BS1397

Will of Ann St John of Tempsford, widow. Various bequests [details given]. Executor: friend Richard Lee of Potton. Witnesses: St John Gates, Thomas Freeman, Robert Franke. Seal removed

11 Jan 1697

From: 1697 To: 1697

Details given: To servant Joseph Barnes senior, messuage and inn called the George and lands appertaining in Tempsford, for life. To cousin Doctor Knightley Chetwood, manors, messuage, and lands in Tempsford, he paying all debts, legacies etc. To cousin Edward Harby, esquire, £1000. To godson Kensham Harby, son of Edward, £1000 at 21 years. To 'my woman' Hannah Locker, an annuity of £20. To 'my page' Joseph Barnes, £150 'to be paid into the hands of my friend Mr Jonathan Hooker, rector of Sandy, to be improved the best way he can for the educating and bringing up of my page to the university (if his genius leads that way); if not to an apprentice and setting him up when out of his time, the management of whom I wholly commit to the care of the said Mr Hooker'. To every servant, half a year's wages. To the poor of Tempsford, £5.

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St John, Anne,
St John, Ann,
Lee, Richard,
Gates, St.John,
Freeman, Thomas,
Franke, Robert,
Barnes, Joseph,
Chetwood, Knightley,
Harby, Edward,
Harby, Kensham,
Locker, Hannah,
Lockier, Hannah,
Hooker, Jonathan

will, Tempsford George, personal seals & coats of arms, servant, clergy, Doctor of Divinity, manors, TEMPSFORD, POTTON, SANDY