11 June 1689 Will of Israell Gleson of Brislington Somerset, gentleman (proved 19 September 1689)

Source: TNA, PROB 11/396

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In the name of God Amen
I Israell Gleson of Brislington als Bussleton in the County of Somersett
Gent being sick in Body but of sound and perfect mind and memory thankes
and praise be given to Almighty God for the same Knowing the certainety
of Death and the uncertainety of time thereof doe make and Ordaine
this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following Imprimis
I recomend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my
body I comitt to the Earth to be buried in Christian Buriall and as to
my Estate both reall and personall I give and Devise the same and dispose
thereof in manner and forme following (that is to say) Item I give and
Devise unto my Brother John Gleson of Brislington als Bussleton afore-
said in the County aforesaid gent and to the heires of his Body lawfully
begotten and to be begotten (after the decease of Magdalen my wife) All
that my Messuage or Tenement with all the Lands meadowes pastures
and appurtenances thereunto belonging now in my owne possession and
in the possession of my under Tennants scituate lyeing and being in
Brislington als Bussleton aforesaid and all my Messuages Lands Tenements
and Hereditaments there and within the said parish of Brislington als
Bussleton aforesaid And alsoe all those my Messuages and Tenements within
the Citty of Bristoll in the Tenure or Possession of Giles Merick Merchant
his under Tennants or Assignes Item I give and Devise unto my Sister Mary
Hall now wife of John Hall of Brislington als Bussleton aforesaid in
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the said County of Somerset yeoman the sume of One Hundred pounds good
money to be paid by the said John Gleson my Brother or his heires
Executors &c within halfe a yeare after the decease of my said wife Item I
give and Devise unto my Brother Thomas Gleson an annuity or rent
charge of Ten pounds pounds a yeare to be paid dureing his life (after my
wife deceased) out of my Messuage Lands and Tenements in Brislington
als Bussleton aforesaid by the owners and proprietors thereof Whereas
there is resting and remaining in the hands of Thomas Day of the said
Citty of Bristoll sopemaker and Nathaniell Friend or one of them belonging
to me in right of my wife being part of her Portion or Legacie devised to
her) amongst others in and by the last Will and Testament of Benjamin
Tibbott gent her late Father deceased to whom the said Thomas Day and
Nathaniell Friend were Executors in Trust) a very considerable summ of
money which the said Thomas Day and Nathaniell Friend doe refuse to
pay me or to account with me for and therefore I have comenced a suite
in Chancery against them for recovery thereof which I am willing shall be
prosecuted with effect till the money soe due be receaved if it may be
and to that end and purpose I doe give and Devise unto my Brother John
Gleson as also to my Brother in Law John Hall afore named and to my
Kinsman Francis Hart of Felton als Whitchurch in the said County of
Somersett Gent all such monies as are soe resting and remaining in the
Hands and Custody of the said Thomas Day and Nathaniell Freind or either
of them and all that and whatsoever   is owing due belonging or appertayning
to me or to me in right of my wife from the said Thomas Day and Nathaniell
Freind or either of them They the said John Gleson John Hall and Francis
Hart paying to my said Wife Nineteene parts in Twenty parts of all and
whatsoever shall be recovered of the said Thomas Day and Nathaniell Freind
as aforesaid and for the carrying on and prosecution of a suite or suites
for the Recovery of all such monies matters or things as are due oweing
belonging or apperteining to me from the said Thomas Day and Nathaniell
Freind either of them as aforesaid I do give and bequeath unto the said
John Gleson John Hall and Francis Hart the sum of One Hundred and
Fifty pounds to be by them layd out and Disbursed for that use and purpose
(if a lesser sum will not doe the same Item I give and bequeat unto my
Two Brothers John Gleson and Thomas Gleson and to my sister Mary
Hall One shilling a peece Item I give to the Poore of the Parish Beslington
als Bussleton aforesaid Twenty shillings a yeare for Five yeares next after
my decease to be distributed eery St Thomas Day yearely by my Executrix
herein after named at her discretion to such Poore people as receive noe
almes of the said parish Item all the rest of my Goods Chattells and personall
Estate (Except Two Chests one Presse and a Table board and Three Pictures in
the Hall Chamber which was my Grandfathers which my Will is shall
remaine to the owners of my dwelling house to whom I have given and
devised the same after my wifes decease) I give and Bequeath to Magdaline
my Wife whom I make sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
and I doe nominate and appoynt the said John Gleson my Brother and
the said John Hall and Francis Hart to be my Trustees and Overseers of this
my last Will and Testament to see the same duly performed and for their care
and paines therein I give to them Five pounds a peece and doe hereby revoke
and make voyd all former Wills by me at any time made and doe declare
this to be my last Will and Testament In Witnesse whereof I the
said Israell Gleson have to this my last Will written in sheets to
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each of them putt my hand and Sealte this Eleaventh day of June in the
First yeare of the Raigne of William and Mary by the Grace of God
King and Queene of England &c Annoq Domini One Thousand Six
Hundred Eighty Nine The marke of Is: Gleson Signed Sealed Published
and delivered in the presence of the marke of Alice Godwin the marke of
Anne Child Will Cox

Probatum fuit ... apud London
[... this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 19 September 1689]
Decimo Nono Die Mensis Septembris Anno Domini
Millesimo Sexcentesimo Octogesimo Nono
[to]
Magdalina 
Gleson vid Relicta dict defit et Executricis

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