O/43

Probate of Will of Sir John Osborn of Chicksands baronet

7 May 1714; Probate 2 Jun 1720; Letter 19 May 1720

From: 1714 To: 1720

To eldest son John and heirs: - all leasehold estates, all real and personal estate and “also I do commend to my said son John the care of all my younger children and to remember that I have considered him with all the kindness of a Father who hath so many Children to take care of”; in event of John’s death guardianship to pass to John Kelynge esquire of the Inner Temple (uncle of John Osborn) and in event of his death to Sir George Byng knight To son Peter, “having been at considerable expense in fitting him for the sea”: - £500 and for maintenance until paid £25 per annum to be paid in 4 equal instalments, free of tax To rest of sons: - £1000 each to be paid when they are 21 or at son John’s discretion with £50 each per annum for maintenance in meantime, to be paid in 4 equal instalments To each daughter: - £1000 each to be paid at their respective marriages with £50 each per annum for maintenance in meantime, to be paid in 4 equal instalments To my servant Matt Rogers: - £100 Sole executor: John Osborne Witnesses: William Longueville, Edward Porter, John Clarke 7 May 1714 PROBATE 2 June 1720 LETTER [attached to will] written to son John: “to let you know some particulars too tedious to be inserted in my Will but do mean and intend them to be as justly and truly performed by you as if they were inserted in my said Will – though I am insensible that this Paper will not be Obligatory in Law yet as you regard your Duty towards God the Ashes and Memory of your Loving Father I shall expect it of the same validity” Bequests to: “Sheffield’s” son John: - £50 to be paid at age 25 with 5% interest to go to father “for I fear the Father’s ill managry and I would not have the child of so good a Wife suffer” To Will Roberts: - £10 “with this entreaty never to let him want in his old age having ever been laborious as I think honest as to deserve his bread” To Robin Lemon and wife (my present cook): - £5 each To the poor of Hawnes: - £5 To Mr Gibson: - £5 “for burying” To sister Steward: - £10 “for mourning having lived so long with me” To Sir Brocas Gardiner, baronet: - £10 “for mourning” “… but for the rest of my Relations I will not Clogg you … hoping they will pardon my Circumstances and that they do not want … and would my Condition have born it I should have remembered all my Friends…” 19 May 1720

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Osborn, John,
Kelynge, John,
Byng, George,
Osborn, Peter,
Rogers, Matthew,
Sheffield, John,
Roberts, William,
Lemon, Robin,
Gibson,
Steward,
Gardiner, Brocas

buildings and land use, wills, John will: Osborn, PROBATE, CHICKSANDS, CHILDREN, Inner Temple, money, Royal Navy, marriage settlements, servants, personal correspondence, personal papers, cook, charity, HAYNES, mourning