Will of Henry West of Gawcott, baker, 1722 (proved 1741)

CBS, Pec 9/14

In the Name of God Amen, I Henry West of Gawcott in the Parish of Buckingham in the County of Bucks Baker being weak of body but of sound mind & memory, Do make & Declare this my Last Will & Testam(en)t. And first I com(m)it my Soul to God that gave it & my body to the Earth to be buried at the discrec(i)on of my Exec(uto)r hereafter menc(i)oned & as for my Temporal Estate I dispose thereof as followeth Impr(im)is I give and bequeath unto my Eldest son Peter West one shilling of lawfull
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money of Great Britain Item I give to my daughter Mary wife of Robert Seaton of Gawcott af(oresai)d one shilling of like lawfull money Item I give to my dau(ght)er Joane Seaton of Winslow in the \said/ County of Bucks Baker one shilling of like lawfull money Item I give to my daughter Ann wife of William Dimmock of Gawcott af(oresai)d Cutler one shilling of like lawfull money Item I give to my dau(ght)er Elizabeth George of Twyford in the County of Bucks one shilling of like lawfull money Item I give to my dau(ght)er Faith wife of John Coare of Gawcott af(ore)s(ai)d Dealer in Cattle the sum(m)e of Ten pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid to her by my Exec(uto)r within one year after my decease & the decease of my now wife Mary West Item I give unto my son Robert West the sum(m)e of fifteen pounds to be paid to him by my Exec(uto)r within one year next after my decease & the decease of my now wife Mary West. Item all the rest & residue of my Goods Chattells Cattle debts Bills bonds moneys & real & personal Estate w(ha)tsoever or wheresoever (my debts & Legacies being paid and my funeral Expences being discharged I give devise and bequeath unto my loving son Henry West whom I do hereby make
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Constitute & appoint sole Exec(uto)r of this my Last Will & Testam(en)t & thus revoking all former & other Wills by me heretofore made I do hereby make publish & Declare this to be my Last Will & Testam(en)t. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the Seven & Twentieth day of March in the Eighth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George by the grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the faith &c. Annoque D(o)m(i)ni 1722 Henry West Sen(io)r [signature] Signed sealed & published in the presence of us whose names are hereunto subscribed who subscribed the same together in the presence of the s(ai)d Testator Shem Baxter [copy signature] John Napton [copy signature] Edw(ar)d Seyton [copy signature] Proved ye 24th April 1741 before the R(igh)t Wor(ship)ful John Bettesworth LLD: Com(missa)ry & Officiall by the Oath of Henry West sole Executo)r to whom Ad(ministra)c(i)on was Com(m)itted he being first sworn duely to administer

Notes

Henry West's son-in-law Robert Seaton belonged to the Winslow family of Seatons; read more. Presumably Mary and his other children who received a shilling had already had their inheritance when they got married.

Something seems to have gone wrong with the transcription into the archdeaconry register of "Joane Seaton of Winslow in the \said/ County of Bucks Baker" - according to the conventions of the time, either her husband's name or "widow" should have been included. She was the wife of Hugh Seaton IV, baker, and they moved to Edgware after her father made his will.