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Will of John Rampley 20 August 1667 (proved 16 October 1667)

SRO Reference: IC500/2/64
Book: J545/37
Date: 1667
Page: 245

In the name of God Amen the three and twentieth Day
of August in the eighteenth yeare of the Raigne of our Soueraigne Lord
Charles the second by the grace of God King of England Scotland
France and Ireland Defender of the faith etc. I John Rampley of Tostocke
in the county of Suffolk yeoman being healthfull both in body and mynde Doe
make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and forme
following

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following First and above all thinges I commende my soule into the hands
of Almightie God and my body I committ to christian buriall to be interred
eyther in the Church yard of Tostocke aforesayd or of Walsham in the willowes
in the County of Suffolk vnto which parish I shall live neerest at the time of my
Death And as concerning my worldely Estate wherewith God hath blessed me
I dispose thereof as followeth In primis my will and meaneing is that Gregory
Woods of Risby in the county of Suffolk Chirurgeon and William Muninge
of Chevington in the county of Suffolk gent my Kinsman whom I intend
to make Executors of this my will shall and will soe soon as conueniently
they can after my decease possesse themselues of all and singular righte
Creditts plate and housholdstuffe and personall Estate whatsoeuer and alsoe
of all my interest estate terme and Demand whatsoever limited to me or
my Assignes after my death of to ont or in any Lands and Tenements whatsoever
in Walsham aforesayd And shall cause a true and perfect Inventory thereof
to be made and duely exhibite the same And that they the said Gregory and
William and the Survivors of them their Executors and Assignes shall and
will deteine and keepe in their hands All and singuler my said goods and
Chattels plate and personall Estate aforesaid and improve the same to the best
advantage they can untill Mary my Daughter shall accomplish her Age
of One and twenty yeares or day of marriage which shall first happen And
in the meane time I will that the sayd Gregory and William the Survivors
of them their Executors or Assignes shall and will give allowe and paye
unto my sayd Daughter or her Assignes soe much of the yearely revenews
and profitts ariseing of said goods and chattels and personall Estate as
aforesayd yearely and every yeare for her present maintenance & educacion
as they shall thinke fitt and convenient (my Debts and Funerall Expences
being first discharged and payd and the seuerall Sumes of Twenty Shillings
apiece allowed to them the sayd Gregory and William out of my personall
Estate which I freely give vnto them and either of them for their care
and paines herein) And from and after my said Daughters sayd Age
or day of marriage which shall first happen Then I give and bequeath
all my said goods and chattells housholdstuffe and personall Estate what
soever aforesayd and all Revennews and profitts ariseing of the same and
remaining over and aboue such allowance to be made and given to my
said daughter as aforesayd vnto the said Mary my daughter her Executors

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and Assignes to be payd and Deliuered vnto her or them within three
moneths next after my said Daughters said age or Day of marriage by the
said Gregory and William their Executors or Assignes at the parish Church
porch of Tostock aforesaid And my will and meaning is that if my sayd
daughter shall Depart this life before her sayd Age and vnmarried Then
I will that all and Singular my goods chattells and personall Estate what
soever aforesaid remaining in the hands of the sayd Gregory and William
as aforesayd shall be equally payd parted and Devided betweene John
Baker Elizabeth Baker Amie Baker Alice Baker and Sara
Baker sonnes and Daughters of William Baker my late Brother
in lawe and of Elizabeth his wife my sister both deceased and betweene Ione
Cofe and Margarett Cofe Daughters of my late sister Dorothy Cofe and William
Cofe her husband both husband and wife Deceased to be payd and Deliuered vnto them their
Executors or Assignes at Tostock Church porch aforesayd within three
moneths next after my sayd Daughters Decease And I nominate ordaine
and appoint the sayd Gregory Woodes and William Muninge Executors of
this my last will and Testament desireing them to performe the same
according to my trust in them reposed In witness whereof and in acknow-
ledgment of this my last will and Testament I have herevnto putt my
hand and seale the day and yeare first aboue written John Rampley
Sealed and acknowledged in the presence of Hannah Hawys Dorothi
Harding William Hawys