In the name of God Amen. I John Pack of the Parish of Ashwell in the County
of Hertford Blacksmith being weak in Boday, but of sounds and Perfect Mind &
Memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, Do make and Ordain this my last
Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First I Give
and Bequeath unto my beloved wife Letitia All that my Freehold Messuage or
Tenement, (now divided into two dwellings,) and in the Occupation of myself and
John Whitehead, together with the Barns & Stables Blacksmith's Shop and all
other my Freehold Estate whatsoever situate in Ashwell aforesaid or elsewhere To
hold to her and her Heirs and Assigns for ever. And also I Give and Devise unto
my Dear Wife Letitia All and every my Household Goods Personal Estate and
Effects whatsoever that I may be possessed of at the Time of my Decease, She
paying, or causing to be paid unto my son William, the sum of Twenty one
shillings of lawful money of Great Britain within One Calendar Month next after
my Decease. And I hereby appoint my said beloved Wife Letitia Sole Executrix of
this my Last Will and Testament. Hereby Revoking all former Wills by me at any
time heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal
this Third day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred
and Ninety two.
John Pack
Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared, by the abovenamed John Pack, the
Testator, as and for his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of us, who have
hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto, at his Request and in his
Presence, and in the Presence of each other.
William Murgatroyd
William Squire
Wm Pittman
7th Feby 1806
Letitia Pack the Executrix above named was duly sworn &c
and that the Effects of the deceased are under the value of £100...