Jeremiah Bailey, 1732

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


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