Nicholas Glanvile
30 Aug 1598
In the name of God Amen the thirtieth day
of August in the fortieth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady
Elizabeth by the grace of God of England France and Ireland Queen
Defence of the Faith &c I Nicholas Glanvyle of Tavistock in the county
of Devon esquire noble and perfect of mind and body (thanks be given
unto Almight God) considering and perfectly seeing that death is certain to
all men but *** *** thereof *** /And knowing by daily experience that
many men are suddenly surprised with death and have no reason to dispose
of their lands or good that God in this world *** bestowe upon them for the solice
of them minds children and other freiends /Being therefore willing to be ready
as soon as God shall grant me grace whensoever it shall please god to call me out
of this miserable world *** for the disposing of my wordly things as I ***
and perforthe between he hath appointed and elected me for the beginning to be
*** ready when the number of my days in this *** pilgrimate are
run out to enter into and be partaker of the beautiful *** which is prepared for
them that are made righteous by the *** away of *** *** by the blood
of Jesus Christ doe there this present day make my last will and testament
in manner and form following /First I bequeath my soule to Almightly God
and by body to be buried by the discretion of my executor /Further I do give
anb bequeath unto my daughter Johans Glanvyle five hundred pounds of lawful money of England
to be paid unto her at her day of marriage so as she does behave herself dutiful to
her mother and be governed ruled or admised in her marriage by my executor and
the overseers of this my last will and testament or the more part of them /Farder
I do give and bequeath unto John Gove the son of my daughter Jane Gove twenty
pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid unto him when he shall accomplish the
age of twenty one years if he the said John Gove be then living /Further I do give
and bequeath unto Richard Gove one other son of my said daughter Joane Cove
twenty pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto him when he shall
accomplish the age of twenty one years if he the said Richard be then living
/Farder I do give and bequeath unto Leonard Gove one other son of my said daughter
Jone Gove twenty pounds of lawfull money of England to be payable unto him
when he shall accomplish the age of twenty one years if the said Leonard be then
living /Farder I do give and bequeath
unto Nicholas Gove one other son of my said daughter Jone Gove twenty
pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto him when he shall accomplish
the age of twenty one years if he the said Nicholas Gove be the living /Furder
I do give and bequeath unto Thomas Gove one other son of my said daughter
Jone Gove twenty pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto him
when he shall accomplish the age of twenty one years if he the said Thomas
be then living /Furder I do give and bequeath unto Mary Gove the daughter
of my said daughter Jone Cove twenty pounds of lawful money of England
to be paid unto her when she shall accomplish her age of twenty one years if
she the said Mary be then living /The residue of all my goods and chattels
not before given now bequeathed I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth my wife
who I do make and ordain my full and noble executrix of this my last
will and testament /So as she the said Elizabeth do within three months
next after my death execute suffer and enowledge all and every such ***
act devise and devises in the same as shall be admissed *** or required by the
overseers of this my last will or the most part of them to and for the payment
of my debts and performance of this my last will and testament /And if she
do refuse to execute suffer and enowledge any such act or acts devise and devises
on the same as aforesaid or if the happen to die then I do ordain and make
John Glanvile my eldest son to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament
And further I do entreat my loving brother John Glanvile (one of her mag Justice
of her Righnes Comfit of Comom /Jsedb and my very good friends Robert Moore
William Grilles of Tavistock gent and Philipe Ping to be overseers of this my last will
and testatment and to put the same in all respect performed according to their best
power and discretion as my terms is resposed in them /In witnes hereof I have
herunto set my hand and seal of arms the day and year above written /***
me Nicholas Glanvile / Memorhind: That Thomas Glanville was stricken out of
this will by the said Nicholas Glanvyle, & me Phillipp Pring /Sealed & declared
as the last will and testament of the nother named Nicholas Glanvile by the
nother named Nicholas Glanvile the thirtieth day of August in the fortieth year
of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth in the presence of Phillipp
Pring / & me Thomas Mohun, Francis Birche, John Twigges, Robert Moore-
William Grills, Mathew Edgecombe
Probatum fuit .... (Latin text admon granted to Elizabeth relict named executrix )