In the Name of God Amen
I Mary Willats Spinster that part of Camberwell which is in the parish of Saint Mary Lambeth 
in the County Surrey being health of Body and of perfect Mind and Memory blessed be to 
God Knowing that it is appointed for all _ _ _ _ _ _ unto to die and considering the 
uncertainty of the time when so make and ordain this my last will & Testament in manner 
following (that is to say) First and principally I resign my soul into the hands of almighty God 
who gave it to me and my Body I remind my to my follow Earth to be buried in a decent 
manner at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named in hopes of  a joyful 
Resurrection in Gods own time and as to my Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God 
to bless me I Give and Devise and Dispose of in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the following form and manner  
I give and Bequeath to my Brother Moses Willats of Poultry London three hundred pounds 
of my Bank Annuities for the year 1726  I give and Bequeath to my servant Mary Coleman if 
she lives with me at the time of my decease One hundred pounds of my aforesaid Bank 
Annuities for the year 1726  I give and Bequeath to my unto Mary Willats, Julia Willats, 
Benjamin Willats the three children of my Nephew Thomas Willats  all my plate and Rings 
to be divided equally between them  I give and Bequeath to Thomas Wilkinson and Eleanor 
Wilkinson his Wife between them one shilling  I give and Bequeath to Richard Baker and 
Susannah Baker his wife between them One shilling  I give and Bequeath to my Nephew 
John Willats one shilling I give and Bequeath to Samuel Hill of Walworth if he stands as 
one of my Executors of this my Last will the sum of twenty pounds  I give and Bequeath to 
my Julia Willats the wife of my nephew Thomas Willats all my wearing apparel of every 
kind the several Legacies above I desire may be paid or transferred to them within six months 
after my Decease after the Legacies  are Discharged and my Funeral Expenses are paid and 
what Debts I shall leave unpaid are satisfied then the Rest and residue of my Estate and 
Effects such as Bank Annuities for the year One thousand seven hundred and twenty six and 
what over also I shall die possessed of I give to my Nephew Thomas Willats one of my 
Executors hereinafter named I do also Constitute and Appoint Samuel Hill of Walworth and 
Thomas Willats of Fore Street London to be joint Executors of this my last Will and 
Testament  In Witness whereof  I have set my hand and Seal this twenty eighth day of May 
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty five Mary Willats (ss)  
signed sealed published and declared by the within named Testator Mary Willats to be her 
last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names in the presence 
of the said Testatrix and of   each Witnesses,   Henry Brown of Camberwell   Thomas 
Balshaw   of London Wall  . / H 

This Will was proved at London the Ninth Day of April in the year of our Lord One 
thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Eight before the Worshipful George Harris Doctor of 
Laws and Surrogate of this Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor of Law Master Keeper of 
the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Samuel Hill and 
Thomas Willats the nephew of the deceased and Executors named in the said Will to whom 
Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said  
deceased was granted of all and singular Goods chattels and Credits of the deceased having 
been first sworn only to Administer /..
  
 
 
 
 
Mary Willats Spinster of St. Mary's Lambeth, Sy [17??-1788] 
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