| 0001: | This is the last Will and
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| 0002: | Testament of me William Turpin the Elder of
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| 0003: | Henly on Thames in the County of Oxford Butcher
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| 0004: | being of sound and disposing mind and memory
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| 0005: | praised be God I give and devise unto my Dear
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| 0006: | wife Mary Turpin all and every my Freehold Mess[uag]es
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| 0007: | Lands Tenements and Hereditaments situate standing
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| 0008: | and being in Rotherford Grays in the said County
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| 0009: | of Oxford and in Remenham in the County of
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| 0010: | Berks or elsewhere within that part of Great
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| 0011: | Britain called England with their appurtenances
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| 0012: | To hold to her my said Wife for and during
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| 0013: | the Term of her natural life if she shall so
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| 0014: | long continue my Widow and unmarried and
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| 0015: | from and immediately after the deceas or Marriage
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| 0016: | again of my said Wife which shall first happen
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| 0017: | I give and devise all and every my said Freehold
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| 0018: | Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in
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| 0019: | Rotherfield Grays and Remenham aforesaid with their
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| 0020: | appurtenances and all my Estate Right Title and
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| 0021: | Interest therein unto my three Sons William Turpin
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| 0022: | Thomas Turpin and John Turpin their Heirs and
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| 0023: | Assigns in equal shares and proportions and as
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| 0024: | Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants I give
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| 0025: | to each of my said Sons William Turpin Thomas
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| 0026: | Turpin and John Turpin and each of my dau[ghte]rs
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| 0027: | Margaret Turpin and Rebecca Turpin the Sum of
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| 0028: | two hundred Pounds apiece of lawful Money of
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| 0029: | Great Britain and to my daughter Sarah Boling
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| 0030: | the Sum of Fifty pounds of like Money All which
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| 0031: | Legacies I do hereby Will and direct shall be paid
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| 0032: | to my said Sons and Daughters respectively out of
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| 0033: | my Personal Estate immediately after the decease
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| 0034: | or Marriage of my said Wife which shall first
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| 0035: | happen and in case either or any of my said Sons
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| 0036: | and Daughters shall happen to Depart this life
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| 0037: | before his her or their Legacy or Legacies shall become
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| 0038: | payable then my Will and Meaning is that the
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| 0039: | Legacy or Legacies of him her or them so dying shall
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| 0040: | go and be paid unto their respective Executors or
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| 0041: | Administrators I give unto my Son in Law Daniel
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| 0042: | Piercy the Sum of twenty pounds of lawful
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| 0043: | Money of Great Britain to be paid to him immediately
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| 0044: | after my decease for his trouble in the Executorship
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| 0045: | of this my Will I give and bequeath the use and
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| 0046: | Enjoyment of all and every my Household Goods
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| 0047: | Stock in Trade and Stock Crop Implements and
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| 0048: | utensils in Husbandry debts to me owing and all
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| 0049: | other the rest and residue of my Personal Estate
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| 0050: | whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature
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| 0051: | kind and quality soever the same may be Subject
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| 0052: | and charged with the payment of my Funeral
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| 0053: | Expences debts and Legacies herein before by me
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| 0054: | given unto my said Wife Mary Turpin for and
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| 0055: | during the Term of her natural Life if she
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| 0056: | continues my Widow and unmarried and from and
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| 0057: | immediately after her decease or Marriage again
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| 0058: | which shall first happen I give and bequeath my
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| 0059: | said Personal Estate and the rest and Residue
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| 0060: | thereof subject and charged with the payment of
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| 0061: | my Funeral Expences debts and Legacies as aforesaid
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| 0062: | unto all and every of my Children in equal shares
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| 0063: | and proportions and in case either or any of my
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| 0064: | Children shall happen to depart this life before
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| 0065: | his her or their part and share or parts and shares
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| 0066: | of and in the Residue of my Personal Estate shall
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| 0067: | become payable then my Will is that the Part
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| 0068: | and share of him her or them so dying shall go
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| 0069: | and be Paid unto their respective Executors or
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| 0070: | Administrators and I do hereby nominate and
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| 0071: | appoint my said Wife Mary Turpin and my said
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| 0072: | son [↑in] Law Daniel Piercy Executrix and Executor of
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| 0073: | this my last Will and Testament and Do revoke
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| 0074: | all former and other Wills by me made and declare
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| 0075: | this to be my last Will and Testament only In
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| 0076: | Witness Whereof I the said William Turpin the
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| 0077: | Testator have to this my last Will and Testament
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| 0078: | set my hand and Seal this Sixteenth day of
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| 0079: | November in the Year of our Lord one thousand
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| 0080: | seven hundred and eighty four
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| 0081: |
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| 0082: | W[illia]m Turpin [Seal]
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| 0083: |
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| 0084: | Signed
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| 0085: | Seald Published and Declared by the said William
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| 0086: | Turpin the Testator as and for his last Will and
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| 0087: | Testament in the Presence of us who Subscribed
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| 0088: | our names thereto as Witnesses in the Testators
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| 0089: | Presence and at his request the words "and Remenham"
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| 0090: | being first interlined between the Seventh and
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| 0091: | eighth lines from the top of the above will and
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| 0092: | observed by the Witnesses
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| 0093: |
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| 0094: | Mary Hollier
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| 0095: | Jno Hollier Thame Oxon
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| 0096: | Edw[ar]d Wilkins Cl[er]k to Mr Hollier
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