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TNA ref: Prob 11/1361
Extracted from the Registry of the Prerogative Court of York
In
the Name of God Amen I George Perrott of the Minster Yard within the
walls of the City of York being of sound and disposing mind memory and
understanding but considering the Frailty of this mortal Life do make
publish and declare my last Will and Testament in manner and form
following (that is to say)
I direct and will that my Executrix hereinafter named shall in the first place pay and discharge all my just debts and my funeral and testamentary Charges and Expences
I give devise and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Martha Perrott all that my Freehold Estate situate and being at Holme on the Wolds in the County of York and [?...?] in the Tenure or Occupation of John Swift to hold the same and to have receive and take [?..............?] and other Rents Issues and Profits thereof [?....?] during the term of her natural Life.
And from and after the decease of my said Wife Martha Perrott I give devise and bequeath the said Freehold Estate [?...?] situate at Holme on the Wolds aforesaid to Mary Bousquet Wife of the Revd James Bousquet of Aldr..ge in the County of Stafford (late Mary Perrott [?....?] her Heirs Executors Administrators and Assignes absolutely and for ever
all the Rest Residue and Remainder
of my Estates and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature
kind or quality soever both real and personal I give devise and
bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Martha Perrott To hold the same
and every part and parcel thereof unto the said Martha Perrott her
Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns absolutely and forever And I
do hereby nominate and appoint my said Wife Martha Perrott to sole
Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former
and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I
have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this ninth day of May in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine George Perrott
Signed
Seal'd published and declared by me the said George Perrott as and for
my last Will and Testament in the presence of Matthew Brown upholder,
Nathl Bell Stationer, [?York?] Thos Richardson Brazier York
This
Will was proved before the Reverend William Richardson Clerk Surrogate
of the Right Worshipful Os.... Markham Master of arts Commissary and
Keeper General of the Exchequer and Prerogative Court of the most
Reverend Father in God William by divine Providence Lord Archbishop of
York Primate of England and Metropolitan lawfully constituted And on
the fourteenth day of december in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and ninety nine administration of all and singular the
Goods and Chattels Rights and Credits which were of the said George
Perrott deceased was granted to Martha Perrott widow his Relict the
Sole Executrix in the said Will named she having been first sworn as
the Law requires saving the Right of every other Person Joseph Buckle
Deputy Register
This Will was proved at London the seventeenth
day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one
before the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of Laws
Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
lawfully constituted by the Oath of Martha Perrott widow the Relict of
the deced and Sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom
administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
the said deceased was granted she having been first sworn by Commission
duly to Administer
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Dave King, published 13.2.2011