Source: TNA, PROB 11/1441
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This is the last Will and Testament of me George Filliter of Wareham in the County of Dorset Gentleman made and published this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Five as follows that is to say I will that my just Debts and Funeral Expences be in the first place paid and discharged I desire to be buried in the parish Church yard of Lady Saint Mary Wareham in as plan and decent a manner as possible no pall Bearers and no Gloves or Hatbands except to the Church and Dissenting Clergymen the Two Surgeons Two attornies and Mr Christie with Gloves to the Wives of such as are Married a pair of Gloves and five Shillings each to the Men who carry me to the Grave my Coffin to be similar to my late Wifes and placed next to hers I Give and Devise all that my Meadow next the North River of Wareham and East of the Causeway there in my occupation and all that my plott called Walkers Well plott near the North Turnpike Gate of Wareham also in my occupation and all that my Garden near the North Walls called Mallards in the occupation of John Stevens and also all and singular my Freehold Rights of Common or Seven Sealed Commons in Wareham Common unto my dearly beloved affectionate and truly dutiful Children and Daughters Mary Filliter and Ann Hussey Filliter To hold unto them my said Dear Children Mary and Ann Hussey their Heirs and Assigns for ever also I give and bequeath all that my Dwelling House in Wareham aforesaid in which I dwell with the outhouses Gardens Stables premises and appurts thereto belonging or adjoining also in my occupation and also all that my Leasehold Tenements with its appurts situate at Bradle in the occupation of Mr Ninetham unto my said Dear and affectionate Children Mary Filliter and Ann Hussey Filliter To hold unto them my said Dear Children Mary and Ann Hussey their Executors Admors and Assigns for and during all the Residue and Remainder of the several and respective Terms to come therein at my decease and as for and concerning all and singular my Household Goods and Furniture plate Linen China Monies Securities for Money Debts and all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Real and Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever or wheresoever or of what nature or kind soever I Give devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said dearly beloved and dutiful Children Mary Filliter and Ann Hussey Filliter their Heirs Executors Admors and assigns for ever and I hereby recommend and advise my said Dear Daughters to sell and dispose of the whole or such part of the Freehold Leasehold and other property hereinbefore given and devised them as soon after my decease as they may think proper or be recommended to and put and place the Monies arising therefrom in the Funds or on good private Security for their own benefit and advantage lastly I do make and appoint them my said kind and dear Daughters mary Filliter and Ann Hussey Filliter joint Executrixes of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all other Wills and Testaments by me at any time heretofore made and declaring this only to be and contain my whole last Will and Testament In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year first written Geo Filliter LS Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Testator George Filliter as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us whose names are hereunder written who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses Thos Thomas Joseph Staines Thos Delacourty This Will was proved at London the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Six before the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Mary Filliter and Ann Hussey Filliter Spinsters the Daughters of the decease and the Executrixes named in the said Will to whom admon was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
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