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Testament of George Heriot
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Followis the deids legacie & l[att]rewill

In dei no[m]ine amen The tent day of December the
yeir of God Jmvjc twentie thrie yeiris [1623] and in the
ane & twentie yeir of the reigne of our sover[ane] King
James be the grace of God of Ingland France and
Ireland defender of the faith and of Scotland the fyftie
sevine I George Heriott of p[a]roche of Sanct
Martyne in the Feildis in the countie of Middi[l]s[ex] Jewell-
ar to the kingis most excellent maiestie being waike
of Bodie bot of guid and p[er]fyte rememberence
prais thairfor ? ? unto the Almichtie God Do
make & ordaine this my last will and testament In
maner & forme following That is to say first
and principallie I do commend my soull into the
handis of the Almichtie God my Maker & Jesus
Chryst His Sone my onlie Savio[u]r& Redimar in Quho[m]
and be the mereitis of Quhois moist glorious death
and precious bluid schedding my full Trust is
to have remissioune of all my sin[n]es and to be saivit
and my Bodie to be enterit Into cristiane
Bureall at the discretioune of my ? heiris
efternameit And ? that Tallent of
warldlie guidis and estait quilk God hes tent unto me
I give devise and Bequaith the samis as followis
Viz In primis I geive and bequaithe unto the ¾
pure [poor] of the p[a]roche of sanctmairteines afoirsaid the
sowme of Ten pundis of laufull money of Ingla[nd]
Item I give and bequaithe unto the puire of the
Frenche churche of Londoune the sowme of twentie
punds of lyke money Item I give and
Bequaithe unto my nice Francisshet Heriot borne
in Genua in Italie dochter of my deceist broth[er]
Patrike Heriot gif sho be alyve the tyme of my
deseis the sowme of V C [500] merkis of lyke money ?
in lieu and for full satisfac[tio]un of all Ryt clame
& demand q[ua]tsumewer quiche sho hes or May
fall or can make unto my landis tenem[en]ts heredit-
aments guids or estait in ony wayis or to ? ewerie
or to onie p[ar]t or parcel of the samyns And
incaiss sho be deid than I geive and Bequaithe
the said fyve hundered merkis unto suche lau[fu]ll
chyld or childreine as sho hes or salbe behind hir ¾
to be equallie devydit amongis thaime and to be
disposit of and securit for thair best benefeit ¾
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this conditioune that sho sall upon resp?ait th[e]rof and hir husband
gif sho have onie make suche laufull & sufficient re?
and discharge for and concerning the premisses as in that ¾
behalf sall be counsell learnit be devysit & requyrit and that
incaise my said nice happine to die befor hir recait of the
said portioune and that sho have na ischew behind hir than ¾
I geiw and bequaithe the said fyve hundreth merkis ¾
unto the childrene of my sister Margaret Heriot now wyfe
of Ro[ber]t Kincaid or unto the survivors or surwivar of thame
to be equallie devydit amongis thame And also?
concerning my said sister Margaret Heriot my nephe-
wis Williame Scot and George Scot hir tua sones and my
neices Jonet Scott Margaret Scott & Marie Kincaid hir
wchter & their husbandis & childrene I have
alreddie by deid or writing under my hand and seill
daittit the thrid day of September lastby past maid &
executed hir according to the maner of Scotland ¾
maid provisioune for thame be assuring as? or
conveying unto thame severallie & respecteivaelie certane
annuities gifts & sowmes of money as? thairby plainlie
and at lairge apeireth Item I geiwe & bequethe
unto my half broth[er] James Heriot the sowme of ij iij lib
of lyke money quhiche I will direct salbe peyit x?
