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Ely Street, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Probate copy of the will of Thomas Jones of Sherborne near Warwick, chapman, dated 28 February 1659/60 leaving all his cottages in Stratford-upon-Avon and Sherborne, together with all other his goods and chattels to his wife Elizabeth Jones for life, with reversion on her death to his five children to be shared amongst them equally. Appointment of his wife as executrix and of William Oakes the elder and William Buttler the younger, both of Sherborne, as overseers to whom he gives a pair of gloves each. Signed: Thomas Jones (by mark). Witnesses: Thomas Dolphin the elder, Joseph Lyndon, scrivener. Proved in the Diocesan Court of Worcester, 26 April 1660. Fragment of the Diocesan Seal, papered, on tag. Also a contemporary copy of the same will.