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Wills of
Gillingham Shipwrights 1621 - 1852
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
Anthony
Markett 1731
IN THE NAME OF GOD
AMEN I ANTHONY MARKETT of Gillingham in the County of
Kent Shipwright being in good health of body and of sound mind and
disposing memory Do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in
writing in manner and forme following that is to say In
the first place I give and commend my Soul to Almighty God that gave it
and my body I committ to the Earth to be decently buryed att the
discretion of my Executrix hereafter named And as touching such temporal
Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give
devise and bequeath the same as followeth Imprimis
I give and devise All that my severall pieces or parcels of arable land
with their appurtenances lying and being in the parish of Christchurch
in Hampshire containing by estimation twenty three acres more or less
now in the occupation of WILLIAM MITCHELL unto my deare
and loveing wife MARY MARKETT for and during so long time
as she shall contiue my widow and from and after her decease or marriage
again I give and devise the same severall pieces or parcels of arable
land to my Sonn and heire JOHN MARKETT Item
I give and bequeath to my said Sonn JOHN MARKETT one Ring
of Gold of the value of Twenty shillings to weare in remembrance of me Item
all the rest and residue of my ready money Debts Credits pay wages plate
lynen goods chattels and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever
after my owne just debts Legacies Funerall charges and charges of
proveing this my Will and fully paid and satisfied I
give and bequeath the same unto my said deare and loveing wife MARY
MARKETT and to her Executors Administrators and Assigns And
I do appoint her my said loveing wife MARY MARKETT full
and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament And
do hereby revoke all former and other Wills and Testaments whatsoever by
me att any time before the publishing of these presents In
witness whereof I the said ANTHONY MARKETT the Testator
have hereunto sett my hand and Seal this present Twenty Second day of
January in the first yeare of the reigne of King George over Great
Britaine etc and in the yeare of our Lord 1714 ANTHONY MARKETT
Signed sealed and by the said ANTHONY MARKETT the Testator
published and declared to be his last Will and Testament in the presence
of us who in his presence and att his request have subscribed our names
as Witnesses hereto RICH SHEAFE JHO
SHEAFE HEN SHEAFE
Proved 7th February 1731 (1732 in the modern calendar)
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