In the Name of God Amen I Rupert Dovey of Stourbridge in the County of Worcester being of sound Mind and Memory (blessed be God) Do make and Declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following First I Give Devise and bequeath to my dear Wife ffrances Dovey during her natural life if she shall so long Continue my Widow All and every my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditts in possession and Reversion Situate and being in the Town of Stourbridge aforesaid And from and Imediately after her Decease or Second Marriage which shall first happen I Give and Devise the same to my Brother the Reverend Richard Dovey his Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I Give and bequeath to my said Wife ffrances Dovey the Use of all my Moveable and Household Goods and household ffurniture Plate Linnen and China of all Sorts in my House at the time of my Decease During her life if She shall Continue my Widow And from the time of her Death or Second Marriage I Give the Same to my said Brother Richard Dovey his Executors and Admors I Also Give and bequeath to my said Wife ffrances Dovey All my Liquors and Provisions of all Sorts in my House And also my Chariot and all my Horses with their Harnesses and ....... Hay and Corn and all my Garden Tools and Implements of Husbandry in and about my said House And I desire my Executor will pay to my said Wife One hundred pounds within one Month after my Decease And Whereas by Articles made Previous to my Marriage my Wife is to have and receive a Clear Yearly Sum of ffour hundred pounds for her life in lieu and .... for her Dower for which Purpose I have purchased in Trustees name Eleven thousand three hundred pounds and upwards in three per Cent Bank Annuities Now I Do hereby Direct that my Executor and Devisee hereinafter named (if my Personal Estate shall fall short of Paying my Debts and Legacies herein mentioned) Shall by Mortgage or Sale of some Part of my real Estate raise so much Money and lay the same out in the aforesaid Stock as will make up a Clear Yearly Dividend or Interest of ffour hundred pounds for my said Wife in Discharge of my Covenants in the said Articles Also I Give and bequeath to my Kinsman Richard Bennett of Shiffnal One hundred pounds to his Brother Lacon..... Bennett of Shrewsbury ffour hundred pounds To his Sister Elizabeth Bennett Two hundred pounds To my Kinsman Daniel Clarke of Bewdley Two hundred pounds To his Sister Mary ffrier One hundred pounds and to his Sister Mary Clarke One hundred pounds To the three Children of my Kinsman John Bennett late of Shrewsbury One hundred pounds each To my Couzen John Phillips One hundred pounds To his Sister Elizabeth Phillips ffive hundred pounds To his Sister Ann Phillips ffive hundred pounds To his Sister Katherine Phillips ffive hundred pounds To my Cousen Sarah Oakeley of Bromsgrove Two hundred pounds To her Sister Elizabeth Oakely One hundred pounds To my Cousin Jane Elwes Widow Two hundred pounds To my Godson Humfry Philpot One hundred pounds To Mr Edward Hickman of Oldswinford ffifty pounds and to Mr Meredith Evans Twenty pounds I also give to my Kinsman John Bennett only Son of my Couzen Samuel Bennett One Annuity or Yearly Sum of Ten pounds without any Deduction to be paid to him half yearly and his receipt only to be a Discharge to my Heir at Law It being my Will that the same shall not be liable to his Act Debt or Controule the same Annuity to be Issuing and Payable to him for his life out of my Dividends Proceeds and Interest arising from my Shares in the Droitwich Navigation Also I Give to my Servant William Dunn if he lives with me at the time of my Decease Thirty pounds and all my Wearing Apparel of all sorts And to all my other servants that shall have lived with me one year at my Death One Years Wages more than what will bethen due to them I Desire my Executor will pay the Governors of Worcester Infirmary One hundred pounds towards furnishing the now Building All the rest residue and remainder of my Estate both real and personal of what Nature or kind soever and wheresoever after payment of all my jst Debts Legacies and funeral Expences and charged and chargeable as aforesaid I Give Devise and bequeath to my loving Brother Richard Dovey his Heirs Executors and Admors for ever And I do hereby nominate and Appoint my said Brother Richard Dovey Sole Executor of this my Will I Desire to be Decently but Privately Buried at Claverley in the County of Salop In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament written with my own hand on two Sheets of Paper to each sheet set my hand and Seal and published the same to be my last Will and Testament the Sixteenth day of November In the Year of our Lord God One thousand seven hundred and Seventy Rupert Dovey   (Attestation Clause)   Edwd Purcell       Martha Evans      Edwd Hickman   Proved at London 24 July 1771   PCC Prob11/969