In the Name of God Amen I John Smith of the parish of Hook Norton in the County of Oxford 
yeoman being Weak in Body but of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding Do 
make Publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) 
First I Give and Devise unto my Wife Sarah for and during the Term of her natural life (if she shall 
so long continue my Widow All that my Messuage or Tenement wherein I now dwell situate 
standing and being in Hook Norton aforesaid with the Buildings Backsides Gardens and 
Appurtenances thereunto belonging And from or after the Decease or Marriage of my said Wife 
which shall first happen I give the same and every part thereof unto my Daughter Jane the Wife 
of John Warmington of Hook Norton aforesaid Higler To hold unto my said Daughter Jane her 
Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I Give and Devise unto my said Daughter Jane All those my two 
inclosures Grounds of Pasture Land situate lying and being within the Parish of Hook Norton 
aforesaid and extending from the Brook next Berrycrofts to the Top of the Hill called South hill 
(Except about half an Acre more or less of the uppermost of the said Grounds as the same is now
set out and divided from the other part thereof Also All that Inclosed Ground of Arable Land lying 
on the top of South hill aforesaid adjoyning to the uppermost of the said last mentioned Grounds 
and lying between the Allotment of James Wilmot and the Foot Path leading to ChippingNorton 
the said Foot path going through a part of the said Ground by the Hedge on the West side thereof 
To hold the said Three Inclosed Grounds with their and every of their Appurtenances (Eexcept 
before excepted) unto my said Daughter Jane her Heirs and Assigns for ever She my said 
Daughter paying thereout unto my Wife Sarah within Twelve Months next after my Decease the 
Sum of Fifty Pounds of lawful money of Great Britain And I do hereby Charge the Lands so 
Devised to my said Daughter Jane with the Payment thereof accordingly But my Will is that in 
Case my said Daughter Jane shall happen to depart this life before she shall have attained to the 
Age of Twenty one Years without lawful Issue of her Body then living Then I Give and Devise the 
said Messuage or Tenement and Premises (after the Decease or Marriage of my said Wife) and 
also the said Three Inclosed Grounds so Devised to my said Daughter Jane Unto my Daughter 
Mary Smith her Heirs and Assigns for ever Subject  nevertheless to Payment of the said Sum of 
Fifty Pounds to my said Wife as above mentioned Also I give and Devise unto my Brother in law 
Thomas Bricknell of Brookend in the Parish of Chastleton in the said County of Oxford Yeoman 
and unto my Friend Joseph Fletcher of Emload in the County of Worcester Yeoman All that my 
Inclosed Ground of Pasture called by the name of Berrycroft situate lying and being within the 
Parish of Hook Norton And also All those my two other Inclosed Grounds of Arable land at the top 
of South hill aforesaid on whereof lies on the West side of the said Foot path leading to Chipping 
Norton And the other extending from the said last mentioned Ground to the Allotment of William 
Phipps another part of the said Foot path leading across the same Also All that plot of 
Greensward Ground containing about half an Acre (more or less) of the uppermost of the said 
Pasture Ground so devised to my Daughter Jane as aforesaid as the same is now divided and 
mounded out from the other part thereof for the conveniency of the Spring rising therefrom with all 
rights Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the said Three inclosed Grounds and Plot of Ground 
belonging or appertaining To Hold the same unto the said Thomas Bricknell or Joseph Fletcher 
their Executors Administrators and Assigns from and immediately after my Decease until my said 
Daughter Mary shall have attained the Age of Twenty one Years or Day of Marriage (with the 
Consent of my said Wife) which shall first happen In Trust nevertheless that they the said 
Thomas Bricknell and Joseph Fletcher their Executors Administrators and Assigns do pay and 
apply the Rents Issues and Profits thereof unto my said Wife Sarah for and towards the 
Maintenance and support of herself and my said Daughter Mary until such time as she my said 
Daughter shall so attain to the age of Twenty one Years or Day of Marriage as aforesaid And 
from and immediately after my said Daughter Mary shall have so attained to the age of Twenty 
one years or Marriage (with such Consent as aforesaid)Then I Give Devise and Bequeath the 
