The Ballad of Edwin and Emma

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ...into ye hands of Almighty God, hoping through ye merits, death, and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pdon and forgivenesse of all my sins, and to inherit everlasting life, and my body I committ to ye earth, to be decently buryed at ye discretion of my executrix hereafter named; and as touching ye disposition of all such temporall estate as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and dispose as followeth: First, I will that my debts and funerall charges shall be paid and discharged. Item, I give unto my brother, Henry Wrightson, one shilling. Item, I give unto my brother, Roger Wrightson, one shilling; and all the rest of my personall estate, goods, and chattels whatsoever, I doe give and bequeath unto Elice Whitell, which I constitute and ordaine sole executrix of this my last will and testament; and I doe hereby revoke, disannull, and make void all From the Registry of the Consistory Court of the Archdeaconry of Richmond. former wills by me heretofore made. In witnesse whereof, I, the said Isabel Wrightson, to this my last will and testament doe set my hande and seale, this twelvth day of Octob' 1698. her Isabel + Wrightson. marke. Sealed and delivered in ye psence of us, John Key, Thomas Key. Proved on the 17th April, 1703. BOND ON GRANT OF PROBATE OF THE WILL OF ISABEL WRIGHTSON. Novint universi p pretes nos Thomam Emerson de Corn Parke in Com Ebor Yeoman et Carol urn Whitell de Gillmondby in Compto Gen teneri et firmr obli-gari Revendo in Xto pri et dno dno Nicolao pmissione divina Cestrien epo nee non venli viro Thomae Waite Arm" Legm Bacco in et p totum Archinatum Richmond Cestrien Dioces Comissario ltme constituto In Quadra-gint. Libris bonae et Legalis monet Angliai solvend eisdem redo pri et...