| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen
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| 0002: | I John Toovey of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxford
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| 0003: | Grocer being sick and Weak in Body but of sound Mind Memory
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| 0004: | and Understanding (thanks be given to Almighty God for the
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| 0005: | same) being willing to settle my Affairs do make publish and
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| 0006: | declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form
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| 0007: | following (that is to say) in the first place I give and Bequeath
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| 0008: | to my Maid servant Ann Terry the Bed Bedding and all the
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| 0009: | Furniture in the Room where she lyes I also Give and Bequeath
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| 0010: | to her the said Ann Terry the Sum of ten pounds a Year to be
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| 0011: | paid unto her Yearly and every Year during the term of her
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| 0012: | natural Life by Quarterly payments clear of all deductions
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| 0013: | whatsoever the first Payment thereof to begin and be made
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| 0014: | at the End of the three Months after my decease And with the
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| 0015: | payment thereof I hereby expressly charge all my Estate
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| 0016: | whatsoever I also give and bequeath to the said Ann Terry
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| 0017: | the sum of five pounds to buy her Mourning All the Rest and
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| 0018: | Residue of my Estate whatsoever and wheresoever I give
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| 0019: | devise and bequeath to my dearly beloved son John Toovey
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| 0020: | his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever And
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| 0021: | I hereby Constitute and Appoint my said Son John Toovey full
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| 0022: | and whole Executor of this my last Will and Testament And in
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| 0023: | Testimony that this Writing is and contains my last Will and
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| 0024: | Testament I the said John Toovey the Testator have hereunto
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| 0025: | set my Hand and Seal this twenty fifth day of March in the
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| 0026: | year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty one
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| 0028: | Jno. Toovey
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| 0030: | Signed sealed published and declared by the
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| 0031: | Testator John Toovey as and for his last Will and Testament
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| 0032: | in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names
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| 0033: | as Witnesses hereto in the presence of the said Testator (a
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| 0034: | Rasure being first made in the Word Ten in the Eleventh Line
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| 0036: | W[illia]m Toovey
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| 0037: | John Maskall
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| 0038: | Tho[ma]s Newell
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