24 February 1681 Will of Michael Pyke of Cranley, Surrey, clerk (proved 10 October 1682)

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In the name of God Amen
the Foure and Twentieth day of February Anno Dni One Thousand Six
hundred eighty one And in the fowre and Thirtyeth yeare of the Reigne of 
our Sovereigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God King of 
England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the faith &c I Michael
Pyke of Cranley in the County of Surrey Clerke being I praise God at the
makeing hereof of sound and perfect mind and memory though some 
what weake and Crazey in body and being mindfull of the fraill and
uncerteyne Condition of this Transitory life Doe by this writing Indented in two
parts make and declare my last Will and Testament In manner and forme
following that is to say first and Principally I Commend my Soule into the
hands of Almighty God my Creator and of Jesus Christ my only Saviour 
and Redeemer by whose mercy and meritts I beleeve and doe assuredly hope
to Obteine free pardon and Remission of all my sinns and offences and to 
Inheritt among the elect the Joyes of eternall life My body I Comitt to the 
earth to bee decently buried in the Channcell in Cranley aforesaid according 
to the discretion of my Executors hereafter named In sure and certeine 
expectacon of a Joyfull resurreccon at the last Day And as touching my
worldly estate which God of his exceeding bounty hath endowed mee with
I order and dispose the same In manner and forme following (that is to say)
Inprimis I give devise and bequeath unto my deare and loveing Daughter
Dorothy Pery wife of Capt William Pery of Thorpe in the County of Surry
the summe of five hundred pounds of lawfull money of England upon trust
and Confidence Neverthelesse and tot he Intent and purpose That the Interest 
profitt and proceed of the same summe shall be Received and enjoyed by her 
my said Daughter dureing her naturall lyfe To her owne proper use and
after he decease The said principall summe of five hundred pounds 
shall bee paid and distributed to and amongst the Child or Children of 
my said Daughter who shall bee liveing at the tyme of her death in
such proporcon manner and forme as by her my said Daughter by any
writing under her hand testified with Credible witnesses shall bee directed 
or appointed And for want of such Direccon and Appoyntment The same
principall sume to bee paid and divided to and amongst the same Child 
or Children equally and Indifferently part and part like And if no such
Children or Child shall bee liveing at the tyme of her death Then the same
principall summe to goe and bee   to and for the use and behoofe of the
Executors or Administrators of her my said Daughter Dorothy Perry
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Deare and loveing Daughter 
Elizabeth Atfeild wife of Ambrose Atfeild of the parish of St Leonard
Shoreditch in the County of Middx Doctor of Divinity the summe of five 
hundred pounds of like lawfull mony of England Upon Trust and confidence 
neverthelesse and to the Intent and purpose that the Interest profitt and
proceed of the same summe shall bee Received and enjoyed by her my
said daughter ElizabethAtfeild dureing her naturall life To her
owne proper use and after he Decease the said principall sume of five 
hundred pounds shall bee paid and distributed to and amongst the Child or
Children of my said Daughter who shall bee liveing at the tyme of her 
Death in such proportion manner and forme as by her my said daughter
Elizabeth Atfield by any writing under her hand testified with Credible 
witnesses shall bee directed or appointed and for want of such direccon and 
appointment The same principall summe to bee paid and divided to and 
								amongst


