11-0331-110_JohnAdrian_1669
In the name of God Amen; the sixth day of November AD one thousand six hundred sixty seven and in the nineteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith etc., I JOHN ADRIAN of London, Merchant being at this present in good health of body and of sound and perfect mind and memory (praised be God) do make and ordain this my last will and testament in writing in manner and form following, that is to say: First I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it assuredly trusting and believing that by and through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ my only and alone Saviour and Redeemer all my sins shall be pardoned and I made inheritor of everlasting life; as for my body after this life ended I commit the same unto the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my wife and executrix hereafter named in hopes of the most joyful resurrection at the last day. And as for and concerning my temporal and worldly estate which it has pleased God of his mercy to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as follows (that is to say) First my will and desire is that all such debts as I shall justly owe at the time of my decease shall be duly paid with all convenient speed as may be, and my debts being paid and funerals also defrayed, I give and bequeath unto the poor of the Dutch Congregation in London twenty and five pounds; and I give to every of the Ministers of the Dutch Church London five pounds apiece. ITEM; I give to the poor of the Parish where I shall happen to decease three pounds. ITEM; I give and bequeath unto my Sister the wife of SAMUEL VINCENT ten pounds for a piece of plate in remembrance of me. ITEM; I give unto ABRAHAM DE DEUX VILLES my Nephew the Son of PETER DE DEUX VILLES my Brother the sum of fifty pounds. ITEM; I give unto MARIE DE DEUX VILLES now Wife of JONATHAN PRICKMAN and ELIZABETH DE DEUX VILLES now Wife of DANIEL MORSE unto each of them five pounds apiece. ITEM; I give to Thomas Hodges my Servant and Edward Browne my Servant twenty pounds apiece if they shall be living with me at the time of my decease; and I give to every one of my other men and maid servants and nurses which shall serve me at the time of my decease forty shillings apiece. ITEM; I give unto Doctor Thomas Hodges Dean of Hereford five pounds desiring that he will be pleased to preach my funeral sermon if he shall be then residing in or about London. ITEM; I give unto JUDITH ROUSE my Wife’s Mother five pounds for a piece of plate. ITEM; I leave my dear and loving Wife JUDITH to have and receive of my estate according to Indenture and Tripartite of Agreement made upon and before our marriage dated the two and twentieth day of February one thousand six hundred fifty and two and (over and besides what she is to have by the said Agreement) I do further give and bequeath to her my said wife my coach and horses therewith used which I shall have at the time of my decease and my best tapestry suit and hangings for a chamber and my green damask bed with all the furniture thereunto belonging and also my finest damask suite of table linen and so much of cheyney ware as she shall please to make choice of. ITEM; I will devise and bequeath to my loving wife Judith Adrian and to James Fortrys of Combe Farm at or near East Greenwich in the County of Kent Esquire and ELIAS MAUROIS of London, Merchant their executors and assigns my lease term estate and interest of and in all those closes of meadows and pasture messuages tenements and lands with the appurtenances situate lying and being in South Lambeth and Stockwell or either of them in the County of Surrey or in any the fields or places thereabouts which I hold by indenture of lease made to me by and from the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral or Metropolitical Church of Christ Canterbury to have and to hold the said closes messuages and tenements lands and all other the premises with the appurtenances unto the said Judith my wife, the said James Fortree and Elias Maurois their executors and assigns immediately from and after my decease for and during all the rest and residue of the term of one and twenty years by the said indenture of lease granted or other term which I shall then have in the same by force of the indenture of lease or otherwise, but upon trust and confidence nevertheless and to and for the several uses intents and purposes hereafter expressed (that is to say) upon trust and confidence that they shall permit and suffer all the clear rents issues and profits which shall arise or be made of or for the said closes messuages tenements lands and premises in and during the said term and terms (over and besides the rents and payments referred and which shall be payable upon or by virtue of the said indenture of lease and charges of the reparation of the premises and other charges taxes and reprises which shall be incident or arise for or in respect of the premises or for the renewing of any lease or leases thereof as hereafter is mentioned) to come be paid received had and enjoyed to and by ELIAS JAMES and SARAH ADRIAN my Children by HESTER late Daughter of THOMAS DE LA TOMBE, my former wife deceased equally amongst them and if any of the said Elias and James my sons shall depart this life before the age of one and twenty years or that the said Sarah my daughter shall depart this life before her attainment of the like age of one and twenty years or day of her marriage which shall first happen then the share part and portion of such my said three children so dying of and in the said rents issues and profits of the premises shall accrue and come to and be paid had