Thomas Axtell
Prerogative Court of Canterbury will made: 25th November
1658
Probate Date: 24th June 1659
Proved by Sarah Axtell, daughter of the testator
National Archive Catalogue reference: PROB 11/293
The original document is in the custody of the National
Archives
Transcript
In the name of God Amen The five and Twentyeth daie
of November in the yeare of our Lord God According To the English
Computac[i]on One Thousand six hundred fiftye and eight I Thomas
Axtell of Laighton Bussard in the Countye of Bed[for]d Weaver being
Aged sicke and weake of body yet of good and perfect remembrance
praysed be god therefore doe make and declare this my last will
and Testament in maner and forme followeing (that is to saye) First
of all I yeeld and willingly submitt my soule into the hands of
Almighty God my maker hopeing To be saved by and Through the merritts
death and resurrec[i]on of Jesus Christ my saviour and redeemer
and my body To the Earth from whence itt came To be decently buryed
according to the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named And
as touching my temporall Estate which god of his infinite mercy
and goodnes hath beene pleased To bestowe upon mee farr above my
deserts I dispose of the same as Followeth (that is to say) First
I give and bequeath unto my loveing Wife Anne Axttell Twenty shillings
of Lawfull English mony and alsoe one halfe headed Bedsteed And
alsoe I give and bequeath unto my sayd wife all such goods and
house hould stuffe as weare hers at the tyme of her Enter marriage
with mee And alsoe I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth and Rebecca
Robbisson the Two daughters of my sayd wife my Two sheare Ewe which
I bought of Henry Walter And Alsoe I give and bequeath unto my
sonne Thomas Axtell the sume of Three pounds of lyke English mony
And alsoe I give unto my Daughter Alice one shilling And alsoe
I give and bequeath unto my sayd sonne Thomas my loomes with all
other my working Geare and Tooles belonging unto them, all other
my goods and Chattells Whatsoever not hereby mee before willed
and bequeathed my debts and legacyes paid and my Funerall expences
discharged I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Axtell whome
I doe make Constitute and ordayne To be sole executrix of this
my last will and Testament utterlie revoking and makeing voyd and
Null all Former Wills and bequests Whatsoever By me made or done
Eighter by Word or writeing and This onlie is to be taken as my
last will and none other In Witnes whereof I have hereunto sett
my hand and seale the day and yeare First above written
Memorandum That theise words (and alsoe I give unto
my daughter Alice one shilling) was Enterlined in the eighteenth
line hereof before the ensealing hereof Thomas Axtell Sealed Signed
Published and Declared in the presence of Bennitt Walter Anthoney
Pasnian John Chapman
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