NRO Ref: X 37.
Will dated 30th  October 1602
Probate 15th  November 1602.

In the name of God Amen. I William DOLTON of Middlethorpe in the parish of Weedon 
Pinckney being sick in body, but of good and perfect memory, thanks be unto god for it, do make 
and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following.

First, I bequeath my soul unto God my maker, and my body to be buried in the earth from 
whence it was taken.

Item, I give unto the church of Weedon 6 pence.

Item, I give unto either of my daughters twenty marks of good and lawful money or money worth 
to be paid unto them at the age of twenty years.

Item, I give unto Mary my wife my messuage or tenement in Middlethorpe aforesaid during her 
natural life and afterwards, after her decease unto my two daughters Elizabeth and Amie, equally 
to be divided between them.

Item, I give unto the poor of the parish 12 pence where most need shall be thought.

The residue of my goods and chattles unbequeathed I give unto Mary my wife whom I make my 
sole Executrix of this my will.
And do ordain my beloved friends in Christ, Henry BULL and Henry PERIN, overseers of this 
my will.

In witness whereof I have set unto my hand the 30th  day of October in the year of our lord god 
1602.
In the presence of us, Anthony MORRISON clerk, Henry BULL, Henry PERIN, Robert 
WARDE.

Probate 15th  November 1602. (mentioned Maria widow and Henry BULL of Weedon Pinckney, 
husbandman.)

Inventory £53 3s 8d.