APPENDIX 2
ABSTRACT OF THE WILL OF LADY MARY BROUGHTON 1680
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN the twentieth day of January One
Thousand six hundred and eighty I Dame Mary Broughton of
Marchwiel ats Conqueress Hall in the County of Denbigh widow
being of good and perfect health and sound memory . . .
...And as for the disposing of my temporall Estate and such goods
and chattels as it hath pleased God in his Goodness and mercy to
bestow upon me I doe order give and dispose thereof in manner and
form following Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my son Edward
Broughton All that my house and tenement with apputenances
situate lying and being in the market place in the Town of
Kingston upon Thames in the County of Surrey now or late in the
tenure or occupation of one Robert Hunton or his assign with all
wayes watercourses stables gardens orchards stalls or standings
in the market place and appurtenances of the same messuage or
tenement belonging or in any wise appertaining Also I give and
bequeath to my said son Edward Broughton all that my house and
Tenement with the appurtences situate lying and being between the
Gatehouse at Westminster and the Convict Prison of the Right
Reverend Father in God - by Divine Providence Lord Bishop of
London on the East now or late in the occupation of John Scamdon
gent with all stables coach houses outhouses barns gardens yards
orchards and appurtenances to the said house Messuage or Tenement
blonging or in any wise appertaining I also give and bequeath to
my son Edward Broughton my right with and interest of and in the
prison or Goale called the Gatehouse Westminster will all rooms
casments comodities and necessouries with all and singular their
appurtences to the said Prison house or Goale belonging or
anywise appertaining or with the same used or occupied ( also
give and bequeath unto my said son Edward Broughton all my rights
with and interest of and in the convict prison in Westminster
together with the Mansion house and Messuage now curently and
built upon the said prison wherein the Countess of Tirconnell now
dwelleth lying and being at the West end of the lib'ty called
Westminster Abby with all stables Coachouses out houses barns
gardens orchards and appurtences to the same belonging or in any
wise appertaining And I give and bequeath my Estate personall and
reall in the County of Middx and City of Westminster and County
of Surrey having purchased the same with my own reall money or
portion or patrimoniall Estate Provided always and upon condition
and it is my true will and endowing that the score pounds yearly
during the natural lives of my two sons Edward and Aquila Wyke
four-score pounds yearly during the natural lives of my two sone
Edward and Aquila that is fforty pounds a year to each sonne so
or paid quarterly by equal portions Provided that my said son
Edward Broughton shall neglect or refuse to pay unto my said tow
undutiful sons Edward Wyke and Aquila Wyke their said Annuity or
Fforty pounds a year in manner aforesaid or within fforty days
after each quarter day if lawfully demanded of the said Edward
Broughton at his Mansion house at Marshweil als Conqueress Hall
then my said devise of the said premises in the said County of
Middx and City of Westminster to be void and of non effect and
the said houses to goe to my said other two sons Edward Wyke and
Aquila Wyke to be equally divided between them share and share
alike Item I give and bequeath unto my son Edward Broughton and
to his heirs of his body lawfully begotten All that my Capital
Messuage called Marshweil alias Conqueress hall with the Barnes
stables outhouses edifices buildings gardens orchards and
demeasnes Lands Tenements and heritaments situate lying and being
in the several parishes of Marchweil Wrexham Holt and Shocklythe
or any of them or either of them or elsewhere in the several
Counties of Denbigh Fflint and Chester or any or wither of them
And for want of such issue of my son Edward Broughton then I give
and bequeath the said Messuages land and Premises with their and
every of their appurtences unto my second son Aquila Wyke and the
heirs of his body lawfully begotten and for want of such issue
Then to the huse and behoofe of my oldest son Edward Wyke and the
heirs of his body lawfully begotten And for want of such issue I
give and divise the said Messuages Lands and Demeasnes tenements
and hereditaments and premises
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