Chipping Campden Wills "K"

KEMBLE, KEEN, KEYT, KEYTE, KNEYTON, KNIGHT

OTHER SURNAMES MENTIONED: ABBOTTS, AUKER, BARRY, BEDFORD, BLOXHAM, COOK, COTTERELLE, DARBY, DOE, DRINKWATER, DUTTON, DYER, FARDINGTON, FLETCHER, GETSTHOPRE, GORDON, GRANT, GRIFFIN, GRIFFITHS, HANDS, HEARTWELL, HICKMAN, HICHCOX, HISLIER, HOLMES, JOHNS, KEEN, KEMBLE, KNEYTON, MANTON, MORELL, MOSELEY, KNIGHT, NOXON, PERRY, PERRYN, PROCTOR, PURSER, RIDDING, RUSHOUT, RUSSELL, SHEAKLE, SHENTON, SIMKINS, SMITH, SYMONDS, TAYLOR, TYSOR, WALKER, WELLS, WESTON, WINNILETT

THE WILL OF ELIZABETH KEYT OF CHIPPING CAMPDEN 1750
(died 1752)
In the name of god amen. I Elizabeth KEYT of Chipping Campden in the County of Gloucester. Widow, being aged and infirm, but thanks to god of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and ordain my last will and testament in manner and form following. That is to say first, I give unto my son-in-law John SMITH one shilling.
ITEM I give unto my cousin Alice PURSER the sum of £20
ITEM I give unto my cousin Richard PROCTOR the sum of £10
ITEM I give unto my cousin John PROCTOR the sum of £10
ITEM I give unto my cousin Henry PROCTOR the sum of £10
ITEM I give unto the children of my cousin Thomas PROCTOR deceased the sum of £10 to be equally divided between them, share and share alike.
ITEM I give unto Mary the wife of my cousin Samuel PROCTOR the sum of £5
ITEM I give unto my cousin William TAYLOR the sum of £5
ITEM I give unto my cousin Ann HEARTWELL the sum of £5
ITEM I give unto my cousin Mary DARBY one guinea
ITEM I give unto my cousin Jane WALKER daughter of Edward WALKER one guinea.
ITEM I give unto Mary Smith widow of William SMITH, butcher, one guinea
ITEM I give unto Margaret WELLS one guinea
ITEM I give unto Edward PROCTOR son of my cousin William PROCTOR deceased one guinea
ITEM I give unto my cousin John TAYLOR one guinea
ITEM I give unto Mary the wife of Jonathan HANDS one guinea
ITEM I give unto Elizabeth the wife of John PERRY one guinea
ITEM I give unto Jane the wife of George MANTON one guinea
ITEM I give unto the poor inhabitants of the town of Chipping Campden aforesaid the sum of twenty shillings, to be delivered to them in two penny loaves of bread at the discretion of my executors hereafter named.
And I will that all the aforesaid legacies shall be paid within twelve months next after my decease and that the receipts of such legatees as shall be married or underage shall be sufficient discharges to my said executor for their several legacies notwithstanding the cover tax or nonage.
And lastly I appoint my cousin William PROCTER of Charingworth executor of this my last will and testament / To whom I give all the residue of my personal Estate after payment of my just debts and funeral Expenses / In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Eight and Twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord God One Thousand seven Hundred and fifty.
Signed sealed and published by Elizabeth KEYT
the above named Elizabeth KEYT her & mark
as and for her last will and Testament in the presence of us who first observed the interlineation next before the words / In witness / in the above written will
Tho FLETCHER
Thos RUSSELL
4th June 1752
the above named William PURSER cousin and sole Executor was duly sworn before me William GETSTHOPRE Surr:
This Will Proved the 4th Day of June in the year of our Lord 1752 before the Worshipful Sir Henry Penrice KNIGHT Doctor of Laws Vicar General in Spirituals of the Right Reverend father in God Martin the Divine Permission Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Gloucester and his Episcopal Consistory Official Principal Lawfully Constituted by William PURSER Cousin and Sole Executor and so forth to whom and so forth having first sworn well and faithfully to Administer to the said Will and also to Exhibit an Inventory and Render an Account and so forth. 4th June 1752
Mrs. KEYTs Will 4th June 1752
28th January Will of Elizabeth KEYT
1750 late of Chipping Campden Regrd 88

