In the Name of God Amen I Mary Woodman of Crafton in the Parish of Wing in the County of Bucks Spinster being Sick and Weak in Body but of Sound and Disposing Mind Memory and Understanding (thanks be to God) Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First I Give Will Devise and Bequeath unto my honoured Aunts and Uncles Sarah Woodman Agnes Woodman Mary Woodman Rebecca Woodman and Vere Woodman the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain to be Equally Divided between them Share and share alike to be paid by my Executor hereafter named out of my Personal Estate within Twelve Months next after my Decease Also I Give Will Devise and Bequeath unto my Eldest Brother Henry Woodman of Wing in the said County of Bucks Baker the Sum of Two Hundred and ffifty pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto him by my Executor hereafter named within Twelve Months next after my Decease out of my Personal Estate Provided always and upon this Condition That he the said Henry Woodman my Brother shall out of the said Two hundred and fifty pounds so Devised to him as aforesaid well and Truly Pay to my Niece Elizabeth Woodman his Daughter the Sum of ffifty Pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain when she Shall Arrive and come to the Age of One and Twenty Years But In Case of her Death before She shall come to that Age then the said ffifty Pounds to Sink to my said Brother Henry Woodman and not be paid Also I Give Will Devise and bequeath unto my Youngest Brother Thomas Woodman the Younger of Crafton aforesaid Yeoman the Sum of Two Hundred and ffifty pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto him within Twelve Months next after my Decease by my Executor hereafter named out of my Personal Estate Also I Give Will Devise and bequeath the Several Legacies following to be Paid by my Executor hereafter named out of my Personal Estate at the Several times hereinafter Expressed (that is to say) To my Cousins Vere Woodman Rebecca Woodman and William Woodman the Children of my Uncle Henry Woodman of Crafton aforesaid Yeoman and to each and every one of them the Sums of Ten Pounds A Piece of Lawful Money of Great Britain To my Couzen Agnes Woodman their Sister the Sum of ffive Pounds of like Money to be paid to them my said Couzens Vere Rebecca William and Agnes Woodman when and as they shall arrive and come to their respective Ages of One and Twenty Years And in case of their Decease or the Decease of any or either of them before they shall Arrive and come to that Age then the Legacy or Legacys of him her or them so Dying shall go and be paid unto the Survivors or Survivor of them To my Couzen Phillis Puttnam of Crafton aforesaid Spinster the like Sum of ffive pounds to be paid unto her at her Age of One and Twenty Years To my friend and Acquaintance Judith Dadford now of Buckingham in the said County of Bucks Spinster but who lately lived with me the Sum of Ten Pounds of like Money to be paid unto her within Twelve Months next after my Decease Also I Give to the Poor of the Town of Leighton the Sum of Two Pounds and ten Shillings And also to the Poor of the Town and Parish of Wing the like Sum of Two Pounds and ten Shillings to be paid and Distributed amongst them by my Executor hereafter named within three Months next after my Decease Also I Give Devise and bequeath unto my said ffour Aunts Sarah Agnes Mary and Rebecca Woodman and also to my Sister in Law Mary Woodman and also to the said Judith Dadford All and every my Wearing Apparell of what nature or kind soever to be Equally Divided between them my said ffour Aunts Sarah Agnes Mary and Rebecca Woodman and my said Sister in Law Mary Woodman and Judith Dadford share and Share alike within Three Months next after my Decease Also I Give Devise and bequeath to the use of all and every my Household Goods of what kind soever that shall at the time of my Decease be in or about the House at Crafton wherein I now live to my ffather Thomas Woodman the Elder of Crafton aforesaid Yeoman for his life and from and after his Decease Then I Give Devise and bequeath All my said Household Goods in Crafton aforesaid To my Two Brothers the said Henry Woodman and Thomas Woodman to be Equally Divided between them Share and share alike Also I Give Devise and Bequeath All and Every my Household Goods and Implements of Household that shall at the time of my Decease be at Leighton Buzzard in the County of Bedford unto my said ffour Aunts Sarah Woodman Agnes Woodman Mary Woodman and Rebecca Woodman to be Equally Divided between them share and Share alike within Three Months next after my Decease Also I Give Will Devise and bequeath unto my said ffather the said Thomas Woodman the Elder of Crafton aforesaid All and every my Stock in the Public ffunds and also All and every my Moneys Debts Ware in Plate Goods Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever not herein before bequeathed unto the said Thomas Woodman the Elder my ffather his Executors Administrators and Assigns thereout Paying my Just Debts and ffuneral Expences and also the Several Legacys hereinbefore by me Devised and mentioned And I do hereby make and Ordain the said Thomas Woodman the Elder my ffather full and Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament And I do hereby Revoke and make Void all former and other Wills by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I the said Mary Woodman the Testatrix have to this my last Will and Testament contained in Two Sheets of Paper to each Sheet set my hand and Seal the Twenty first day of November in the thirty first Year of the Reign of King George the Second And in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and ffifty Seven

Mary Woodman
 
Mather Apsan
Cha: Pyne
B. Pyne
 
Proved: 2 May 1758
PCC
Prob11/838