Thomas Glanfield
21 Mar 1725
In the Name of God Amen
I Thomas Glanfield of Heigham in the county of
Suffolk maltser being in perfect health and of sound mind
memory and understanding do make and ordain this my last
will and testament in manner and form following that
is to say first and principally I recommend my soul into
the hands of almighty God its creator and my body to the
earth to be buried in such decent and christian like manner
as to my executor and executrix hereinafter named shall
be thought meet and as for and concerning the worldly estate
wihch I shall die seized possessed or or interested in I dispose
thereof as followeth (Vizt) Imprimis I give and devise
unto my honoured mother Mary Glanfield widow all my
estate lying in Polstead in the said county of Suffolk now
in the occupation of Nicholas Last and George Taylor
to hold to her the said Mary Glanfield my mother her
heirs and assigns for ever Item all the rest residue and
remainder of my estate as well real as personal whatsoever
or wheresoever situate lying or being I do give and bequeath
unto my said honoured mother Mary Glanfield and her
assigns my tenement in Heigham in the occupation of
Timothy Grigg and the legacy or legacies devised to me
by one John Tafsell deceased hereinafter mentioned only
excepted to hold to her the said Mary Glanfield for and
during the term of her natural life she paying the rent
all such debts as as I shall justly owe at the time of my decease
my funeral charges and the charges of the probate of this
my will and after the decease of my said mother my mind
and will is that my said real and personal estate so given
and bequeathed to her and her assigns during the term of
her natural life as aforesaid shall be sold by my executors
hereinafter named (in case he shall happen to survive my
said mother) and the executors or administrators of my said
mother as soon after her decease as conveniently may be
for and towards payment of the several and respective
legacies by me hereby given unto the several and respective
persons herein after named (that is to say) unto the Reverend
Mr Thomas Bradshaigh now Minister of Stratford in the
said county of Suffolk the sum of fifty pounds unto Plampin
Braybrooke the son of Plampin Braybrooke the sum of
forty pounds unto Ambroze Death and Edward Death the sons
of George Death of Heigham aforesaid yeoman the sum of
thirty pounds apeice and unto my cousin Henry Bray the son
of John Bray the like sum of thirty pounds (in case they
shall be then living) and after payment made of the said
several legacies within one year after the decease of my
said mother then I give the surplus of the moneys arising
by such said to be equally divided to and amongst Edward
Glandfield of Reydon in the said county of Suffolk maltster
John Brunning and Richard Brunning both of the same town
yeomen John Glanfield of Capell in the same county yeoman
James Brunning of Pelden in the county of Essex yeoman
Susan the wife of Thomas Glanfield of Stratford aforesaid
yeoman Sarah the wife of William Townes of (blank space in transcript)
yeom and Thomas Whitler of Manningtree in the said
county of Essex barber and peruke maker or such of them
as shall be then living share and share alike and as for and
concerning the legacy or legacies lately devised to me in or
by the last will and testament of John Tafsell late of
Pedham in the county of Essex dyer deceased for and
concerning which a suit in law has been sometime since
commenced that in case the same shall be recovered by
my executors after my decease the whole thereof made after
payment of the charges of such suit in law shall immediately
be equally divided between my said mother Mary Glanfield
and the aforenamed Edward Glanfield James Brunning Susan
Glanfield Sarah Torones and Thomas Whitler or such of them as shall
be then living as aforesaid share and share alike and as for
and concerning the tenement in Heigham aforesaid in the
occupaton of the aforenamed Timothy Griss my mind
and will is and I do hereby give and devise the said
tenement with the yards and appurtenances threunto
belonging unto the minsters and churchwardens of the
parishes of Heigham and Pleydon aforesaid and to their
successors ministers and churchwardens of the said
parishes of Heigham and Pleydon for ever to the intent
and purpose that they the said ministers and churchwardens
of Heigham and Pleydon aforesaid for the time being shall
jointly receive the rents and profits of the said messuage
or tenement with the appurtenances by an equal dividend
to each parish and thereout in the first place pay all such
sum or sums of money as shall from time to time be necessarily
laid out in keeping the said premises in good and tenantable
repair by an equal proportion and after the charges of such
reparations are duly paid and satisfied my mind and will
is that they the said ministers and churchwardens of the
said parishes of Heigham and Pleydon aforesaid for the time
being shall distribute and dispose of the overplus money
arising by the profits of the said messuage or tenement to
and amongst such poor objects of charity belonging to th e
said parishes of Heigham and Pleydon as the ministers and
churchwardens of the said parishes for the time being shall
separately think most proper to receive the same and Lastly I
do nominate and appoint my said mother Mary Glanfield
and the aforementioned Reverend Mr Thomas Bradshaigh the
executor and executrix of this my will and do hereby revoke
and disannull all former and other wills by me heretofore
made publishing and declaring this to be my last will and
testment In witness whereof to this my said last will and
testament contained in one sheet of paper I the said Thomas
Glanfield have set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty
first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seventy
hundred and twenty five. Tho. Glanfild. Signed sealed
published and declared by the said testator Thomas Glanfeild
to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who
have set our hands as witnesses thereunto in his pressence
Robert Martin Nicho: Last Adm Buddle
On the twenty fourth day of December in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and sixty two administration with
the will annexed of the goods chattels and credits of Thomas
Glanfild otherwise Glanfield late of Heigham in the county of
Suffolk deceased was granted to the Reverend John Clubb clerk
the administrator with the Will annexed of the Goods unadministered
of Robert Martin deceased whilst living a creditor by
Bond of the said deceased having been first sworn by
commission duly to administer Mary Glanfield widow the
mother of the said deceased on of the executors and residual
legacees for life and the Reverend Thomas Bradshaigh clerk
the other executor named in the said will dying before they or
either of them had taken upon themselves the execution thereof
and Richard Brunning John Brunning James Brunning
Elizabeth Bonnet or Bunnett (wife of Jacob Bonnett or
Bunnett) Susan Brunning spinster Sarah Stanton (wife of
Thomas Stanton) and Mary Brunning spinster the natural and
lawful children and only next of kin of Richard Brunning the
only surviving substituted residuary legacee named in the said
will at the time of the death of the said Mary Glanfield having
been first legally cited intimated and in nowise appearing.