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THE WILL OF ELIZABETH VOW 1742
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
of me Elizabeth VOW of Kings Cliff in the county of Northampton spinster
first whereas the Estate at Blaston in Leicestershire of my brother The Reverend
Thomas VOW of Kings Cliff aforesaid is mortgaged to me for the sum of
five hundred pounds I give all the same five hundred pounds with all the interest
thereof if any be due unto my said brother Thomas VOW and I further give
unto the said Thomas VOW the sum of one hundred pounds to be paid to
him at my death I give unto my Mother Mrs Martha VOW the sum of Twenty
pounds I give unto my aunt Sarah BUTLER the sum of ten pounds I give
unto my aunt Margaret BUTLER the sum of ten pounds I give unto my Sister
Mary VOW the sum of ten pounds I give unto Ann BASSETT servant
to my said brother Thomas VOW the sum of five pounds and all my wearing
apparell I give unto Samuel PEALE servant to my said brother the sum
of ten pounds and I give unto Mary BRUDEUELL the sum of forty shillings
servant to the said Thomas VOW and I do hereby make constitute and appoint
my said brother Thomas VOW full and sole executor to this my will in
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my last will and
testament the fourth day of September 1742 Eliz: VOW signed sealed published
and declared by the said Elizabeth VOW the Testator to be her last will
and testament in the presence of us and who at the request and in her presence
set our hands Hereto as witnesses thereof Jonathan BRAMSTON Sarah DILHOORK
John GOODRICH. This will was proved at London before the Right Worshipfull
John BETTESWORTH Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted the Twenty eighth day of February in
the year of our lord one Thousand seven hundred and forty three by the oath
of Thomas VOW the brother of the deceased and sole executor named in
the said will to whom was granted Administration of all and singular the goods
and chattells and credits of the said deceased being first sworn by commission
duty to administer. EX er
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