w251 In the name of God Amen the nyne and Twentieth Day of Jannuarie In the yeare of
our Lord God One Thousand six hundred fiftie and five I Martine Bendinge
of East Budleigh in the Countie of Devon yeoman being and sick and weake of Bodie
but of sounde and perfect memorie (Thanks be to God doo make and ordaine this my
last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
First I doo give and bequeath my Soule to Almightie God my Creator and
Redeemer and my bodie to Christian Buriall. Then I doo give and bequeath unto the
poor of the Parish of Eastbudleigh aforesaid six shillings to be distributed amongst
them by my Executrix within three months after my decease
Item I doo give and beqeath unto my Sonne John Bendinge after the
decease of myselfe and Marie my now wife all my right and title Estate and
Interest of in and to the Messuage and Tenement with the appurtenances wherein I now
Dwell during all the Time and Tearme which shall be then to come and unexpired by
force and torture of a Deed of a Lease lately graunted to me by William Courtney
Esquire
Item more I doo give and bequeath unto my Sonne John Bending one close
or parcell of ground containing one Acre or thereabouts ( after my purchase which I
lately bought of Elizabeth Elliott (that is to say) I doo give with my Estate
title to tearme of yeares and right of the said close after my decease to my Sonne
John Bending during all my tearme therein then to come
Item I give and bequeath unto Marie Bending my wife all my messuage and
Tenement att Lower Budleigh in the Parish aforesaid so herein ohn Rogers now
dwelling so long as she shall remaine a Widdowe and my Sonne John doo live with
her of my Estate therein soo long continue but if my saidWife shall happen to
remarrie or also if my Sonne John shall dwell from my Wife and not remain with her
then my will and meaning is that my Sonne John shall have and enjoy the said
Tenement during the naturale life of my Wife if my Estate therein doo long continue
Item more I doo give unto my Sonne John (after the decease of my Wife)
my forware panne and second best brass worke and the standing bedstead wherein I
doo now lie and three greate chests and a presse standing in the chamber wherein
I lie and the presse standing in the hall and a tableboard and five joynt stooles and
three great chairs standing in the hall and also my best cloake
Item I doo give and bequeath unto my daughter Amilla Bending thirtie pounds
to be paid unto her within one yeare after my decease and also my greate brass pann
Item I doo give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah Bending twentie pounds
to be paid unto her within one yeare after me decease and also my greate brass caldron
Item I do give and bequeath unto unto my daughter Isott Bending twentie
pounds to be paid unto her within one yeare after my decease and also my best
brasse work my will and meaning is that all my household goods formerly given shall
remain with my Wife during her naturall life
Item more I doo give unto my two daughters Hannah and Isott (after the
decease of my wife) my will and meaning is that if anie of my children or child
die (be fore the legallie be due) that shall remaind equally amongst the rest of
my children all my right title and Estate which I have in my foresaid Tenement att
Lower Budleigh jointlie betweene them during my whole tearme therein
Item I doo give and unto my two daughters Mary Fox and Sarah Randall to
each of them three pounds to be paid unto each of them within one yeare after
my decease
Item I doo give and bequeath unto each of my grandchildren to each of them
and one Ewe Sheepe
All the rest of my goods and Chattells not for in given nor bequeathed my debts and
finaciale Charges being paid I doo give and bequeath unto 1617 Mary Bendinge my now
Wife and doo make her my full and whole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
and to see this my last Will and Testament trulie performed
I doo desire and appoynte my louving friend and brother in law Roger
ffowler Gentleman and John Channon the Younger to be my Overseers and give them
for theire paines twelve pence apeece
In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale the day and yeare
first above written Martyne Bending
Sealed and subscribed in presence of us Roger ffowler Richard Dourtio'
This Will was probate att London the two and Twentieth day of May In the Yeare of
our Lord One Thousand and six hundred fiftie six before the Judge for probate of
Wills and granting Administration Lawfullie authorised by the oath of Mary Bending
the Relict and sole and only Executrix named in the above written Will to whome
Administration of all and Singular the Goods Chattells and debts of the said
Committed who being first Legallie by virtue of a Commission truly and faythfully
to administer the Same
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w252 In the name of God Amen I Gilbert Bending of St Mary's County being sick and weak in
body but of perfect sense and memory I praise God for the same do make and ordain this my
