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Jonathan Feedham
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1 I Jonathan Feedam of wivenhoe in ye County of Essex
Marriner do make my last will and Testament in manner &
form following that is to say First I give & devise unto my neice
Susan Taylor daughter of my sister Ann King & to her heirs& c.
5 for ever all yt messuage tenement or Farm with ye Lands Heredita
ments & appurtenances thereto belonging situate lying & being
in Wivenho aforesaid & now in ye occupation of Anthony Rosier or
his assigns Item I give and bequeath unto my niece Mary King &
her heirs for ever all yt Messuage or Tenement called Woolpack
10 situate on ye key in Wivenho aforesaid with all ye hereditaments
& appurtenances thereto belonging now in ye occupation of John
Cheeseborough or his assigns & also all those Storehouses & Granarys
Wth ye appurtenances situate & being in Wivenho aforesaid on ye
key & now in my own occupation and also all those Messuages
15 or tenements wth ye Yards Hereditaments & appurtenances thereto
belonging situate & being in Wivenho aforesaid & now in the
Occupation of her ye said Mary King and John Garrard to hold to
her ye said Mary King & her heirs all those Messuages Tenements
20 or farms wth ye Lands hereditaments & appurtenances thereto
belonging Situate lying and being in ye parish of Wivenho
aforesaid & now in the Occupation of Richard Madeer or his assigns
Item I give and devise unto my neice Sarah King & her heirs for
ever all That Messuage Tenement or Farm with the Lands & appurte
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25 nances thereto belonging situate lying & being in Wivenho
aforesaid & now in ye Occupation of Philip Cawston or his assigns
and also all ye Messuage Tenement or Farm with ye Lands and
appurtenances thereto belonging situate & being in Wivenho
aforesaid & now in ye Occupation of John Coker or his assigns
30 and also all yt Messuage or Tenement wth ye Lands & appurtenances
thereto belonging lying and being in Wivenho aforesaid & now
in ye occupation of [……] Barratt or his assigns to hold to her
the said Sarah & her heirs for ever Item I give and devise to my
dear & loving Sister Ann King widow & her heirs & assigns
35 for ever all those Messuages or tenements with ye Outhouses
yards & appurtenances thereto belonging situate & being in
Wivenho aforesaid & now in ye Occupation of Thomas Clark &
[…….] and also all yt Messuage or Tenement in Wivenho
aforesaid wth ye slaughterhouse [sheds] outhouses yards and
40 appurtenances whatsoever thereto belonging now in the
Occupation of Thomas Bunn or his assigns Item I give to
her my said Sister King and her assigns for & during the term
of her natural life all Moyety Share & part of all that Messuage
Tenement or Farm with ye lands & appurtenances thereto
45 belonging called ye Lodge situate lying & being in Alresford in
ye said County or that other parish or parishes near adjoining
& now in the Occupation of Robert Perry or his assigns and
all other my Lands & tenements in Alresford and after her
decease I give & devise ye same premises to my nephew
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50 Jonathan Feedam son of my late brother James Feedam
deceased & to his heirs and assigns for ever Item I do give
to my said Sister King during her natural life ye profits & earnings
of my eight part of ye ship or vessel called ye Rotterdam
Merchant and also my eight part of ye ship or vessel called
55 Ye Jonathan and after her decease I give ye eight part of the
Rotterdam Merchant unto my Nephew James Feedam & ye part of ye
Jonathan unto my nephew Edward Feedam Item I give to my cousin Frances
Loveningham the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds
Of lawful British Money to be paid her in twelve months next
60 after my decease Item my mind and will is yt my executrix
Shall within one year next after my decease pay into ye hands
Of ye Minister & Churchwardens of ye parish of Wivenho ye sum
of fifty pounds which sum my desire mind & will is shall
be laid out in ye purchase of some Freehold or Copyhold lands
65 which are held by fine certain and yt such lands shall be settled
in Trustees to ye intent that ye Rents & profits thereof may
for ever thereafter be received & taken by Churchwardens of
ye said parish of Wivenho and by them yearly upon new
years day paid & distributed amongst poor saylers or saylers
70 widdows belonging to ye said parish of Wivenho att the
