In the Name of God Amen The Thirtieth day of November 1717 I Elizabeth Gaston Widow of Capell in the County of Surrey being of good and perfect Memory thanks be to Almighty God and calling to remembrance the uncertain Estate of this Transitory Life and that all fflesh must yield unto Death when it shall please God to call Doe make constitute Ordaine and Declare this my lsat Will and Testament revokeing and Annulling by these presents all and every Testament and Testaments Will and Wills heretofore by me made and Declared either by word or Writing and this to be taken only for my Last Will and Testament and noe other And ffirst being penitent and sorry from the bottom of my Heart for my Sins past most humbly desiring fforgiveness for the same I give and commit my Soul unto Almighty God my Saviour and Redeemer in whome and by the Merits of Jesus Christ I Trust and beleive assuredly to be Saved and to have full remission and fforgiveness of all my Sins And that my Soul with my Body at the general Day of Resurrection shall rise again with joy and through the Merits of Christ’s Death and Passion Possess and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven prepared for his Elect and Chosen, and my Body to be buried in such place where it shall please my Executors hereafter named to appoint And now for the Setling of my Temporal Estate and such Goods Chattels and Debts as it hath pleased God far above my Deserts to bestow upon me I doe order give and Dispose the same in manner and form following that is to say, ffirst I will thst all those Debts and Duties as I owe in right or Conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truely contented and paid or Ordained to be paid within convenient time after my Decease, by my Executors hereafter named. Item I given and bequeath unto my Loving Brother John Constable one Guinea Item I give and bequeath unto my Loving Cousin John Constable Son of my said Brother John Constable Ninety pounds of Good and Lawful Money of Great Britain I give and bequeath unto my Loving Cousin Mary Constable Daughter of my said Brother John Constable Ninety pounds of Good and Lawful Money of Great Britain paying unto my said Brother before mentioned half Interest of their Moneys (That is to say) my Cousin John Constable before mentioned shall pay half Interest for Ninety Pounds during the Life of my said Brother and my Cousin Mary Constable Shall pay half Interest for her Ninety Pounds during the Life of my said Brother before mentioned Item I give and bequeath unto my Loving Cousin Thomas Constable son of my Brother Thomas Constable ffifty pounds of Good and Lawful Money of Great Britain Item I Give unto my Cousin Mary Titchener Daughter of my Brother John Wheeler one Guinea Item I Give unto my Loveing Sister Mary Wheeler Wife of my Brother John Wheeler before mentioned One Guinea Item I Give unto my Cousin Susanna Wheeler Daughter of my Brother John Wheeler thirty pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain Item I give unto my Cousin William Wheeler Son of my said Brother John Wheeler One Guinea Guinea Item I Give unto my Cousin Elizabeth Wheeler Daughter of my Brother John Wheeler thirty pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain Item I Give unto my Cousin Anne Wheeler Daughter of my Brother John Wheeler thirty pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain Item I Give unto my Cousin Hannah Wheeler Daughter of my Brother John Wheeler thirty pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain further I Give and bequeath with the Proviso that my money which is oweing from Charles Eversfield Esq be made Goods to my Executor here after named Then my Will and Desire is (That is to say) I give and Bequeath to my Cousin Mary Titchener before mentioned ffive pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain And my Cousin John and my Cousin Mary Constable to have One hundred pounds of good and Lawfull Money of Great Britain paying half Interest of their same money unto my Brother John Constable during his Life Item I give unto my Cousin John Risbridger         ffive pounds of good and Lawfull Money of Great Britain In Case my money before mentioned be made good, if not Then the said Mary Titchener before said to have but One Guinea And the said John and Mary Constable to have but Ninety Pounds a peice All the Rest of my Goods and Chattells whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my Cousin John Wheeler Son of my Brother John Wheeler whome I constitute and ordaine and make sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament Lastly I give and bequeath ffive pounds unto my Brother John Constyable and ffive pounds I give unto my Brother John Wheeler for their trouble and Charges Whome I constitute and make Trustees of this my Last Will and Testament containing three Sheets of Paper two at the Top with a piece of White Tape and Seal at the Top upon the knott of the said Tape my Legacies to be paid within a year after my Decease In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above mentioned And in the Third year of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lord George by the Grace of God King of Great Briatin ffrance and Ireland King Defender of the ffaith Annoq Dom 1717 _ the mark of the Widw Elizabeth Gaston _ Sealed Pronounced and delivered in the presence of us _ the mark of Susanna Mepham, John Risbridger, the mark of John Short

I Elizabeth Gaston give my Cousin Mary Steere my hollow Ring i give my Cousin Hannah Denman my least Ring, I give my Cousin Mary Constable my Silver Thimble I give my Cousin Mary Titcheners Children each of them One Guinea I give my Cousin William Titchener a Silver Cup of a Guinea price I give my Cousin William Wheeler my Bed and all that belongs to him And Andirons and my Clock I give my Cousin Elizabeth Wheeler one ffeather pillow and my best Ring a full sute of my best Cloaths my Cousin Susanna Wheeler the next best sute the rest of my Cloaths I give my Sister Mary Wheeler at her Dispose And I put my Loving Sister Mary Wheeler in Trust in my Will with my Loving Brother John Constable in stead of my Brother John Wheeler late Deceased my Saddle and Pillion and Spice Cupboard  I give my Cousin William Wheeler this I desire should be fulfilled as it is above written as well as my Will but not carried into the Court I give my Cousin William Wheeler a little ffurnice I give Elizabeth Wheeler my Trust and if my substance amount that my Executor of ffifty pound when all is discharged, I give my above said Sister Mary Wheeler Tenn pound if there be over and above his ffifty in money to pay for it _ the mark of Elizabeth Gaston

Proved 8 November 1718

PCC Prob11/566