In
the Name of God Amen I Henry Shrapnell the elder of Bradford in the county
of Wiltshire, Cooper being of good and perfect mind and memory but weak
in body praise be therefore given to Almighty God do make and ordain through my
present last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say)
First and principally give my soul in to the hands of almighty god hoping and
through the merits,.. and passion of my saviour Jesus Christ to have full and
free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and in merit ever lasting life, and
mine body I remit to ye .. to be decently buried in the Church yard at Bradford
as now, as may be to the place where my wife and children were buried at the charge
of my executioners hereafter mentioned and for that worldly estate which it hath
pleased almighty God to bestow upon me I give and bequeath as follows: I give
and bequeath unto my son Henry one shilling, I give unto my daughter
Mary Deverell the wife of Anthony Deverell one shilling. I give unto the four
children of my daughter Rebecca Alderwicke the sums of five shillings a
year of good money. I give unto my daughter Edith Hodges, wife of John
Hodges one shilling. I give unto my daughter Alice Marvin, wife of Robert Marvin
one shilling And my will so that forty shillings which therefore Robert Marvin
with unto me shall be equally divided between his two children now living
I do like wise give my aforesaid daughter Alice all that my Goods or household
stuffs that now is in the possession of my aforesaid son in law Robert Marvin,
And If that my said daughter Alice happens to that then there aforesaid goods
shall be equally divided between the two children of the Alice Marvin. I give
unto my grandchild Hanna Shrapnell, daughter of John Shrapnell, one bed,
Bolster, two pillows, two coverlets, two blankets, curtains and vallens, one chest,
one Joyns Chair, one Joyn Stool, one pair of Andyers, Fire pans and Tongs and
one skillett. I give unto my daughter Ann Webb, wife of Francis Webb the
sum of ten shillings of good money and I give unto Sarah Webb, my Grandchild
one chest now in the possession of the aforesaid Francis Webb All the rest and
residue of my personal estate, goods and chattels, what nature sooner any where
to be found, or had, not herein before given and bequeathed I do give unto my
son John Shrapnell of Trowbridge, in the County of Wiltshire, Cooper,
and do make him my full and whole Executor of through my last Will and Testament
paying my lawful debts and discharging my funeral and charge. And I do hereby
revoke, and make void all forms , wills and testaments by me have so far made.
And also to pay all my before mentioned legacies. In witness where of I the said
Henry Shrapnell ye elder to this my last will and testament being mentioned in
one sheet of paper set my hand and seal this last day of November in the two and
thirtieth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord Charles ye served by the Grace
of god in England, Scotland for King defender of the faith and in the year of
our lord god one thousand six hundred and eighty
signed and subscribed
with ye mark of said Henry Shrapnell ye elder in ye presence of John Pare |
From
Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames
Thomasin.--Bapt.
'the son of Thomas,' from the dim. Thomasin. A feminine Thomasina or Thomasine
arose about the year 1350, and was popular as a font-name over the whole country
till the 18th century. It is found in every register in every conceivable form,
including Tamzen and Tomson. No doubt Thomasin, as a surname, has long been lost
in Thomason or Thomson. . . . |
