In the Name of God Amen The Second Day of May In the
Twelfth year of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lord King William the Third Over England And in the yeare of our
Lord God One Thousand and Seven hundred I Robert Hester the elder of Watlington in the County of Oxon Bricklayer
Being sicke and weake in body yet of sound and perfect memory thanks bee to God Doe make and Ordaine this my last Will
and Testament in manner and forme Following First I give and bequeath my soule to Almighty God my maker Assuredly
hopeing to bee saved through the Meritts & passion of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer And my body to bee buried
in Decent manner in the Church yard of Watlington aforesaid And as for my Worldly Goods and Temporal Estate I give
and Dispose the same as Followeth Imprinis I give and Bequeath unto my Eldest sonn Robert Hester Five shillings of
Lawfull money of England Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Mary the wife of James Woodner the sume of Five
shillings of Lawfull money of England And to my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of John Woodner the Like sume of five shilling
Item I give and bequeath unto my other Two children Sarah Hester and Thomas Hester Twelve pence a peice
Item I give and bequeath unto Mary my Loveing Wife All That my Cottage or Tenament which I lately Erected & built
att my owne proper Costs and Charges in and upon a peice or plott of Ground whereon a Cottage or Tenement stood (and which I
Purchased of one John Bushnell) situate and being in Watlington aforesaid and adjoining to the Messuage or Tenement wherein
I now Dwell To Have and to hold my said lately Erected Cottage or Tenement peice or plott of ground and other the premisses
with Thappurtenances Unto Mary my said wife her Executors and Assignes for and During and until such time as my sonn
Richard Hester shall may or might Attain to the Age of One & Twenty yeares And from and after such time as my said
sonn Richard Hester may or might Attain to the said Age of One and Twenty yeares I hereby give and Devise my lately Erected Cottage
or Tenement peice or plott of ground and otherthe premises thereunto belonging with Thappurtenances unto my said sonne
Richard Hester To hold to him my said sonn Richard Hester and to his heires and Assignes for ever Item my Funerall
Expences Debts and Legacies being paid and Discharged I give and bequeath all the Rest and Residue of my Goods Chattles Cattell
Corne and Houshold stuffs unto Mary my said Loving Wife Whome I make and Ordaine sole and Whole Executrix of this my last
Will and Testament And I nominate and Appoint my Loving Cousin Richard Hester thelder of Watlington aforesaid yeoman
my Neighbour Thomas Straunge Overseers of this my Last Will and Testament And doe pray and Desire them to bee
Ayding and Assisting to my said Executrix and to see this my Will performed According to the true intent & meaning hereof
And I doe hereby Revoke all former Wills by me made & Declared either in words or writing And In Testimony
that this is and shall bee my last Will and Testament I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale the Day and yeare first
above written
Signed Sealed Published & Declared by
the said Robert Hester thelder as his last Will The marke of
and Testament In the p'sence of us And in his R
p'sence ????? by us Nicholas Pocock Robert Hester Th’elder
his NP marke
The marke RS of Robert Stiles Jun
Thomas Lucas Jun
Probat 24 May 1700
signed Geo Cooper (no other details transcribed)
A true and perfect Inventory of All and singular the
Goods Chattles & household stuffe of Robert Hester thelder
late of Watlington in the County of Oxon Bricklayer Deceased
Taken the Sixteenth Day of May Anno Dom 1700: By Mary
Hester late wife of the said Deceased and Executrix of his
last Will & Testament and then Viewed & Apprized by Thomas
Straunge of Watlington aforesaid Husbandman & Oliver Miller
of Watlington aforesd Husbandman as followeth vizt
|
| | i s d
|
| Imprimis his wearing Apparrell | 1 = 13 = 4
|
| In his Chamber
|
| Item One Joyned Bedstead One old flockbed With the Bedding | 0 = 10 = 6
|
| belonging to it |
|
| Item Two Coffers One Box One Chare table & two Joynd stooles | 0 = 05 = 6
|
| Item One old Trundle bedsteed with the bedding belonging to it | 0 = 05 = 6
|
| Item Two paire of sheets & other Linnen | 0 = 06 = 6
|
| In the Hall
|
| Item One Table & frame one Low forme & two flaggon chares | 0 = 04 = 6
|
| It One little kittleTwo skillett & one old Brasse pott & one skimer | 0 = 05 = 6
|
| Item Five pewter platters & five pewter plates | 0 = 06 = 6
|
| Item one spitt Two hangers fire shovell & tongs and other | 0 = 02 = 6
|
| fire Irons |
|
| In the Buttery
|
| Item Two kivers Three Barrells Two tubbs and other trifling | 0 = 05 = 6
|
| Goods and Lumber |
|
| In the Backside
|
| Item One Long Cart one old Dung Cart & one paire of wheels | 1 = 02 = 6
|
| Item One Old Cow | 1 = 10 = 0
|
| Item Sixteen Acres of Corne growing upon the ground | 20 = 05 = 0
|
| Consisting of Wheat Barley Oates pease & Fitches |
|
| Item Owing to the Deceased upon Desparate Debts | 00 = 12 =
0 |
| Sume is | 27 = 14 = 10
|
Thomas Straung
his T marke
Oliver Miller Apprizers hereof
his O marke
Exibit 24 May 1700
By Mary relict of the deceased etc
Geo Cooper Reg
|
![[logo]](../../logo100.gif "Link to OFHS front page"){kind=logo}