22 December 1708 Will of Thomas Pyke of Cambridge, baker (proved 22 February 1708)

Source: TNA, PROB 11/508
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In the Name of God Amen
I Thomas Pyke of Cambridge in the county of Cambridge
Baker being in perfect memory (praised be God) do make
this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following
(that is to say) First I give and bequeath to the Master or Keeper
Fellows and Scholars of Clare Hall in the University of Cambridge
and theire Successors for ever All those my Freehold Messuages 
or Tenements with theire appurtenances scituate lying and 
being in Bennett parish is Cambridge aforesaid To the intent 
that they out of the Rents and profits thereof settle two
Scholarships of Tenn pounds a peice per Annum And I will
that the said Master or Keeper Fellows and Scholars or theire
Successors enter upon the said Messuages or Tenements one
year after my decease allowing as is hereinafter mentioned
And my Will further is that the said Scholarships shall be 
given to the sonns of Bakers if any be in the College when vacant


And if there be no Bakers Sonns in the College Then I will that 
the said Scholarships go to two Clergymens Sonns whose Fathers
are dead And I will that the said Scholarshipps be held by such
Scholars as I have before mentioned from the first yeare of 
theire coming till they be Senior Batchelors Item I give to
my Servant Roger Webb a years dwelling in the House I now
dwell in without paying any Rent for the same but the Tax
And I also give him my best T???? Item I give to my Servant
Margaret Adcock the Bed she usually lyes on and all that
belongs to it a Silver half pint pott with the Letters R: B: on the
bottom of it a Silver Spoon with the Letters K: B: on it three
little pewter Dishes half a dozen pewter Plates the best Lock
Iron and Heaters two black Rush-bottom Chairs and one
Turkey worke Chair She to take them she likes in my house
Two white porringers and the sume of Twenty Shillings
Item I give to the said Margaret Adcock the Room were the
Widow Calfe lives for and during the Term of her life without
paying any thing therefore And I will that the said Master
or Keeper Fellows and Scholars and theire Successors do pay
to the said Margaret Adcock Twenty Shillings a Quarter 
out of the Rents and profits of the Messuages or Tenements 
aforesaid during the Term of her life without any deduction
whatsoever But if the said Master or Keeper and theire
Successors refuse to let the said Margaret live in the said Room
or to pay her the Twenty Shillings a Quarter every Quarter 
of a Year Then I will that the said Messuages or Tenements
go to Henry Pyke Sonn to my late Brother William Pyke
and his Heirs for ever he paying and allowing to the said
Margaret as aforesaid Item I forgive all my Tenents the
Quarters Rent in which I shall dye Item I give to Mr
Richard Yorke Baker a broad peice of gold of the value of
Three and Twenty Shillings and six pence Item I give to 
Richard john and Thomas Pyke sonns of William Pyke
Silversmith the sume of Tenn pounds apeice of lawfull
money And I will that the sume be paid into the hands of 
Amy Pyke till they come at age She allowing them Tenn
Shillings for every Tenn pounds for every year for Interest 
But if she refuses so to do Then I will the said Legacies last
mentioned be paid into some friends hands that will allow such
Interest for the same Item Al the Rest of my goods and
Chattells whatsoever I give to Mrs Amy Pyke Frances Dackton
and Thomas Pyke (after my Funerall Charges and Legacies 
paid) to be divided into four parts (that is to say) Two parts
thereof to Amy Pyke and the other two parts to be divided 
betweene the said Frances Dackton and Thomas Pyke share 
and share alike But my will is that if any of them quarrell
that the share of him or her who shall be the aggressor go
to the others of them And my will further is that after the
Tax hall be off that the said Master or Keeper Fellows and 
Scholars and theire Successors do out of the Rents and
profits of the premisses aforementioned to be to them given
settle three Scholarshipps of Tenn pounds apeice as aforesaid


I do hereby nominate and appoint Thomas Pyke Executor of 
this my last Will Revoking all former Wills by me made In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seale the two and 
Twentieth day of December Anno Domini 1708  Tho Pyke
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Thomas Pyke
the Testator to be his last Will in the presnce of us The marke
of Philip Roberts Christopher Deane Robt Carrow

Probatum fuit [this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 22 February 1708]
Vicesimo Secundo die
mensis Februarii Anno Domini Millesimo Septingentisimo 
Octavo
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Thoma Pyke Executoris




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