last Will and Testament in manner and form following:-
Imprimes I bequeath my Soul to God and my body to the Earth to be decently interred at the
discretion of my Executrix hereafter named, I give unto my Son John Bending and unto
my Daughter Elizabeth Bending five shillings current money each I give unto my beloved
Wife Jane Bending and to her heirs forever all the Residue of my Estate after paying all my
just Debts and funeral Expenses and I do nominate constitute and appoint my said Wife Jane
Bending Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking all others by me
formerly made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the 4th day of
September Anno Domini 1749 Gilbert Bending (his mark) Sealed Signed and Sealed in
the presence of us
T Barnhouse
Anthony Smith (his mark)
On the back of the aforegoing Will was thus written Viz
St Mary's County November ye 11th 1749 Hon. Timothy Barnhouse one of the
Subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing Will being duly and solemnly Sworn on the Holy
Evangelist of Almighty God depose and say that he saw the Testator Gilbert Bending Sign
the foregoing Will and heard him Publish & declare the same to be his last Will & Testament
that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of his apprehension of sound &
disparing mind & memory & that he saw Anthony Smith Sign at the same time
a Witness to the s'd Will in the presence of the said Testator, Sworn to before me
The day above s'd the deceased Widow made) Tho. Asquith Depty Comisly
her Election to take her thirds ) of St Mary's County
Certified by me Tho' Asquith Depty Comisly
of St Mary's County
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w253 I Richard Bending of Frindsbury in the County of Kent now cook of his Majesty's Ship
Litchfield being in bodily health and of sound and disposing Mind and Memory and
considering the Perils and Dangers of the Seas and other Uncertainties of is transitory
Life do for avoiding controversies after my decease make publish and declare this my last
Will and Testament in manner following that is to say first I recommend my Soul to God that
gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth or Sea as it all please God to order and as for
and concerning all my worldly Estate I give bequeath and dispose thereof as follows that
is to say after my just Debts Funeral Expenses and Charges of proving this my will and
other incident charges are first paid and satisfied then all such Pay Wages Sum and Sums
of Money and Tenements Goods Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be any ways due owing
or belonging unto me at the time of my decease I do give devise and bequeath the same unto
my loving wife Elizabeth Bending her Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever
and I do hereby nominate and appoint Francis Smith of the parish of Saint Margaret next
the City of Rochester in the said county of Kent Shipwright sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills and Testaments and
Deeds of Gift by me at any time heretofore made and I do ordain and ratify these Presents
to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament in witness whereof to th my
said Will I have set my hand and seal the twenty fourth day of December in the
Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty four and in the 27th year of the
reign of his majesty King George the Second over Great Britain.
The mark of Richard Bending Signed Sealed
Published and Declared in the presence of........Caroline Pinch and Thomas Johnson
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w254 I Joseph Bending of New Windsor in the County of Berks Butcher being of sound mind memory
and understanding but considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the times
do make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament....Messuages or
Tenements in the Market place of New Windsor aforesaid in the Occupation of James
Panton Shoemaker also of a moiety or half part of a Messuage or Tenement Barn and Stable
standing and being at the lower end of Posset? Street in the parish of Clewer in the said
County of Berks in the occupation of ... Willoughby and also divers Messuages or Tenements
with a Slaughter house Stables Wash houses and Buildings with Yard and appurtenances in
Posset? street aforesaid in the said Parish of New Windsor which I lately purchased of
William Bristow Esquire and of a Messuage or Tenement with an Orchard Situate standing
laying and being in the Parish of Old Windsor...in the ... or Occupation of Widow? Sowston
and of a Messuages or Tenement farm Lands hereditaments and premises with the Appurtenances
Situate and being at Oakeley Green in the parish of Bray in the said County of Berks now
in the..occupation of William Robinson I so hereby Give and demise all my said several
freehold Messuage or Tenements unto Lands hereditaments and premises...and appurtenances
unto my son Joseph Bending and my daughter Elizabeth Bending to have and to hold.......
