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Will of John Wheeler Mason of Newent 1730 |
In the Name of God Amen I John Wheeler of Newent in Gloucester
Mason being sick and weak in Body but of perfect meory and understanding thanks be to God
for it doe hereby make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following
(that is to say) Principally I commend my Soul to Almighty trusting to be saved by the merritts of
my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and my Body to the Earth to be decently Buried at the Discretion of
my Executrix hereafter named and my worldly Estate & Goods which it hath pleased God to bless me
within this Life I give and Dispose of as follows Impr[im]is I give and bequeath unto my Two Daughters
Anne and Martha, the Sume of One Shilling Each Item I give and bequeath all and perticular
all the Rest of my personall Estate Messuages Tenements lands & premisses Goods Cattle Chattells Writings
moneys & Creditts unto my Loving wife Elizabeth whom I make & ordain my Sole Executrix of
this my last Will and Testament And my will is further that in Case she my said Loving wife Eliz:
Cannott discharge & pay my Debts Legacys and funerall Expences my Desire is that she sell my
said Messuages or Tenements & premisses to Discharge the same And lastly I doe hereby revoake
disannull & make void all former and other Wills & Testaments by me before made In Witnesse
whereof I have hereunto putt my hand & seale the 14th day of December Annoq dom 1728
Signed Sealed published pronounced and John Wheeler
declared to be the last Will & Testament of the
Testator in ye Presence of us
Edwd Morse
The marke of
x
Margarett Bradley
Cha: Jones
27o Mar 1731
Jurat Elizabetha Wheeler
Exetrix coram me
J Gregory Surr
Probatum fuit hu[ius]mo[d]i Testamentum 27o die mensis Mar
(Stylo Anglie) 1731 Coram ven[erabi]li viro Hen[ri]ci Penrice Milite
Legum Doctore Rendi in Xpo pris ac Dom Dn Josephi
Permissene dia Glouc Epi Vicar in Sp[iri]tualibus Genl??? per
Elizabetha Wheeler Exec &c cui &c Pennitus de bene de
de pleno &c Nec non de vero &c Rite jurat Salvo jure cusuarq &c
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