In the Name of God Amen I Isaac Thornicraft being in sound health both in 
Body and Mind This is my last Will and Testament I will and Appoint my 
Lawfull Wife Ann Thornicraft to be my whole and Sole Executrix 
Administrator and Assign I give and bequeath to the aforesaid Ann 
Thornicraft All my Money Goods and Chattles and whatsoever Else 
appertaineth unto me at my decease given under my hand and Seal the 
thirteenth day of ffebruary in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven 
hundred and ffifty six and the twenty ninth year of the Reign of our Sovereign 
Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain ffrance and 
Ireland King Defender of the ffaith etc.

Willm Wickham
Henry Cowndon

11 October 1759

On which day Appeared Personally of the Parish of Saint Mary Magdalen 
Bermondsey in the County of Surrey and made Oath that he knew and was 
well acquainted with Isaac Thornicraft late of the Parish aforesaid deceased 
and saith that he well remembers that the said deceased on or about the 13th 
day of ffebruary in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty 
six wrote the Paper Writing hereunto annexed purporting to be the last Will 
and Testament or Testamentary Schedule in the presence of  this Deponent 
and Henry Cownden and the Deponent saith that the Name Willm Wickham 
subscribed thereto is of this Deponent?s handwriting and that the said Henry 
Cownden whom the Deponent is informed and believes is since Dead and who 
appears to be a Witness did set and Subscribe his Name in manner it thereon 
now appears in the presence of the said deceased and of the Deponent And 
Lastly this Deponent upon his Oath saith that he verily belives that at the time 
the said deceased wrote the said Will (in his presence and in the presence of 
the said Henry Cownden his ffellow Witness) the said deceased was of sound 
mind memory and understanding  Will Wickham

Proved at London 16 October 1759
PCC
Prob11/850