William Glanvill
17 Mar 1699
This is the last will and
testament of Wm Glanvill the elder of the Middle Temple London Esqr
made this seventeeth day of March 1699: I devise and give to my neece
Anne ffowler of Greenwich widow to Mary ffowler her only
daughter and to my nephew William Cowse (?) of London Greerthank (?)
one hundred pounds apeice of lawfull money to be paid to each of
them within six months after my death by my executor hereinafter
named I also devise and give to my two granddaughters
Elizabeth Glanvill and ffrances Glanville one hundred pounds apeice
of lawfull money to be improved for and paid to each of them at their
respective days of marriage And if one of them dye before she is
married then her hundred pounds I will to be paid by my executor
to her surviving sister I give to my servant Jonathan ffowler
ten pounds of lawfull money if he be in my service when I dye
but if he be not in my service at the day of my death then I give him
but five pounds to be paid him by my executor one month after my
decease I devise and give all whatsoever my lands tenements
hereditaments money goods and chattells in the County of Devon
or elsewhere in England to my beloved Sonn William Glanvill
and his heires and I do also hereby make him sole executor of
this my last will As to my dead body I will and require my sonn and
executor to cause it to be inclosed in a coffin of lead and take care
to have it very privately without any solemnity thrown into any
part of the Sea near Goodwin Sands between England and Scotland
In Witnefs whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal. Wm
Glanvill. Signed sealed and published by the testator in the presence
of us and attested by us in the presence of the testator Wm Longueville
Edward Portere Thos Watson
Probatum... (latin text, admon granted to William Glanvill the son 6 December 1705)