{"id":1198,"date":"2012-08-09T20:31:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T19:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/?page_id=1198"},"modified":"2014-03-16T16:16:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T16:16:30","slug":"anthony-becon-c1595-1628","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/becon\/anthony-becon-c1595-1628\/","title":{"rendered":"The will of Anthony Becon (c.1595-1628)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Becon<\/a> is a first cousin 10 x removed, son of Theodore, who was the brother of my 9 x great grandfather Basil Becon.<\/p>\n

Above the copy of the will I have a date is written: this is not the probate date of the will immediately preceeding this one, so I think it must be the date the will was written, December 25o<\/sup> 1628.<\/div>\n
In the name of God Amen<\/strong> I Anthony
\nBeacon of the parish of Erwarton Minister knowinge its ordained for all
\nmen once to dye and nothinge more uncertaine then the hower of death
\nexpectinge howerly the time of my dissoluson wherein I shalbe translated out
\nof this vale of misery to raigne with my best blessed Saviour being somthinge
\nweake in bodie but in good dispositon of mynde (Christ Jesus be thanked for it) I do
\nordaine my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge first I bequeath
\nmy soule into the handes of my most mercifull father in assurance of the Salvaion
\nthereof by his mercy and Christe onlie merritte Also I doe bequeath my bodie to the
\nearth assuringe my self that at the last daie I shalbe clothed againe with my flesh, and
\nthat I shall se god with theis Eies, In confidence whereof I will that this my bodie be
\ndecently buried in the Churchyard Alone concerninge those Temporall blessinge where=
\nwith it hath pleased god to ?? me, I moste willinglie leave them to them I love, and
\nleave in the world. First I bequeath to my eldest Sister Elizabeth Beacon<\/a> a hundred
\npoundes, which she shall have paid her by John Inniver of Braysteed in five years
\nTwentie poundes a yeare. Item I give to my Sister Isabella Beacon<\/a> the reversion of a lease of a
\nhouse in Cambridge nowe in the handes of my <\/a>Aunt Smith[1<\/a>] as by the said lease shall (appeare?)
\nNowe(?) if it shall please god to take awaye either of my said Sisters without issue of her body
\nlawfully begotten, her part soe dyinge shalbe imployed to the buyinge of land towards the
\nmaintenance of a poore godly Scholar of Canterbury Schoole in the Universitie of Cambridge
\nfor Seven yeares, if he shall soe longe contynue in the Universitie And if it shall please
\ngod  ?? to take awaie my other sister without issue of her bodie lawfully begotten my
\nmynde and will is that her part shalbe imployed in like manner toward the maintenance
\nof an other poore godlie Scholler of the said School in the said Universitie And if it please
\ngod that they have issue, and the said yssue dye before marriage Then my will is that
\ntheis legacies shalbe imployed as it above specified And I desire and give authoritie to the
\nMaster and Usher of Canterbury Schoole to they see it accordinglie performed Item I will
\nmy Executor to give a pott of Sixteene ounces of Silver that my father in his will
\nbequeathed to Saint Johns Colledge in Cambridge accordinge as he shall se in my fathers
\nwill Item I give five poundes to the godlie Religious poore at the discrecion of my Executor
\ntwentie shillings whereof I bequeath to the poore of Erwarton Item I give to Trinitie
\nColledge in Cambridge Thirtie shillings to be bestowed by my Executor on some Divinitie
\nBooks to the use of the colledge Other thinges which I bequeath I have ?? sett downe
\nin a noate under my hand and Seale which I have caused to hereunto annexed ?? of
\nthis my last will and Testament I ordaine my dearr frind Mr Christopher Burrell
\nMinister my sole Executor willing and requiringe him accordinge to the trust I ?pose
\nin him that all theis thinges maie be faithfully performed, and my debts paid, and
\nthe rest I bequeath to him In wittnes hereof I have sett to my hand and Seale Anthony
\nBeacon Signed published and delivered in the presence of us Phil: Parker – Robt Wickes
\nA noate of those things which I will my Executor to bestowe in manner followinge
\nInprimis I give to Sr. Phillipp Parker Ainsworth? And ?? worke and fower of
\nmy best Pictures, and twentie shillings to buy a Ring. Item to his Ladie, Mr. Rogers
\nseaven ??, and a paire of my best Sheets and Table cloth. Item I give Mr. Daniell
\nRogers tenne shillinges to buy a Booke. Item I give to Mr. Faircloth tenne shillings to buy
\na Booke. Item to my cosen Yong of Canterbury twentie shillings. Item to two Religious
\npoore Schollers all my Schoole bookes, that are ordinary learned in the Schooles. Goodman
\nPerkins sonne of Walden to be one of the two, and Goodman Borralls sonne of the little
\nBardfield the other. Item to Mr. Wickes of Erwarton ?? Harmony and Pavens(?)
