08 May 1732 Will of William Lowth of Buriton, Hampshire, clerk (proved 17 June 1732)

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In the Name of God Amen
I William Lowth Clerk Rector of Buriton in the County of Southton
and Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Winchester being thro'
God's mercy in health of mind and body but reflecting upon the
uncertainty of life and the certainty of death do make and appoint
this my last Will and Testament First I humbly commend my Soul
and body into the hands of my Creator beseeching him for the merits
of Jesus Christ my blessed Redeemer to be mercifull unto me at the 
hour of death and the day of Judgment And if I should dye at
Buriton I desire to be buryed in the Church yard there at some
distance from the East or South East Wall of the Chancell there
in a Grave made with an Arch of Brick rising about a Foot above
the Ground in as private a manner as decently may be and that 
there be a Table of Black Marble Sett up on the  Inside of the 
South Wall of the Chancell with such an Inscription as I intent to
leave behind me in the next place as to the disposall of my worldly
Goods I do appoint my dear Wife Mrs Margaret Lowth my sole
Executrix of this my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by
me made And I give and bequeath unto my said Wife the use of 
all my Goods and the Interest and Annual produce of my whole
Personall Estate during her Life In trust nevertheless that she
shall leave the same the said Interest and Annuall produce excepted
to her Children to be enjoyed and possessed by them after her decease 
in manner and Form Following Whereas it is declared by the Settlemt 
contained in our Marriage Articles dated November 14 1700 that
the Sume of Two thousand pounds should be raised and Settled 
upon the Issue of our bodies to be possessed and enjoyed by them
after the decease of their Mother share and share alike in pursuance
of this Settlement I do bequeath and appoint the said Two thousand
pounds to be equally divided among my five Children amounting


to four hundred pounds for each of them and in case any of them
should dye in a like proportion for the Survivors of them according
to the conditions and Limitations expressed in the said Articles And
Whereas I am possessed of Eight hundred pounds over and above 
the said Two thousand pounds I will and bequeath the same from
the decease of my said Wife in manner and Form Following viz
One hundred pounds apeice to and for each of my two Sons William
and Robert beside their above mentioned part of the said two
Thousand pounds and two hundred pounds apeice to my three
Daughters Margaret Mary and Martha Provided that if any of 
them contract Marriage before the decease of their Mother it
shall be with her consent otherwise this bequest to them
respectively to be void Notwithstanding it shall be lawfull for
their said Mother to add in her life time any Sum to their portion
of Four hundred pounds above mentioned which she shall think
convenient I do Further bequeath all my Silver Plate to my dear
Wife or if she should dye before me appoint it to be divided
among my Children as equally as may be Provided there be assets
sufficient besides to discharge my debts and other bequests I 
bequeath the Books which shall be found in my Study at the time 
of my death to my two Sons William and Robert and in case of the 
death of either of them to the Survivor desiring them to agree among
themselves about the division of them or else to referr it to some 
Friend to make the division for them But I do except out of my
Books, Du-Fresne's Greek and Latin Glossary, containing four Volumes
in Folio, which I give to the Library of the Cathedral Church of
Winchester My Manuscripts I give to my eldest Son I do further 
declare that I have my hands Two hundred pounds and one
hundred pound being Interest arising out of the said Two hundred
pounds which is a Legacy left by Mrs Margaret Guy to my two
eldest Daughters Margaret and Mary and likewise Fifty pounds
a Legacy bequeathed to my eldest Daughters Margaret by Mrs
Margaret Pitt Relict of Thomas Pitt Esqr late Master in
Chancery which said Sums of three hundred and Fifty pounds and
the Furhter Interest arising from those sums amounting to an
hundred and five pounds at Lady day next before the date of this
my Will are to be deducted and not reckoned as any part of the
Estate which I have bequeathed in this my last Will I hope I
have rather undervalued my Estate than overvalued it both for
the easier discharge of any debts that may be contracted and that
it may be in my Wifes power as Executrix to assist any of her 
Children with such money as she shall think convenient In Witness
whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal this Eighth
day of May 1732  William Lowth  Signed Sealed and Published 
by the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in presence
of  Joseph Powell  Priscilla Todman  Elis: Chaleraft 

Probatum fuit ... apud London
[this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 17 June 1732]
decimo septimo die Mensis Junii Anno Domini Millesimo Septin-
gentesimo Tricesimo secundo
[to]
Margareta Lowth Vidua Relicta et Executricis 

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