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Will of Edmond Dawe (draft), Ditchett, Somerset

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1170
Dates: Sep. 1708
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Edmund Harrington (copy), Feering, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1154
Dates: 2 Nov. 1697
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Edward Basse, Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3797
Scope and Contents The will of Edward Basse of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire. He divides his tenements and land in Gamlingay between his sons Edward, William, and John. His wife Grace receives the 2+ acres, again in Gamlingay, which he bought of Richard Smith. There are small pecuniary bequests to the three sons, and to the poor of the parish, but all his other goods and chattels, together with all his freehold lands, go to his wife Grace for her life. Grace is appointed sole executrix. Copy of probate. With the...
Dates: 16 July 1623
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Edward Byrchall (copy), Over Stratton, Wiltshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1235
Dates: 10 Feb. 1758
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Edward Ellis (copy), Swallowfield, Berkshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1234
Dates: 21 Dec. 1758
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Edward Hurst (copy), Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1209
Dates: 25 Aug. 1739
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Edward Inchley (copy), Cottingham, Northamptonshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1247
Dates: 6 Sep. 1769
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Edward Ingram (copy), Ardleigh, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1260
Dates: 21 Aug. 1789
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Edward Leader of West Tilbury, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.17
Scope and Contents He devises certain property in Biddenham, Bedfordshire to his son James Leader and his heirs forever; he bequeaths his personal property to William Seward and Simon Moyes, both of Chadwell, Essex, in trust to carry on or dispose of his business, the profits to be applied to the education of his son, James Leader, till he attains the age of twenty-one, when it is to be transferred to him. W. Seward and S. Moyes are appointed guardians of J. Leader. Witnesses: Abraham Sanell, Daniel Jackson,...
Dates: 13 Mar. 1780
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Edward Lewis, East Bergholt, Suffolk

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.116
Scope and Contents Edward Lewis of East Bergholt bequeathes a certain sum apiece to his grandchildren William Cooper, George Cooper Mary Cooper and Ann Cooper; certain property to his granddaughter Mary Cooper; a certain sum to his granddaughter Mary Lewis, which is to go to his son Nathaniel Lewis should she die before becoming twenty-one; a certain sum to his grandson Joseph, which is to go to his son Nathaniel Lewis should Joseph Lewis die before becoming twenty-one; all his land freehold and copyhold and...
Dates: 10 Mar. 1719
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Elizabeth Broad (copy), Andover, Hampshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1200
Dates: 21 Aug. 1728
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Elizabeth Deynes (copy), Roydon, Norfolk

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1184
Scope and Contents

Will of Elizabeth Deynes, widow. She bequeathes all her estate to her son Charles Deynes, her sole executor. Not signed or witnessed. A nuncupative will.

Dates: 19 May 1720
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Elizabeth Evans (copy), Swindon, Wiltshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1239
Dates: 9 May 1763
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Elizabeth Fitten, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1112
Dates: 27 Apr. 1620
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Elizabeth Foster (copy), Southover, Sussex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1255
Dates: 27 Aug. 1773
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Elizabeth Hankyn (copy?), West Sherborne, Hampshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1101
Dates: 9 Apr. 1548
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Elizabeth Hardy (copy), Barham, Suffolk

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1268
Dates: 30 Aug. 1697
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Elizabeth Janson (copy), Northallerton, Yorkshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1207
Dates: 10 May 1736
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Elizabeth Jolly (copy), Scole, Norfolk

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1224
Dates: 12 Dec. 1749
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Elizabeth Scarfe, Cambridge

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.354
Scope and Contents Elizabeth Scarfe of Cambridge devises to her son William Scarfe a certain sum in addition to that given him by his father's will, certain property to the same, certain property to her executor, certain further property to William Scarfe; to her daughter-in-law Eleanor Scarfe a certain sum; to her granddaughter Elizabeth Scarfe a certain sum and certain property; to her cousin Ann Martin a certain sum and certain property; to Elizabeth Turner wife of Barnard Turner certain property; to Ann...
Dates: 27 Oct. 1735 (Date of William Bridge's oath: 4 August 1740; date of Hickle Scarfe's oath: 5 August 1740; date of endorsement: 1744)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Elizabeth Smith, widow [of Francis Smith of Cambridge], Cambridge

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.44
Scope and Contents She devises to her son Francis Smith a certain house in All Saints' Parish subject to the discharge of certain debts due to Henry Baker of Cambridge; to the same certain freehold and copyhold estate at Over, Cambridgeshire; to the same certain freehold and copyhold estate at Impington and Histon; she gives to the same all drugs etc in her shop; she devises to her daughter Ann Smith her half share in the Blue Boar descended to her on the death of her sister Deborah Allett; to the same certain...
Dates: 28 July 1758
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Everard Bowen (copy), Thrapston, Northamptonshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1236
Dates: 10 Apr. 1751
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Frances Askham [copy], Conington, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.406
Scope and Contents Frances Askham of Conington devises her lands, freehold and copyhold, in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire to her daughter Anne Askham and her heirs for ever; her lands in Willingham, Cambridgeshire, to her daughter Harriot Hatton and her heirs for ever; to her daughters Anne and Harriot a certain sum; to her grandchildren John Hatton and Thomas Dingley Askham Hatton and to each of Sir Thomas Hatton's daughters a certain sum; to Mrs Mary Moody if she lives with her at the time of her death a...
Dates: 1 Sep. 1781 (Date of Probate: 26 April 1783)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Frances Burrell, Adstock, Buckinghamshire etc.

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3711
Scope and Contents The will of Frances Burrell of Adstock, Buckinghamshire, spinster. She leaves to her brother the Revd Alexander Burrell all her freehold and copyhold (manor of Anglesey) lands in Little Wilbraham and in the parish of St Botolph, Cambridge. #5 is given to the poor of Little Wilbraham, and she requests burial in the chancel of St Michael's, Cambridge. Everything else also goes to her brother, whom she appoints sole executor. In a codicil, she leaves to her brother a further piece of copyhold...
Dates: 13 Aug. 1726 (13 George I)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Will of Frances Burwell (copy), Sutton, Suffolk

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1141
Dates: 14 Nov. 1677
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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