1765 WILL OF JOHN WILLMOT OF BRISTOL
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Proved: 1765 March 11 Written:
1763 February 16
Transcribed by Reg Harris
I JOHN WILLMOT of the city of Bristol woolcomber being (God be praised) of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding do hereby make this my last will and testament as follows I give unto my five children four pounds ten shillings apiece to be paid them in six months after my decease To my son Thomas WILLMOT I give grey coat and black (hessian?) waistcoat To my son William my black coat and black waistcoat To my son Charles my brown coat and brown waistcoat and black breeches
All the rest of my money goods estate and effects after my debts and funeral expenses are paid and discharged I give and bequeath unto my son in law Robert LANCASTER and Lucy his wife whom I make joint executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of February one thousand seven hundred and sixty three
Signed sealed published and declared in the presence of Richard PARKER; Robert USHER
The eleventh day of March seventeen sixty five proved at Bristol before the Revd. John CAMPLIN clerk MA surrogate by the oaths of Robert & Ann LANCASTER sole executors to whom etc.
Transcriber's Notes
The Lancasters ran the Quaker school in Temple Street.