Will of John Powell, St. Olaves Parish, Southwarke, Surrey County,England 4 June 1599
In the Name of God Amen, the fourth day of June in the yeare of ourLord God one thousande five hundred and ninetie and nine in the oneand fourtieth year of the Reigne of our Soverign Ladye, Elizabeth, bythe Grace of God, Queene of England, France and Scotland, Defender ofthe Faith; I John POWELL of the Parish of St. Olaves in Southwarke, inthe countie of Surrey, BREWER, being fraile in bodie, but yet in goodand perfect memory, Thanks be Given to God, Do make this my last willand testament in manner and form following; that is to saie, recommendmy soule into the hands of almightie God who through his death andpassion of his sonne Jesus Christ hath redeemed me and by whome I hopeto be saved and my bodie to be buried in open buryall by thedescretion of my Executrix, hereafter named without any blanty to beperformed at the tyme of my funeral or aime extraordinary pomp orsolimptie to be raised, but in all homilie and direct manner as therights of the Rightly require and as forthright and honest thedisposition of my worldlie goods;
First, I do desire and bequeath after my debts by anie means ormanners one, to be paid and my funeral and official "…." Hereafterexpressed, performed and discharged; That all my seales, plate,bannels, rings, goodes if alleged moveable and non-removeables what soever or nonstockables in whole repose, specified, or shall happen tobe at the time of my death shall be sent to HESTER POWELL, my noble,loved wife, whom I do hereby name, nominate, and appoint to be thesole executrix of this my last will and testament provided all saidthat the said Hester POWELL enter into bond in the summe of 2000pounds of Good and bountiful monies of England one my overseer,hereafter to be named. Probitor of them noting favor needed after mydeath with renderor that the so named person or persons with whomtheye maie or shall hereafter happen into marry shall not selle, let,or dispose of anie of the sealed by me hereby devised and bequeathedor of anie part of them or anie interest in them to any person orpersons otherwise or for anie longer time feature or for more tymethan the number of twelve years from the date or dats of first ceaseor ceased preserving them upon also ">>>>>watermark" noted as the samebe named better and go for the same patented to have non tenature forto be dismissed for the bettering of the landed tennetry for to bedismissed and for preservation of the original debts then I do furthergive and bequeath poore of the Parish of St. Olaves the somme of fivepounds thirteen shillings and four pence, then I do give and bequeathunto the MASTERS of the Said Parish the somme of fourty shillings tobe by them employed towards dynner and drynkage in their bestdiscretion. Then I do will and bequeath to the CELLERERS of the ALESCHOOL there performed upon them in paper the somme of ten shillings,then I do make and bequeath onto the poore children of ChristeHospital in London the somme of Eightie and five shillings noblysomme; I will be paide and be performed at immediate tyme as may beafter my death and as everything the disposition of all and singularmy landed tenets and heredictaments as well in ppossession "laborers"and remanded nowhere forever the same do live either within the Cittieof London or somewhere within the "LEVIES OF ENGLAND". I do herebysoley give will and bequeath the same unto the said HESTER POWELL mywife, and to our heirs to the only proper sole and behest of her thesaid Hester and of her heirs forever and I do also nominate andappoint Myne and her beloved friend, MASTER MATTHEW DALE of Southwarkein the countie of Surrey, Master WILLIAM SEABRIGHT, formerly of thecittie of London; John ELLYS Of London, esquire, and nobly man mysonne-in-law, to be the overseers of this my last will and testamentfrom the tyme to tyme to be diverted and advised by them and that theywill be >>> and affectionate towards her with their best goodwille. Ido will and bequeath to everyone of them my said, overseers, a solenoble pence. IN noting where I have to this my last will andtestament by my hand and seale, drafted the daie and year first abovewritten, JOHN POWELL, Lead, sealed, publicized and delivered, theeighth day of June in the year within nineteen in the person of SirJohn ELLYS, WILLIAM & ROBERT POWELL***, THOMAS SMYTH, ESQ.,"D.."James, The mark of JOHN JONES.
MEMORANDUM: That the underlinity of these names shall be in the lengh>>>and of their names and the date or dates as first sealed in thefifteenth of June and of their names (POWELL) in the two and twentiethday of the names (Ap POWELL) in the tyme and the fortnight gone willundersigned before the sealing and delivery of this and thereforepresented JOHN ELLYS, ESQ., "D…"James
PROBATUM IN LATIN
****There is no "&" b/t William and Robert, there is a space as ifsomething/someone struck out or left out…
