Thomas Leigh

Prerogative Court of Canterbury will made: 6th January 1671/72
Probate Date: 6th April 1672
Proved by Thomas Leigh, grandson of the testator
National Archive Catalogue reference: PROB 11/338

The original document is in the custody of the National Archives

See also: Biography

Transcript

In the name of the blessed Trinity Amen. I Thomas Lord Leigh Baron of Stoneleigh in the County of Warwick being att this time by Gods mercy in good and perfect understanding for which I render unto his devine Majesty all possible praise and thankes doe this sixth day of January in the yeare of our Lord God One Thousand six hundred seaventy and One make this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following First I give my gracious God an entire sacrifice both of my body and soule with my most humble thankes for that assurance which his blessed spirit imprints in mee of the Resurrection of one and Salvation of both and for establishing mee in a chearefull and constant resolution to live and dye a true member of that Protestant Church into which I was baptized in expectation of a joyfull Resurrection I will that my body may be buried in the vault I lately erected on the Southside of the Chancell of Stoneleigh Church in the same private manner that my deare wife Dame Mary Leigh was lately interred And whereas by a Deed Tripartite beareing date the Five and Twentith day of June in the seaventeenth yeare of the Reigne of our late Soveraigne Lord King Charles the First of ever blessed memory made between mee the said Thomas Lord Leigh by the name of S[ir] Thomas Leigh Kn[igh]t and Baronet Dame Mary Leigh my then wife of the first part S[i]r Thomas Leigh Kn[igh]t by the name of Thomas Leigh Esq[uire] then my eldest sonne and heire apparent since deceased John Leigh Esq[uire] younger brother of mee the said Thomas Lord Leigh Christopher Leigh and Ferdinando Leigh two of the younger sonnes of mee the said Thomas Lord Leigh of the second part William Turney of Leighton Bussard in the County of Bedford gent[leman] and Innocent Rash of Stoneleigh aforesaid gent[leman] on the third part thereof is a power reserved and given to my Executors to raise after my decease out of divers Lands in the said Tripartite Deed of Indenture mentioned the summe of Two Thousand pounds to be paid to such person or persons as I the said Thomas Lord Leigh by my last Will and Testament or by any Deed or Deeds or writeing under my hand and seale to be subscribed and sealed in the presence of two or more credible witnesses shall limitt and appoint Now I doe hereby nominate Limitt and appoint bequeath and devise the said Two Thousand pounds to be paid by my Executor hereafter named to my three Grandaughters Honara Leigh Mary Leigh and Jane Leigh the daughters of my said sonne S[i]r Thomas Leigh deceased in manner and forme following vizt. to Honara Leigh the eldest of my said three Grandaughters the summe of six hundred sixty six pounds Thirteen shillings and Foure pence And to the said Mary Leigh her sister the like summe of six hundred sixty six pounds Thirteen shillings and foure pence And to the said Jane Leigh her sister alsoe the like summe of six hundred sixty six pounds Thirteen shillings and Foure pence being the residue and remainder of the said Two Thousand pounds to be paid them and every and either of them att theire severall dayes of marriage provided they doe marry with the consent and good likeing of my sonne Charles Leigh and in case any or either of my said three Grandaughters shall happen to depart this naturall life before they shall be married Then my Will and meaneing is that the Legacy of any one of them soe dyeing shall goe and be paid to the surviveing sisters or sister And till they shall be married it is my further Will that my Executor hereafter named shall pay or cause to be paid unto them the full and just consideration and interest of the said Two Thousand pounds for their better provision and maintenance Alsoe I doe give and devise more to my said Grandaughter Honara Leigh the sum of six hundred sixty six pounds Thirteen shillings and Foure pence And to my said Grandaughter Mary Leigh the like summe of six hundred sixty six pounds Thirteen shillings and Foure pence And to my said Grandaughter Jane Leigh the like summe of six hundred sixty six pounds Thirteen shillings and Foure pence being in the whole the summe of Two Thousand pounds more to be paid them every or either of them att theire severall dayes of marriage Provided they marry with the consent and good likeing of my said sonne Charles Leigh And in case any or either of my said three Grandaughters shall happen to depart this naturall life before they shall be married Then my Will and meaneing is that the Legacy of any one of them soe dyeing shall goe and be paid to the surviveing sisters and sister And till they shall be marryed it is my further meaneing And Will That my Executor hereafter named shall pay or cause to be paid unto them the full and just consideration and interest of the said Two Thousand pounds more hereby given or devised unto them for theire better provision and maintenance which last mentioned Two Thousand pounds my Executor may the more cheerfully pay by reason that there is due unto mee upon a statute acknowledged by his late Father the summe of Two Thousand pounds ever since the death of my Mother in Law Dame Elizabeth Egerton which now by this my last Will and Testament will devolve upon him And whereas I have lent my said sonne Charles Leigh Two Thousand pounds towards the purchaseing Burbery al[ia]s Burdingbury in the County of Warwick which he secured unto mee out of the said Lands by Indenture beareing date the seaventeenth day of October in the Twelfth yeare of the Reigne of his Majesty that now is our soveraigne Lord King Charles the second Now my Will true intent and meaneing is that my said sonne Charles shall be freed and discharged of and from the said Two Thousand pounds which I hereby give and bequeath unto him And that my Executor hereafter named shall surrender yeild and give up unto my said sonne Charles as well the said Indenture beareing date the said seaventeenth day of October One Thousand six hundred and sixty if it may lawfully come to his hands and Custody it being att present