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Wills of Rochester Shipwrights 1652 - 1837
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
Thomas
BICKHAM 1699
IN THE NAME OF GOD
AMEN
I THOMAS BICKHAM Shipwright of Rochester in the County of
Kent and Master Carpenter of his Majestie's Shipp Tilbury being
in bodily health and of sound and disposing mind and memory and
considering the perils and dangers of the sea and other uncertainties of
this transitory life doe for avoiding controversies after my decease
make public and declare this my last Will and Testament that is to say First
I recommend my Soul to God that gave it and my body I comitt to the
Earth or Sea as it shall please God to order And
as for concerning all my worldly Estate I give and bequeath and dispose
thereof as followeth (That is to say) All or singular such Wages sum and
sums of money and Tenements Goods Chattels and Estate whatsoever as
shall be any ways due owing or belonging unto me at the time of my
decease I doe give devise and
bequeath unto my beloved Wife ANN And doe hereby nominate and
appoint her to be my sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
hereby revoking all former and other Testaments or Deeds of Gift by me
at any time heretofore made And I foe hereby ratify these presents to
stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament In
Witness whereof to this my said Will I put my hand and Seal this
eighteenth day of March Anno Dni 1699 And in the Eleventh Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign
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Lord King William the 3rd of England etc THOS BICKHAM
Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of ELIAS WAFF?
RICH SHEPERDER C. AMOS
Clk
Proved 23rd January 1699 (1700 in modern calendar)
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