Elizabeth Gill of Long Clawson 1630 Will
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records 1630
In the name of God Amen this 29th of June in the yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland France & Ireland Kinge Defender of the faith the fift 1629 I Elizbaeth Guill of Claxton als Longe Clawston in the Countie of Leic widdowe & Spinner, beinge sicke of bodie but of good & perfect memorie praised be god doe make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner followinge
First I bequeath my soule to god that gave it & my bodie to be buried in the Churchyeard of Claxton aforesaid
Item I give unto Elizabeth More, Widdowe Dale & Mary Palmer to every one of these 3 Widdowes 2d a peece
Item I give unto my eldest sonne Willm Guill my brewing Lead the … & all the furniture or appurtenances thereto belonginge for his filliall porcon & to get & remaine after his decease to his heires for ever as any heire loome
Item I give unto my sonne John Guill for his porcon my second bedstead my newest mattresse my midlest Coate and xxs to be pd presently after my decease or enter on goods to the worth of all his legacies
Item to my sonne Thomas Stanwidge xiid
Item I give unto my daughter Joane Fosset xiid
Item I give unto my daughter Anne Nixon xiid
Item I give unto my daughter Elizbaeth Clothman xiid
It I give unto Thomas Clothman sonne to my foresaid daughter Elizabeth xiid
Item I give unto the other 2 brothers xiid a peece
It I give unto my Cosen Elizabeth Stanwidge fiftie shillings to be paid within one whole yeare after my decease, and a table in my Chamber about 3 yeards longe
The rest of all my goods unbequeathed I give & bequeath unto my daughter Issabel Guill whome I make & ordain my full & sole executrix of this my last will & testament to see the same performed my debts & legacies paid & my bodie honestly & reverently brought to the ground
Lastly I make & ordaine Robert Hickling & William Lee the elder overseers of this my last will & testament giveinge to either of them for theire paines vid
Elizabeth Guill her marke
Testes sunt
Thomas Wright Scriptor
Robert Hicklinge
William Lee
William Howet his marke
Ite my will is that all & every of these legacies be paid presently after my death, or that they enter of goods to the value of every their legacies because I feare Issabel will undeowe her selfe by her marriage
Item I give unto both my son Lucas Fosset his sonnes to either of them xiid
Probate 13 July 1630