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Wills of 17th Century Chatham Shipwrights
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills 1603 - 1699)
John
BADCOCK - 1694
In the name of God amen
in
the fourth yeare of the reign of our Sovereign Lord and Lady William
and Mary by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland
King and Queen Defenders of the Faith annos dni one thousand six hundred
and ninety two I John Badcock of Chatham in the county of
Kent shipwright being in good health and sound and disposing mind and
memory for which God be praised I make and declare this my last will and
testament in manner and form following first and principally I comend my
soul into the hands of Almighty God my creator hoping and assuredly
believing that through the precious death and merits of my blessed
saviour and redeemer I shall be everlastingly saved and my body I comit
to the earth from whence it was taken in hopes of a joyfull resurrection
at the last day into glory everlasting I give and bequeath as follows Item
I doe give and bequeath to my daughter Whyborne the furniture of
one chamber vizt one bed one bolster four pair of sheets half a dozen of
chairs one pair of curtains Item I
doe give and bequeath to my daughter Berthia Skinner all credits
after paying my debts also all bonds bills or anything whatsoever and I
the aforesaid John Badcock doe make and ordaine the said Berthia
Skinner my daughter my sole executorix of this my last will and
testament lastly I doe hereby revoke and countermand all other wills
whatsoever by me made or declared in witness whereof unto this my last
will and testament I the aforesaid John Badcock have set my hand
and seale this fourteenth day of May one thousand six hundred and ninely
two John Badcock sealed subscribed and published by the
aforenamed John Badcock for his last will and testament in
presence of us the witnesses hereunder named and subscribed by us the
same witnesses in the presence of the said testator Isaac Adams John
Moses William Cockerell Thomas Hutchins.
Proved 27th July 1694
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