hi
I have been transcribing a number of wills and it is a slow process -- legal script is awful and each hand is different.
However most wills follow a formula of a kind and phrases reoccur in various guises.
I have found Google useful - stick in part of a phrase and up comes the rest often -- and can then cut and paste to save typing.
A few phrases to help get you started
"I W M of the parish of E in the county of S, Occupation, being of sound mind memory and understanding do make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, in manner and form following that is to say I give and devise"
"as aforesaid and bequeathed to my said "
"my household Furniture Plate China Linen Glass and implements of household "
''Proved at London with a Codicil the 3rd February 1820 before the Judge by the Oaths of E S Wo [widow| the Relict and S C S Occupation the son the Executor to whom Administration was granted having been first sworn to duly administer."
"I the said X the Testator have set my hand and seal /that is to say/ to the first sheet thereof my hand and to this last sheet set my hand and seal"
c sometimes looks more like r
An infinity symbol with the bottom out is used to fill a blank in a line.
First word of second page is often on bottom of first
Give it a go yourself and have fun. You can do it.
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