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Description: | To be buried at Essendon, Hertfordshire, or such other place as his executors should think fit.
Funeral not to cost more than £200.
Richard Meux and William Myers appointed executors, who are to hold in trust all his property, not already settled by his marriage settlement of 1696 with his late wife Sarah (widow of William Barrington of London, merchant). To hold for a term of 99 years to the use of his elder son Richard and his heirs, and younger son William and heirs.
To his servant Daniel Rogers £10 p.a.
To daughters Susan and Elizabeth, £4,000 each at age 21 or day of marriage.
To his son Richard, household goods, except plate.
To his son William, rent arrears on property at Cottingham, which belonged to William Barrington, and has been left to William by his mother.
£1,000 to be invested for use of William until he is 16 when, if William decides to be apprenticed to a Turkey merchant, the sum and interest is to be paid to the merchant (as is usual in that way of trade). But if William decides not to be a Turkey merchant, the money is to be invested in lands for him.
£10 each for mourning to Richard Young (his father in law), Mrs Sarah Brevewood (his aunt), Sir William Massingberd and William Massingberd his son, Thomas Meux and his wife Elizabeth, Mrs Barbary Massingberd, Henry Pacey of Morton esq, and William Myers.
To all servants in his employ at the time of his death, a suit of mourning and one extra year's wages.
To his executors £100 each for their trouble and expense.
To Meux and Myers he also commits the guardianship and education of his children till they reach the age of 21 or are married. To allow up to £300 p.a. to Richard, out of the lands left to him: up to £100 p.a. to William till he is 16 and up to £150 between 16 and 21, and to his daughters, sums not exceeding the interest on their fortunes.
Executors to receive £100 p.a. for their expenses till Richard is 21, then £60 p.a. till the other childen are 21.
3 Codicils up to 17 Oct 1719 with additional legacies to, and additions to legacies of relations, friends and servants. Also "to the Person that informed him who robbed his Park ... £20." | Subjects: | Country Estates Church Of England Parishes Religion & Beliefs | Temporal: | 4 July 1718 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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