Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    X435/83
  • Title
    Copy of will of Thomas Pierson, Kempston, yeoman
  • Date free text
    8 Oct 1691; proved 7 Nov 1691
  • Production date
    From: 1691 To: 1691
  • Scope and Content
    … to friends Francis Brace of Astwood, Buckinghamshire, and Joseph Margetts of Kempston, clerk - copyhold property in Kempston - freehold property for 500 years and then to grandson John Peirson - personal estate Francis Brace and Joseph Margetts appointed executors to be trustee to sell copyhold and personal estate and out of money raised (and out of freehold estate as they think fit) pay: … to wife Rebecca - £20 a year … to grandson William Shaw - £50 at age 21 or sooner if trustees think fit … to grandchildren John and William Eames - £30 each when 21 … to daughter Ruff - £10 to be paid one year after my decease … to daughter March - £20 to be paid one year after my decease … to her 3 children - £20 apiece at 21 or sooner if trustees think fit … also to daughter March - £5 for her separate use … to Ann and Elizabeth Ruff, daughters of son-in-law Francis Ruff - £5 each at 21 … to said Francis Brace - £10 … to said Joseph Margetts - £5 … to wife - use, but not property of household goods for life, and then to go to grandson, John Denison, to be disposed of as trustees think fit until he is 21 wife shall live in one of testator's messuages appointed by executors … to grandson John Peirson - all personal estate remaining then executors etc. to release residue of term of 500 years, when he is 21. Until then executors to be his guardians and managers of his estate. neighbours and friends, Samuel Marriott and said Francis Ruffe to be overseers of will - £5 apiece to them £30 bequeathed to John Eames not to be paid until 2 years after testator's decease unless executors see good reason to pay it early signed 8 Oct 1691 proved (Bedford) 7 Nov 1691
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