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Mary Bland 1729

In the Name of God amen I Mary Bland of Alderton in the county of Northampton Widow being ill in body but of sound mind & memory praised be to God for the same do make ordain this my last Will & Testament in manner following (that is to say) I give devise & Bequeath all my Freehold Lands in Alderton & elsewhere unto my loving son Richard Bland his heirs & assignees for ever. I do give and bequeath all my household goods crops stock chattels cattle & all other my personal estate whatsoever ( or which I have any right like or interest in ) unto my loving sons John Bland & Richard Bland to be equally divided between them share & share alike. And I do hereby constitute & appoint them my said two sons joint executors of this my last Will & testament & do revoke disannul & make void all & every other Will & Wills by me howsoever … In Witness of I have hereunto set my hand & seal this nine & twentieth day of August in the third year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King defender of the Faith . 1729

Signed sealed & delivered by the Testator in the presence of & attested in the presence of the Testator by us.

Thomas Cook his mark Mary Bland her mark
John Caporn his mark

Daniel Wright Clarke
Probate 8th. January 1729
Anthony Webb of Towcester
John Bland Executor