FOOTNOTES:-
* It is not known when or where Elizabeth Keyt was born of christened or what her maiden name was.
* Coverture is the position of a married woman, considered to be under her husband’s protection
* Nonage is the state of being under the full legal age
* One shilling (1/-) in 1750 = about £3. 36p. in AD2000
* Twenty pounds (£20) in 1750 = about £1,340 in AD2000
* Ten pounds (£10) in 1750 = about £670 in AD2000
* One guinea (£1. 1s. 0d.) in 1750 = about £70 in AD2000
* Twenty shilling (20/- or £1) in 1750 = about £67 in AD2000
* Two penny (2d.) in 1750 = about _ p. in AD2000

WILL OF RICHARD KEYTE 1802
In the name of god Amen. I Richard KEYTE in the Parish of Chipping Campden in the County of Gloucester, farmer being weak in body but of sound mind memory and understanding do make this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say.
First I desire that all my just debts and funeral expences be paid and discharged out of my estate and effects by my Executor, hereafter named.
Also I give and bequeath to Richard KEYTE, my eldest son, Charlotte his wife, Richard their son, Frances and Ann their daughters the sum of two shillings and six pence, which shall be considered by my said son Richard to be his proper share of my estate. I having before making this my will given and advanced to him and his family divers large sums of money.
Also I give and bequeath to William KEYTE, my second son, Mary his wife, Richard their son, Ann and Mary their daughters, the sum of two shillings and sixpence each which shall be considered by my said son William to be his proper share of my estae and effects in consequence of before making this my last will given to him divers sums of money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my said son William KEYTE and to my son John KEYTE all my wearing apparel, such as cloaks and shirts to be divided equally between them.
Also I give and bequeath to my son-in-law Thomas SMITH of Mickleton Hills in the Parish of Mickleton in the County of Gloucester, who married my daughter Mary KEYTE, one hundred pounds, also a bed bedstead and furniture thereunto belonging, which lie in the room which I now lay together with an oak table in said room and one half of the table and other linen which I may be possessed of at time of my decease.
Also I give and bequeath unto Thomas SMITH, John SMITH and Richard SMITH, Ann SMITH, Mary SMITH, Catherine SMITH, Elizabeth SMITH and Sarah SMITH, sons and daughters of aforesaid Thomas SMITH and Mary family of the Mickleton Hills aforesaid the su of two shillings and sixpence each.
Also I give and bequeath to my true and faithful housekeeper Mary AUKER the sum of five pounds and a suit of mourning.
All the rest residueand remainder of my money, goods, chattels estate and effects of all nature and kind soever and whatsoever as real and personal and not herein before given and disposed of I give and bequeath I give and bequeath to my said son John KEYTE, who is now living with me for his sole use and benefit and in order to enable him to carry on the business and to occupy the farm which I now have the honor to hold as tenant at will under Gerard Noel NOEL esquire provided the said Gerard Noel NOEL may be pleased to continue him in the said farm after my decease.
Also I hereby make, nominate, institute and appoint my said son John KEYTE sole executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all and every other will and wills at any time heretofor by me made. And I declare this to be my last will and testament
In which thereof I Richard KEYTE the testator have hereto set my hand this 18/5/1802
Witnesses John HICKMAN and William PROCTOR
Proved23/10/1805

