| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen
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| 0002: | I Mary the Wife of John Towry Reynoldson of Henley
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| 0003: | upon Thames in the County of Oxford Gentleman being Sick
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| 0004: | and weak in body and being impowered by Virtue of a certain
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| 0005: | Bond or other Instrument or Writing before the Consum[m]ation
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| 0006: | of my Marriage entred into by my said Husband to my
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| 0007: | Brother John Corderoy of South Moreton in the County of
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| 0008: | Berks yeoman whereby I had the Liberty to dispose of or give
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| 0009: | away to whom I should think fit the Sum of One hundred and
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| 0010: | Fifty pounds (being part of my Marriage portion) to whom I
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| 0011: | Should think fit And being of late Extreamly Ill whereby some
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| 0012: | of my Relations took the Advantage in the Absence of my said
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| 0013: | Husband to give him a very odd Character (of which I am
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| 0014: | since convinced by very good hands is intirely false) And who
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| 0015: | at that time Persuaded me to make such Will or Writing
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| 0016: | that I was capable of and Impowered to do by Virtue of such
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| 0017: | Bond or Writing as aforesaid By which means I did condescend
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| 0018: | to make such Will or Writing as they desired to the great
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| 0019: | Disadvantage of my said Dear Husband Now these Presents
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| 0020: | Witness that I do hereby disannull and make void such Will
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| 0021: | Writing or Instrument as aforesaid And do hereby make this
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| 0022: | my Writing or Instrument to be my only last Will and
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| 0023: | Testament and none other in manner and form following that
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| 0024: | is to say) I give devise and bequeath unto my dear Husband John
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| 0025: | Towry Reynoldson who hath Shewn himself Kind in a particular
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| 0026: | manner in this my late Illness the said Sum of One hundred and
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| 0027: | Fifty Pounds And all other Sum or Sums of money Goods or
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| 0028: | Chattells that is or may be in my Disposal And I do hereof make
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| 0029: | him sole Executor and do hereby disannul all other Wills by me
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| 0030: | heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
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| 0031: | and Seal this twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord
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| 0032: | One thousand Seven hundred and thirty four
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| 0034: | Mary Reynoldson
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| 0035: | Signed Sealed published and declared to be the Testatrixs last Will
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| 0036: | and Testament in the presence of us who Subscribed our names
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| 0037: | in the presence and at the Desire of the said Testatrix containing
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| 0038: | two Sheets of paper
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| 0040: | George Hampshier
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| 0041: | Rich[ar]d Milles |