12 July 1728 Will of Richard Peeke of Christchurch, yeoman (proved 17 March 1728)

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In the Name of God Amen
I Richard Peeke of Pokesbourne within the parish of Christ-
Church Tyneham and County of Southton yeoman being of sound
and disposeing mind and memory doe make this my last will and 
Testament in manner following First I will that all my debts and 
Funerall charges be first paid and satisfyed Item I give devise and 
bequeath unto my loveing wife Susanna Peeke all my Messuages 
Tenements lands Closes and hereditaments thereunto belonging 
scituate lying and being within the said parish of Christ Church 
Twyneham and elsewhere for and dureing the terme of her naturall
life And from and after her decease i give grant and devise the same 


unto my Kinsman Richard Peeke one of the sonns of my brother James 
Peeke and the heires of his body lawfully to be begotten And for want of 
such issue I give grant and devise the said Messuages Tenements lands
Closes and hereditaments unto my Kinsman James Peeke another 
sonn of my said brother James Peeke and the heires of his body lawfully
to be begotten And for want of such issue I give grant and devise the 
same unto my owne right heires forever Item I give and bequeath unto
my three brothers and two sisters John Peeke James Peeke and 
William Peake Elizabeth theright of Richard Emberley and Ann the 
wife of Thomas Scott one shilling each to be paid them respectively 
in one month after my decease by my Executrix hereinafter named and 
all the rest and residue of my personall Estate goods Chattells rights 
and Creditts whatsoever and wheresoever I give and bequeath unto my
said loveing wife Susanna Peeke whome I make sole Executrix of this 
my last will hereby revokeing and makeing void all former Wills by 
me att any time heretofore made In wittness whereof I have 
hereunto sett my hand and seale this twelfth day of July in the 
yeare of our Lord One Thousand Seaven hundred and twenty Eight 
1728 the markes of Richard Peeke signed sealed published and 
declared by the said Richard Peeke to be his last Will and Testament 
in the presence of us who Subscribed our names as witnesses hereto
in his presence and by his direction Stephen  		James
		Sa Roy

Probatum fuit ... apud London ...
[this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 17 March 1728]
decimo Septimo die Mensis Martii Anno Domini Millesimo 
Septingentesimo vicesimo octavo
[to]
Susanna Peeke vidua Relicta dicti defuncti et Executricis

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