In the Name of God Amen I ROBERT HAYWARD the elder of the City of London Silk Dyer do make and ordain this my last will and testament

in writing as followeth
principally I recommend my Soul to the hands of my gracious God trusting for salvation by and through the merit of the death and passion of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and my body I leave to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor herinafter named and appointed at or in the parish Church of All Hallows the Great in the City of London and as to touching my worldly estate do make this my last Will and Testament as followeth that is to say
And first I do hereby ratify and confirm three several Deeds of Settlement relating to my Estate in the City of Bath the first bearing date the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty eight and made between me the said ROBERT HAYWARD the elder of the City of London Silk Dyer of the first part and JOSEPH HAYWARD Citizen and Cooper of London and JOHN PONSAX Citizen and Haberdasher of London of the other part the second Deed being tripartite bearing the date the tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty nine and made between me the said ROBERT HAYWARD the elder by the name ROBERT HAYWARD the elder of the City of London Silk Dyer of the first part ELIZABETH HAYWARD my daughter by her addition therein named of the second part and JOSEPH HAYWARD and JOHN PONSAX by their several additions therein named of the third part and the third Deed consisting of five parts bearing date the fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fourty four and made between me the said ROBERT HAYWARD the elder of the City of London Silk Dyer of the first part ELIZABETH HAYWARD of the parish of All Hallows the Great London, spinster daughter of the said ROBERT HAYWARD the elder of the second part ROBERT HAYWARD the younger of the City of London Silk Dyer of the third part EDWARD ALLAN of the parish of St. Andrews Hubbard London Gentleman of the fourth part JOSEPH HAYWARD Citizen and Cooper of London and JOHN PONSAX Citizen and Haberdasher of London of the fifth part. And I do hereby give devise and bequeath all and singular the messuages or tenements and premisses their and every of their appurtenenances in the said three several settlements mentioned and expressed which I have already made of the before recited premisses to be enjoyed for the uses Trusts intents and puposes for the several and respective term and terms and estates and under the several charges in the same three several tenements and specified appointed limited and declared concerning the same and according to the true intent and meaning of the said three several Deeds of Settlement.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son ROBERT HAYWARD in trust to and for my said daughter SARAH GRISDALE for her own proper peculiar and separate use and benefit the sum of two hundred pounds to be paid within three months next after my decease excluding the said ROBERT GRISDALE her husband or any after taken husband and that the same nor any part thereof shall not be liable or subject to the demand debts or incumberances of her said husband or of any after taken husband and that the reciept or aquittance of the said SARAH GRISDALE for the same or any part thereof or the interest or produce thereof to be paid or recieved shall notwithstanding her coveture from time to time be taken to be as good and effectual and binding to all intents and purposes as if the said SARAH GRISDALE were solo and unmarried at the time of signing the same and I do order and direct my said son to place the said two hundred pounds out at interest upon the best security he can get if my said daughter SARAH GRISDALE shall think proper and futher to pay as well the said principal as the interest thereof in case my said daughter shall require it to any person or persons or to such intents and purposes as my said daughter SARAH GRISDALE at any time or times hereafter notwithstanding her coverture be she solo or marryed shall by any Deed or writing in her life or by her last Will and Testament in writing duly executed by her in the presence of two or more credible witnesses direct of appoint which said sum of two hundred pounds together with one thousand pounds I gave and advanced with her on her marriage with the said ROBERT GRISDALE shall be and is as well in full of all her right claim and demand whatsoever as of her said husband ROBERT GRISDALE in right of his said wife of in to or out of all my estate or estates whatsoever and wheresoever.
Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my son ROBERT HAYWARD in trust to and for my said daughter MARGARET BRUNSKALL for her own proper peculiar and separate use and benefit the sum of two hundred pounds to be paid within three months next after my decease excluding the said THOMAS BRUNSKALL her husband or any after taken husband and that the same nor any part thereof shall not be liable or subject to the demand debts or incumberences of her said husband or any after taken husband and the reciept or aquittance of the said MARGARET BRUNSKALL for the same or any part thereof or the interest or produce thereof to be paid or recieved shall notwithstanding her coverture from time to time be and taken to be as good effectual and binding to all intents and purposes as if the said MARGARET BRUNSKALL were solo and unmarried at the time of signing the same and I do order and direct my said son to place the said two hundred pounds out at interest upon the best security he can get if my said daughter MARGARET BRUNSKALL shall think proper and futher to pay as well the said principal as the interest thereof in case my said daughter shall require it to any person or persons or to such intents and purposes as my said daughter MARGARET BRUNSKALL at any time or times hereafter notwighstanding her coverture be she solo or married shall by Deed or writing in her life time or by her last Will and Testament in writing duly executed by her in the presence of two or more credible witnesses direct or appoint which said sum of two hundrded pounds together with one thousand pounds I gave advanced with her on her marriage with the said THOMAS BRUNSKALL shall be and is as well in full of all her right clain and demand whatsoever as of her said husband THOMAS BRUNSKALL all shall in right of his said wife of in to or out of all my estate and effects whatsoever or wheresoever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my kinswoman MRS. SARAH GOODALL the sum of forty pounds of like lawful money to be paid her by my said executor within three months next after my decease.
