In the Name of God Amen
The Thirteenth day of Decemb.r  Anno Domini one thousand six hundred 
seaventy seaven and in the nine and twentyeth yeare of the reigne of King 
Charles the second   I John Hone of Bisley in the County of Surrey Yeoman 
being sick and weake in body but of good and perfect memory praise be given 
to God Doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and 
forme following First and principally I comend and bequeath my soule into the 
hands of Allmighty God my Creator and Redeemer hopeing by the 
reconsiliason of Jesus Christ to be saved only And my body to be buryed in 
the Churchyard of Bisley by the discretion of my Executor hereafter named 
And touching such temporall estate as the Lord of his mercy hath bestowed 
upon me my will is the same shall be imployed and bestowed as hereafter is 
expressed Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my sister Elizabeth Fifty pounds 
to be paid unto her within one yeare after my decease Item I give and 
bequeath unto my brother Richard Cobbut twenty pounds to be paid when he 
comes to the age of one and twenty yeares Item I give and bequeath unto 
John Cobbut William Cobbutt and Henry Cobbutt three children of John 
Cobbut my Father-in-Law twenty shillings apeice to be paid unto them 
particularly when they shall come to the age of one and twenty yeares  Item I 
give and bequeath unto my Godson John Whitwell the sonne of Henry 
Whitwell Ten shillings And also to every other of my godchildren twelve pence 
apeice  Item I give and bequeath unto the poore of the parish of Bisley Fifty 
shillings forever And the use of the Fifty shillings to be paid to the poore of the 
said pash every year  Item next after my decease all the rest of my goods 
debts chattells and cattle I give and bequeath unto my brother James Whom I 
make and ordaine my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament he 
paying all my debts that is truely oweing and legacies and funerall expenses  
In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and year 
above written John Hone.  In the presence of us interlined in the twelfth and 
thirteenth lynes (Richard twenty when he comes to the age of one and twenty 
yeares) was done before the sealing  John Millest the marke of Henry Cobbutt  
Richard Grove.