In the Name of God Amen I Mary Marissall now residing at Redland Court in the Parish of Westbury upon Trim in the County of Gloucester Widow being at Present in good Health of Body and of sound and disposing mind and memory for which I bless God do this seventeenth day of August in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and forty nine make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) first I resign my Soul and Body into the Hands of Almighty God who gave them me in a sure and certain hope of their resurrection at the Last Day and my Will and desire is that my Body (as soon as it hath resigned its Breath) may be laid and soldered down in a Leaden Coffin and inclosed in a Strong Oaken one and be interred in the Chappel Vault at Redland aforesaid and other matters in relation to my ffuneral to be at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named and as to my Estate both real and personal whereof I am or may be possessed I dispose thereof as followeth (that is to say) ffirst I give and bequeath to my most valuable Sister Martha Cossins Wife of my Brother John Cossins the Sum of five Hundred Pounds Item I give to my Brother and Sister Marissall twenty pounds each Item I give to my Sister Elizabeth Marissall twenty Pounds Item I give to my Sister Elizabeth Marissall twenty Pounds Item I give to my Cousin William Cossins and his three eldest Children twenty Pounds each Item I give to my Cousin ffrances Sherley two Hundred Pounds  two damask Table Cloaths and two Dozen of Napkins my biggest silver Coffee Pott and Silver Mugg and all my best wearing Apparell the residue of my wearing Apparell to my Maid Servant that shall live with me at my decease Item I give to my Cousin William Wyatt and his Daughter Elizabeth twenty Pounds each Item I give and bequeath to my Nephew Nicholas Marissall one Hundred Pounds my Gold Engraved Watch Hook and Chain with all its Appurtenances my best Diamond Ring my Mourning Ring for my late Husband Nicholas Marissall his Name being thereon and all my Books Item I give to my Neice Anne Marissall ten Guineas and my four Diamond Buckles Item I give to my Nephew John Marissall ten Guineas a Mourning Ring with Jane Marissall thereon and my Silver watch Item I give to Mr John Innys of London one Hundred Pounds Item I give to Mr Jeremy Innys and his Wife Mrs Elizabeth Innys Mr William Innys Mr John Innys Mr Slade Baker and his Wife the Minister of the Parish of Westbury & the Officiating Curates a Mourning Ring each Item I give to Mrs Sarah Cole Wife of my late Servant David Cole the Sum of ten Pounds Item I give each of my Brother John Cossins his Domestick Servants five Pounds Provided I shall be a Resident at Redland aforesaid at the time of my decease Item I give to  my Maid Servant that shall be living with me at the time of my Death twenty Pounds Item I give and bequeath the Sum of one Hundred Pounds unto the Managers and Trustees of Saint Bartholomews Hospital in London To and for the use and benefit of the said Hospital and I will that the receipt of two or three such mannagers or Trustees be a sufficient discharge to my Executor for the same Item I give and bequeath the Sum of one Hundred Pounds unto the Mannagers and Trustees of blew Cloak Hospital in Newgate Street London To and for the use and benefit of the same Hospital and I will that the receipt of two or three such Managers or Trustees be a sufficient discharge to my Executor for the same Item I give and bequeath the Sum of fifty Pounds to the Poor of the Parish of Christ Church in Spitall ffields to be paid applied and disposed of to such persons of the said Parish as have need of the same in such manner as the Church Wardens and Vestry of the said Parish shall appoint and direct and my Will is that the Receipt of the said Church Wardens shall be a sufficient discharge to my Executor for the same Item I give and bequeath to the Poor belonging to the ffrench Church in Thread Needle Street London the sum of fifty Pounds to be paid applied and disposed of to such Poor of the said Church as have need of the same in such manner parts and Proportions as the Church Wardens and vestry or Acting Persons of the said Church shall for the time being appoint and direct and I will that the Receipt of such Church Wardens or three of such Vestry or Acting Persons shall be a good discharge to my Executor for the same Item I give and bequeath to my Brother John Cossins twenty Pounds to be distributed to such Poor People and in such manner as he shall think Proper Item I give and bequeath to my said Brother John Cossins the sum of two Thousand Pounds which I now have and am possessed of being in the Exchequer bearing three and a half per cent and all my Leasehold Estate at Great Coxwell in the County of Berks to have hold and enjoy receive and take the Interest and produce of the said two Thousand Pounds and the Rents and Profits of my said Leasehold Estate at Great Coxwell for and during the Term of his Natural Life but my Will is nevertheless and it shall and may be lawful to and for the said John Cossins to call in and receive the said sum of two Thousand Pounds and also to sell and dispose of the said Premises at Great Coxwell aforesaid for the most he can get and either to place out the same two Thousand Pounds and the Moneys arising by such .... upon such securitys as he shall think fit or to lay out the same or any part thereof in the purchase of any Messuages Lands Tenements or Hereditaments upon Trusts to and for the uses intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) that he the said John Cossins and his Assigns shall have hold and enjoy and receive have and take as well the Rents Issues and Profits of such Messuages Lands Tenements or Hereditaments so to be purchased as aforesaid as the Interest of the residue of the Money not so laid out in such Purchase for and during the Term of his natural Life and from and immediately after his decease I give and bequeath the said Messuages Lands Tenements or Hereditaments and the Interest of the residue of the Moneys not so laid out in purchasing as aforesaid to my said Sister Martha Cossins for and during the Term of her natural Life but in case there shall be no such purchase made nor sale of the Premises At Great Coxwell aforesaid Then I give the Interest of the said two Thousand Pounds and the Rents and Profits of the said Premises at Great Coxwell aforesaid to my said Sister for and during her Life and from and immediately after the Deaths or deceases of them the said John Cossins and Martha Cossins I give devise the same Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to be purchased as aforesaid to my said Nephew Nicholas Marissall his Heirs and assigns for ever And also I give to my said Nephew Nicholas Marissall his Executors Administrators and assigns for and during all my Interest therein and all the rest and residue of my Personal Estate I give and bequeath unto my Brother John Cossins and I hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said John Cossins Executor of this my Will and I hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by me made declaring this to be my last Will and Testament And lastly my Will is that my Executor herein after named shall not be charged or chargeable with any Loss that may happen to my Estate and that he shall reimburse himself all reasonable charges he shall be at in executing the several Trusts hereby reposed in him In Witness whereof I the said Mary Marissall have to this my last Will and Testament contained in these three Sheets of Paper affixed together to the first and second Sheets thereof set only my Hand and to the third and last Sheet my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written _ Mary Marissall

(Attestation Clause)

John Watts  _ Jer. Osborne

Proved at London 12 October 1751

PCC Prob11/790