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SINGULAR WILLS.
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aforesaid parrot; it is also my will and desire, that my parrot
shall not be removed out of England. I will and desire,
that whoever attempts to dispute this my last will and tes-
tament, or by any means neglect, or tries to avoid paying
my parrot’s annuity, shall forfeit whatever I may have left
them, in this my last will and testament; and if any one
that I have left legacies to, in this my last will and testa-
ment, attempt bringing in any bills or charges against me,
it is my will and desire, that they shall forfeit whatever le-
gacy I may have left them, for so doing, as I owe nothing
to any one,— many owe me gratitude and money, but none
have paid me either.—Dated April 28th, 1813.
Proved, 15th June, 1813, by the oath of the Reverend
William Cockburn of Lisson Grove, St. Mary-le-
bone, clerk, one of the executors—A power being
reserved to Alexander Cockburn, Archibald .Dyer,
Robert French, and William Jackson, Esqrs. the
five executors.
OF EDWARD MOLINEUX, LATE OF QUEEN-STREET, MAY-FAIR,
IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, WAX AND TALLOW
CHANDLER.
I am sometimes accustomed to carry Bank-notes in the
fob of my breeches—Please to search the said breeches,
to sec if there are any.
Proved, with four codicils, 14th September, 180/, by
the oath of James Matthew Molineux, the son,
and one of the executors, a power being reserved to
Elizabeth Molineux, spinster, the daughter, the
other executor.
OF PHILIP THICKNESSE, ESQ. FORMERLY OF LONDON, BUT
LATE OF BOLOGNE, IN FRANCE.
I leave my right hand, to be cut off after my death, to my
son, Lord Audley; and I desire it may be sent to him, in
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aforesaid parrot; it is also my will and desire, that my parrot
shall not be removed out of England. I will and desire,
that whoever attempts to dispute this my last will and tes-
tament, or by any means neglect, or tries to avoid paying
my parrot’s annuity, shall forfeit whatever I may have left
them, in this my last will and testament; and if any one
that I have left legacies to, in this my last will and testa-
ment, attempt bringing in any bills or charges against me,
it is my will and desire, that they shall forfeit whatever le-
gacy I may have left them, for so doing, as I owe nothing
to any one,— many owe me gratitude and money, but none
have paid me either.—Dated April 28th, 1813.
Proved, 15th June, 1813, by the oath of the Reverend
William Cockburn of Lisson Grove, St. Mary-le-
bone, clerk, one of the executors—A power being
reserved to Alexander Cockburn, Archibald .Dyer,
Robert French, and William Jackson, Esqrs. the
five executors.
OF EDWARD MOLINEUX, LATE OF QUEEN-STREET, MAY-FAIR,
IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, WAX AND TALLOW
CHANDLER.
I am sometimes accustomed to carry Bank-notes in the
fob of my breeches—Please to search the said breeches,
to sec if there are any.
Proved, with four codicils, 14th September, 180/, by
the oath of James Matthew Molineux, the son,
and one of the executors, a power being reserved to
Elizabeth Molineux, spinster, the daughter, the
other executor.
OF PHILIP THICKNESSE, ESQ. FORMERLY OF LONDON, BUT
LATE OF BOLOGNE, IN FRANCE.
I leave my right hand, to be cut off after my death, to my
son, Lord Audley; and I desire it may be sent to him, in