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 | Part One: Will of Thomas Cullen 1652-1715 James C. Cullen Jr., Cliff Cullen, Jim Cullen |
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[ Page One ] 1. In the name of God Amen. I Thomas Cullen of Upton near 2. Southwell in ye county of Nott yeoman do make my last will & 3. Testament in manner and forme following. Whereas upon my 4. marriage with my last wife I did surrender one moyety 1 or halfe 5. part of all my copyhold 2 messuages 3 lands tenements 4 and hereditaments 5 6. that I then was seised of. To ye use of my selfe and wife in Taile 6 7. Which said Entaile 7 I have ye day of the date hereof dockt 8 by a Recovery 8. according to ye custom of ye Mannor of Southwell aforesaid so that now 9. I am seized of all my Copy hold estate in ffee 9 simple. Therefore I do give 10. and devise the same in manner and forme following (that is to say) 11. All that my messuage in Upton aforesaid now in my possession and all ye 12. houses outhouses crofts 10 yards orchards and gardens there unto belonging 13. and all those lands tenements and hereditaments that are mortgaged 14. to Mr Story for one hundred pounds as also all those that are 15. mortgaged to Mr Lowe and ye Equitable right of 16. redemption thereof, and ye church leys 11 close 12, and Bull close, and all 17. ye arable land hereafter ment(i)oned lying in the East ffeild 14 of Upton 18. (vizt. 13) two lands on Micle barrow 14, ye land of ye heirs of mr. Trueman 19. lying between them, containing one acre, one land on poolands going 20. over ye beck 15 containing about three roods 16, one land containing about 21. three roods at ye high thorne, one land containing one acre going down 22. to ye springs, one headland at England ditch containing halfe an acre, 23. one land containing halfe an acre at quick springs, two lands cont(aining) 24. three roods called broadarses, one land on little cross hill containing 25. halfe an acre, and one selion 17 in the pingle 18 containing one rood. And 26. the arable land hereafter ment(i)oned in ye Middle ffeild 14 vizt. ffoure 27. lands in peak willow nook containing two acres, ffoure lands near 28. Howbards dale 19 cont(aining) one acre, two lands near ye new close side containing 29. one acre, two lands going down to Lamb hedg(e) on red lands containing ffive 30. roods, Gunthorp east and Gibson west, one land on ye cliff containing 31. three roods, ye vicars land lying on both sides. And all ye arable Thomas Cullen |
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[ Page Two ] 1. Land hereafter ment(i)oned lying in the West ffeild 14 (vizt.) one land cont(aining) 2. one acre on ye Cliffe ffurlong 20, ffoure lands on ye same ffurlong containing 3. one acre, one land or lea on Brick Kilne Line lands 74 containing halfe an acre, one land in 4. priesting containing three roods, and one ley in Mill holme 21 Leys within Greeting 5. being meadow, containing one acre. And halfe an acre in Greeting meadow abutting 6. on ye pouches, halfe an acre in the church meadow near the Bank Mr Alvey east, 7. halfe an acre in ye Bulls mr Jenison south halfe an acre in ye church meadow close 8. ye towns meadow west, halfe an acre at ye far end of ye east meadow Mr 9. Alvey south and ffoure cow gates according to ye old stint 22, and all yt 23 10. my close at Bottesford in ye county of Leicester, all and singular 11. which said premisses I give and devise to my oldest son Thomas Cullen 12. his heirs and assigne(e)s charged and changable with ye payment of the severall 13. sums of mon(e)y hereafter ment(i)oned that is to say to each of my ffoure 14. daughters ye sum of ffifteen pounds of good mon(e)y to be paid to them 15. at their respective ages of one and twenty years or marriage, 16. and ten shillings a peice yearly to each of them till ye same be payable. 17. Item 24 I give and devise all yt 23 my Cottage at Upton town end, and all 18. other any lands tenements and hereditaments in Upton aforesaid 19. or elsewhere, (not before in this my will devised) To my yo(u)ngest son 20. John Cullen his heirs and assigne(e)s, charged and chargable nevertheless 21. with ye payment of ye like sums of ffifteen pounds apeice of good 22. mon(e)y to each of my ffour daughters at their severall ages of 23. one and twenty years or marriage with power for my daughters to 24. enter into all ye afore said premisses for non paym(en)t, and I devise that if any 25. of my daughters dye before their legacys becom(e) due, that her part 26. so dying shall not go to ye other sisters, but be for ye benefit of him out of 27. whose estate it should be paid. Item all my goods cattle and chattells 28. of what kind soever I give to my ffoure daughters equally to be 29. divided amongst them, and if any of them happen to dye before 30. their age of ffourteen years then ye part of such so dying Thomas Cullen |
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[ Page Three ] 1. To be equally divided amongst the surviveing sisters. And whereas I 2. have lately borrowed of Mr Andrews of Southwell aforesaid the sum 3. of fforty pounds for Which I have made a Mortgage of severall 4. Lands and tenements therein ment(i)oned Which said Mortgage I do 5. hereby ratify and confirme. I do likewise by this my Will devise 6. and appoint that all my just debts be honestly paid as well those 7. that I do now owe as those that I shall hereafter owe upon 8. Mortgages or any otherwayse howsoever. And lastly I make my 9. eldest daughter Elizabeth, my brother Gervas Cullen, & my cousin 10. William Robinson the yo(u)nger of Nottingham fframe work knitter 11. joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament and do hereby 12. revoake all former wills by me made. In Witness whereof I the 13. aforesaid Thomas Cullen have to this my last Will put my hand and 14. seale the thirti(e)th day of April Anno Dni 1715 Thomas Cullen
15. Signed sealed and published16. by the said Thomas Cullen in 17. the presence of us, who did in 18. the presence of ye Testator, 19. Subscribe our names hereunto 20. Samuel Lowe 21. John Hoyland 22. William Kemp 23. 30 July 1715 24. Proved before Mr Robert Moore by William 25. Kemp; and Elizabeth Cullen & Gervas Cullen 26. are the Executors; William Robinson having 27. first renounced [his role]. Source: DGS#: 008088276, Image#: 319/437 Original record digitized by Family Search, a non-profit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |