MRP: Lawrence Moyer will
Lawrence Moyer will
PROB 11/380/577 Will of Lawrence Moyer of Lowlayton, Essex 30 September 1685
(PROB 11/380 Cann 52-107 Will of Lawrence Moyer of Lowlayton, Essex 30 September 1685)
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05/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted partial transcription to wiki
Contents
Abstract & context
Lawrence Moyer was the eldest son of James Moyer senior
Suggested links
See James Moyer senior will (father of Lawrence, Samuell and James junior Moyer)
See Samuel Moyer will (brother of Lawrence Moyer)
See James Moyer junior will (brother of Lawrence Moyer)
See Nicholas Hurlestone junior will (brother-in-law of Lawrence Moyer)
To do
(1) Complete transcription of Lawrence Moyer will
Transcription
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN this fourteenth day of January Anno Dmi one thousand six hundred eighty four and in the six and thirtieth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scotland france and Ireland King defender of the faith x:r I Lawrence Moyer of Lowlayton als Lowleighton in the County of Essex Esq:r being at this present of perfect and sound memory (blessed be Almighty God) and considereing my age and that frailty and Mortality which attends all mankind in this transitory life doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament as followeth
first and principally I commit my soule into the protection of Almighty God hopeing by the alone merritts of my deare redeemer Jesus Christ to enjoy an Inheritance with the saints in glory and my body I committ to the earth to bee buried in such decent manner as to my Executrix hereafter menconned shall seeme fitting and Convenient the temporall estate which it hath pleased God to blesse mee with I doe dispose of the same in manner and forme following (that is to say)
IMPRIMIS I doe hereby ratify and ?consigne the severall deeds of settlemenen and conveyance by mee amde of my Messuages aLands and tenements in Lowlayton als Lowleighton aforesaid dated the nine and twentieth day of may Anno Dmn one thousand six hundred seventy three and all and singular the uses trusts and Lymittations therein specifyed as well to my deare and loveing
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wife ffrancis as to the other persons therein menconned according to the tenor and purport thereof
ITEM as for touching and concernining all and singular my messuages or tenements scituate and being in Bucklersbury in the parish of S:t Stephen Walbrooke in London and my Ground rent there with theappurtenances holden by mee for a long terme of yeares yett to come by vertue of severall leases made by and from the Company for propagacon of the Gispell in new England and the parts adjacent in America and by severall XXXX Assignments and Conveyances come to mee I dispose of the same as followeth (vizt) I give and bequeath the same messuages and Groundrent to my daid deare and loveing wife ffrancis Moyer for and dureing soe long time of the termes of yeares of the said Leases which shall bee to come and unexpired ast the time of my decease as she the said ffrances shall happen to live and from and after the decease of my said wife to my loveing brother William Moyer for and dureing so long time of the termes of yeares of the said Leases which then shall bee to come and unexpired as the said William Moyer shall happen to live and from and after both the deceases of the said ffrances amy wife and William Moyer then I give all the said messuages or Tenements and graound rent unto James Moyer sonne of the said William for and dureing soe long time as then shall bee to come and unexpired of the said Leases as hee the said James shall happen to love and from and after the deceases of them the said ffrances William and James then I give the said messuages or tenements and groundrent and the said Leases thereof and ll the terme and termes of yeares which shall bee then to come and unexpired therein to the first sonne of the body of the said James lawfully to bee begotten and the heires of the body of such first sonne lawfully to be begotten and for want of such issue my will and mind is that the same same shall goe and be to the second third and every other sonne and sonnes of the body of the saidd James lawfully to bee begotten and the heries of the body and bodies of each such second third and other sonne and sonnes lawfully to bee begotten successively as they shall bee in seniority of Age or priority of birth the older of them and the heires of the body allwaies to be preferred before the younger and the heires of his body for want of such issue then to the Daughters of my said said brother William Moyer their Executors and administrators
