The Will of Mary Edmonds

 

In the Name of God Amen I Mary Edmonds of Studland in the Isle of Purbeck & County of Dorset being in Health of Body and of Sound Mind & disposing Memory to make & declare this my last Will & Testament in manner following That is to say _ I give devise and bequeath unto my Niece Hannah Biles Wife of William Biles in the County of Dorset aforesaid Mariner All the Lands Tenements Goods Chattles Ready Money and Personal Estate Whatsoever and wheresoever to Her, her Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns And I make my Niece full and sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament, & I hereby revoke all former & Other Wills by me at Any Time heretofore made I declare this only to be my last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the fifteenth Day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & fifty three   The Mark of Mary Edmonds   (Attestation Clause)   Thos Colson     Ann Bartlett     the Mark of Jane Culme   Proved 1753   Dorset Record Office