MARGARET RAWES OF WINDERMERE

Will of Margaret Rawes of Windermere, Westmorland. Made 1658. Proved 1658 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC). (Bowness)

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I Margarett Rawes sicke in my body but in good and perfect memory praises be to / God for the same. I doe ordaine and make this my last Will and Testament in the / manner and forme following that is to say ffirst and principally I give and bequeath / my soule into the hands of Allmighty God my maker and Redeemer And my body / to be buried in the parish Church of Windemer and all dues to be paid for / the same. Item I give all my money due to mee by Bill Bond or otherwise. And / all the rest of my goods unto George Dixon and Thomas Brawthat[?] of Underbarrow[?] and[?] / whereof I want[?] my executors of this my last Will they discharging all my / ffunerall expenses forth of the same Margarett Rawes her marke witness hereof
Anthony Marshall


NOTES:

Underbarrow is a township in the parish of Kendal.

Other people mentioned in the Inventory.

  1. Thomas Brawthat[?] of Underbarrow.
  2. George Dixon of Underbarrow.
  3. Anthony Marshall.

Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2002