6 March 1721 Will of Thomas Dixon of Clanvill, Weyhill, Hampshire (proved 24 November 1722)

The original document can be obtained online from The National Archives.

Source: TNA, PROB 11/588

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In the Name of God Amen
I Thomas Dixon of Clanvill in the parish of Wayhill in the County 
of Southampton Doctor of Divinity being sick in Body but of a sound
mind and memory Doe make and ordain this my last Will and Testamt
in manner following (that is to say) Imprimis I give and bequeath unto
my Son in Law Mr Robert Pyke All that my Messuage or Tenement and
half yard lands with the appurtenances lying in Clanvill aforesaid which
I lately bought of William Lympas and which I hold by Lease from the
Master Teacher of Grammar and thirteen poor Men of the Hospitall
of Ewelme in Ewelme in the County of Exon for my life and the lives of my
Daughter Sarah the now Wife of the said Robert Pyke and of Christopher
Shute (and William Lympas decease) To have and To hold the same unto
my said Son in Law Robert Pyke his Heirs and Assigns from the time of
my decease for and during the lives of the said Sarah Pyke and Christopher
Shute and the life of the Survivor of them in as full and ample manner
as I my heirs or Assigns might or could have enjoyed the same also I give
unto my said Son in Law Mr Pyke the Sum of Fifty pounds and my
Chaise Coach and Horses and all my implements of husbandry and
harness whatsoever Item I give and bequeath unto my good friends the
Reverend Mr George Greenway Rector of Kympton in the said
County of Southampton and the Reverence Mr John Border Rector
of Penton in the same County the Sum of Two hundred pounds Upon
Trust for the uses following vizt to put the same out at interest and pay
the yearly income and interest thereof unto my said Son in Law Mr Robt
Pyke and Sarah his Wife and the Survivor of them untill their Son John
Pyke shall attain the age of One and Twenty years or in case he shall die
before then untill my Grandson Thomas Pyke shall arrive to the age of
One and Twenty years and upon this further Trust that in case the
said Robert Pyke doe or shall within two months next after the said
John Pyke comes to his age of Twenty one years surrender into the
hands of the Lords of the Mannor of Ramridge in the said parish of
Wayhill To and for the use of the said John Pyke for such lives as he
shall nominate and in case of his death then to and for the use of the said



Thomas Pyke within two months next after he shall be of the age of one
and twenty years The Copyhold Tenement Yard land and premisses
thereunto belonging now in my possession lying in Clanvill aforesaid and
which he the said Robert Pyke claims to hold for his life by Copy of
Court Roll of the Mannor of Ramridge aforesaid That then the said
Sum of Two hundred pounds shall be paid unto the said Robert Pyke
upon such his Surrender But in case the said Robert pyke shall dye
before such his Surrender and leave any Wife living at the time of
his decease and such Wife do or shall surrender the said Copyhold
premisses To the use of the said John Pyke or in case of his death to the
said Thomas Pyke as aforesaid Then the said Sum of Two hundred
pounds shall be paid unto such Wife at the time of such Surrender
And if the said Robert Pyke (or in case of his death) his Widow doe not
make such Surrender as aforesaid Then in either of the said cases the
said Sum of Two hundred pounds and what interest shall be then due
shall be paid unto the said John Pyke within three months next after
he shall attain the age of one and twenty years and if he shall not live
to that time Then the same Sum to be paid unto the said Thomas
Pyke within three months after his age of One and twenty years and in
case the said John and Thomas Pyke shall both dye before such Surrendr
as aforesaid or before the said Sum of Two hundred pounds shall
become payable as aforesaid Then the said Sum of Two hundred
pounds shall be paid to the said Robert Pyke his Executors Adminrs
or Assigns Item I give and bequeath unto my said Grandsons John and
Thomas Pyke the Sum of Five pounds apeice And whereas my Son in
Law Mr Pyke intends to educate one of his said Sons Thomas and John
Pyke to be a Scholar at the university my Will is that such Son so to be
educated shall have all my Books and I hereby give them to him
accordingly Item I give unto my Brother Mr Geo: Dixon and unto
my Sister Mrs Eliz Phillipson Twenty shillings apeice to buy each
of them a Mourning Ring Item I give unto my Sister in law Mrs
Elizabeth Kent the sum of Five pounds to buy her Mourning and
Twenty shillings to buy her a Ring Item I give to the poor of the
parish of Wayhill aforesaid forty shillings and to the poor of the
parish of Windermere in the County of Westmorland forty shillings
the former to be paid either the same day of my Interment or shortly
after and the latter within three months after my decease Item whereas
my Kinsman Mr Thomas Braithwaite in indebted unto me by Bond
the Sum of One Hundred and Sixty pounds payable with interest at
four per Cent my will is that the same principall money shall continue
in his hands for seven years from my decease if he thinks fit he giving
such additionall Security for payment of the same with the like
interest unto the Trustees of this my Will as they shall think fit Item I
give unto the aforesaid Mr Greenway and Mr Border as well the
aforesaid Bond as the principall Sum of One hundred and Sixty
pounds thereupon due and all the benefit and advantage thereof In
Trust for the use of my Grandaughter Martha Pyke and to be paid
unto her at her age of One and Twenty years or day of Marriage
which shall first happen and in the mean time the interest thereof
shall be received by my said Trustees and paid and applyed towards
the maintenance and education of her the said Martha Pyke And
in case she dyes before such age or Marriage Then I give the same



Legacy or Sum unto the Youngest Child of my said Daughter Sarah
Pyke to be paid at his or her age of One and Twenty years or day or
Marriage which shall first happen and in the mean time the interest
hereof to be paid towards such Childs maintenance and in my said
Daughter shall have no Child living then I will that the same Legacy
or Sum and the interest thereof shall go and be paid unto my said
Daughter Sarah Pyke her Executors or Administrators provided and
my Will is that my said Trustees or the Survivor of them shall not be
responsible for the failure of any Security whereon any of the money by
virtue of this my Will shall be by them hereafter placed out at interest
neither shall they or either of them be answerable for more moneys
than what they or either of them shall actually receive and that it shall
be lawfull for them and either of them to detain in his or their hands out
of the interest or other money in his or their hands
				     all such Cost and Charges as they
shall necessarily lay out and expend in or about the execution of this
Trust Item I doe appoint the said George Greenway and John Border
Trustees of this my Will and give them five pounds apeice and all the
rest of my goods chattles and personall estate whatsoever not hereinbefore
disposed of (my debts legacys and Funerall expences being first paid or
satisfied) I give unto my said Trustees George Greenway and John
Border in Trust for my said Grandaughter Martha Pyke and I make the
said George Greenway and John Border Executors of this my Will In
Trust for the said Martha Pyke and revoke all my former Wills In
Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the sixth day of
March Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred Twenty One Tho:
Dixon  Signed Sealed published and Declared by the said Testator
Thomas Dixon as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of
Bridget Russell Corne? Tirell Wm Batt

Probatum fuit [this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate at London 
on 24 November 1722]
vicesimo Quarto die Mensis Novembris Anno Domini Millesimo Septingentesimo vicesimo Secundo
[to] Georgeii Greenway et Johannis Border Clericorum Executorum


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