Alice Alefounder of Colchester

Will 1801 Colchester Archdeaconry Court

This is the last Will and Testament of me Alice Alefounder of Colchester in the County of Essex Widow being sick and weak in Body but of sound and disposing Mind and Memory (praised be God for the same)
In the first place I resign my immortal Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping for eternal Life through the Merits and Righteousness of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer, my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor hereinafter named But my desire is not to be buried until my Body shalt begin to Putrify
and as to my Wordly Estate I dispose thereof as follows, to wit,
[Executor]
And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Nephew Stephen Hempsted and my esteemed Friend The Reverend William Kemp of Colchester aforesaid Dissenting Minister executor of this my Will and appoint unto them all reasonable charges and expenses as such executor And my Will e that neither of them shall be charged with any more Monies Goods or other Effects than what shall actually come into their hands by virtue of this my Will nor for any loss of the same Provided such loss should happen without his or their wilful default nor shall either of them be answerable for the Acts or Doings the one for the other but each of them for his own Acts and Deeds only
And hereby revoking all other Wills by me made I declare this only to be my last Will and Testament
[Signature 1800-12-15]
In Witness whereof I have hereunto made my Mark and set my Seal this fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred The Mark of   T   Alice Alefounder
[Witnesses]
[LS] Signed sealed Published and Declared by the said Testatrix Alice Alefounder as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses
[Probate 1801-04-06]

Proved on the sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one before the Reverend Robert Stony Clerk Surrogate &c by the Oath of William Kemp one of the executor to whom Administration &c was granted He being first Sworn duly to Administer (Power being reserved of making the like grant to Stephen Hempsted the other Executor when he shall lawfully apply for the same.) Exd

[Archive]
Archdeaconry Colchester office copy at shelf mark D/ACR 19/248 in Essex Record Office. Transcribed by Peter Alefounder 1994. Reproduced, with permission, from the Alefounder website.

Robart Tyler alias Alfunder of Long Melford

Will 1575 Sudbury Archdeaconry Court

Quistratus. In the name of god Amen And yn the yerre of ovr lord god 1574 I Robart Tyler wothers called alfvnder of Long Melford yn the covnty of Svfok do order thys and make my laste wyl and testemeñ yn thys forme and maner folowyng fvrte
[Executor]
the sayde annes my wyfe I make my soll exsecvtevr to thys my laste wel and tesstement and svperrafycer Rychard my son and for hys payne takeng theryn Itm~ I wel that he hafe xs
[Signature 1574]
yn wyttenes ther of I Robart tyler wotherres called alfvnder hath svs skreyvyd thys wyll wyt my onne hand the yerre a bovfe sayde
[Probate 1575-01-22]
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[Archive]
Original will, Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds branch, reference IC500/1/33/38. Transcribed by Peter Alefounder 1994. Reproduced, with permission, from the Alefounder website.

