In the Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Meadow of Biccarstaffe in county of Lancaster Widow do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following.
First I order and direct that all my Goods and personall estate be forthwith sold after my Death and the moneys arising by Sale thereof I order my Executors thereout to pay my Debts and funeral Expences and the probate of this my Will.
And the overplus if any I direct them to place the same out at Interest in their names and So to be kept at Interest untill my youngest son Roger Meadow attains his age of Twenty one years And when my son Roger Meadow Attains his said Age of twenty one years I give and order the same to be Equally divided amongst my four children Thomas Meadow Roger Meadow Mary Wife of John Gobbin of Scarisbrick and Elizabeth Wife of Thomas Shaw of Ormskirk Share and Share alike But if any of my said children shall happen to die before my said son Roger Attain his Age of Twenty one years not leaveing any child or children then it is my Will and mind that such child's Share so dyeing as aforesaid shall go and be divided Equally amongst the SurvivorsI give my Leasehold Cottage and Estate in Biccarstaffe aforesaid which I hold by Lease under the Earl of Derby unto my Executors hereafter named their Executors Adminstrators and Assigns for and during all my Estate and Interest therein In Trust nevertheless that after my Death they Sell and Lett the same for the highest Rent they can untill such time as my son Roger attains his said Age of twenty one years and the clear rent thereof I order and direct them to putt out to Interest And after my son Roger attains his said Age of twenty one years I then order and direct my said Executors to Sell and Dispose of the Said Cottage and premises for the best price they can get for the Same And the money raised by the sale thereof together also with the rents before that time by them received I order and direct them to pay the Same unto my said children Thomas, Roger, Mary Gobbin, and Elizabeth Shaw equally amongst them Share and Share alike. But if my said son Thomas be desirous to purchase the Same I direct and desire he may have the preference
And in the distribution of my Effects in manner as before is directed I order that the sum of fourteen pounds by me already given and paid to my Daughter Mary Gobbin shall be deemed and reckoned as part of her Share of any Said Legacies to her so given as aforesaid And that the Sume of Six pounds by me also given to my Daughter Elizabeth Shaw shall also be deemed reckoned and Accounted as part of her share of my said Legacies So given to her as aforesaidI order and Desire my Executors to putt my son Roger Apprentice to my Son in Law Thomas Shaw if he thinks fitt to take him and to give With him five pounds part of his distributory Effects and Legacies
I give my best gown to my Daughter Mary Gobbin and my best cloak to my Daughter Elizabeth Shaw And the rest of my Wearing Apparel to be Equally divided between my said Daughters Share and Share alike
And Lastly I nominate and Appoint my son in Law John Gobbin and William Culshaw of Biccarstaff aforesaid yeoman Executors of this my last Will In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal this twenty ninth Day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and forty three

Signed Sealed published and Declared
by the Testator Elizabeth Meadow                                           The mark of
as and for her last Will and Testament                                   Elizabeth x Meadow
in the sight and presence of us who
Each of us Signed our names as Witnesses
thereto in her sight & in the room where
she then was
William Toogood
Alice Culshaw
Thos. Radcliffe

Dec 14 1743. John Gobbin, The Executor within Named was sworn in common form (power being resevd to William Culshaw, the other Executor) before me Will: Kowles Sur

Prob: issued 19th