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In the Name of God Amen I Mary Pyke of Enfield in the County of Middlesex Widow being in health of Body and of sound and disposing Mind Memory and understanding Do make and publish this to be my last Will and Testament First and Principally I recommend my Soul to Almighty God in hopes of Salvation through the Merits and Mediation of our Saviour Jesus Christ And I desire to be Buried in the Chancel of Enfield Church in the same Grave with my late Son Hinde Pyke And that an Inscription be put upon the Grace Stone of my Age and the time of my death I desire also that my Son Thomas Pyke may be Buried as near us as may be and that his Name and the time of his death may be Inscribed on the same Stone And as to such Worldly Estate as God has pleased to bless me with I dispose thereof in manner following that is to say I give and bequeath to Thomas Young of Clayhill in or near Enfield aforesaid Gentleman and Alice his Wife and to the Survivor of them one Annuity or yearly sum of twenty Pounds to be paid to them and the Survivor of them Yearly and every Year during so long as my Son Thomas Pyke shall continue to live reside and board with them or either of them by four equal Quarterly Payments at Midsummer Day Michmas Day Christmas Day and Lady Day in each Year the first payment to be on the first of those Quarter days that shall happen next after my death which Annuity of twenty Pounds a Year I give to the said Thomas Young and Alice his Wife over and besides what shall be payable to them or either of them for the board and Lodging of my said Son And I direct that the said Annuity in case the said Alice Young shall survive the said Thomas Young her Husband shall be for her own separate use exclusive of any future Husband she may Marry And not be liable to the Controul Debts or Engagements of any such Husband but that in such case her Receipts and Directions alone without such Husband shall notwithstanding her Coverture be from time to time sufficient discharges for what shall be paid to her for or in respect of such Annuity Also I give to my Cousins Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde Esquires Sons of my late Uncle Peter Hinde of Cheshunt in the County of Hertford Esquire deceased my Executors herein after named my silver Hand Candlestick Snuffer and Extinguisher six of my best silver Tea Spoons six of my best large silver Spoons and my silver Strainer and Tongs one pair of my silver Salt Sellers with the Spoons thereto and my two small silver waiters and silver Coffee Pott and Cream Jugg and my Crewit Stand with silver tops In Trust that they shall permit my said Son Thomas Pyke to have the use thereof during his life And in case at the time of his death he shall live reside and board with the said Thomas Young and Alice his Wife or either of them Then after my said Sons death I give the same to the said Thomas Young and Alice his Wife or such of them as my said Son shall then live reside and board with But in case my said Son shall survive both the said Thomas Young and Alice his wife or shall not live reside or board with them or either of them at his death Then my will is that the said Plate (the particulars whereof I have before mentioned) shall go and belong after my said Sons death to such Person and Persons and in such parts shares Proportions manner and form as my said Cousins Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde or the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators shall direct or appoint And as there are two Rooms in the said Thomas Youngs House at Clayhill aforesaid where my said Son Thomas Pyke now lives which Mr Young sometimes lets out If therefore my Son Thomas Pyke shall live reside and board with the said Thomas Young and Alice his Wife or either of them in the said House at my death And they or either of them with whom he shall so reside and board shall within six Calendar Months after my death set apart such Rooms to my Sons use so as he may have them as long as he continue to live with the said Thomas Young and Alice his Wife or either of them in that House without letting such Rooms to any other Person My Will then and in such case is that so much of my Household Goods and Furniture as shall be proper and necessary for Furnishing one of the said Rooms for a Bed Chamber for my said Son shall go and be applied to that purpose which I direct he shall have the constant use of And I do upon the same condition direct that my said Son shall have the use of my Sheets Table Cloths Napkins and other Household Linnen And my Will then also is that after his death the said Household Goods and Furniture for the said Bed Chamber and my said Sheets Table Cloths Napkins and other Household Linnen or such of them as shall then remain shall go and belong to such Person or Persons as he shall at the time of his death reside live and board with Provided it be with some Person or Persons approved of by the said Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde or the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators But if shuch Person or Persons shall not be so approved of or if my said Son shall at my death reside and board with either of them the said Thomas Young and Alice his Wife and he or she whom he shall so reside and board with shall not comply with the condition aforesaid then in either of such cases My Will is that the said Household Goods and Furniture for such Bed Chamber And my said Household Linnen shall go as the residuary part of my Estate is herein after disposed of Also I give to my Son Thomas