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Notes for Alice BALLS

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Peter Murray provided a copy of the transcript of the will of Alice Balls
Thurtell, widow of John Thurtell, the blacksmith from Norwich who died in
1729.

WILL OF ALICE THURTILL OF NORWICH ST JULIAN (WIDOW OF JOHN)
1734, ANW (Archdeaconry of Norwich?)

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In the Name of God Amen I Alice Thurtell widow Relict of John Thurtell
late of the parish of Saint Julian in the City of Norwich Blacksmith
being in perfect mind & memory do make & ordain this my last Will and
Testament as Follows, that is to say, First I bequeath my Soul to
Almighty God hoping for Salvation through the Meritts and Mediation of
Jesus Christ my only Saviour & Redeemer And my body I give & bequeath to
the Earth desiring to be buried in a Christian like manner at the
Discretion of my Executrix hereinafter to be named And as for my worldly
Estate which God hath Graciously bestowed upon me I give & dispose
thereof in manner & form Following First of all I give & bequeath to John
Thurtell my son one shilling Also I give & bequeath to Henry Thurtell my
son the sum of one Shilling Also I give & bequeath to James Thurtell my
son one Feather Bed with the Bedstead & other things belonging thereto as
this now standing in the Cellar, and a Copper now in the Cellar Also I
give & bequeath to Jeremiah Thurtell my youngest son my Best Bed as it
stands with Bedstead & Curtains wherein I my Selfe do Commonly Lodge, and
Nine Pewter Dishes, twelve Pewter plates three pewter Tankards one Chest
of Drawers two Tables, seven Chairs, one Jark(?) for Roasting of Meat and
one Fire Grate and an Iron Crane, and two Brass Bogbisc(?) Also I give &
bequeath to my Daughter Alice the wife of Robert Blackmore the Sum of
Forty Shillings of Good & lawful money of Great Britain and all my
wearing Cloaths & Linnen All the sd Sums & Legacies to be paid within the
Space of twelve months next(?) after my decease Also all the rest &
residue of my Estates, Moneys, Chattles Rights & Dues wtsoever &
wheresoever I give & bequeath to Sarah my Eldest Daughter for her to
Possess & enjoy & dispose of as she shall think Fitt And I also hereby
make & ordain the sd Sarah my Eldest Daughter to be the whole & sole
Executrix of this my last will & Testamt to pay my Just Debts & Funeral
Charges and to Fulfill this my will in every part according to the true
Intent & meaning of the Same And Lastly I do hereby revoke & make void
all other Wills, Legacies, (?) bequests at any time by me before names
willed & bequeathed Ratifying ? ? Confirming this & no other to be my
last Will & Testamt In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
Seal the two & twentieth Day of March in the eighth year of the Reign of
our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain
? & Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of
our Lord Christ one thousand Seven Hundred thirty & four the mark of
Alice Thurtell
Signed Sealed & Delivered by the sd Alice Thurtell as her last Will &
Testament in the presence of us William Taylor his mark Henry Masters /
at Norwich 20th of September 1735
then was the Executrix above named Sworn before Jno ? Doctor of Law our
Surrogate &c ? ?
Ed by me Wm Waller 21 Janry 1768.

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