This is the last Will and Testament of me Nathaniel Bond of East Holme in the County of Dorset Esquire made and published the thirtieth day of July in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and eighty nine as follows that is to say ffirst I give devise and bequeath all and singular my Manors Lordships Messuages ffarms Lands Tenements Rents Hereditaments and Real Estates with all and singular the Rights Members Advantages Priviledges and Appurts thereunto belonging incident or appertaining situate lying and being in the said County of Dorset or elsewhere and also all and singular my Monies Securities for Money Stock Bonds Bills Notes Household ffurniture Plate Household Linnen and all other my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever (severally subject to and chargeable with the Payment of the two several Annuities and the several Legacies hereinafter mentioned given devised and bequeathed) unto my Nephew Nathaniel Bond of the Inner Temple London Barrister at Law To have and to hold the same and every part thereof (severally subject to and chargeable as aforesaid and as is hereinafter mentioned) unto him my said Nephew Nathaniel Bond his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever Also I give and devise unto my Brother the Reverend Denis Bond one Annuity or clear Yearly Sum of ffifty Pounds in lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid him Yearly and every Year by my said Nephew Nathaniel Bond His Heirs and Assigns out of all and singular my Manors Lordships Messuages ffarms Lands Tenements Rents Hereditaments and Real Estates free from deductions and equal Quarterly Payments to wit the twenty fifth Day of March the twenty fourth Day of June the twenty ninth Day of September and the twenty fifth Day of December from the day of my death for and during the term of his natural life also I give and devise unto my Sister Margaret Bond one Annuity or clear Yearly Sum of one hundred pounds in lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid her Yearly and every Year by my said Nephew Nathaniel Bond His Heirs and Assigns out of all and singular my Manors Lordships Messuages ffarms Lands Tenements Rents Hereditaments and Real Estates free from deductions and equal Quarterly Payments to wit the twenty fifth Day of March the twenty fourth Day of June the twenty ninth Day of September and the twenty fifth Day of December from the day of my decease for and during the term of her natural life the first Payment of such Annuities to be made on such of the said Days of Payment as shall first happen next after my decease And my Will and Meaning is and I do hereby declare and direct that in case the said Annuities or any Part of them or either of them shall be behind and unpaid by the space of twenty days next due and after either or any of the Days or Times whereon the same is hereinbefore made payable That then and in such Case and as often as it shall so happen it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Brother Denis Bond and my said Sister Margaret Bond or such of them whose Annuity shall be in Arrears and behind (the same being first legally demanded and not paid) in to and upon all and singular my said Manors Lordships Messuages ffarms Lands Tenements Rents Hereditaments and Real Estates or any Part thereof to enter and distrain and such Distress and Distresses then and there found to take and drive carry away and impound and the same in pound to detain and keep or otherwise to sell and dispose thereof in manner as the Law directs in uses of Distress until he or she shall be fully paid and satisfied as well all such Arrears as the Costs Charges and Expences of making keeping and disposing of such Distress and Distresses Also I give unto my Nephew John Bond one hundred Guineas to buy him a Ring Also I give unto my Niece Margaret Sophia Bond the Sum of ffive hundred Pounds Also I give unto my Niece Mary Bond the Sum of ffive hundred Pounds Also I give unto my Nephew the Reverend Thomas Bond the Sum of ffive hundred Pounds Also I give and bequeath unto my Nephew the Reverend William Bond the Sum of ffive hundred Pounds and my will is and I do hereby direct that the said several Legacies shall be severally and respectively paid the said John Bond Margaret Sophia Bond Mary Bond Thomas Bond and William Bond by my said Nephew Nathaniel Bond out of all and singular my Manors Lordships Messuages ffarms Lands Tenements Rents Hereditaments and Real Estates and out of all and singular my Monies Securities for Money Stock Bonds Bills Notes Household ffurniture Plate Household Linnen and all other my personal Estate to him hereinbefore given devised and bequeathed at the end of six Months after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto the poor of the several and respective Parishes of Steeple Tyneham East Stoke and West Lulworth in the said County of Dorset the Sum of fforty Pounds that is to say ten pounds to each of the said Parishes to be paid by my said Nephew Nathaniel Bond out of my Monies and other Personal Estate to him hereinbefore given and to be distributed amongst them by the respective Ministers and Churchwardens of the said several Parishes as soon after my decease as decently and conveniently may be Also I give and bequeath unto the Reverend Richard Robinson Curate of East Stoke aforesaid ten Guineas And my will and desire is that I may be interred in the Church Yard at Steeple aforesaid in a plain and private manner and that the several and respective Dairymen and Labourers living or usually working on my ffarm at East Holme aforesaid at the time of my decease shall bear attend and carry me to the Church and Grave and that they shall have on Hatband and Gloves and be paid one Guinea each for the same Also I give unto my servant John Strickland in case he lives with me at the time of my decease the Sum of one hundred pounds and also all my woollen Cloaths Also I give unto my Servant Mary Lucas in case she lives with me at the time of my decease the Sum of ffifty Pounds and also all my Shirts Stockings and Wearing Linnen Also I give unto my Servant Robert Chisman (in case he lives with me at the time of my decease) the Sum of ten Pounds Also I give unto my Servant Mary Crane in case she lives with me at the time of my decease the Sum of ten pounds Also I give unto the Parish Clerk of Steeple aforesaid one Guinea and my Will and Intent is that the several last mentioned Legacies shall be severally paid by my said Nephew Nathaniel Bond out of my Monies and other Personal estate Hereinbefore to him given and bequeathed as soon after my decease as conveniently may be Also I give unto George ffilliter Attorney at Law of Wareham the Sum of ffifty Pounds And Lastly I do make nominate constitute and appoint my said Nephew Nathaniel Bond sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former and others Wills and Testaments by me at any time or times heretofore made and declaring this only to be and contain my whole last Will and Testament In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal the Day and Year first above written N Bond

(Attestation Clause)
Nathl Dean
Tho: Delacourt
Geo: Filliter

Proved at London 5 March 1790
PCC
Prob11/1189