Robert Hand of Long Clawson 1766 Will
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records 1766
In the Name of God Amen I Robert Hand of Claxton otherwise Long Clawson in the County of Leicester Yeoman being of Sound Mind Memory and Understanding praised be Almighty God for the same and considering the Uncertainty of this life and the certainty of Death doe Make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say
In the first place I resign my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God my Creator Who gave it me and my Body I committ to the Earth to be decently Buryed at the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter Named and as for such Temporal Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I Give Devise and Bequeath of the same as follows that is to say
First I Give and Devise All that my Messuage or Tenement and Homestead with the Appurtenances Situate standing lying and being within the Town of Claxton otherwise Long Clawson aforesaid unto my Dear and Loving wife Mary for and during the Term of her Natural life provided She pays yearly and every year the Interest of Twenty five pounds which I Owe on Mortgage of the same unto Zachary Brewster and from and after her Decease then I Give and Devise the same unto my Son William Hand his heirs and assignes forever
Also I Give and bequeath unto my Son John Hand Two shillings and six pence
Also I Give and bequeath unto my Son William Hand all my Looms and other utensils which I make use of in my weaving Trade
Also I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Caunt five shillings
Also All the rest of my Goods Chattles Cattle and personal Estate of what Nature of kind soever they be I Give and bequeath unto my Dear and Loving Wife Mary Whom I doe hereby appoint full and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made declaring this to be my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I the said Robert Hand the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament Sett my Hand and Seal this Third day of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty Eight
Robert Hand
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Robert Hand the Testator for and as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our Names as Witnesses in his presence and at his request
Will Reeve
Anth Wadd
John Black
Oct The 6th 1766 Mary Hand the within named Sole Executrix made oath that all Robert Hand’s personal Estate late of Long Clawson in the County of Leicester her late husband deced was not worth Twenty pounds & was Sworn to the due Execution hereof
Before Me Thomas Myddelton Surrogt