ITEM I give and bequeath all those my Stables with the'appurtennces in the parish of S:t John Baptist London to my said wife ffrances for and dureing the tenure of her naturall life and after her decease to my said brother William Moyer for and dureing the rXXXX of his naturall life and after both their deceases to the said James Moyer for and dureing his naturall life and from and after all their deceases then I give the said Stables to the aforesaid Issue of the said James and their Issue severally and successively in like manner as the said Messuages in Bucklesbury are bequeathed and for want of such Issue to the daughters of my said brother William Moyer their Executors and Administrators
ITEM I give devise and bequeath all and singular my Coppyhold or Customary Lands and Hereditaments scituate lying and being in the parish of Lowlayton als Lowleighton aforesaid of what Mannor or Mannors soever the same or any parte thereif are holden unto my said wife ffrances Moyer for and dureing the terme of her naturall life and from and after her decease to my nephew Lawrence Moyer sonne of my brother Samuell Moyer deceased and to the heires males of the body of the said Lawrence lawfully begotten and to bee begotten and for want of such Issue to my brother William Moyer and the heires males of his body lawfully begotten and to bee begotten and for want of such issue then to my nephew Samuel Moyer sonne of my said brother Samuell and to the heires males of the body of the said Samuell my neohew lawfully begotten and to bee begotten and for want of such issue to the right heires of mee the said Lawrence Moyer for ever all which
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Copyhold or customary Lands I have surrendered to the use of my will
ITEM whereas I have a Certaine Coppyhold tenement and twelve Acres of Land Customary in the Hamlett of Milton in the Parish of Prittlewell in the County of Essex which I have not surrendered to the use of my will but take the Custome of the mannor of Prittlewell of which the same tenement and Lands are holden to bee that my wife is intituled to a moyetie thereof dureing her life and my mind being that she nevertheless shall enjoy the whole thereof dureing her life now therefore my will and mind is that in case my next heire according to the Custome of the said mannor of prittlewell that shall enjoy or be intitled to the said Coppyhold tenement and Land shall not upon my said wifes request make and confirme to her a good and legall estate of and in the whole thereof for and dureing her naturall life then and in such case I give to my said wife the sume of fifty pounds out of what shall or may be comeing to such heire by this my will over and above the said Moyetie coming to her by the custome of the said mannor and I will that in such case she dafaulke and abate the same fifty pounds to her owne use accordingly anything in the my will conteyned to the contrary notwithstanding
ITEM I give and bequeath to the severall persons herein after named the several gifts and legacies herein after menconned in good and lawfull mony of England Vizt to my brother William Moyer the summe of fifteene hundred pounds and to my sister Hannah his wife the summe of fifty pounds and to his three Children James Hannah and Elizabeth two hundred pounds a peece to bee paid to their said ffather for their use and his receipt to bee a sufficient discharge to my Executrix for the same
ITEM I give to my loveing kinsman the said Samuell Moyer sonne of my said brother Samuell Moyer deced the summe of one thousand poundes to the four children of the said Samuell Moyer my Nephew Vizt Roberta, Mary, Elizabeth and Lawrence, two hundred pounds a peece to bee padi to their said ffather for their use and his receipt to bee a sufficient discharge to my executrix for the same
ITEM I give and bequeath to the three Children of my Nephew Lawrence Moyer Vizt Martha Lidya and Benjamin two hundred pounds a peece alsoe to bee paid to their said ffather for theire use and his receipt for the same to bee a sufficient discharge to my Executrix
ITEM I give to my neece Lydia ?Ruffin one hundred pounds all which Legacies or Summe of mony before herein bequeathed I will to bee paid within one yeare next after my decease
