• Reference
    H/WS683
  • Title
    Will of Thomas Joyce of Hitchin, gent All freehold and copyhold is bequeathed to wife Deborah for life, and after her death :- Farm at Hanscombe End occupied Samuel Mead - to Edward Lacy the younger, son of testator's cousin Edward Lacy of Pirton Farm at Pegsden, occupied widow Gregory, - to Matthew Lacy the younger, son of testator's cousin Edward Lacy of Pirton.
  • Date free text
    22 Jan 1729
  • Production date
    From: 1729 To: 1729
  • Scope and Content
    to nephew-in-law -£400 to cousin, Edward Lacy the younger, son and heir Lacy the elder of Pirton - £400 to cousins Matthew, Joyce and Elizabeth Lacy children of Edward Lacy the elder of Pirton - £100 each to wife - watch, ring, jewels "and other paraphernalia" and household goods to friends Heylock Kingsley Esq., and wife, Mr William Kingsley, Edward Lacy the elder and wife, and Edward Lacy the younger - £10 each for mourning to poor of Hitchin - annuity of 50s. to be distributed in bread, charged on testator's dwelling house. legacy of £5 to be distributed in bread to poor of Hanscombe End - 20s to be distributed in bread to poor of Pegsden - 20s to be distributed in bread Executors : wife and Edward Lacy the elder
  • Level of description
    item