Estate of Luke Herd (Heard) of Ipswich
Essex Probate Docket # None

The last will of Luke Herd latly deceased about the (sentence ends)
Imprimis I give vnto my eldest sonne John Herd ten pounds to be paid him at the age of 21 yeares
Item I doe give vnto my sonne Edmund five pounds to be paid him at the age of 21 yeares
Item I give my bookes vnto my two sonnes to be equally parted betweene them also this is my will that my two sonnes be brought vp to writing & to reading & then when they shalbe fitt to be putt forth to such trades as they shall choose. Alsoe I make my loving wife Sarah Herd my sole executrix
Thus much as abovesaid was expresd by the above named Luke Herd in the prsence of vs

John Wyatt his mke
Simon Tompson

Sworne by John wyatt & Simon Tompson this to be the last will of Luke Herd to the best of thei knowledg
proved in Court 28th 7th month 1647

Source: The nuncupative will of Luke Heard was proved in the Ipswich court 28: 7 : 1647. This is a copy of the same as recorded in the Ipswich Deeds, volume I, leaf 33.
"The Essex Antiquarian" Vol VIII, p. 38

Submitted by: Roseanne Montgomery

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