WILL OF JOHN KEYTE OF LONDON 1850
This is the last will and testament of me, John KEYTE of Forsten St, Shepherds Walk in the parish of St Leonards, Shoreditch in the county of Middlesex, carpenter, made 17./1/1850. I do hereby nominate and appoint my wife Mary Ball KEYTE and George Russell BEDFORD of Seven Walls, Broadway in the County of Worcester, Executrix and Executor of this my will and I direct that all my just debts, funeral and testamonary expences shall be paid and discharged by my said Executrix and Executor so soon as conveniently be after my decease.
Of my personal estate and effects which shall come to their ---this hands under or by virtue of this my will and I direct hereto.
I give and bequeath unto my said wife Mary Ball KEYTE, for her own sole use and benefit and to her ------- --------- heirs and assigns all that ----- sum of twenty one pounds or any other sum or sums of money to which my representatives shall or maybe certified under or by virtue of the Rules and Regulations of the [Quintos?] Brothers Burial Club or Friendly Society of which I am a ------ holder of the Stork
Arms in ----------. And I declare that the receipt of my said wife shall be sufficient discharge for the said Society of the said sum of twenty one pounds or such other sum that may be found due to my said representation from the said Society.
And I give and bequeath unto my said wife for her sole use and benefit and to her and her heirs and assigns, my household goods, furniture and implements of household plate linen tools and instruments of trade, wearing apparel, books, pictures and all other of my personal estate and effects not by me specifically disposed of by this my will.
And I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto my said wife Mary Ball KEYTE all that my freehold cottage and garden situate in the Township or Parish of Chipping Campden in the County of Gloucester with all ----- ----- Free rights, numbers and appointements and also all that piece of freehold land situate and being at --------
-------- in the County of Rutland, containing one acre and two roods or thereabouts, be it more or less and all other real estate, whatsoever and wheresoever to hold unto my said wife and heirs and assigns for her and that use and benefit during the time of her natural life without impeachment of waste.
From and immediately after her decease I give and bequeath my said freehold cottage and garden in Chipping Campden, aforesaid and all appointments unto my son William Holmes KEYTE and heirs and assigns forever and from and immediately after the decease of my said wife I do give and devise the said piece of freehold land at Whiister Lane aforesaid unto my son Henry KEYTE and his heirs and assigns forever.
And I do devise give and bequeath unto my said executrix and executor ------- administrators and assigns, all that my leasehold messuage or tenament, being Number 53 Forsten St, aforesaid, where I now dwell and all my money, stocks, funds and securities of whatsoever nature upon this special trust and ------ ------- to pay to or to permit my said wife during her lifetime to receive and take --- that rents and profits of the said leasehold house and premises(after discounting ----- and payment of ground rent) and also to receive the dividends and interest of my said money, stocks. Funds and securities, for her own use and benefit
And from and immediately after her decease of my said wife I do hereby declare that the said leasehold house and premises, shall be sold and disposed of by the Executor for the time being of this my will by public auction or private contract as may be thought best. And that the said monies shall be called in and the stocks. funds and securities converted into money. And after payments thereout of all necessary sorts charges and expences, it is my will therein. I direct that the residue of the money shall be paid to and equally divided amongst my three children (that is to say my said sons William Holmes KEYTE and Henry KEYTE and my daughter Mary KEYTE) share and share alike and as tenants in common and their respective executors administrators and assigns to whom I give and bequeath the same respectively.
And I do declare that my will to be that my said executor or executrix shall not be answerable for any loss that may happen to my said estate provide it happens without their witness. Nor shall either of them be answerable for the ---- of-----. And I further declare that it shall be lawful at all times for the executrix or executor for the time being to------- ------- themselves or themselves to allow to be paid all such costs and charges and expences whatsoever as they or either of them shall be paid in this the execution of my will.
In witness thereof I sign this will, John KEYTE

