|
In the Name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Ghost......I Edward Weld of Lullworth Castle in
the County of Dorset calling to Mind the ffrailty and
Uncertainty of Human Life being in Perfect Health Sense and
Memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same being desirous to
settle my Temporal Affairs in my lifetime that there may be no
Occasion given of dispute whenever it shall please Almighty God
to call me out of this miserable World ffirst then and chiefly I
recommend my Soul to Almighty God my Creator and Redeemer humbly
begging and firmly hoping through then Infinite Merits of the
incarnation Passion and Death of my Dearest Saviour Jesus Christ
and Remission of all my Sins to enjoy eternal Happiness in the
life to come As to my body my Will is that it be interred
without any Pomp as to the temporal Goods wherewith Almighty God
has out of his Infinite Goodness been pleased to bless me I give
and bequeath all except what is hereafter otherwise disposed of
to my Eldest Son Edward Weld And Whereas pursuant to a power
reserved by my Marriage Settlement I am at Liberty by Deed or
Will to charge my Lands and Estates therein mentioned with the
Sum of Six thousand pounds now in consequence of the said Power
I do by this Will by me duly executed and attested by three
Credible Witnesses as the said Power directs charge my said
Lands and Estates with the Payment of the said Sum of Six
thousand pounds And my Will is if my other Moneys and Effects do
not amount to the Sums hereinafter bequeathed that this Sum of
Six Thousand pounds shall be employed towards the Payment of
them I Give to my Second Son John Weld Sum of ffive Thousand
Pounds to my Third Son Thomas Weld the like Sum of ffive
Thousand Pounds to my Daughter Mary Weld the Sum of Three
Thousand Pounds I likewise give to my Sister Elizabeth Weld the
Sum of ffive Thousand Pounds I likewise give to my said Sister
Elizabeth Weld the Additional Sum of Two Thousand Pounds I also
give to my Brother Thomas Simeon Weld the Sum of One Thousand
Pounds and by this last Will do appoint him the said Thomas
Simeon Weld my Executor and I do hereby further ordain that all
Expences which may be occasioned by the Executor of this my Will
and all my Debts be paid out of the Effects and Moneys belonging
to me at the time of my decease I likewise desire that he will
pay out of the same two years Wages to all my Menial Servants
also I give to the Poor according to the discretion of my said
Executor the Sum of Two hundred pounds In Witness whereof I have
Signed Sealed Published and declared this to be my last Will and
Testament this seventeenth day of April in the Year of our Lord
1755 Edward Weld
(Attestation Clause)
R Lumley Kingston _ Edwd
Stepehens _ Thos Pyke
Proved at London 7 November 1775
PCC Prob11/1013 |
