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In the name of God Amen. I Thomas KAYNES senior of Anstey in the parish of Hilton in the County of Dorsett Gent being in good health & perfect mind & memory (thanks be to Almighty God) & calling to remembrance the uncertainty of this life doe make ordaine & declare this my Last Will & Testament in manner & forme following Revoking and annulling by these presents all & every Will & Wills Testament & Testaments by me heretofore made or declared either by word or in writing and defining & appointing that his only be taken to be my Last Will & Testament
And first being heartily sorry for my sins past & most humbly desiring forgiveness of the same I commit my Soul into the hands of Almighty God & Jesus Christ my Redeemer, hoping for a joyfull Resurrection only by and through him;
And my Body to be decently buried by my Executor hereinafter named;
And as to the settling of the temporall Estate which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I doe order give & dispose of the same in manner & forme following that is to say
IMPRIMUS I give unto my daughter Sarah CANDY five shillings
ITEM I give unto my son Thomas KAYNES for & during the terme of his naturall life All these my two Cottages with the appurtenances in Anstey aforesaid now in the possession of John HOOPER and immediately from & after the decease of my said son Thomas I give my said two Cottages with the appurtenances unto my grandson Thomas KAYNES (son of my said son Thomas KAYNES) & his heirs forever
ITEM I give unto my said son Thomas KAYNES All my Ploughtackling & Implements of husbandry which I shall be possess of at the time of my decease
ITEM Whereas I am possessed of a certaine Leasehold Estate for the Remainder of a Terme of nine hundred years, situate lying & being in Anstey aforesaid & commonly called or known by the name or names of Old romon close & New romon close & containing in the whole by estimation Eleven acres be it more or less I doe give the said Leasehold Estate unto my son John KAYNES for and during all my Estate term & interest therein immediately from and after my decease
ITEM I do give to my said grandson Thomas KAYNES my standing Bedstead in the Little chamber of my now Dwelling house & my Bedstead & Grindstonne in the Kitchen chamber; my standing Bedstead Livery Cupboard & Chest in the Hall chamber; my great Oval table and Livery Cupboard in the Hall & also my great timber Chair there; my Furnace pan, Mashing Vatt, Longtable & Spitt in the Kitchen; and my Cupboard & Cheesepress in the Steamhouse, of all which I do order & appoint his father shall have the reasonable use during his life
ITEM I give my grandaughter Anne CANDY my feather Bed in the Hall chamber my White Rug in the Little chamber at stair head and the Bolsters & Pillows belonging to the said Bed & my standing Bedstead in the Little chamber at stair head
ITEM I give my daughter Mary BUCK one shilling
ITEM I give to my daughter Elizabeth WOOLFREYS the sum of Fifty Pounds lawful money of Great Britain to be paid in three months after my decease. Also I give to my said daughter Elizabeth WOOLFREYS All my Pewter Brass Iron & Timber Household Goods not hereinbefore given & bequeathed
ITEM I give to all and each of my Grandchildren that shall be living at the time of my decease One shilling to each of them
ITEM I give unto my three daughters hereinbefore named All my Bed linnen & All my Table-linnen & all my other Linnens to be equally divided between them All which Legacies aforesaid I doe order & appoint to be well & truly paid & delivered by my Executor hereinafter named according to the purport true intent & meaning of this my Last Will & Testament
ITEM All the Rest & Residue of my Goods & Chattels & Personall Estate whatsoever not hereinafter given or bequeathed I give and bequeath unto my said son John KAYNES whom I doe hereby make & ordain whole & sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament
In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & Seal this twelfth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred twenty eight
Thomas KAYNS
Signed sealed published & declared by the above-named Testator to be his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us whose names are hereunder written
John HEWITT
George YOUNG
James YOUNG
[statement in Latin declaring the will to be proved & John KAYNES appointed Executor]
Alex Purcel Clenco 10 February 1731/2
Biographical Notes:
It is not possible to tell with 100% certainty whether Thomas was the son of William KEYNES & Sarah HELLIER his wife, christened at Hilton on 3rd July 1652, or the son of John KEYNES & Mary PARSONS his wife, christened at Hilton on 24th January 1653/4. Both couples appear to have remained at Hilton: Mary KAYNES (née PARSONS) was buried at Hilton on 26th February 1693/4; John KAYNES was buried at Hilton on 21st July 1699 and Sarah KEYNNES (née HELLIER) was buried at Hilton on 9th December 1712. Thomas married Ann SUMMERS at Dorchester All Saints on 3rd June 1682. Four of Thomas & Ann’s children were christened at Hilton: Sarah KAINE 10th October 1682; Mary KAINS 21st May 1685; Joseph KAINS 27th June 1687 and Thomas KAYNES 22nd June 1689. We know from Thomas’ own will and that of his brother-in-law, George Summers, a glazier of Cerne Abbas (PCC ref.: 11/485 written 28th January 1701/2 and proved 16th November 1705) that Thomas & Ann had at least two other children, Elizabeth and John. Perhaps these last two were christened at neighbouring Melcombe Horsey, whose registers for this period have been lost. (Since son Joseph was mentioned in neither will, he is probably the Joseph KAYNES buried at Hilton on 27th July 1690.) Ann predeceased Thomas and was buried at Hilton on 13th April 1710. Thomas himself was buried at Hilton on 9th November 1731.
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