In the Name of God Amen I WILLIAM MANNING of the Parish of St. Margaret Westminster in the County of Middlesex being of sound and disposing Mind memory and Understanding do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament I give devise and dispose thereof as follows that is to say ffirst I give unto my dearly beloved Wife the sum of seventy five pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain and what household furniture I have also my Gold Ring Item I give unto my Son JAMES MANNING the sum of One hundred pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain two Silver Spoons one marked J.M. the other C.M. ane Silver Watch a Silver Stock Buckle a pair of Silver Shoes and Knee Buckles a Silver rim Tortoise Shell Snuff Box and all my Wearing Apparel Also to pay MRS. ANN CHASE the Wife of CHARLES CHASE the sum of fifty pounds on a promisary Note of my own hand writing I say to be paid immediately after my Decease the Moneys that is to pay off all these above mentioned Legacies are in the three per cent South Sea Stock Also I do require that what Money Notes Wills and Debts and Demands remaining over and above what will pay my funeral Charges not exceeding eight pounds and all my lawful debts and that the Remainder of the said Money be given to my loving Wife JANE MANNING to make the other seventy pounds up One hundred pounds and what is over that sum for my Son JAMES MANNING to have And I do hereby hereby nominate constitute and appoint MR.THOMAS KILLINGWORTH Baker in the parish of St. Martins in the ffields and MR. JOHN WILKINSON in the parish of St. Margarets Westminster to be my two Executors and Trustees for my Wife and Son of this my last Will and Testament and revoke and declare to be null and void all and every other Will or Wills at any time or times heretofore made In witness whereof I have here set my hand and seal the thirtieth day of June in the year of our Lord 1755 - WILLIAM MANNING - Sealed published and declared by the said WILLIAM MANNING to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who witnessed the same in the said Testators presence - JAMES -----.  - PASCHEN FLUSE. -  J. JAEQUOMAR   Codicil to be added to and be part of the last Will and Testament of WILLIAM MANNING Porter to the Duchess of Richmond Whereas the said WILLIAM MANNING did in and by my said last Will and Testament make nominate and appoint my worthy ffriends MR. THOMAS KILLINGWORTH and MR. JOHN WILKINSON Executors of my said Will now I do make and appoint my Dear Loving Wife JANE MANNING joint Executrix to and with the said THOMAS KILLINGWORTH and JOHN WILKINSON Executors and Executrix of my said Will and thereby also declare that my said Will in Writing and this Codicil which I will shall be added to and declared part thereof I have set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and fifty five and in the twenty ninth year of the Reign of King George the Second. - WILLIAM MANNING - Signed Sealed and published by the said WILLIAM MANNING.- THOMAS WILKINSON. - THOMAS PILLINER.  -  JOHN PINNER Att. St. Marins Lane.   This will was proved at London with a Codicil the twenty first day of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and fifty five before the Worshipful Arthur Collier Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir George See Knight also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Perogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Thomas Killingworth and John Wilkinson the Executors named in the said Will and Jane Manning Widow the Relict of the Deceased and Executrix named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the Deceased they having been first sworn duly to administer.