hundred pounds, my will is shall be paid unto her in money within one yeare after my decease, And my father will and meaning is that my saide wife shall over and above the foresaid legacies have the use and wearing during her natural life and soe long as she herself will dwell in my now dwelling house in the parishe of Sainte Katherine Colman by Algate in London all my tables, cupboards, presses, cisternes of lead, bedsteads, pictures, mappes and painted clothes the same beinge first prized and valued, And then after her decease I give the same whollie to St Henrie Billingslie Knight. Secondly as touching my children I doe declare by this my last Will and Testament that my oldest sonne Henry Billingsley knight hath beene by me advanced already in money beside lande given him farre above the somme which would accrue unto him by the custome of the Citty of London And therefore he can challenge nothing due unto him of one third due unto my orphans, likewise my sonne Thomas Billingsley hath received of me in ready money longe since for his advancement the somme of fifteen hundred pounds which I hereby give him, and soe I doe think him fully satisfied of his parte of orphanage that might accrue unto him by the foresaid custom, Also I give unto my sonne in lawe John Quarles with the marriage of my daughter Elizabeth one thousand pounds beside her apparell wedding dynner And that which it cost me at the tyme of their marriage aboute the somme of Two hundred pounds soe that I think my saide sonne in lawe cannot enjoy any greater somme by the custome of the Cytty, notwithstanding I doe afterwards in this my wyll give unto my foresaide sonnes Henrie, Thomas and my daughter Elizabeth certaine legacies, And doe leave one thirde parte of all my goods moveables chattels and the debts which I myselfe shall owe at the time of my decease beinge first fully satisfied and paide, unto my sonne John Billingslie and my daughter Katherine Billingslie unto which two by the custome of the Citty of London the saide thirde parte is otherwise due, And my further wyll is that whatsoever the said one thirde parte shall want of fower thousand pounds the same shall be supplied out of the rest of my estate, for that my meaninge is that my saide sonne John and daughter Katherine shall have each of their porcons made up Two Thousand pounds Item I give and bequeath to be bestowed and imployed by my Executors hereunder named for the use and benefit of the poore of the parish of Saint Katherine Colman in the warde of Algate within the Citty of London where I nowe dwell the somme of two hundred pounds uppon lande or otherwise for a contynuall stocke as my Executors hereunder named with the advice of the parson churchwardens and some of the better and substantialler sorte of the parishioners for the tyme being shall think fyttest, Nevertheless under and uppon the condicons hereafter expressed and declared, that is to saie my will is that the proffit which shall arise of the saide lande or stocke shall be given and bestowed from tyme to tyme for ever uppon such and soe manie poore inhabitants of the saide parish exceptinge alwayes the inhabitants of those houses or tenements which have been newly erected contrary to the proclamation set forthe in the xxvijth yere of the raigne of our late Queene Elizabethe deceased exceptinge also the inhabitants of anye great house divided into small tenements contrary to the said proclamacon as by the discrecon of the parson churchwardens and six of the discreetest and substantiallest inhabitants of the saide Parishe for the tyme being shall be thought meete; Provided always and my wyll nevertheless is that the aforesaid legacie or lande shall depend uppon this condicon That if at any time hereafter cither the parson or churchwardens of the said p'sh for the tyme being or any other in the name or allowance of the saide parson or churchwardens or in the name of the inhabitants of the saide parish or the most part of them or by their p'mission or allowance shall actually interupte and annoye myne heires or assignees or the heires or assignees of my heires or assignees of my nowe dwellinge house in the said parish of Sainte Katherine Colman from the peaceable and quiet possession of one peece of buildinge by me erected uppon a peece of the churchyard as it nowe standeth annexed to my saide dwelling house on the west And also one little yarde adjoyning likewise on the west side of my house and uppon parte whereof on the Street side I have built a litle shed for my coach for which yarde also I pay unto the parson fower shillings yerely, And to the churchwardens as much: Then my wyll is That the foresaide rent and legacie shall be voyde and utterly cease, And that then it shall be lawfull for my heires and assignes or the heires or assignes of any of them of this my saide dwelling house to take to their owne use either the proffitt of the saide lande if the money happen to be bestowed in lande or else the saide stocke and proffits thereof if it remaine soe in stock and this somme to deteyne soe longe as they shall be disturbed interuppted and annoyed as aforesaide Aniethinge before in these p'nts to the contrary expressed notwithstanding. Item I give unto the m