Discretion of the Churchwardens of ye said parish of Wivenho
for the time being Item I do hereby order and direct yt my
executrix doe pay unto my Aunt Wilson weekly & every
week during her life towards her Maintenance the sum of
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75 three shillings all ye Rest and residue of my Estate both reall
& personal I give unto my said Sister King and her heirs &
do make her the sole Executrix of this my will
& renouncing all other Wills do declare this to be my last in
witness whereof I hereby sett my hand & seal to this my will being
80 contened in two sheets of paper to which this thirtieth day
Of April in ye third year of ye reign of King George &c annoqud
Dom one thousand seven hundred and seventeen Jonathan
Feedam Signed sealed published and declared by the Testator
As his last will & Testament in ye presence of us & thus attested
85 In his presence the words & fifty in ye 2nd sheet interlaced
Geo Martin Harris Sailor Tho Mayhew
Whereas I the within named Jonathan Feedam in and by my
within written will have given devised certain Messuages Lands
and Ten[em]ents unto my neice Sarah King & her heirs
90 who is since Dec[ease]d state that I do by this present writing or codicil
which I desire may be taken as part of my will dispose of ye said
Messuages Lands & Tenements in manner following viz I give
& devise unto my Nephew James Feedam & his heirs for ever My
Messuage Tenement or Farm wth the Lands and appurtenances
95 hereto belonging situate lying & being in Wivenho within
Mentioned & now or late in ye occupation of Philip
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Causton or his assigns chargeable nevertheless wth ye payment
Of fifty pounds Lawfull money of Great Britain unto my Neice
Elizabeth Feedam Sister of ye said James three months
100 next after my decease Item I give and devise unto Robert Durrell
Of Wivenho aforesaid Marriner who marryed my niece
Margery Feedam & to his heirs for ever all yt Messuage Ten[em]ent
Or farm with ye Lands & appurtenances thereunto belonging
Situate lying & being in Wivenho aforesaid & now or late in
105 ye occupation of [ ] Burrill or his assigns chargeable
nevertheless with ye payment of fifty pounds of like lawfull mony
unto my niece Leah Feedam within three months next after
my decease Item I give unto my niece Elizabeth King & her
heirs for ever all yt Messuage Tenement or Farm wth ye Lands
110 and appurtenances thereto belonging situate lying & being
in Wivenho aforesaid & now or late being in ye Occupation of
John Coker or his assigns & I do hereby in all other things
confirm my will herein written In Witness whereof I ye
said Jonathan Feedam have hereto set my hand & seal the
115 fourth day of April in the fourth yeare of the reign of King George 1718
This Codicil was signed
Sealed published & declared by the said
Jonathan Feedam as part of his
Will in ye presence of [illegible] in his presence
A summary of names, relationships, places, properties and vessels mentioned in the will of Jonathan Feedham
Name Place Relationship/Status Line
Mr Barratt tenant 32
Thomas Bunn tenant, butcher 41
Burrill tenant 105
Philip Causton tenant 26, 96/7
John Cheesborough tenant 11/12
Thomas Clark tenant 37
John Coker tenant 29, 112
Robert Durrell husband of niece 100
Mariner
Edward Feedam nephew 57
Elizabeth Feedam niece, sister of James 99
James Feedam [deceased] brother 50
James Feedam nephew 56, 93
Jonathan Feedam nephew 50
Leah Feedam niece 107
Margery Feedam niece, wife of 102
R. Durrell
John Garrard tenant 17
Martin Harris sailor, witness 86
Ann King sister 4, 34, 42, 52, 76
Elizabeth King niece 19, 108
Mary King niece 8, 17
Sarah King niece 23, 89
Frances Loveningham cousin 57/8
Richard Madeer tenant 22
Tho. Mayhew witness 86
Minister & Churchwardens 62, 67, 71
Robert Perry tenant 47
Anthony Rosier tenant 7
Susan Taylor niece dr. of Ann King 4
Aunt Wilson aunt 73
Properties
Farm Wivenho [occupied]Rosier 4-7
Woolpack Wivenho key John Cheesborough 9-12
Storehouse/granary Wivenho Jon. Feedam 13
Messuage Wivenho [occ] King, Garrard 17
Farms Wivenho Madeer 22
Farm Wivenho Cawston 25-27, 96
Farm Wivenho Coker 27-29, 109-112
Messuage Wivenho Barratt 30-33
Messuages Wivenho Clark 35-37
Slaughterhouse Wivenho Bunn 38-41
Lodge Alresford Perry 43-47
Land/tenaments Alresford 48
Messuage/farm Wivenho Burrill 105
Vessels
Rotterdam Merchant 53, 5
Jonathan 55, 56/57
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