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Mary Goring 1
- Born: Bef 28 Mar 1673
- Baptised: 28 Mar 1673, St. Peter's Church, Chailey Green, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4DA, GB 1
- Marriage (1): John Egles on 29 Apr 1708 in St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Barcombe, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 5TS, GB 1
- Died: 6 Sep 1744 1
- Buried: After 6 Sep 1744, Holy Cross Church, Church Street, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AR, GB 1
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• Will, 27 Jul 1705. In the name of God Amen I John Godley of Chayley in the County of Sussex Gentleman doe this seaven & twentieth day of July - Anno Domini 1705 (being in good Health) make and ordaine this My Last Will and Testament in manner and forme following First and principally I Comend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God My Creator hopeing thro' the Meritts of Jesus Christ My most blessed Lord and Saviour to Receive a full pardon for All my Sinns and My Body I Committ to the Earth to be decently buryed att the discretion of my Executors in Trust and as to my Worldly estate I give and dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis I give and bequeath unto the poore of the parishe of Chayley aforesaid five pounds to be distributed amongst them by the Overseers of the said parishe within a Month after my death Item I give and bequeath unto all my servants which shall be Liveing with me at my death over and above their wages the sume of Twenty shillings a piece Item whereas I did Att a Court Holden for the Mannor of Ditchling garden the Ninth day of June 1702 surrender by the Rodd into the hands of the Lord of the said Mannor by the acceptance of John Whitpaine Gent Steward of the said Mannor all that Messuage or Tenement called Byneham with the Appurtenances in Chayley and holden of the said Mannor To such use and uses Intents and purposes as I should by my last Will and Testament in writing limitt direct and appointe Now my will and meaning is and I doe hereby give and devise the same unto my Son Thomas Godley and to his heires and assigns forever Item I give and bequeath unto My two daughters Mary and Barbara Godley the summe of seaven hundred pounds a piece to be paid unto them att their respective ages of one and twenty yeares or dayes of Marriage which shall first happen togeather with Interest for the same after the rate of five pounds per cent until their respective Legacyes shall become due and payable for their Mainteynance and education and for the more certaine payment thereof I give and devise all my Lands whatsoever in Chayley aforesaid with their and every of their appurtenances unto George Goring of Barcombe in the County aforesaid Esqr George Goring of Chayley aforesaid Gent James Plumer of Chayley aforesaid Gent and Walter Vinall of Chayley aforesaid yeoman and to the Survivor and Survivors of them and to the heires of the survivor of them In Trust to sell the same if occasion require or by the Rents and profitts thereof to pay to my said two daughters their said respective Legacyes & Interest till the same shall become due and payable and if it happen that either of my said daughters dye before they come to age or be marryed then my will is that three hundred and fifty pounds of the porcon of her soe dyeing shall be paid unto my surviving daughter at her age of one and twenty yeares or day of Marriage which shall first happen by the said George Goring Esqr George Goring Gent James Plumer & Walter Vinall whome I make Executors In Trust of this My Last Will and Testament And in Case my Executors In Trust shall raise money out of my personal estate sufficient with the Rents of my Lands to pay my said daughters porcons Then I give and devise All and singular the said lands unto my son Thomas Godley and to his heires and assignes forever
Item I give and bequeath unto my Cozen Thomas Midmor and unto my Brother and sisters John Mary & Hannah Goring Each a Ring of twenty shillings value Item I give and bequeath unto my Executors & to their Wives Each a Ring of the same value All the Rest of my Goods Chattells and personall estate I give and bequeath unto my said son Thomas Godley And I doe hereby appointe my said Executors In Trust & the survivors of them to be Guardians to my said son and daughters untill they shall Attaine to their respective ages of fourteene yeares In witnesse whereof I have to Each sheete of this my Will being two in number sett my hand and seale the day and yeare above written
Signed sealed published and declaredJohn Godly by the said John Godley to be his Last Will and Testament in the presence of
Math Artridge N? Langford Ann Langford
• Will, 22 Mar 1708/09, Barcombe, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8, GB. 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 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]
• Residence, 6 Sep 1744, Copwood, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22, GB. 1
Mary married John Egles, son of Gabriel Egles and Elizabeth Ellis, on 29 Apr 1708 in St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Barcombe, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 5TS, GB.1 (John Egles was born before 16 May 1677, baptised on 16 May 1677 in Holy Cross Church, Church Street, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AR, GB,1 died on 5 Aug 1750 2 and was buried on 13 Aug 1750 in Holy Cross Church, Church Street, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AR, GB 1.)
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