and received to and by the survivors and survivor of them; and if all my said three children by my former wife shall happen to depart this life before the times afore limited that then and from thenceforth the said clear rents issues and profits of the said lands and premises over and above the payments charges and reprises as aforesaid shall accrue and come to and the said trustees shall permit and suffer the same to come to and be paid had and received to and by such my child and children which I now have and shall have by my said now wife Judith and which shall be living at the time of the decease of all my said children by my said former wife equally and to the survivors and survivor of them if any of them happen to die before the age of one and twenty years or marriage; and in case at the time of the death of all my said three children by my former wife I shall have no other child by my now wife then living or that such my said other child and children by my now wife shall all of them die (vizt.) the sons before the age of one and twenty years and daughters before the like age or marriage that then and from thenceforth two full third parts of the clear rents issues and profits of the said lands and premises shall accrue and come to the said Judith my wife to her won use for and during so long time of the then residue of the term as she shall live, and the other third part thereof shall come and accrue to ABRAHAM DE DEUX VILLES Son of the aforesaid Peter de Deux Villes to his own use, and that from and after my said wife’s decease and that all my children by her and my former wife shall be also dead then that the said lease and premises thereby granted and the whole term rents and benefit thereof shall come to and be for the sole use and behoof of the said Abraham Deuxvilles his executors and assigns; and that the said trustees shall permit and suffer the same to come to and be received had and enjoyed to and by my said wife and by the said Abraham Deuxvilles accordingly; and I do also will that the said Trustees shall hold the said lease and lands upon further trust that they and the survivors or survivor of them do and shall from time to time during the said lease as often as it shall be fitting and convenient take and renew one or more lease or leases of the premises from the said Dean and Chapter and their successors; and for that purpose to raise levy and take by and out of the clear rents issues and profits of the premises such sum and sums of money as shall be necessary to be paid for any fine or fines or other charges for any such new or other lease or leases which new lease or leases shall be forthwith after the making thereof conveyed and settled by advice of counsel for the better holding out and continuance of the use and uses and estates and purposes before herein expressed limited and declared and to and for no other use intent or purpose. The rest and residue of my goods chattels leases debts ready moneys and other personal estate, my debts funeral charges and legacies before and hereafter mentioned being first paid and deducted I wholly give and leave unto and amongst all and every my children as well those by my former wife Hester as those which I have already or hereafter shall have by my said now wife Judith and which shall be living at the time of my decease and to such child wherewith she shall be then enseint equally between all my aforesaid children to be parted shared and divided share and share like whereof the part and portion parts and portions of my sons to be paid and delivered to them at their respective attainments of the said ages of one and twenty years and the part and portion parts and portions of my daughters to be paid and delivered to them at her and their respective attainments of the said ages of one and twenty years or day or days of her or their respective marriages which shall first happen; and if any of my said children by my former wife shall happen to depart this life before his her or their said parts or portions shall be due and payable as aforesaid then the part and portion parts or portions of him her or them so deceasing shall come and be paid to the survivors and survivor of them the said children by my former wife equally amongst them to be paid unto such survivors or survivor when and as his her or their own part or portion is before appointed to be paid; and if all of them my said children by my former wife shall happen to depart this life before the time appointed of payment of his her or their parts and portions as aforesaid then the said part or portions of my said children by my former wife shall come and accrue to such child and children as I have and shall have by my now wife which shall be then living and to the survivors and survivor of them the said children by my now wife equally amongst them to be paid when and as their own parts and portions are before appointed to be paid; and in case of the death of all my said children by my now wife before such time as aforesaid then I give one third part of the said portions of my children by my former wife to my said now wife Judith to her own use if she be then living; and the other two third parts thereof (in case my wife be then living) and the whole parts and portions of my said children by my former wife (in case my now wife shall be then dead) I give and bequeath as follows (videlicet) one half part of the said two third parts of the same portions or of the whole in case as aforesaid I give unto Abraham Mary and Elizabeth De Deux Villes the children of my late Brothers Abraham and Peter De Deux Villes equally amongst them and the other half part of the said two third part