Pyke my Watch in a Sleagreen Case with the small Seal and my Clock Also I give to my Nephew Henry Jacomb Son of my late Sister Frances Jacomb deceased my Amethyst Ring agreeable to a Promise I made him when he was a Child Also I give to Peter Bartholomew Jullian Husband of my Neice Mary Jullian Sister of my said Nephew Henry Jacomb my Gold repeating Watch with the Gold Case and Seal fixed to it And to my said Neice Mary Jullian my Diamond Rings and Ear Rings and my late Mothers Picture as also my best Suit of Point Lace Linnen Also I give to Mrs Katherine Hopkins of Clay Hill in or near Enfield aforesaid widow one hundred Pounds as an acknowledgmt of her faithful Friendship to me and mine But if she dies before me then I give the said one hundred Pounds to her Neice Mrs Jane Fox of London Also I give to my late Servant Elizabeth Clarke who served me faithfully twelve Years four of my silver Table Spoons and four of my silver Tea Spoons Also I give to my Servant Hannah Wotton if she shall be living with me at my death All my Wearing Apparel whether Silk or Woollen Lace or Linnen or of what other sort soever the same is or shall be at my death not herein before otherwise disposed of and except what I shall otherwise verbally dispose of as time and occasion may serve Also I give to John Tilly of the Poultry London Gentleman one hundred Pounds and to Mrs Mary Tilly of Hackney ten Pounds in remembrance of me And I appoint the several pecuniary Legacies aforesaid to be paid within six Calendar Months next after my death Also I give and bequeath to my said Cousins Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde All the rest Residue and Remainder of my Goods Chattels Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature kind or quality soever not herein before otherwise disposed of which I was am or shall at the time of my death be Possessed of Interested in or intitled unto In Trust that they shall as soon as conveniently may be after my death place or continue the same at Interest on Government or other Publick Stocks Funds or Securities and pay and apply the Yearly Interest Dividends or Produce thereof or so much thereof as they or the Survivor of them his Executors Administrators or Assigns shall in his or their discretion think proper to and for the liberal Maintenance and Support of my said Son Thomas Pyke in such way and manner as they the said Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde or the Survivor of them his Executors Administrators or Assigns shall think fit And in case there shall at the end of any Year or Years during my said Sons life time be any surplus of such Yearly Interest or Dividends over and besides what shall be applied towards his support and Maintenance as aforesaid Then In Trust Yearly and every year as often as there shall happen to be such surplus to pay and distribute the same as soon as conveniently may be unto and among such Poor Persons in such parts and proportion and in such manner and form as the said Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde or the Survivor of them his Executors Admors or Assigns shall appoint And it is my Will that they the said Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde or either of them their or either of their Executors Administrators or Assigns shall not be answerable or accountable in Law or Equity to any Person or Persons whomsoever for any such surplus or for any payment or distribution thereof And as to all the said rest and residue of my Personal Estate and Effects after the death of my said Son Thomas Pyke or the Securities in which it shall be Invested My Will is that the said Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde and the Survivor of them his Executors Administrators and Assigns shall stand Possessed thereof and of the Interest or Dividends accruing therefrom on the Trusts and for the several Uses and Purposes following (that is to say) In Trust from and after the decease of my said Son Thomas Pyke to pay the Yearly Interest and Dividends thereof to my Sister Elizabeth Pickard Widow or to permit or empower her to receive the same for her own use during so long as she shall live And from and after her death then as for and concerning one Moiety or half part of the said rest and residue of my Personal Estate and Effects or the Securities in which it shall be vested and the Interest or Dividends thereof In Trust to pay the Yearly Interest or Dividends of such Moiety or half part as the same shall from thenceforth become due and payable to my said Nephew Henry Jacomb or permit or empower him to receive the same during his life And from and after his death Then In Trust as to the said Moiety or half part of the residue of my Personal EState or the Securities in which it shall be Invested for all and every the Child and Children of my said Nephew lawfully Issuing to be equally divided between them if more than one And if but one Then In Trust for such only Child The share or shares of every such Child or Children to be an Interest vested in them respectively and to be transmissable to their respective Executors and Administrators at the Age of twenty one Years being a Son or Sons and at that Age or time of Marriage respectively which shall first happen being a Daughter or Daughters but to be paid or transferred as follows that is to say the share or shares of such of the said Child or Children of my said Nephew who being a Son or Sons shall have attained the Age of twenty one years in the life time of my said Son and my said Sister and Nephew or in the life time of either of them or being a Daughter or