In the Name of God Amen I Miles Martyr of Leatherhead in the County of Surrey Maltster considering the Uncertainty of this Mortal Life and being of sound and disposing Mind and Memory blessed be Almighty God for the same Do make constitute and appoint this my last Will and Testament as follows First and principally I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God my only Redeemer and my Body to be decently Buried at the discretion of my Executrix and Executor herein after named and as for my Temporal Estate I bequeath and dispose of it in manner following that is to say That all my Debts and Funeral Expences be forthwith paid and discharged And also all the rest residue and remainder of my Worldly Estate plate ready money Bond Book Debts Goods and Chattels whatsoever and wheresoever situate lying and being and to be found I give devise and bequeath unto my loveing Wife Ann and to my very good Friend William Sprules of Mickleham Yeoman for and towards maintaining my said Wife and bringing up and Educateing my beloved Children and the remainder or overplush that shall be at the decease of my said loveing Wife I give and devise unto my beloved Children in such share as my said Wife shall think meet by her last Will and Testament And lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my said loveing Wife Ann and my good Friend William Sprules my Executrix and Executor joyntly of this my last Will and Testament and Trustees for my said Children And I do hereby utterly revoke disallow and  disannul all former Bequests Wills and Legacies by me in anywise left or made declaring ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Fifteenth day of September in the Eighteen Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second and in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty four

Miles Martyr

(Attestation Clause)

James Russell       Mary Russell       Jas Richardson

Proved 25 September 1744

London Metropolitan Archives