1626 Will - Christopher Reeve
Introduction
Dated: 6 Jun 1626, West Ham, EssexProbated: Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 13 Jun 1626
Recorded: Piece 149 (Hele), folio 310
Transcript
In the name of God Amen. The Sixth daie of June in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand sixe hundred twentie and sixe I Christopher Reeve of Westham in the countie of Essex gent doe make publish and ordayne this my last will and Testament in manner and forme followingFirst I bequeath my soule unto allmightie god my maker and Redeemer and my Body to bee buried according to ye discreson of my executor hereunder named
Item I give and bequeath unto my sister Grace the wife of John Baylie the some of fiftie pounds to bee paid to her wthin three months next after my decease and to the said Grace my biggest silver cupp and 1 ? spoone
Item I give unto my sister Joane the wife of James Bignold my biggest quilt? cupp and 1 quilt? spoone
Item I give to my sister Margaret the wife of James Guy my next quilt? cupp in value and 1 quilt? spoone
Item I guve unto my said sister Margaret ten pounds to bee paid unto her within three months next after my decease
Item I give unto my sister Agnes the wife of John Grenefield the some of ten pounds to be paid to her wthin three months next after my decease and I doe give to her the said Agnis the other quilt? cupp and ii quit? spoones
Item I give unto Thomas Guy my sisters sonne i quilt? spoone
Item I give unto my said sister Joane my biggest chest and the apparell and all that is in it wth chest standeth in the maides chamber where I dwell
Item I give unto Grace Bignold my sisters daughter the sume of twentie pounds to bee paid to her within three months next after my decease
Item I guve unto Edward Bignold and William Bignold the two younger sonnes of my sister Joane ten pounds apeece to bee paid to each of them wthin three months next after my decease
Item I give unto James Bignold my sisters sonne all that my annuity and yearly rent? wth ? and hold of Christopher Robinson deceased ? the some of ten pounds yearly fouretayne? years yet to come
Item I give unto Ralfe Coffyns the some of ten pounds to be paid to him within three months next after my decease
Item I give unto Widdow Wentwire? xx
Item I give unto John Payne my Brother Bignolds man xx
Item I give unto Lawrence Bignold xx
Item I give unto Henry Amy ten shillings
All the rest of my goods cattell and chattells whatsoever unbequeathed I give unto my Brother James Bignold whom I make my whole and sole executor of this my last will and testament
Item I doe make and ordaine my welbeloved friend Ralfe Collyns to bee overseer to this my last will and testament In witness whereof to this my last will and testament I have hereunto set my hand and seale the said sixth daie of June 1626
Cristo Reeves in the prsce of
John Chitty John Fan?brother his marke Henry Arng?