Source: TNA, PROB 11/1096
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In the Name of God Amen I Richard Lee of the Parish of Portsea in the County of Southampton Gentleman being of sound mind memory and understanding thanks to Almighty God for the same do make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say First I give and devise unto my Sister Susanna Grist all that my Messuage Tenement or Dwelling House with the Appurtenances situate in Camden Alley on Portsmouth Common in the said Parish of Portsea To hold the same unto my said Sister Susanna her Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I give and devise unto my Niece Elizabeth Grist all that Messuage Tenement or Dwelling House with the Appurts being the Northmost of four Tenements situate at Mile End in the Parish of Portsea To hold the same unto my said Niece Elizabeth Grist her Heirs and Assigns for ever She paying forty Shillings per Annum to Elizabeth Lee the Widow of my late Brother Joseph Lee for and during the term of her life She being Tenant for life in the same Premises Also I give and devise unto my Nephew Joseph Bowyer all those four Messuages or Tenements with the Appurtenances situate in Brunswick Row in the said Parish of Portsea To hold the same unto my said Nephew Joseph Bowyer his Heirs and Assigns for ever But I do hereby nevertheless charge and make chargeable and subject the said four Messuages or Tenements with the payment of the sum of fifty pounds within one Month next after my decease to my Executors hereinafter named which said Sum of fifty pounds I hereby direct to be paid and laid out by my Executors for and towards the support Maintenance and Education of John Bowyer Son of my Nephew John Bowyer at their discretion Also I give and devise unto my Nephew James Grist all those three Southmost Messuages or Tenements with the Appurtenances situate at Mile End aforesaid To hold the same unto my said Nephew James Grist his Heirs and Assigns for ever Subject to the Estate for life of the said Susanna Lee therein he paying to the said Susanna Lee the sum of nine Guineas per Annum during the term of her life the same being the Interest of the Money for which the Messuage or Tenement adjoining to the last mentioned Messuages and late in the possession of Mr Blanchard was lately sold for in which the said Susanna Lee was also Tenant for life She having consented to and joined with me in the sale thereof And I do hereby charge and make chargeable and subject the said three Messuages or Tenements to and with the payment of the sum of sixty pounds to my Nephew Joseph Bowyer at the decease of the said Susanna Lee the same being one third part of the purchase Money for the Sale of the said Messuage or Tenement Also I give and bequeath unto my Sister Ann Collins the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds Also I give and bequeath unto my Nephew Amos Bowyer the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds which said Legacies I hereby direct shall be paid to the respective legatees within six Months next after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my Executors hereinafter named the sum of one hundred pounds upon Trust to lay the same out at their discretion for and towards the support Maintenance and Education of Elizabeth Bowyer Daughter of my said Nephew John Bowyer Also I give and bequeath unto my Executors hereinafter named the sum of fifty pounds Upon Trust to lay the same out at their discretion for and towards the support Maintenance and Education of the said John Bowyer Son of my said Nephew John Bowyer Also I give and bequeath unto my late Apprentice Robert Weston the sum of five Guineas to be paid him immediately after my decease Also I give and bequeath my Seat in St Georges Chapel unto my late Servant Maid Susanna Gifford for ever Also I give and bequeath unto the Reverend Mr Tuppen and Deacons of the Meeting in Orange Street on Portsmouth Common the sum of twelve pounds to be by them laid out in the purchase of such Religious Books as shall be by them thought proper for instructing youth in the ways of God or part thereof for the use and benefit of the Congregation to be deposited in the vestry belonging to the said Meeting Also I give and bequeath unto Richard Bowyer Son of my said Nephew Joseph Bowyer thirty pounds to be paid him within three Months next after my decease Also I give and devise unto my Nephew James Grist all my Presses Letters Cases with all other Implements and things relating to the Printing Business Household Goods Plate Linen and China and all Securities for Money and all the rest residue and remainder of my real and personal Estate of what kind nature or sort soever the same shall or may consist at the time of my decease and not before particularly mentioned To hold the same unto my said Nephew James Grist his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever But my will is and I do hereby charge and make chargeable all the rest and residue of my real and personal Estate with the payment of my just Debts and Funeral Expences And Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Sisters Susanna Grist and Ann Collins and my said Nephew James Grist joint Executrixes and Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Testimony whereof I the said Richard Lee the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in two Sheets of paper set my Hand to the bottom of the Sheet hereunto annexed and my Hand and Seal to this Sheet the thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two Richd Lee LS Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Richard Lee the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament the day of the date in the presence of us Chas Seers Richd Martin Saml Darley This Will was proved at London the second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two before the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of James Grist the Nephew of the deceased and one of the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased he having been first sworn by Commission duly to Administer power reserved of making the like grant to Susanna Grist and Ann Collins Widows the Sisters of the said deceased and the other Executors named in the said Will when they or either of them shall apply for the same
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