The Will of William Hipwell

In the Name of God Amen I William Hipwell of Bourn in the County of Cambridge Yeoman being of sound disposing Mind and Memory, Praised be God for the same Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and following ffirst I give and Devise all that my Copyhold Messuage or Tenement situate and being in Bourn aforesaid and all other my Messuages Cottages Lands and Hereditaments lying within and holden of the Manor of Bourn in Bourn in the said County of Cambridge with their Appurtenances unto my loving Wife Sarah Hipwell her Heirs and Assigns for Ever [having surrendered the same to the Use of my Will] Item I give and Devise my Messuage or Tenement Close, Ringe of Wood and ffourteen Acres of Arable Land and all and singular my Copyhold Estate lying within and holden of the Manor of Hardwick in the County of Cambridge and their and every of their Appurtenances unto my son Robert Hipwell his Heirs and Assigns for Ever [having surrendered the same to the Use of my Will] Upon and Under the express Condition that he my said son Robert Hipwell his Heirs and Assigns pay and cause to be paid unto my son Joseph Hipwell Twenty pounds of Good and Lawfull Money of Great Britain within one Year of my decease Item I give and Bequeath unto …………………………………..Also my daughters Catherine ( now Wife of Samuel Ivet of Bourne in the County of Cambridge aforesaid Carpenter) and Sarah Hipwell each and either of them Twenty pounds of Good and Lawfull Money of Great Britain the said last Eight Legacys making in the whole One Hundred and Eighty pounds to be paid by my Executor herein after named within one Year after my decease Item I do hereby forgive Acquit and Discharge my sd son William Hipwell of and from all sum & sums of Money dues Debts and Demands whatsoever that is at the Time Date & making of this my Will due to me Item all the rest & Residue of my Household Stuff ffarming Stock Cattle Goods Chattels & personal Estate whatsoever & wheresoever which I now have & hereafter shall or may be possessed of and leave at the time of my Decease I give [after payment of my Legacys aforesaid and ffuneral Expences] unto my said Loving Wife Sarah Hipwell and my said son Joshua Hipwell part and share alike whom I make Constitute and appoint joint Executors of this my last Will & testament Hereby Revoking and making Void all former & other Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Twenty Eighth day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and ffifty seven Wm Hipwell

(Witnesses illegible)

Proved 24 June 1762
Cambridge Record Office

N.B. the middle part of this will is badly damaged