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Summary:
Testator:
Robert Phippen (1),
yeoman of Pilton,
Somerset
Servants:
Joan
Lawrence, Mary Sansom
Kinswomen:
Katherine
Rogers (2), Joane
Whiting (3)
Kinsmen:
William Phippen (4) of
Pennard, and his son
William, George Phippen
(5) of Shepton Mallett,
John Rogers (2) of West
Compton
Sister-in-law:
Jane
Phippen (6)
Overseers and friends:
Philip
Bithesea and Robert
Curles
Witnesses:
Thomas
Warde, Samuel Bedford,
otherwise Reeves
Signed:
6
August 1672
Probate:
Granted in London, 4
December 1672, to John
Rogers, executor
Notes:
1. Robert Phippen (d
1672) was a son of
George Phippen (d c1659)
2.
Katherine Rogers
(c1640-c1698) was
testator’s niece,
daughter of his brother
Ralph (d 1667), and wife
of testator’s executor
John Rogers
3. Joan Whiting’s
kinship to testator is
not known
4. William Phippen was
testator’s nephew, son
of his brother Ralph
5. George Phippen was
testator’s brother
6. Jane Phippen was
the wife of testator’s
brother Thomas (d 1670)
Source:
UK
National Archives: Prob
11/340, image 455
Text:
In
the name of God, Amen.
The sixth day of August
in the four and
twentieth year of the
reign of our sovereign
lord Charles the second,
by the grace of God of
England, Scotland,
France and Ireland,
King, defender of the
faith, and in the year
of our Lord God one
thousand six hundred
seventy and two, I,
Robert Phippen of West
Holme in the parish of
Pilton in the county of
Somerset, yeoman, being
imperfect in body but of
perfect mind and memory,
praised be God, do make
and ordain this my last
will and testament in
manner and form
following, that is to
say,
Imprimis, I bequeath my
soul into the hands of
Almighty God my maker,
trusting that through
the death and sufferings
of Jesus Christ my
redeemer he will forgive
my sins and receive me
into his heavenly
kingdom; and my body to
the earth to be buried
in Christian burial in
the churchyard near to
my father’s tomb
Item, I give to the poor
of Pilton the sum of
forty shillings to be
paid in half a year
after my decease
Item, I give and
bequeath to my servant
Joan ?Lawrence the sum
of twenty pounds of
lawful English money to
be paid her in one year
after my decease and the
biggest brass ?crock and
my biggest brass ?pan
and my chest in the hall
chamber
Item, I give and
bequeath to my kinswoman
Katherine Rogers’ five
children ten pounds
equally to be divided
between them in one year
after my decease, and in
case either of them die
before the time that
same money to remain
among the rest of them
equally divided
Item, I give and
bequeath to my kinsman
William Phippen of
Pennard and his son
William, forty shillings
apiece and to be paid in
one year after my
decease
Item, I give and
bequeath to my kinsman
George Phippen of
Shepton Mallett five
pounds of lawful money
of England and to be
paid in one year after
my decease, and all my
wearing apparel, and
that to be delivered to
him in half a year after
my decease
Item, I give and
bequeath to my kinswoman
Joane Whiting five
pounds of lawful English
money to be paid her as
aforesaid
Item, I give to my
sister-in-law Jane
Phippen’s four children
four pounds to be
equally divided among
them within one year
after my decease, and if
either of them die
before the time, that to
be divided equally among
the rest that shall be
then living
Item, I give to my
servant Mary Sansom
forty shillings to be
paid here as aforesaid
Item, all the rest of my
goods and chattels not
before given nor
bequeathed, I give and
bequeath unto my kinsman
John Rogers of West
Compton, and I do make
him my whole and sole
executor of this my last
will and testament, he
seeing my debts and
legacies paid and my
funeral expenses of ten
pounds to be ???
And lastly I do ?intreat
and appoint my
welbeloved friends
Philip Bithesea and
Robert Curles to be my
overseers in the
performance hereof and
for their pains I give
them twelve pence a
piece
In
witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
seal the day and year
first above written the
mark of Robert Phippen
Sealed and published in
the presence of us
Thomas Warde, the mark
of Samuel Bedford,
otherwise Reeves
Probate is in Latin,
dated 4 December 1672,
granted to John Rogers,
executor |
