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In the name of God Amen
I Tompson Fox the Elder of Bampton in the County of Oxon
Innholder being weake in body but of perfect mind & memory
thanks be given to God for the same, do therefore make this my
last will and testament the eight day of July ..Annoy Dom 1699
as ffolloweth Inprimis I give bequeath resigne & surrender up my
precious soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping
& assuredly believing through the merritts of Jesus Christ my
Redeemer to receive forgiveness of all my sins And my body to
the earth from whence it came to be decently buried at the
discretion of my executor hereafter named And as for the worldly
estate that it hath pleased God to bestowe on me I give &
bequeath the same in manner ffollowing Imprimis I give &
bequeath unto my loving wife Elizabeth six pounds a year to be
paid unto her or her assigns quarterly in good money by my
executor during the terme of her natural life upon condition
that she relinquish all her right of dowry or thirds in my
freehold estates & all her right of widowhood in my copyhold
estate at Aston in the parish of Bampton aforesaid unto my two
sons Tompson & Richard Fox & their assigns And I do hereby
charge all my estate in Bampton aforesaid for the payment of the
said six pounds a year after the rate of thirtie shillings every
quarter and the first payment to begin at the three months and
next after my decease Item I give and bequeath all my estate
with the appurtenances lying in Ramsdon in the said county of
Oxon unto my loveing freinds John Fox of Bampton aforesaid and
Thomas Ricketts of Coate in the parish of Bampton aforesaid and
to their heires Nevertheless in trust that they and the survivor
of them and the heires of such survivor shall permit & suffer my
daughter Ann Dixon & her assigns to hold & enjoy my said estate
at Ramsden dureing the term of her natural life And after her
decease then my will is the same estate shall go unto her child
or children (if more than one) and to the heirs of such child or
children for ever But in case the child or children of my
daughter Ann Dixon shall die before they are of the age of one &
twenty years Then my will is the same estate shall go unto my
two sonns Tompson & Richard Fox and their heirs for ever equally
between them Item I give & bequeath unto my said daughter Ann
Dixon my three .ow beasts Item I give & bequeath unto my son
John Fox six pounds a year to be paid unto him half yearly in
good money by my executor during the term of his natural life
and the first payment being three pounds to be paid at the six
months end next after my decease Item I give & bequeath unto my
said son John Fox all that my bed & bedstead & bed furniture
which is in my room called the shuffle board room with the
curtains and vallence thereunto belonging & two good pairs of
hempen sheets Item I give and bequeath unto my said wife my bed
bedstead and furniture which we commonly lie upon being in the
little room and the pewter & brass that formerly did belong unto
her Item I forgive my son in law Edmond Seary all the debts that
he oweth me Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane my
second best sett of curtains & valence which is in the new room
Item I give & bequeath to my daughter in law Elizabeth Burfe the
bond for five pounds which is due from her Uncle Jordon liveing
in or about the City of London to be delivered by my executors
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary .ebb one shilling
and to my daughter Margery five shillings Item I give & bequeath
unto my two sons Tompson Fox & Richard Fox & their heires &
assigns forever All the rest of my ffreehold estates & Lease
hold estates lying in Bampton & Aston aforesaid to be equally
divided between them And all the rest of my goods chattles and
personall estate whatsoever not here in before bequeathed my
debts & legacies being paid and funerall expenses discharged I
give and bequeath unto my two sons Tompson & Richard Fox whom I
make and ordain to be the executors of this my last will and
testament And I do hereby revoake & adnull all former wills &
bequeasts by me made and I will that none shall stand but this
my last will & testament only And I do desire my son in law
Richard Dassett & my friends John Fox & Thomas Ricketts to be
Over Seers of this my Last will And I do give unto them seven
shillings & six pence of good money equally to be divided
between them In witness whereof I the said Tompson Fox the elder
have to this my last will and testament sett my hand & seal the
day & year first above written
Signed Sealed published
& declared to be
the last will &
testament of the said Tompson
the elder in the
presence of us
Will Stamp
Richard ..........
William Williams
Probate in Latin 1700
Written up the left
hand side of the will -
Item I give & bequeath
unto my daughter Elizabeth Fox which was ffive poundes of
lawfull money one yeare after her mother .... decease if her be
then liveing |
