2 January 1801 Will of Mark Pike of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, carpenter (proved 16 October 1805)

Source: TNA, PROB 11/1432
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In the Name of God Amen
Mark Pike
of Trowbridge in the county of Wilts Carpenter do
make publish and declare this my last Will and
testament in manner and form following and first I Give
devise and bequath unto Sarah Snelling one of the
Daughters of my Brother Thomas Pike the Sume of Five
pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid as
soon as conveniently can after my decease and to
each of the Children on her body lawfully begotten the
Sum of One Guinea each of like lawful Money to also
be paid as soon as conveniently can after my said 
decease and also I Give devise and bequeath unto
George Pike Son of my late Brother Thomas Pike the
like Sum of Five pounds of like lawful Money to be
also paid as soon as conveniently can be after my
said decease and to each of the Children of his body
lawfully begotten the Sum of One Guinea each of like
lawful Money to be paid as soon as conveniently 
can after my said decease Also I Give Devise and 
bequeath unto Amelia Martin one other of the
Daughters of my said Brother Thomas Pike Five
pounds of like alwful Money of Great Britain and
to each of the Children of the said Amelia Martin on 
her body lawfully begotten the Sum of One Guinea
each also to be paid assoon as conveniently can after
my said decease and also I Give devise and bequeath 


unto James Pike the Sum of Five Pounds Five
Shillings and my Will is that my Executors herein
after named do deduct the Sum of Two pounds one
Shilling out of the said Sum of Five pounds five 
Shillings for Money paid 
	??????????
	?? for the said
	Thomas Pike
	be paid
  as soon as Conveniently 
can after my said decease and to each of the Children
of the said Thomas Pike the Sum of one Guinea
each also to be paid as soon as conventiently can
after my said decease and also I Give devise and
bequeath unto Mary Cook one other of the Daughters
of my late Brother Thomas Pike the Sum of Five
pounds of like lawful Money and to each of the 
Children on her body lawfully begotten the Sum of 
one Guinea each also to be paid as soon as
conveniently can after my said decease and also I
Give devise and bequeath unto my Brother Moses 
Pike the Sum of Five pounds and which Sum of 
Five pounds will appear on my Books against him
which is the Sum of Five pounds I intend to give
him in this my Will and also I Give devise and
bequeath unto Bett Fatt the Sum of Five Pounds
and to each of the Children of the said Betty Fatt
on her body lawfully begotten the sum of one
Guinea each of like lawful Money to be paid as
soon as Conveniently can after my said decease Also
I Give devise and bequeath unto Sarah Drewett
the Sum of Five pounds and to each of the 
Children on her body lawfully begotten the Sum of
one Guinea each and also I Give devise and bequeath 
unto Moses Pike son of my Brother Moses Pike
the Sum of Five pounds and also I Give Devise 
and bequeath unto Betty Millard the Sum of Ten
pounds (Daughter of my later Brother William
Pike) and to her Daughter the Sum of Five pounds
And also I Give devise and bequeath unto Betty
Drewett the Sum of Five pounds and to each of the 
Children of her body lawfully begotten the Sum of one
Guinea each which said last and respective Sums I
desire may be paid as soon as Conveniently can
after my said decease and also I Give devise and 
bequeath unto Sarah Mathews a Tenement or
Dwelling House situated in a place called the Brick
Plots in Trowbridge aforesaid and late in the
occupation of William Scutt for and during and unto
the full end and term of her natural life and 
immediately from and after her decease I Give and
devise the same to be equally divided between Sarah
Bendy Mary Bendy and Elizabeth Bendy as Tenants in
common And also I Give Devise and bequeath unto


each and every of the Children of my late Sister
Mary Drewett the Sum of Five pounds of like lawful
Money				except
Sarah Mathews a House being given her for her
life in lieu thereof And also I Give Devise and
bequeath unto the four Daughters of my late
Brother George Pike the little Estate situated in a
placed called lower Cricklett as Tenants in common and 
also I Give Devise and bequeath unto Ann Kingman
the Debt that stands in my Book against her 
Husband George Kingman and also I Give devise and
bequeath unto William Hurlett the Sum of Five 
pounds of like lawful Money also to be paid as soon
as conveniently can after my said decease and also
I give and devise and bequeath unto James Bendy
the Sum of Five pounds of like lawful Money to be 
paid as soon as conveniently can after my said
decease and also I Give Devise and bequeath unto
Thomas Pike the House at Islington within the said
Parish of Trowbridge where I now reside and his 
Heirs for ever and all the rest residue and remainder
of my Real and personal Estates and Estates together 
with all Sums of Money due to me on Bonds
Mortgages and other Debts whatsoever I do Give
devise and bequeath uto John Bendy after he has
paid all my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences herein
contained and his Heirs for ever and I do hereby
nominate constitute and appoint the said John
Bendy Sole Executor of this my last Will and 
testament date this second day of January in the
fortieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord
George the third and in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and one containing three
Sheets of paper to the two first whereof I have set
my hand and the last thereof my hand and seal
Mark Pike LS Signed Sealed Published and declared 
by the Testator Mark Pike (the interlineation being 
first made in the presence of as and for his last
Will and Testament  Jas Shrapwell  Geo Marks
Edward Mathews

I Mark Pike of Trowbridge aforesaid do
make this Codicil to this my will (that is to say) I
do Give and bequeath and devise unto the aforesaid
Sarah Bendy Mary Bendy and Elizabeth Bendy my
other Tenements situated in the Brick pltt in
Trowbridge aforesaid and now in the occupation of
William Moon and John Powell as Tenants in


common and my Will is that my Executor above
named do receive the Rents and profits of the
said premises and apply it to the ???? of the said
Sarah Bendy Mary Bendy and Elizabeth Bendy
till such time as they do come of age and also I
Give and bequeath unto the three Children of my
late Sister Sarah Howell my Tool Chest now in the 
possession of William Howell with its contents to be
equally divided amongst them share and share 
alike And also I Give and bequeath Five pounds
to be equally divided between George White and 
?????ay White Dated this seventeenth day of 
January 1801 Mark Pike  Witness  James Reeves
Jas Shrapnell Geo Marks

I Mark Pike of Trowbridge 
afsd do Give and bequeath unto James Shrapnell
the Sum of Six Shillings and to William Fisher
Shrapnell the Sum of Four Shillings and to Sarah
Shrapnell the Sum of Four Shillings all lawful
Money of Great Britain Mark Pike Witness
John Reeves Jas Shrapnell

On the Sixteenth day of October in the year 
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and five 
Admon with the Will and two Codicils annexed of
all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of 
Mark Pike late of Trowbridge in the County of 
Wilts deceased was granted to Moses Pike the
naturall and lawful Brother and one of the next of
kin of the said deceased having been first sworn 
by Commission duly to administer John Bendy the
Nephew of the said deceased Sole Executor and
Residuary Legatee named in the said Will dying in
the life time of the said Testator



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