Laslett family history

Stephen Lacy of Deal - 30 August 1735
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Stephen Lacy of the Town and Borough of Deal in the County of Kent Cordwainer being of Sound mind memory and Understanding praised be almighty God for the same do make ordaine and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say) principally and ffirst of all I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my maker hoping through the mediation of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to obtain pardon and fforgiveness of all my sins and Eternall life and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my sons Thomas Quested and William Kennet whom I nominate constitute and appoint joint Executors of this my last will and testament as to such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me withal I give bequeath devise and dispose thereof as followeth ffirst I give and bequeath unto my loving Sister Ann Hayward if she shall be living at my Decease the Sume of ten pounds of good and lawfull money of Great Britain Item I give and bequeath unto my loving Sister Anna Smith if she shall be living at my decease the Sume of ten pounds of like lawfull money Item I give and bequeath unto my cousin George Rigden of Deal aforesaid the Sume of ten pounds of like lawfull money if he shall be living at my decease but if he shall not be then living then I give and bequeath the said sume of ten pounds unto so many of his children as shall be then living equally to be divided between them share and share alike Item I yield(?) and discharge unto the heirs executors and administrators of Isaac Slaughter of ffinglesham in the County of Kent ffelmonger deceased and unto Stephen Bradley of Ringwould in the County aforesaid yeoman and William Paramor of Great Mongeham in the County aforesaid yeoman their heirs Executors & Administrators the Sume of Thirty pounds part of the Sume of One hundred and two pounds and ten shillings of good and lawfull money of great Britain conditioned to be paid to me the said Stephen Lacy my Executors Administrators or Assignes on the six and twentieth day of June which was in the year of our (Lord) one thousand seven hundred and twenty in discharge of one obligation bearing date the twenty ffirst day of December which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and nineteen by which the said Isaac Slaughter did and his heirs executors and administrators and the said Stephen Bradley and William paramor their heirs Executors and A(d)ministrators do stand bound unto me in the penal sum of two hundred pounds of good and lawfull money of Great Britain Item I give and bequeath unto the poor widows belonging to a Congregation of protestant dissenters Baptised by Immersion on a personall profession of their ffaith and repentance meeting for the performance of Divine Worship in Deal aforesaid of which I am pastor the Sume of ten pounds of like lawfull money to be distributed to such and so many of the said Widows and in such portions as my said Executors their Executors or Administrators shall at their discretion think fit Item I give & bequeath unto William Pillock of Deal aforesaid Cordwainer if he shall be living at my decease the Sum of ten pounds of like lawfull money ALL which said Severall Sums my mind and will is shall be paid unto all and Singular the said person and persons to whom they are severally and respectively given and bequeathed by my said Executors their Exectors or administrators within six months next after my Decease Item I give and bequeath unto Thomas Mercer of the said Town of Deal Glover and shoolmaster the sume of ten pounds of like lawfull money to be paid him by my said Executors or Administrators within six months next after my decease if he shall be then living <but if the> said Thomas Mercer shall <be then> living then I give and bequeath the said sume of ten pounds to be divided between the children of the said Thomas Mercer which shall be then living in such portions and to be laid out for their life and benefit in such manner as my said Executors their Executors or Administrators shall in their discretion judge to be most necessary Item I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Samuel Lacy the Son of my late son Stephen Lacy deceased if he shall live to attain the age of thirteen years the Sume of ffifty pounds of like lawfull money to be at that time paid for his use to his Mother Grandfather Samuel Baker or Guardian (that is to say) to that person or them under whose care and government he shall then be and to be by that person laid out in the putting and placing him the said Samuel Lacy out an apprentice and cloathing him during the time of his apprenticeship Item all the rest Residue and remainder of my goods Chattels ready money Credits Leasehold and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever after payment of my just debts ffunerall Expences and the Charges of probate of this my last will I give and bequeath unto my said sons Thomas Quested and William Kennet equally to be divided between them share and share alike and to their Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever Lastly Revoking all other wills by me heretofore made I make ordaine and declare this to be my true and only last will and testament contained in this and the precedent written sheets of paper IN WITNESS whereof I have to each of the Said sheets set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of August in the ninth year of the reign of King George the second over great Britain and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty five

Stephen Lacy

Signed sealed published . . . and declared by the said Stephen Lacy the said testator for & as his last will and testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names as Witnesses in the presence of the said Testator

Anna Wilson Elizabeth Atkinson Mary Slaughter

THE above registered will of Stephen Lacy late of Deal in the diocese of Canterbury was proved July the thirteenth 1736 before the Revd James Laustridge Clerk lawfull Surrogate to the worshipfull Richard Chicheley Doctor of Laws Commissary General of the City and diocese of Canterbury lawfully ..... and administration of the said deceaseds goods so far as concern the said deceased and his will was committed to Thomas Quested and William Kennett the Executors herein named they being ffirst sworn duly to Administer the same

(The above was taken from the Register copy of the Will.)