\non the Romans. Item to Misters Browne, Mr. Greenhamb(?) worke and Furnins(?) Bible. Item to
\nmy Sisters, my Grandfather Beacons<\/a> works. Item to Mr. Tocke(?) of Wenham Medulla Amesy(?)
\nwhich I have lent him. Item to Joel Turner Mr. Heirons works, a paire of Sheets, a Table
\nCloth, a Towell, my pillows and Mattres, my best ??, two of my best Ruffs, my Cushions
\none Truncke. Item I give all my Divinitie noats to my Executor; and tenne of my best divintie
\nBookes, he shall please to choose. And all my Phisicke Noats to my cosen Yong<\/a> of Canterbury
\nItem I give twentie shillings to be bestowed in books on the Servants of this family by
\nthe discrecion of my Executor. Item I will my Executor to bestowe twentie shillinge in
\nDivinitie Books to give to my <\/a>uncle Smiths[1<\/a>] grandchildren, and two my Mr. Rogers Doctrine
\nof faith, one to my uncle, another to his Ladie. Item I give to my Executor my newe
\nCloake, Coate, and best Gowns and my newe Stuffe Suite. Item my other apparel (except
\ntynnois?) to religious poore Scholers. Item to Nurse Galliard my featherbed. Item to Joel
\nTurner my two Blancketts, Coverlett, Velvett Cushion. Item I give Joel Turner my seale
\nRinge. Item to my cosen Yongs wife<\/a> my other little Ringe. Item to Jane Scott a Table cloth
\nand Dodd on the Comandements. Item I give to Mr. Eusin of Emanuell Collidge ??
\nof ?? Cartwright on the ?? Testament. Item to Mr. Rogers of Dedhan the Turkish
\n?? Cartwrights Harmony. Item to Mr Hopkins of Wenham Bellar?? ??
\nItem to Mr. Wards sonne of Ipswich my Scapula. Item to my cosen Rayners children xx.s to be
\nBestowed on Bookes by my Executor Item the rest of my Divinitie bookes, all my other
\nlegacies being discharged and paid I give to my Executor to bestowe on some godlie
\ngodlie religious Ministers, Mr Kenitie(?) to be one. Item I give to Joel Turner All my lynnen
\nunbequeathed, pillows, pictures, Cushions, Bookes, my Phisicke Bookes, Historie
\nbooks and other things unbequeathed to my Executor to paie debts if there be any  In
\nwittnes hereof I have sett my hand and Seale Anthony Becon Phil Parker Robert
\nWickes. Item I will my money Legacies to be paid two yeares after my decease and none
\nbut my sisters to be paid presently unless my Executor will. And that he take bonds of my
\nsisters to performe my will about their legacies. Item I give to my uncle Beacons<\/a> children
\nEighteene shillinge to buy each of them Mr. Rogers Doctrine of faith, and some other good
\nbooks.<\/span><\/div>\n
Probate statement in Latin – date is 27 August 1629.<\/div>\n

<\/a>[1<\/a>] Anthony’s mother was one Dorcas Smithe; presumably Anthony’s “uncle Smith” was her brother. The aunt Smith referred to earlier<\/a> could be the wife of this uncle, or another of his mother’s brothers, or a sister of his mother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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