator’s elder
brother William
Kingsmill (d 1650)
was of Ballybeg
Abbey, co Cork; he
married Dorothy St
Leger and had six
children; in the
church at
Bridgwater, Somerset
is a large mural
monument to Sir
Francis Kingsmill
and his sons Francis
and William.
Source:
UK
National Archives, Prob
11/184, Image 174
Text:
In
the name of God Amen;
the sixteenth day of
August 1640 I, Francis
Kingsmill of ?Ballybeg
in the County of Cork In
the kingdom of Ireland,
gentleman, sick in body
but of sound and perfect
memory, thanks be to
Almighty God, do
constitute and make this
my last will and
testament in manner and
form following. That is
to say first I bequeath
my soul into the hands
of God my maker and my
body to be buried in the
Church of Bridgwater.
Item, I give to the
Church of Bridgwater
five pounds. Item, I
give to the poor of the
same parish five
pounds. Item, I give to
the poor of Taunton five
pounds.
Item, I give to Dominick
Fisher five pounds.
Item, I give to Thomas
Cooper five pounds
Item, I give to ?Crass
Hooper five pounds.
All the rest of my goods
and chattels (my debts
paid and my funeral
discharged) I give to
William Kingsmill,
esquire, my brother whom
I make the sole executor
of this my last will and
testament, witness my
hand and seal hereunto
set the day and year
above written // Fra.
Kingsmill //
Witnesses hereunto //
Fra. Smith // George
Wotten Clarke // Tho.
Bragg // Dominick Fisher
// Thomas Cooper.//
Probate … (in Latin)
granted at London ?30
October 1640 … to
William Kingsmill,
armiger, brother of the
said deceased and
executor named in the
will …
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