Jane Kettlewell from Red Lyon Street (burial record)
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Abstract of the Will of Jane Kettlewell of the Parish of St. Andrews Holborn in the City of London, Widow & Relict of the Reverend John Kettlewell, Clerk, written 31 Jul 1718, proved 2 Apr 1719. 3
Gives £20 to her brother James Lybbe.
Gives £10 to her brother Henry Lybbe.
Gives her Mr. Collier's Church History to her nephew Richard Lybbe of Hardwick in co. Oxon, Esqr.
Gives her Cosar's head with its silver case to her niece Merick the wife of Dr. Merick of Reading in co. Berks.
Gives to her goddaughter Ann Merick two silver spoons.
Gives to Miss Bell Lybbe daughter of her nephew Richard Lybbe a Jacobus guinea.
Gives to her niece Jane Breedon, widow of the late Reverend Mr. Breedon, Rector of Pangborn in co. Berks, a case with six silver tea spoons, a pair of tongs and a strainer.
Gives £5 to her nephew Charles Lybbe son of her brother Henry Lybbe, as well as a picture of his sister and a small ring enamelled with black and white.
Gives to her niece Mary Prince wife of the Reverend Mr. Prince of Hampshire her set of silver casters, all her china, her best tea board, and a small ring enamelled with blue.
Gives to her nephew John Davile her silver watch, silver salver, a ring marked George Lord Dartmouth, her late husband's box of writings, and another box of books and manuscripts.
Gives to Stephenson Davile one silver salt and one spoon, and to his daughter Jane one silver spoon.
Gives to her niece Elizabeth Davison her wedding ring.
Gives to her niece Barbara Wilson her mourning ring she had at the funeral of Lady Digby.
Gives half a guinea to her old servant Elizabeth Dawson.
Gives 20 shillings to her maid, along with a suit of clothes, both linen and woollen.
Gives £40 to her friend the Rev. Mr. Bell, as well as her gold watch, her silver cup she normally drinks from, all her pictures not otherwise disposed of, her easy chair, her great bible, all Dr. Barrow's works that she has, her late husband's treatise on the Sacrament bound in blue Turkish leather, the Life of our Saviour and the Apostles, Cowley's Poems, and her husband's Measures of Obedience.
Gives £25 among the needy clergy of her own Communion as her executors sees fit.
Gives 30 shillings to the poor of the parish where she dies.
Appoints her said friend the Rev. Mr. Bell sole executor of her last will and testament, giving him a broad piece of gold in a scarlet & silver purse, and a ring of 20 shillings value as an acknowledgment of his friendship and for his efforts in the execution of her will.
(Signed)
Witnesses: Eliz: Johnston, Carolina Payne, Cha: Johnston
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