In the Name of God Amen
I Thomas Gutteridge of Desborough in the County of Northampton, Yeoman, being in Health of Body and of
sound and disposing Mind and Memory, for which I give my grateful Thanks to Almighty God, do make and ordain
this my last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following, that is to say
in the first place I resign my
Soul into the hands of Almighty God, and Body I commit to the Earth to have given unto it such decent
Christian Interment as my Executors, herein after named, in their discretions shall think meet and
convenient, hoping and firmly trusting that I shall obtain a happy Resurrection of the same to everlasting
Happiness; and as for my worldly Estate both Reall and Personall I give devise, bequeath and dispose of the
same in manner and Form following that is to say
Imprimis I give and devise to my Nephew Bartin Gutteridge the older of Desborough aforesaid, Yeoman, and
to his Heirs and Assigns for ever, all that my Messuage or Tenement together with all and singular the
Houses, Outhouses, Barns, Stables, Dovehouse, Edifices, Buildings, Yards, Orchards, Gardens, Homestead[?] and Home
Close, and all other Appurtenances to the said Messuage or Tenement belonging; and also all those several peices and
Yard Land:- 20 to 40 acres of land, except
at Wimbledon, where it contains up to 15 acres.
parcels of Land, Arrable, Ley Meadow and Pasture Ground containing by Estimation and commonly
reputed to be three yard Land and the one half of one yard Land or thereabouts, be the same more or less,
together with the Appurtenances, three Yard Land and a half yard Land with the Appurtenances and situate,
standing, lying and being in Desborough aforesaid or in the Feilds, Bounds, Libertyes, Precincts, or
Territories thereof and now are in the Tenure or Occupation of my said Nephew Bartin Gutteridge; and also
all the other my Messuages, Cottages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever in Desborough aforesaid
whereof or wherein I stand seized of, or am in any wise interested in, or intitled unto, of any Estate of
Inheritance in
Fee:- all lands which are held by perpetual right.
Fee simple:- an absolute Estate which is given in these terms: "to him and his heirs for ever
Fee simple in possession, Revertion, Remainder, or Expectancy, To have and to hold the hereby
before devised Messuage
or Tenement with the Appurtenances, the said three yard Land and a half yard Land
with the Appurtenances, and all and singular other my said Messuages, Cottages, Lands, Tenements and
Hereditaments in Desborough aforesaid unto my said Nephew Bartin Gutteridge his Heirs and Assigns for
ever, to the only proper Use and Behoof of my said Nephew Bartin Gutteridge his Heirs and Assigns for ever
Item I give and bequeath to my said Nephew Bartin Gutteridge all that my Messuage
Messuage,
a dwelling house with some land adjoining, such as garden, orchard, etc
or Tenement with the
Appurtenances situate standing and being in Harborough in the County of Leicester, and now in the possession
of John Cooper and whereof I stand possessed for an Estate or Term of a certain Number of years therein to
come and unexpired as I am Executor of the last Will and Testament of my late brother
John Gutteridge
deceased To have and to hold the said Messuage or Tenement in Harborough aforesaid with the Appurtenances
unto my said Nephew Bartin Gutteridge his Executors, administrations and Assigns for the Residue of such my
said Estate or Term of Years which is therein yet to come and unexpired
Item I give and devise to my Nephew Thomas Gutteridge of Weston by Welland in the said County of
North'ton, Yeoman, Brother by the Fathers side of my said Nephew Bartin Gutteridge, and to the Heirs and
Assigns of my said Nephew Thomas Gutteridge for ever All that my Messuage or Tenement together with the
Houses, Outhouses, Barns, Stables, Edifices, Buildings, Yards, Orchards, Gardens and all other the Appurtenances
to the said last mentioned Messuage belonging; and also all those my several Peices and Parcels of Land, Arrable, Ley, Meadow, Pasture and grass Ground containing by Estimation and commonly reputed to be three Yard
Lands and three quarterns of one yard Land or thereabouts, be the same more or less, all which said last
mentioned Messuage or Tenement with the Appurtenances, and the said three yards Land and three quarterns of
one Yard Land with the Appurtenances, are situate, standing, lyeing and being in Weston by Welland aforesaid
or in the Feitos[?] Libertyes, Bounds, Precincts or Territories thereof; and also all other my Messuages,
Cottages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in Weston by Welland aforesaid whereof or wherein I stand
seized or am in any wise interested in or intitled unto of any Estate of Inheritance in Fee simple, in
possession, Reversion, Remainder or Expectancy upon this express Condition that my said Nephew Thomas Gutteridge his Heirs or Assigns do and shall pay all and singular the Legacyes herein after and by the
Codicill or Supplement to this my Will subscribed or underwritten, given and bequeathed to the several
Legatees herein and therein after nominated, at or upon the second Feast day of St John the Baptist next
following the day of my decease, the Legacy to the poor of Desborough and the residuary Legacy of all the
Rest of my personal Estate to my Executors only excepted, To have and to hold the herein before devised and
that last mentioned Messuage or Tenement with the Appurtenances, and the herein before devised and last
mentioned three yard Land and three quarterns of one yard Land with the Appurtenances, and all other my
said Messuages, Cottage, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in Weston by Welland aforesaid to my said nephew
Thomas Gutteridge his Heirs and Assigns to the only proper Use and Behoof of my said Nephew Thomas
Gutteridge, his Heirs and Assigns for ever for such defeizable Estate as is aforesaid
Item I give and bequeath to Mary Coleman, Widow and Relict of William Coleman late of Church Langton in
the said County of Leicester Yeoman deceased, the Sum of Forty pounds; and if it shall so happen that such
said Legacy shall become lapsed by the death of the said Mary Coleman before my death then I give and
bequeath the said Forty pounds to William Coleman, Elizabeth the Wife of William Andrewes, and Mary the Wife
of Thomas Walker, the three Children of the said Mary Coleman to be equally divided between them Share and
Share alike
Item I give and bequeath to my Nephew John Manning of Orlingbury in the said county of North'ton, Yeoman,
the Sum of Forty pounds and if it shall so happen that the last mentioned Sum of Forty pounds shall become
lapsed by the death of the said John Manning before my death then I give and bequeath such last mentioned
Legacy or Sum of Forty pounds to and amongst the Child or Children of the said John Manning to be equally
Divided amongst them, if more than one, Share and Share alike.
