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1778 will of Nicholas PerMegan
I the underwritten Nicholas Permegan or Permingham now of Yeovil in the County of Somerset do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved Friend Miss Maria Selina Sellecke of Cullumpton in the County of Devon all my Estates whether real or personal whether in possession or reversion all my Household Goods Furniture wearing Apparel in fine all my Effects whatsoever or wheresoever hereby making and appointing her whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament which I have written entirely with my own Hand and subscribe it this eighth day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight at Yeovil in Somersetshire
Nich[ola]s Pernegan or Nich[ola]s Perningham
Signed Sealed and Declared to be the last Will and Testament of Nich[ola]s Perbnegan in the presence of us
Mary [surname
illegible]
John King
Charles King all
of Yeovil
Yeovil 12
Aug[us]t 1779
Since
my making and
signing the
above Will the
above mentioned
Maria Selina
Sellecke became
my Wife and I
hereby ratify
and confirm the
disposition I
made to her
N Pernegan N
Perningham
This Will
was
proved at London
with a Codicil
the eighth day
of April in the
year of our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred
and eighty three
before the Right
Worshipful Peter
Calvert Doctor
of Laws Master
Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the Oath of
Maria Selina
Pernegan
otherwise
Perningham
formerly
Sellecke Widow
the Relict of
the Deceased and
the 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 by
Commission duly
to administer
Transcribed by
Bob Osborn
