The Will of Wm Underwood of Pottern in the County of Wilts and Diocese of Sarum

I William Underwood of the Parish of Potterne in the County of Wilts Bricklayer do hereby revoke and make void all and every Will and Wills Testament and Testaments by meat any time heretofore made and do make and declare my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) First I Give and Devise unto my two Sons Philip Underwood and Anthony Underwood All that ffreehold Ground or Close of Arrable Land called or known by the name of Tinkers Close containing by Estimation Three Acres ( be the same more or less)Situate lying and being in the Parish of Potterne in the said County of Wilts now in my Possession which I lately Purchased & bought of & from Philip Smith together with the Barn thereon Erected & built And the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders Yearly and other Rents Issues and Profits of all and Singular the same Premises and of every part and parcel thereof To hold unto the said Philip Underwood and Anthony Underwood their Heirs and Assigns To and for the only Proper use and behoof of them the said Philip Underwood and Anthony Underwood their Heirs and Assigns for evermore Also I Give and bequeath to my said Son Philip Underwood the Sum of Ten Pounds of lawfull British Money to be paid to him by my Son Anthony Underwood One of my Executors hereinafter named within two years next after my decease Also I Give and bequeath to my Son Thomas Underwood All that Cottage or Tenement situate in the Parish of Potterne aforesaid now in his Possession which I lately built To hold to my said Son Thomas as from Michaelmas Seven Years next after my decease Provided and so that he my said Son Thomas shall have Issue of his Body then living and not otherwise And my Will is that the mean While and until the said Michaelmas Seven Years next after my decease he the said Thomas shall Pay to my Executors hereinafter named the yearly Rent of and for the said Cottage According to and in Pursuance of the Condition of a certain Bond given by him my said Son Thomas to me Also I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Jane Underwood the Sum of ffifty Pounds of lawfull British Money to be paid unto her my said Daughter Jane within two Years next after my decease by my Executors hereinafter named Also I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Browne the Sum of Ten Pounds of lawfull British Money to be paid unto her my said Daughter Mary Browne by my Executors hereinafter named within two Years next after my decease Also I Give and bequeath unto my Grandson William Brown Son of my said Daughter Mary Brown the Sum of ffive Pounds of like lawfull Money when and as soon as he shall attain his Age of Twenty One Years to be then paid him by my Executors hereinafter named Also I Give and bequeath unto my two aforesaid Sons Philip and Anthony All that Cottage wherein I now dwell and reside situate in the said Parish of Potterne with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging To hold to them my said Sons Philip & Anthony their Extors Admors & Assigns for all my Term Estate & Interest therein to come But my Will is And I do hereby Expressly Charge and declare that my said two Sons Philip & Anthony do and shall Permit and Suffer my said Daughter Jane to dwell inhabit and reside in the Same Cottage untill she shall happen to Marry without giving any Consideration for the same And as to all the rest residue & remainder of my Goods Chattles Moneys Securities for Money Debts real and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what Nature or kind soever (after my Debts Legacies &and funeral Expences Shall be thereout first paid & discharged) I Give Devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my two said Sons Philip & Anthony whom I make ordain Constitute and Appoint joint Extors of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal the Twenty fourth day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred Fifty and eight    William Underwood

(Attestation Clause)

Phebe Hobbs
John Hobbs his mark
Edwd Baily

Proved at Sarum 26 May 1760
Wiltshire Record Office

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