06 September 1684 Will of Henry Sheere senior of Deptford, Kent, mariner (proved 09 November 1688)

Source: TNA, PROB 11/393

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In the name of God Amen
The Sixth day of September Anno Dom one Thousand Six hundred
eighty foure and in the Six and thirtieth yeare of of the Raigne of our
Soveraigne Lord King Charles the Second over England &c I Henry
Sheere Senr of Deptford in the County of Kent Mariner being crazy
in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory praise be there
fore given to Allmighty God and considering the frailty and
uncertainty of this mortall life doe therefore make and declare this
my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following (that
is to say) First and principally I comend my Soule into the Hands 
of Allmighty God And my body I remitt to the Earth whereof it 
was framed to be decently buried in Christian burial in hopes of
a joyfull resurreccon and it is my desire to have a Sermon preached 
at my funerall and to be buried by day light and to be laid by the 
side of my late Wife and that four score Rings at Seaven shillings 
apeece be given at my Funerall out of wch number each of the 
elder brothers of the Trinity House (except the Nobility)
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there and Thomas Allebone Waterman there to have one and the
remainder of them to be given to such of my Relacons and Friends as
my Executor hereafter named shall thinke fitt to invite And for
all other things concerning my Funerall I leave to the discrecon of 
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my Executor hereafter named And touching such goods Chattells
moneys debts and Estate as God hath been pleased to blesse me
withall in this life I dispose thereof as followeth First my Will and 
mind is that all such Debts as shall be by me owing at the time of 
my decease be truely satisfied and paid with all convenient speed
next after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto the poore of the PARish
of Woolleston in Glocestershiere where I was borne the sume of 
five pounds to be paid unto the Minister and Church wardens of
the said parish for the time being and my Couzin Daniel Platt (if he
shall be then liveing) to be by them distributed as they shall thinke
fitt to the most Charity Item I give and bequeath unto the poore of
the Corporacon of the Trinity House in Deptford Strand the sume
of Twenty pounds to be paid to the Master Wardens and Assistants
of the Corporacon for the time being to be by them distributed to
and amongst the poore of that Corporacon where they shall judge to 
be most Charity Item I give unto the poore of the parish of Deptford
Strand where I now dwell the sume of five pounds to be by my
Executor hereafter named distributed to and amongst them where
he shall see most need wch said sumes afore given to the poore
my Will and mind is shall be paid within two weekes next after 
my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my loveing sonne Henry
Sheere all that my Messuage or Tenement scituate and being in 
Debtford where I last dwelt in the life time of my late Wife and all
the Rents issues and profitts thereof and all the Deeds and Writings 
that I have concerning the same for all the terme of yeares that 
shall be to come in the Lease by wch I hold the same at the time 
of my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my loveing daughter
Elizabeth Clapp wife of Elias Clapp one hundred pounds of 
lawfull money of of England as a token of my Love to her to be 
paid unto her within two moneths next after my decease and her
receipt for the same shall be a sufficient discharge unto my Executor
hereafter named Item I give unto my Sonne in Law Elias Clapp
and to my said daughter Elizabeth his Wife tenn pounds apeece to
buy them mourning to weare in remembrance of me Item I give 
and bequeath unto my Granddaughter Ann Crookes wife of 
Thomas Crookes twenty and five pounds to be paid unto her wthin
two moneths next after my decease to buy her a peice of plate as A
token of my love to her Item I give and bequeath unto the said
Thomas Crooks and Anne his wife my granddaughter all that my
Messuage or Tenemt scituate and being in Deptford fronting the
Greene and adjoyning unto the house now or late of John Wise on
the South and all the prmisses thereto belonging lately purchased
by me of Mary Severne and Susanna Clapp and all the Rents 
issues and profitts thereof and all the Deeds Writings and Evidences 
that I have concerning the same To have and hold the said Messuage
or Tenement and all the Rents issues and profitts thereof unto the
said Thomas Crooks and Anne his wife for and dureing the terme 
of theire naturall Lives and the life of the longer liver of them
And after the death of the said Thomas Crooks and Anne his wife
I give and bequeath that parte of the said House containing four
roomes one over another next the Greene now in the possession of
Richard White and Robert Jellman and the garden backwards
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and other priviledges and Libertyes now lett with the same unto
my Godsonne Henry Crooks sonne of the said Thomas Crooks
and Anne his wife and to his Heyres and Assignes forever And
the other parte of the said house containing foure Roomes one over
another backwards now in the possession of Elizabeth Marshand
Katherine Godfrey and the garden and other priviledges and 
Libertyes now lett with the same I give and bequeath unto Susanna
Crooks (daughter of the said Thomas Crooks and Anne his Wife)
and to her Heyres and Assignes for ever Item I give and bequeath 
unto my Granddaughter Susanna Helling one Hundred pounds to
be paid unto her at her age of eighteen yeares or day of marriage
first happening And alsoe I give unto the said Susanna Helling the
bed bedstead pillowes Blanketts Quints Curtaines Vallances and
what else belongeth to the bed where I now lye with the Chaires and
stooles in my Chamber and the great inlaid East Countrey Chest 
and the Copenhagnon Chest withall the Linnen plate and Clothes
and what other things shall be in those Chests at the time of my
decease and all such furniture and other things in my Chamber 
that shall not be herein by me expressly given to any other person
or persons And it is my Will that all the goods aforegiven unto the
said Susanna Helling shall be delivered within one moneth after
my decease unto my said daughter Elizabeth Clapp for the said
Susanna Helling and the Receipt of my said daughter Elizabeth
Clapp for the same shall be a sufficient discharge unto my Executor
hereafter named against the said Susanna Helling Item I give
unto my said daughter Elizabeth Clapp my fine Downe Deckbed
wch is to lye instead of a Quilt Item I give and bequeath unto my
Grandsonne John Helling one Hundred pounds to be paid unto him
at his age of one and twenty yeares and alsoe I give unto the said
John Helling all my bookes platts and Instruments that are in my
Compting house two paire of pistolls my Cutlace my Sword and
my ???ding peice And it is my Will and mind that the severall sumes
of money afore hereby given unto the said Susanna Helling and 
John Helling shall be putt out at interest by my Executor hereafter
named untill the same shall grow due unto them by this my Will
and the interest thereof arising shall from time to time as the same
shall become due be paid towards theire maintenance and education
And knowing the Honesty and care of my Executor hereafter named
it is my Will and mind that if a Losse shall happen of any of the sd
money where it shall be out at interest that such Losse shall be borne
by my Executor but by the said Susanna Helling and John Helling
proportionably according to theire severall Legacyes by me to them
given And in case either of them the said Susanna Helling and John
Helling shall happen to die and departe this life before such age or
day or Marriage as aforesaid Then I give the Legacy of him or her soe
dying unto the Survivour of them And in case they shall both
happen to dye before such age or day of Marriage as aforesd Then
it is my Will and mind and I doe hereby give the Legacyes afore
hereby given unto them unto my said daughter Elizabeth Clapp
Item I give unto Thomas Crooks sonne of my Granddaughter Anne
Crooks the sume of fifty pounds of lawfull money of England to be
paid unto his parents within two moneths next after my decease for
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the use of the said Child till he shall attaine his age of one and twenty
yeares and his parents Receipt for the said fifty pounds shall be a
sufficient discharge unto my Executor against the said Thomas Crooks
Item I give unto Elizabeth White tenn pounds to be paid unto her
within two moneths next after my decease And I doe hereby forgive 
unto the said Elizabeth White whatever she shall owe me at the 
time of my decease I give and bequeath unto my aforesd grandchildren 
Susanna Helling and John Helling and to the aforesd Thomas
Crooks and Anne his Wife and unto Susanna Wilde and Elizabeth
Clapp daughters of my sonne in Law Elias Clapp and unto Henry
Sarah and Elizabeth Sheere children of my Nephew John Sheere
deceased the sume of five pounds apeece to buy them Mourning to
weare in remembrance of me Item I give unto my Neece Susanna
Richards tenn pounds to be paid unto her when she shall come in
person and demand it Item I give unto such maid servants as shall
dwell with my daughter Clapp at the time of my decease fourty
shillings apeece All the rest and residue of my goods chattells moneys
debts and Estate both reall and personall whatsoever and
wheresoever unbequeathed (my debts and funerall charges being first
satisfied and deduted) I give and bequeath unto my said loveing son
Henry Sheere whome I doe hereby make name ordaine and appoint 
sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament desireing him to be 
carefull in the Execucon and performance thereof And I doe hereby
name ordaine and appoint my loveing Friends Mr Thomas Mason
and Gyles Steele Overseers of this my last Will and Testament 
desireing them to be aiding and assisting unto my said Executor in
the execucon and performance of the same and I doe hereby give unto
them tenn pounds apeece to buy them mourning to weare in
remembrance of me And I doe hereby revoake disannull and make
void all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made
In Wittnesse whereof I have hereunto putt my Hand and seale 
dated the day and yeare first above written Henry Sheere Signed
sealed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his
last will and Testament in the prsence of us Wm Storey Joh Jones
Giles Steele Scr Jasper Rawlins his servt

