Dunsmore Mary 1716 of Scalford Will

Mary Dunsmore of Scalford 1716 Will

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records 1716

In the Name of God Amen I Mary Dunmore of Scalford in the County of Leicester Widow being of sound mind & memory thanks be to Gd do make my last Will & Testament in manner following

First I commend my soul into the hands of Jesus Xt my Saviour & Redeemer firmly hoping thro his alone merits & mediation to be partaker of eternal happiness & for wot I am now possess’d of I dispose as follows

Imprimis I give & bequeath to my son Francis Dunmore five pounds

Item I give & bequeath to Mary the Daughter of Francis Dunmore wch he had by his first wife five pounds

Item I give & bequeath to Anne & Elizabeth the Daughters of Francis Dunmore wch he had by his second Wife twenty shillings apiece

Item I give to my Daughter Fan & her five Children one shilling apiece

Item I give to my daughter Morris of Frisby five pounds & to her three Children three pounds to be equally divided

Item I give to my Son Wm Dunmore his Wife & three Children one shilling apiece

Item I give to my son Jn Dunmore & his wife one shilling apiece & 3 pounds formerly lent him to be distributed amongst his Children

Item I give two Chests a Box & a Spinning Wheel with all my Cloaths woolen & Linnen & two pair of sheets to Mary the Eldest Daughter of Francis Dunmore

Item I give to Wm Jane & Richard the Sons & Daughter of Francis Dunmore one shilling apiece

Item I give to my Son Francis Dunmore all the rest of my goods & personal estate whatsoever my debts legacys & Funeral expences being first payd & discharg’d whom I make Executor of this my last Will hereby revoking all former Wills & Testaments by me heretofore made

In Witnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this tenth day of April Anno Dom 1716

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Sign’d seal’d publish’d & declar’d by the Testatrix to be her last Will & Testament in the presence of us

R Goodall

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