Will of Thomas Thorpe of Addington, dairyman, 1724 (proved 1728)

Bucks Archives, D/A/Wf/76/156

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Thorpe of Addington in the County of Bucks Daryman being Weak in Body but of Sound and perfect Minde and  Memory (for which I praise God) and considering that ‘tis appointed for All Men once to dye Doe Make and Ordeyne this my last Will and Testament in manner followeing (that is to say) First and principally I Recom(m)end my Soul into the hands of Almighty God trusting for Salvation and through the only Merritts of my Blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ My Body I Com(m)it to the Earth to be decently Interred att the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named And as for such Temporall Estate wherewith itt hath pleased God to Blesse me I Give and dispose thereof as followeth viz. I Give and Bequeath to my Eldest \Sonn/ George Thorpe Fifty pounds of lawfull Money of Great Brittaine to be paid him by my Executrix hereinafter named when he shall Attaine the Age of Eighteeen years (whose Receipt then shall be a Sufficient Discharge) and one of my Bedds Bedsteads and Bedding plow plow-Geers and One Cart such as my Executrix shall think fitt I Give & Bequeath to my Sonn Robert Thorpe Three hundred pounds of like Money to be paid him when he shall Attain his Age of Twenty One Years by my said Executrix and my Joynt Bedstead Bedd and Bedding thereto belonging a Coverlid and Carved Chest I Give & Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Thorpe One hundred pounds to be Paid her by my Executrix hereinafter named when she attaines her age of One and Twenty years And my Mind and Desire is that my Wife and Executrix shall have the Interest of the said Severall Legacyes untill they shall become due for and towards the Maintaining Breeding up and Education of my said Three Children All the rest of my Goods Chattells and personall Estate whatsoever and Wheresoever I Give unto my Loving Wife Elizabeth whom I make and Appoint full and sole Executrix of this my Last Will She breeding up and Maintaining my Children and paying my Debts and Legacyes hereby revokeing all former Wills by me att any time heretofore made And I doe Declare only this to be my Last And I doe hereby farther Declare my Mind and Will that in Case my said Wife Elizabeth shall att any time hereafter Marry another Husband Then she shall pay within One Moneth after her Marrying as aforesaid the further sum(m)e of One hundred pounds of like Money amongst such of my said Three Children as shall be living at such Marryage of my said Wife to be Equally devided between them In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand this fifteenth day of August in the Tenth year of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord King George of Great Brittaine &c Annoq(ue) D(o)m(ine) 1724

Thomas Thorpe [signature]

Signed Sealed Published and declared In the Presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names as Wittnesses In the presence of the Testator and of Each other
John Hinton [signature]
The Marke of Mary Parker
John Markham [signature]

[new hand] 14o Decembris 1728o
Jurat’ Executrix supranominat’ Coram me
[signature] Gul. Mason surr.

[probate] 14 Dec 1728 before William Mason clerk, surrogate of the venerable John Bettesworth LLD, commissary and official of the Archdeaconry of Bucks, to Elizabeth Thorpe the widow and executrix.

Notes

Thomas Thorp was buried at Addington on 6 Dec 1728. He married Elizabeth Ward of Addington in 1702. There was also a contemporary Thomas Thorp(e) in Granborough.

The surviving children mentioned in the will are:

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