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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE ( C) crown copyright Catalogue Reference: prob 11/521 Image Reference: 116 (Next page) they shall bear proportionable part of the lots proportionable to the Legacy given them But if no lots happen then the said moneys shall be paid as they arrive ???at the age of twenty one years old As for my granddaughter Mary Lydia I give she what I was placing in my lifetime And as for the rest of my worldly estate as mortgages bonds ready money goods and chattels from leases and all that my personal estate I give to my wife for life Rebecca?? and I do make her my wife sole executor of this my last will and testament revoking all former and other wills and testaments by me at any time heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and no other as my last will and testament to stand and be my only last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of September in the ninth year of the reign of our most gracious Queen Anne by the grace of God Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the faith and in the year of our Lord God 1710. William L???his sign x. Signed sealed and publicly declared to be the last will and testament of William L???testator in the presence of us subscribers George Withers John Joyce Senior his mark Jho Richard his mark x. Decuma Sexto In ???May Anno ??? In the Name of God Amen I David Langer of the parish of Milford in the County of Southton ???being in health and of sound and perfect memory and remembrance praised be God do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following viz. Imprimis I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God my maker hoping through the ???death and passion of Jesus Christ my only Saviour to retain full and free pardon of all my sins and commit my body to the earth from where it was taken to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor hereafter mentioned and as touching that temporal estate which the Lord in mercy hath been graciously pleased to bless me I give and bequeath in manner following viz. Whereas there articles of agreement between me the said David Langer and Elizabeth my now wife had made sealed and delivered Page 96 before our marriage my will and desire is that all and every the articles covenants and agreements mentioned expressed and contained in and by the said articles be truly performed fulfilled and kept and all and every ???and ??? of I now in the said articles mentioned to be paid to my said wife be truly paid by my executor hereafter nominated according to the true intent and meaning of the said Articles And for an addition to the money therein mentioned to be paid I give unto my said wife one guinea. Item I give unto my son John Langar the mill millhouse and Mulhouse which I now dwell in to hold to him and his assigns immediately from and after my decease for and during all his residue and remainder of the term of fourscore and nineteen years which are yet to come and unexpired (if the said John and David my sons or either of them shall happen so long to live) yielding and paying yearly and every year out of the said mill Mulhouse and premises unto ???my son until he shall attain to the age of one and twenty years the yearly sum of five pounds of good and lawful money of England to be yearly issuing and going out of the said premises and from and after the end and expiration of the said term that the said ???my son shall attain to the said age of one and twenty years then that my son John his executors and assigns shall render and pay yearly and every year unto David my son for and during the natural life of the said David the yearly sum of three pounds of lawful English money to be yearly issuing and going out of the said mill mulhouse and premises bequeathed as aforesaid but if in the case the said John my son happen to die unmarried without issue and the said David my son survive him then that the said mill mulhouse and premises shall return to the said David my son for and during his natural life the said David my son giving and paying yearly and every year unto the said ???my son until he attain the said age of one and twenty years the said sum of five pounds of good and lawful money of England as aforesaid and from and after the end and expiration of the said term that the said ???my son shall attain to the said age of one and twenty years then that the said David my son shall render and pay yearly and every year unto Joseph and the said ???my son the yearly sum of three pounds of good and lawful money of England to be equally divided between them during all the natural life of the said David my son next page five pounds per cent ???and if ???any or either of my said children happen to die before their portion become and payable or without ???child my will is in either of them said ???that the portion bequeathed to such child or children as aforesaid be equally divided amongst my surviving children Probate ?????? (looks like the paragraph might be Latin) Know all men by this presents that I Thomas ???of ???in the county of (Cuts off here)
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