Amongst the same Child or children
equally and indifferently part and part alike And if noe Children or child of my said daughter
Elizabeth Atfeild shall bee liveing at the time of her death Then the same principall
summe to goe and bee to and for the use and behoofe of the Executors or Administrators of her 
my said Daughter Elizabeth Atfeild Item I give devise and bequeath unto my deare
and loveing daughter Mary Trotman wife of Edward Trotman Gentleman whom
I have fully advanced the summe of One hundred pounds of like lawfull money of
England in case shee shall bee liveing at the time of my death And in case shee shall
happen to dye before the tyme of my death Then in such case I give and bequeath the same summe of
One hundred pounds to bee paid and divided to and amongst my Two other Daughters
the bfore named Dorothy Perry and Elizabeth Atfeild equally and indifferently part
and part like Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne in law the before named Capt
William Pery the summe of One hundred pounds of lawfull mony of England to
provide Mourning Apparrell for himselfe his Wife and Children and servants to attend
them Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne in law the before named Doctor Ambrose 
Atfeild the summe of Threescore pounds of like mony to provide Mourning Apparrell
for himselfe his wife and Children and servants to attend them And for my servants
who shall bee liveing with mee at the tyme of my death Item I give and bequeath unto my
sonne in law Edward Trotman Twenty pounds of like mony to provide mourning
Apparrell for himselfe and his Two servants and to his wife my said Daughter Mary
Trottman if she shalbee liveing at the tyme of my death Twenty pounds of like mony
to provide Mourning Apparrell for herselfe and servant Item I give devise and bequeath
unto my deare and loveing Sister in law Anne Hoult the Sister of my late wife One
Annuity or yearly rentcharge of Twenty pounds of lawfull mony of England to 
been Issueing payable and goeing out of All and singuler my Messuages houses Tenemts
and hereditaments lyeing and being in Gunpowder Alley in London and in Bores-
-head Alley in London or elsewhere within the Citty of London And out of all and
singuler th'appurtennces thereunto belonging To have hold receive perceive take
and enjoy the said Annuity or yearly Rentcharge of Twenty pounds and every part
thereof unto the said Anne Hoult and her assignes for and dureing soe many yeares
and soe long time as shee shall happen to live And to bee paid at the Foure most 
usuall Feasts or Termes in the yeare (that is to say) At the Feasts of Th'annunciacon
of the blessed Virgin Mary the Nativity of St John Baptist St Michael the 
Archangell and the birth of our Lord God by even and equall portions free
and cleere of all deduccons and defalcacons by reason of any Taxes charges or Imposicons
whatsoever The first quarters payment whereof to bee made on such of the same
Feastdayes as shall first happen after my decease And if it shall happen the said
Annuity or yearly Rentcharge of Twenty pounds or any part thereof to bee behinde or unpaid after
any of the said Feastdayes whereon the same ought to bee paid as aforesaid (being 
lawfully demanded) at or upon any part of the premisses That then and so often 
it shall and may bee lawfull to and for the said Anne Hoult and her Assignes into
all and singuler the premisses aforesaid or any part thereof to enter and distreine 
and the distresse and distresses therefound to leade drive and carry away and
deteyne untill shee and they shall of the said Annuitie or yearly Rent being behinde
and of the arrearages thereof if any bee bee fully satisfied and paid And I
doe further Will and appoint that in case the houses and premisses hereby
Charged or intended to bee charged with the said Annuity by reason of fire or any
other casualty which at any time or times hereafter may happen or by any
other meanes shall not bee sufficient to satisfy and pay unto my said Sister 
Anne Hoult dureing her life The said Annuity or yearly rent over and besides
the Rents reserved by the leases whereby I hold the same And the charge of makeing


