In the Name of God Amen I John Trendell now Quarter Master on board the Fox whereof John Blackburn is Commander being of Sound Mind and Memory do hereby make this my last Will and Testament First and principally I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God hoping for Remission of all my Sins through the Merits of Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and Redeemer and my body to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God And as for such worldly Estate and Effects which I shall be possessed of or intitled unto at the time of my decease I give and bequeath the same as followeth that is to say unto my beloved Wife Mary Trendell of the Parish of St Pauls Deptford in the County of Kent All Sums of Money that may be due now to me or hereafter on board the said Ship or any other whatsoever And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint Mary Trindell Executrix of this my last Will and Testament And I do give and bequeath unto my said executrix All the Rest and Residue of my Estate whatsoever both real and personal hereby revoking and making void all other and former Wills by me heretofore made And do declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this thirteenth day of November year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ????? and in the eighteenth year of the Reign of our Sovreign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith John Trendell
 
J Blackburn
James Horncastle
 
Proved: 5 December 1781
PCC
Prob11/1085