lib cj ? unto him in forme following viz fyve
hundreth pundis therof in money w[i]thin ane monethe
nixt efter my deceis and the uther fyfteine hundreth
pundis in jewells suche as I tred in to be delyverd
w[i]thin thrie monethis nixt efter my deceis at such
ressonabill valor & estimat as they salbe indifferentlie
apprysit at Item I gif and bequethe unto my half
Brother Thomas Heriot ane thousand pundis of lyk
money to be peyit to the said Thomas at his full
aige of Tuentie and fyve yeiris and not befoir
and gif the said Thomas happin to die befoir the accom-
plishment of the said aige than gif the same unto suche
lau[fu]ll chyld or childrene as he sall have And
gif he have nane than I gif the samyne unto the said
James Heriot or suche chyld or childrene as he sall
have for my will is that the surviver of thame of the
said James and Thomas the chyld or childrene of either?
of thame sall have the p[ar]t and portioune of him or ¾
thame so happining to die befoir the same legacie ¾
sall accress dew be vertew of this my last will and Inca-
ise that thei happin to die befoir that the saidis
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severall legacies salbe dew or grow? payabill unto th[e]m
w[i]thout unie lau[fu]ll Isschew of th[e]m or ony of thare bodies then
I geive and bequath the saim or such p[ar]t therof as salbe un-
payitto the proveist bailzies ministeres & counsell of the toun of
Edi[nburgh] w[i]thin the kingdom of Scotland for & toward the findin
& p[ro]visioun of and for the hospitall heirefter men[tio]nat in this
my will Item I geyve and bequath also unto the said ¾
James Heriot all my stok and adventour in the eist indea
company of the secund ? stok quh[air]in? I did underwrycht
and thowsand pund[is] qu[hair]of I have alreddie p?t and delyvered
viij c and ? pund[is] as apperith by severall acquitances
I geive also unto him the haill ? therof and all my ryt
and interest therein Item I geive and divyse to my mother
in law [stepmother] Cristiane Blaw lait wyff of my father George Heriott
deceisit for & during hir naturall lyff the ? rent ?
? & intress? Of fyve hundreth merk[is] lau[fu]ll monry of ¾
Ingland To be payit hir at Whitsunday & M[ar]tinmas yeirlie?
be evin portionnes & I will & bequaith to hir my said mother
in law ane hundreth merk[is] profett of the said fyve hundreth ¾
merk[is] to be disposit of and gevin to hir in and be hir last will
& testament unto q[uha]t chyld or childreing or q[uha]t uther p[er]sone or p[er]sones
or uther use that sho sall ? think ? ? I will my
ex[ecut]ors to pay as scho sall ? or appoynt w[i]thin sex months
? hir deceis And I geive and bequaith foure ¾
hundreth merk[is] resedew of the said fyve hundreth merk[is] to
my half sisteres Cristiane Heriot wyff of Ar[chibal]d Lindsay d[octo]r
of phiseik & Sibilla Heriot to be devydit equallie betuix thame
and payit be my ex[ecut]ors ? unto them w[i]thin sex monthes
also nixt? efter the deceis of my said mother in law and in
caice they dey befoir it grow dew them I ge? unto such
cheyld or childring ? that they ? ? ? ?
both ? ? And I will that the surveivor of thame the
said last namit tua sisteres sall have the
portioun of him hir od them or the childring hapining to die ¾
befoir that the samin sall happin to accress dew Item I geive
& bequath unto the childring of the said Cristiane Heriot wyff
of Ar[chibal]d Lindsay fyve hundreth merk[is] of lau[fu]ll money of
Ingalnd to be equallie devydit betuix them To be payit unto them
or the survivures of them respectively? w[i]thin sex monethes
nixt efter the deceis of the said Cristiane & Ar[chibal]d and the
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Survivar of them And in the mem by me from my
? I will and bequaith the rent ? & ? of the
said fyve hundreth m[er]k[is]unto the foresaid Cristiane and Ar[chibal]d
and the surwiwars of them and I will that surveivares
or surveiueare of the said childring of ? ? them hap[en]ing
to die befoir the aige of ane and tuentie yeiris or dayes of
mariage Item I geive and bequaith also unto the said ¾
Sibilla Heriot the sowme of fyve hundreth merk[is] of lyk
money to be ? ? imployit for the best comfort and proffeitt
of hir and to be payit to hir at the aige of xxj [21] yeires and if
scho happin to die befoir that aige then I will and bequath the
samu[n] to such lau[fu]ll childreng ? ? the said ischew then sall
happin to have and for want of such ischewthen I geive
and devyse the samy[n] unto the proveist bailziesministeres &
counsell of the said toun of Edi[nburgh] for the foundation and provision
of ane? of the said hospitall Bot I do hereby declare & express
that my uill? Is that qu[here]as I have maid ? ? ?
