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Will of John Oatridge 1742 

(628) Transcript of PCC Will:  PROB 11/734 

In the Name of God Amen I John Oatridge of the parish of Oaksey in the County of Wilts  Gentleman being in good health and of sound and perfect Mind and Memory thanks be given to  Almighty God for the same do herein and hereby make and declare my last Will and Testament  in manner following that is to say I first bequeath my Soul into the hands of Almighty God 

trusting for Salvation through the ???? of my ?? blessed Saviour Jesus Christ and I commit my  Body to the Earth to be decently buryed at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named And  as for all the Wordly Estate which the said ???? hath blessed me with all I Give and dispose 

thereof in manner following 

Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Oatridge the sum of five hundred pounds  on lawful of money to be paid to her by my Executor hereinafter named within one year after my 

decease 

Item I give and devise unto my daughter Elizabeth that my Leasehold estate with all the Lands  and Appurtenances thereunto belonging lying and being in ??? in the parish of Kemble in the 

said County of Wilts now in the possession of Thomas ?inton and John Shillinor To hold unto my  said daughter Elizabeth her Executors Administrators and Assigns for and during all my term and  Estate therein also I give unto my said daughter Elizabeth the sum of one hundred pounds of 

lawfull money to be paid her in one year after my decease 

Item I give to my son John one shilling 

Item I give to my daughter Ann Hankock my daughter Margaret Rogers and my daughter Jane 

one shilling ??? they having already received their portions. 

Item I give devise and bequeath unto my son Robert Oatridge all my Freehold Messuages Land  Tenements and Hereditaments lying and being in the parish of Oaksey aforesaid To hold to him 

the said Robert Oatridge his sons and Assigns forever. 

Item all the rest residue and remainder of my personal Estate of what kind or nature soever I  give devise and bequeath unto my said son Robert Oatridge and I make my said son Robert 

Oatridge sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other Wills and  Codicills by me at any time heretofore made 

In Witness whereof I have here utno set my hand and seal this twelth day of April in the fifteenth 

Year of the reign of King George the Second and in the Year of our Lord 1742 John Oatridge  signed sealed published and ??? to be the Last Will and Testament of the said John Oatridge in  whose presence the witnesses subscribed their name: Ron Freeman  Mar. Freeman  F?  Freeman. 

Probate Statement: This will was proved at London the third day of July in the Year of our Lord  One thousand seven hundred and forty four before the right worshipful John Bettesworth Doctor  of Laws Master Keeper or Commisary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted 

by the Oath of Robert Oatridge the son and sole Executor in this said Will named to whom  Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and ?? of the said deceased  being first sworn by Commission duly to Administer the same 

Updated on 16 Mar 2006