and fellowes of Emmanuell Colledge in the universitie of Cambridge by what name or Title soever they be incorporated the somme of one hundred marks uppon this condicon that they shall uppon the receipte thereof enter into bonde to my Executors hereunder named to imploy the same money within two yeres at the farthest after the receipt thereof uppon lande or tenements of such yerely and clear value and rent as will suffice for the maintenance for ever of one Scholler in the saide Colledge to be by them from tyme to tyme elected and mainteyned accordinge to the foundacon statutes and orders of the saide Colledge without all fraude or guile accordinge to my true intent and meaninge, which if they shall refuse to doe, Then this my legacie to be voide. Item I give unto the poore of the hospitall of Sainte Thomas in Southwark twentie five pounds And to the poore of Christ's Hospitall tenne pounds And to the fower prisons within the Citty of London, to witt the two Compters, And the Gaoles of Newgate and Ludgate tenne pounds to be distributed amongst the poore prisoners in the same accordinge to the discrecon of my Executors Item I give unto my nephue Marton Billingsley forty pounde And to my Neece Cowper the wief of Richard Cowper fortie pounds And to my nephue Henry Billingsley the sonne of my brother Richard Billingsley deceased fortie pounds Item whereas there is owinge unto me for Rent of Cole mynes certain money which is payable unto me by one hundred poundes every six monthes as by the Indenture of lease concerning the same more plainly appeareth My will is that if six months Rent shall be unpaide at the tyme of my decease Jane Billingsley daughter of my sonne Henrie Billingslie knight shall have five hundred pounds unto her at the daie of her marriage or age of one and twentie yeres which soever shall first happen, And of the same rent Henrie Billingslie the sonne of my sonne William Billingsley deceased shall have one hundred pounds paide to him at the age of one and twentie yeres, And his brother Thomas Billingsley twoo hundred pounds at his age of one & twentie yeres Provided alwayes and my wyll and meaning is that what shall wante for paymente of these legacies in respect that I shall in my life tyme have received some parte of the saide rent soe muche as shall soe wante by my receivinge of the same in my life tyme shall be supplied out of my estate, And my meaning and will also is that if either the saide Henrie Billingsley or the saide Thomas Billingsley shall departe this worlde before the age of one and twentie yeres the survivor shall enjoy the porcon of him that is deceased And if they both departe this world before the saide age of one and twentie yeres then the saide legacie to remaine to my sonne Henry Billingsley knight. Item I give unto my lovinge brother M' William Bowes Twenty pounds to buy him a ringe or what he please for a remembrance Item I give unto my lovinge friende m' doctor fforster tenne pounds to be bestowed as shall please himself for a remembrance Item I give unto my good friend m' Henry Butler twentie pounds to bestowe as before And also to my loving neece mistress Ashbold And to my good brother in lawe m' Nathaniell Tracy to each of them tenne pounds per yeere to be bestowed as before, Item I give to Suzan Tracy my wife's necce five pounds And to Elizabeth Cramborne her old servante three pounds over and above her wages Item I give unto Elizabeth Chapman my servant five pounds and to Richard Jones my servant five pounds over and above the five pounds which I doe owe unto him, Item I give unto every one of my other men servants which shall be with me dwelling at the tyme of my decease three pounds the yeere And to every one of my other mayde servants which shall be dwelling with me at the time of my decease fower nobles the yeere these legacies to my servantes to be over and above their wages which shall be due at the time of my decease. Item for the better advancement of my sonne John Billingsley I give and bequeath unto him and his heires and assignes for ever all those my messuage and tenements situate lieinge and beinge in the Parish of Sainte Katheryne's Christchurch neare Algate in London which I lately purchased of the right honorable St Thomas Howard knight now Earle of Suffolk. Item I give unto him over and above his parte of the thirde and the legacy before given the somme of one thousand marks to be payed unto him when he shall atteyne the age of one and twentie yeres and if it shall please God to call him before he atteyne the saide yeres then I give the saide thousande markes the one half to his sister Katherine if she shall then be living and the other half amongst the children of my sonne William deceased, and the children of my sonne Thomas to each p'te and p'te alike. Item I give unto my daughter Quarles nowe wife of John Quarles the somme of one thousand marks soe as alwayes her husband doe discharge my Executors of all such sommes of money as I shall stand bound for him at the time of my decease And I doe ordaine my two sonnes henry Billingsley knight and Thomas Billingsley my Executors of this my last will and testam hoping they will with a good conscience and having the feare of God before their eyes faithfully and truely accomplish and p'forme the same according to the trust by me committed unto them without all manner of advantage taken and without all manner of wrangling and fraudulent strife in respect whereof as touchinge the rest of my goods debts chattels and moveables my debts which I owe and ffuneralls and legacies before given deducted I give one third parte of the remainder to my sonne Sir Henrie Billingslie knight and the other Two thirde parts to my sonne Thomas Billingsley and in witnesse that is my last wyll and testament I have written it all with my owne hande and sett to my seale the day and yeare above wrytten. 