?ment under my hand & sill unto or bye use of the said
Sibilla of and for the comfort of ane obliga[ti]on or wrytting
obligatorie of V C [500] m[er]k[is] sterling money That it is nocht my
meaning that the said Sibilla sould have the comfort off
both bot onlie of ane and I have bequaithit to hir the samy[n]
be this my will in maner foresaid incaice that asshurement?
or wylt? Sould nocht prove effectuall and forceabill Item
I geive and bequaith unto my halff sister Jonet Heriot the
wyff of ? ? the sowme of fyve hundreth m[er]k[is] sterling
to be equallie deveydit betuix them to be payit w[i]thin sex moneths
nixt efter the deceiss of the said Jonet & W[illia]m and the surveiveare of them
And in the mene tyme frome my deceis I will & bequaith the
rent & proffeitt th[ereo]f To the foirsaid Jonet & W[illia]mand the surveiare of
th[e]m And I will that the surveiar or surveiares of the
said childring sal have the p[ar]t and portioun of him hir or th[e]m ¾
hap[peni]ng thame? to die befoir the yeires of ane & tuentie yeires
or dayes of mariage Item I geive and bequath unto the
childring of my halff sister Marioun Heriot wyff of Jo[h]n Howston
the sowme of v c m[er]k[is] sterling to be equalliedevydit betuix th[e]m To
be payit w[i]thin sex monethes nixt efter the surveiuar of th[e]m
the said Marioun and Johne And in the mein tyme frome
my deceis I will & bequaith the rent & proffeitt th[ereo]f unto the foirsaid
Marioun and Jo[h]n and the surveiar of them and I will that the
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surveiveur or surveiveures of the said childring sall ¾
have the p[ar]t & portioun of him hir or th[e]m hapning to die
befoir the aige of xxj [21] yeres or dayes of mariage Item
I leve and beqaith unto Mr Gilbert P[er]ry? ? ? and of the
preitcheres of the Frenche church in Londonthe sowme of
xxx lib sterling Item I geive and bequaith unto my
kinswomane Mar[gare]t Robisoun the sowme of xl lib sterl[ing]
and iff scho die befoir my deceis then I geive to Thomas Cu[ni]ngha[m]
hir husband xx lib sterling Item I geive and bequaith to
the tua doghteres of my kinswomane Jonet Robisoun
xx lib sterling apeice and I will unto the surveiear
of the[e]m the p[ar]t of hir hapning to die Item I geive and
bequaith unto the tua ? sones of my cowsyne W[illia]m Coke
xxx lib sterling apeice I will unto the survevear of
th[e]m the portioun of him hapning to die Item q[uha]t I did heir-
tofoir lend unto George heriot schomaker dew L lib ?
