In the Name of God Amen  I Thomas Ayling of Cocking in the County of Sussex Yeoman being in good health and of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding thanks be to Almighty God for the same Do make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First and principally I committ my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator in sure and certain hope of a Resurrection to Eternal Life through the Merits death and passion of my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ and my bodye the earth from whence it was taken to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereinafter named And as touching all my Worldly Estate with which it hath pleased God to bless me I dispose thereof as followeth (that is to say) First I give and Devise All this my Leasehold Messuage Lands and tenements with their and every of their Appurtenances situate lying and being at Hoile? the Parish of Heyshott in the same county of Sussex To my Son Thomas Ayling to hold to him the said Thomas Ayling his Executors Administrators and Assigns for and during all the remainder of my Term and Interest therein Also I give and Devise unto my son in law John Penfold and Sarah his Wife All That my Messuage or Tenement Garden plot and Messuage Situate lying and being at Homing? Wood in the parish of Cocking aforesaid and now in the Tenure or Occupation of Mary Ayling Widow  To hold to them the said John Penfold and Sarah his Wife for and during their Natural Lives and the life of the longest liver of them and from and after the decease of the Survivor of them I give and devise all the Revertion and Inheritance of the said last mentioned Messuage or Tenement Garden and Premises and every part and parsell thereof with the Appurtenances Unto my two Grand Children John Penfold and William Penfold Sons of the aforesaid John Penfold and Sarah his Wife and their Heirs To hold to them the said John Penfold the Younger and William Penfold and their heirs as joint Tenants Provided Nevertheless that if the said John Penfold the Younger and William Penfold shall happen to dye without Issue before they shall attain to their age of one and twenty years then I give and devise the Revertion and Inheritance of the said last mentioned Messuage or Tenement Garden and Premises with their and every of their appurtenances unto my son William Ayling and his heirs for ever Also I give and bequeath unto my Son Robert Ayling the sum of One hundred pounds of lawfull Money of great Britain Also I give and bequeath my said Son William Ayling the sum of One hundred pounds of like lawfull Money of Great Britain Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary the Wife of Thomas Till One Shilling only she being otherwise provided for Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ann the Wife of Henry Dowling the sum of One and Twenty Pounds of lawful money of great Britain And Whereas the said Henry Dowling is now indebted to me the sum of Thirty Two pounds for which I took no Security because I intended to give him the same therefore I do Acquit release and discharge the said Henry Dowling his Executors and Administrators of and from the said sum of Thirty Two Pounds  Also I give and bequeath unto my youngest Daughter Elizabeth the sum of ffifty pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain All which said Several Legacies above mentioned I will and direct to be paid out of my Goods Stock and Chattels personal within Twelve Months next after my decease by my son John Ayling to whom (after all my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expenses are paid and discharged) I give and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and do make ordain constitute and appoint him the said John Ayling sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me made In Witness whereof to this my Last Will and Testament contained in Two sheets of paper I have set my hand and Seal to each Sheet this Eleventh Day of March in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and ffifty six

Thomas Ayling.  Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the Presence of Us who subscribed our Names as Witnesses to the same in his presence.  Richard Hoate? his mark.  Elizabeth Dilloway her mark.  H Beale

 This Will was proved before the Reverend Mr John Hancock Clerk Surrogate on the fifth day of March in the Year of our Lord 1760 By the oath of John Ayling natural and lawful son of the said Deced and the sole Executor named in his said Will To whom etc Well and truly Sworn