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Will of Thomas Oatridge 1802

Source: w5: Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills.

Thomas Oatridge otherwise Outridge

I Thomas Outridge ??? of the Town and Borough of Dover in the County of Kent Shopkeeper being at present of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding praise be God for the same do make publish and release this to be my Last Will and Testament as follows (that is to

say) first and principally I commend my soul into the hands of the Almighty God who gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth to be privately but correctly interred at the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter mentioned and as to my wordly Estate so which with it hath pleased the

Almight to give? and I dispose thereof as follows In the first place I direct the payment of all my Just debts funeral expenses and the Costs and Charges of proving and executing this my Will and after full payment and satisfaction thereof I give and devise (dark image from this point on) and Bequeath unto my Dearly beloved wife Mary Outridge all and every my Estate and Estates

both real and personal ..... together with all singularly my Goods Chattels Effects... (unclear but essentially using the estate to support his wife in her lifetime then...) .. and equally to be divided by and between my three sons Thomas Outridge John Outridge and William Outridge in equal

shares and proportions and to their several... (unclear again...) ... and I hereby nominate institute and appoint my said Dear Wife Mary Outridge ??? and sole executrix of this my Will hereby revoking and cancelling and making void all former and other wills and codicils ??? at any time

hereforeto made and so I ???? this only to be my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I the said Thomas Outridge the Testator have hereunto set my hand and seal this dat of June 5th in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and one. Signed sealed and declared (etc etc usual blurb) by Thos Outridge in the presence of George Sturges Thos White.

Updated on 16 Mar 2006