THE WILLOF THOMAS KEEN OF WESTINGTON
This is my will. Gods will be done .
I Thomas KEEN of Westington in the County of Gloucester, Yeoman , do make then as and for my last will and testament in manner and form fo;;owing (that is to say).
First I will devise give and bequeath unto my grandson Richard HOLMES of Wesyinton aforesaid, ten pounds.
Also I give unto my grandson William ABBOTTS of Westington aforesaid ten pounds and likewise to my grandson Thomas ABBOTTS ten pounds.
Also I give unto my grandson William BARRY ten pounds.
Also I give unto my granddaughter Lucy BARRY twenty pounds and to Elizabeth HOLMES ten pounds,
Also I give will devise and bequeath unto Elizabeth BARRY wife of Thomas BARRY of Arley in the County of Salop, my daughter, one hundred pounds, the said sum of one hundred pounds to be at my said daughter's own disposal without any intermeddling of her said husband Thomas BARRY or any other taken husband.
Also I give to my nephew Richard KEEN at the mill in Campden. Ten pounds
All such legacies I order and direct to be paid within one year next after my decease by my executor and executrix herein after mentioned out of my Real and personal Estate and shall be possessed of .
Nd to all the rest and residue of my Real and personal Estate and not hereto before by me given and I shall be possessed of , I give will devise and bequeath the same unto my executor and my executrix, share and share alike and I hereby constitute nominate and appoint my dutiful son Richard KEEN and my loving wife Elizabeth KEEN to be executor and executrix of this my will herby revoking all known will or wills by me at any time made. And I do declare this to be my last and only will.
In witness thereof I the said Thomas KEEN the testator have to this my last will and testament set this my hand and seal this tenth day of March 1786.
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Thomas KEEN as his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and by his request have subscribed our names and autographs hereto. Thomas GRANT, Jno FARDINGTON
Thomas SYMONDS
( There was also a document where Richard KEEN and his mother swore the Goods and chattels of Thomas KEEN to be worth between£100 and £300)
Proved August 1786

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WILL OF RICHARD KEEN, 1844
This is the last will and testament of Richard KEEN of Chipping Campden, Gloucester, farmer. I give and devise to my son Henry (William) KEEN, his heirs and assigns for ever, all that my cottage and tenement, with the appointments thereto belonging. Actual at Watery Lane in Chipping Campden and now in the occupation of William GORDON.
I give and bequeath to my son George KEEN, the sum of two hundred pounds sterling, the sum of one hundred pounds part thereof at the expiration of two years from the time of my decease and the remaining sum of one hundred pounds to be paid at the expiration of five years from the time of my decease, but without interest for the same ------ in the mean time.
I give and bequeath all the residue and remains of my real and personal estate and effects unto my said son Henry (William) KEEN absolutely, subject to the payment of my just debts and personal and testamentary expences and the legacy hencebefore bequeathed. And I appoint the said Henry (William) KEEN, sole executor of my will hereby revoking all other wills. In witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of April in the year of one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Signed by the said Richard KEEN the testator of this last will and testament in the presnce of and present at the same time and at the request in his presence and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our name as witness.
J D GRIFFITHS solicitor, Chipping Campden
John DRINKWATER
Richard KEEN
Also included are two documents where Henry KEEN appeared before the Consistory Court of Gloucester. One where he swore that the inclusion of "William" in his name (three times) was done before Richard KEEN signed it. The other to swear that the estate came to no more than £450. Both dated 7/12/1844.

