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In the Name of God amen I John Urmson or Moreton in the County of Chester Yeoman being weak of Body but of perfect Mind and Memory praised be God for the same do make this my last Will & Testament in Manner following (that is to say) First and principally I commit and commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God that gave it And my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executors hereinafter named And as concerning my worldly & temporal Estate I give & dispose of the same as follows And first it is my Will and mind that my Debts funeral Expences and Legacies be paid and discharged out of my real Estates in Moreton and Newton. Then I give unto my Son Gilbert Urmson and the Heirs male of his Body lawfully begotten all my Messuage Lands Hereditaments and Premises in Moreton aforesaid and for default of such Issue to go and descend to my Son Marcer Urmson and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten & for Default of such Issue Male of him the said Marcer Urmson then to go and descend to my other Son Newport Urmson and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully to be begotten and for default of such Issue to go and descend to next Male Heir and so on I likewise give and devise after my Wife Katherine Urmson’s Decease All that our Messuage Lands Hereditaments and Premises with their Appurtenances lyeing in Newton aforesaid to my son Newport Urmson and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully to be begotten and for default of such Issue to go and descend to next Heir Male and so on for ever I give unto my four Daughters Elisabeth Judith Jane and Sharlot Urmson and the Heirs of their Bodies lawfully begotten the Sum of One Hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain and for default of such Issue at the death of any of them the said Sum to go and descend to the Survivors of them equally to be divided amongst them I give unto my Son Marcer Urmson the like Sum of One Hundred Pounds of lawful Money of great Britain all which said Sums of Money must be raised and made out of my said Lands in Moreton and Newton and paid by my Sons Gilbert and Newport Urmson their Heirs Executors or Administrators and at such times as it can or may be conveniently raised and paid in the Space of Ten Years after my decease I give unto my Son John Urmson the sum of fifty Pounds of like lawful Money of great britain to be raised made and paid for as aforesaid I likewise Will & desire that my Brother Gilbert Urmson may have a sufficient Maintenance of Meat Drink and Cloathing During his life from my two Sons Gilbert and Newport Urmson And further my Will and mind is that in case my two Sons Gilbert and Newport Urmson their Heirs Executors & admrs do not pay the Sum of One Hundred Pounds every two Year that it shall and may be law for that party to whom the money becomes due to recover the Sum of forty shillings towards the Interest thereof And Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and Appoint my two Sons Gilbert and Newport Urmson Exrs of this my last Will & Testament and do hereby revoke and make void all other Wills by me heretofore made and do declare this to be my last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I the said John Urmson have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty eighth Day of May in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and fifty two
John Urmson X his mark
 
(Attestation Clause)
 
William Webster
Thomas Buckley
Saml Urmson
 
9 Dec 1752 Newport Urmson one of the Exors named took the usual oath of an Exor reserving a Power to the other Exor before Abel Ward Surr:
 
Cheshire Record Office

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