Source: TNA, PROB 11/972
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This is the last Will and Testament of me Mary Tito of the Town and County of Poole Widow of Robert Tito late of Poole aforesaid Cooper deceased touching the Disposition of my Estate and Effect who being infirm of Body but of sound and disposing Mind and Memory (praised be God) do make and declare the same as followeth And First I will that my Debts and Funeral Expences be paid and discharged Also I give to my Daughter Curtis Tito all the Goods that I sell of every Sort in the Shop of my Dwelling House next the Street in Thames Street in Poole aforesaid and in the Room within the Shop and Warehouse and also All my Household Goods and Wearing Apparel Also I give unto my Son in Law John Phippard ten pounds to buy him Mourning Also all my Lands and Tenements and Leasehold Estates and all the rest residue and remainder of my Goods and Chattels Money Plate Linnen Securitys for Money Book Debts and other my Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever not hereing before given I give devise and bequeath unto my two Daughters Mary the Widow of George Crisp late of Portsea in the County of Southampton Gentleman deceased and Curtis Tito and the three Sons of my late Daughter Elizabeth Phippard deceased in manner following to wit the whole being divided into three equal parts two parts whereof I give to my said Daughters Mary and Curtis and the other third part thereof I give to my said three Grandsons and to the Heirs Executors and Administrators of my said Daughters and Grandchildren as Tenants in common and equally to be divided between them in three parts as aforesaid and if either of my said Grandsons shall dye before attaining the Age of twenty one years and without lawful Issue living the part and Share of him so dying shall go to the Survivors and Survivor of them And I do appoint my said Daughters and my said Son in Law John Phippard Guardians and Trustees for my said Grandsons till they respectively come of Age when their respective parts and Dividends hereby given shall be paid them or sooner at the Discretion of my said Trustees and Lastly I do nominate and appoint my said Daughters Mary and Curtis joint Executrixes of this my said Will hereby revoking and making void all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the twenty seventh Day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty four Mary Tito Signed Sealed Published and declared by the above named Mary Tito as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence and at her request and in the presences of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses Thos Bailey Elizabet Orchard John Seer Noty Pubk This Will was proved at London the twenty third Day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one before the Right Worshipful George Hay Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Mary Crisp Widow and Curtis Tito Spinster the Executrixes named in the said Will to whom Administration 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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