Will and Probate
Derived from Dorset History Centre; Reference Number: Ad/Dt/W/1665
Will Date: 17th September 1665
Witnesses: John Snooke senior, John Snooke junior
| Beneficiary | Relationship to Testator | Summary of Bequest |
| Benjamin Snooke | ‘Trusty and well beloved kinsman’ from Sherborne, Dorset (Mercer) | Named as sole executor of the will; received remainder of goods and chattels after funeral expenses and specified bequests. |
| Twenty godchildren | Godchildren | Twenty shillings total (twelve pence each), to be distributed at the executor’s discretion ‘to such of them as my Executor shall think fit.’ |
Notes:
- This is a nuncupativeOral. A nuncupative will is an oral statement made in front of witnesses, who then sign a written copy of... In full. will.
- The witnesses to the will were John Snooke senior and John Snooke junior. Presumably family but neither mentioned in the will.
- The burial request is ‘…. to be Buried in Temple Coombe Church yard in my Fathers Burying place opposite to the Belfry door’
Grant of Probate: 5th Dec 1665