I Bartholomew Keeling Rector of Tiffield in the County of Northampton being in good health and sound Mind and considering the uncertainty of Life do make appoint and constitute this my last Will and Testament in manner following revoking hereby and making void all former Wills at any time by me made at any time ffirst I give and bequeath the sum of ffive pounds to each of the three persons next undernamed that is to say to Sarah Wesley the Wife of Shadrach Wesley of this my parish of Tiffield Elizabeth Wesley their Daughter and Robert Curtis the Elder of Tiffield aforesaid I also give and bequeath the like sum of ffive pounds to my Servant if he shall be in my Service at the time of my decease I also give and bequeath to my Maid Servant Hannah Wadley the sum of Twenty Pounds and for both my aforesaid two servants if they shall continue in my Service for a space of time competent and considerable enough and approve themselves useful and worthy I intend to make further provision I give and bequeath to my late Servant William Pratt a Guinea I also give and bequeath to my Cousin Mary Carlile of the City of Coventry Twenty Pounds and to her Son Keeling Joyce of the said City the sum of Twom Hundred Pounds and to each of her other children two guineas All the aforesaid Legacies to be due and payable at the expiration of one year to be computed from the day of my decease i give and bequeath to the aforesaid Elizabeth Wesley the Daughter of Shadrach Wesley and Sarah Wesley of Tiffield aforesaid of whose good Understanding and ingenious and amiable Disposition as I have a well grounded Opinion and very favourable Sentiments I Trust she will continue worthy of being distinguished by my particular regard and by a timely becoming Exemplary and Christian Religious Life and Conduct verify my good Opinion of her and do Credit to my Liberality towards her in order to the advancing of her Condition I give and bequeath I say unto the said Elizabeth Wesley the Sum of ffive hundred pounds which said sum of ffive hundred pounds my Will and discretion is shall be reserved and well and sufficiently secured to her and for her Use and Benefit by my Executors acting under this ,y Will until the first day of January which shall be in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five and then be paid unto her the said Elizabeth Wesley together with the Interest thereof that shall have grown Due from the time of my decease But in case of the decease of her father Shadrach Wesley before the said year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five then and also in case of any Extraordinary and Just reasonable exigency and Occasion not otherwise or without such exigency during her Father's Life time my Will is that upon her request and application the Interest thereof shall be paid her as it shall become due before her Father's decease or before such extraordinary and Just and reasonable Occasion for her requesting and applying for it and the said Elizabeth Wesley shall also have power to dispose of the said Sum of ffive hundred pounds by her Will or appointment as she shall think fit as she shall have attained to such Age as renders capable by Law of making and executing a Will in case of her decease before the Term or time at which the same is ordered to be paid to her I Also give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Wesley the six Chairs with blue ornamented Camblet Seats and likewise the Oaken Chest of Drawers and the looking Glass usually standing on the large Chest of Drawers in my own Bed Chamber and also the Bureau vineered with Ash in the same Bed Chamber and the Chest of Drawers standing by my Bedside and the small glazed Chest or Cabinet now or usually kept in the light Closet within my said Bed Chamber and the large Chest of Drawers standing in two several parts in the two best Garretts and also all my Tables Chairs and Trays made of either Mahogney or Wallnut Wood and the small Mahoganey stand occasionally used for setting a Dish or Plate upon at Dinners and any one of my Corner Cupboards and of the looking Glasses in the Parlours which she shall make choice of And the Dutch Tea Kettle and Lamp and the Prints of the History of Don Quixote with the fframes and Glasses thereunto belonging and the Prints in the little Parlour with the fframes and Glasses I also Will and order that all such Books shall be given and delivered to her the said Elizabeth Wesley as shall appear to have been designed and allotted for her by any Writing under my Hand I also further give and devise to the said Elizabeth Wesley and the Heirs of her Body lawfully begotten and for default of such then to her and her Heirs and Assigns forever all that part or