Will proved 1723, written 1717.
A plumber.
Weak in body and limbs but of perfect mind and sound memory he says.
Commends soul to God.
To be buried at discretion of his executor.
Dear and loving wife Mary to get all his worldly estate. This includes his messages or tenements in Marlow called P....io plus a half acre of land in Marefield Marlow. Also to her all mortgages, bonds, household goods and chattels he may possess when he dies. She is sole executor of will.
Witnesses:
Thomas Cage, Richard Young, Thomas [Trott?].
Mary proved the will.
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