Daughters shall have attained the said Age or be Married during that time to be paid to them respectively on the death of the Survivor of my said Son and Sister and Nephew and the share or shares of every such Child of my said Nephew being a Son or Sons who at the death of the Survivor or my said Son and Sister and Nephew shall be under the said Age or being a Daughter or Daughters shall be then under the said Age and unmarried to be paid or transferred to such Son or Sons of my said Nephew respectively as they shall afterwards attain the said Age And to such Daughter or Daughters of my said Nephew respectively as they shall afterwards attain the said Age or be Married which first happens And in case of the death of any one or more of such Sons of my said Nephew under the said Age or of such Daughters or my said Nephew under the said Age and unmarried Then the share or shares of such of them so dying shall go to the Survivors and Survivor of the said Child or Children of my said Nephew to be equally divided between such Survivors if more than one and to be paid or transferred to such Survivors or Survivor as his her or their own share or shares would be then payable or transferrable and every such surviving share shall be liable to the like Survivorship as the Original share of every such Child so dying for the benefit of the other surviving Child or Children of my said Nephew And if but one such Survivor then all the said Moiety or half part of the residue of my Personal Estate or the Securities in which it shall be Invested shall go to such only surviving Child of my said Nephew and be paid or transferred at the Age or time aforesaid And the Yearly Interest or Dividends of the share of each of the Children of my said Nephew in the same as well by Survivorship as otherwise becoming due after the death of the Survivor of my said Son and Sister and Nephew and before the same shall be payable or transferrable to such Child or Children of my said Nephew or so much of such Yearly Interest or Dividends as the Trustee or Trustees thereof for the time being shall think fit shall go towards the respective Maintenance and Education of such Child or Children of my said Nephew And if there shall be no such Child or Children of my said Nephew or being such they shall all die before the Age or time before specified Then In Trust to pay the yearly Interest or Dividends of the said Moiety or half part of the Residue of my Personal Estate or the Securities in which it shall be Invested as the same shall from thenceforth become due and payable to my said Neice Mary Jullian or permit or empower her to receive the same during her life And from and after her death Then in Trust to pay the Yearly Interest or Dividends thereof as the same shall from thencforth become due to the said Peter Bartholomew Jullian the now Husband of my said Neice if he shall survive her or otherwise permit or empower him to receive the same during his life And from and after the death of the Survivor of my said Neice and her said Husband of my Personal Estate or the Securities in which it shall be Invested In Trust for all and every the Child and Children of my said Neice lawfully Issuing as well by the said Peter Bartholomew Jullian as any future Husband she may Marry to be equally divided between them if more than one and if but one Then In Trust for such only Child The share or shares of evey such Child or Children of my said Neice to be an Interest vested in them respectively and to be transmissable to their respective Executors and Administrators subject to the Contingencies aforesaid at the Age of twenty one years being a Son or Sons and at that Age or time of Marriage respectively which shall first happen being a Daughter or Daughters but to be paid or transferred to them respectively as follows (that is to say) the share or shares of such of the said Child or Children of my said Neice who being a Son orSons shall have attained the Age of twenty one years in the life time of my said Son and my said Sister Nephew and Neice and the said Peter Bartholomew Jullian the Husband of my said Neice or in the life time of either of them or before the failure of such Child or Children of my said Nephew or being a Daughter or Daughters shall then have attained the said Age or be Married to be paid to them respectively on the death of the Survivor of my said Son and my said Sister Nephew and Neice and her said Husband and failure of such Child or Children of my said Nephew as aforesaid and the share or shares shares of every such Child of my said Neice being a Son or Sons and at that time under the said Age or being a Daughter or Daughters and then under the said Age and unmarried to be paid or transferd to such Son or Sons of my said Neice respectively as they shall afterwards attain the said Age and to such Daughter or Daughters of my said Neice as they shall afterwards respectively attain the said Age or be Married which shall first happen and with such benefit of Survivorship to the Child or Children of my said Neice in case of any one or more of their deaths before the said Age or Time and with such power or authority to the Trustees or Trustee to employ the Yearly Interest or Dividends of their respective shares thereof towards their respective Maintenance and Education as I have before directed touching or concerning the Child or Children of my said Nephew And in case there shall be no such Child or Children of my said Nephew or Neice or being such they shall all die before the Age of Time respectively before specified Then I give and bequeath the said Moiety or