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Will of Margarett Lawton

Date of will 18 May 1711
Status Widow 
Abode when will written Hanslopp, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 9 October 1716
Summary of will Left all her possessions to her children Mary John and Daniel Rawlings 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
Mary ffary Daughter    beneficiary   family name uncertain 
John Rawlings Son    beneficiary    
Daniel Rawlings Son    beneficiary executor    
Robert Vaus     witness    
Robert Vaus Jun     witness    
William Winmill     witness    
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  probate copy D/A/We/55/31
The original document from which this image has been taken is held by the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, County Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1UU, UK. Copies may be made for private use, but anyone wishing to publish the will, in whole or in part, or to reproduce it on their website should contact the Centre. A photocopy of the will can be ordered from the Centre

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Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference probate copy D/A/We/55/31
The original document from which this image has been taken is held by the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, County Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1UU, UK. Copies may be made for private use, but anyone wishing to publish the will, in whole or in part, or to reproduce it on their website should contact the Centre. A photocopy of the will can be ordered from the Centre

In the name of God Amen this eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord God 1711  I Margarett Lawton of Hanslopp in the County of Bucks widdow being of perfect Mind and Memory thanks be given unto God therefour calling unto Mind the Mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye Doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament (that is to say) Principally and first of all I give and Recomend my Soule into the hands of God that gave it and for my body I comend it to the Earth to be buryed in a Christian like and decent manner at the Discretion of my Executor Nothing doubting  but at the Generall Resurecon I shall receive the same again by the Mighty power of God and as touching such worldly Estate as it has pleased God to bless me in this life........ I give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following Manner and forme Imprimis I give and bequeath to my Son John Rawlings the sume of five pounds of good and Lawfull Money of Great Brittaine to be raised and Levyed out of my Stock to be paid within one year after my Decease Item I give and bequeath to Mary ff..... my Daughter the sume of five pounds of like Lawfull Money to be paid her within one yeare after my Decease and likewise to be Levyed out of my stock together with the Curtains that are about my own bedd and all my wearing cloathes both Linen and Woollen with my biggest Brass Kettle  and the Great Chest in my Chamber and the ioyn (iron) box in my Chamber  Item all the rest of my household goods and Moveables I give and bequeath to my Son Daniel Rawlings whom I likewise Constitute make and ordaine my only and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament ffreely by him to be possessed and enjoyed And I doe hereby utterly Disallow Disannull and Revoke all and every other former Testaments Wills Legacyes Requests and Executors by me in any way to be found this time Named Willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the day and yeare above written Margarett Lawton her mark Signed Sealed published nominated and Declared by the said Margarett Lawton to be her last Will and Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers William Winmill  Robert Vaus his mark Robert Vaus Jun                                 

Proved the 9th day of October 1716

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