Interpreting names and abbreviations at the end of wills?

Question

I have been transcribing several wills over the last few months and am pretty much done. However, at the end of the wills, after the names of the witnesses there are letters that I think are shorthand for something but I can't work out what! I'm hoping you guys can help! The words/letters I can't make out are shown as [...] in my transcriptions.

This first picture is from Thomas Linley Seniors will and these are the words I can make out:

Proved at London the 12t day of Febry 1817 before The Worshipful Richd Henry Creswell Dr of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Mary Linley Widow the relict and other Executor to whom a [...] was granted having own first sworn duty to admr.

This is a small section from Mary Linley's will (the above's wife) which reads:

in their consciences believe the said names "Mary Linley" so sit and subscribed to the said two codicils respectively to have been written by and with the proper hand of the aforesaid Mary Linley deceased Rill Barnard, George Attwooll. Same day the said Robert Markland Barnard and George Attwooll were duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me John Danbery Jun […] Jun Gio [?Crickett] Noty Pub.

edited to add in new words from comments

Answer 1

I know little about legal matters, but can help with the handwriting:

Same day the said Robert Markland Barnard and George Attwooll were duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me John Danber[r?]y Sun prest Jno Geo Crickett Noty Pub.

The first letter after the name Danber[r?]y is certainly an S, not a J. Compare this letter to the S in the word "Same" two lines above. That makes Sun, not Jun, so probably Sun[day].

The following word looks like prest (compare it to "proper"): so, pres[en]t? Pres[iden]t?

After that, not Jun, but Jno, by the looks of it. Jno = John?

Finally, Geo, not Gio, so Geo[rge]. (Compare to the fully written out "George" above.) Have a look at the the letter e throughout the document; you'll see that it consists of a downward curve and a disconnected crossbar. In this case the crossbar is overlapping the o. It is not an i, for what looks like it would be the dot of an i is actually the top serif of the G (compare to the other capital C's and G's).

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EDIT :

When I wrote that Sun was probably Sunday, I had in mind that the date was being written out in full, given the earlier guess of "Jun", and that "prest" looked at first like it might be the day of the month. Looking back, I don't see why it would be Sunday, and I'm not sure if it is even "Sun" (although it definitely starts with an S).

Answer 2

I realise this is an old question but as the correct answer has not yet been posted -

Section 1

Proved at London the 12t day of Febry 1817 before The Worshipful Richd Henry Creswell Dr of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Mary Linley Widow the Relict and other Executor to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to admr.

"Admon" is a common abbreviation of "Administration".

Section 2

in their consciences believe the said names "Mary Linley" so set and subscribed to the said two codicils respectively to have been written by and with the proper hand of the aforesaid Mary Linley deceased R.M. Barnard, George Attwooll. Same day the said Robert Markland Barnard and George Attwooll were duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me John Danberry Surr Prest Jno. Geo. Crickett Noty Pub.

Surr = Surrogate (a judge in an ecclesiastical or probate court)
Pres^t = Present

The lineation is sometimes confusing in the transcripts of Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills of this kind. In the original signed copy, the lineation would have been something like:

John Danberry, Surrogate
Present, Jno. Geo. Crickett, Notary Public

An example of what the original formatting may have looked like is given here.

Also, here is one of many references to the notary John George Crickett.

Answer 3

The first one can be extended to:

Proved at London the 12t day of Febry 1817 before The Worshipful Richd Henry Creswell Dr of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Mary Linley Widow the relict and other Executor to whom a [??] was granted having own first sworn duty to admr .

"The Worshipful" here indicates that Richard Henry Creswell was some sort of magistrate as well as a Dr of Laws.

John Danbery Jun […] Jun Gio [?Crickett] Not^y Pub.

That is, notary public. I think the rest of this might refer to a "Cirkutt", i.e. circuit, the travelling court, but I'm not 100% sure.