half part of the said Residue of my Personal Estate or the Securities in wihch it shall be Invested to the said Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde equally to be divided between them and their respective Executors Administrators and Assigns for their own proper uses and benefits respectively And as for and concerning the other Moiety or half part of the said Residue of my Personal Estate and Effects or the Securities in which it shall be Invested after the death of my said Son Thomas Pyke and my said Sister Elizabeth Pickard My Will is that the said Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde and the Survivor of them his Executors Administrators and Assigns shall stand Possessed thereof and the Interest or Dividends accruing therefrom on the Trusts and for the several Uses and Purposes following that is to say) In Trust to pay the Yearly Interest or Dividends of such last mentioned Moiety or half part as the same shall from thenceforth become due and payable unto my said Neice Mary Jullian or permit or empower her to receive the same during her life And from and after her death Then In Trust to pay the Yearly Interest or Dividends thereof as the same shall from thenceforth become due and payable to the said Peter Bartholomew Jullian her now Husband if he shall survive her or otherwise to permit or empower him to receive the same during his life And from and after the death of the Survivor of my said Neice and the said Peter Bartholomew Jullian Then In Trust as to the said last mentioned Moiety or half part of the said Residue of my Personal Estate or the Securities in which it shall be Invested for all and every the Child and Children of my said Neice lawfully Issuing as well by the said Peter Bartholomew Jullian as any future Husband she may Marry to be equally divided between them if more than one And if but one Then In Trust for such only Child the Share or Shares of every such Child or Children of my said Neice to be an Interest vested in them respectively and to be transmissable to their respective Executors and Administrators at the Age of twenty oune years being a Son or Sons and at such Age or time of Marriage respectively which shall first happen being a Daughter or Daughters out to be paid or transferred as follows (that is to say) the sahre or shares of such of the said Child or Children of my said Neice who being a Son or Sons shall have attained the Age of twenty one years in the life time of my said Son and my said Sister and Neice and her said Husband or in the life time of either of them or being a Daughter or Daughters shall have attained the said Age or be Marriage during that time to be paid to them respectively on the death of the Survivor of my said Son and my said Sister and Neice and her said Husband and the Share or Shares of every such Child of my said Neice being a Son or Sons who at the death of the Survivor of my said Son and my said Sister and my said Neice and her said Husband shall be under the said Age or being a Daughter or Daughters shall be then under the said Age and unmarried to be paid or transferred to such Son or Sons of my said Neice respectively as they shall afterwards attain the said Age and to such Daughter or Daughters of my said Neice as they shall afterwards respectively attain the said Age or be Married which shall first happen And in case of the death of any one or more of such Sons of my said Neice under the said Age or of such Daughters of her under the said Age and unmarried Then the share or shares of such of them so dying shall go and belong to the Survivors and Survivor of the said Child or Children of my said Neice to be equally divided between such Survivors if more than one and to be paid or transferred to such Survivors or Survivor as his her or their own share or shares would be then payable or transferrable and every such surviving share shall be liable to the like Survivorship as the original share of every such Child so dying for the benefit of the other surviving Child or Children of my said Neice And if but one such Survivor then all the said last mentioned Moiety or half part of the Residue of my Personal Estate or the Securities in which ?? shall be Invested shall go to such only surviving Child of my said Neice and be paid or transferred at the age or ???? aforesaid and the yearly Interest or Dividends of the share of each of the Children of my said Neice in the same as well as by Survivorship as otherwise becoming due after the death of the Survivor of my said Son and my said Sister and my said Neice and her said Husband and before the same shall be payable or transferrable to such Child or Children of my said Neice or so much of such Yearly Interest or Dividends as the Trustee or Trustees thereof for the time being shall think fit shall go towards the respective Maintenance and Education of such Child or Children of my said Neice and if there shall be no such Child or Children of my said Neice or being such they shall all die before the said Age or time before specified Then In Trust to pay the Yearly Interest or Dividends of the said last mentioned Moiety or half part of the said Residue of my Personal Estate or the Securities in which it shall be Invested as the same shall from thenceforth become due and payable to my said Nephew Henry Jacomb or Permit or Empower him to receive the same during his life And from and after his death Then In Trust as to the said last mentioned Moiety or half part of the said Residue of my said Personal Estate or the Securities in which it shall be Invested for all and every the Child and