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In the Name of God Amen I George Marriott
of Tiffield in the County of Northton yeoman being weake in Body
but of sound & perfect Mind Memory & Understanding considering
the certainty of my Death and the uncertainty of the tyme
thereof and being willing and desirous to give & dispose of such
real & personall Estate as it hath pleased Allmighty God to
confer upon me Doe in order thereunto make and ordaine this my
last Will & Testamt in manner & forme following (that is to say)
Imp I will that my Debts and ffunerall Expences be paid &
Discharged Item I give & devise All that part of my Yard Situate
in Tiffield lyeing next to & adjoining to a cottage or Tenemt Of
Edwd Payne from the South End of the Barne as it is now joined
or hedged out from the other part of the yard and alsoe the
outhouse & Barne standing on the same and also part of that
peice or parcell of Ley or pasture Ground called the Backside so
wide as the upper part of the sd yard that is soe hedged out as
a field unto my son William Marriott and his heires forever Item
I give and devise all other my arrable Lane Ley Meadow pasture &
Greensward ground lyeing in the Comon ffeilds of Tiffeild
aforesd unto my son John Marriott & to the heires of his Body
lawfully to be begotten forever Item I give & Devise All that my
Messuage or Dwelling House Barne & other part of my yard situate
& being in Tiffeild aforesd not hereinbefore devised......unto
Hester my now wife during her Life and after her Decease the
same unto my sd son John Marriott & to the heires of his Body
lawfully to be begotten forever But in case my son John Marriott
shall dye without Issue Then I give and devise All my Messuages
Lands Tenemts & hereditaments soe given and devised to my son
John Marriott & his heires as aforesd unto my son William
Marriott & his heires forever Item I give & bequeath unto my son
Benjamin Marriott my malt mill Item I give & bequeath unto my sd
son William Marriott my large Chest & to my Wife......& half my
household goods I give & bequeath unto my Two Grandchildren
George Marriott & Benjamin Marriott the Sume of twenty shillings
apiece when they come to the age of one & twenty years Item all
my will is that my sd wife shall have half my Ley of ffurze for
her use Item all the rest & residue of my Goods & Chattells
wsoever I give & bequeath unto my son John Marriott And my will
& desire is that the same shall be sold immediately after my
Death & the money arising by such sale shall be put out att
Interest in the name of my Execrs hereinafter named in Trust for
my sd son John and the interest for the same shall be paid to my
sd wife dureing such tyme as my sd son John shall live & dwell
with her & likewise the rest of the.....given to my sd son John
afrsd wth Land I doe hereby impower my sd Execr Lease ....until
my sd shall come to the age of one & twenty years Item I make
constitute & appoint my sd son William Marriott sole Executor of
this my Will and doe hereby revoke all former wills by me made
In witness whereof I the said George Marriott have hereunto set
my hand & seale the ffourteenth day of October Anno Dom 1710
George Marriott
Witnesses Dorcas Westly
James Westly Wm Bartlett
Proved 23rd January 1710/11
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