(transcription of the contents of the will only)
met we whose names are hereunder written do testify as followeth that
William Death
late of Tey in the county of Essex yeoman being taken sick in body an intending to make his last will and testament
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23.7#.1669
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did in our presence declare that he would leave his and# whole estate real and personal and the rents and possessions thereof to the disposal of his wife
Susanna Death
and for and until his son
William
should come to the age of one and twenty years and that then his said son should from that time have and take the possession of the copyhold lands at Earls Colne to his own use and that the said
Susanna
should have
the
all the freehold lands and estate being
the
in Much Tey for and during the term of her natural life intending to make the same
Susan
his executrix
Katherine Hills
her mark
Mary Woodward
Tho Cockerell