Children of my said Nephew Henry Jacomb lawfully Issuing to be equally divided between them if more than one and if but one Then In Trust for suchonly Child the Share or Shares of Every such Child or Children of my said Nephew to be an Interest vested in them respectively and to be transmissable to their respective Executors and Administrators Subject to the Contingencies aforesaid at the Age of twenty one years being a Son or Sons and at that Age or Time of Marriage respectively which shall first happen being a Daughter or Daughters but to be paid or transferred as follows that is to say the Share or Shares of such of the said Child or Children of my said Nephew who being a Son or Sons shall have attained the Age of twenty one years in the life time of my said Son and my said Sister and Neice and her said Husband and my said Nephew or in the life time of either of them or before the failure of such Child or Children of my said Neice or being a Daughter or Daughters shall then have attained the said Age or be Married to be paid to them respectively on the death of the Survivor of my said Son and my said Sister and Neice and her said Husband and my said Nephew and failure of such Child or Children of my said Neice as aforesaid and the share or shares of every such Child of my said Nephew being a Son or Sons and at that time under the said Age or being a Daughters or Daughters and then under the said Age and unmarried to be paid or transferred to such Son or Sons of my said Nephew respectively as they shall afterwards attain the said Age and to such Daughter or Daughters of my said Nephew as they shall afterwards respectively attain the sd Age or be Married which shall first happen and with such ??????? of Survivorship to the Child or Children of my said Nephew in case of any one or more of their deaths before the said Age or time and with such power or authority to the Trustees or Trustee to employ the Yearly Interest or Dividends of their respective shares thereof towards their respective Maintenance and Education as I have before directed touching or concerning the Child or Children of my said Neice And in case there shall be no such Child or Children of my said Neice Or my said Nephew or being such they shall all dye before the Age or Time respectively before specified Then I give and bequeath the said last mentioned Moiety or half part of the said residue of my Personal Estate or the Securities in which it shall be Invested to the said Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde equally to be divided between them and their respective Executors Administrators and Assigns for their own proper uses and benefits respectively And my Will is that what I have herein before given to or for the benefit of my said Neice Mary Jullian shall be for her own sole and separate use exclusive of the said Peter Bartholomew Jullian her present Husband or any future Husband she may Marry and that the same or any part thereof shall not be subject or liable to the Power or Controul Debts or Engagements of her said Present or any future Husband but that her Receipts and Directions alone whether Married or Sole shall at all times be a sufficient discharge for all such Legacies and Sums of Money as I have herein before given to her or appointed to be paid to or for her use or benefit in any way or manner whatsoever And my Will further is that it shall be lawful for the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of any of the Trust Securities in which the Residue of my Personal Estate or any part thereof shall be Invested at any time or times to call in sell or dispose of such Securities or any part thereof and to place out the Money arising therefrom in the Names or Name of such Trustees or Trustee upon the like or any other publick Stocks Funds or Securities so as the same be made Subject to the trusts aforesaid or such of them as shall be then subsisting and so as no such Alteration be made in such Securities after my said Sons death and during the life or lives of my said Sister and Nephew and Neice and her said Husband or the life of either of them without the Consent of such of them who for the time being shall be entitled to the Interest or Dividends of the Security so to be Changed signifyed under his her or their Hand or Hands in Writing and the consent of my said Neice for that purpose to be given notwithstanding her Coverture with her present or any other Husband And my Mind also is that if either of them the said Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde shall dye during the continuance of any of the said Trusts the Survivor of them shall nominate and appoint some other Person or Persons to be a Trustee or Trustees in the room of the Trustee dying And thereupon the said Trust Securities shall be Transferred so as to be Vested in the Surviving Trustee and such new Trustee or Trustees so to be nominated Upon such of the said Trusts as shall be then subsisting And so often as a Trustee shall dye a new one may be in like manner appointed by the surviving Trustee or Trustees but every such new Trustee so to be appointed during the lives of my said Sister and Nephew and Neice and her said Husband or the life or lives of any or either of them shall be with the consent of them or the Survivors or Survivor of them testified under his her or their Hands or Hand in Writing such consent of my said Neice to be given notwithstanding her Coverture with her present or any other Husband And I direct that no Trustee of any of the Trust Monies or Securities aforesaid shall be answerable for any money arising therefrom