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HW98/4
Title
Will of Peter Briggins of Bartholomew the Great, London, tobacconist
Date free text
14 Jul 1714
Production date
From: 1714 To: 1714
Scope and Content
to wife Maranbella Briggins for life, remainder to heirs of body.
- House wherein I now dwell with two other houses adjoining, occupied by Albian Lead & William Jefford, one on each side, all freehold, all built by my order, on ground on which formerly stood an old house bought of me of J. Silveta ? & …
- 2 houses & ground in Mile End, Mddlesex, mortgaged by late father & brother, William Briggins ... which I purchassed of him, & purchased the equity of redemption of Thomas Stone, & settled on wife before marriage
- 3 houses occupied by J. Darby, Francis Heatley, & __ in parish of Bartholomew the Great, purchased of wife’s father, Thomas Farmborough, for £600, & settled on wife in lieu of several old houses at Hoxton also Hogsdon which I sold for £250.
- Ground rent of King's Head Inn, Southwark, purchased of Stephen Thomas & others for £1,050, settled on wife in lieu of several old houses in Dogshead Yard, in Old Street, which I sold to Joseph Townsend for £427.
to wife, to be disposed of among children as she wishes, or else to be shared equally:
- House occupied by Philip Nicholls in Threadneadle St., purchased of Theodore Drage.
- House & ground bought of George Rogers, adjoining J. Darby's dwelling house, occupied by Eben Hadgell.
- House & tenements in Half Moon Alley, parish of Bartholomew, occuopied by William Frier, purchased of Stephen Perry.
to 2 eldest daughters, Mercy & Susannah £1,079 17s 6½d each.
to 3 younger daughters, Hannahbella, Gulielma & Mariabella Farmborough £1,600 each
total £6,951 15s 1d stock in the Chamber of the City of London. Each is to receive her part at 21.
to 2 eldest daughters, Mercy & Susannah: half each of the estate left by testator's brother William Briggins, by will 22 Nov. 1698 which amounts to over £1,200
to late sister's son, William Tibey £50
to cousin Joseph Briggins & sister Ann Bridger £5 each.
to Mariabella Blake & her sister Mary Hewitt 2 guineas
to George Conyers, Joshua Bethray & Riche. Brookes 1 guinea each.
to friends J. Skelton, J. Haywood, J. Everitt, Philip Harman, Richard Taylor & William Peters 40s. each.
to friends J. Staple & Gilbert Mollison £50 to be disposed of to the poor
to poor of parish where I now live £5
Executrix wife Mariabella Farmborough
Overseers
brother of Thomas Farmborough 10 guineas.
J. Butcher of Bartholomew the Great £10
Gilbert Mollison of Aldersgate Parish £10
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