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the East Wall near the doorway. But those points relating to my funeral I do not absolutely prescribe but leave it to the discretion of my Two Executors in case of very good reasons for dispensing with them to bury me where and how they think proper. Dated at Cambury House this Ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and forty. Ephraim Chambers signed Sealed and declared to be the last Will and Testament of the above mentioned Ephraim Chambers the day and year above written in the presence of Charles Tapp Mary Tapp Mary Tapp Junr.

This Will was proved at London before the Worpll William Strahan Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John B. Hesworth Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted on the Twenty-third day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty by the Oaths of Nathaniel Chambers and Zachary Chambers the Brothers of the deceased and Executors named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first Sworn duly to administer Exd.