Moore John of Ab Kettleby 1705 Will
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1705/126
In the Name of God Amen I John Moore the elder of Ab Kettleby in the County of Leicester yeoman being weakly & infirm in body but of good and perfect memory & understanding (I blesse God therefore) do make & ordayn this my last Will and Testament in manner & form as followeth
First & principally I do freely & willingly resign and yield up my soul into the hands of Almighty God my most gracious & loveing father hopeing & firmly believing to enjoy everlasting life and salvation by & through the alone and alsufficient merrits and satisfaction of my most blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
My body I comitt to the earth whence it came to be interred at the discretion of my dear & loveing wife my executrix herein after appointed
And concerning my worldly estate & Goods I dispose of the same as followeth (vizt)
First I give to my elder daughter Elizabeth Caunt the legacy of One shilling and to my Grandson Thomas Caunt her son the legacy of five shillings
Also I give to my younger Daughter Jane & to my son in Law Willm Smart her husband each of them One shilling
And all the rest & residue of my Goods Credits Cattle & Chells (after my just debts shalbe paid & satisfied & my funerall expences defray’d & discharged) I give unto & leave with Grace my dear & loveing wife whom I do ordayn constitute and appoint to be the sole executrix of this my last will
In witnes whereof I have hereunto set & put my last will & Testament the Eight day of September in the fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne by the grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland Queen defender of the faith &c Annoq dni 1705
John Moore
Signed sealed published & declared by the said Testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who did Attest the same in his presence
Joseph Sage
Amos Quenbey
Matthew Lord
Probate 2 March 1705/6
