| Title | Will (and draft) of William FitzHerbert of Tissington esq.; to be buried in the chancel of Tissington church `between my two deare and late deceased wives'; the portions settled on his daughters by D239 M/F 15 are now to be augmented so that each daughter receives `six and twenty hundred pounds', and to that end he now devises to his four daughters, and their trustees, two farms in Tissington, the Lower or South End of Darfield, and the pasture called Sharplow, which the trustees Sir Gilbert Clarke, John Port, John Beresford, Christopher Ley, and John Hayne of Ashbourne Green gent., are to hold, together with Tissington Hall, and other lands, upon the following trusts: to meet funeral expenses, debts, and legacies, to raise any sum necessary to complete the portions of testator's four daughters, the daughters having lodgings in the Hall until they marry; to raise £500 each as portions for the daughters of testator's brother Anthony; to raise £340 for testator's nephew John (son of Anthony); to raise 20s. a year for ever to be paid by trustees on Christmas Eve to the curate and churchwardens of Tissington for distribution to the poor of the parish; and after raising all the said sums, the trustees are to stand seised of the lands to the use of testator's nephew, William FitzHerbert (eldest son of Anthony), in tail male, and in default to testator's nephew John FitzHerbert, etc., and in default to the right heirs of the testator; to the trustees, the rectory and impropriation of Tissington to hold until they have executed their trusts, and then to the lord bishop of the diocese and the lord of the manor of Tissington for ever, raising £40 a year to be paid to the curate of Tissington (but £20 if he lodges in the Hall), who is to be an unmarried man in canonical orders, and who is to read prayers daily in the family; and raising 20s. as a stipend for the parish clerk; and placing any further revenue towards the upkeep of the fabric, for relieving the poor, for binding poor children apprentice; and for other charitable uses as the trustees, and then the bishop and the lord of the manor think fit; to each trustee, a gold ring value 20s. `to weare for my sake'; to the poor of the several towns mentioned in the will of testator's father, £40; to his four daughters, remaining personal estate, save for heirlooms; daughters to be executors. Will dated 31 May
Codicil cancelling legacy of £340 to nephew John (now dead). 8 September
Schedule of debts to be paid and legacies raised. |