In the Name of God, Amen, I Love Constable, Lieut. Royal Navy, being in Bodily Health and of sound and Disposing Mind and Memory and considering the uncertainties of this Transitory Life after my Decease make, publish and Declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following –
To my beloved Wife Elizabeth Constable, I Will all Wages, Prize Monies, Sum and Sums of Money in the Bank of England, Lands, Tenements, Goods, Chattels and Estates.
I also Will to my Brother, Richard Constable, a Mourning Ring
And I do hereby nominate, and appoint Mr Benj. Pidcock of Woolwich, Executor of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former and other Wills, Testaments and Deeds of Gifts by me at any time, and this my only and last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my hand and Seal
L. Constable.
Signed and Sealed in the presence of us Wm. Mitchell Jnos. Price
28 Feby. 1793.
This Will was proved at London the twelfth Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, before the Worshipful James Henry Arnold, Doctor of Laws, Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne, Knight, also Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Benjamin Pidcock the Sole Executor named in the said Will to whom Administration of all and singular, the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the Deceased was granted, having been first sworn duly to Administer.
Cliff Thornton, July 2003