Will of Martha Scutt, Spinster of Richmond, Surrey 1711

Date: 1707 to 1711
Location: Richmond, Surrey, England
Surnames/tags: Antill Scutt Boddicott

Will of Martha Scutt^[1]

This is a transcription of the register copy of the will of Martha Scutt, Spinster of Richmond, Surrey. Written on 18 May 1707 and proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 19 July 1711

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Crossings through have been included struck out
Paragraph breaks at change of bequest, and bold text are my own for ease of reading.
Where present, the obsolete letter Thorn has been rendered as th, and ff has been rendered as F
Abbreviations and breviographs have been expanded in [square brackets]
The image quality was good and the writing very legible.
Non standard spelling as per usual for this time period, which has been transcribed verbatim.

Persons mentioned

• Martha Scutt testatrix
• John Taylor Esqs late Steward of the Manor of Byworth, Sussex. Not related
• William Boddicot of Richmond Mercer brother in law of testatrix. Executor of her will
• Nicholas Suger the son of my Sister Elizabeth Suger of the City of York nephew of testatrix
• Zachary'and his Sister Anne and Bridget and his Sister Elizabeth Children of my said Sister Elizabeth Suger
• James Coulton Son of my Sister Ann
• Jane wife of William Boddicott and sister of testatrix
• my Nephew William Antill Son of my half Brother Edward Antill
• Willi[am] Conway Richard Fitzwater witnesses to will
• John Scutt Possibly brother of testatrix witness to will

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In the Name of God Amen
I Martha Scutt of Richmond on the County of Surry Spinster being
of sound mind and disposing memory Doe make and ordain this my
last Will and Testament in manner following hereby revoking all
former Wills by me heretofore made

Imprimis I bequeath my soul
unto God who gave it me and my Body I commit to the Earth to be
decently buried at the discretion of the Executors of this my Will
hereafter named hoping for free pardon of all my SIns and to enjoy
everlasting Bliss by the meritts and mediation of my only Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ

Item whereas I am legally seized to me and my

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heirs of and in all those Three Customary Tenements with the
appurtenances thereunto belonging (to witt) One Messuage one
Barn Stables and Twenty eight Acres of Land and two Acres of Meadow
called Blossoms and and one Garden containing half an Acre of Land
called Springs and also a Messuage and Sixteen Acres of Land called
Mountfords and also a Tenement and Two Gardens containing by
estimation one Acre and half and Seven Acres of Arable Land and
one Acre and half of Meadow Land lying in Cubrooke Mead and
half and] Acre in Byworth Mead more or less lying in the severall
parishes of Petworth and Egdeane in the County of Sussex and held
of the Mannor of Byworth in the said County and whereas also I
have lately surrendered into the hands of the Lord and Lady of the said
Mannor by the Acceptance of John Taylor Esqs the late Steward of
the said Mannor' all and every his premises aforesaid with the
appurtenances to each use and uses Intents and purposes as I the
said Martha in and by my last Will and Testament or any other
deed or deeds in Writing should ... limit or appoint Now I
the said Martha doe hereby give and devise the said Customary
Tenements with all and every of the appurtenances unto the use and
behooffe of my loving in Law William Boddicot of Richmond above said
Mercer and of his heirs and assigns for ever In Trust to be sold as
soon as conveniently may be after my decease for the most can be
gotten for the same and out of the moneys thereby arising to pay
all such debts as I shall justly owe at the time of my decease my
funerall expenses and the severall Legacies hereafter by me
bequeathed

Item I give and devise unto my loving Nephew
Nicholas Suger the son of my Sister Elizabeth Suger of the City of Yorkthe
sum of one hundred pounds of lawfull money and to his Brother Zachary
and his Sister Anne and Bridget and his Sister Elizabeth Children of my
said Sister Elizabeth Suger and to James Coulton Son of my Sister Ann
I give and devise to each of them the sum of Twenty pounds apiece of like
money to be paid to them within twelve months next after my decease

Item I give and devise unto my said Brother in Law William
Boddicott the sum of fifty pounds of like money and to his Wife my
Sister Jane I give and devise the like sum of fifty pounds of like
money to be paid within the time aforesaid for her own separate use
to doe therewith as she shall think meet

And I also give and devise
unto my Nephew William Antill Son of my half Brother Edward
Antill the sum of One hundred pounds of like money to be paid within
the time aforesaid

And lastly I make my said loving Brother in Law
William Boddicott sole Executor of this my Will desiring him to see
the same duly performed

And I give and devise all the rest and
residue of my personall estate whatsowver unto the said William
Boddicott In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this eighteenth day of May in the Sixth year of the Reign of
our Sovereign Lady Ann now Queen of Great BritainAnno
Domini 1707/Martha Scutt/ Signed Sealed published and
declared by the said Martha to be the last Will and Testament
of the said Martha Scutt and in her presence our Names subscribed
as Witnesses thereunto Willi[am] Conway Richard Fitzwater John Scutt

Sources

1. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 522
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5111 #876460 (accessed 5 October 2022)
   Will of Martha Scutt, granted probate on 19 Jul 1711. Died about 1711 in Richmond, Surrey, England.