This is the last Will and Testament of me William Boddy of Beaconsfield in the County of Bucks Schoolmaster who am of sound mind memory and understanding ffirst I commend my Soul to God who gave it and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently and frugally interred at the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named and my worldly Estate I dispose of as follows I give and devise unto my dear Wife Elizabeth Boddy all that ffreehold Estate situate in London End Beaconsfield aforesd which I have purchased of Mr John Cutler consisting of a Dwellinghouse Schoolroom washouse and other Outbuildings Play ground and garden in my own occupation and of a Tenement Workshop and other buildings yard gateway and garden in the occupation of William Hitchcock to hold the said ffreehold Estate and Appurtenances to my said Wife Elizabeth Boddy for and during the term of her natural life and from and after I give and devise the said ffreehold Estate and Appurtenances to my eldest Son James Alfred Boddy his heirs and assigns for ever on condition that he shall pay to my Son Septimus Ebenezer Boddy the sum of four hundred pounds lawful money of Great Britain and to my daughter Cecilia Boddy the sum of one hundred pounds of like lawful money of Great Britain and I charge my said Estate with the payment of the said Legacies Also I give and devise unto my said Wife Elizabeth Boddy all those five ffreehold Tenements with the Gardens Gateway and Appurtenances thereto belonging situate at Aylesbury End Beaconsfield aforesaid and now in the occupation of         Weston Hannah Monk William Almond William Hare and William Brown To hold the said Tenements gardens gateway and Appurtenances to my said Wife Elizabeth Boddy for and during the term of her natural life and from and after her decease I give and devise the said Tenements Gardens gateway and Appurtenances to my Son Walter Thompson Boddy his heirs and assigns for ever Also I give to my said daughter Cecilia Boddy all the household Goods books linen and Chattels that shall be in her dwellinghouse and Premises at the time of my decease also all monies due on account of the said Business And finally I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid Wife Elizabeth Boddy all my household goods books and Linen not otherwise disposed of and all my money Notes credits and in short all the residue of my Estate and Effects whatsoever subject to the payment of my just debts ffuneral expences and the expences of proving this my Will And I hereby appoint my said Wife Elizabeth Boddy soel Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament set and subscribed my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord 1827 Wm Boddy

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James Rolfe of Beaconsfield Gent _ Wm Rolfe of the same place ffarmer _ Wm Hall of the same place Innkeeper

Proved at London 19 May 1832

PCC Prob11/1799