| 0001: | In the name of God Amen I John Briggs of Henly upon Thames In
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| 0002: | the county of Oxon oatmeal maker: Being In good and perfect health
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| 0003: | of Body: and of sound and perfect mind and memory praised bee allmighty god
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| 0004: | theirfore: and knowing the frailty and uncartinty of this momentary Life
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| 0005: | doe make and ordaine this my Last will and testament: In mannor and Forme
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| 0006: | Followinge: and Principally before all all other things I commend my soule Into
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| 0007: | the hands of Allmighty god my maker Ashuredly trusting In and by the merrits
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| 0008: | death and passion of my only Lord and saviour Jesus christ to have full and
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| 0009: | Free pardon and remision of all my sins And that after those days of mortality
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| 0010: | shall by gods grace have Rrceived an end: my soule to God Received Into everlasting
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| 0011: | happyness Into the Kingdome of heaven Amen And my body I commit to the earth
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| 0012: | to bee decently Burried at the descrition of my Executrix hearafter named
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| 0013: | and as to such temporall Estate as it hath pleased god to Lend mee the use
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| 0014: | of this world I dispose and give bequeath to my Loveing Wife Elizabeth
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| 0015: | Briggs whom I constitute make and Anoynt my full and sole
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| 0016: | Excetrix of this my Last Will and testement: and give unto her my said
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| 0017: | Wife all my estate whatsoever and waresoever: and In witness that this is
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| 0018: | my Last will and testement I the said John Briggs have hearunto set
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| 0019: | my Hand and seal the one and twenty day of Aprill In the first yeare
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| 0020: | of the Raigne of our soveraigne Lady queen Anne by the grace of god
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| 0021: | of: England: Scotland: France: And: Ireland queen defendar of the
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| 0022: | Faith: and In the yeare of our Lord god one thousand seven hundard
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| 0023: | And too:
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| 0025: | John Briggs
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| 0026: | Sealed subscribed published and
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| 0027: | declared to bee the Last will and
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| 0028: | testament of the said John Briggs
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| 0029: | in the presence of us
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| 0030: | Anne Parslow
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| 0031: | Mary Lane
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| 0032: | Elis[abeth]: Smith
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