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1775 Will of Mary Penny
Widow
This is the last Will
and Testament of
me
Mary Penny
of Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset Widow I
commend my Soul
to God through
Christ and my
Body I commit to
the Earth to be
decently buried
at the
discretion of my
Executrix
hereinafter
named in the
Vault which I
have caused to
be made in the
Parish Church of
Yeovil afores[ai]d
I give unto my
Cousin the
Reverend John
Hann of [Winsor
?} Clerk all my
Books I also
give him the Sum
of twenty pounds
I give unto John
Hann the Younger
Son of the said
John Hann first
named the like
Sum of twenty
pounds I give
unto my cousin
John Paine or
Merton in the
County of Surry
the Sum of
twenty pounds
and the like Sum
of twenty pounds
to his wife all
which Lagacys my
Will is shall be
paid by my
Executrix in
three Months
next after my
death the Legacy
of twenty pounds
to John Hann the
Younger to be
paid to his
Father for his
use and the
Receipt
of his
said Father
shall be a
sufficient
discharge to my
Executrix for
the same I give
unto the said
John Paine my
Gold Watch which
was his Mothers
I give unto my
late Servant
Alice Serjeant
Dr [Drelincourts
?] discourse
upon death my
roasting [Fark
?] and all the
Goods I bought
of Madam Bull
and Nathaniel
Caswell or
either of them
since I was a
Widow I also
give her the
Apron Ruffles
Handkerchief and
piece of [cen ?]
Stitch which she
worked whilst
she lived in my
service I give
unto my present
Servant
Elizabeth Colly
the sum of ten
Guineas in case
she lives with
me at the time
of my death I
give unto the
Children of my
former servant
Mary Munden now
or late Wife of
Joseph Munden of
Poole Town in
the County of
Dorset two of my
common Gowns
three of my
common Shiftes
three Check
Aprons and two
Flannel
Petticoats I
give unto Messrs
Edward Boucher
the elder
Edward Boucher
the younger
and
Nathaniel Butler
Batten all
of Yeovil
aforesaid a
Mourning Ring
each of one
Guinea value I
also give unto
the said
Nathaniel Butler
Batten the sum
of five pounds I
give unto my
Cousin Rebekah
Fletcher dau[ghte]r
of Mr James
Fletcher of the
City of Oxford
my two Acres be
the same more or
less of arable
Land lying in
the West Field
of Yeovil
aforesaid for
all the residue
of the Term I
have therein
determinable on
the death of
Henry Penny and
as for and
concerning all
the Rest and
Residue of my
Goods Chattels
personal and
testamentary
Estate
whatsoever and
wheresoever and
of what nature
kind or quality
soever I give
and bequeath the
same unto my
Cousin Mary
Fletcher
Daughter of the
said James
Fletcher and I
hereby make and
appoint the said
Mary Fletcher
sole Executrix
of this my last
Will and
testament In
Witness whereof
I the said Mary
Penny have to
this my last
Will and
Testament
subscribed my
Hand and set my
Seal this
seventh Day or
March in the
Year of our Lord
One thousand and
seven hundred
and seventy five
and in the
fifteenth Year
of the Reign of
our Sovereign
Lord George the
Third by the
Grace of God of
Great Britain
France and
Ireland King
Defender of the
Faith
Mary Penny
Signed Sealed
Published and
Declared by the
said Testatrix
as and for her
last Will and
Testament in the
presence of us
who at her
request have
subscribed our
Names as
Witnesses
Mary Cayme
Hugh
Bulls
This Will was proved at London the
seventh Day of
May in the Year
of our Lord One
thousand and
seven hundred
and seventy six
before the
Worshipful
Francis Simpson
Doctor of Laws
Surrogate of the
Right Worshipful
Sir George hay
Knight also
Doctor of Laws
Master Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
Constituted by
the Oath of Mary
Fletcher
Spinster the
sole Executrix
named in the
said Will to
whom
Administration
was granted of
all and singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
Deceased having
been first sworn
duly to
administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