Item. I give and bequeath unto each of my kinswomen MRS. ELIZABETH GOODALL ANN GOODALL and MARY ELKINGSTONE the sum of twenty pounds a piece of like lawful money to be paid to each of them by my said executor within three months next after my decease.
Item. I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said son ROBERT HAYWARD the younger his executors administrators and assigns the Messuage or Tenement Dyehouse and premises wherein I now dwell in All Hallows Lane together with the lease of the same and all my estate right title and interest therein or thereto together with all coppers and other implements in trade and stock in trade.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my three grandchildren sons and daughter of my daughter MARGARET BRUNSKALL the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain a piece.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter ELIZABETH HAYWARD all and singular my household goods linen plate and furniture whatsoever which shall at the time of my decease be in the house at Hackney wherein I now dwell all the rest residue and remainder of my estate both real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever I give devise and bequeath unto my said son his heirs and assigns for ever saving and exept what I have made the settlements of as in the said three several Deeds of Settlement are hereinbefore mentioned and except what I have herein before given ordered or bequeathed subject to the payment of the several legacys and my just debts and funeral expenses.
Item. It is my will and mind and I do herby order direct and declare that the said rent charge of seventy pounds a year to my daughter ELIZABETH HAYWARD mentioned in the last Deed of Settlement together with the four hundred pounds mentioned to be raised in and by the said last mentioned Deed of Settlement and the household goods to her herby devised shall be and is in full of all her right claim and demand whatsoever of into or out of all my estate or estates whatsoever and wheresoever.
And it is my further will that if the said ROBERT GRISDALE and SARAH his wife or either of them sue molest or impeach or endeavour to impeach or disturb my said son ROBERT HAYWARD or any of them their or any of their executors or administrators for or concerning the said ratified settlements or any of them or anything therein or in any of them contained limited or expressed or the disposition of my estate or any part thereof in and by this my last will and testament given and devised that then and in such case I do hereby limit and appoint that my said son ROBERET HAYWARD shall have recieve retain and take to his own proper use and behoof the said sum of two hundred pounds as devised in trust for her the said SARAH GRISDALE as aforesaid any custom law or usage or any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.
And it is my further will that if the said THOMAS BRUNSKALL and MARGARET his wife or either of them do sue molest or impeach or endeavour to impeach or disturb my said trustees or my said son ROBERT HAYWARD or any of them or their executors or administrators in for or concerning the said ratified setlement or either of them or anything therein contained limited or expressed or the disposition of my estate or any part thereof in and by this my last will and testament given and devised that then and in such case I do hereby limit and appoint that my son ROBERT HAYWARD shall have recieve retain and take to his own proper use and behoof the said sum of two hundred pounds so devised in trust for her the said MARGARET BRUNSKALL as aforesaid any custom law or usage or anything herein contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.
And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said son ROBERT HAYWARD full and sole executor of this my last will and testament in writing and lastly do hereby revoke make null and void all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty four.
ROBT. HAYWARD-- signed sealed published and declared by the said ROBERT HAYWARD the testator the words following (Debts pounds the younger and the household goods to her promised) being first interlined in the first skin of the within written will and the words forllowing from I give and bequeath unto my three grandchildern sons and daughter of my said daughter Margaret Brunskall the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain a piece from I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Hayward household goods and furniture being also first wrote upon the several --------s in the said first skin of the said will and also the words following said thing proper being also first interlined in the second skin of the said will. As for his last will and testament and we whose names are hereunto written have at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other of us subscribed our names as witnesses thereto JN. HAYWARD/ DON ALLAM/ JOSEPH OLLIER clerk to W. Allam

This will was proved at London before the Worshipful Edward Skinaston Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful John Bettesworth also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commisssary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted the twenty second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty five by the oath of ROBERT HAYWARD the sole executor naned in the said will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the deceased being first sworn duly to administer.