or of the whole in case aforesaid I give to and amongst my Cousins ELIAS, JAMES and JOHN MAUROIS and SARAH, JANE and HESTER DE LEAN the Children of my said former wife’s sisters equally amongst them; and if any of my children which I now have or hereafter shall have by my now wife Judith shall happen to depart this life before the time and times before limited for payment of his her and their said parts and portions as aforesaid then the part and portion parts and portions of him her or them my children by my now wife so deceasing shall come and be due and payable to and amongst the survivors and survivor of them to be paid when and as his her and their own parts and portions are before appointed to be paid and if all my children which I have and shall have by my now wife shall happen to depart this life before the time of payment of his her or their parts and portions as aforesaid (my now wife being then living) then my will and mind is, and I do hereby in such case give and appoint two full third parts of all the portions of my said children by my now wife unto and for her my said wife to her own use and the other third part of the said children’s portions in case aforesaid and the whole in case she shall be dead at the time of the decease of our last child I give and bequeath to and amongst my child and children by my former wife as shall be living and to the survivors and survivor of them equally among them to be paid at such time and times as his her or their own parts and portions are before appointed to be paid; and in case of the death of all them my said children by my former wife before such time as aforesaid then to and amongst my aforesaid cousins Abraham, Mary and Elizabeth De Deux Villes, Elias, James and John Maurois, Sarah, Jane and Hester De Lean equally between them share and share like; and my will and mind is and I do hereby will and appoint that all and every the legacies parts and portions by this my last will and testament given left and intended unto all my children as well those by my former wife as by my now wife shall rest and remain in the hands of my now wife until the same shall be due and payable by and according to the true meaning of this my last will she disposing the same at interest or other way of profit with advice of my Cousins Master NATHANIELL HERNE and ELIAS MAUROIS or the survivor of them for my said children’s most advantage; and my mind and will is and I do hereby express it to be that out of the interest money rents and consideration that shall be made and raised by and out of the legacies parts and portions of my said children as well those by my former wife as those by this wife there shall be paid and allowed and taken for and towards the maintenance and education of every particular child a distinct and particular yearly sum of thirty pounds until every such child shall attain to the age of fourteen years and from and after such age a distinct and particular yearly sum of forty pounds for every child until the respective times of payment of their said legacies parts and portions for and towards their further maintenance and education; the said yearly sums and allowances to be had paid and taken half yearly by my wife whom I do hereafter appoint to be their Guardian and to have the care of bringing up my said children. The rest and residue of the said interest and profit which shall be made and raised of my said children’s portions as aforesaid (over and above such yearly allowances for their education and maintenance as aforesaid) shall be and run on towards the augmentation of their said portions and shall be paid together with their said principal portions when and at such times as their said principal portions are before appointed to be paid; and I do hereby will commit and appoint the Guardianship of all my children as well those by my former wife as those by my now wife unto her my said now wife during their respective minorities provided always that if my said wife shall happen to marry again then she shall before such marriage secure assign deliver or pay all my said children’s portions in specie as they shall then consist unto and in the hands of my cousins Master Nathaniell Herne and Master Elias Maurois or the survivor of them to be by them disposed for the use and benefit of my said children and they then in such case to allow for their education and maintenance as aforesaid; and I do nominate make and ordain my said wife Judith Adrian to be full and sole executrix of this my last will and testament; and I will and desire my cousin Nathaniell Herne and the aforesaid Elias Maurois to be aiding and assistant to my wife with their best advice and counsel; and I give to each of them ten pounds for a piece of plate. ITEM; I give to my Cousin JAMES FORTRYS five pounds and To John Maurois and James Maurois five pounds apiece; and I do hereby desire will and enjoin that there shall not be any other or further mourning [weeds] or garments at my funeral then only those of my own family at the time of my decease and for my own and my now wife’s brothers and sisters and the husbands and wives of such brothers and sisters and my now wife’s Mother Mistress Rowse. In witness whereof to this my last will and testament containing twelve sheets of paper and this part of sheet written on one side only, I the said John Adrian have set my hand to every sheet and my seal to the whole the day and year first above written – John Adrian – signed sealed published and declared by the said John Adrian for and as his last will and testament this sixth day of November one thousand six hundred sixty seven in the presence of Thom: Hodges, John Hope Scr.