that he did not take into his Possession or keeping notwithstanding his Signing any Receipt or Discharge for the same for conformity with the other Trustee thereof nor shall any or either of such Trustees be accountable for any Involuntary loss that may happen by the placing out or replacing thereof according to this my Will nor shall any one of them be answerable for the Acts Deeds or Defaults of any other of them but each for his own only And they may at all times reimburse themselves respectively out of the respective Trust Money or Securities aforesaid All Costs Charges Damages and Expences that they shall respectively be put to by means of such Trusts And it is my Will and Desire That the small Estate in the County of Devon which was entailed by the Grandfather of my late Husband may go after my Sons death to the Person or Persons who shall then be entitled thereto according to the said Entail And lastly I appoint my said Cousins Jacob Hinde and Robert Hinde the Sons of my said uncle Peter Hinde deceased Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I empower them and the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators as he or they shall see occasion to compound any Debt or Debts that may be due or owing to me at my death and to take less than the whole Money due thereon or any other thing in satisfaction thereof as he or they shall think fit And I do revoke all former and other Wills In Witness whereof I the said Mary Pyke have set my Hand to each of the six first Sheets of this my last Will and Testament which is contained in seven Sheets of Paper fixed together at the top with my Seal and to this seventh and last sheet I have set my Hand and Seal this twentieth day of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy And in the tenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Mary Pyke LS Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the Testatrix Mary Pyke as and for her last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in her Presence and in the Presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereof Alex Allen James Hall Humphry Sargent If Mr Jullian survives me & my Son I desire whatever is left in my Will for his life may be giving to his Children without falling into his Hands Mary Pyke April 14th 1774 I Also give & bequeath to my sister Elizabeth Pickard now living at Enfield the sum of fivety Pounds and to my Nephew Henry Jacomb the sum of fivety Pounds both to be paid as soon as convenantly may be after my decease And if Kitty Fox be living with me at the time of my death I give and bequeath to her all my wearing Apparel Viz Lace Linnen and Woollen not excepting my Suit of Point Lace (as mentioned before in my Will As Witness my Hand this 29th of May 1777 Mary Pyke The 14th day of Octoer 1778 Which day Appeared Personally Katherine Hopkins of the Parish of St Botolph Aldersgate London Widow and Alice Young (Wife of Thomas Young) of the Parish of Enfield in the County of Middlesex Cornchandler) who being severally sworm upon the Holy Evangelists to depose the truth did depose and say as follows (to wit) That they these Deponents respectively knew and were very well acquainted with Mary Pyke late of the Parish of Enfield in the County of Middlesex Widow deceased for several Years before and to the time of her death that during such their knowledge of and acquaintance with her have often seen her Write and Subscribe her Name and by that means are become well acquainted with her manner and character of Hand Writing and Subscription and having now carefully viewed and perused the two Codicils to the last Will and Testament of the said deceased wrote on the seventh Sheet of the said Will hereunto annexed the first Codicil being contained in the following words "If Mr Jullian survives me & my Son I desire whatever is left in my Will for his life may be giving to his Children without falling into his Hands" which Codicil is thus subscribed "Mary Pyke" and thus dated April 14th 1774 The second Codicil beginning thus "I also give and bequeath to my Sister Elizabeth Pickard now living at Enfield the sum of fivety Pounds" ending thus "As Witness my Hand this 29th of May 1777" and thus subscribed "Mary Pyke" Do say That they verily and in their consciences believe the whole Bodies and Series of the said two Codicils Subscriptions thereto made and date to the said first Codicil to be totally wrote and subscribed by and with the proper Hand Writing and Subscription of the said Mary Pyke Widow deceased Katherine Hopkins Alice Young Same day the said Katherine Hopkins and Alice Young were duly sworn to the truth of the above written Affidavit Before me And Coltee Ducarel Surrogate Pros Richd Chesly Crosswell Not Pub This Will was Proved at London with two Codicils the sixteenth day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight before the Worshipful Andrew Coltee Ducarel Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Jacob Hinde Esquire one of the Executors 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 duly to administer Power reserved of making the like grant to Robert Hinde Esquire the other Executor named in the said Will when he shall apply for the same This Will was Proved at London with two Codicils the third day of january in the Year of Our Lord one thousand severn hundred and eighty one Before the Worshipful Andrew Coltee Ducarel Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Robert Hinde Esquire the surviving Executor 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 duly to admr
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