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Summary:
Testator:
Richard Swayne (1) of
Tarrant Gunville,
Dorset, gent
Sons:
John, William, and
Richard (2) (executor)
Daughters:
Katherine Bower and
Elizabeth Young
Servane:
Ann Jay, alias Harding
Signed:
21 December 1665
Witnesses:
William ?Hayes, Thomas
Swayne (3)
Probate:
unknown (4)
Notes:
1. Testator is
documented in the 1677
Heralds’ Visitation of
Dorset;
2. Testaor’s son and
executor, also Richard,
married and had
children;
3. Thomas Swayne was
perhaps testator’s
younger half brother;
4. The Heralds’
Visitation says this
will was proved in the
Archdeaconry of Dorset
in 1665.
Source:
Dorset History Centre,
Dorchester, Dorset DT1
1RP
Text:
In
the name odf God, Amen.
I Richard Swayne of
Tarrant Gunville in the
county of Dorset, gent,
being sick of the body
yet of ?perfect mind and
memory for which I give
God praise, do make this
my last will and
testament the one and
twenty day of December
1665 in manner and form
following
First I give and
bequeath my soul to God
??? ??? to grant a
joyful resurrection, and
my body to be buried in
the church of Tarrant
??? ??? ??? executor
hereinafter named
First, I give and
bequeath to my daughters
Katherine ?Bower and
Elizabeth Young ??? ???
??? that I gave ??? ???
??? them
Item, I give and
bequeath unto my son
John Swayne the ??? and
the cubbard over the
hall chamber and the bed
and bed ??? and ???
cubbard in the middle
chamber
Item, I give and
bequeath unto my son
Wiliam Swayne the bed
and bed ??? in the hall
together with my four
pairs of ??? sheets in
the box andfive pounds
in money
Item, I give to the poor
of the parish the sum of
?five pounds to be paid
them within one year
after my decease and to
be ??? ???
Item, I give and
bequeath unto my servant
Ann Jay alias Harding
five pounds a year
during her life to be
paid unto her quarterly,
the first quarter to be
??? ??? after my decease
Item, all the rest of my
goods and chattels not
yet disposed of I give
and bequeath to my son
Richard Swayne whom I
make executor of this my
last will and testament
Witness my hand and seal
the day and year above
written // R Swayne
//
Read, published and
declared to be the last
will and testament of
Richard Swayne in the
presence of //
William ?Hayes, Thomas
Swayne // |
