In the Name of God Amen

I Mary Laidman of the Parish of Saint Bartholomew the Great London Widow being of sound mind do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following First I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God and my Body to be decently buried by my Executor herein after named who I desire to pay all my just debts Lecacies and Funeral expenses And it is my Will and express desire that two parts in three of all the Leasehold Estates and other Personal Effects which I shall be in Possession of at the time of my decease either in this or any other Parish stand divided Share and Share alike between my three grandchildren Mary Winbolt (late Mary Laidman) the Wife of John Winbolt of Threadneedle Street Coffeeman John Laidman and Leonard Laidman pursuant to the Will of my late Husband after the Sum of One Hundred pounds shall be advanced and paid out of the said two parts in three of the said Leasehold Estate and Effects to the said Mary Winbolt (late Mary Laidman) as in my late said Husband's Will is directed Item I give twenty pounds to the said Leonard Laidman to put him out Apprentice in case he is not put out in my lifetime Item I give Edmund Wood of Ware in the County of Hertford twenty pounds Item I give to my Maid Servant Mary Tracy [see note] ten pounds over and above all Wages that shall be due to her at the time of my death Item I give to Thomas Seagood of Gracechurch Street Plaisterer ten pounds in consideration of his Care and trouble which he may have in the Execution of this my Will And all the rest and residue of my Estate and Effects not herein before disposed of I give to the said Thomas Seagood but upon this special Trust and Confidence (that is to say) that he the said Thomas Seagood shall pay over the same and every part and parcel thereof unto my said Granddaughter Mary Winbolt for her Sole and separate use and without the Controul or intermeddling of her said Husband and that the Receipt or Recepits of the said Mary Winbolt solely without her Husband shall be a good and sufficient discharge or discharges to the said Thomas Seagood for the same and every part and parcel the rest notwithstanding her [?Coverture] And I do hereby Constitute and appoint the said Thomas Seagood Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testamt. hereby revoking all former Will or Wills by me at any time or times heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and seal this twenty fourth day of February One thousand seven hundred and forty nine - Mary Laidman - Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Mary Laidman as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of Us who in her presence and at her request and in the presence of each other have Subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto - Elizabth. Collens - Thurston Blackman -

On the twentieth day of February in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty two administration (with the Will annexed) of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Mary Laidman late of the Parish of St. Bartholomew the Great but in the Parish of St. Marrtin Ludgate London Widow deceased was granted to Mary Winboult (Wife of John Winboult) the residuary Legatee named in the said Will (for that Thomas Seagood the Sole Executor and residuary Legatee in Trust named in the said Will hath renounced as well the Execution thereof as Letters of Administration (with the said Will annexed) of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first Sworn duly to administer./.

The National Archives, ref. Prob 11/792

Note: “my Maid Servant Mary Tracy...” Mary Tracy witnessed the Will of Mary Laidman’s husband Leonard in 1741.