Will of Mary Alefounder 1697

Dedham pedigree

Original will, Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich branch, reference IC/AA1/127/73.

In the name of God Amen the Tenth day of June in the eighth Yeare of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lord William the third by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland defende^r of the faith &c Annoqe Dñi 1696 I Mary Alefounder of Winson in the County of Suffc widd being Sick in body but of Sound & pfect mind & memory (thanks be to Almighty God therefore do make & ordaine this my last will & testament in manner & forme following Inp^rs. I commend my soul inth the hands of Almighty God that gave it me & my body to the earth from whence it came to be decently interred at the discrecon of my Executo^r herein after named And as to that Estate which God hath of his great goodnesse lent vnto me in this life I dispose therof as followeth Inp^rs. I give vnto my Son John All that my Messuage or Tenem^t. w^th. the Barns stable outhouses yards gardens orchards Lands meadowes pastures & App^urtenñces therevnto belonging scituate lying & being in Playford in the s^d. County of Suffc To hold to him & his heires for ever Vpon Condicõn notw^thstanding that my S^d. Son John, his heires Exec^er or Admin^ers shall well & truly pay or cause to be paid vnto my Son Robert yearly & every yeare during the terme of his naturall life for & towards his livelyhood and maintenance the su^~me of Eight pounds of lawfull mony of England (w^thout any deduccon or defalcacon w^t.soever except what taxes shall be imposed vpon the s^d. Lands by Act of Parliam^t. at any tyme hereafter which I will be deducted Annually out of the S^d. Annual rent Charge or Annualty) at the foure most vsual feasts or dayes of paym^t. in the yeare (viz^t.) Mich^~as day Christmas day our Lady day & Midsom^~er day by even & equall porcons _^^{[interlined] at or in the parish Church of Winson aforesaid [end of interline]} the first paym to be made at the first of the s^d. feasts which shall happen next & imediately after my decease & my mind & will is that if the S^d Annuall rent Charge or Annualty of eight pounds (the s^d. taxes by Act of Parliam^t. So as afores^d. deducted) or any pt thereof shall happen to be behind and unpaid at any of the s^d. Feasts or dayes of paym^t. in which it ought to be paid according to the true intent & meaning of this my last will or by the space of Tenn dayes next following then it shall & may be lawfull to & for my S^d. Sonn Rob^t. or his Assignes to enter into & vpon all & Singuler my S^d. messuages landes & p^emisses & euy or any part & pcell thereof there to destreine for the s^d. Annualty or yearely rent Charge w^th the arrerages thereof if any shall happen to be & the distresse & distresses there found to take load dare & carry away & the rents issues & profits of the s^d. messuage & lands to receive & take vntill he my S^d. Son Robert shall be fully satisfyed contented & paid the s^d. Annualty or yearly rent Charge w^th. the arrereages thereof if any shall happen to be together w^th. the Charges of entry Notwithstanding my mind & will is that if my S^d. Son Robert shall make sale of the s^d. Annualty or yearly rent Charge for any Su^~me or Su^~mes of mony to any person or psons w^tsoever then the s^d. Annualty or yearly rent Charge to cease & be extinct in the hands of my S^d. Sonn John & the s^d. Messuage Lands & p^emisses Discharged & acquitted of & from the s^d. Annualty or yearly rent Charge any thing heretofore in this my last will conteyned to the contrary Item I give vnto my S^d. Son John all the arrereages of rent as shall be due vnto me at the tyme of my decease out of the s^d Lands in Playford & out of my Messuage & Lands in Winson now in the occupacoñ of my Sonn Benjamin for & towards the paym^t of my Debts Funerall Charges & pbate of this my last will Item I give vnto my Son Benjamin the sume of one shilling And lastly I doe nominate & appoint my S^d. Son John Sole Executo^r. of this my last will & testam^t. revoaking all former Wills by me heretofore made In Witnes whereof I have herevnto Sett my hand & Seale the day & yeare first abovewritten/

Signed Sealed published & declared by the S^d. Mary Alefounder to be her last will & testam^t. after the intolineing of these words at or in the porch of the Parish Church of Winson afores^d. in the p^esence of vs

Anna Candler	the marke of	Alefounder
Absma Walker	Phillys ~ Silverstone

Probatum fuit hinodi testamentum apud Gippu^~m Coram Magrõ Willielmo Beaumont Cli^~ce Artium Magistro Su^~rr^o veñlis Henrici Fauconberge legum dcõris Arch^~inatus Suffolcie Comissarij etiñid constituti decimo quarto die Augusti Anno dñi 1697^o Juramento Executoris nõiat Cui comissa fuit Ad^~mco bonõrid &c de bene &c jurat &c Salvo &c./

Transcribed by Peter Alefounder 1994-1999 and added to web site 11th April 1999 Last revised 31 May 1999