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widow , which is £ 30 . bating 12 shillings due at Christmas last , Also the sum of £ 10 . which was given by the City . £ 10 apiece to five of my fathers children , the said money being paid by Alderman Mannering then treasurer . The foresaid sums of £ 29 . 8 s ., and £ 10 I do give and bequeath unto William Street of the City of Chester Alderman for the satisfaction for what he hath layed out for my dyet , lodging and apparell . If there be any overplus , then the remainder towards my funeral expenses and to pay some small debts .
Dated 29 . Jan . 1682 [ -83 ] . Signed sealed & c ( Signed ) RICHARD RATCLIFFE - in the presence of Richard Ashton Edw . Streete William W . W . Woods
his marke Endorsed . Mr . Ratcliffs Will . [ Note . This is apparently an autograph will ] PROVED as the will of RICHARD RATCLIFFE , late of the Gity of Chester , gent , deceased , exhibited , 23 Sep . 1685 and execution granted to William Street the legatee , in the said , will named .
WILLIAM WOODS , MASON In the name of God , Amen , I WILLIAM WOODS of Hanelbriclge co . Chester , mason , being sick in body . My body to the earth to be decentl y buried at St . Mary ' s Church in Chester , I give all that messuage with the appurtenances situate in Handbridge aforesaid , and made use of as two dwellings , viz . one as a little cottage , and the other that wherein I now dwellto my son , FFRANCIS
, WOODS for ever , ho paying to Madame Lettice Whitley of the City of Chester £ 5 . and also paying part of my funeral expenses and debts , Item . I give , all that my other messuage with the appurtenances in Handbridge , wherein John Sproston now dwells , to CHARLES WOODS baher , my youngest son , and his heirs for ever , he also paying part of my funeral expenses ancl debts . Item , I give to my daughter ALICE the two houses & c adjoining the messuage devised to my
said son CHARLES WOODS , at the upper end thereof towards Maypole , to her ancl her heirs for ever , she also paying part of my funeral expenses ancl debts . Item , I give to my daughter LETTICE and her heirs , all my title to the messuage with the appurtenances situate in Handbridge aforesaid , wherein my son WILLIAM now dwells , she also paying part of my debts and funeral expenses . Item . I give my two other houses in Handbridge , which now stand void
adjoining the house devised to the said CHARLES WOODS , to Jane Clerk and her heirs . Also I give to my eldest son FFRANCis my other messuage with the appurtenances lying by Deeside towards Walkmills during all my term therein . My will is that my icife shall have all my houses & e for her life . Item . I give all my goods money & c . equally amongst my son FFRANCIS , my son CHARLES , my daughter LETTICE , and my daughter ALICE . And I appoint my son FFRANCIS , and Peter Bostock of the City of Chester , mason , my Executors , Dated 8 . Nov . 1699 .
Signed Sealed & c ( Signed ) WILLIAM WOODS in the presence of his W mark Thomas Hancock . [ red seal , Ermine a fess engrailed John Heyward between three fiery balls . Cart-Ri . Cartwright . wright arms ] PROVED 17 . May . 1706 . WILLIAM ROBINSON , LABOUEEE .
In the name God . Amen , I WILLIAM ROBINSON of the Cittie of Chester labourer , senior . My body to Christian burial , To my ivife JANE the house that I dwell in , in barkers Lane in the suburbs of the said Cittie for her life , she paying the chief rent of £ 4 . 6 s . per annum , and after her decease to her daughter
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Freemasonry In The Seventeenth Century ; Chester, 1650-1700—Appendix.
widow , which is £ 30 . bating 12 shillings due at Christmas last , Also the sum of £ 10 . which was given by the City . £ 10 apiece to five of my fathers children , the said money being paid by Alderman Mannering then treasurer . The foresaid sums of £ 29 . 8 s ., and £ 10 I do give and bequeath unto William Street of the City of Chester Alderman for the satisfaction for what he hath layed out for my dyet , lodging and apparell . If there be any overplus , then the remainder towards my funeral expenses and to pay some small debts .
Dated 29 . Jan . 1682 [ -83 ] . Signed sealed & c ( Signed ) RICHARD RATCLIFFE - in the presence of Richard Ashton Edw . Streete William W . W . Woods
his marke Endorsed . Mr . Ratcliffs Will . [ Note . This is apparently an autograph will ] PROVED as the will of RICHARD RATCLIFFE , late of the Gity of Chester , gent , deceased , exhibited , 23 Sep . 1685 and execution granted to William Street the legatee , in the said , will named .
WILLIAM WOODS , MASON In the name of God , Amen , I WILLIAM WOODS of Hanelbriclge co . Chester , mason , being sick in body . My body to the earth to be decentl y buried at St . Mary ' s Church in Chester , I give all that messuage with the appurtenances situate in Handbridge aforesaid , and made use of as two dwellings , viz . one as a little cottage , and the other that wherein I now dwellto my son , FFRANCIS
, WOODS for ever , ho paying to Madame Lettice Whitley of the City of Chester £ 5 . and also paying part of my funeral expenses and debts , Item . I give , all that my other messuage with the appurtenances in Handbridge , wherein John Sproston now dwells , to CHARLES WOODS baher , my youngest son , and his heirs for ever , he also paying part of my funeral expenses ancl debts . Item , I give to my daughter ALICE the two houses & c adjoining the messuage devised to my
said son CHARLES WOODS , at the upper end thereof towards Maypole , to her ancl her heirs for ever , she also paying part of my funeral expenses ancl debts . Item , I give to my daughter LETTICE and her heirs , all my title to the messuage with the appurtenances situate in Handbridge aforesaid , wherein my son WILLIAM now dwells , she also paying part of my debts and funeral expenses . Item . I give my two other houses in Handbridge , which now stand void
adjoining the house devised to the said CHARLES WOODS , to Jane Clerk and her heirs . Also I give to my eldest son FFRANCis my other messuage with the appurtenances lying by Deeside towards Walkmills during all my term therein . My will is that my icife shall have all my houses & e for her life . Item . I give all my goods money & c . equally amongst my son FFRANCIS , my son CHARLES , my daughter LETTICE , and my daughter ALICE . And I appoint my son FFRANCIS , and Peter Bostock of the City of Chester , mason , my Executors , Dated 8 . Nov . 1699 .
Signed Sealed & c ( Signed ) WILLIAM WOODS in the presence of his W mark Thomas Hancock . [ red seal , Ermine a fess engrailed John Heyward between three fiery balls . Cart-Ri . Cartwright . wright arms ] PROVED 17 . May . 1706 . WILLIAM ROBINSON , LABOUEEE .
In the name God . Amen , I WILLIAM ROBINSON of the Cittie of Chester labourer , senior . My body to Christian burial , To my ivife JANE the house that I dwell in , in barkers Lane in the suburbs of the said Cittie for her life , she paying the chief rent of £ 4 . 6 s . per annum , and after her decease to her daughter