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Copy Will of Francis Hopkins of Luton:

16 Sep 1726

From: 1726 To: 1729

- estate in Great Brickhill [Buckinghamshire] to his wife for life; remainder to his son Samuel; remainder, if Samuel died childless, to Francis Coles, son of testator's sister Mary Coles of Burkett, Wing [Buckinghamshire]provided he paid 60 to John Tugwood, son of testator's sister Hannah Gilbert of Great Brickhill and 30 to each of his siblings; - £40 owed by his brother John Hopkins of Burkett to John Hopkins [i.e. debt to be cancelled]; - £400 to his daughter Elizabeth on becoming 21, being 200 "on Mr.Cheney's mortgage" and 200 "which is upon mortgage on Mrs.Geary's Lands"; - £200 in addition to his daughter Elizabeth if she survived his wife and married with her mother's consent, if she died before his wife the 200 to go to testator's son Samuel; - two tenements in Luton called Cross Keys to his daughter Elizabeth after death of her mother; remainder to her heirs or, if no heirs, her brother Samuel; - £50 to his granddaughter Hannah Marsom becoming 21 "part of the security that is upon Samuel Catling's Houses or that were his Houses in Luton; if they died before 21 the money going to testator's cousin Hannah Coles, daughter of his sister Mary, if she had died before then it was to go to John Coles the younger; - £20 to be divided between the four children of his "brother Coles" - John, Francis, Hannah and Mary; - best suit of apparel to John Coles; - house that John Young lives in [marginal note "sold to Messrs.Kinder] to his wife "to dispose of to whom she will if it is to either of my children excepting 40/- a year which shall be yearly paid out thereof to my Sister Hannah Gilbert so ling as she lives"; - £10 to John Tugwood, son of testator's sister Hannah Gilbert; - £7 to the poor of Luton to be distributed in bread and 50/- in bread to poor of Great Brickhill; - £10 to his son Samuel, Samuel Chase and Mrs.Samuel Marsom to be disposed by them of 50/- a year to "what poor they shall see meet with my wife's approbation"; - £5 to James Kingham; - £10 to John Roughan; - £40 to Thomas Cooper of Newport Pagnell [Buckinghamshire]; - to his wife all profit from his real estate for life; - wife to be sole executrix; - witnesses: John Young; David Sex; Jonathan Chalkly - proved in PCC 11 Jul 1729

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Hopkins, Francis,
Hopkins, Samuel,
Coles, Francis,
Coles, Mary,
Hopkins, Mary,
Tugwood, John,
Gilbert, Hannah,
Tugwood, Hannah,
Hopkins, Hannah,
Hopkins, John,
Hopkins, Elizabeth,
Cheney,
Geary,
Marsom, Hannah,
Catling, Samuel,
Coles, Hannah,
Coles, John,
Young, John,
Kinder,
Chase, Samuel,
Marsom, Samuel,
Kingham, James,
Rougham, John,
Cooper, Thomas,
Sex, David,
Chalkly, Jonathan

Francis will: Hopkins, debt, Luton Cross Keys, George Street, clothing, out-county parochial charities, LUTON, Great Brickhill