Notes for ABRAHAM HANNELL: In the name of God Amen the fourteenth day of March 1718 in the fifth yeare of the reign of our sovraigne Lord George by the grace of God of Great Brittaine I Abraham Hannell of Dunstable in the County of Bedford yeoman being ill in Body but of sound and perfect mind memory and understanding [Praised be God therefor] doe make and ordeyne this my last will and testament in manner and forme following : Imprimis I doe nominate and appoint Give and devise unto Edward Hannell my oldest sonne his heires all my coppyhold Land and hereditaments holden of the Mannor of Leighton Buzzard ats Grovebury all and singular the appurtenances subject nevertheless to all provisoes and conditions herein aftermentioned touching and concerning the same (that is to say} provided alwayes upon condition that the said Edward Hannell my said sonn or his heires doe and shall of the said coppyhold premises well and timely pay the rents.
Provided always and upon condition that the said Edward my son or his heires do and shall out of the said coppyhold premises well and truly pay or cause to be payed unto Alice Crouch my daughter Sarah Homan my daughter and Mary Bigg my daughter the summe of ten pounds apiece of Lawful money of Great Brittain within three months after my decease provided also and upon this condition that he the said Edward my son do and shall upon the request of my executor hereafter named acquit release and discharge my Executor of and from all debts dues and demands whatsoever by me now owing to him (or which he may pretend that I now owe to him) And if he the said Edward my son or his heires shall refuse shall refuse to pay to my said three daughters their said Legacies of Ten Pounds apeice according to this Will and make default in payment thereof , or if he the said Edward my son shall refuse to release and discharge my Executor as aforesaid, then I do nominate and appoint give and devise all my said Coppyhold lands and hereditaments with their appurtenances unto John Hanwell my son my Executor hereafter named and his heires forever , he or they paying to my said three daughters their said legacies of Ten Pounds apeice aforesd any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding Item I do give unto Elizabeth Bradford my daughter a Guinea to buy her a Ring to weare in remembrance of me Item I do give unto my said three daughters namely Alice Crouch Sarah Homan and Mary Bigg Twenty pounds apeice of lawful money of Great Britain to be payed unto them by my Executor out of my personal Estate within three months after my decease . Item I do give unto Robert Overing my Grandchild the sume of ffive pounds of lawful money of Great Brittain. Item all the rest residue and remainder of my money Goods household stuff Bills bonds Mortgages Debts Heredits Chattells and personal Estate whatsoever unbequeathed after my Legacies and ffunerall Expences shall be paid out and discharged I do give and bequeath unto the said John Hanwell my son and I do ordain and make him the said John my son full and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament
Samuel Townsend John Sanders Jn Ashwell
Source: P.C.C. Family Records Centre
Submitter Rosalind Dunning
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