ITEM I give and bequeath to the five children of the said Lidya fifty pounds a peece to bee paid them respectively at the respective ages of one and twenty years of the sonnes and age of one and twenty yeares or dayes of marriage of the daughters which shall first and next happen and I wil that Interest shall be allowed by me Executrix for the same after the rate of five pounds per Cent p Annum in the meanetime to bee paid halfe yearly to their Mother for their maintenance and preferment and her receipt for the same Interest from time to time shall bee a good and sufficient discharge to my Executrix and in case any of the said five children shalll depart this life before their respective Legacies shall become due and payable as aforesaid then the principall summe hereby given to him or her of them so dying shall goe to the Survivours and Survivour of them
ITEM I give to my neece Rebecca Thornburgh the summe of hundred pounds to bee paid her within one yeare next after my decease and to her two daughters fifty pounds a peece to bee paid to them respectively and to the Survivour of them at their respective age of one and twenty yeares or day of marriage which shall first happen and I will that interest shall be allowed by my Executrix for the same in the meane time after the rate of five pounds p Cent p Annum to bee paid halfe yearly to their said Mother for their maintenance and preferment
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my sonne in law Nicholas Charlton the summe of fower hundred pounds to his wife twenty pounds to my brother in law Thomas Alvey thirty pounds to my couisn Elizabeth Baker the elder twenty pounds
ITEM I give and bequeath the summe of
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of one hundred pounds to bee disposed of to such poor objects of piety and Charity as my Executrix shall thinke fitt to M:r John Stripe Minister of this parish of Lowlayton tenn pounds to my loveing friend Gerard ?Vaher tenn pounds and to his wife for a mourning ring twenty shillings to my Godsonne Lawrence Batten for a peece of plate tenn pounds all which legacies to bee paid within twelve Moneths next after my decease
ITEM I give to my brother Thomas Johnson and to his wife ten pounds a peece for mourning for each of them
ITEM I give to Robert Barker sonne of Mathew Barker to bee disposed of in placeing him out as my Executrix shall thinke fitt tenne pounds to the poore of the parish of Lee in the County of Essex where I was borne twenty pounds to be disposed of by my Cousin Samuell Moyer as hee shall thinke fitt to the poore of the parish of Lowlawton (sic) twenty pounds to bee disposed of as my Executrix shall see occasion
ITEM I give unto my wife twenty five pounds to bee disposed to and amongst such servants as she shall thincke fitt that shall bee dwelling with mee at the time of my decease
ITEM I give unto my very loveing kinsman Captain Richard Goodlad[1] the Diamond Ring which I weare upon my finger and to his wife twenty shillings for a mourning ring
ITEM I give and bequeath into my said deare and loveing wife ffrancis Moyer all my Household goods Jewells and plate as a particular token of my love to her excepting the furniture of the three Roomes one over another in the newe end of my dwelling house which I will after my wife's decease to continue to the house and my best Persia Carpett and Grogram Yarne Carpett I will to my brother William Moyer after her decease the rest and residue of my goods and Chattells Rights Vreditts bills bonds specialities monyes Jewells plate householdstuffe and personall estate wheresoever and whatsoever after my Just debts Legacies and funeralls first paid satisfyed and discharged I give will and bequeath into my said deare and loveing wife ffrances Moyer whome I make constitute and appoint sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament and my will and mind is expressely declared that if any Losse or Casualty Losses or Casualtyes shall come to my estate or any parte thereof before the same shall bee gotten in or received by my Executrix that then and in such case the severall and respective Legatees before herein menconned shall ratably and proporconably beare and abate the same losse or losses out of their respective Legacies and my wife to beare noe parte thereof and I appoint my brother William Moyer and my Cousins Samuell Moyer Overseers of this my will desireing them to assist my Executrix in the Execution thereof
IN WITNESSE whereof I the said Lawrence Moyer the Testator have to this my last will and testament conteyned in fower sheetes of paper besides this present sheete put my hand and seale dated the day and yeare first before written
