Mary Fairfax Will, 1739

Canterbury Consistory 6: 1138.
Will dated September 14, 1739.
Proved October 23, 1739.

Mary Fairfax, daur. of the late Right Hon. Lard F. of Leeds Castle, co. Kent. To be bur. in parish church of Bromfield in the burial place of my family. £5 to poor of Bromfield; to my brother the Honourable (sic) Thomas Lord F. £900, he paying £8 yearly to my old servant Ann Burr (for her long and faithful service) for life; to my brother the Hon. Robert F.£900; to my sister the Hon. Mrs. Wilkins & to Rev. Dr. Wilkins each a £10 ring; to my sister the Hon. Mrs. Martin & her husband Denny M. £10 each for mourning; to my nephew & godson Denny Martin £100 to place him in the world; to my dearest & best friend & kinswoman Mrs. Mary Sherrard, sister to the Earl of Harborough, £50; to my eldest neices Mrs. Frances & Sibby Martin £5 each, etc.; to my servant Ann Burr, clothes; to my brother, the Hon. Robert F., diamond girdle, etc., arrears of interest due to me from my brother, the Right Hon. Lord F., & rest of personal estate, & he to be exor. Witns. Francis Muriell, Edward Harrison.

 
 

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