In the Name of God Amen I Matthew Gould of Newton in the Parish of Studland and Isle of Purbeck and County of Dorset Yeoman Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and Form following

Viz. I Give and Bequeath to my Dearly Beloved Wife Betty Gould all my Property, that is Live and Dead Stock Crops Monies Debts Dues Household Goods and Furniture and every thing God shall Please to endow me with at my Decease for her Natural Life and at her Decease the one half of the Property to go to my Youngest Son Moses Gould and the Other Part or Half to go to my Other Children that is to say to three Other Sons David Gould William Gould and Henry Gould and to my five Daughters that is Jane Churchill Elizabeth Heysome Sarah Randall Ann Summers Susannah Dier to be equal divided amongst them Also my Desire is that my son David Gould should have my Wearing Apparel at my Decease Also my Desire is that my son Moses Gould Shall have my Bed and Bedstead whereon I sleep myself and one Other Bed and Bedstead to my Daughter Jane Churchill and one Other Bed and Bedstead to my Daughter Ann Summers and one Other Bed and Bedstead to my Daughter Susannah Dier Also my Desire is that my Grandson David Gould shall have my Watch Also my son Moses Gould shall have my Cart and Salting Selt Whom I likewise Constitute and Appoint My sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament My further Desire is that my Daughter Susannah Dyer shall have my Clock And I do hereby Utterly Revoke Disannul and Disallow all Other former Wills Legacies Bequests of Testaments before made or Named by me Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Twentieth Day of November in the Year of our Lord God One Thousand eight Hundred and Twenty one

The Mark X of Matthew Gould

(Attestation Clause)

J B Dugdale      George Vincent

Proved 1822

Dorset Record Office