11-0114-809_ThomasLoggin_1609
In the name of God Amen, the fourteenth day of July AD one thousand six hundred and nine [14/7/1609] and in the seventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord James by the grace of God King of England France and Ireland defender of the faith etc and of Scotland the two and fortieth; I THOMAS LOGGYN Citizen and haberdasher of London being sick in body but of good and perfect mind and remembrance (laud and thanksgiving be given unto Almighty God for the same) do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following; that is to say: first and above all things I commend my soul into the hands of the Holy Trinity assuring myself of remission of all my sins and of everlasting salvation through the merits and passion of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ the second person in Trinity; and my body I commit to the earth from whence it came to be laid up in Christian burial within the parish church of St Mary at Hill in the East near Billingsgate in London where my late mother was interred; and after the burial of my body I will and desire that all such debts and interest as I do owe in right or conscience may be [ ] and truly paid. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto Mr Stocke preacher the sum of ten pounds of lawful money of England whom I desire to make a sermon at my burial. ITEM; I give to such poor people as shall resort at my burial at the said parish church of St Mary at Hill the sum of forty shillings of lawful money of England and also to the poorest people of the same parish the sum of five pounds of like money. Also I give and bequeath to such poor people as shall resort about my now dwelling house on the day of my burial three pounds of lawful money of England; and also to the poorest people of the parish of St Gregory where I now dwell the sum of five pounds of like money. ITEM; I give and bequeath the sum of three score pounds of lawful money of England to be expended about the charges of my funeral and approbation of my will. ITEM; I give and bequeath towards the relief of the poor children in Christ’s Hospital the sum of ten pounds of lawful money of England. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my loving father WILLIAM LOGGIN the sum of fifty pounds of lawful money of England. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my loving and beloved friend Barbara Burges the daughter of William Burges Citizen and haberdasher of London the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of England and a mourning gown. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my loving brother JEREMY LOGGIN the sum of fifty pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto him within one month after his return into this realm of England from the parts beyond the Seas where he now remains; also I do remit and release unto him the sum of forty and three pounds which he owes unto me; and my will and mind is that if my said brother Jeremy fortgune not to return into this realm from beyond the seas then I give his said legacy of fifty pounds unto my said loving father William Loggin and to my cousin {nephew} WILLIAM NICHOLSON and my sister DENICE SMITHICK and to the survivor or survivors of them part and part like. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my said cousin William Nicholson, my late sister NICHOLSON’s son the sum of fifty pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto him when he shall attain or come to the full age of one and twenty years or on the day of his marriage which shall first or next happen after my decease; and if he shall fortune to die before he shall attain to the said age or marriage then I give his said legacy of fifty pounds unto my said sister Denice Smithick. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my younger brother WILLIAM LOGGIN the sum of ten pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto him at his age of one and twenty years or day of marriage which shall first and next happen after my decease; and in case of his death I give the same ten pounds unto my said loving father William Loggin. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my loving sister ANNE LOGGIN the like sum of ten pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto her at her age of one and twenty years or day of marriage which shall first happen next after my decease. And if she happen to die before she shall attain to her said age or marriage then I give her said legacy unto my said father William Loggin. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my cousin ELIZABETH LOGGIN twenty pounds of lawful money of England. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my friend William White Haberdasher six pounds of lawful money of England and my cloak faced with russet taffeta; also I give and bequeath unto his brother Samuell White five pounds and my gown. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my sister Smithick above named the sum of thirty pounds of lawful money of England. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto Mistress Hobbes the wife of John Hobbes the sum of twenty pounds of like money. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my loving friends Mistress Goad Roger Norton Richard Vaughan my late partner and to Mistress Vaughan his wife to every of them forty shillings a piece to make them rings of gold in remembrance of me. ITEM; I give unto my friend William Glanfield my satin suit and forty shillings to make him a ring of gold. ITEM; I give unto my friend William Trigg three pounds of lawful money of England to make him a ring of gold in remembrance of me. ITEM; I give unto my servant Humfrey Vaughan ten pounds in money and my worst black suit of apparel and my old cloak. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my loving good friends Mr William Burgis Haberdasher and Mr Henry Goad Butcher to either of them the sum of ten pounds of lawful money of England a piece which two I make and ordain full and sole executors of this my last will and testament praying and desiring them to see this my will [ ] and truly performed according to my true intent and meaning therein expressed; and overseers of the same I nominate and appoint my loving friends Mr Philip Tibbatts and Mr William Glanfield desiring them to be aiding and assisting unto my said executors in the due performance thereof; and I do give unto either of them for their pains therein to be taken the sum of six pounds of lawful money of England a piece and also to the same Philip Tibbatts a ring of gold of forty shillings; the rest and residue of all and singular my goods chattels leases debts wares money plate and household stuff and other things whatsoever (my debts being paid funerals discharged and legacies performed) I wholly give and bequeath the same unto my said father William Loggin and to my said sister Smythick and to my said cousin William Nicholson and to the survivors or survivor of them equally to and amongst them; and I do renounce and revoke all other former wills by me heretofore made pronouncing them as void; and I do will and appoint that this my present will shall stand and be esteemed for my very last will and testament and no other. In witness whereof to this my present testament and last will I the said Thoams Loggin have set my hand and seal the day and year first above written – per me Thomas Loggin – sealed pronounced and delivered for the last will and testament of the said Thomas Loggin after the interlining of those words on the fourth leaf of this will “and forty shillings to make him a ring of gold” and in another place on the same leaf of those words “and also to the same Philip Tibbatts a ring of gold of forty shillings” and on the second leaf of those words “and a mourning gown” in the presence of me John Plukenott notary public by the king’s majesty’s royal authority lawfully admitted and sworn. William Glanvile William White Tymotheus Fyssher
Proved 31st July 1609 by Wiliam Burgis and Henry Goad (executors)
11-0117-449_ThomasLoggin_Sentence
(Original in Latin)
Will contested between William Burges and Henry Goard and William Loggin and Dionizie Smithick alias Loggin
Judgement 4th day of May 1611 by James Irland Primary Notary Public
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