This is the last Will and Testament of me John North of Watlington in the County of Oxford Gentleman made this seventeenth Day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred sixty one I will and direct that all my just Debts be duly paid and discharged I give and devise all my Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and real Estate And also all Moneys Goods Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto and to the Use of my loving Wife Elizabeth North and my daughters Elizabeth North and Martha North their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns equally to be divided between them Share and Share alike as Tenants in Common and not joint Tenants Provided nevertheless that the said Devise to my said Wife shall be in Lieu and Satisfaction of all Power and right and Title of Power which she may claim or be intitled unto by Virtue of or under the Deed of Settlement made on my Marriage with her or of any Covenant or Agreement in the said Settlement contained I do hereby make my said Wife and Daughters joint Executrixes of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said John North have to this my last Will and Testament all of my own Hand Writing contained in this Piece of Parchment set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written _ J. North

(Attestation Clause)

John Allnatt Clerk to Mr North _ Elizabeth Hester  _  Walter Clarke Servants to Mr North

Proved at London 2 April 1763

PCC Prob11/886