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1762 Will of Elizabeth Goodford
Widow
In the Name of God Amen
I
Elizabeth Goodford
of Yeovill in
the County of
Somerset Widow
do make this my
last Will and
Testament in
manner following
that is to say I
Give and Devise
all my Manors
Messuages Lands
Tenements and
Hereditaments
whatsoever and
wheresoever with
their and every
of their rights
Members and
Appurtenances
unto my Daughter
Mary Goodford
her Heirs and
Assigns for ever
I Give unto my
Cousin John
Daniel and
Elizabeth his
Wife and to Ann
Goodford Sister
of the said
Elizabeth Daniel
Ten Pounds
apiece Also all
the Rest and
Residue of my
Personal Estate
Goods and
Chattels of what
nature or kind
soever not
herein before by
me given I give
unto my said
Daughter Mary
Goodford whom I
do make Sole
Executrix of
this my Will In
Witness whereof
I the said
Elizabeth
Goodford have
hereunto set my
hand and seal
this Sixteenth
day of April
1762
Eliz[abeth]
Goodford
Signed Sealed
Published and
declared by the
said Testatrix
Elizabeth
Goodford as and
for her last
Will and
Testament in the
presence of us
who at her
request and in
her presence
have subscribed
out Names as
Witnesses hereto
Geo[rge] Bullock
W[illia]m
Steele Jun[io]r
George
Dwelly
This Will was proved at London on the
Seventh day of
April in the
year of our Lord
one thousand
seven Hundred
and Sixty three
before the
Worshipful
Andrew Coltee
Ducarel Doctor
of Laws
Surrogate of the
Right Worshipful
Sir Edward
Simpson Knight
Doctor of Laws
Master Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the oath of Mary
Goodford Widow
the Daughter of
the said
deceased and
Sole Executrix
named in the
said Will To
whom
Administration
was granted of
all and singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
said deceased
having been
first Sworn duly
to Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
