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This is the last Will and Testament of me John Brown of Wareham in the County of Dorset made and published the Thirtieth Day of March in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Two as follows that is to say First I give and devise unto my Brother Thomas Brown and his Heirs All my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments situate lying and being at Killwood within the Parish of Church Knowle in the Isle of Purbeck and County of Dorset with Common of Pasture in Knowle and East Creech Downs And also the Heath or Common Ground in the said Parish of Church Knowle called Creech Heath which was devised to me in ffee by the Will of my late Uncle Giles Brown deceased Subject to the Payment of one Moiety or Half Part of an Annuity or yearly Sum of Three pounds and Twelve Shillings charged on all the Lands devised to me by the said Will and made payable thereout unto his Sister Margaret the Wife of Philipp Cribb during the Term of her Life To hold to my said Brother Thomas Brown Subject to and chargeable with the Payment of one Moiety or Half Part of the said Annuity his Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I Give and devise unto my said Brother Thomas Brown my two Leasehold Plotts of Ground at Killwood aforesaid which I hold under John ffarr Esquire Also I Give and devise unto my Brother Giles Brown and his Heirs All my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments situate lying and being at East Creech in the Parish of Church Knowle aforesaid Together with the Common of Pasture Heath Furze and Turbary in the said Heath or Common Ground called Creech Heath and Common of Pasture in Knowle and Creech Downs Subject to the Payment of the other Moiety or Half Part of the said Annuity payable to the said Margaret the Wife of Philip Cribb Subject to and chargeable with the Payment of one Moiety or Half Part of the said Annuity his Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I Give and devise unto my said Brothers Thomas Brown and Giles Brown from and after the decease of my Uncle Robert Brown for and during their joint natural Lives All Pitts and Mines of Tobacco Pipe Sugar Bakers and Potters Clay or other merchandizeable Clay whatsoever which are now open and which may hereafter be opened in any of my Lands Heath and Common Grounds hereinbefore devised with all the Clay that shall from Time to Time be dug taken or drawn thereout for their joint Use Benefit and Advantage Also I Give unto my honoured Mother Mary Brown the Sum of Three Hundred Pounds to be paid her by my residuary Legatee hereinafter named at the End of Two Years after my Decease with Interest for the same yearly after the rate of ffour Per Cent from the Day of my Death until Payment thereof Also I give unto my Sister Betty Brown the like Sum of Three Hundred Pounds to be paid her by my residuary Legatee at the End of Two Years after my Decease with Interest for the same yearly after the rate of ffour Per Cent from the Day of my Death until Payment thereof And all the rest and residue of my Monies Goods Chattles and Personal Estates whatsoever Subject to the Payment of the aforesaid Legacies to my said Mother and Sister I give and bequeath unto my said Brother Thomas Brown And I do make and appoint him sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the day and Year first above written John Brown

(Attestation Clause)

Wm Filliter

Robt Delacourt

Geo: Filliter

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