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Probate of John Spicer of Little Staughton, yeoman

2 Apr 1714; proved Prerogative Court of Canterbury 25 May 1714

From: 1714 To: 1714

to Joseph Grace’s wife of Hitchin and her sister Barbar £20 each; to her eldest daughter £10 to Ann wife of Charles Smith of Wyboston £20 to Charles Smith 6 shirts, 1 pair flaxen sheets, 1 pair hempen, grey drugget waistcoat, black button coat; to Ann Turkington “that loves with me” “the stable and garner with the orchard below the said stable, down to the Ware next the Church lane, and the stable yard as far as the little quick and row of trees that comes down the middle of the yard down to the little sallow tree at the end of the quick and cross over to the orchard corner”; executors are to make a fence and to put a chimney in the stable; also the little cow called Rosie, and her yearling bullock, and all household goods, and wood in shop; to Richard Helder alias Spicer of Bolnhurst a great coat and a “strait” body coat which the testator wears daily, 2 old waistcoats, 2 pairs breeche, 6 shirts, 3 hats, 2 pair stockings being new ones, and 1s; to Oliver Helder of St Neots a brindle yearling bullock and 1s; to John Wright of Great Staughton, baker, executor, the messuage where testator dwells (except as above), and closes in own occupation, and residue; Witnesses: John Peppercorn (?), Thomas Smith, V. Paul

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Spicer, John,
Grace, Joseph,
Smith, Charles,
Smith, Ann,
Turkington, Ann,
Helder, Richard,
Spicer, Richard,
Helder, Oliver,
Wright, John,
Peppercorn, John,
Smith, Thomas,
Paul, V

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