In the Name of God, Amen. I Jeremiah Bailey of Ashwell in the County of
Hertford ... being indisposed in Body, but of sound and perfect Mind and Memory
(God be praised for it) do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament
[as] follows: Imprimis I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Waring al[ia]s
Warren Wife of John Waring al[ia]s Warren & unto Anne the wife of Edward
Ayres all my Household Good & personal Effects whatsoever to be equally
divided between them. Item I give & bequeath unto my son William Bailey the
Cottage I now dwell in & Barn belonging to it upon condition he will
exchange the same upon equal terms for the Cottage & Barn I settled upon his
sister Mary Waring al[ia]s Warren when ever his said Sister Waring shall require
the same but in Case he refuses to exchange as aforesaid my Will is that this my
Conditional Bequest to him above mentioned to be utterly void as if no such
thing had been given to him. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas Baily
Blacksmith my Close called Natal [?] Close & one half acre of Land more or
less at Bacon Ley or Pheasants Grave & also all my orchard on the Backside
of my Cottage (which I have mortgaged to Mr John Dixon for twenty pounds) &
to his Heirs and Assigns for ever being all in Ashwell parish chargeable &
subject to the payment of the said Mortgage & these following Ligacies out
of the same (viz) to all my Grand Children one Shilling apiece to be paid by my
Executor herein after named in six Months after my Decease And also to my
Daughter Anne Ayres twenty Shillings of lawful money payable out of ye said
Lands in two years after my Decease by my said Executor. And for the true
Execution of this my last Will & Testament I do hereby nominate constitute
& appoint my said Son Thomas Bailey Sole Executor of this my last Will &
Testament revoking and making void all former Wills by me made; but Before I
sign & seal this my Will, my Will & Desire is that my Daughter Mary
Waring al[ia]s Warren has & I give unto her my Chest of Drawers which was
according to her mother's Desire. In Witness whereof I the said Jeremiah Bailey
the Testator have hereunto sett my Hand and Seal the thirteenth Day of February
in the sixth Year of the Reign of King George the second &c and in the year
of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred thirty & two.
Jeremiah X Bailey his mark
Signed Sealed published & declared by [the] said Testator to be his last
Will [and] Testament & we have subscribed [our] Names as Witnesses hereto in
the [prese]nce & at the Request of the said [Testa]tor (the Interlineation
before execution hereof also ye Words cross'd
John Larken Senr
Ann Larken
John Larken Junr