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PROB 11/319/509 Will of George Boldero, Merchant of London 14 March 1666

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T: Georgij
Boldero [RH MARGIN]

In the name of God Amen:
The Thirtieth day of Aprill annoo domini 1663 And in the fifteenth yeare
of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of
god king of England Scotland france and Ireland defender of the
etctera, I George Boldero of London, merchant being not in good health of
body but of good sound and perfect minde and memory praise be given unto god there
fore, and considering with my selfe the brevity and uncertainty of this life
and that alll flesh must yield unto death when it shall please god to call doe
therefore make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in writing in
manner and forme following That is to saye

First and principally I com=
mend my soule into the hands of Almightie god my maker hopeing and
assuredly beleeving through the only merritts of Jesus Christ my Savi
our to bee made pertaker of life everlasting and my body I committ to
the earth from whense it came To be decently buried at the discretion of my
executrix hereunder named

And as touching and concerning that portion and
estate THat god hath bin pleased to allott unto me in this life I give
depose and bequeath as followeth

Imprimis I doe hereby give and bequeath
unto Margaret my wellbeloved wife All my Plate Jewells and houshold goods Alsoe
I doe hereby give and bequeath unto the said Margarett my wife one Third parte of all
other my goods Chattells and estate whatsoever

Item I doe hereby give and bequeath
unto Margaret Boldero Mary Boldero Elizabeth Boldero and George Boldero my
Children one other parte of all my goods Chattells and estate whatsoever to
be equally devided betweene them parte and portion alike to bee paid unto them at
such tyme as they shall attayne unto them full ages of one and Twenty yeares
or dayes of marrieage respectively

Item I doe hereby alsoe give and bequeath
unto my said Children Margaret Boldero Mary Boldero Elizabeth Boldero
and George Boldero Two hundred Pounds a peece to bee oaid unto them
within Twelve monethes after the sayy of my death and decease And in case any
of my said Children shall happen to dye and departe this life before their res=
pective Legacie and Legacies shall become due and payable unto them that
then the Legacie and porcon of him her or them soe dying I hereby will and
bequeath unto the survivor and Survivors of them parte and porcon a
like

All the rest and residue of my estate goods Chattells moneyes debts
thing and things whatsoever not herein and hereby, by me given and be=
queathed my debts being paid and funerall Charges defrayed I hereby give
and bequeath unto the said Margarett my wife whome I hereby make and
ordaie whole and sole executrix of this my last will and Testament And
I doe hereby utterly revoke all former wills guifts Legacies and bequests
by me heretofore made or spoken

In witnes whereof I the said George
Boldero to this my present last will and testament contayning together with
this sheete, three sheets of paper written on the one side have hereunto
put my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written Geo: Boldero
for and as his last will and Testament in the presence of Samuell hawes
John dibbs servant to Beniamyn Sheppard Scrivener

Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptum apud London
coram

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'Coram venerabili vivo Thoma Read Legum doctore Surrogato venerabilis et
Egregij [?veri] domini Willimi Mericke legum doctorie Curis Prerogativa Can=
tuaruensis magri Martij Anno domini nexta Cursum et Computarenten E[XXXX]
Angla[?iana] Millimo Sexcentesimo sexugesimo quinto Juramento Margueretta
Boldero relicta dicti defuncti et executories in [?humsinodi] Testamento nominat
Cui commissa finit administato omnium et singulorum benorum Jur[XX:]
et creditorum dicti defuncti de bene et fideliter administrand eadem ad Su[XX]ta
de Evangellia Jurat Ex:

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PROB 11/304/17 Will of Henry Boldero, Merchant Adventurer of Dordrecht, Holland 03 April 1661 SEE HCA 13/72 f.52v and Ancestry Digital Image

PROB 11/315/49 Will of John Boldero, Merchant in the English Court of Dordrecht, Holland 16 September 1664 SEE Ancestry Digital Image

PROB 11/319/509 Will of George Boldero, Merchant of London 14 March 1666 SEE HCA 13/72 f.52v and Ancestry Digital Image

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