In the name of God amen
John Pennyfather of No 12 Saint Mary Street Woolwich in the
county
Of Kent
late a labourer in the Storekeepers
department
Royal Arsenal do
Make and publish this
my last will and testament
in the manner follow-
Ing (that is to say)
I order and direct that all my just
debts
and my funeral
And testamentary expenses
shall be paid and satisfied
as soon
as
may
Be after my death and I nominate and appoint my dear wife
Sarah
Pennyfather sole
executive
of this my will also
I give and devise unto
My said dear wife Sarah
Pennyfather all that I may be in possession
Of at my decease what monies
may be in the Woolwich and Plumstead
Savings Bank and my leasehold
dwelling house at 12
St. Mary Street
And all my household
furniture to be at her sole
disposal
and hereby
Revoking all other wills
by
me made I declare this
only to be my last
will
And testament in witness
whereof I the said John
Pennyfather the
Testator have set
my hand and seal the first
day of January in the year
Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty four John Pennyfather
(Sol). Signed sealed published
and declared by the said
John Pennyfather the
testator as
and for his last
will and testament in the
presence
of us who in
his presence
and at his request
and in the presence of
each other have
hereunto subscribed
our names as
witnesses
thereto, witnesses,
Robert King (~)
Charles Tilden (H) Ann King (signature)
Proved at London
30th
March 1844
before the Worshipful Augustus
Hu????? Bayford Doctor of Laws
and surrogate by the oath
of Sarah
Pennyfather widow the ????? the sole
executrix to whom aduton was
Granted having been first sworn
duly to administor