portion of my Estate in this my Parish of Tiffield in the County of Northampton as is described in and by the Will asnd Testament of ffrances Gilbert late of Tiffield aforesaid Widow Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said ffrances Gilbert as such on the ffourteenth day of April which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty nine in and by the Words next following that is to say All those my two Messuages or Tenements with the Appurtenances situate in Tiffield aforesaid and also all those my several Pieces or Parcels of Arable Land Ley Meadow and Pasture Ground lying and being dispersed in the Common and Open ffields of Tiffield aforesaid and also all those two Closes situate lying and being in Tiffield aforesaid commonly called or known by the Name of the Wood Closes all which said Premises were lately in the Tenure or Occupation of Robert Goodspeed and now of Richard Curl his Undertenants or Assigns and were purchased by John Gilbert my late Husband deceased of Robert Neale Knight and Cockerill or some or one of them and were given and devised to me by the last Will of my late Husband and all which said Premises (excepting the Spinney adjoining to the Homestaed which said Spinney hath been and is in my own Occupation and is intended to be included and comprised in the devise of this part of my Estate to the said Elizabeth Wesley) have been since the decease of the said ffrances Gilbert in the occupation of the aforesaid Richard Curl then of William Garlick Calvert then of John Bailey then of John Whitton and now of Shadrach Wesley ffather of the said Elizabeth Wesley successively the House belonging thereto now being inhabited by Thomas Pratt Blacksmith as Undertenant to the said Shadrach Wesley But I charge these premises with the Payment of an Annuity or Yearly Sum of Ten Pounds out of the Rents and Profits thereof to Sarah Wesley the Mother of the said Elizabeth Wesley in case of her surviving her Husband Shadrach Wesley for and during the Term of the natural Life of the said Sarah Wesley the first payment to be made at the Expiration of one Year to be computed from the date of the decease of her said husband Shadrach Wesley I give and devise unto Brook Bridges Clerk Rector of Kislingbury in the County of Northampton all that my Manor of Tiffield aforesaid in the County of Northampton and all and every my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and Real Estate not hrein before devised with the Appurtenances situate lying and being in the Parishes of Tiffield and Towcester or elsewhere in the County of Northampton To have and to hold to the said Brook Bridges for and during the Term of his natural Life and from and after his Decease I give and devise the same Premises to Margaretta Bridges the youngest Daughter of the said Brook Bridges and Elizabeth Wesley aforesaid Daughter of Shadrach Wesley and Sarah Wesley of Tiffield aforesaid and to the Survivor of them But I do charge this my said Estate also with the Payment of an Annuity or Yearly Sum of Ten Pounds to Sarah Wesley the Wife of Shadrach Wesley of the Parish of Tiffield for and during the Term of her natural Life in case of her Survivng her said Husband Shadrach Wesley and becoming a Widow the said Annuity to commence and be payable from the day of the decease of the said Shadrach Wesley in like manner as another Annuuity of the like sum hereinbefore mentioned and continue payable from that time whether the decease of the said Shadrach Wesley shall happen during the possession of the said Brook Bridges or of the said Margaretta Bridges and Elizabeth Wesley until the decease of the said Sarah Wesley And I give and bequeath unto each of my Executors hereinafter named who shall Act as such under my Will the Sum of one Hundred Pounds And all the Rest and Residue of my Estate and effects whatsoever not hereinbefore disposed of and which shall not be found to have been otherwise disposed of by some future Codicil or Codicils to be divided equally between my Executors acting as such under this my Will And I do hereby constitute and appoint the aforesaid Brook Bridges Rector of Kislingbury in the County of Northampton and Michael Clare Rector of Maidford in the same County Executors of this my Will requesting them to act as such In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twentieth day of ffebruary in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight B Keeling

Witnesses Nat: Trotter Rector of Blisworth John Bishop Rector of Cold Higham
Tho: Welch Rector of Slapton in the County of Northampton
 
Proved 11th December 1778 to Michael Clare power reserved to Brooke Bridges
Proved 3rd February 1779 to Brooke Bridges PCC
Prob 11/1048