| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen
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| 0002: | The seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one
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| 0003: | thousand seven hundred and sixty seven I John White in
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| 0004: | the Parish of Henly in Oxfordshire being of a sound mind
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| 0005: | and perfect memory thanks be given to Almighty God for
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| 0006: | the same calling to mind my own Mortality and
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| 0007: | knowing that tis appointed unto all Men once to die
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| 0008: | Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in
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| 0009: | manner and form following that is to say First and
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| 0010: | principally [↑I commit] my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God
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| 0011: | who gave it ... And my Body to the Earth to be
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| 0012: | decently Buried by my Executors hereinafter named And
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| 0013: | as for all that Worldly Estate wherewith it hath
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| 0014: | pleased Almighty God to bless me with in this Present
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| 0015: | life I give desire bequeath and dispose thereof in
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| 0016: | manner and form following Item I give and bequeath
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| 0017: | unto my dear and loving Wife her Heirs Executors
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| 0018: | and Administrators All my Estate Goods and Chattels of
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| 0019: | what kind or nature soever I shall die possessed of and
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| 0020: | I do hereby make her my sole Executrix this is my
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| 0021: | last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have set
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| 0022: | my Hand and Seal the seventh of September one thousand
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| 0023: | seven hundred and sixty seven Signed sealed published
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| 0024: | and delivered by me
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| 0025: | John White [Seal]
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| 0027: | In the
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| 0028: | Presence of those Men who subscribe their Names as
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| 0029: | Witnesses in my Presence and at my request John
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| 0030: | Glover and Thomas Buckney In Witness whereof I have
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| 0031: | set my Hand and Seal the seventh day of September the
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| 0032: | Year of our Lord God One thousand seven hundred and
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| 0033: | sixty seven Signed Sealed Published and delivered by me
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| 0035: | John White
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| 0036: | John Glover Gardener Apington Cross in the County of Oxon
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| 0037: | Thomas Buckney Hoop Maker in Henley Oxfordshire
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