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In the Name of God
Amen the first day
of October in the year
of our Lord God One
thousand Seven hundred
and Seventy I Jonathan
Wyatt of the parish of
Chardstock in the County
of Dorset yeoman being
weak of Body but of
perfect Mind and Memory
thanks be Given unto God
therefore Do make this
and devise my last Will
and Testament in manner
and form following, that
is to say, First and
principally Foreward my
Soul into the hands of
Almighty God who Gave it
me and for my Body I
commend it to the Earth
to be buried in
Christian and Pious
manner nothing Doubting
but at the General
Resurrection I shall
receive the same again
by the Mighty Power of
God, and as touching
such Worldly Estate
wherewith it hath
pleased God to bless me
in this life I Give
Devise bequeath and
Dispose the same in the
manner and form
following, Imprimis I
Give Devise and bequeath
unto my loving Wife
Twenty Shillings to be
paid Monthly every Month
during her life and half
the indoor Goods of the
house and the Money to
be paid by my Executors
Item I Give unto my Son
Jonathan that Estate
lying at Crawley called
by the name of Brooms
with the Wearing(?) and
other Goods which I have
there and also Ten
pounds in Money and a
Clock and a large
looking Glass which is
now at Bewley Item I
give my Daughter Sarah
Dowditch [Bowditch?]
Thirty pound and her
Daughter Catherine five
pounds and Thomas five
pounds, and her Daughter
Sarah ten pounds and to
be paid by my Exors Item
I Give unto my Daughter
Martha Starke five
pounds to be paid her by
my Exors Item I Give
unto Jonathan Wiat Sime
Son of William and Mary
Simes Crawley lying in
the parish of Membury in
the County of Devon
after his mother Mary
Syme and the said Mary
Symes is to pay unto her
sister Joan Gundry (?)
Guineas a year or to
allow it in her
maintenance Item I Give
unto John Symes Son of
William Symes forty
Shillings Item I Give
unto Mary Symes Sister
of John Symes forty
Shillings Item I Give
unto Joan Symes the
other Sister forty
Shillings
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Item I Give unto James
Wiat my Eldest Son that
Estate wherein I now
live called by the name
of Bewley with half my
Indore and Outdore Goods
whom I make my whole and
Sole Extor of this my
last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I
have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Day
and your above said
Jonathan Wyatt Signed
Sealed and Delivered as
my last Will and
Testament in the
presence of us the mark
of Elizabeth Cock – the
mark of Sam Turner –
Robert Vincent(?)
This Will was
proved in London the
fourteenth day of
December in the year of
our Lord God One
thousand Seven hundred
and seventy before the
Right Worshipful George
Hay Doctor of Laws
master burger or
Commissary of the
Prerogative Court of
Canterbury Lawfully
Constituted by the Oath
of James Wyatt the son
of the deceased and Sole
Executor named in the
said Will to whom
Administration was
Granted of all and
Singular the Goods
Chattels and Credits of
the said deceased he
having been first sworn
by Commission duly to
Administer
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