Will: Bourke, Edmond May 31, 1821 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Tipperary Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com January 10, 2018, 2:36 pm BOURKE, EDMOND MAY 31, 1821 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: May 31, 1821 Recorded: January 10, 2018 In the Name of God Amen I Edmond Bourke of Glannacunna Lodge in the County of Tipperary Esquire being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament in writing hereby revoking and annulling any Will or Wills by me heretofore made first I will and direct that my just and lawful debts and my funeral expences be paid Whereas by my marriage Settlement with my beloved Wife a Jointure of one hundred and twenty pounds a year was intended to be secured to her during her natural life in case she should survive me And Whereas a yearly sum of eighty nine pounds (part of said one hundred and twenty pounds) was charged on the lands of Nockares in the County of Tipperary And Whereas I did not deem it prudent to renew the lease of the said lands of Nockares and same will in the course of a few years be out of lease and I am desirous that the jointure fixed for my said Wife should be well and effectually secured to her And Whereas a sum of five hundred pounds was by my said Marriage Settlement vested in the hands of Trustees therein named for the purpose of securing the Jointure for my said Wife and for other purposes in said Marriage Settlement mentioned Now my will and desire is that my said Wife shall during the existence and continuance of the present lease of the said lands of Nockares receive out of the said lands the yearly sum of Eighty nine pounds together with the interest of said sum of five hundred pounds pursuant to my said Marriage Settlement provided she shall live so long and from and after expiration of said lease that my said Wife shall receive a yearly sum of eighty nine pounds out of the lands of Glannacunna in the County of Tipperary or out of any other property of which I may die possessed together with the interest of said five hundred pounds as aforesaid for and during her natural life I also leave and bequeath to my said Wife the following furniture to wit the bed bedstead and bedclothes of the room inside the Drawing room and any other bed bedstead and bedclothes she shall think proper My desk one half my bacon and one half my bacon tubs One Dozen Mahogany chairs one set of tables two thirds of my house linen one half of my kitchen furniture one half of my glass earthenware and china the entire of my plate (except twelve old tea spoons) in trust for my children hereinafter named. My child's bed bedstead and bedclothes my large carpet and her choice set of the fire Irons I leave and bequeath to my brother Michael Bourke all my farming utensils together with all and singular such furniture and plate as are not above bequeathed to my Wife I leave and bequeath to my brother in law Robert Corban my Bay Poney Mare And as to the Rest and Residue of my property of what kind or nature soever together with the said Jointure (after the death of my Wife) I leave and bequeath the same to my two sons Michael Burke and George Bourke and to any child my said Wife may now be pregnant of share and share alike and in case any of my said Children shall happen to die before he she or they shall attain the age of twenty one years or day of marriage I leave and bequeath all and singular my property so left between them to the survivors and survivor of them share and share alike and in case all my said children shall happen to die before they shall attain the age of twenty one years or day of marriage then and in such case I leave and bequeath all and singular my property as aforesaid to my said brother Michael Bourke to be disposed of by him in such manner as he shall think proper And I hereby appoint my Cousin Roger Sheehy Bourke of Spring Valle and my brother Michael Bourke my Executors In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one Edmond Bourke (Attestation Clause) Lance Corban _ Mary Hackett _ Patk Kearney NB I wish to have this Codicil added to my Will which is that my Wife Margt Bourke should be joint with my Cousin Roger Sheehy Bourke & my brother Michael Bourke as Guardian & Executrix to my Children & my property & that she should join them of either of them in taking out the Administration to this my last Will Given under my hand & seal in presence of three Witnesses hereto Signed May 31st 1821 Edmond Bourke _ Witness Eliz L Fennell _ Lance Corban _ Michl Bourke Proved at London with a Codicil to Michael Bourke the surviving Executor named in the Will power reserved to Margaret Bourke the relict named in the Codicil PCC Prob11/1911