WILL OF FRANCIS WAKEMAN of Ribbisford, Hereford

Dated 19 Aug 1626

In the name of God, Amen I ffrancis Wakeman of Bewely of the parish of Rillisford [Ribbisford] and Dioces of Hereford Cong? being sicke in body but of sound and perfect memory thanks bee vnto god therefore Doe make this my last will and testament (the nintenth daie of August Ano Dm One thousand sixe hundred twentie sixe and in the second yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles of England Scotland ffrannce and Ireland being defendo^r of  the faith (in manner and forme following) Imp I commend my Soule into the hands of the lord Jesus by whose death and meritts I beleeve the remission of all my sinnes and the enioying of everlasting happines in the kingdome of heaven and my body to bee interred in christian buriall in hope of a ioyfull resurrection (by the vertue of Christ resurrection to life eternall  It [Item] I give vnto my Sonne Samuell my best brasse pott excepting one[,] and ten pounds of lawfull english money to bee delivered and paid to him by my Executo^r when he shall accomplish the age of fower [4] and twentie yeares and if he dye before the said tyme then my will is that the tenn pounds shalbe equally devided among all the rest of my Children then living  It [Item] I give my Sonne Joseph my best brasse pott and twentie two pounds of lawfull english money to bee paid [unto him] by my Executo^r when he shall accomplish the age of twentie and one yeares and if he dye before the said tyme then my will is that the xxij^£ shalbee equally devided amongst all my Children then living  Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Priscilla forty two pounds to bee paid vnto her by my Executo^r at two seaverall tymes viz the one halfe of it within sixe months after my decease and the other halfe at the end of the yeare after my decease  Item I give to my Daughter Ann Wakeman my biggest brasse pann apaire of flaxon sheets on Towell on pillowbeere two pewter dishes halfe of adozen of napkins and forty fower pounds of lawfull english mony to bee paid vnto her when she shall accomplish the age of sixteene yeres concerning w^ch legacy of forty fower pounds my will is that twenty pounds thereof being now in the hands of my Sonne in lawe William Davies of Glocester ?? shall remaine w^th him till my Daughter Ann Accomplish the age of sixteene yeares Provided that the said William Davies enter into bond and give sufficient security to my Executo^r for the paying in of the said xx^£ when my daughter Ann comes to the age of sixteene yeares and if my Executo^r bee careles of the takeing securitie for the payment of it then he to pay it at the tyme appointed to my Daughter Anne And for the other xxiiij^£  parte of the fower and fortie pounds my will is that it remaine in the hands of my Executor till my daughter Ann accomplish the age of sixteene yeares  And my will alsoe is that my Executor shall paie yearely to my Daughter Martha or her husband William Davies the some of xx^£ towards the maintenance of my Daughter Ann soe long as shee shall continue w^th them and not longer  And if it happen that my said Daughter Ann doe not continue wth them till she come to the age of xvj^teene yeares then my will is that the xx^£ shalbe paid yearely towardes her maintenance where she is abiding  And further my will is that if my said Daughter Ann dye before shee accomplish the age of sixteene yeres that then the twentie pounds in William Davies hands shall remaine the on halfe to his wife Martha and the other to his Daughter Sarah and the twentie foure pounds wch is in the hands of my Executo^r to bee equally devided amongst all the rest of my Children then liveing except my Daughter Martha Davies  It  I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hester my best brasse pott the best Candlesticke a paire of fflaxon sheets a pillowbeere halfe a dozen of napkins two pewter dishes one table cloth of fflaxon and forty fower pounds of lawfull english money to bee payd to her when she shall accomplish the age of sixteene yeares  And my will is that my sonne John Wakeman shall haue the tuition of my said Daughter till she come to the age of xvj^teen yeares and if shee dye before that tyme my will is that my sonne John shall haue twentie pound of her legacy and the rest of her legacy given to her by this my will as aforesaid shall bee equally devided among all the rest of my Children then living except my Sonne John  Item I give to Sarah my Daughter wife to Richard Hubball fower pounds and I give alsoe to Richard Hubball her Sonne xx^£ w^ch summe of five pounds is already in the hands of my Sonne in law Richard Hubball Item I give to Martha my Daughter wife to William Davies ten pounds and I give to Sarrah her daughter xx^£ which seaven pounds is allready in the hands of the said William Davies my Sonne in lawe  Item I give to May the Daughter of Johne Wowen? w^ch he had by my Daughter Mary three pounds and to John his Sonne w^ch he had alsoe by my said Daughter Mary three pounds more of lawfull english money to bee delivered vnto the said John Wowe? theire ffather at the sixe months and after my decease to bee imployed presently by him in some lawfull manner for theire use and benefitt till Marye the Daughter accompllish the age of sixteene yeares & till John the Sonne accomplish the age of xxi^th yeares and then to bee paid vnto them by theire ffather or his assignes w^th such lawfull profitt that maie bee made thereof and if either of the said children should dye before the tyme specified that then the survivor to haue the others portion w^th such benfitt as is made thereby and my will alsoe is that my Executor shall haue the oversight of these legacies for the good of the said Children  Item I give to John Phinley? of the wyerhill ys  It I give to my Brother John Wakeman three pounds to bee paid within two yeares after my decease by w^ch sume or sumes yearely as my Executo^r shall thinke fitt  Item I give twentie shillings to bee imployed for the benefitt of the poore of Bewdly for ever att the discretion of the Bailiffe and Justice of the said Towne for the tyme being and of my Overseers during theire lives  It I give to my Sonne John all my working tooles and the remainder of the yeares in the lease of my now dwelling house  It the remainder of my houshold stuffe unbequeathed I give to my Sonne John and my Daughter Priscilla to bee equally devided betweene them  It all the rest of my goods unbequeathed w^th all Cattles & Chattells whatsoever Bills bonds debts etc I give vnto my Sonne John Wakeman and of this my last will and testament make him my full and sole Executo^r  And I intreat M^r Hammond Minister and Rector of Ribbesford M^r Hopkins of Bewdly and John Wowen my Sonne in lawe to bee Overseers of this my last will and testament and for theire paines I give each of them ten shillings

Francis Wakeman his marke    Witnesses herevnto William Hopkins John Wowen./.

Probatum fuit Testamentum supra scriptum apud London coram venerabili Viro Domino Henrico Marten Milite legum Doctore Curit Prerogatrive Cant Magistro custode sive Dominis saris? Ltune? constituto Septimo die mensis Novembris Anno ?? Millesimo seycentesimo virt suno seyto Furamento Johannis Wakeman filij et executoris in huinscuodi Testamento nominat Cui Commissa fuit adminstratio omnium et suigulorum bonorum virium et Creditorum dicti defuncti de bene et fideliter Administrando cadem ad sancta Dei Evangelia Coram Johanne Hamond Pectore de Ribbefford et Willimis Lowe Curate de Bewdley Vigore Commissiomis in capte als emanat Jurat./  Ex^r