Translation of the codicil to the will of George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Brunswick and Lüneburg

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my most gracious Sovereign, has called me, the underwritten, His Majesty's Privy Secretary, John Frederic Mejer, on the day as mentioned below, into His Presence in His Palace at Kensington, as has declared to me, this present Volume, consisting of 5. written Pages, to be His Codicil & last Will, made with full & mature deliberation, which Codicil His Majesty has in my presence signed & sealed with His Signet; and further that the Witnesses, called, and, [[underline]] [[foreign:Latin]] ad hunc actum [[/foreign]] [[/underline]] dispensed with their Oath of Allegiance, have also set their hand & Seal to this Codicil, and acknowledged the hand & Seal to be theirs, and that all this has been done [[underline] [[foreign:Latin]] uns [[unclear]] actu [[/foreign]] [[/underline]] I certify and attest by this present Instrument, which I have made instead of a Publick Notary, and have signed & sealed it, together with the two underwritten Witnesses, required thereunto, having all three been previously dispensed, [[underline]] [[foreign:Latin]] quoad hunc actum [[/foreign]] [[/underline]] with Our Oath of Allegiance. Kensington Oct: ye. 6th 1757. (LS) John Frederic Mejer (LS) John Frederic Schönian (LS) John Cramer


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