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Will of Lancelot Davys (copy), Whatlington, Sussex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1120
Dates: 8 Oct. 1642
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 Lettice Blackistone (extract), Stepney, Middlesex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1213
Dates: 5 May 1741
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 Margaret Dyson (copy), Chester, Cheshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1230
Dates: 2 Nov. 1748
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 Margaret Floyd (copy), St Giles in the Fields, London

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1195
Dates: 28 Nov. 1721-28 Nov. 1729
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 Margaret Jumper (copy), Holborn, London

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1214
Dates: 6 June 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 Maria Hovell (copy), Ipswich, Suffolk

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1186
Dates: 30 Aug. 1721
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 Marianne Dorothy Dalrymple [copy], [Sproughton, Suffolk]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.311
Scope and Contents Whereas by Indenture dated 11 September 1783, reciting that upon treaty for the intended marriage of the testatrix, Marianne Dorothy Dalrymple, then Marianne Dorothy Harland, with William Dalrymple it was agreed that Sir Robert Harland, Bt, of Sproughton, Suffolk, father of the testatrix, should transfer to Charles Herbert of St George's, Hanover Square, and George Rogers, Navy Commissioner, certain annuities upon certain trusts, and that Sir Robert Harland had transferred the sum, it was...
Dates: 27 July 1785 (Date of following note: 27 May 1809)
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 Martha Harbin (copy), Bayford, Hertfordshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1173
Scope and Contents

Will of Martha Harbin, widow, of Bayford, Herts. To her son Richard Warner all her estate real and personal and a messuage and lands in Bayford, who is to be her executor. Signed by Martha Harbin. Witnessed by John Nix, Martha [Tursey/Turvey?], and Ralph Turvey.

Dates: 7 Dec. 1710
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 Mary Borton (copy), Adderbury, Oxfordshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1180
Dates: 17 Sep. 1718
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 Mary Brent (copy) and codicil, Holborn, London

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1190
Dates: 11 Sep. 1724-22 Sep. 1724
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 Mary Brent (copy - incomplete), Cosington, Somerset

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1155
Dates: 16 May 1701
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 Mary Brett (copy), Catherington, Hampshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1196
Dates: 24 Oct. 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 Mary Fewster (copy), Solihull, Warwickshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1181
Dates: 15 Nov. 1718
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 Mary Foster (draft), Andover, Hampshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1203
Dates: 11 July 1734
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 Mary Hansley (copy), London

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1201
Dates: 13 July 1731
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 Mary Herbert (copy), Westminster

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1237
Dates: 5 July 1761
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 Mary Hinds (draft), Portland Row, London

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1245
Dates: 8 July 1770
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 Mary Hockly (copy), Alton, Hampshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1148
Dates: 13 Dec. 1690
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 Mary Hunt (copy), Ilminster, Somerset

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1267
Scope and Contents

Will of Mary Hunt, singlewoman, of Ilminster. She bequeathes all her goods and chattels and all share of the legacies to which she may be entitled on the determination of a cause in Chancery now pending called Uttermare against Hunt, to her son John Hunt. Signed by Mary Hunt. Witnessed by William Williams and William Bryant. Extracted by Henry Stevens, Proctor, Doctors Commons.

Dates: 17 Nov. 1792
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 Mary Hunt (copy), Ilminster, Somerset

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1272
Scope and Contents

Will of Mary Hunt, singlewoman, of Ilminster. She bequeathes all her goods and chattels and all share of the legacies to which she may be entitled on the determination of a cause in Chancery now pending called Uttermare against Hunt, to her son John Hunt. Signed by Mary Hunt. Witnessed by William Williams and William Bryant. Extracted by Henry Stevens, Proctor, Doctors Commons.

Dates: 17 Nov. 1792
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 Mary Jordan (copy), Yeading, Middlesex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1218
Scope and Contents

Will of Mary Jordan, single-woman, of Yeading, in the parish of Heese [Hayes] Msex. To her niece Sarah Jordan, daughter of her brother John Jordan, £5 and her gold ring. 'All the rest that I have within the Relmn of England I give to my father and mother Henry and Mary Jordan'. Her father to be sole executor. Signed by Mary Jordan, her mark. Witnessed by William Harris and John Woods.

Dates: 30 Oct. 1743
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 Mary Richardson, Cambridge

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.355
Scope and Contents

Mary Richardson of Cambridge bequeaths to John Lamborn of Cambridge a certain sum and to Norris Lamborn his son a certain sum; to her daughter Hanah Ashby and her brother-in-law John Richardson of Cottenham a certain sum; the residue to her granddaughter Mary Nightingale, whom she appoints executrix. Witnesses: Thomas York, John Wyatt, Francis Leat.

Dates: 28 May 1746
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 Mary Skeele (copy), Chatteris, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1719
Scope and Contents Mary Skeele of Chatteris, spinster, leaves her copyhold tenement at Hive End, Chatteris, and the adjoining land in Burnsfield, to Martha Palmer, widow, for her life, and then to Martha's son George, subject to his paying #12 to his siblings Margaret, Sarah, Robert and William Palmer when they attain majority. She further leaves her six acres of freehold in Westmoore Plain, Littleport, to Margaret Boys, spinster, subject to the payment of #50 by instalments to Martha Palmer. Three parcels of...
Dates: 20 May 1803 (Date of original: 17 April 1766)
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 Mary Stagg, Cambridge

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.350
Scope and Contents Mary Stagg of Cambridge bequeaths certain land to her daughter Elizabeth Rider for life, afterwards to Elizabeth Rider's daughter Mary Rider; if Mary Rider dies before coming of age the land to go to Mary Stagg, Frances Stagg and Hester Stagg; Elizabeth Rider is to pay the children of the testatrix' daughter Sarah Rennolds a certain sum; in default of payment the land to go to the executrixes, to her son James Stagg a certain sum and certain property; to her daughters Mary Stagg, Frances...
Dates: 1 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 Mary Taylor, Bildeston, Suffolk

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.299
Scope and Contents

Mary Taylor of Bildeston bequeaths to Henry White of Hadleigh certain personal belongings: to Thomas White son of Thomas White, certain furniture; the residue to Thomas White the elder and his heirs for ever; she makes Thomas White, the elder, executor. Witnesses: Richard Bishopp, Elizabeth Masters, Bridgett Taylor.

Dates: 21 Feb. 1695
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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