Source: TNA, PROB 11/440
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In the name of God Amen I Moses Pitt Citizen and Habberdasher of London aged Fifty two yeares or thereabouts being in perfect health of body and of sound mind and memory Doe make this my last Will and Testament revoaking all former Wills Imprimis I bequeath my Soul into the hands of my Creator the great God of Heaven and Earth humbly begging pardon for all my sinns both of Omission and Comission for the sake of my Deare Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ Secondly I desire body may bee buried privately without any pomp or unnecessary Charges Thirdly I declare I dye in the comunion of the universall Church of Christ Jesus on whose merits and satisfaction I relye for salvation and doe beleive that hee that will be saved must live piously to his Maker deale justly with his Neighbour and take care of the preservation of his body and soul And also beleive the Holy word of God contained in the old and new Testament Fourthly as to the disposall of my Worldly goods the Lord having given and the Lord having taken away What of the Lands Houses Leases or Freehold goods chattles debts money &c shall in lawe or equity bee mine at the time of my departure out of this Life (after my just debts paid) I give and bequeath unto my dear and loveing Wife Mary Pitt and sonn John Pitt to be equally devided betweene them share and share like during their naturall lives onely my Will is that my freehold Estate shall be to my sonn John and his Heires As also he shall have the Right of renewing all my Estate which I hold from the Deane and Chapter of Westminster by Lease or that I hold by Lease from any person or persons whatsoever or from any Corporacion Company or Society wtsoever or from or by any title from the Crowne of England This I declare to bee my last Will and Testament this Twenty nineth of September one thousand six hundred ninety one Moses Pitt Signed Sealed and published as the last will and testament of the within menconed Moses Pitt with the Words or by interlined in the Penult Line in the presence of us Ro: Meldenne Richard Sanden Samuel Holmes Octavo Die Mensis Octobris Anno Dn Millimo sexcentesimo Nonagesimo Septimo [this paragraph continues in Latin and appears to grant probate on 8 October 1697] [to] Maria Pitt Relicta
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