"The last will and testament of Maragaret Kneale (widow) of Andreas who departed this life xx xxxx the 8th day of February last past being of sound mind and memory at the making hereof. First, she committed her soul to God and her body to Christian burial. Secondly, she left to her sons James, Richard, & Edmund the sum of six pence each legacy. Item, she left to her sons John & Edmund & her daughter Jane the horses between them equally. Item, she left to her son John a heifer, a chest then in the parlor and the bed that he laid on with all his own goods. Item, she left her daughter Jane a cow, a chest on the loft, the bed and bedstead she lay on and all her own goods. Lastly, she nominated and appointed her son John Radcliffe and daughter Jane Radcliffe sole Executors of all the rest of her goods, equally between them. To the witnesses of the will she left one shilling apiece. Witnesses: xxx Sayle, Robert Corlet.
At a Chapter Court holden at Lezayre June 16th 1784: The Executors are sworn in Court in form of Law and also to be true and just the one to the other in the division of the effects and have given pledges for the [etc.]"
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