03 July 1767 Will of William Pike of the Charterhouse, Middlesex (proved 11 July 1771)

Source: TNA, PROB 11/969

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In the Name of God Amen
the third Day of July 1767 I William Pike of the 
Charterhouse in the County of Middlesex being of Good and
Perfect Mind and Memory thanks be to Almighty God for
the same I do make and Declare this my last Will and
Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) 
First and Principally I do hereby make Mrs Mary
Parry the wife of Thomas Parry my Executrix and that
she Do Pay the Legacys I do here mention Item I
Give to my Niece Mary Youngs  wife of Thomas Youngs
of Leverinton near Wi?berks in the Isle of Ely and
County of Cambridge fifty pounds Good and lawful


Money of England I Also Give to Thomas Taber
the Son of John Taber and Deborah Tabor of
Charterhouse lane in the Parish of Saint Sepulchres
without the Sum of Ten pounds Good and lawful
Money of England And I likewise Give to Ann Tabor
the Daughter of John Taber the Sum of Ten pounds
Good and lawful Money of England and if either of them
Dye before my Death the two ten pounds shall go
to that that shall be living at the time of my Death
And my Will is that my Executrix that is abovemention'd
shall Bury me at as little Charge as possible may be
with the House Allowance  In Witness hereof I have
hereunto set my hand and Seal the third Day of July as
above written  William Pike  Witness that the same
Testator did Acknowledge this his last Will and Testament
in the Presence of us  Wm Mitchell  John Taber
Deborah Taber

This Will was proved at London the
Eleventh Day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand
Seven hundred and Seventy one before the Worshipful
Andrew Colt?e Dunerol Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the
Right Worshipful George Hay also Doctor of Laws
Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oath of
Mary Parry Widow the Sole Executrix named in the
said Will to whom Administration was Granted of all
and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the 
Deaseased she having been first sworn Duly to adster

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