| Will of Elizabeth Rawes of Cartmell, Lancashire. Made 5th September 1703. Proved 10th September 1703 at Chester. Preston Record Office (WRW). (p/p) |
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In the Name of God amen I Elizabeth Rawes of / Cartmell Church Towne in Cartmell in the
County of / Lancaster Widdow being weake of body but of sound / & disposing minde & memory
(praised be God for the / same Doe hereby make publish & declare this my last / Will &
Testiment in Manner & fforme Following - ffirst / I Commend my Soule into the hands of
Almighty God / Trusting through the alone meritts & mediation of / Jesus Crist to obtaine
remission of my Sins and be / made partaker of everlasting life my body (in hope / of a
Joyfull resurrection) I comitt to the Earth to be / buried at the Discretion of my
Executors hereafter / named. And I Dispose of my worldly Estate as ffolloweth / Item
I [Imprimis] I Give & Devise unto George Rawes & his heirs / & Assigns for ever all my Messuage
house Garden & / peat Moss which I bought of Rowland Sewart / which said house & premisses
are Situate att Bownass in Windermere / Item I Give unto James Rawes & his heirs &
Assigns / for Ever all my Messuage house & Garden with its Apurtances / Scetuate att Cartmell
Church Town which I purchased of / Thomas Robinson Item I Give unto George Rawes my
Chest att / Bownass and to James Rawes my Table at Church Towne / & I Joyne the said Geo:
Rawes & James Rawes Joynt / Exors to whom I give the remains of my Good & personal /
Estate Equally betwixt them the three pounds due from / John Bourke I give unto my sone
George Rawes & / my Will is Further that my sonn James Rawes shall / have sore of wooll
which is now in my house and / my sonn James to pay for my ffunerall expences / out of his
Executor parte of my Goods & it being my / minde to be buried att Windermere my sonn
George to / pay the one half of the Charge of burying my Corpps and / noe other Expenses.
& as for ye Twenty shillings / in ready [cash] in my house I give the same to my sonn
James Rawes / In Witness whereof I have here unto put my hand / and Seal this ffifth day of
September Ano 1703 /
Signed sealed published & Declared
as my last Will & Testament in the
presence of us
James Walker marke
Eliza: Rawes X
William Wilson Junr
James Jop[?]
Coveriut universils per ---o-entes------- George
Rawes et Jacobus Rawes ----do Per do Cartmell
Jarabus Walker de Cartmell
The Condition of this Obligation is Such that if the above / bounden & George Rawes
James Rawes / shall and doe well and truly execute & perform / the
last Will and testamt of Elizabeth Rawes widdow late of / Cartmell Church Town within
the Archdeaconry of / Richmond aforesd deced in paying All her Debts & obligations[?] /
so far as her Goods will extend and Law shall bind them[?] / also they doe exhibit
into the Regry of the sd. Archdeaconry / A true & perfect Invtry of all and Singlr
the Goods, Chattells / & Creditts of ye sd. deced and doe make a true & just Accott
/ of the same when they shall be thereunto Lawfully called[?] / And Moreover (if
need require) doe enter into both better / with more Sufficient Suretyes for pformance
of the premisses[?] / as the Judge of the Court for ye time being shall think /
requisite And Lastly doe keep indemnify as the above / named Lord Erppe of Chester
his Comissary & all other / his Officer & Assistants[?] agt all persons by reason of
the / premisses that the this Obligation to be void or else [-----]
Marma: Gambert[?] George Rawes Jo: Capstack James Rawes his X marke Noty Pubis James Walker
Notes:-
The Latin section is not to be relied upon and will be transcribed in the near future.
Transcribed from the original by Julian Rawes & Bryant Bayliffe, 2001 |