Mary

  Research Notes:

There was a Mary Life/Liffe baptised on 23 Aug 1654 in Reigate; father was John. No baptism in Reigate for a Joseph but there was a marriage in 1693.

  Events

• Will, 22 Mar 1708/09. In the Name of God Amen I George
Goring of Barcombe in the County of Sussex Esqr being in good health & of
perfect mind & memory (Almighty God be praised therefore & for all other his
great mercies& blessings to me) Yet knowing by certainty of death & uncertain
ty of the time when doe make & declare this my last will & Testament First
& Principally I yeild & consigne my poore & precious Soule to Almighty
God my heavenly Father stedfastly beleiving through the meritts of Jesus
Christ my blessed Saviour & Redeemer to obteyne full pardon and remission
of all my sinns And I committ my body to the Earth from Whence it came to bee
decently interred at the discretion of my Executrix & Executors herein
after named And touching such worldly goods & Estate as God in his mercy
hath lent mee I dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis I give and
devise All that my Messuage where I now dwell with the Barnes Stables Gardens
Closes Outhouses & other buildings with the appurtenances thereunto belonging containing
one acre or thereabouts And alsoe All those foure pieces or parcells of land with an
Orchard & Milking close thereunto adjoyning conteyning together by estimation
Fourteen acres & an halfe Abutting & bounding to the Queens highway leading
from Barcombe Church to Camois Court green on the East, to a parcell of ground
called Churchfeild on the South, to A mead called the Church mead on the West, & to
A land called Douseland? on the North, late the lands of …. Beecher & before
Combers And also All those three pieces or parcells of land called the Churchfeild
with the green Close lying before the Messuage aforesaid conteyning together by
estimation Eleven acres more or lesse lying & adjoyning to the aforesaid lands
late Beechers & before Combers on the East & North to a lane leading from Barcomb
Church to Cobb greene on the South, & to the lands of Thomas Earle on the West All which
lands & premisses are situate lying & being in Barcombe aforesaid & are now in
Geo Goring

my owne occupacon, To my deare wife Mary Goreing & her assignes for & during
the terme of her naturall life And imediately from & after here decease To my youngest
sonne John Goreing & his assignes for & dureing the terme of his naturall life And
from & after his decease To his first sonne of the body of the said John Goreing
lawfully to bee begotten & to hs heires Males of the body of such first sonn lawfully
yssuing And for want of such issue To the second son of the body of the said John
Goreing lawfully to bee begotten & to the heires Males of the body of such second soon
lawfully yssuing And for default of such yssue To the third son of the body of the said
John Goreing lawfully to bee begotten & the heires Males of the body of such third
sonne lawfully yssuing And for default of such yssue To the fourth fifth sixth & all &
every other son & sonnes of the body of the said John Goreing lawfully to bee begotten
severally successively & respectively one after the other in order & ^^ as they shalbee
in seniority of age & priority of birth, & the severall heires Males of his & their severall
& prospective body lawfully to bee begotten the elder of such sonnes & the heires Males
of his or their bodys And for default of such yssue To the heires female & females of
the body of the said John Goreing lawfully to bee begotten & the heires of her or their
bodys lawfully yssuing And in default of such yssue To my eldest sonne George
Goreing his heires & assignes for ever And whereas I have surrendered A Copyhold
Messuage with the Barns buildings & lands thereunto belonging commonly called or known
by the name of Shaws & Crowchfeilds conteyning by estimacon Fourscore acres more
or lesse with the appurtenances situate lying or being in Chailey in the said County of Sussex
adjoyning to the lands of Sir Thomas Mansell Barronet called the Old Parke on the East
& South, to the Queens highway leading from Markstakes Common to Newick Church
on the West & to the lands of John Carpenter on the North, holden of the Mannor
of Allington in the County aforesaid & now in the tenure of John Weller his under
Tenants or assignes To the use of my laast Will Now in pursuance thereof I doe
hereby give & devise the said messuage lands & premisses with th'appurtenances
To my said sonne John Goreing & his assignes for & dureing the terms of his
naturall life And imediately from & after his decease To the heires Males of his
body lawfully to bee begotten And for default of such yssue To the heires female
of his body lawfully to bee begotten & the heires of the body or bodys of such
yssue female lawfully yssuing And in case my said sonn John Goreing shall dye
leaving no yssue of his body lawfully begotten Then I give or devise the said
Copyhold Messuage Lands and Tenements with th'appurtenances thereunto belonging
To my loveing friends James Plumer & Francis Langford of Chailey aforesaid Gent
their heirs & assignes for ever To the end intent & purposes that they or the
Survivor of them or their heires of such Survivor shall within one yeare next
after the decease of the said John Goring my sonne without yssue of his body
sell & dispose of the said Messuage lands & premisses for the best price &
most money that can be made thereof And my will & mind is & I doe
hereby give & bequeath the money arising by such sale To my Granddaughters
Mary Martha & Elizabeth Goreing daughters of the said George Goreing my
sonn, to Mary & Barbary Godly daughters of my late sonn in Law John Godly
Gent & to the daughter or daughters (not exceeding three) of my daughter Mary
now Wife of John Egles Gent to bee equally divided between them. And for
my personall Estate I dispose thereof as followeth Item I give to the poore
of the parish of Chaily Forty shillings to bee paid & distributed amongst them within
one moneth next after me decease at the discretion of my Executrix & Executor
hereinafter named. Item I give & bequeath unto my said sonn Georg Goreing
& to my said daughter Mary Egles five pounds A piece & to my daughter
in Law Elizabeth now wife of my said donn Georg Goreing & to my said sonn in
law John Egles & to my sonne in Law John Smith Clerk Four pounsa A piece All
which last mentioned Legacies soe given & bequeathed as aforesaid shalbee
paid unto each of them within three moneths next after my decease Item I
give unto the aforesaid Mary Martha & Elizabeth Goreing & to Thomas Godly
& the said Mary & Barbary Godly my Grandchildren Twenty shillings A piece
to buy them Rings in remembrance of mee Item I give & bequeath unto the
said Mary my wife the use of my Coach & Coachhorses & all & singular my
Goods & household stuffe plate linnen woollen pewter brass Bedds & bedding & all
other utensills & implements of household whatsoever in or about belomging to
my now dwelling house situate in Barcombe aforesaid for & dureing the
terme of her naturall life And from & after her decease I give & bequeath
All & Singular my said Goods household Stuffe plate linnen woollen pewter
brasse Bedds bedding & all other utensils & implements of household To the
said John Goreing All the rest residue & remainder of my Goods Chattells
ready money arrears of Rent bills bonds mortgages Leases & personall
Estate whatsoever (my debts Legacies & funerall expences being first paid
& discharged ) I give & bequeath unto my said wife & sonn John Goreing
whom I does hereby make ordaine constitute & appoint Executrix & Executor
of this my last will and Testament And my further will and meaning is
& I doe hereby likewise make & appoint my said loveing friends James
Plumer and Francis Langford Overseers of this my last will desireing
and requesting them to bee aiding and assisting to my said Executrix &
Executor in the due performance hereof & I doe give unto each of them
Twenty shillings to buy the Rings in remembrance of mee And I doe
hereby Revoak & make void all former will or wills by mee at any
time heretofore made & doe declare this to bee my last will & Testament
In Witness whereof I have to a Labell at the top of this my will affixed my
Seale & to each halfe sheet or side hereof being five in number have sett
my hand this two & Twentieth day of March One Thousand seven hundred
& Eight ………. .Anne nunc Regine Magne Britannico &c octavo

