17 May 1689 Will of Elias Clapp of Deptford, Kent, mariner (proved 27 June 1689)

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In the name of God Amen
The seaventeenth day of May Anno Dom one Thousand six hundred
eighty nine and in the first yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraignes
William and Mary by the grace of God King and Queen of England
Scotland France and Ireland &c I Elias Clapp of Deptford in the
County of Kent Marriner being weake in body but of Sound and 
perfect mind and memory (thankes be to God for it calling to mind
the certainty of death and that the time thereof is most uncertaine
doe therefore declare this my last Will and Testamt in manner and 
forme following (that is to say) wherein and whereby First and
principally I comend and comitt my soule into the hands of Allmighty
God my Creator hopeing and stedfastly believeing by and through
the meritts death and passion of my onely Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ to have full and free Remission of all my sinns and to inherit
eternall Life And my body I remitt to the Earth from whence it 
came to be decently interred at the discrecon of my Executrs hereafter
named And as touching such worldly Estate as God of his bounty hath
bestowed upon me in this Life I dispose of the same as followeth (that
is to say) First I Will that all my debts wch I shall justly owe to any
person or persons at the time of my decease shall be truely paid
Whereas I stand obliedged by statute Recognizance or Judgment or
otherwise on before or after the marriage of my said wife Elizabeth
to Capt Henry Sheares and to his sonne Henry Sheares now Sr
Henry Sheares Knight or one of them to leave her the sume of one
Thousand pounds of lawfull money of England in case she should 
survive me, wch said sume of one Thousand pounds I doe give and
bequeath unto her to be paid her within one yeare after my decease 
or sooner as moneys shall come in sch is in full satisfaccon of her
thirds or otherwise that she can claime togeather with all household
goods and other things that she brought at the time of our Inter-
marriage togeather with two Cabinetts or paire of Cabinetts
heretofore or now in the dyning roome as alsoe a Table and paire
of stands with another Table made of Cedar And Whereas I am 
possessed of and interessed in a certaine Messuage or Tenemt and
prmisses scituate in Deptford aforesaid for certaine yeares to come
at the yearely rent of six pounds PER annm The said Messuage or
Tenement and prmisses with the appurtences I give and bequeath
unto my said wife Elizabeth dureing her naturall life she paying 
the Rent and performing the Covenants dureing the remainder of the
tearme yet to come and after her decease I give and bequeath the
same unto my loveing daughter Elizabeth Clapp Spinster her Execrs 
Admrs and Assignes dureing the residue of the terme performing the
Covenants therein specified And whereas I am interessed in one
eighth parte of the shipp Robert and Margaret of London whereof 
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my sonne William Wild is Master wch said eighth parte and all
benefitt and advantage thereunto belonging I give and bequeath 
unto the said William Wild and Susan his wife theire Executrs 
Administrs and Assignes Item I release and forgive the sd William
Wild all such debts and sumes of moneys as he doth or shall owe me
at my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter
Elizabeth Clapp the sume of fifty pounds to be paid her at the day
of marriage or at the age of one and twenty yeares wch of them shall
first happen and that the same be put out to interest for her 
maintenance and educacon Item I give and bequeath unto my sd
daughter Elizabeth Clapp one large glasse Cabinett togeather with
all the Damaske wch I brought from the Straits over and above
what plate pearle rings and other things wch she hath of her
owne heretofore given or left to her by any person or persons
whatsoever Whereas my sonne John Clapp is indebted unto me the
sume of three Hundred pounds sterling I doe freely forgive him
the said debt and over and above the same I give and bequeath 
unto him my said sonne John Clapp the sume of five pounds in
full satisfaccon of all demands Item I give and bequeath unto my
daughter Patience the sume of five pounds in full of all demands
Item I give and bequeath unto my brother Thomas Clapp and Jane
his wife my trusty friend Mr Robert Castell Mr William Castell 
and Susan his wife the sume of Twenty shillings apeece to buy them
rings to weare in remembrance of me The rest residue and remainder
of all and singular my goods Chattells rights creditts and personall
Estate whatsoever not herein and hereby by me given and bequeathed 
after my debts legacyes and funerall charges paid and discharged wch
said Funerall charges shall not exceed above the sume of fifty pounds
sterling I give leave and bequeathe  unto my said two daughters
Susan Wilde and Elizabeth Clapp equally to be divided between them
parte and parte alike and I make and ordaine my said loveing wife
Elizabeth Clapp and mys aid trusty friend Mr Robert Castell Extors 
of this my last Will and Testament not doubting of theire faithfull
performance of the same according to my true intent and meaning 
herein declared and expressed And further I doe hereby revoake disannul
and make utterly void all former and other Wills and Testamts by
me at any time or times heretofore made And I doe hereby constitute
and appoint this to be and stand for and as my last Will and Testamt
In Witnesse whereof I the said Elias Clapp to this my last Will
and Testamt contained in foure sheets of paper have sett my hand
and seale to every sheet thereof and alsoe affixt my seale to the
Labell or topp of the first sheet the day and yeare afore written Elias
Clapp  Signed sealed and published as the last Will and Testament
of the said Elias Clapp in the prsence of us Will Bowler Wm Bowler
Junior Jos Burroughs

Probatum fuit ... apud London
[this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 27 June 1689]
vicesimo septo die mensis
Junii Anno Dom Millimo sexcemmo octogeno nono
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Eliza Clapp Relta

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