26 October 1743 Will of Richard Gleed of Poole, shipwright (proved 21 August 1747)

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In the Name of God Amen
I Richard Gleed of the Town and County of Poole Shipwright
being in health of Body and of sound Mind and Memory blessed
be God Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in
manner following First I will that all my just Debts and Funeral 
Expences be paid and Discharged Also I give and bequeath unto
my loving Wife Mary Gleed the Sum of Fifty Pounds of 
lawfull money of Great Britain for her own private use
and benefit to be disposed of as She shall think fit Also I give 
devise and bequeath unto my Brother in Law Timothy Spurrier 
of the said Town and County Shopkeeper and to his Son my
Cousin Timothy Spurrier of the same place Gentleman and to 
the Survivorof them and to the Executors and Administrators of
such Survivor All and singular my Lands and Tenements Goods
and Chattels and all other my Estate and Effects whatsoever both
Real and Personal Upon this Special Trust and Confidence only
that they the said Timothy Spurrier Shopkeeper and his said Son
Timothy Spurrier Gentleman and the Survivor of them and the 
Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and shall permit
and suffer my said wife Mary Gleed and her Assigns Peaceably


and quietly to have hold use and enjoy the same and every part
and parcel thereof with the Appurtenances for and during the
Term of her natural life And from and immediately after her decease
my Will is and I do hereby order that all my Lands Tenements and
Household Goods be with all convenient speed Sold and disposed 
of by my Executors herein after named and the Survivor of them
to and for the most and best advantage that can be made thereof 
And I do hereby Impower and Authorize my said Executors and 
the Survivor of them to sell and dispose of the same accordingly and
that until such Sale shall be made the Profits of the same shall be
deemed and taken to be Assetts in their Hands And my will is and 
I do hereby also order and direct that my said Executors or the
Survivor of them do and shall with all convenient Speed after 
the decease of my said Wife gather and get in by all lawful ways
and means all such Debts Sum and Sums of money as shall be then
standing out or in any wise due owing payable or belonging to 
me on any Account whatsoever or that shall be Part or Parcell
of my Personal Estate and that can be got and obtained And that 
from and after such Sale and the getting in of such Debts and 
Sums of money due as aforesaid my will is and I do hereby order
and direct my Executors herein after named and the Survivor of 
them to pay divide and dispose of the whole money arising by 
such Sale and all and what other money shall come to the 
Hands of my Executors or the Survivor of them any ways belonging 
tome or my Estate in three equal Parts in manner following 
that is to say One full and equal third part thereof shall be 
paid to my said Son Richard Gleed One other third part thereof 
to my Son Thomas Gleed and the residue and remaining third part 
thereof I desire order and direct that my said Executors herein
after named or the Survivor of them Do with all convenient speed
after such Dividend made as aforesaid put and place out at Interest 
on good and sufficient Security or Securities and the Interest and
Proceed thereof my will is shall be yearly paid and payable
unto my Daughter Elizabeth the Wife of Tito Durell for and during 
the Term of her natural life for her only sole use and benefit 
seperate and apart from her said Husband Tito Durell or any
future Husband that She may have and her receipt only under 
her Hand shall be deemed a Sufficient receipt for such Interest 
And from and after her decease my will is and I do hereby give
and bequeath the said Share and Part of my Estate that shall
be placed out at Interest for the benefit of my said Daughter as
aforesaid and all such Interest as shall then be due for the same 
unto and among all and every of her Children that shall be living 
at the time of her decease  share and share alike and if only
one Child then I give and bequeath the said Share and all
Interest due thereon to such one child And Lastly I do hereby
Revoke and make void all former Wills at any time heretofore
by me made and of this my last will and Testament do 
constitute and Appoint my said Brother in Law Timothy
Spurrier and his said Son my Cousin Timothy Spurrier my Extors 
In Trust Provided always and it is my will that my said
Executors herein before named shall at all times be Indemnified


from all troubles and rembursed all manner of Costs and Charges 
whatsoever which they or either of them shall be put unto by
reason of this my Will or the Trust herein before in them
reposed and shall be accountable only for what money they and
each of them shall receive and not to be accountable for any Sum
or Sums of money that shall be placed out at Interest by them or 
either of them that shall be lost without their Default In
Witness whereof I the said Testator have hereunto set my hand 
and Seal the six and twentieth Day of October in the year of 
our Lord One thousand seven hundred and forty three  V Richard
Gleed ? Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said 
Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of 
the several razures and Interlineations being first made V Jno
Stanworth V W Daman V T Brewer V

This Will was Proved at London on the twenty first day
of August in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
and forty seven before the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth 
Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative 
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Timothy
Spurrier the Elder and Timothy Spurrier the Younger Executors 
named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of
all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased 
being first sworn by Commission duly to Administer 

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