Memorand That Whereas I Henry Sheere afore
named have (since the makeing of the aforesaid Will at severall times
lent unto my aforesd daughter Elizabeth Clapp one Hundred and 
fifty and five pounds of lawfull money of England for the repairing of
her Brewhouse and the dwelling house and Outhouses thereunto
belonging in Deptford wch is for the good of her and her Children
Now I doe hereby forgive unto my said loveing daughter Elizabeth
Clapp the one Hundred and fifty and five pounds by me lent unto
her as aforesd and doe hereby confirme the Will above menconed
And my Will and meaning is that this Codicill is and be adjuded to be
parte and parcell of my last Will and Testament and that all things
herein contained and menconed be faithfully and turly performed 
and as fully and amply in every respect as if the same were soe
declared and set downe in my siad last Will and Testamt In Witnesse
whereof I the said Henry Sheere have here unto sett my hand and 
								seale


this three and twentieth day of March Anno Dom one Thousand
six Hundred eighty four and in the first yeare of the Raign of our
Soveraigne Lord King James the second over England &c the marke
of Henry Sheere Signed sealed published and declared by the said 
Henry Sheere as and for parte and parcell of his last Will and Testmt
in the prsence of Wm Masen Oliver Fowler Georg Symons Giles
Steel Scr

Probatum fuit ... apud London
[this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 9 November 1688]
Nono die mensis Novembris Anno Dom
Millimo Sexcemmo octogemo octavo
[to]
Henrici Sheeve Militis filii 




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