THE WILL OF RICHARD KEYTE OF BROAD CAMPDEN 1787
This is my will, gods will be done. I Richard KEYTE of Broad Campden in the parish of Chipping Campden in the County of Gloucester, wheelwright, in order to settle my worldly affairs, wherewith it shall please God to bestow on me.
I give direct and bequeath in manner and form following, that is to say first I order devise and bequeath all my messuage or tenament with that garden thereunto belonging wherein I now live in Broad Campden aforesaid together with that malthouse, workshop, stable yard and other the premises belonging,( except the bay of buildings beyond the stable, which I give to William DYER of Chipping Campden aforesaid, my son-in-law and to be by him taken down and conveyed away with all my stock and tools belonging to the trade or business of a wheelwright and timber for carpentry the same to be taken down and removed away within six months of my deceaseunto my nephew Righard KEYTE of Shipston-upon-Stour in the County of Worcester, wheelwright, and James HISLIER of Broad Campden, aforesaid, blacksmith, their heirs executors administrators and assigns subject to the payment of the sum of fifty pounds, which I stand bound with my son-in-law Benjamin RIDDING of Campden aforesaid to Thomas WINNILETT of Campden aforesaid. and the sum of one hundred pounds which I likewise stand bound with my son-in-law Benjamin RIDDING to Ralph DUTTON of Norton Campden aforesaid.
Upon that and for the purposes hereinafter expressed remaining the same, that is to say for that to permit and suffer my daughter, Ann RIDDING the wife of Benjamin RIDDING, currier of Campden aforesaid, and Benjamin RIDDING her husband to live thereby and occupy the same house, malthouse and premises if she thinks fit during the joint lives of my said daughter Ann RIDDING and Benjamin RIDDING her husband and in case my said daughter Ann RIDDING shall not think proper to live in and occupy the said house malthouse and premises, then in trust to mortgage or sell the same for the most money that can be got for the same premises and my will is that the yearly rent to be paid for the same or the money arriving by mortgage or sale pf the aforesaid premises shall be all times paid into the hands of my daughter Ann RIDDING to and for her so it and separate use by the said trustees therein, heirs executors administrators and assigns. My will and intent being that the yearly rent or money from the mortgage or sale of the said premises shall be paid and applied to and for peculiar and separate use of my daughter Ann RIDDING, notwithstanding her [coverhire?] with the said Benjamin RIDDING her husband and shall not be subject to the jailhouse Debts Engagements or intermeddling of the said Benjamin RIDDING her husband and the receipt or receipts of my said daughter Ann RIDDING under her and shall notwithstanding her [coverhire?] be from time to time a sufficient discharge unto the said trustees for so much rent or otherwise as shall it therein be acknowledged or expressed to be paid her rent mortgage or sale of the said premises provided always.
And my will is that the said premises shall not be sold in the life time of my said daughter Ann RIDDING and then I order the said trustees to sell the same or their heirs executors or administrators for the most money that can be got for the same and divide the same equally between all or any of the child or children as shall be then living of my said daughter Ann by her husband Benjamin RIDDING begotten.
Also I give unto the said trustees two lays of furze ground upon Broad Campden aforesaid, -------- up to Stow Road upon the --- uses and purposes as my said -----malthouse and other the premises above mentioned are expressed and declared of and cotaining the same. But my will and meaning is that the said ------- malthouse and two lays of furze ground and that the premises above shall stand charged and chargeable with the --- payment of the said sums of fifty pounds and one hundred pounds as is hereto before mentioned and expressed,.
I give and bequeath unto Richard KEYT my bondsman and James HISLIER the trustees aforesaid all other of my houses, barns stables grounds lays tenaments and heriditiments with their apportaments in Broad Campden aforesaid and not herein where by not given upon the trusts herein after mentioned.,
That is to say upon trust and for the use of my six grandchildren by the body of my daughter Elizabeth DYER --------- begotten by her husband William DYER of Chipping Campden aforesaid, wheelwright as soon as my grandson George DYER shall arrive to the age of eighteen years the said premises hereinbefore by me given to my six grandchildren to be by the said trustees Richard KEYTE and James HISLIER, their heirs, executors assigns, equally divided between them share and share alike and my will and meaning is that if any of my said grandchildren shall die before my said grandson George DYER shall arrive at that age of eighteen, that share of it to be equally divided between the survivor or survivors of them in equal proportions as their own properties, to hold the same premises above mentioned unto my six grandchildren or to such of them that shall then be living, their heirs and assigns for ever provided always.
And my will and meaning further is that Richard KEYTE and James HISLIER the trustees herein mentioned, do and shall permit and suffer or the heirs executors or administrators of the said trustees pay or raise to be paid unto the said William DYER my son-in-law the rents fees and profits of the said premises herein before given by me unto my six grandchildren until my said grandson George DYER shall arrive at the age of eighteen years and the said William DYER's receipt or receipts for what rents -fees and profits shall arrive shall be a sufficient discharge to the said trustees for what they shall do in the premises, heirs executors and administrators.
The said Richard KEYTE and James HISLIER the executors and administrators uphold and keep in repair all and every the said buildings and other the premises herein before given and devised to my grandchildren as aforesaid, deducting the expenses of such repairs out of the rents and profits thereof.
I give devise and bequeath unto my grandson Richard DYER, son of William DYER of Chipping Campden all my house, garden and other the premises in Evesham in the County of Worcester to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever.
Also I give will authorise and empower Richard KEYTE and James HISLIER , trustees their executors and administrators to bargain, sell and convey to any person or persons be the most money and the best price that can be got for the same for the payment of my debts legacies and funeral expences all that my annuity ------- and arising and payable out of an estate at Draycott in the County of Worcester belonging to Sir John RUSHOUT? Bart. And after payment of my debts legacies and funeral expenses are paid and satisfied and all costs charges expences the said Richard KEYTE and James HISLIER the trustees herein mentioned, their heirs executors administrators and assigns and after expences of what nature or kind be fully paid, my will and meaning is that the over plus money arriving of the sale of the annuity shall be paid by the said trustees, their heirs executors and administrators, one half thereof to my daughter Ann RIDDING and the other half part thereof to my six grandchildren sons and daughters of my daughter Elizabeth DYER and shall be then living equally between them.
And I further order authorise and empower the said trustees, their heirs executors and assigns to sell and dispose of all my goods chattels and effects of what nature and kind soever and I shall be possessed of and not hereinbefore by me given and the money arising there from shall be applied and disposed of as the over plus money if any from the sale of the annuity, paying the said trustees all costs charges and expences they shall be at or put into by the ---- of this my will..
And I give will and bequeath unto my two grandsons Richard RIDDING and Richard DYER, sons of my daughters Ann RIDDING and Elizabeth DYER all my wearing apparel, both linen and woollen the same to be divided equally between them by the trustees Richard KEYTE and James HISLIER their heirs, executors and administrators.
And as to all my Book Debts, ready money or securities for money that I shall be possessed of, I give unto the trustees hereinbefore mentioned to be divided out one half to my daughter Ann RIDDING and the other half to and amongst my six grandchildren, aforesaid, equally as shall then be living, subject to the payment of all my debts, legacies and funeral expences.
And as to all the rest and residue of my ---- and personal estate which I shall be possessed of and not herein before by me given, I give to my executors hereinafter mentioned for the use of my daughter Ann RIDDING and my six grandchildren sons and daughters of my daughter Elizabeth DYER or such of them that shall be then living equally between them.
And I do hereby --- make nominate and appoint my nephew Richard KEYTE and James HISLIER above mentioned executors of this my will and I give to each of them the said Richard KEYTE and James HISLIER the sum of two guineas for their trouble in the said trust and executorship .
And I hereby revoke all former wills by me made and do declare this to be the last and only will for witness whereof I the said Richard KEYTE to my last will and testament contained in two sheets of paper set my hand and seal that is to say to the first sheet my hand and to the second or last sheet that of my hand and seal and also to the seal to the ribbon which affixes the same together this thirtieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven.
Richard KEYTE signed and published and declared by the said testator Richard KEYTE as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request have subscribed our names as witness thereto John GRIFFIN and the mark of Margaret SHEAKLE and Thomas NOXON
Proved 2nd Feb 1788 in London

