In the
name of God Amen I Ann Hands of
the parish of Hooknorton in the
County of Oxford Widow being of
perfect sound mind memory and
understanding Be God blessed for
the same do this day publish
make and ordain this my last
Will and Testament in manner and
form following, that is to say
Principally and first of all I
Give and recommend my soul into
the hands of Almighty God that
Gave it and my body I recommend
to the Earth to be to be buried
in decent Christian Burial, And
touching my Worldly Estate I
Give devise and dispose of the
same in manner following First I
give and bequeath unto my
daughter Elizabeth Wife of
Thomas Phipps the sum of twenty
shillings; to be paid unto him
or her at my decease Item I give
and bequeath unto my son John
hands the sum of fourteen pounds
of good and lawful money of
Great Britain Item I give and
bequeath unto my daughter Mary
Hands the like sum of fourteen
pounds of like lawful Money Item
I give and bequeath unto my
daughter Ann Hands the like sum
of fourteen pounds of like
lawful Money to be paid unto
each of them within one year
after my decease Item I Give and
Bequeath unto my son Richard
Hands All that messuage or
tenement together with all
Outhouses Edifices Buildings
Barns Stables Gardens Yards
mounds and fences, whatsoever is
thereunto belonging , situate
lying and being in Hooknorton in
the County of Oxford and now in
my own Occupation all which said
Messuage and Premises above
mentioned I do give and bequeath
unto my son Richard his heirs
and assigns for ever after
payment of my Legacies
heretofore mentioned And as for
my as for my Burial expenses my
Will is that my son John and
Richard and my daughter Mary and
my daughter Ann shall pay and
discharge the same ; in equal
degree one with the other And my
further Will is that if my son
Richard Hands shall not pay, or
cause to be paid and discharged
all and every these my Legacies
within the time above mentioned
or doth not chuse to pay and
discharge the said Legacies He
may sell All that messuage and
premises heretofore given and
bequeathed unto him so that the
same be sold for the best for
the best price that it can be
sold for within one whole year
after my decease And equally
divide the money thereof between
himself and my son John Hands
and my Daughter Mary hands and
my daughter Ann Hands ; the sum
of twenty shillingd heretofore
given unto my daughter Elizabeth
and my funeral expences being
firs tpaid and discharged Item I
give and bequeath all my Wearing
Apparil unto my daughters to be
equally parted between them as
they shall think proper namely
to my daughter Elizabeth , Mary
and Ann, and I do hereby make
and ordain my son Richard Hands
sole Executor of this my last
Will and Testament In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal
this
twenty eighth day of February
one thousand seven hundred and
seventy two Ann X Hands
John Tomes
Dorothy X Joynes
William Castell
Proved at Oxford 10 June 1777
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