Thomas Pritchet of Plungar 1792 Will

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1792/156

The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Pritchet of Plungar in the County of Leicester farmer

First I Desire to be buried in a private and Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors herein after named as for my Worldly Estate which hath pleased God to Bless me with I Give and Dispose of in the following manner

First I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Pritchet the Sum of Twenty Pound ten pound to be paid to her at the Age of twenty one Years and ten pound more to be paid to her at the age of twenty six years

Allso I give unto Daughter Elizabeth Pritchet the Sum of Twenty Pound ten Pounds to be Paid her at the age of Twenty one years and ten Pound more to be Paid her at the age of Twenty Six years

Allso I Give unto my Daughter Ann Pritchet the sum of Twenty Pound ten Pound to be paid to her at the age of twenty one years and ten Pound more  to be Paid her at the Age of twenty Six Years to be Paid by my Executors

And the Rest and Residue of my Goods and Chattles and personal Estate, after payment of my Depts Legacies and funeral Expences, andunto my Loving Wife Elizabeth Pritchet and to my Son Thomas Pritchet Whom I make sole Executors of this my Last will and Testament I Give and bequeath all and every my messuages lands Tennaments Hereditaments What Soever which I also Charge with the payment of my said Legacies

                                                                                                         Thomas Pritchet His mark

Signed Sealed and declared by me Thomas Pritchet testator of this my Last Will and testament and at my own request have Desired the under Wittnesses to set their hands here unto

William Caunt Junr

Benjamin Stevenson

Thomas Clayton

On the twenty third day of April 1792 Elizabeth Pritchat Widow one of the Executrixes named in the within written Will was sworn to the due execution hereof; and at the same time made oath that all the Testator’s personal estate at the time of his death was not worth three hundred pounds

At the same time power was reserved for Thomas Pritchet the other Executor within named

                                                                                                         Before me Hen: Hough Surrogate