Scope and Content
To w. Grace - £500, furn. & household goods, wrought plate, 'all her pearls, rings, jewels, & wearing apparell, saveing that when she dyeth she shall leave the hangings, curtains, bedstead, silk quilts, & coverlids now used & belonging to the 4 lodging chambers over the hall parlour & kitchen' to inheritor of dwelling house.
To nephew Wm. Nicholls of Bedf. mercer (s. of dcd. sis. Susan) - £300,
To niece Eliz. Eston now in Lond. (d. of br. Andrew dcd.) - £300,
To neph. Jn. Jervis. now in Lond. (s. of sis. Eliz. dcd.) - £300,
whereof £100 to his dau. Eliz. w. of Thos. Palmer of Bedf.,
To cous. Hannah. Hemmings wid. of Lond. (d. of aunt Kendall late of Northants. dcd.) - £100,
To only rem. dau. of cous. Geo. Kendall dcd. (bro. of sd. Hannah) - £50,
To kinsman Wm. Tuttee of Herts. baker - £100,
To Edw. Sims of Bedf. tailor (s. of Edw. S. shoemaker dcd.) - £100,
To Jn. Sims of Bedf. pipemaker (s. of cous. Rich. S. Glover) - £100,
'to be div. & disposed for the benefit of him & his chn.'
acc. to advice of exors.
To Eliz. & Mary Sims (2 daus. of Rich. S. jun.(?) combmaker late of
Bedf. dcd.) - £10 ea.,
To poor of Bedf. - £20,
To friend Ol. Peck of Cardn. - £200 if he acts as exor.
Bequests for moarning to w. & 2 servs. Wm. Nicholls, w. & s. Philip, Jn. Jervis, Eliz. Eston, Hannah. H., Wm. Tuttee, Ol. Peck.
Real Estate
To w. Grace:
- - cott. at Westcotts Wlstd. purch. of Wm. & Jn. Manley now occ.
W.M.,
past clo. in same purch. of Wm. Edwards occ. Wm. Langley, & for life.
- - all tens. in Bef. O. Warden, Wlstd., Elstow, Card., Wilden,
To Wm. Nicholls
- - tens in Hill purch. of Jn. Kelyng occ. Thos. King,
- mess. in High St., St Paul's Bedf. purch. of Mary Bell wid. & s. Rob. 'in wh. I now dwell',
mess. adjg. occ. Jn. Peck wollen draper. w. ground passage & liberties thro. Dolphin Yard adjg., purch. of Jn. Parrott of Milton Ernest 'who afterwards sold the mess. called the Dolphin to Mr. Bell'; occ. Jn. Peck, orchd., barn & stable in St. Paul's abtg. on Castle Lane,
- - all lands lately purch. of Ralph Hough & w. Ursula in Card. &
Elstow occ. Rob. Wilshear,
to pay annuities of £20 to Eliz. Eston & Jn. Jarvis
To Eliza. Eston
- - lands in Wilden purch. of Jn. Goodman D.D. (tog w. other land in Caldecote since sold to Ralph Bromsall esq.), occ. Edw. Kippet, 2 tens. in Mill Lane St. Paul's Bedf. occ. Mary Prigmore wid. & James Brown bricklayer.
Exors. - w. Grace, Wm. Nicholls, Ol. Peck.
Witns. Geo. Wagstaffe, Wm. Henley, Rob. Nelson, Thos. Woodward.
Proved: 2 Nov. 1697