| 0001: | This is the last Will and Testament
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| 0002: | of me Thomas Higgs of Henley upon Thames in the County
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| 0003: | of Oxford Ostler I Give and Devise unto Mr Abraham
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| 0004: | Darby the Younger of Maidenhead in the County of
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| 0005: | Berks Liquor Merchant his Heirs and Assigns for ever all
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| 0006: | that my Messuage or Tenement together with the
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| 0007: | Stable and Granary and all other the Heredit[ament]s and
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| 0008: | Appurt[enance]s thereunto belonging situate on the Hill in the
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| 0009: | Parish of Henley upon Thames aforesaid and now in
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| 0010: | the Occupation of my Mother Ann Higgs To hold unto
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| 0011: | and to the use of the said Abraham Darby his Heirs
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| 0012: | and Assigns for ever In trust for my said Mother Ann
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| 0013: | Higgs and her Assigns for and during the Term of her
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| 0014: | natural Life and from and Immediately after her
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| 0015: | Decease In Trust to make Sale and dispose thereof as
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| 0016: | soon as conveniently may be for the best price that
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| 0017: | can be reasonably had or gotten for the same And I
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| 0018: | do hereby declare that the Receipt or Receipts of the
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| 0019: | said Abraham Darby and his Heirs shall be a good
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| 0020: | and sufficient Discharge to the purchaser of the said
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| 0021: | Premises and that he or she shall not afterwards
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| 0022: | be accountable for the purchase Money or any part
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| 0023: | thereof and that the said Abraham Darby his Heirs
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| 0024: | Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors shall stand and be possessed of
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| 0025: | and interested in the Money arising by such Sale after
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| 0026: | Deducting thereout all such Costs Charges and Expences
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| 0027: | which he shall be put to in the Execution of the Trust
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| 0028: | hereby reposed in him or them In Trust for Mrs Bett
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| 0029: | Barrett [↑the Wife of Thomas Barrett] of Henley upon Thames aforesaid Inn Keeper
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| 0030: | Joseph Cox of the same place Coachman John Cox of
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| 0031: | the same place Cooper and Ann Mellett (the Wife of
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| 0032: | John Mellett) of the same place Blacksmith equally
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| 0033: | to be Divided between or amongst them share and share
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| 0034: | alike to take as Tenants in Common and not as Joint
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| 0035: | Tenants I nominate and appoint the said Abraham
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| 0036: | Darby sole Executor of this my Will I hereby revoke
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| 0037: | and make Void all former Wills and Codicils by me at
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| 0038: | any time heretofore made and do declare this to be
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| 0039: | my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I
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| 0040: | have hereunto set my hand and Seal the sixth Day
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| 0041: | of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand
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| 0042: | seven hundred and ninety one
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| 0043: |
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| 0044: | Tho[ma]s Higgs [Seal]
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| 0046: | Signed
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| 0047: | Sealed Published and Declared by the said Testator as
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| 0048: | and for his last Will and Testament in our presence
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| 0049: | and by us attested in his Sight and presence and in
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| 0050: | the Sight and presence of each other
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| 0051: |
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| 0052: | H[enr]y Porter Wilson
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| 0053: | Frances Hobbs
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| 0054: | Francis Hobbs
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