In the Name of God Amen The two & twentieth day of May One 
Thousand seven Hundred & ffourteen And in the thirteenth yeare of 
the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lady Anne by the Grace of God of 
Great Britaine ffrance & Ireland Defender of the ffaith I Richard 
Saywell the elder of Wappenham in the County of Northton 
Baker being aged and weak in body but of sound minde and perfect 
memory & understanding God be praised for the same doe make 
and ordaine this my last will & testament in manner and forme as 
followeth first and principally I doe ???up my soule into the hands 
of allmighty God who gave it with an assured hope that by and 
through the merrits death & passion of Jesus Christ my blessed 
saviour And redeemer to receive free pardon & remission of all my 
Sins Committed in the flesh and to inherit Everlasting life: And my 
body I Committ to the earth to be buryed in Christian buryall in the 
parish Church yard of Wappenham aforesaid at the discretion of my 
Executrix here after Named And as for that my Temporall estate 
which God in mercy and goddness hath graciously lent me I dispose 
of the same as followeth Imprimis I will that all my debts & funerall 
Expences be first paid and discharged Item I give will & bequeath 
unto my deare and loving wife Elizabeth Saywell all that my 
Close of pasture lying & being in the ?.and precincts of Abthorpe  in 
the parish of Towcester in the county of Northton called & known by 
the Name of Witherowe Close, that is to say, To her my said wife 
Elizabeth Saywell and to her heires & assigns for Ever to dispose of 
the Same at her will and pleasure Item I give and bequeath unto 
my said wife Elizabeth Saywell All that my house I now dwell in 
Situate & being in Wappenham aforesaid with all the barns stables 
outhouses orchards gardens yard & backside to the same belonging 
& appertaining (that is to say) for & during her Naturall life And 
from & after her decease I doe give will & bequeath All that my said 
house and all other the premises aforesaid unto my son Richard 
Saywell and to his Executors & assigns to be holden to him and 
them all the residue time & ?.of years to come & unexpired of that 
my Lease whereby I hold the same Item I will and bequeath unto 
my daughter Elizabeth now the wife of Christopher Cockbolt of 
Wappenham aforesaid the summe of one shilling to be paid unto 
her by my Executrix upon demand Item I give will & bequeath unto 
my daughter Katherine now wife of J?.Parkins the summe of 
one shilling to be paid unto her by my Executrix upon demand All 
the rest of my goods & Cattle Chattels bills bonds debts Codicils 
ready money and all other my personal estate whatsoever or 
wheresoever I give will and bequeath unto my said deare & loveing 
wife Elizabeth Saywell and doe make her the Sole Executrix of this 
my last will & testament And I doe hereby revoke and uttery make 
void all other wills & testaments by me formerly made either by 
word or in writing And this to stand remaine & be my last will & 
testamt In witness whereof I the said Richard Saywell have to this 
my last will & testament sett to my hand & seale the day & yeare 
first above written

The marke of Richard X Saywell

Thomas Taylor
?..y Taylor her X marke
Jno Jackson

Proved 14 September 1717
Northamptonshire Record Office
MW 77, fol 169