CASWELL - Person Sheet
CASWELL - Person Sheet
NameHester Pope 
Deathabt 1741, of Cherhill
Birth22 Oct 1684, Devizes
FatherJohn Pope (1636-1709)
MotherJoan Pavie (~1659-~1735)
Spouses
Death15 Apr 1730, Rowde
Burial17 Apr 1730, Rowde
Birth8 Jul 1684
FatherRichard Casswell (1659-)
MotherMary Flower (1653-)
Marriage14 Feb 1704, Southbroom, Devizes
Notes for Hester Pope
The IGI shows Richard & Esther to be married.
Hester signed the document showing her husband died intestate in 1730 . As her
will below, shows her to be 'weak in body' i have presumed she could not write
because of illness!
The Will of Hester Casswell
In the name od God Amen, I Hester Castle of Cherill in the County of Wilts,
wido being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, praise be therefore
given to Almighty God, do make and ordain this my present last will and
testement in manner and form following (that is to say)
First and principally I command my sould into the hands of Almighty God hoping
that through the merit Death and Passion of my saviour Jesus Christ to have
full and free pardon and foregiveness of all my sins and to inherit everlasting
life and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discresion
of my executors herinafter named and as touching the disposition of all such
temporal estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and
dispose therof as follows. First I will that my debts and funeral charges shall
be paid and discharged. item I give unto my son Richard one shilling . Item, I
give unto my three daughters Mary, Christian and Hester all and singular my
wearing apparel both living and Wooling to be equally divided between them,
shear and shear alike. All the rest and residue of my personall estate Goods
and chattels whatsoever I do give and bequeath unto my loving sons John Castle
and Flower Castle whome I do make full and sole executors of this my Last Will
and Testament
And I do hereby revoke, disannul and make void all former wills and testaments
by me heretofore made.
In Witness whereof I the said hester Castle to this my Last Will and Testament
have hereunto set my hand nd seale the thirtieth day of April in the fourteenth
year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord george the Second by the grace of God
of great Brittain, France and ireland, King Defender of thefaith and so forth
and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and forty one
Signed sealed published by the testator to be her Last Will and testament in
the presence of
James Goding, William Williams, Joseph Cook. Invi** at Calne this 31 day of
August 1741 before me B Russell Sur.
Hester signed the document showing her husband died intestate in 1730 . As her
will below, shows her to be 'weak in body' i have presumed she could not write
because of illness!
The Will of Hester Casswell
In the name od God Amen, I Hester Castle of Cherill in the County of Wilts,
wido being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, praise be therefore
given to Almighty God, do make and ordain this my present last will and
testement in manner and form following (that is to say)
First and principally I command my sould into the hands of Almighty God hoping
that through the merit Death and Passion of my saviour Jesus Christ to have
full and free pardon and foregiveness of all my sins and to inherit everlasting
life and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discresion
of my executors herinafter named and as touching the disposition of all such
temporal estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and
dispose therof as follows. First I will that my debts and funeral charges shall
be paid and discharged. item I give unto my son Richard one shilling . Item, I
give unto my three daughters Mary, Christian and Hester all and singular my
wearing apparel both living and Wooling to be equally divided between them,
shear and shear alike. All the rest and residue of my personall estate Goods
and chattels whatsoever I do give and bequeath unto my loving sons John Castle
and Flower Castle whome I do make full and sole executors of this my Last Will
and Testament
And I do hereby revoke, disannul and make void all former wills and testaments
by me heretofore made.
In Witness whereof I the said hester Castle to this my Last Will and Testament
have hereunto set my hand nd seale the thirtieth day of April in the fourteenth
year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord george the Second by the grace of God
of great Brittain, France and ireland, King Defender of thefaith and so forth
and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and forty one
Signed sealed published by the testator to be her Last Will and testament in
the presence of
James Goding, William Williams, Joseph Cook. Invi** at Calne this 31 day of
August 1741 before me B Russell Sur.