Source: TNA, PROB 11/1108
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In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Lambert of Wimborne Minster in the County of Dorset Mariner being in Health of Body and of sound Mind Memory and understanding but considering the uncertainty of this transitory Life do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say First I will that all my just Debts and Funeral Expences be fully paid and discharged Also I give and bequeath unto Sarah Maverly wife of William Maverly of Wilton in the County of Wilts Weaver the Interest of one Hundred Pounds during her natural Life payable half yearly to commence from the Day of my Death and after her Decease I give and bequeath the said one Hundred Pounds unto unto Ann Blake and Elizabeth Blake Daughters of John and Elizabeth Blake equally to be divided between them Share and Share alike Also I give and bequeath unto my said Sister Elizabeth Blake Wife of John Blake of Wilton aforesaid Woolscribbler the Sum one Hundred Pounds to be paid unto her within twelve Months next after my Decease Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Haydon Daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Clay the Sum of Fifty Pounds to be paid unto her within twelve Months next after my Decease Also I give unto Jeremiah Clay the younger Son of the said Jeremiah Clay the Sum of Ten Pounds to be paid him within twelve Months after my Decease Also I give and bequeath unto Thomas Spurl my Apprentice the Sum of Ten Pounds to be paid unto him within Twelve Months next after my Decease And all my wearing Apparel I give and bequeath unto the said William Maverly and John Blake of Wilton aforesaid to be equally divided between them Also I give and devise unto William Maverly Son of William Maverly aforesaid the Moiety or half Part of all my Dwelling Houses outhouses Stages Storehouses Fishermans Houses and all my Rooms and Plantations with the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments thereunto belonging situate lying and being in Trinity Harbour in Newfoundland on the North Side there commonly called Calves Point and also the Moiety or half part of all that Room or waste Piece of Ground situate lying and being at the Grates Cove commonly called Squibbs Room in Newfoundland aforesaid To hold unto the said William Maverly his Heirs and Assigns for ever And the other Moiety or half part thereof I give and devise unto James Blake Son of John & Elizabeth Blake aforesaid To hold to him his Heirs and Assigns for ever and all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Lands Tenements and real Estate Goods Chattel and personal Estate of what Nature or Kind soever or wheresoever that I shall die seized or possessed of interested in or intitled unto and not hereinbefore given I give devise and bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Maverly Daughter of the before named William and Sarah Maverly her Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever And I do hereby nominate and appoint her my said Niece Elizabeth Maverly sole Executrix and residuary Legatee of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all other Wills by me heretofore made declaring this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this seventh Day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and seventy two Signed sealed published and declared by the abovenamed Thomas Lambert as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names in his Presence at his request and in the Presence of each other Thomas Lambert LS Ahasuerus Willis Will Pinchard Nichs Churchill This Will was proved at London on the thirtieth Day of September in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty three before the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Elizabeth Maverly Spinster the sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
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