Signed sealed published & declared by the saidr
George Goreing the Testator as & for his last will &r
Testament in the presence of us who all subscribed ourr
names as witnesses hereunto yn his presencre
Tho Medley
Edwd Medley
William Rootes

[Transcribed by Helen Hartley]

• Will, 19 Dec 1715. This is the Last Will and Testament of mee Mary Goring the Widow and Relict of George
Goring late of Barcombe in the County of Sussex Esqr deceased In the first place
I resigne my Soul to God And my body I comit t to the Earth to be decently interred at the
discretion of my Executor hereafter named And my worldly Goods and Estate I dispose
of as Followeth Whereas my Kinsman Joseph Lyfe of Rygate in the County of
Surrey Brewer by an Agreement under his hand and seale hath Covenanted and agreed
to pay unto me Mary Goring and my assignes for the Terme of my naturall Life
One Annuity or yearly Rent of One hundred pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain
payable at the Feast of St John the Baptist Saint Michael the Archangell the
Nativity of our Lord Christ and the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary by
Foure even and equal Quarterly payments without any manner of Deduccon
whatsoever Now in Case I shall happen to live untill any of the said payments
shall become due unto me as aforesaid Then I doe hereby give and bequeath unto
my Kinswoman Jane Round and to her sister Anne Ten pounds apeice of like
lawfull money to be paid unto them by my Executor within six months next after
my decease As alsoe to the eldest or only son and Daughter of my Kinsman James
Round of Slaugham in the said County of Sussex Butcher the like sume of Ten
pounds apiece to be paid unto each of them at their severall ages of One & twenty
years by my Executor hereafter named but not otherwise. Item I give unto the said James Round
my Kinsman One Guinea Item I give and bequeath unto my Kinsman
Mr Edward Olive and Mr William Olive his brother Ten pounds
apiece to be paid unto each of them within six months after my decease In case the
said Edward Olive shall well & truly pay unto my Executor All arrears of the
Annuity or Rent due from him the said Edward Olive in my life time and not
otherwise All the Rest and residue of my Goods Chattells plate Linnen and
personall Estate whatsoever (my Debts Legacys & Funerall Expences being
first paid and discharged) I give and bequeath unto my loveing son in law
John Goring of Barcombe aforesaid Gentleman whom I doe hereby make
sole Executor of this my Will In Witness whereof I have hereunto
sett my hand and seale this nineteenth day of December Anno Domini 1715

Signed sealed published and declared by theMary Goring
Testatrix as & for here last Will & Testament
in the presence of us who subscribed our names
as witnesses in her presence
Edwd Medley
John Newnham

[Transcribed by Helen Hartley]

• Probate, 29 Jun 1719, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7, GB. 29^no die mensis Junii Anno Domin 1719
Juratus fuit Johannes Goreing Gent Executor hujus Testamenti
Cui Commissa fuit Administraco et onus Executionis ejiusdem
Per Nos

[Transcribed by Helen Hartley]

Mary married Hills. (Hills died before 1690.)

Mary next married George Goring, son of John Goring and Eleanor Garret, on 13 Aug 1690 in St. Mary Magdalane's Church, Chart Lane, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 7RN, GB. (George Goring was born before 5 Feb 1645/46, baptised on 5 Feb 1645/46 in St. Mary's Church, Folly Lane, Barlavington, Petworth, West Sussex, GU28 0LG, GB,¹ died before 9 Mar 1713/14 and was buried on 9 Mar 1713/14 in St. Peter's Church, Chailey Green, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4DA, GB ².)