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In the Name of God Amen I Henry Page of
the Hamlet of Wormly in the Parish of Harrow in the County of
Middlesex Husbandman being of sound Mind Memory and
understanding Praised be God but being weak in Body Do
Constitute Nominate and Appoint this my last Will and Testament
in manner and form following I give devise and bequeath All that
my ffreehold Messuage or Tenement with the Appurtenances now in
the Occupation of George Golder together with one hundred Pounds
in the three Per Cent Consolidated Annuities unto Simon Howard
and John Burch And to the Survivor of them In Trust to sell and
dispose of the said Tenement and the said Annuity immediately
after my decease for the most Money that can be had and gotten
for the same And the Money arising by such Sales I will Order
and Direct And I hereby give and bequeath out of the said Money
unto my Nephew Stuart Basst and ......the sum of thirty Pounds
of lawful Money and after having paid the said Legacy I give and
bequeath one full Moiety or half part of the Remainder of the
Money arising from the aforesaid Sale to my Daughter Elizabeth
Colvill to be paid into her own Hands and her Receipt alone
shall be a good and sufficient discharge to my Executors as I
give her the same for her own private sole and separate use and
not to be subject to the Debts Controul or Engagement of her
present or any after taken Husband I give and bequeath the
other full Moiety or half part of the said Money (after the
Payment of the said thirty Pounds) unto my two Grand children
the Issue of the said Simon Howard And I do direct that the
Moiety be paid into the Hands of their ffather for their use and
benefit and his Receipt shall be a sufficient discharge. And all
the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and Effects
whatsoever I Give and bequeath to my said Daughter and my said
Grand Children that is to say to my said Grand Children to be
received by the said ffather for their use and benefit and I do
order and direct that the said Legacys be paid respectively
within three Calendar Months after my decease And I do Nominate
and Appoint the said Simon Howard and John Burch to be Executors
of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former
Wills In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my Hand and
Seal this tenth day of September in the Year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and seventy three _ Henry Page
(Attestation Clause)
Richd Page _ John Browne
_ William Ratcliffe
Proved at London 25 September 1773
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