In the Name of God Amen I Ralph Lanyon Mariner on board his Majestys Ship Defence Captain John Reynolds Commander being of sound and disposing Mind and Memory and considering the dangers of the Seas and other uncertainties of this transitory Life do for avoiding controversies after my decease make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament made in manner following that is to say ffirst I recommend my soul to God that gave it and my Body to the earth or sea as it shall please God to order and as for all my Worldly Estate I Give bequeath and dispose thereof as followeth that is to say all my wages Sum and Sums of Money Lands Tenements Goods Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be in any ways due owing or belonging unto me at the time of my decease I Give Devise and bequeath the same unto my Sister Jeane Wilcock of Stonehouse in the County of Devonshire and I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Jeane Wilcock of the above place sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other wills Testaments and Deeds of Gift by ne at any time heretofore made and I do ordain and ratify these presents to stand and be for my only last Will and Testament In Witness whereof to this my last will I have set my Hand and Seal the eighteenth day of October and in the tenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third over Great Britain ffrance and Ireland King Defender of the ffaith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy Ralph Lanyon

(Attestation Clause)

F Reynolds _ Simon ..... Egan

Proved at London 4 February 1779 to Jane Willcocks Wife of Thomas Willcocks

PCC Prob11/1050