| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen
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| 0002: | I William Coles of Henley upon Thames in the County
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| 0003: | of Oxford Malster being of sound and disposing mind
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| 0004: | memory and understanding Do make publish and declare
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| 0005: | this my last Will and Testament in manner following
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| 0006: | (that is to say) I commend my Soul to Almighty God who
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| 0007: | gave it hoping for Redemption thro' the Merits of my
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| 0008: | Saviour Jesus Christ And my Body I commit to the
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| 0009: | Earth to be decently Intered at the discretion of my
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| 0010: | Executrix hereinafter named and as to the worldly Estate
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| 0011: | and Effects wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me
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| 0012: | I dispose thereof as follows First I will and direct all
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| 0013: | my just debts and Funeral Expenses to be fully Paid
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| 0014: | and satisfied I give and bequeath to my good Friend
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| 0015: | George Pring of Remenham in the County of Berks
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| 0016: | Gentleman the Sum of Five Guineas All the Rest
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| 0017: | Residue and and Remainder of my Estate and Effects Stock
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| 0018: | in Trade debts due and owing to me Ready Money
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| 0019: | Money in my Bankers hands drafts Bills Bonds and
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| 0020: | other Securities for Money Money in the Public Funds
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| 0021: | and all and Singular my Household Furniture Plate
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| 0022: | Linen and China and all other my Personal Estate and
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| 0023: | Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature
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| 0024: | or kindsoever I give and bequeath unto my dearly
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| 0025: | beloved Daughter Lucy Mary Coles her Executors Adm[inistrat]ors
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| 0026: | and Assigns for ever to and for her and their own
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| 0027: | use and benefit And I do hereby nominate constitute
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| 0028: | and appoint the said George Pring and my said daughter
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| 0029: | Lucy Mary Coles Executor and Executrix of this my Will
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| 0030: | And Lastly I do hereby revoke and make void all former
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| 0031: | and other Will and Wills by me at any time heretofore
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| 0032: | made and do declare this and this only to be my true
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| 0033: | last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I the William
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| 0034: | Coles the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament
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| 0035: | set my Hand and Seal the twenty eighth day of May
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| 0036: | in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
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| 0037: | Ninety six
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| 0038: |
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| 0039: | William Coles [Seal]
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| 0040: |
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| 0041: | Signed Sealed Published and
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| 0042: | declared by the above named William Coles the Testator as
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| 0043: | and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us
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| 0044: | who at his request in his Presence and in the Presence
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| 0045: | of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses
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| 0046: | thereto the words 'and wheresoever' between the fifteenth
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| 0047: | and sixteenth lines of this Will being first Interlined
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| 0048: | and the words 'twenty eighth' being first wrote on an
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| 0049: | Erasure
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| 0050: |
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| 0051: | James Cloase
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| 0052: | Tho[ma]s Cooper both of Henley Upon Thames |