In the Name of God Amen I George Marriott of Tiffield in the County of Northton yeoman being weake in Body but of sound & perfect Mind Memory & Understanding considering the certainty of my Death and the uncertainty of the tyme thereof and being willing and desirous to give & dispose of such real & personall Estate as it hath pleased Allmighty God to confer upon me Doe in order thereunto make and ordaine this my last Will & Testamt in manner & forme following (that is to say) Imp I will that my Debts and ffunerall Expences be paid & Discharged Item I give & devise All that part of my Yard Situate in Tiffield lyeing next to & adjoining to a cottage or Tenemt Of Edwd Payne from the South End of the Barne as it is now joined or hedged out from the other part of the yard and alsoe the outhouse & Barne standing on the same and also part of that peice or parcell of Ley or pasture Ground called the Backside so wide as the upper part of the sd yard that is soe hedged out as a field unto my son William Marriott and his heires forever Item I give and devise all other my arrable Lane Ley Meadow pasture & Greensward ground lyeing in the Comon ffeilds of Tiffeild aforesd unto my son John Marriott & to the heires of his Body lawfully to be begotten forever Item I give & Devise All that my Messuage or Dwelling House Barne & other part of my yard situate & being in Tiffeild aforesd not hereinbefore devised......unto Hester my now wife during her Life and after her Decease the same unto my sd son John Marriott & to the heires of his Body lawfully to be begotten forever But in case my son John Marriott shall dye without Issue Then I give and devise All my Messuages Lands Tenemts & hereditaments soe given and devised to my son John Marriott & his heires as aforesd unto my son William Marriott & his heires forever Item I give & bequeath unto my son Benjamin Marriott my malt mill Item I give & bequeath unto my sd son William Marriott my large Chest & to my Wife......& half my household goods I give & bequeath unto my Two Grandchildren George Marriott & Benjamin Marriott the Sume of twenty shillings apiece when they come to the age of one & twenty years Item all my will is that my sd wife shall have half my Ley of ffurze for her use Item all the rest & residue of my Goods & Chattells wsoever I give & bequeath unto my son John Marriott And my will & desire is that the same shall be sold immediately after my Death & the money arising by such sale shall be put out att Interest in the name of my Execrs hereinafter named in Trust for my sd son John and the interest for the same shall be paid to my sd wife dureing such tyme as my sd son John shall live & dwell with her & likewise the rest of the.....given to my sd son John afrsd wth Land I doe hereby impower my sd Execr Lease ....until my sd shall come to the age of one & twenty years Item I make constitute & appoint my sd son William Marriott sole Executor of this my Will and doe hereby revoke all former wills by me made In witness whereof I the said George Marriott have hereunto set my hand & seale the ffourteenth day of October Anno Dom 1710 George Marriott Witnesses Dorcas Westly James Westly Wm Bartlett Proved 23rd January 1710/11 Northants RO