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Medieval &
Later Kent P.C.C. & C.C.C. Wills
Wills of 17th Century Gentlemen of Chatham
1647-1698
Robert
SLITER 1695
Robert Sliter
was the Master Ropemaker of the Royal Dockyard at Chatham, the Gentleman
responsible for the organisation and manufacture of the vast amount of
rope needed in warships of the period.
In the Name of God Amen
I Robert Sliter of Chatham in the County of
Kent Gentleman being weake in body but of perfect minde and memory
(praised be God for the same)doe make my last Will and Testament in
manner and form following vizt
Imprimis I
bequeath my soul unto God my most merciful Creator hoping through the
Merits and mediation of my dear Redeemer Jesus Christ to obtain eternal
salvation and my body to the Earth from whence it came to be decently
buried at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named and as for that
worldly Estate wherewith God hath blessed me I bequeath it and every
part of it (after my Funerall and expenses and debts are paid) to my
deare wife Sarah Sliter whom I appoint sole Executrix of
this my last Will and Testament during her naturall life and at her
death the same or so much of it as shall then remain to be disposed as
she shall think fit by her Will and I doe hereby revoke and make void
all wills by me formerly made
In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale this Four and twentieth
day of September Anno Dni one thousand six hundred ninety four And in
the sixth year of the reign of our Soveraign Lord and Lady William and
Mary by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King and
Queen Defenders of the Faith etc Ro: Sliter
Signed sealed Delivered Published and declared in the presence of Anna
Pett Ben Rosewell Cast
Billingsley
Proved 23rd August 1695
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