| Abstract | Will of Mary Flingant widow of East Mersea 4 December 1640 transcribed from ERO D/ACW 13/308
Transcription by Jill Waters December 2021
Abstract
Date of will 4 December 1640
People mentioned are
Lettice Flingant - daughter
Thomas Flingant - son
Richard Rumnie of Wigborow magna - cousin and executor
Susan Cartar - cousin
Thomas Reade
Israel Edward - signatory
Thomas Harris - signatory
Places mentioned
Colchester (St Botolph), Layer de la Haye, Great Wigborough
Transcription
1. In the name of God Amen: the 4 th day of Dece[m]ber in the sixteene yeare
2. of the raigne of o[ur] Soveraigne Lord kinge Charles of England Scotland e[t]c
3. kinge & in the yeare of our Lord God 1640. I Mary Flinga[n]t of Eastmersey
4. in the Cou[n]ty of Essex widdow beinge sicke in body but thankes be given to God
5. in p[er]fect & good memory, doe ordaine & make this my last will & Testame[n]t in ma[n]ner
6. & forme followinge:
7. Impr[imis] I bequeath my soule into the ha[n]ds of Allmighty God my Creator
8. trustinge through the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour & Redeemer to
9. obtaine the pardon of all my sinnes & after this miserable life ended to obtaine
10. everlastinge Life. - My body I bequeath to the Earth to be buried at the
11. discretion of my Executor or Executors hereafter mentioned.
12. It[em] I give unto the poore of the Parish of Eastmersey ten shillings to be distributed
13. w[i]thin six monthes after my decease at the discretio[n] of the Parson of Eastmersey
14. & the Churchwardens
15. It[em] I give unto my Daughter Lettice Flinga[n]t all my la[n]ds & Tenements Coppy
16. & free lyinge in the <> towne of Colchester & parish of St Buttolph in
17. the same towne, & Layer de la <> Hay in the Cou[n]ty aforesaid.
18. It[em] I give unto my Daughter Lettice one halfe of my Goods, Chattells &
19. moveables, my debts & Funerall Charges paid.
20. It[em] the other halfe of my goods, my debts & funerall charges paid I give unto
21. Thomas Flinga[n]t my sonne, upo[n] this co[n]ditio[n] that if I should not for wa[n]t of
22. Tena[n]ts surrender my Coppiehold, that my said sonne Thomas, when he comes to
23. <> the full age of twentie & one yeares, surrender & release the said Coppyhold lyinge
24. in Laer de la hay, otherwise if he refuse soe to doe, my former gift to be voide and
25. I give unto <> him onely forty shillings, & <> the remainder to my daughter
26. Lettice
27. And my will & meaninge is that my Executor hereafter named shall have the benefit
28. of all my stocke for & towardes the educatinge of my Daughter Lettice & repaireinge
29. of the Tenements, <> untill my sonne Thomas acco[m]plish his age of twenty & one years
30. & my daughter accomplish the said age, or u[n]till her day of marriage w[hic]hshall
31. first happen. And my will is that if either of my Children should die that the
32. surviver should enjoy the others part.
33. It[em] lastly I make & appoint my Cosen Richard Rumnie of Wigborow magna in the
34. Cou[n]ty of Essex yeoman my sole Executor of this my last will & testame[n]t to
35. paie my debts, to see my body decently interred & to bringe up my daughter Lettice, &
36. my desire is that <> he might have the bringinge up of my sonne Thomas, if those to whome
37. his Gardianship shall belonge will give reasonable consideratio[n]
38. And for as much as that I consider <> the frailety of life, & that my Children may die
39. before they acco[m]plish theire severall ages, I doe therfore ordaine & appoint t[ha]t if my Children
40. should die before the acco[m]plishment of therie severall ages, that my Executor shall paie
41. unto Susa[n] Cartar my Cosen ten pou[n]ds, & to Thom: Reade his two Children five pou[n]ds
42. a peice & all the remainder to my Executor, And in wittnesse hereof I have hereto
43. set my hand seale the day & yeare first above written
44. Israel Edwardes Signed Mary Flingant
45. Tho: Harris
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