Reference
H/WS683
Title
Will of Thomas Joyce of Hitchin, gent
Date free text
22 Jan 1729
Production date
From: 1729 To: 1729
Scope and Content
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.
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
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