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1737 will of Mary Stoodly
Spinster
I Mary Stoodly of Yeovill
in the County of
Somersett
Spinster being
of a sound and
disposing mind
memory and
understanding
and under a
competent State
of health but
considering the
uncertainty of
this Transitory
life do make
this my last
Will and
Testament in
manner and form
following First
my Will and
desire is that
all my just
Debts shall be
first paid and
discharged and
my body to be
interred at the
discretion of my
Executor
hereinafter
named Item I
give and
bequeath unto my
beloved Friend
Mr Nathaniel
Knott all those
my Rings and
Spoons together
with all my
wearing Apparell
of what kind
soever the same
are as Also
particularly the
Sume of Five
Hundred Pounds
given me by the
last Will and
Testament of my
Uncle
Christopher
Stoodly late of
Antigua Merchant
deceased Item I
give and
Bequeath unto
the said
Nathaniel Knott
all other my
Goods and
Chattells ready
Monys Effects or
Estate which I
may now or at
any time
hereafter be
interested in or
intitled unto by
virtue of the
said Will of my
said Uncle
Christopher
Stoodly and I do
hereby make the
said Nathaniel
Knott my full
and Sole
Executor hereby
revoaking
disannulling and
makeing void all
former Wills by
me at any time
heretofore made
and I do ratify
and declare this
and none other
to be my only
last Will and
Testament In
Witness whereof
I have hereunto
sett my hand and
seal this Eighth
day of September
in the year of
Our Lord One
Thousand Seven
Hundred and
thirty seven
Mary Stoodly
Signed Sealed
Published and
Declared by the
Testatrix as and
for her last
Will and
Testament who
desired us in
her presence to
be Witnesses to
the Execution
hereof
Wm Knott
The mark
of Thomas
Templeman
This Will was proved at London the
Twenty Sixth day
of July in the
Year of our Lord
One Thousand
Seven Hundred
and Thirty Eight
before the Right
Worshipfull John
Bettesworth
Doctor of Laws
Master Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the Oath of
Nathaniel Knott
Sole Executor
named in the
said Will to
whom
Administration
was granted of
all and singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
said deceased
being first
Sworn by
Commission duly
to Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
