1793 Will of William MEERE, Gloucester
Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Jun 330
Ref: PROB 11/1233
Proved: 1793 June 26 Written: 1792 April
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Courtesy of the Meere Family
In the name of God Amen I William MEERE of the Parish of Dirham in the County of Gloucester yeoman being Mindful of my Mortality Do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following
First I give and Bequeath unto my son William MEERE the sum of two hundred pounds
Also I Give and Devise unto my Wife Mary MEERE all that my Messuage and Tenement with the Appurt(enance)s together with the Field adjoining which I hold by or under Lease from William BLATHWAITE Esquire of Dirham aforesaid and all my Estate Right Title and Interest of and in the same Premises with the Appurt(enance)s to have and to hold to her my said Wife her Executors Adm(inistrat)ors and Assigns and to and for her and their own use and benefit all the Rest and Residue of my Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever the same may be and not herinbefore given or Disposed of (illegible)er Payment of my Debts and Funeral Expences I do (?h)ereby Give and Bequeath unto my aforesaid Wife Mary MEERE her Executors Adm(inistrat)ors and Assigns to and for her and their own use and benefit absolutely and
Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my Son William MEERE the Executor of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have herunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth Day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two
Signed Willm MEERE
Witnesses: (Th)omas RIDGES; Sam: HOBBS
Proved at London 26 June 1793 by the Oath of William MEERE the Son of the Deceased and the sole Executor
Transcriber's Notes
| William MEERE, testator | "brick wall" for over 35 years of family
research (by other cousins) Granted a lease to The Crown Inn, Tolldown, 1776 |
| Mary MEERE | Wife; nee CANTER; m 25 Jul 1754, Winterbourne, GLS |
| William MEERE | Son, bap 1754, Mangotsfield |
| Thomas RIDGES; Sam HOBBS | No known connections |