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I Mary Ludgater of Chelmsford
in the county of Essex widow being in
good health of body
and of a Sound and disposing mind memory
and understanding
do therefore this Sixteenth day of August
one Thousand Seven
hundred and thirty one Ordain this my
last Will and Testament
in manner and form following that is
after my just debts and
Funeral Expences is paid I give the
following Legacies Imprimis
I give and bequeath to Mathew Bouth near
Ferry Bridge in
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Yorkshire Two pounds Ten Shillings Item I
give to James Granger
of Somerton In Suffolk the sum of five
pounds Item I give to
Martha Dady Wife of John Dady of
Bradfield in the County of
Essex Two pounds Ten Shillings Item I
have in my possession a Bond
of Barnaby Stevenson of Oakley in the
County of Essex for
Forty pounds eleven pounds whereof is
paid and the remaining
Twenty Nine pounds unpaid at my decease I
give to his Daughter
Eliz: Stevenson or so much of the Same as
Shall remain unpaid Item
I give to my Son Isaac Ludgater of
Coggshall The sum of five pounds
Item I give to my three Grand Children
Robt. Ludgater son of Robt.
Ludgater and his Sister Sarah Ludgater
and Robert Ludgater son
of Isaac Ludgater all the Goods that my
Husband Ludgater left me
to be equally divided amongst them Item I
give to Isaac Cook
of Coggshall the sum of three pounds Item
I give to my Brother
Wm. Ludgater and his Brother in Law Jno.
Clark and Brother
Samuel Clark Twenty Shillings each Item I
give to Mary Gibson
Wife of Francis Gibson of Royston Two
pounds Item I give to
Etheldred Brett Wife of John Brett near
Royston Two pounds
Item I give to my Kinswoman Eliz: Lum
Wife of Stephen Lum
of Chelmsford Thirty pounds with all my
wearing apparrell and
Household Goods which shall be in her
Possession at my decease
Item I give to her Daughter Eliz: Lum Two
Silver Spoons and
forty Shillings in money Item I give to
my Friend Hannah
Markes of Coggshall four pounds Item I
give to my Kinsman
Thos. Reynolds Junr. of London five
pounds Item I give to my
Kinsman John Cowley Trunk Maker of London
five pounds
Item I give to Mary Bundock of Chelmsford
Twenty Shillings
Item I give to Eliz: Dennis near
Colchester Twenty Shillings
Item I have an Annuity of Ten pounds per
Annum payable by
the Governours and Company for raising
the Thames Water
in York Buildings for the Continuation of
the natural Lives of
Eliz: Lum wife of Stephen Lum of
Chelmsford in the County of
Essex and Robt. Ludgater of the same
County Felmonger
and as there is due from my Kinsman
Stephen Lum to my Kinsman
Thos: Reynolds of London Forty pounds I
do hereby order
that the said Thomas Reynolds be fully
Satisfied and paid
the above said Sum of Forty pounds or so
much thereof as is
unpaid and not satisfied at my decease
may be paid out of
my Annuity of Ten pounds per annum
payable as above and
after that is fully Satisfied and paid I
do give my Kinswoman
Eliz: Lum Wife of Stephen Lum of
Chelmsford four pounds
per Annum out of the same Annuity and
Three pounds per
Annum to my Grandson Robt. Ludgater of
Coggshall and Three
pounds per annum to my Kinsman Thos.
Reynolds junr. of London
and if the abovesaid Eliz. Lum should dye
before the above said
Robt. Ludgater then its my request and
desire that Eliz: Lum
Daughter of the abovesaid Eliza. Lum
should have four pounds
per Annum but if the abovesaid Eliz: Lum
Wife of Stephen Lum
Should Survive the said Robt. Ludgater
then I do order and
appoint that the abovesaid Eliza: Lum
should receive Six pounds
per Annum out of the said Annuity and the
abovesaid Thos. Reynolds
Junr. the other four pounds per annum and
if it should so happen
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that there should be a difficiency in
recovering of and getting in
of my debts my Will is that every Legatee
bear a proportionable part in
the Loss according to their respective
Legacies and I do hereby order
and appoint my Kinsman Thos. Reynolds
Indigo maker of Grace
Church Street London to be my full whole
and Sole Executor of
this my last Will and Testament and do
revoke all others by me
made Mary Ludgater - Signed and
sealed in the presence of us
Richd. Reynolds, John Dixon
Willm. Bear./.
A Codicil to be annexed to my last Will
and Testament
which Will bears date the Sixteenth day
of August One Thousand
Seven hundred and Thirty One Whereas I
Mary Ludgater
have in my Will given unto my Son Isaac
Ludgater of Coggshall
the sum of five pounds and unto James
Granger of Somerton in
Suffolk the sum of five pounds and unto
Mathew Bouth near
Ferry Bridge in Yorkshire Two pounds Ten
Shillings and unto
Elizabeth Stevenson Daughter of Barnaby
Stevenson of Oakley
in the County of Essex Twenty Nine pounds
remaining unpaid
of his Bond in my possession or so much
of the same as should remain
unpaid I Do by this Codicil revoke and
make Void the same four
Several Legacies and I do give and
bequeath the same vizt. Five
pounds five pounds, Two pounds Ten
Shillings and the said Twenty
nine pounds due on the said Barnaby
Stevenson’s Bond unto
my loving Kinswoman Elizabeth Lum Wife of
Stephen Lum of
Chelmsford for her own Seperate use
Notwithstanding her Couverture
And I do ratifye and confirm my said Will
in all other respects
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my
hand and seal
this Thirty first day of January One
Thousand seven hundred and
Thirty Eight - Mary Ludgater -
Signed Sealed published declared
and Delivered by the said Mary Ludgater
as a Codicil to her last
Will and attested by us whose names are
hereunder subscribed in
her presence and at her request - Steph:
Levett Stephen Levett
Junr. Samuel Cox./.
This Will was proved at London with a Codicil annexed
the Second day of April in the year of Our Lord one
Thousand Seven
hundred thirty Nine before the Worshipfull Edward Simpson
Doctor of
Laws Surrogate to the right Worshipfull John Bettesworth
also
Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
Prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of
Thomas
Reynolds the Executor named in the said Will To whom
Administration
was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of
the said deceased being first sworn duely to Administer
./. Exd:
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