Item I give and bequeath to my Sister Elizabeth, the Widow and Relict of Thomas Mason late of Simmington,
in the said County of Northampton, Yeoman, deceased, the sum of forty pounds and if it is shall so happen that
the said last mentioned Legacy or Sum of Forty pounds shall become lapsed by the death of my said Sister
Elizabeth Mason before my death then I give and bequeath the said last mentioned Legacy or Sum of Forty
pounds to and amongst the Child or Children of my said Sister Elizabeth Mason to be equally divided
amongst them, if more than one, Share and Share alike.
Item I give and bequeath to my Neice Jane, the Widow and Relict of
Robert Iliffe late of Deborough
aforesaid, Yeoman, deceased, the Sum of Forty pounds and if it shall so happen that the said last mentioned
Legacy or Sum of Forty pounds shall become lapsed by the death of the said Jane Iliffe before my death
then I give and bequeath the last mentioned Legacy or Sum of Forty pounds to or amongst the Child or
Children of the said Jane Iliffe equally to be divided amongst them, if more than one, Share and Share
alike.
Item I give and bequeath to Samuell Rogers Mansfield son of my Neice
Elizabeth, now Wife of Thomas
Mann[?], by John Mansfield late of Desborough aforesaid, Plumber, her former Husband, deceased, the Sum of
Twenty pounds.
Item I give and bequeath to Thomas Justors[?], the Son of Thomas Justors of Layton in the County of
Huntingdon, the Sum of two Guinneas in Gold.
Item I give and bequeath to the poor people of the parish of Desborough aforesaid twenty shillings to
be paid and distributed to such poor objects of Charity there and in such parts Shares and Proportions as
my Executors in their discretions shall think meet and convenient.
Item I will and require that my Executors hereinafter named, or either of them, or my personal Estate, or
any part thereof which shall come to the hands possession or use of my Executors, or either of them, shall
not be charged or chargeable with, or in any wise come or be brought in aid of the payment of my
aforementioned Legacyes, or any of them, or any part of any of them, to the payment of which I have herein
before made subject and lyable, all and singular my Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in Weston
by Welland aforesaid,
and I do hereby constitute ordain nominate and appoint my two said Nephews Bartin
Gutteridge and Thomas Gutteridge Executors of this my last Will ad Testament, willing and requiring that my
Appointment of them to be my Executors shall not only by Operation in Law (as I am informed and advised it
doth) work a Release to my Executors of all Arrears of Rent due and unpaid to me for all the Lands and
Tenements in Desborough and Weston by Welland aforesaid which they severally and respectively hold of me,
but that my Executors shall for ever hereafter stand acquit also in Equity against each other, for all such
said Arrears of Rent from them severally and respectively due and owing;
And I do give and bequeath to my
said Executors all the Rest and Residue of my personal Estate and revoke all my former Wills
In Witness
whereof I the above named Thomas Gutteridge, the Testator, have hereunto set my hand and Seal the second day
of January anno domini 1729 Thomas Gutteridge Signed, Sealed, published and delivered by the above named
Thomas Gutteridge, the Testator, as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who subscribed
our Names as Witnesses hereunto in the presence of the said Testator John Stoughton
- John Orpin - Thos Massey.
I the above named Thomas Gutteridge the Testator do by this codicil or Supplement to my above written
Will subscribed or underwritten and in the Body of my said Will by an Interlineation therein referred do
give and bequeath to my Nephew Joseph Manning of Orlingbury in the County of North'ton, Yeoman, the Sum of
Forty pounds; and this Legacy or Gift of Forty pounds being so made and given before the sealing and
executing my said Will I do require and will that the same shall go and be accounted as part thereof as
fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the same had been inserted in the body of my said
Will Witness my hand the day of the date of my Will above, Thomas Gutteridge. Witnesses
John Stoughton - John Orpin - Thos Massey.
Probate
Probatum 16th July 1731