To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall come; I JOHN ADRIAN of London, Merchant do wish health in God everlasting. Know ye that I the said John Adrian do make these presents to be a codicil to be annexed to my last will and testament bearing date the sixth November AD one thousand six hundred sixty seven and in the nineteenth year of the reign of our now Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second as part and parcel of my said last will and testament and do by the same order will and appoint and do declare my full will intent and meaning to be as follows, that is to say, whereas I have in and by my last will and testament devised and bequeathed unto my loving wife Judith Adrian and to James Fortrys Esquire and Elias Maurois of London, Merchant their executors and assigns my lease term estate and interest of and in all those closes of meadow and pasture messuages tenements and lands with the appurtenances situate lying and being in South Lambeth and Stockwell or either of them in the County of Surrey or in every the fields or places thereabouts which I hold by indenture of lease made to me by and from the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral or Metropolitical Church of Christ Canterbury upon trust and confidence that they should permit and suffer all the clear rents and profits which shall arise and be made of or for the said closes messuages tenements lands and premises to come to be paid received had and enjoyed to and by Elias, James and Sarah Adrian children of me the said John Adrian by my former wife Hester deceased equally amongst them; and whereas also in and by such my said last will and testament I have further given and left unto my said daughter Sarah an equal part and share with the rest of my children of and in the rest and residue of my personal estate; and further as in and by my said last will and testament more plainly may appear now for as much as I have lately given and advanced to my said Daughter Sarah a considerable portion in marriage with WILLIAM TILLARD, Merchant and thereby for her sufficiently provided, I do therefore wholly bar and exclude her the said Sarah from having and enjoying any benefit or advantage as well out of my said lease and the rents issues and profits thereof as likewise from having receiving or enjoying any benefit profit or advantage by or out of such part share or portion as was given or intended by my last will unto her the said Sarah out of the residue of my personal estate; and I will order and appoint that all such profit benefit and advantage as was intended to her the said Sarah by my said will out of my said lease and the residue of my personal estate shall wholly come and fall to and amongst all the rest of my children as well by my former wife Hester as those which I have already or shall have by my said wife Judith Adrian and which shall be living at the time of my decease and to such child wherewith she shall be then enseint equally between them towards the increase and augmentation of their own respective parts and portions to be paid to such the rest of my said children and to the survivors and survivor of them at such times and in such manner and form in every respect as by my said will is limited and appointed for the payment of their own respective parts and portions out of my personal estate; and whereas I shortly intend a voyage beyond the seas with my aforesaid loving wife Judith I do therefore in case of my wife’s decease before our return back from our said voyage and not otherwise nominate and appoint Nathaniell Herne and my sons Elias Adrian and Thomas Adrian executors of this my last will and testament earnestly desiring them to take upon them the execution thereof. In witness whereof to this my codicil annexed to my last will and testament contained in three sheets of paper and this part of a sheet I the said John Adrian have set my hand to every sheet and my seal to the whole; dated the nineteenth day of June AD one thousand six hundred sixty nine – John Adrion – signed sealed published and declared in the presence of Thom: Hodges, Edward Browne, John Hope scr.
Memorandum made the sixth day of November one thousand six hundred sixty seven by me John Adrian which I do seal up with my will to be and serve for a rule for my executrix I mean my loving wife and other my relations that there may be no misunderstanding when I shall not be present to answer objections which may happen to be made or questions concerning my children’s estate. I mean those children which I had by my first wife, for you will find by my books and the Deeds of Settlement made by my late Mother in Law JANE DE LA TOMBE that the manor or Demesne of Faux Hall did belong unto my children by my first wife which is worth two thousand pounds and upwards by computation being let by lease for one hundred ninety eight pounds per annum so that the said lands and inheritance do properly belong unto my said children which is to be deducted out of my estate (for I have always esteemed that to belong unto them particularly) and then my wife is to have five thousand pounds or one third out of the remainder of my estate at her choice and is also to have the one thousand pounds which did belong unto her daughter JUDITH ENT; and the remainder of my estate both real and personal is equally to be divided between all my children both them by my former and now wife Judith; and if my wife shall choose a third rather than five thousand pounds then there must first be deducted three thousand pounds as by the seventh article of the afore written abstract is mentioned which is to be and remain with the rest of my estate equally between all my children for that was intention of that particular clause. This I thought good to set down for a memorandum, witness my hand the day and year above written – John Adrian
This Settlement is now altered by renewing the lease with the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury since the King came in but the premises remain to my former children – John Adrian
The rents of Faux Hall by Lease
Foulk Bignall L 100:0:0
Thomas Howson L 56:0:0
Samuel Lewis L 30:0:0
William Shamant L 12:0:0
TOTAL L 198:0:0 the clear rent is about L150 /yr
To the Dean yearly L 4:0:0
To the Receiver L 2:0:0
To the Dean & Chapter L 10:0:0
TOTAL L 16:0:0
More or Less for Entertainments L 10:0:0
TOTAL L 172:0:0
Annual amount for renewing lease every four years L 22:0:0
NET TOTAL L 150:0:0
Proved 22nd October 1669 by Judith Adrian, relict and sole executrix
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