said Three Inclosed Grounds and Plot of Land last mentioned unto my said Daughter Mary To 
hold the same and every part thereof with their and every of their Appurtenances unto my said 
Daughter Mary her Heirs and Assigns forever She my said Daughter paying thereout unto my 
said Wife unto my said Wife within Twelve Months next after she shall be in Possession of the 
same the Sum of Fifty Pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain And I do hereby Charge the 
Lands so Devised to my said Daughter Mary with the Payment thereof accordingly But in case my 
said Daughter Mary shall happen to depart this life before she shall have attained to the Age of 
Twenty one Years without lawfull Issue of her Body then living Then I Give and Devise the said 
Three Inclosed Grounds Plot of Ground and Premises to her Devised as above mentioned unto 
my said Daughter Jane her Heirs and Assigns for ever Subject nevertheless to the Payment of 
the said Sum of Fifty Pounds to my said Wife Sarah as above expressed And I do hereby order 
and direct that my said Devisees shall enjoy a free Passage through the Grounds of each other 
for their mutual Conveniency by the Common or usual Roads or Ways only doing no Wilful 
Damage to each other or to their Crops there Growing And my Will is that in Case there should 
be any Incumbrance on my said Estates at the time of my Decease that my said Devisees or the 
Lands To Them respectively Devised shall bear an equal share thereof Also I Give and Bequeath 
unto my said Wife Sarah all the Rents which shall be due to me from the occupier of the Lands 
and Premises above Devised at the time of my Decease All the rest and residue of my Monies 
Security for Money and Sums due and owing to me from any Person or Persons whomsoever at 
the time of my Decease (Except the Rents above Bequeathed)I Give and Bequeath unto the said 
Thomas Bricknell and Joseph Fletcher their Executors Administrators and Assigns Upon Trust 
nevertheless that as soon as conveniently may be after my Decease they do Collect the same 
and thereout first pay all my just Debts (Except such Sums and Interest as are secured on my 
real Estates) and Funeral Expences and what shall then remain that they place the same out at 
Interest on Government or real Securities and pay the Interest or increase thereof unto my said 
Wife Sarah towards the Maintenance and support of herself and my said Daughter Mary until she 
my said Daughter shall attain to the Age of Twenty one Years or day of Marriage (with such 
Consent as aforesaid) which shall first happen And immediately after my said Daughter Mary 
shall have so attained to the Age of Twenty one Years or be married as aforesaid Then I Give 
and Bequeath he said Principal Monies and every part thereof unto my said Daughter Mary her 
Executors Administrators and Assigns All the rest and residue of my Household Goods Furniture 
Plate Linnen Chattells and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore disposed of I 
Give and Bequeath unto my said Wife Sarah for and during the Term of her natural life (if she 
shall so long continue my Widow) and from or after the Decease or Marriage of my said Wife 
which shall first happen Then I Give and Bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said 
Two Daughters Jane and Mary to be equally divided between them share and share alike And I 
do hereby nominate Constitute and Appoint the said Thomas Bricknell and Joseph Fletcher with 
my said Two Daughters Jane and Mary Joint Executors and Executrices of this my Will Allowing 
unto then the said Thomas Bricknell and Joseph Fletcher all necessary Expences which they or 
either of them shall or may be put unto in the Execution therof or on performance of the Trusts in 
them reposed And I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other Wills by me at any time 
heretofore made declaring this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the 
said John Smith have to this my last Will and Testament contained in three Sheets of Paper to 
the first two Sheets thereof set my Hand and to the third or last Sheet thereof my Hand and Seal 
the Twenty second Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and 
Eighty four

The mark of John Smith

Thomas Phipps
Thomas Harris
Wm Holton

Proved at Oxford 21st January 1785 by Oaths of Jane Warmington wife of John Warmington and 
Mary Smith spinster Thomas Bricknell and Joseph Fletcher first renouncing

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