Revd Robert Alfounder of Cambridge

Will 1755 Prerogative Court of Canterbury

In the Name of God Amen I Robert Alfounder Fellow of Emanuell College in Cambridge Batchelor of Divinity being in good health and Sound and disposing Mind and Memory praised be God do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament as followeth
Imprimis I commend my Soul to God my Creator hoping for Salvation through his Mercy and the Merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer and my Body I commit to the Earth to be interred at the discretion of my Executrixes after named and as to my Temporal estate I dispose therof as followeth
[Executor]
whom I hereby nominate and appoint joint Executrixes of this my last Will and Testament revoking all other by me made
[Signature 1721-02-22]
In Witness wherof I the said Robert Alfounder have to this my last Will and Testament Set my hand and Seal the two and twentieth day of February Anno Dom~ One thousand Seven hundred twenty and one R. Alfounder.
[Witnesses]
Signed Sealed Published and declared in the presence of us who attested the same at the Request and in the presence of the said Testator
[Codicil 1735-09-12]
Whereas I Robert Alfounder Rector of North Lufnam in Rutland Batchelor of Divinity have made my last Will and Testament in Writing some years since and Whereas since the making therof I am intitled to the Revertion of one third part of a Messuage and four yard Lands and a Meadow called Dents Meadow in the Bishops Fee near Leicester and all other the Lands and Tenements there late the Estate of
  • Josiah Billers Gent
expectant on the deceased of
  • Jane Billers his Widow
and Whereas I shall in Michaelmas Term next together with
  • Jane Tomson Widow and
  • Elizabeth Coulton Widow
who are intitled to the other two third parts of the said premisses levy a Fine thereof to
  • Thomas Ludlam
for the farther and better enabling us to dispose of our respective third parts of the said premisses as to us shall seem meet now my Mind and Will is and I hereby declare and agree that my third part of the said premisses shall be and Enure to the uses following
and I hereby give and devise the same as hereafter mentioned To wit
  • To my sister Jane Alfounder for and during the Term of her natural Life
    • and from and after her decease Then to my Nephew Richard Hill his Heirs and assigns for ever
and I desire this may be taken as a Codicil and part of my said last Will In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Twelfth day of September one Thousand Seven hundred and thirty five R Alfounder
[Witnesses]
Signed Sealed published and declared in the presence of us who attested the same at the Request and in the presence of the said Testator
  • Grace Cant
  • Saras Sculthap
  • Thomas Barker
  • R Hill
[Codicil 1745-04-16]
I Robert Alfounder Rector of North Luffenham in the County of Rutland Batchelor of Divinity do this sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Forty five make and publish this my Codicil to my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say
I give and bequeath unto
  • my Nephew Richard Hill all and Singular my Books of what kind or sort so ever the same be now Standing and being in or about my now dwelling House and Study or Elsewhere
and Lastly it is my desire that this my present Codicil may be taken as part of my last Will and Testament to all Intents and Purposes In Witness whereof I the said Robert Alfounder have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and year first above written R Alfounder.
[Witnesses]
Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Robert Alfounder as a Codicil and Part of his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who attested the same at the Request and in the Presence of the said Robert Alfounder.
  • Grace Cant
  • Johanna Elsam
  • Thos. Pope
[Codicil 1754-10-25]
Whereas in and by my last Will and Testament made some years ago I have given the Residue of my Personal Estate to my two sisters Mrs. Mary Hill and Mrs. Jane Alfounder equally to be divided between them and have appointed them joint Executrixes thereof and Whereas my dear Sister the said Mary Hill is lately did
Now my Mind and Will is and I do hereby give and bequeath
  • to my Nephew Mr. Richard Hill all my Estate and Interest of one Moiety or equal half part of the Residue of my personal Estate after and Subject to the Payment of a Moiety of my just Debts Funeral Charges and Legacies given by my said Will with his Aunt the said Jane Alfounder besides the Books which I have already given him or what Legacy I have by my said Will given to his Mother the said Mary Hill
[Executor]
and I do hereby appoint the said Richard Hill joint Executor with my said Sister Jane Alfounder of my said Will
and I do hereby order and direct that this may be deemed and taken as a Codicil or further Part of my said Will and be thereto annexed In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty four R: Alfounder.
[Witnesses]
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Robert Alfounder as a Codicil and further part of his Will in the Presence of us who subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto at his Request in his Presence and in the presence of each other
  • Grace Bagnall
  • Johanna Elsam
  • J: Wythers
[Codicil - - ]
I hereby order and direct that the Principal Money and Interest Secured by Mortgage to my Heire Mrs. Mary Hill Spinster on my Estate at Great Bowden in the County of Leicester shall be only chargeable theron and not to be paid by my Executors out of my Personal Estate or any Part thereof
and I do desire this may be taken as a Codicil and further part of my Will as Witness my hand and Seal the day and year above written R Alfounder
[Witnesses]
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Robert Alfounder as a Codicil and further Part of his Will in the Presence of us two attested the same at his Request in his Presence and in the Presence of each other
  • Grace Bagnall
  • Johanna Elsam
  • J Wythers
[Probate 1755-06-25]
This Will was proved at London (with four Codicills annexed) before the Right Honourable Sir George Lee Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted the twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty five by the Oaths of Jane Alfounder and Richard Hill the Executors named in the third Codicill to whom Administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first Sworn by Commission duly to administer. Exd
[Archive]
Office copy, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, reference PROB11/816 folios 70LH-71RH at English National Archives London. Transcribed by Peter Alefounder 1994. Reproduced, with permission, from the Alefounder website.

Elizabeth Piggin of Crich

Will 1716 Lichfield Consistory Court

I, Elizabeth Piggin of Crich vid.
give
[Executor]
my son Thomas Piggin
[Signature 1714-11-23]
Elizabeth Piggin + her mark
[Witnesses]
[Probate 1716-04-05]
to Thomas Piggin executor
[Inventory]
£12.14.10d
[Archive]
Lichfield Record Office: register copy.

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