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Marshall Maria de Harpden
In the name of God amen! the eighteenth day of July [?]
the ninth yeare of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lord William [?]
by the grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland King [?]
of the faith &c. Anno Dni 1697 I Mary Marshall of Harpenden [?]
the County of Hertford Spinster being of sound and p[er]fect [?]
memory (God be praised) doe make & ordaine this my last Will [?]
Testam[en]t hereby revoking all former Wills by me made and [?]
and confirming this to be my last Will & Testam[en]t First I commit [?]
my Soule into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my [?]
to be buryed in such decent manner as to my Executor hereafter [?]
named shall seem[?] meeke[?] And as for that Estate whereof it has[?]
pleased God to make me a steward I dispose thereof in manner [?]
forme following First I doe give & bequeath all my Linnen [?]
pewter and household stuffe to my brothers Phillip Marshall and [?]
James Marshall equally to be divided between them Item [?]
give & bequeath unto my said brother James Marshall the [?]
One hundred pounds to be paid him within the space of one [?]
Month next after my decease by my Executor hereafter named [?]
Item I doe give & bequeath unto my Nephew Joseph Marshall [?]
of my said brother Phillip Marshall the sume of One hundred [?]
to be paid him within one Month next after he shall attaine [?]
age of one & twenty years by my Executor hereafter named [?]
I doe give and bequeath unto my Sisters in Law Elizabeth Marshall [?]
and Hannah Marshall all my wearing apparel equally to be [?]
betweene them All the rest of my goods Chattells and personal Estate [?]
whatsoever I doe give & bequeath unto my said brother Philip Marshall[?]
(he paying my debts & Legacies) and my said brother Phillip I [?]
sole Exectuor of this my last Will & Testam[en]t In witness whereof[?]
have to this my Will contained in one sheete of paper set my [?]
and seale the day & year first above written, the marke of Mary[?]
Marshall signed sealed and published by the above named [?]
Marshall in the presence of us who doe now Subscribe our names in
the presence of the said Mary Marshall with these words (he paying my
debts & Legacies and my said brother Philip) interlined Jas Wittewrong
Tho: Brookes Rob: Jenkyns jun[io]r.
(Proved 17 April 1698 at Hitchin; administration to Philip Marshall)
(Inv £228-05-06)
