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William Pleasants
(Abt 1530 - Bef 18 Oct 1583)
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WILL OF WILLIAM PLEASANTS, 1583 :
extracted from the District Registry at Norwich.
In nomine dei amen the tenth day of September in the one and twentie
yeere of the reigne of Elizabeth by the Grace of God Quene of Ingland
ffrance & Ireland defender of the ffaith & in the yeere of our Lord
god 1579 I Will'm Plesants of ye Parush of St. Poules w'th in the
Cittie of Norwich now being sicke in body and in good and p'fect
minde & memory thanks be given to god for the same do ordeyne declare
& make this my last will & testam't in this forme following that is
to saie ffirst & before all things I will and bequeath my soule into
hands of Allmightie god my Savior Jesus Christe by whose death &
passion once offered uppon the Crosse for me and all mankinde I trust
to be Saved and my body to be buryed in the Churche Yarde of St
Poules aforesaid. I'tm I give and bequeth towardes the reparations of
the Church of St Poules v s. to be paid w'thin one yere after my
decease by my Executor. I'tm I give and bequeaths unto Thom's
Pleasants my Sone Twentie marks of Currant Inglish mony to be paid to
him by my Executors in this sorte viz. att that time he shall attain
unto his age of XXte yeres fyve marks and from thenceforth yeerly and
every yere one yere after another V marks until the said XXte mks be
paid Provided and my will and minde is that if he dye before the said
age of XXte yeres that my Executor shall reteine it to himselfe or in
so much of the said XXte mks as att any time Shallbe behinde after
the said Thom's shall come to the said age of XXte yeres and
happening to dye during the tyme and continuacon of the yeerly
payment of v mks aforesaid and I give and beqeuthe and my will and
minde is that John Parke and Johanne his wife shall have my tenem't
w'th th app'tences wherein I now dwell to them during their lyves and
the long'r liver of them So as they keep it in suche reparations &
also inhabite in it themselves or ells lett it to the greatest price
they can and allowe to my sonne Robrt Pleasants iii s. viii d. every
yeere that they or either of them lett itt and if they dwell in it
them selves then they are to alowe nothing and the rest of all my
goods & Chattells debbts duties & in demanddes of what kinde or
qualitie so ever they be of I give them unto the said Rob'rt
Pleasants my sonne whom I constitute & make of this my last will and
testam't my sole Executor he to take my debtts & paie my debtts and
see my body honestly brought to ye grounde. Witnesses of the same -
Richarde Keche, Will'm Lose, Wili'm Clarke & others.
Proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Norwich 18th October, 1583.
Extracted from John Intorcio's (John@Intorcio.org) GEDCOM database at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jintorcio
WILL OF WILLIAM PLEASANTS, 1583 :
extracted from the District Registry at Norwich.
In nomine dei amen the tenth day of September in the one and twentie
yeere of the reigne of Elizabeth by the Grace of God Quene of Ingland
ffrance & Ireland defender of the ffaith & in the yeere of our Lord
god 1579 I Will'm Plesants of ye Parush of St. Poules w'th in the
Cittie of Norwich now being sicke in body and in good and p'fect
minde & memory thanks be given to god for the same do ordeyne declare
& make this my last will & testam't in this forme following that is
to saie ffirst & before all things I will and bequeath my soule into
hands of Allmightie god my Savior Jesus Christe by whose death &
passion once offered uppon the Crosse for me and all mankinde I trust
to be Saved and my body to be buryed in the Churche Yarde of St
Poules aforesaid. I'tm I give and bequeth towardes the reparations of
the Church of St Poules v s. to be paid w'thin one yere after my
decease by my Executor. I'tm I give and bequeaths unto Thom's
Pleasants my Sone Twentie marks of Currant Inglish mony to be paid to
him by my Executors in this sorte viz. att that time he shall attain
unto his age of XXte yeres fyve marks and from thenceforth yeerly and
every yere one yere after another V marks until the said XXte mks be
paid Provided and my will and minde is that if he dye before the said
age of XXte yeres that my Executor shall reteine it to himselfe or in
so much of the said XXte mks as att any time Shallbe behinde after
the said Thom's shall come to the said age of XXte yeres and
happening to dye during the tyme and continuacon of the yeerly
payment of v mks aforesaid and I give and beqeuthe and my will and
minde is that John Parke and Johanne his wife shall have my tenem't
w'th th app'tences wherein I now dwell to them during their lyves and
the long'r liver of them So as they keep it in suche reparations &
also inhabite in it themselves or ells lett it to the greatest price
they can and allowe to my sonne Robrt Pleasants iii s. viii d. every
yeere that they or either of them lett itt and if they dwell in it
them selves then they are to alowe nothing and the rest of all my
goods & Chattells debbts duties & in demanddes of what kinde or
qualitie so ever they be of I give them unto the said Rob'rt
Pleasants my sonne whom I constitute & make of this my last will and
testam't my sole Executor he to take my debtts & paie my debtts and
see my body honestly brought to ye grounde. Witnesses of the same -
Richarde Keche, Will'm Lose, Wili'm Clarke & others.
Proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Norwich 18th October, 1583.
Extracted from John Intorcio's (John@Intorcio.org) GEDCOM database at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jintorcio
Events
| Birth | Abt 1530 | Norwich, Norfolk, England |  | ||
| Death | Bef 18 Oct 1583 | | |||
| Marriage | Katherine Patress |
Families
| Spouse | Katherine Patress (1535 - ) |
| Child | Robert Pleasants (1558 - 1591) |
Endnotes
1. profs.ged.
2. profs.ged.