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Noted Wills:
Campden:
Wm. KNEYTON.
1684--Bridget KEMBLE, Admon.
1696--Wm. KEYTE.
1728--Lodge KNIGHT.
1743--Anne KEYTE.

These Wills have been transcribed/translated from the original Old English versions by Margaret Causer nee Keight and input to computer by Roger Keight. Punctuation and capital letters are as in the original Will. In some areas on the original Wills however some of the words were slightly, or in some cases totally, indecipherable and in these instances a 'best guess' is contained in brackets or the area is marked ………………. !

WILL OF WILLIAM KEYT OF CHIPPING CAMPDEN, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Will dated 1696 (original in Gloucester Record Office, Ref: 91)
The first section of this will is written in Latin and most of it in undecipherable other than:-
Anna KEYT do Chipping Campden in Co.Gloucester
Andrew SIMKINS
Thomas JOHNS
TAYLOR
Dio monsis May Anno Dm 1696
The condition of this Obligation is such that if the above bounden Anne KEYT widow Relict and Administration of all and singular the goods chattels and credit of William KEYT late of Chipping Campden aforesaid deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the goods chattels and credit of the said deceased which have or shall come to the hand possession or knowledge of her the said Anne KEYT or into the hand and possession of any person or persons for her and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Diocese of Gloucester at or before the tenth day of June next ensuing And the same goods chattels and all other the good chattels credit of the said deceased at the time of his death which at anytime after shall come to the hand or possession of the said Anne KEYT or into the hand or possession of any other person or persons for her do well and truly Administer .……………… being and further do make or cause to be made a true and just account of her so dying at or before the tenth day of April next coming and all the rest and residue of the said goods chattels and credit which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrator amongst the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said Court shall deliver and say unto each person or persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their decree or sentence to the true intent and meaning of the late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth years of the reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the second Instituted (?) an Act for the better settling of Intestate Estate shall limit and appoint And if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and Testament was made by the said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit the same unto the said Court making bequest to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the said Administratrix above bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said true of Adcon. (approbation of such testament being first had and made) in the said Court then this Obligation to be void and of none effect or also to coniano in full force and vertue
Signed, Sealed and delivered Anne A KEYT
in the presence of Andrew SIMKINS
Horscroft N.P Thomas JOHNS
12 dio mensis May 1696
Anna KEYT el alln quendan
Guilielimm KEYT de Chipping Campden
etcetera
signed John BLOXHAM Snr