the lease q[uhi]lk was assh[u]ret? For my securitie q[uher]of I am sati-
fiet about xiij lib my will is that he pay? w[i]thin ane
yeir nixt efter my deceis xxx libunto my saids ex[ecuto]rs sall
? the rent? Proffeitt th[ere]of ? ? for the guid of
his childring Item I geive and bequaith unto Mrs Elizabeth
Lerison? to by hir ane goune lxij lib quhich the lady hir mother
doith aw unto me Item I geive and bequaith unto ¾
Johne Heriott taillzeor in Edi[nburgh]if he be alyve at the tyme of
my daith xx lib sterling Item I geive and bequaith unto
Annie Welsch sumtyme my maid servand xx lib bott
if I geive hir xx lib in my lyftyme then this legacie to
ceis Item I geive and bequaith the sowme of j c m[er]k[is]
sterling for the guid & benefeit of Mitchell my lait servan[d]
& Catherein Marioribank[s] his wyff and unto the wchter
wich? I will salbe payit to Joseph Marioriebank[s] m[er]chand
in Edi[nburgh] and that he sal geive securitie for pay[men]t to the said M[itchel]l?
and his said wyff of the rent use and proffeitt th[ere]of equallie betuix
th[e]m during th[ei]r lyves and efter to the surveivare of th[e]m and efter
th[ei]r deceis the said j c m[er]k[is] to be payit to th[ei]r said dochter Item
I eive and devyse unto Elizabeth Bande being now
ane infant of the aige of Ten yeres or th[ere]about & remaining
w[i]th Mr Starby? at his howss in Windisore all this my ¾
[C]?oppyhoild Messuages landes tennentes & hereditamentis
q[ua]tsoever w[i]th th[ei]r pertinentes lyand ? in Rowhamptoun
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w[i]thin the paroch of Putney in the c[ou]ntie of Surrey
being parcell of the mannor of Wombledon ¾
quhich I laitlie purchesit of on David Papillon and ¾
wich ar p[ar]ticularlie mentionat & expressit in ane coppie of
court ?eill datit secound die May 1622 q[uh]erby I did
surrender the samy[n] then in court into the hand[s] of the lord of
the said manner be the hand[s] of his stewart to the use &
behoiff of such persone & persones of th[ei]r ? and ?
for ? and to such intent & purposs as I be my last will and
testament sould ? and declare To have and to hold
all and singulare the said [c]?oppyhold messuages landes ¾
tennenttes? And heridatamentes w[i]th appertinences unto
the said Elizabeth Bande for and during the terme of hir naturall
lyff and efter hir deceis the remainder th[ere]of to the ? first begotten
sone of the bodie of the said Elizabeth And to the aires of the
bodie of the first begotten sone lau[fu]llie Ischewing and for default
of such ischew the remainder th[ere]of to the aires of the bodie of the
said Elizabeth lau[fu]llie Ischewing And for default of the
said ischew the remainder th[ere]of to the said James Heriot my
halff brother for & during the terme of his naturall lyff
And efter his deceis the remainder th[ere]of unto the first begotten sone
of the bodie of the said James And to the aires of the bodie of
the said first ? sone lau[fu]llie ischewing and for default of
such ischew the remainder th[ere]of to the aires of the bodie of the
said James law[fu]lie ischewing And for default of such ischew ¾
the remainder th[ere]of unto the said Thomas Heriot my uther halff brother
for & during the time of his naturall lyff and efter his deceis
the remainder th[ere]of unto the first begotten sone of the bodie of the said
Thomas And to the aires of the bodie of the said first begotten
lau[fu]ll sone Ischewing and for default of such Ischew the remainder
th[ere]of unto the aires of the bodie of the said Thomas lau[ful]lie Ischewing
And for default of such ischew the remainder th[ere]of unto Mar[gare]t
Scott being? Infant about the aige of four yeres now remaining w[i]th
Ane [blank] ? watterman at his howss in the paroch of
Fulhame in the cuntie of Mid[dleswx]for & during the terme of hir
Naturall lyff and efter hir deceis the remainder th[ere]of unto the
first begotten sone of the bodie of the said Mar[gare]t and by the aires
of the bodie of the said first begottin sone lau[fu]llie Ischewing and
for default of such Ischew the remainder th[ere]of unto the aires
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of the bodie of the said Margaret lau[ful]lie Ischewing and
for defalt of suche Ischew the remander th[e]rof unto the
Ryt airis of me the said George Heriot forewer ¾