Hoe Robert 1789 of Hose will

Robert Hoe of Hose 1789 Will

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1789/92

In the Name of God Amen I Robert Hoe of Hose in the County of Leicester Yeoman being infirm in Body but of sound & disposing Mind Memory & Understanding do make & publish this my last Will & Testament in Manner & Form following, That is to say

First of all I give & bequeath my immortal Soule into the Hands of Almighty God hoping for Mercy at my Resurrection through the Merits of Christ Jesus my Saviour & my Body I commit to be decently interred in the Parish Church yard of the Place where I die at the Discretion of my Executors herein after named

And as for my Worldly & Temporal Estate with which it has pleased God to bless me I give & dispose thereof in the following Manner

First of all I give & bequeath to my eldest Daughter Anne Garrat now living in the Parish of Mugginton in the County of Derby the full Sum of Ten Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid in one year after my Decease

I also give & bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth the Wife of John Goodson of Harby in the County of Leicester the full sum of Fifty Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain

I also give bequeath & devise unto my two Sons Richard Hoe & Robert Hoe to Them their Heirs or Assigns all my Lands & Houses at Broughton Sulney in the County of Nottingham, with all the Appurtenances & Hereditaments whatsoever thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining,  whom I constitute & appoint Joint Executors of this my last Will & Testament, They paying my just Debts & aforesaid Legacies, with all my Funeral Expences & other Expences whatsoever

And also I hereby constitute & appoint My two Sons Richard Hoe & Robert Hoe my joint Executors of this my last Will & Testament revoking & utterly renouncing all & every other Will or Wills by me heretofore made

In Witness whereof I the Said Robert Hoe have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this 28th Day of January in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty six

                                                                                                         Robert Hoe

Signd, sealed, published & declared by the said Robert Hoe Testator as & for his last Will & Testament, in the Presence of us who in his Presence, at his Request & in the Presence of Each other have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses to the Will above

Richard Hardy

Thomas Wright

John Jerman

11th February 1789

Let a probat be made to Richard Hoe and Robert Hoe the joint Executors within named they being duly sworn as well to the faithful Execution of the Will as that the Testator’s Goods Chattels and Credits do not amount in value to the sum of Five pounds

                                                                                                         Before me T [?] Pigott Sur