Reference
PA138
Title
Will (copy) of Richard Spicer of the Middle Temple, esquire
Date free text
10 Jun 1703; proved 13 Sep 1703; with later memorandum
Production date
From: 1703 To: 1704
Scope and Content
"I commend my soul …"; to be buried without pomp;
to niece Bassett, widow, messuages and lands in Tilbrook, and £1,000 in the Bank of England, and £5 due to me upon the Salt Act; to her children £100 apiece
to children of the testator's late half-sister Martha Atwood and to nephew Jo. Iwing, monetary bequests; smaller ones to others
to John Freake and Thomas Reymer £50 "to dispose of in the clubb as they shall thinke fitt"
witnesses: John Tisser senior and junior; Judith Bayley
executor: William Prigeon 10 Jun 1703
proved 13 Sep 1703
memorandum attached to will: (apparently in the hand of Mrs Bassett) tracing descent of Walter Gray's property through relative Richard Spicer, who left to his niece Mrs Bassett; reference to lawsuit fought by above after 1703
Level of description
item