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Will of Wentworth Bradbury, Vicar at Wickham Bonhunt.
(In transcribing this Will we have ensured that each line of the original Will is on a separate line in the transcription).
The Will was made on the 21st December 1763.
In the name of God Amen
I Wentworth Bradbury Rector of Wicken Bonunt in the County
of Essex do make this my last Will & Testament in manner
following viz First I give to my dear and loving wife Ann
Bradbury the profit of whole estates both real and personal
during her natural life after my wife's decease I give to my
daughter Knight ? and to her heirs all that my estate both free
and Copyhold lying in the parish of Mildenhall in the county of
Suffolk and in the tenure of William Elliot which said Estate I give
to her to dispose of as she shall think proper. I likewise give
to my son Wentworth Bradbury after my Wife's decease all that
my Estate at Wicken Bonhunt aforesaid part in the tenure of
Henry Aylett and part of Edmond Bond. I give likewise to my
said son Wentworth over and above what he has before of me
the sum of three hundred pounds to be paid by my surviving executor
within six months after my wife's decease or as soon as conveniently
may be after that and Will is that my Executor shall pay him
interest at the rate of four pounds percent to commence from the
first quarter day after my wife's decease till the principle is
paid. I likewise give to my son Thomas Bradbury over and above
what he has already had of me five hundred pounds to be paid
within six months after my wife's decease or as soon after that
as my Executor can conveniently raise it with Interest at four
pound percent till the principle is paid. I likewise give to my
son William Bradbury and his heirs all that my estate at
Arkesdon in the county of Essex that I lately bought of Thomas
Ponslade esquire called Fullwell Hall and in the tenure of John
Morris and I do subject that Estate and what money I shall
leave at my death to the payment of the above sons of three
hundred pound Wentworth, and five hundred pounds to
my son Thomas and of all other legacies in this Will and of
my funeral charges and of all other debts whatsoever and I do
give to my dear wife all my household goods to be sold or
otherwise disposed of as she shall think proper. And I give my
study of books to be equally divided between my two son Thomas
and William Bradbury except such of them as my dear wife
shall think fit to reserve to herself. My Will and meaning is that
my dear wife shall enjoy the profits of my whole estate during
her natural life . And lastly I do nominate , constitute and
appoint my dear wife Ann Bradbury and my son William
Bradbury as Executors of this my last Will & Testament revoking
all other former Wills by me heretofore made in Witness whereof
I hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty first of December 1763.
Wentworth Bradbury Signed sealed and published as the last
Will & Testament of the within named Wentworth Bradbury in
the presence of us whose names are here under subscribed at the
and in presence of the Executor George Shelley John
? and Thomas Buck
This Will was proved at London the fourteenth day
of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
sixty six before the right Worshipful George Hay Doctor of
Law master Lawyer or Commissary of the Prerogative Court
of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of the Reverend
William Bradbury the son of the deceased and one of the
Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was
granted of all and singular the goods chattels and of the
said deceased he having been first sworn by Commission duly to
administer (power reserved of making the like grant to Ann
Bradbury Widow the relict of the said deceased and the other
executor when she shall apply for the same).