Good the Covenants in the same leases or if noe sufficient distresse or distresses can or 
may bee had or found in or upon the premisses That then in every of these cases my
said Executors shall constantly and punctually pay and make good to the said Anne
Hoult dureing her life The said Annuity at the foure Feastdaies aforesaid yearly 
by equall procons Item I further give and bequeath unto the said Anne Hoult Tenn
pounds to buy her Mourning apparell And moreover   Five broad peeces
of Gold each peece to bee of the full value of Twenty and five shillings sterling Item 
I give and bequeath unto my Sister Anna Bishopp Widdow and to Charles Bishopp
her Sonne to each of them Seaven pounds a peece to buy them Mourning Item I give 
and bequeath unto my Grandsonne Michael Pery who is also my Godsonne
Five pounds Item I give and bequeath to my Grand-daughter Mary Atfeild 
shee being also my Goddaughter five pounds Item I give to Sarah Atfeild 
another Daughter of the said Doctor Ambrose Atfeild Three pounds in guineys
Item I give to Anne Atfeild another Daughter of the said Doctor Ambrose
Atfeild Two pounds in Guineys Item I give to my brother in law Mr Ralph Hoult
Printer in St Johns in Middx Twenty shillings to buy him a ring and five peeces
of guiney gold of the value of Twenty shillings sterling each peece Item I give to
my Goddaughter Martha Hoult daughter of the said Ralph Hoult Three peeces
of like gold each peece to bee of the value of Twenty shillings sterling Item I give to
my Godsonne Michael Hoult now Apprentice to the said Ralph Hoult Two
like guiney peeces of gold Item I give to George Cornish sonne of my late sister
Elizabeth Cornish five pounds Item I give and bequeath to my loveing freinds
hereinafter named vizt To Mr Francis Burton of Spittlefeilds in Middx
To Mr Richard Pearson Minister of St Michaell Crookedlane To Mr Thomas
Moffett Cittizen and Grocer of London Mr Daniell Ford of the Customehouse Lond
and to Mr Phillip Pery of London Cheesemonger To each and every of them Twenty 
shillings a peece to buy them rings to weare in remembrance of mee Item I give
and bequeath to my loveing freinds hereinafter named (vizt) Mr Richard Holland
Rector of Hascome in Surry Mr John Layfeild Rector of Chttingfould Mr Channell
Minister of Cranley Mr Bifeild Rector of Uhurst Mr Sims and Mr Child of 
Gilford Attorneys at Law Mr Woodward Rector of Clanden Mr John Holland 
of Gilford aforesaid and Doctor Date of Newington All in the said County of
Surry John Atfeild of London Dr in Phisick Simon Miller of London Bookseller
Captaine Minors Thomas Allen of London Vintner and Richard Dowse of 
Shoreditch aforesaid Vintner To each and every of them Tenne shillings a peece
to buy them Rings to weare in Remembrance of mee Item I give to John Midgley
and Thomas Gilbert of London Scriveners to each of them Twenty shillings a
peece to buy them Rings Item I give to Mr Dunne the Reader Mr Tooley the
Clerke and Christopher the Sexton of St Leonard Shoreditch aforesaid To
every of them Tenne shillings a peece to buy them Rings Item I give to every of my
servts who shalbee liveing with mee and every of the servts of the said Dr Ambrose
Atfeild who shalbee liveing with him at the time of my decease besides their 
Mourning before provided for Twenty shillings a peece Item I give and bequeath 
to the poore of the parish of Cranley aforesaid Tenne pounds and to the poore of 
the parish of St Mary Sommersett in London Five pounds and to the poore of the
parish of St Leonard Shoreditch aforesaid Five pounds The said severall summes
to bee distributed amongst the poore of the said respective parishes according to
the discretion of my Executors herein after named And my desire is that such
Poore of Cranley aforesaid as did there dwell at the tyme of my residence there shall
have Double proportions of the said summe to bee there distrbuted with other poore
there The rest and residue of all and singuler my ready money Goods Chattells 
Rights Creditts and other estate whatsoever I give devise and bequeath unto my two


Daughters the before named Dorothy Perry and Elizabeth Atfeild to bee   divided
betweene them equally and indifferently part and part like Item I make and ordeyne the before 
named Capt William Pery and Doctor Ambrose Atfeild Joynt Executors of this 
my last Will and Testament And finally I doe hereby Revoke Renounce and make
utterly void all former and other Wills by mee appointed ordeined or made declareing 
and prnouncing this present Testament to bee my true and last Will In witnesse
whereof I have sett my hand and seale to both parts of this my last Will and testament 
Indented the Day and yeare above written Mich Pike The perticulers of my estate
are hereunder mentioned in ready mony in Dr Ambrose Atfeilds house six hundred
pounds, upon Securitie taken from Mr John Atfeild in Dr Ambrose Atfeilds name
Six hundred pounds, upon a Mortgage from my sister Bishopp Three hundred
pounds, upon bond from Mrs Lechmere and her sonne One hundred pounds. Signed
Sealed published declared and delivered by the Testator within named as and for 
his last will and testament in the presence of theis witnesses who have Subscribed their
names in the presence of the said Testator John Midgley Scr Tho Eason Tho
Gilbert Scr Tho Templer servts to the said Scr

Probatum fuit [this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 10 October 1682]
Decimo die mensis Octobris Anno
Dni Millimo Sexcenmo Octogemo secundo
[to]
Wilielmi Pery et Ambrosii Atfeild 

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