Source: TNA, PROB 11/441
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In the name of God Amen the fifth Day of July in the ninth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord William the third by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the faith &c Annoq Dni One thousand six hundred ninty seaven I Samuel Spicer the elder of Leigh within the parish of Hampreston in the County of Dorset Apothecary being sick and weak in body but God be praised of perfect mind and memory doe make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and forme following Imprimis I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator and to Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and Redeemer by whose pretious death I hope to receive pardon of all my sinns and my body to the earth from whence it came as concerning such goods and estate which Almighty God hath blessed me with I dispose thereof as followeth Item I give devise and bequeath unto my son henry Spicer all that my messuage Outhouses and gardens now divided into severall Dwellings lying and being in Wimborne Minster in the said County of Dorset To have and to hold the same and every part thereof unto my said Son Henry and to his heirs forever he my said son Henry or his heirs paying unto my daughter Dorothy Spicer the sum of fifty pounds of lawfull English mony within One year next after my decease item I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Elizabeth all those my Leashold estates lying and being within the Parish of Hampreston aforesaid and in westfield or elswhere in or near Leigh aforesaid within the Parish of Wimborne Minster aforesaid To hold to her the said Elizabeth my said wife for and during so many years of the severall Terms which shall be to come and unexpired from and after my decease as shall run out and unexpire in the lifetime of her the said Elizabeth if the severall estates in the said Premises shall soe long endure she my said wife paying such debts as I shall owe at the time of my decease and keeping and maintaining my younger Children Elizabeth and Sarah and after my debts shall be soe paid as aforesaid and death of my said wife That then the residue and remainder of the said severall estates and terms of yeares which shall be then to come and unexpired of and in the said premises shall be and remain unto them the said Elizabeth and Sara their Exrs and admrs and assigns Item I give and bequeath unto my said wife an estate for her life in those five Acres and halfe of Land lying and being in Westfield aforesaid within the parish of Wimborne Minster aforesaid the better to incourage her to pay my said Debts and to take care of my said younger Children and after her decease I give devise and bequeath the said Lands unto my Eldest Son Samuel Spicer and to his heirs for ever Item I give and bequeath unto my sd daughter Dorothy five pounds and to my daughters Susanna Honor and Mary to each of them ten shillings and unto my said Son Samuel ten shillings all the rest of my goods rights credits and Chattles not before by me given or bequeathed my debts being first paid and funerall expences discharged I give and bequeath unto my said wife Elizabeth whom I doe make sole Executrix of this my last will and Testamt And lastly I doe nominate and appoint my brother in law Mr Christofer Pottciary and Samuel Baxter Overssers of this my last will and Testament desiring them to be aiding and assisting to my said Executrix in the execucon and performance of this my Will In witness whereof I the said Samuel Spicer the Elder have herunto sett my hand and seal the Day and year first above written Samuel Spicer Signed sealed published and declared by the said Samuel Spicer the Elder to be his last will and Testament in the presence of John Clifford Richd Wright Hen Lewen Probatum fuit [this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate at London on 25 November 1697] vicesimo quinto Die Mensis novembris Anno Dni millimo Sexcemmo nonagimo Septimo [to] Elizabethae Spicer Relictae et Executricis
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