2 Henry Lillinafly Seal and Autograph of Sir Henry Billingsley, Lord Mayor of London in 1596, and of Henry Billingsley, his son and heir, to a conveyance from Henry Billingsley, Citizen and Alderman of London, and Henry Billingsley, of Pencoyd, co. Monmouth, his son and heir, to Dame Florence Herbert, of St. Julian's, of the manor of Lebeneth, in the parish of Christ Church, co. Monmouth, dated 22 November, 38 Elizabeth.* * The original deed is in the possession of Thomas Wakeman, Esq., of Graig, Monmouth. Layton.* Mr Robert Layton, Attorney at Law, of Staple Inn, London, died at his Country House at Hendon, the 2d of October, 1754, and was buried the 9th following in St Andrews Church, Holbourn. His Son Daniel Thomas was born, the 28th of August 1752. His Son Joseph William was born, the 28th of July 1754. Joseph Midgley, Son of the Revd Andrew Layton and Elizabeth his Wife, was born the 9th of November 1759. Mr Elizabeth Layton died Tuesday, the 23d of July 1765, aged 72. M's Temple died on Saturday, the 11th of January 1766. My Nephew Joseph William Layton went to the East-Indies on Board the Valentine Cap' Purvis, Commander, the 22d of December, 1769. My Nephew Daniel Thomas Layton went on Board the Greenwich, Cap' Carr, at Gravesend, the 12th of February 1770, on his second Voyage to Bombay in the East-Indies. EXEMPLIFICATION OF ARMS TO RICHARD ROGERS COXWELL. ROGERS, ESQ., OF DOWDESWELL, CO. GLOUCESTER, BY SIR CHARLES GEORGE YOUNG, KNT., GARTER, AND JAMES PULMAN, ESQ., CLARENCEUX, 1850. To all and singular to whom these Presents shall come Sir Charles George Young Knight Garter Principal King of Arms and James Pulman Esquire Clarenceux King of Arms of the South East and West parts of England from the River Trent Southwards Send Greeting. Whereas Her Majesty by Warrant under Her Royal Signet and Sign Manual bearing date the twenty sixth day of January last signified unto the Most Noble Henry Charles Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter that She had been graciously pleased to give and grant unto Richard Rogers Coxwell of Dowdeswell House in the County of Gloucester Esquire in the Commission of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for the said County second but eldest surviving Son of the Reverend Charles Coxwell Master of Arts Rector of Dowdeswell aforesaid by Anne his Wife youngest of the three daughters and coheirs of the Reverend Richard Rogers LL.B. sometime also Rector of Dowdeswell deceased Her Royal Licence and Authority that he and his issue may in compliance with a proviso contained in the last Will and Testament of his maternal Great Uncle Edward Rogers late of Dowdeswell aforesaid Esquire deceased take and henceforth use the Surname of Rogers in addition to and after that of Coxwell and bear the Arms of Rogers quarterly with his and their own Family Arms such Arms being first duly exemplified according to the Laws of Arms and recorded in the Heralds Office otherwise the said Royal Licence and Permission to be void and of none effect. And forasmuch as the said Earl Marshal did by Warrant under his hand and seal bearing date the twenty second day of April instant authorize and require Us to exemplify such Armorial Ensigns accordingly. Know ye therefore that we the said Garter and Clarenceux in Obedience to the Royal Command in pursuance of His Grace's Warrant and by virtue of the Letters Patent of Our several Offices to each of Us respectively granted do by these Presents exemplify unto the said Richard Rogers Coxwell now Richard Rogers Coxwell-Rogers the *Copied from the fly-leaf of an old Bible formerly belonging to the Rev. William Layton, Rector of St. Matthew, Ipswich. Mr. Layton died February 19, 1831, and was buried in St. Matthew's Church. Arms following that is to say Quarterly First and Fourth Rogers viz Argent a mullet Sable on a chief Or a Fleur-de-lis Gules Second and Third Coxwell; And the Crest of Rogers viz' On a Wreath of the Colours A Fleur de lis Or; The Crest of Coxwell, as the same are in the Margin hereof more plainly depicted to be borne and used for ever hereafter by him the said Richard Rogers CoxwellRogers and his issue pursuant to the tenor of the said Royal Warrant and according to the Laws of Arms. In Witness whereof We the Said Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms have to these Presents subscribed Our Names and affixed the Seals of Our several Offices this twenty fifth day of April in the Thirteenth year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith &c. and in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty. |