In the Name of God Amen the Seventeenth day of June in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God King of Great Britain and so forth and in the Year of our Lord 1746 I John Moulden of Wantage in the County of Berks Ironmonger being of good sound and perfect mind memory and understanding (thanks be given to God for the same) Do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) ffirst and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Heavenly Maker trusting and assuredly believing through the alone Merits Precious Death and Passion of my Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to have Pardon and Remission of my Sins and to be eternally saved And my Body I commit to the Earth from whence it came to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named And as for such Worldly goods Chattels and Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me withal I give and dispose the same in manner following (that is to say) ffirst of all I give and devise All that my Messuage or Tenement situate and being in Wantage aforesaid wherein I now dwell and also all other my Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and ffreehold Estate whatsoever and wheresoever as well in Possession Reversion or Remainder unto my beloved Daughter Martha Moulden and her Assigns To hold unto my said Daughter Martha Moulden and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural life And from and immediately after the decease of my said Daughter Martha Moulden I give and devise the said Messuage or Tenement wherein I now dwell in Wantage aforesaid and all other my said Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and ffreehold Estate and Estates whatsoever and wheresoever unto my son John Moulden his Heirs and Assigns for ever And I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ann Margrave one Shilling and no more and all my Plate ready Money Money at Interest And all the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels and Personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever (after my Debts Legacies and funeral Expences are first paid and satisfied) I give and bequeath unto my said Daughter Martha Moulden and I make my said Daughter Martha Moulden Sole Executrix to this my last Will and Testament hereby revokeing all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made And I do declare this Paper Writing to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said John Moulden the Testator have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year first above written John Moulden

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Sarah Frogley    Jno Frogley      Willm Boote

7 July 1748 Administration with Will annexed of the Goods Chattels and Credits of John Moulton late of Wantage on the County of Berks but in the ffleet Prison London deceased was granted to Elizabeth Griffyth Widow the Principal Creditor of the said deceased (Martha Moulden Spinster having renounced the Execution thereof)

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