| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen
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| 0002: | I Francis Fipps of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxon
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| 0003: | Boatemaster doe make ordaine and declare this to be my last
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| 0004: | Will and Testament in manner following Impr[im]is I will and
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| 0005: | desier That all such debts and moneys that I justly owe to
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| 0006: | any person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truely paid
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| 0007: | out of my reall and personall Estate which I now have by my twoe
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| 0008: | Executors herein after named By way of mortgage or otherwise
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| 0009: | of my said reall and personall Estate or otherwise as my said
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| 0010: | Two Executors in their discretions shall think most proper for the
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| 0011: | payment thereof hereby ratifying and confirming by these
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| 0012: | presents all and whatsoever my said Executors shall think fitt
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| 0013: | and most proper to be done for the good benefitt and advantage
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| 0014: | of my Twoe Sonns herein after named and payment of my afores[ai]d
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| 0015: | debts and im[m]ediately after my said debts and Sum[m]e and Sum[m]es
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| 0016: | of money which I doe now justly owe to any person or persons
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| 0017: | whatsoever and my funerall charges and expences paid and
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| 0018: | discharged I give devise and bequeath all my said Freehold
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| 0019: | reall and personall Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my
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| 0020: | Twoe Sonns John Fipps and William Fipps and to their Heirs
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| 0021: | and Assignes for ever To be equally devided between them
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| 0022: | share and Share alike in every perticuler by my Two Execut[o]rs
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| 0023: | Item I will that my said Sonn John Fipps shall and will at his
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| 0024: | owne proper Costs and charges dureing the whole time and
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| 0025: | terme of the apprenticeship of his brother William Fipps my
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| 0026: | said Sonn provide and give unto his said brother all such
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| 0027: | things and apparrell as I the said Francis Fipps am oblidged
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| 0028: | to give provid and allow unto him by certaine Indentures or
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| 0029: | other writings and that without any allowance or account
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| 0030: | hereafter to be had made or rendred for the same and I doe
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| 0031: | hereby make and ordaine my Two Sons in Law Charles Bridgstocke
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| 0032: | and Edward Rockall my full and Sole Executors of this my last will
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| 0033: | and Testament and for what charges and expences soever they
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| 0034: | my said Executors shall happen to be put unto or lay out and
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| 0035: | expend by reason of this my said Will and Testament I will
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| 0036: | that the same shall bee reducted paid agained and allowed out
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| 0037: | of my said reall & Personall Estate unto them and I doe hereby
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| 0038: | revoke all former wills and Testaments by me att any time
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| 0039: | heretofore made and doe publish and declare this to bee my last
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| 0040: | will and Testament In testimony whereof I the said Francis
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| 0041: | Fipps have to this my last Will and Testament put my hand
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| 0042: | and Seale the three and Twentieth day of March in the twelfth
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| 0043: | yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lady Anne by the Grace
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| 0044: | of God of Great Brittaine France and Ireland Queene Defender of
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| 0045: | the Faith &c Annoq[u]e D[omi]ni 1713
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| 0046: |
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| 0047: | The marke of Francis Fipps
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| 0049: | Signed Sealed published and Declared as and for the last will and
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| 0050: | Testament of the s[ai]d Francis Fipps in the p[re]sence of us (who have
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| 0051: | attested y[e] same) in the p[re]sence of the said Testator
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| 0052: |
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| 0053: | William ?Deoven
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| 0054: | Daniell Wyett
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| 0055: | Tho[mas] Floyd
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