in the keeping and possession of William Pryor Francis Winton John Buckner and Richard Doggett or some one of them as alsoe all the estate and interest of mee in the said Burbery al[ia]s Burdingbury and other Lands and Tenements in the said recited Indenture mentioned and expressed or conveyed to mee as aforesaid when as my said Charles shall pay and fully satisfy unto the said William Pryor Francis Winton John Buckner and Richard Doggett and theire Assignes the summe of One Thousand pounds being the proper debt of my said sonne Charles and unto whom att the request of my said sonne Charles I have granted all my estate in Burbery al[ia]s Burdingbury aforesaid for secureing the payment of the said One Thousand pounds And alsoe fully acquitt and discharge my Executor hereafter named from the same Item I give bequeath and devise unto my said sonne Charles all my right property interest and estate terme of yeares yet to come and unexpired that I have of in and to the Mannor of Leighton Bussard in the County of Bedford and all other Mannors Tennements Faires Tolls Courts and all other things whatsoever specified mentioned expressed and contained in an Indenture or Lease beareing date the Eighteenth day of February in the Two and Twentieth yeare of the Reigne of our soveraigne Lord King Charles the second made between the Deane and Cannons of the Kings Free Chappell of Windsor on the one part and mee the said Thomas Lord Leigh on the other part together with the said Lease and all right of renewing the same Neverthelesse upon this Condition that my said sonne Charles pay unto my sonne Christopher Leigh the summe of Fifteen hundred pounds with all interest that shall be due for the same att the time of my decease according to a Proviso contained in a Lease beareing date the Eight and Twentieth day of March in the Two and Twentieth yeare of the Reigne of our soveraigne Lord King Charles the second and made between mee the said Thomas Lord Leigh on the one part and the said Christopher Leigh on the other part granted to him of the said Mannor of Laighton Bussard Lands matters and other things contained in the Lease beforementioned granted mee by the Deane and Canons of Windsor to secure him the payment of the said Fifteene hundred pounds that I borrowed of him and all interest for the same with a Clause of Redemption Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Grandsonne and Heire apparent Thomas Leigh Esq[uire] my sole Executor hereafter appointed all my right interest property and estate terme of yeares yet to come and unexpired which I have of and in another Lease of the Mannor of Studham lyeing and being in the County of Bedford and Hertford and all Lands Tennements meadowes pastures Leassowes Feedings woods and underwoods and all other services rents rights profitts services Commodities emoluments and advantages whatsoever part or parcell of or reputed to be part of or parcell of or in any wise belonging to the said Mannor of Studham And alsoe that Capitall Messuage or Farme in Edisborough and Slapton lyeing and being in the County of Buck[ingham] granted unto mee by the said Deane and Canons of Windsor beareing date the Eighteenth day of February in the Twenty second yeare of the Reigne of our soveraigne Lord King Charles the second and made between them the said Deane and Canons of Windsor on the one part and mee the said Thomas Lord Leigh on the other part with the said Lease To the intent and purpose hereafter mentioned and to noe other intent or purpose whatsoever That is to say to the use and behoofe of my said three Grandaughters Honora Leigh Mary Leigh and Jane Leigh and to the end and purpose that the said Thomas Leigh shall in some convenient time make sale of the said Lease of the Mannor of Studham and Edisborough Farme and dispose the money ariseing thereby equally and proportionably to them and the survivors and survivor of them in case any of them happen to dye before the sale thereof Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter the Lady Tracy One hundred pounds Item I give and bequeath unto my said sonne Charles Leigh One hundred pounds and alsoe all those household goods that att the time of my decease I shall have in my house att Leighton Bussard aforesaid wherein my servant Winton now inhabites Item I give and bequeath unto my said sonne Christopher Leigh One hundred pounds Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter the Lady Isham One hundred pounds Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter the Lady Bramley One hundred pounds And further I give and bequeath to the Poore of Stoneleigh parish aforesaid Twenty pounds To the Poore of Ashoe parish in the said County of Warr[wick] Five pounds To the Poore of Leek Wotten al[ia]s Church Wotten parish in the said County of Warr[wick] Five pounds To the Poore of Killingworth al[ia]s Kenelworth in the said County of Warr[wick] Five pounds To the Poore of Cubington parish in the said County of Warr[wick] Five pounds And to the Poore of the parish of the said Laighton Bussard in the said County of Bedford Tenne pounds to be distributed by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poore of each parish respectively because I desire a private buriall without concourse of people which generall distributions doe allwayes occasion Item I give and bequeath unto every of my servants that shall relate to mee att the time of my decease onehalfe yeares wages over and above the next halfe yeares wages that shall become due to such servants after my decease And for all the rest of my goods and Chattles and estate whatsoever unbequeathed and not disposed of I give bequeath and devise them all unto my said Grandsonne and Heire apparent Thomas Leigh Esq[uire] whom I make ordaine and constitute my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament revoakeing annulling and annihilating all former Wills whatsoever by mee att any time heretofore made In witnesse whereof I the said Thomas Lord Leigh have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first abovewritten Annoq[ue] D[omi]ni 1671. T. Leigh signed sealed published and declared in the presence of Thomas Allestree. Rich[ard] Chamberlaine. Matthew Smalwood Tho[mas] Hewitt. Charles Duckworth Edw[ar]d Slaney. Thomas Browne.