This is the last Will and Testament of William Stanley of Upper Middleton 
Cheney in the County of Northampton Baker that is first I desire that all my 
just debts and funeral expenses be fully paid and satisfied next I desire that 
one Hundred Pounds which I received of my late brother Thomas Stanley of 
Sanford in the County of Oxford be paid to the Children of my said brother viz. 
Thomas Stanley John Stanley Ann Stanley Mary Elizabeth Stanley with what 
Interest may be due arising therefrom at my decease next I give and 
bequeath all my Real and Personal Estate with money out at use or what ever 
I may be in possession of at my decease to my Brother Richard Stanley my 
Sister Ann Potter my Sister Mary Bull and my late Brother Thomas Stanleys 
Children viz. Thomas Stanley John Stanley Ann Stanley and Mary Elizabeth 
Stanley that is the one fourth part that I intended for my late Brother Thomas 
Stanley to be equally divided among them share and share alike except 
twenty pounds which I give and bequeath to my housekeeper Ann Tudsey for 
her faithful Service to me And I further desire as soon as possible after my 
decease that a Sale may be made of all that I am possessed of whether in 
Houses Lands Goods Chattels and so forth for the most they will fetch and the 
money arising from such Sale be equally divided between the aforesaid 
Legatees within one year after my decease And I do nominate constitute and 
appoint Michael Bennett Farmer of Chalcombe in the County of Northton and 
Richard Wise Farmer of lower Middleton Cheney in the aforesaid County 
Executors in trust to this my last Will and Testament And I hereby revoke all 
former Wills made by me at any former time And I do declare this to be my 
last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and 
Seal this seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen 
Wm Stanley Signed sealed and delivered by the aforesaid Testator William 
Stanley in the presence of us who have hereunto set our Hands as Witnesses 
who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other 
have hereunto subscribed our names J Woolston Thos Kingston Jeremiah 
Rentham

Proved at London 11th Augt 1819 before the Judge by the Oaths of Michael 
Bennett and Richard Wise the Executors to whom Admon was granted having 
been first sworn by Comon duly to adminr.