1690 Will - Robert Reeve
Introduction
Dated: 13 Oct 1690, Lambourne, EssexProbated: Archdeaconry of Essex, 13 Oct 1691
Transcript
In the Name of God Amen I Robert Reeve of Lambourne in the County of Essex yeoman Being sick and weake in Boody, but of perfect mind and memory praised be God doe make this my last Will and Testament in mannor and forme following: that is to say first and principally I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God my creator and my Boody to the earth from whence it were taken hopeing through his mercie and the merritts of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to have a joyfull resurection at ye Last dayAnd as for those temporall goods which the Lord in mearcie hath bestoed upon me I will and bequeath the same in mannor and forme following
Impr I give and Bequeath unto my loving wife Agnesse all my goods and chattells and doe make and ordayne her to be my whole and sole executrix she payeing my debts and funerall charges - and this I doe acknowledge to be my last Will and Testament revoking and renouncing all former wills or wrightings by me made In witnesse whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale this thirteenth Day of Octobi in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred and ninety
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