as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants ......I am possessed of Leashold Messuages or
Tenements situate standing or being on the East side of the Long Walk in New Windsor
aforesaid in the ... or occupation of John Brown with the Barns
Stables and Buildings and a Close of Meadows and pastures ...held from the Crown
a of an Orchard Situate and being opposite the said Messuage and Tenement held by Lease
from the Mayor and Corporation of New Windsor aforesaid I do hereby give and bequeath the
said Messuage or Tenement ...Meadow or pasture and Orchard and also all my.money securities
for money Leaseholds Goods plate Linen and furniture I also....due and owing to me..
after payment of my just debts and funeral expenses unto my said son Joseph Bending and my
said Daughter Elizabeth Bending to be equally divided...share and share alike..that my
said son shall and may use and occupy the Messuage or Tenement in the Market Place in New
Windsor aforesaid in the occupation of the said James Panton the Messuages or Tenements
Slaughter house and Stables in Posse Street and the Close of meadows or pasture Land and
Orchard adjoining to the long Walk he paying to my said daughter Elizabeth Bending One
Moiety of the rent for the same I do hereby make institute and appoint my said Daughter
Elizabeth Bending a my friend Richard Pinnock? of New Windsor aforesaid Landowner and my
sister in Law Martha Lamb? Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament and
also nominate and appoint the said Richard Pinnock? and Martha Lamb? Trustees and
advowsons of this my will and I give unto each of them.....Ring and revoke all wills by me......
this thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand and seven hundred and
sixty six
Jos Bending signed sealed published and declared
Wm. Bunyon, Wm. Tignall, Tmas Daniell
3rd November 1766
Appeared Personally Joseph Bending and Elizabeth Bending Spinster the Natural and
lawfull and only children of Joseph Bending late of New Windsor in the County of Berks
Widower and deceased and being ...Sworn on the holy Evangelists to depose the.....as
follows that they and .....soon after the death of him the said deceased...late father
which happened on or about the twenty third of September last they found the last Will and
Testament of him the said deceased bearing date the thirty first day of May last past and
hereunto annexed...same plight and Condition with the Erasure between the Ninth and
Eleventh lines in the second sheet thereof my Sister in Law Martha Lamb? and also between
the Eleventh and thirteenth lines Martha Lamb? as now appears and the said Will in all
other respects was and is in the same plight and Condition when they so found the same as
the same now appears all where they Jointly and Severally depose to be true Jos Bending,
Eliz Bending The said Joseph Bending and Elizabeth Bending Spinster..Swore to the Truth
of the above before me
Sam? Compton Surrogate ... Robt. Bogg
w255 Thomas Bending, late of Broadclist, Devon. Victualler deceased, Executrix 1065 Ann Bending.
Proved 16/2/1844 in Archdeacon's Court of Exeter. Effects sworn under £200. Appeared
personally Ann Bending 20/1/1844 This is the last will and testament of me Thomas Bending
of the parish of Broadclist....I give and bequeath to Thomas Channon of Broadclist, yeoman,
and John Perkins of the same, yeoman, the sum of £99 (ninety-nine pounds) sterling upon
trust to pay the same to my niece, Charlotte, the daughter of William Trickey of Broadclist
aforesaid when and (as) soon as she shall attain the age of twenty-one years.....and I give
and bequeath to Susan Crick of Harpford all my wearing apparel of what nature or kind
together with the sum of five pounds One month after my decease I give and bequeath to
Thomas Bending Channon, son of the said Thomas Channon my clock and case to be delivered to
him immediately after the decease or second marriage of my wife Ann Bending. And as
to all my piece of garden which I lately purchased of Mr Samuel Harris situate at Broadclist
and all the residuend remainder of my real and personal Estate and Effects......I give and
bequeath the same to my dear wife Ann Bending 29 January 1841
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