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- Either Elizabeth or Alice, John's children, married Samuel Goodwin.
Will of John Bassett (1696)
In the name of God, Amen. I John Bassett of Slawston in the County of
Leicester, Yeoman, being weak in body but of perfect memory, praise be given
to Almighty God, but mindful of the frailty and uncertain condition of this
transitory life, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner
and form following (that is to say):
First and principally I commend my soul to Almighty God my creator and Jesus
Christ my only saviour and redeemer, by whose mercies and merits I believe and
do assuredly hope to obtain free pardon of all my .. sins and to inherit
amongst the elect the happy fruition of eternal life. My body I commit to the
earth from whence it was first extracted, to be decently buried in Christian
burial at the discretion of my executrix hereafter named. In respect of my
worldly estate which God of his infinite mercy hath honoured me withal, I give
and dispose of the same in manner following (that is to say):
I give and bequeath unto my son John Bassett the sum of one hundred pounds of
lawful English money, which said sum I will require be paid to him with
three months next after he hath served his apprenticeship. And my further will
and mind is that if my said son John doth not serve the full time he ought to
serve as an apprentice and takes any ill .. and be not adjudged capable of
managing his trade or making good use of the money before by me bequeathed, I
will and require my friend and neighbour William Bosden and my brother-in-law
John Ward to receive the said sum of my executrix and to dispose of the same
as they or the advisors of them shall in their discretion think fit for the
aid (?) and best advantage of my said son. And my further will and mind is
that if my said son happens to die and depart this life before he hath served
his apprenticeship, that the aforesaid sum of one hundred pounds before by me
bequeathed to him be equally divided amongst my three daughters.
I give and bequeath unto my son-in-law Richard Pateman and Mary his wife, my
daughter, the sum of twelve pounds apiece.
I give and bequeath unto my son-in-law Samuel Goodwin the sum of twelve
pounds.
I give and bequeath unto my three grandchildren Mary, Thomas and Willia
three of the children of the aforesaid Richard Pateman, the sum of fifty
shillings apiece, ( the sum of fifty shillings of lawful English money).
I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Hannah, another of the children of
the aforesaid Richard Pateman, the sum of five pounds of like and lawful
English money.
I give unto the poor of Slawston aforesaid five shillings.
I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid William Bosden and John Ward the sum of
five shillings apiece.
All the rest of my goods, chattels and personal estate not before by me
bequeathed I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Elizabeth, whom I make full
and sole executrix of this my last will and testament, hereto signed and
sealed this three-and-twentieth day of July Anno Domini 1696.
John Bassett, his mark.
Signed, sealed, published and delivered in the presence of:
Wm. Marston (signed), Mary Swanson (her mark).
Note: multiply monetary values by 93 for buying power in 2003.
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Bassett Family Association Database
Abt 1641 - 1696 (55 years)