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Will of Thomas Mountague of Granborough, yeoman, 1728 (proved 1729)
National Archives, PROB 11/631/11
In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Mountague the Elder of Grandborough in the County of Bucks yeoman being weake in body but of sound and perfect mind and Memory praised be God therefore doe this Fifteenth day of August Anno Domini 1728 make this my last Will and Testament in manner Following (that is to say) First and principally I Commend my Soule into the hands of Allmighty God who gave it and my body I Com(m)itt to the Earth to be buryed at the Discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named and as for my worldly Estate I give and dispose thereof as Followeth Imprimis I give will Devise and bequeath unto my Kinsmen John Mountague William Mountague Edward Mountague and Henry Mountague and unto my Kinswoman Pleasant Hudson Children of my Brother John Mountague deceased and unto my Kinswoman Elizabeth Bowden Daughter of my Kinsman John Bowden of Grandborough aforesaid Butcher the sume of five pounds each of Lawfull money of Great Brittain to be paid unto them within one year next after the Death of Eleanor my loving Wife out of my Freehold Lands and Tenements by such person or persons who shall then Enjoy the same by Virtue of this my Will but in case any or either of them the said John Mountague my Kinsman William Mountague Edward Mountage Henry Mountague Pleasant Hudson and Elizabeth Bowden shall happen to depart his life without Issue before his her or their Legacy or Legacies shall be due and payable then my Will meaning and desire is that the Legacy or Legacies of him her or them soe dyeing without Issue shall not be payable but in case any or either of them shall happen to depart this life before his her or their Legacy or Legacies shall be due and payable and shall happen to leave Issue of his her or their body or bodyes then my will meaning and desire is that the Issue of the body of him her or them soe dyeing shall have equally amongst them the Legacy given to his her or their Father or Mother and I doe give and bequeath the same Accordingly Item I give Will Devise and bequeath all and every my Freehold Lands Testaments and Hereditaments whatsoever in the parish of Grandborough aforesaid and the Appurtenances belonging to the same unto my Loving Wife El^i^anor Mountague for and during the Term of her naturall life and from and after her Death then to my Kinsman Thomas Mountague (Son of my Brother John Mountague deceased) for and during the Term of his Naturall life and from and after the Death of the Survivor of them the said Elianor Mountague and Thomas Mountague then to Thomas Mountague Son of the said Thomas Mountague my Kinsman and the Heirs of his body Lawfull begotten or to be begotten and for default of such Issue then to the right Heirs of me the said Thomas Mountague for ever Subject Neverthelesse to the payment of the Legacies herein before mentioned at such time and in such manner as is herein before appointed Item I give Will Devise and bequeath the Reverton (expectant upon the Death of the said Elianor my Wife) of in and to all my Copyhold Messuages Lands and Tenements in the parish of Granborough aforesaid and the Appurtenances belonging to the same unto the said Thomas Mountague my Kinsman (Son of my Brother John Mountague deceased) for and during the Terme of his Naturall life and from and after his death then to Thomas Mountague his son and the Heirs of his body Lawfully begotten or to be begotten and for default of such Issue then to the right Heirs of me the said Thomas Mountague for ever Item I give Will Devise and bequeath unto the said John Mountague my Kinsman William Mountague Edward Mountague Henry Mountague and Pleasant Hudson the further sume of five pounds each of like Lawfull money to be paid unto them by my Executrix hereafter named her Executors or Administrators within Six months next after such time as my Executrix shall be marryed againe or within six months next after the Death of my Executrix which shall first happen but in case any or either of them shall happen to dye before his her or their last mentioned Legacy or Legacies shall be due and payable then my Will and desire is that such last mentioned Legacy or Legacies of him her or them soe dyeing shall goe to and Amongst the Survivors of them each of them an Equall share thereof and I doe give and bequeath the same Accordingly Item I give will Devise and bequeath all the rest of my goods Chattells and personall Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto the said Elianor Mountague my Loving Wife she paying my debts Funerall Expences and Legacies on her part to be paid and I doe hereby make ordaine and Appoint the said Eleanor my Wife full and Sole Executrix of this my Will and I doe hereby revoke all former Wills by me before made and doe declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this Fifteenth day of August Anno Domini 1728.
The marke of Thomas Mountague the Elder
Signed Sealed published and Declared in the presence of us who have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses in the presence of the Testator
Rob(er)t Stevens Jun(ior) Daniel Elliot Peter Goldsworth
Proved at London 1st July 1729 before the Venerable John Bettesworth by Eleanor Mountague Widow and Executrix.
Notes
Thomas Mountague was a Baptist and one of the trustees of Keach's Meeting House. He was buried at Granborough on 21 Aug 1728. He was probably the son of Thomas and Pleasance Mountague baptised at Granborough on 27 Dec 1661, in which case his family were not Baptists. His brother John's children all had Anglican baptisms at Granborough. For more about the Mo(u)ntague family of Granborough, click here.