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Wills of 18th Century Chatham Shipwrights
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills 1706 - 1799)
John
POOLEY 1706
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN
I John Pooley of Chatham in the county of Kent
shipwright being in bodily health and of sound and disposing mind and
memory and considering the perils and dangers of the seas and other
uncertainties of this transitory life doe for avoiding controversies
after my decease make publish and declare this my last will and
testament in manner following (that is to say) first I commend my soul
to God that gave it and my body I committ to the earth or sea as it
shall please God to order and as far and concerning all my worldly
estate I give bequeath and dispose thereof as followeth (that is to say)
first I will that all my debts and funerall charges be paid and
satisfied Item I give and
bequeath unto my honoured father and mother John Bull and
Margaret his wife the sume of five pounds apiece item
I give unto my loving sister Margarett Bull spinster all my
plate household goods and chattells and the likewise five pounds in
money item I give to my
loving sister Alice Pounraby? wife of Richard Pounraby?
the sume of five pounds item I
give unto my said sister's two children Alice and Mary Pounraby?
five pounds apiece item I
give to my loving aunt Mary Reynolds the sume of five
pounds if she be living but if she be dead then I give the said five
pounds equally between my said sister's two children last mentioned item
I give unto to my loving friends William Campion
and Prudence his wife one guinea apiece four a pair of gloves item
I give to my loving friend Allin Garrard five
shillings for apair of gloves and lastly what shall remain of all such
wages and pay ready money goods and effects whatsoever unto me at the
time of my death over and above what I have already bequeathed I give
and bequeath the same unto Alice Pounraby? eldest daughter
of my said sister Alice Pounraby? and in case all my
relations before mentioned shall be deceased then I give and bequeath
the said overplus of my estate unto my loving sister Margarett Bull
before mentioned and her heirs forever and I doe hereby nominate and
appoint my said honoured father John Bull sole executor of
this my last will and testament in
witness whereof I have
hereunto sett my hand and seale the second day of December anno domini
1703 and in the second year of the reigne of our Soveraigne Lady Queene
Anne over England etc. John Pooley signed sealed
and published in the presence of John Walker, Will. Ruggells,
sa.. Wilcocke notary public, East Smithfield
Proved 23rd December 1706
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