1718 Henry Strudwicke 562 398
In the name
of god amen I Henry Strudwicke rector ofthe parish and parish church of Alfold
in the county of Surrey being of sound mind and disposing memory praised be
God for the same do make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner
following jusprimo I resigne my soul to God who gave it me hoping for eternal
bliss in the next world by the alone meritts and mediation of Jesus Christ my
saviour and redeemer and my body I commit to the earth to be devoutly buried
at the disgression of my executors hereafter named
Item I give and bequeath unto my son Henry the avowson or perpetual donation
of the parish and parish church of Alfold afforesaid and to his heirs and assigned
for ever
Item I give and bequeath unto my loving mother Margaret Strudwicke the summe
of twenty pounds per annum during the terms of her natural life to be paid to
her by quarterly payments that is to say on the feast of St John the Baptist
St Michael the Archangel, the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and the feast of
the Annunciation of the Blessed Lady St Mary the Virgin by even and equal portions
the first payment to begin and be made on the first of the said feast days as
shalle next happen to be or come after my decease
Item I also give and bequeath unto my dear wife the like summe of twenty pounds
per annum to be in like manner paidto her during such time as she shall continue
a widow but in case she shall marry again after my decease then I bequeath and
give unto her the said mary the summe of ten pounds per annum only to be paid
to her during the term of her natural life
Item I give to my severall children Ann Mary Margaret Elizabeth Charles William
Thomas and John Strudwicke the severall and respective summes of two hundred
pounds apiece to be paid to each of them as she or he shall happen to attain
her his or their several and respective ages of one and twenty years and in
case any of my said last mentioned eight children shall happen to depart this
life before he or she shall attain to their said respective ages of one and
twenty years then my will and desire is that portion or share of he or she so
dyeing shall be equally divided between my said son Henry and the rest of my
said children that shall be living
Item whereas I am seized of the term of my own and my said mothers life and
the life of my brother William Strudwicke of and in a lease made from George
Benson prebendary of the prebend of Wisborough Greene in the county Sussex of
all that the barn and globe lands and the great tythes yearly arising within
the parish of Wisborough Green aforesaid now I do hereby give devise and bequeath
the said lease and all the profitts and benefitts thereof with power either
to sell or mortgage the same or to renew the said lease by putting in of new
lives or a new life as shall be adjudged most xxxx unto my loving friends Benjamin
Burche of the parish of St Clement Danes in the county of Middlesex gent, John
Shudd and John Luis of Wisborough Green in the said county of Sussex gent and
to my said brother William Strudwicke in trust and to the intent and purpose
by the rents and proffitts thereof that they raise the above mentioned several
two hundred pounds apiece as above bequeathed to my aforesaid children towards
their maintenance until such time or times as their each legacy or legacies
shall become due and payable and in case it shall so happen that the proffitt
of the said lease shall not be sufficient nor the lease itself to raise so much
money as I have with this my will charged the same with all then my will and
desire that my aforesaid eight children shall make equall deduction of his or
her part or share so that their portions shall be all equall
Item I give and bequeath to the poor of the said parish of Alfold the sum of
fifty shillings and to the poor of the said parish of Wisborough Green the summe
of five pounds to be paid to them by my executors of this my will within six
months next after my decease
Item I nominate and constitute and make my said loveing friends Benjamin Burch
John Shudd John S and my said brother William Strudwicke executors of this
my last willwith full power out of my estate to reimburse themselves of all
costs charges and troubles that they shall be at or put to in or about the trust
hereby by me in them disposed and I give to every one of them one guinea to
bye them a ring to wear in memory of me witness my hand and seale hereunto sett
this one and twentieth day of June in the ninth year of the reign of our sovereign
lady Anne queen of Great Britain et anno dommino 1710 and let all my honest
debts be honestly paid Henry Strudwicke signed sealed published and declared
by the said Henry Strudwicke to be his last will and testament and in his presence
our names subscribed as witnesses hereunto
John Scutt, Ri; Scutt Richard Biddlefold