FOOTNOTES:-
* William KEYT was christened at St. James, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, on 12.4.1646.
* William married Ann HICHCOX in about 1679.
* William and Ann had 8 children, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, William, John, Richard, Thomas and Joan.
* Ann HICHCOX was christened at St.James, Chipping Campden, on 3.7.1659. She made her Will on 19.5.1743.

WILL OF ANN KEYTE OF CHIPPING CAMPDEN, GLOUCESTER
Will dated 19.5.1743 (original dated 1743 in Gloucester Record Office, Ref: 104)

Know all men by these present that we William KEYTE of Chipping Campden in the County of Glouc. Yeoman and Thomas MORELL of the same place Gent and John DOE are helf and firmly bound unto Martin Lord Bishop of Glouc. In the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds of Good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord Bishop or to his certain Attorney his Executors Administrators or assigns To which payment well and truly to be made We Oblige our Selves and every of us by himself and themselves for the whole our and every of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these present Sealed with our Seals dated the Nineteenth day of May in the sixteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Forty Three.
The Condition of this Obligation is such that if William KEYTE lawful and natural son and Administrator of all the Singular the goods Chattels and credits of Ann KEYTE late of Chipping Campden widow Deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the hands or possession or knowledge of him the said Wm. KEYTE or into the hands or possession of any person or persons for him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Lord Bishop of Glouc at or before the last day of June next ensuing and the same goods chattels and credits and all other the goods Chattels and credits of the said Deceased at the time of her death which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said William KEYTE or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him do well and truly administer according to law And further do make or cause to be made a true and just account of his said Administration at or before the last day of April and all the rest and residue of the said Goods Chattels and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the Said Administrators account the same being first Examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the Said Court Shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their decree or Sentence persuant to the true intent and meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth years of the reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the second Instituted An Act for the better Settling of Intestates Estates shall limit and appoint and if it shall heareafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the deceased and the Executor or Executors therin named do exhibit the same into the Said Court making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the said William KEYTE above bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Court then thie Obligation to be Void or Else to remain in full force and Virtue
Sealed and delivered being first
duly stamped in the presence of Willm KEYTE,
L. F. COOK, Thos: COTTERELLE
19th May 1743
On which day appeared personally William KEYTE and alledged that Ann KYTE late of Chipping Campden in the diocese of Gloucester widow died Intestate that she the said to the said William KEYTE was and is lawful and natural son of the deceased Wherefore He prayed that Adm,tion of all and Singular the Goods Rights and Credits of the said Deceased might be Granted and Commit to him on giving such good and sufficient security as on this behalf is required and so forth
Let Admtion be Granted according to the Tenor of the above petition
N.WESTON, Surrogate

FOOTNOTES:-
* Ann KEYT nee HICHCOX was christened at St. James, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, on 3.7.1659.
* Ann married William KEYT in about 1679.
* Ann and William had 8 children, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, William, John, Richard, Thomas and Joan.
* William KEYT was christened at St.James, Chipping Campden, on 12.4.1646 and died Intestate, his Obligation being made in May 1696.
* Ann died Intestate at Chipping Campden on 2.4.1743 and is buried at St.James Church there.
* Two hundred pounds (£200) in 1743 = about £13,333 in AD2000

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