In the Name of God Amen I John Gadsby of Ashby Delazouch in the County of Leicestershire now living in No 115 Grays Inn Lane in the Parish of St Andrews St George the Martyr Holborn London in the County of Middlesex being of sound mind and memory do hereby make this my last Will and Testament in the presence of the undersigned witnesses Mr William Brightill and Mary Hannah Brightill his wife of the parish of Clerkenwell and Mr Joseph Maynard of the Parish of St Saviours Southwark After recommending my soul to Almighty God who gave it through the merit of our Lord & Redeemer Jesus Christ do after defraying all my just debts & funeral expences Give & Bequeath all my real & personal estate in all property or properties whatsoever unto my dearly beloved wife & faithful Partner through this life Mrs Mary Gadsby as above mentioned whom I do hereby constitute ordain & lawfully appoint my whole & sole heir Executrix & Administratrix of all my Property & worldly indowments whatsoever In Testimony of which I do now below in the presence of the aforesaid Witnesses now in the presence of each other set my hand this 12th day of August in the Year of our Lord 1825 John Gadsby  _ William Brightill _ Mary Hannah Brightill  _ Joseph Maynard

Proved at London 16 May 1828 by the oath of Mary Scarffe Wife of John Scarffe in the Will written Mary Gadsby Widow the Relict of the Deceased

London Metropolitan Archives

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