Reference
W1317
Title
Copy will of Jn. Kelynge esq. of Southill.
Date free text
1 May 1689
Production date
From: 1679 To: 1689
Scope and Content
- ''... and for my body I leave that to be buried in such sober decent &
frugall manner as ....shall seem good.''
- To dau. Martha £600, ''both of my owne portion designed to her'' & also money left to her by the late Ld. Chief Justice Kelynge his father.
- To each of other chn.: Chas., Antoninelli, Phillippa, Mary, Alice & Eliz. - £600 apiece.
- To eld. s. Jn. - ''all my bookes'', ''all my seales whereon my coats of arms are ingraven''.
- Custody & tuition of chn. to exors.
- His household to be maintained unchanged for 2 mnths. after d., ''to the end my servants & family may not be put away upon the suddaine but may have some reasonable time to provide themselves of other places''.
- Annuity £30 to br.-in-law Ferdinando Salvetti to be continued.
- To exors. Wm. Boteler of Biddenham, Wm. Spencer of Cople, Sam. Bedford of Henlow, Ralph Baldwyn of Ashwell Hrts., £50 ea.; & in trust:
-- all messuages etc. in Beds. & Essex.
- eld. s. Jn. also exor.
- Bequests to aunt Offley, poor of Southill.
Wtns. Wm. Palmer, Jn. Nodes, Jn. Barber, Peter Watson.
(copy 1 May 1689)
Original dated: 14 Oct. 1679
Language
English
Level of description
item