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Sugned sealed published and declared by the said Lawrence Moyxer the testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of Gerard Usher Scr Thomas Webb his serv:t Peter Lant Robert ?Boves Ann Photiplace
MEMORANDUM it is my will that if it shall bee lawfull to and for my wife ffrances to lopp the Trees that are uèpon my feehold and Coppyhold estate in the parish of Lowlayton for all necessary ??Bookes and fireing
Witnesse my hand and seale the day and yeare first before written
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This a codicill to bee annexed to the last will and testament of mee lawrence Moyer of Lowlayton in the County of Essex Esq:r which I will shall bee and bee taken as part thereof as followeth viz:t
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WHEREAS a consdierable part of my personall estate consists in East India accons or a stocke in the East India Company which Actions or Stocke I value into my personall estate at the summe of five thousand two hundred and fifty pounds sterling in the whole now my will and mind expressly is and is hereby declared to bee that in case the said Stock shall sinke or falle shorte of the said Summe I value it at as aforesaid shall bee borne and susteyned rateably and proportionably by the severall legatees in my will named out of the respectove Legacies to them respectovely given in or by my will and that my wife and executrix ffrances Moyer shall and may abate and defaulke the same out of their respectove legacies accordingly and that she shall beare noe parte of the said losse or falling shprte and further my will and mind is that whereas in and by my said will I did will the furniture of the three roomes one over another in the new end of my dwelling house to continue to the house now I doe hereby give and bequeath the said furniture to my deare and loveing wife the said ffrances Moyer to her owne use any matter clause or thing in the said will contained to the Contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding and in all other points and things my said last will to stand and remaine in full force witnesse my hand and seae this fowerteenth day of march Anno Dmo one thousand six hundred eighty four and in the first yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord James the second by the grace of God of England x:r King xr
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Signed sealed published and declared by the said Lawrence Moyer to bee a Codicill to bee annexed to his last will and testament and taken as parte thereof in the presence of us Gerard Usher Scr Thomas Webb his Servan:t Robert Bence Ann Phettiplace
PROBATUM fuit hunnoi
Notes
Richard Goodlad, purser, Smyrna Merchant
"[December 11, 1661] Order is given for certain goods to be delivered to Richard Goodlad on payment of a fine of 35/., he to be returned 25/. of that sum for his good services in helping to save the treasure from the wreck of the Smyrna Merchant.[2]
"[April 9, 1662] Some calicoes returned in the Katherine to be delivered to George Willoughby on payment of one-third of the fine ; and some returned in the Blackmore to be delivered free to Richard Goodlad, late purser in the Smyrna Merchant."[3]
"[December 31, 1662] John Coltman reports that there is a quantity of lead shipped as private trade in the East India Merchant, part of which belongs to Richard Goodlad ; hereupon Captain Porter is called into court and told that the Company will expect the penalty."[[FootNote('A Court of Committees, December 31, 1662' (Court Book,
vol. xxiv, p. 567), in Ethel Bruce Sainbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), p. 285 CHECK PAGE)]]
Possible primary sources
PROB 11/176 Lee 1-51 Will of James Moyer, Mariner of Tower Wharf, Middlesex 02 March 1638
PROB 11/304 May 54-103 Will of James Moyer, Merchant of London of Eastwood, Essex 11 May 1661
PROB 11/348 Dycer 52-105 Will of Lidia Moyer, Widow of Clapham, Surrey 01 June 1675
PROB 11/373 Drax 52-101 Will of Samuel Moyer of Saint Giles without Cripplegate, Middlesex 03 August 1683
PROB 11/380 Cann 52-107 Will of Lawrence Moyer of Lowlayton, Essex 30 September 1685
- ↑ Possibly PROB 11/388 Foot 90-132 Will of Richard Goodlad, Commander of the good Ship Adventure 22 October 1687
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees, December 11, 1661' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 436), in Ethel Bruce Sainbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), p. 166
- ↑ 'A Court of Committees, April 9, 1662' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 476), in Ethel Bruce Sainbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), p. 199
