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Copy will of Ralph Hough

2 Apr 1699; proved 29 Jan 1699 [1700]

From: 1699 To: 1700

Copy will of Ralph Hough of Inner Temple, London, esquire; - his body to be privately buried; - £10 to each of his brothers and sisters to buy mourning; - £5 to the poor of Kingston-upon-Thames [Surrey] and £5 to the poor of Saint Bride’s, Fleet Street [City of London]; - £5 to each of his servants; - all his music books to his servant James Davison “excepting such as my Executrixes shall be minded to keep to themselves”; - nearly £2,000 principal stock in the old East India Company and his East India bonds for over £1,000 should be converted into cash to pay funeral expenses, debts and legacies so that no other part of his personal estate was affected by them; - if his daughter-in-law Ursula Burges surrendered the bond by which he paid her £20 per annum to his executrixes they should pay her £300; - his lease of the King’s Arms Tavern, Lombard Street, London to his sister Debora Methwen, remainder to Ann Wilson alias Carnaby; - to Debora Methwen a house lately bought from Roger Donne in Abchurch Lane, London, lying N of a messuage he bought from Donne then immediately sold to his sister; - to Ann Wilson alias Carnaby the White Lion and Crown, Fleet Street and three near adjoining messuages in 3 Falcon Court or Wine Office Court; all held by lease from the Brewers Company; remainder to Susan Farloe, spinster; - to Ann Wilson alias Carnaby the White Horse Inn, Fleet Street lately bought from Bennett, remainder to Susan Farlow; - if Mr. Noyes, publican of the White Horse Inn decided to buy it at a price they had agreed then the purchase money was to be paid to Ann Wilson alias Carnaby if alive otherwise to Debora Methwen for disposal by the aid of his friend Adam Baynes of Inner Temple to Susan Farloe; - to his brother Benoni Hough and sister Abigail Hough two houses in Hosier Lane, London, held of Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital and lately purchased from Captain Thomas Roe; - appointing Debora Methwen and Ann Wilson alias Carnaby as joint executrixes “and I entreat them to be in all things friendly and assistant to one another” with help from Adam Baynes for which he bequeathed him £100; - to his “extraordinary good friend” Francis Brace of Bedford £10 to buy mourning; - the rest of his personal estate to be divided between Debora Methwen and Ann Wilson alias Carnaby; - Saint Leonard’s Farm, Bedford, in the occupation of Edward Edwards to Debora Methwen and Ann Wilson alias Carnaby; - witnesses Robert Baynes; John Roberts; William Adams; James Davisson; - attached probate of 19 January 1699 [1700]

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Hough, Ralph,
Davison, James,
East India Company,
Burges, Ursula,
Methwen, Debora,
Hough, Debora,
Wilson, Ann,
Carnaby, Ann,
Donne, Roger,
Farloe, Susan,
Bennett,
Noyes,
Baynes, Adam,
Hough, Abigail,
Hough, Benoni,
Roe, Thomas,
Brace, Francis,
Edwards, Edward,
Baynes, Robert,
Roberts, John,
Adams, William,
Davisson, James

BEDFORD, Bedford Saint Leonard's Farm, general poverty, Kingston upon Thames, London St.Bride, City of London Fleet Street, servants, general music, East India Company, stocks, City of London Lombard Street, Lombard Street Kings Head Tavern, City of London Abchurch Lane, Fleet Street White Lion and Crown, City of London Wine Office Court, Fleet Street White Horse Inn, City of London Hosier Lane, London Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, mourning