In the Name of God Amen I Jeremy (otherwise) Jeremiah Osborne of Basingstoke in the County of Southampton Gentleman being sick and weak in Body but of sound Mind memory and understanding Praised be Almighty God for the same Do make and Ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and fforme following ffirst of all I Give and bequeath my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it me and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried after the order and discretion of my Executor herein after named and as to Such reall and Personall Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with I Give and Devise the same as follows Imprimis I Give and Bequeath unto my loving Sister Susan Osborne the Sum of One hundred Pounds to be paid to her at the Age of One and Twenty Year Item I Give and bequeath unto my Neice Mary Burnham Daughter of George Burnham of Basingstoke aforesaid the Sum of One hundred and Twenty Pounds to be paid to her at the Age of One and Twenty If the said Mary Burnham shall happen to dye before Attains to the Age of One and Twenty then I Give and devise the same unto Ann Burnham Sister of the said Mary Burnham to be paid to her at the Age of One and Twenty Item I Give and bequeath unto William Stevenson the Sum of Ten Pounds to buy him a Suit of Mourning and to be paid within Six Months after my decease And lastly I Do nominate Constitute and Appoint my honoured ffather John Osborne my whole and sole Executor of this to be my last Will and Testament Uttelry revoking and making Void all former Wills and Testaments by me at any time made And for my ffather’s Trouble in being my Executor I Give and bequeath unto him all my Messuages Lands Tenements and Premises Whatsoever within the Kingdom of Great Britain To hold to him his Heirs and Assigns forever ffirst Paying and Discharging all my Debts and Legacies which I shall owe at the time of my Decease In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament sett my hand and seal this Twentieth Day of ffebruary in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second and so forth and in the Year of our Lord 1743 Jeremiah Osborne

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William Blake     John Silver     Will: Best Clk to Mr Thomas Woodman

Proved at London 17 June 1743

PCC Prob11/727