| Description | Bequests:
To his son Samuel, the copyhold lands at Mosborough which were surrendered to the use of his will; an annual fee farm rent of £34.2.2d from the Guild of Chesterfield, purchased of Mrs Mary Bacon and William Clayton; 4 closes at West Bromwich, Staffordshire, called Little Meadow als. Round Meadow, Fisley Leasow and Flan Leasow, upon Bucks Moore, also three closes known as Crabtree Field, a meadow at Tipton known as Tipton Meadow (being divided from the Long Leasow by the brook leading to Wednesbury Mills) all Staffordshire, lately purchased of Thames Birch, Joseph Wood, Thomas Jesson, Ann Jesson and Mary Jesson; all his freehold estates in Chesterfield, Brampton and Newbold which were settled by him upon his marriage to his late wife, Dame Anne Clarke decd. To his son Samuel and his wife, £300 to buy mourning and other contingencies. To his son-in-law Thomas Hassell, £300 to buy mourning and other contingencies. To his grand-daughter Ann Hassell, £3,000 at 18. To his sister Elizabeth Clegg, £10 for mourning. To Godfrey Clarke of Chilcote, £40. To the treasurer of St Bartholomew's Hospital near West Smithfield, £150 to be employed in rebuilding, in addition to the £50 he has already given. To the treasurer of Bethlem Hospital, London, £200 towards new buildings. To the treasurer and directors of the charity schools of Tower Ward, £50. To John Revell, Godfrey Wilkinson and Marmaduke Carver, £50 to be distributed to the poor house keepers of Chesterfield. To Rev Norton and John Armston, £30 to be distributed to the poor of Cosby (Leicestershire). To every servant who has dwelled with him in his houses at London or Amersham for a full year before his decease, one year's wages. To Thomas Robinson £50. Mrs Ann Pell, £200 in addition to what she is entitled to as his servant. To the poor of St Dunstan in the East, £30. To each servant, £8 for mourning. To his friend William Tuns, £50 - the residue of his estate, real and personal, to his son Samuel (will dated 28 Nov, 1732). Probate London, 15 Dec [Samuel Clarke, the testator, was the son of Richard Clarke, a Chesterfield innkeeper] |