Maurice Glanvile
1 Sep 1692
In the name of God Amen
I Maurice Glanvill of Wymbish in the county of Essex clerk being
in good health of body but of a sound disposing minde and memory
praised be Almighty God for the same but confidering the incertainty of
this present life doe for the settling and disposing of that wordly Estate
it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me make publifh and
declare this (revoking and by these presents dissonnulling all former
wills and Testaments by me at any time heretofore made) to be my
laft Will and Testament ffirst and principally I comend my Soule into
the hands of Almighty God that give it hoping and afsuredly trusting
that through the merits death and pafsion of my dearest Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ I shall receive the full and free pardon and
remifsion of all my sins and inherit everlasting life And my body I
comit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix
hereafter named And as touching the disposition of such temperall
Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and
dispose thereof as followeth Item I give and devise unto Elizabeth my
loving wife All and singular my ffreehold and cuftomary Lands what
soever lying and being in the parish of Layham in the county of Suffolk
and now in the tenure or occupation of Edward Wright his Assignee or
afsignes And also all that my messuage or tenement with the yards
orchards gardens closes and parcels of land meadow and pasture ground
whatsoever situate lying and being in the parish of Hadley in the
County of Suffolk and now inthe tenure or occupation of Thomas Ennuc?
To have and to hold the said ffreholds and cuftomary lands lying and
being in the said parish of Layham in the said County of Suffolk unto
the said Elizabeth my wife and for during the term of her natural life
(without impeachment of or for any manner of wast) And from and after
her decease then I give and devise the said ffreeholds and cuftomary lands
in Layham aforesaid And also my said Messuage or Tenement with the
yards orchards gardens closes and parcels of arable land meadow and
pasture ground whatsoever situate lying and being in the parifh of
Hadley aforesaid in the County aforesaid unto my second son Joseph
Glanvile and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten
and for want of such issue I give and devise the same to my eldest son Maurice
Glanvill and the Heirs of his body lawfully begotten and to
be begotten And for default of such issue I give and devise the same unto
Elizabeth Glanvill my daughter and to the heires of her body lawfully
begotten and to be begotten And for default of such ifsue I give and devise
the same unto my second daughter Anne Glanvill her heires and
Assignes forever Item I give and devise unto the said Elizabeth my
wife All and singular my Messuage or Tenement with the houses yards
Gardens Orchards Lands meadow and pasture grounds whatsoever situate
lying and being in the parish of Ashorn in the County of Essex to hold the same
unto the said Elizabeth my wife for and during the term of her naturall life
without impeachment of or for any manner of wast And from and after her
decease Then I give and devise the same unto Elizabeth Glanvill my Daughter
and to the heires of her body lawfully begotten and to be begotten And for
default of such issue I give and devise the same to the said Anne Glanvill my
daughter and her heires and Assignes foe ever Item whereas I am possessed
and interested in one moiety or half part of a certain messuage and lands called
or known by the mae of Harrisons situate lying and being in the parish of
Wymbish aforesaid and in my own occupation Now my Will and intent is
and I doe hereby give and devise my said moiety unto the said Anne
Glanvill my daughter and to the heires of body lawfully begotten and to
be begotten and for default of such ifsue I give and devise the same unto
my son Maurice Glanvill and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten
and to be begotten And for default of such ifsue I give and devise the same
unto my said son Joseph Glanvill and to his heires and Assignes forever
Item I give and devise unto my eldest son Maurice Glanvill All that the
parsonage rectory or Donafice of Wymbish in the county of Essex now
in my occupation To hold the same unto the same Maurice Glanvill my son
and the heires of his body lawfully begotten or to be begotten and for default
of such ifsue I give devise the same unto my said second son Joseph Glanvill
and his heires for ever Item Whereas the Advosen *** nomination
right of presentation to the parish Church vicarage and personage of
Wymbish cum Chunderley in the County of Essex is vested in me and my
Heires *alterrius viritez cum attiderint Now my Will and minde is and I doe
hereby give the same unto my loving brother Thomas Carter the younger
and his heirs forever In trust nevertheless and to the only use and behoof
of my second son Joseph Glanvill and the heires of his body begotten or to be
begotten And for default of such issue then to the use and behoofe of my said
eldest son Maurice Glanvill and his heires forever Item I give and bequeath
unto my said son Maurice Glanvill All that my library or studdy of bookes
of what nature or kind soever at Wymbish aforesaid Item I give and
bequeath unto my said loving Brother Thomas Carter all my Minutes notes and manufcripts
Item all the rest and residue of my goods chattels and personall Estate of
what nature or kind soever not herein and hereby before given and
bequeathed I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth my wife (whom I
make sole Executrix of this my laft Will and Testament) to be by her used
and enjoyed during the term of her naturall life and from and after her
decease than I give and bequeath the said goods chattels and personall Estate
unto my said daugher Anne to her sole use and benefit In witnefs whereof
I the said Maurice Glanville have to this my laft Will and Testament
contained in three sheets of paper to every sheet set my hand to the the
laft sheet set my hand and seale the ffirst day of September in the ffourth
year of the reign of our Soveraign Lord and Lady William and Mary by
the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland King and
Queen Defenders of the ffaith y Anno* Dm 1692 Maurice Glanvile
Signed sealed published and declared to be the last will and testament
of the said Maurice Glanvile in the presence of us who have attested our
names as witnefses therere in his presence Tho: Carter, William Carter
Jon: Bradbury
Memorandum that before the sealing and
Publishing of the within mentioned Will I the within named Maurice
Glanvile do by these presents give and bequeath unto the Poor of the
parish of Wymbish in the County of Essex the sum of fforty shillings of
lawfull money of England And to the poor of the parish of Welton in the
County of Bucks the sum of Twenty shillings of lawfull money of England
to be paid within one month next after my decease And do make and ordain
this Endorsment as part of my said laft Will Witnefs my hand the day and
year within written Maurice Glanvile Test Tho: Carter William
Carter Jon: Bradbury
Probatum
...Latin text ... Elizabeth Glanvile relict