The last Will and Testament of 
Henry Pritchard the Elder of Bisley in the County of Surry Husbandman  I 
desired to be buried at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named and 
as touching my Temporal Estate I dispose thereof as followeth  In the first 
place it is my Intent that the Bond given to Thomas Chilton in Trust for my 
loving Wife be fully complied with in every respect And in part of performance 
thereof I doe hereby give to my said Wife all and every the goods and 
Chattels in the said Bond specified and also I give and bequeathunto my said 
Wife (over and above what is mentioned in the said Bond) Twenty stone of 
Bacon and my Spining Wheel I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Thomas 
Geal my second best Bed and all the Furniture thereto belonging but my Will 
and meaning is that my WIfe shall have the use of my said second best Bed 
and Furniture (which I have bequeathed to my Grandson Thomas Geal) for 
the term of her Life Also my Will is that my Wife shall have the use of my 
Clock and Case for the term of her Life I give and bequeath unto my Friends 
Moses Everid of Bisley in the County of Surry Yeoman and Richard Simmons 
of Horsell and William Collyer of Carchers in Horsell in the said County of 
Surry Farmer all my Goods Chattels and personal Estates whatsoever (not 
before specifically devised) In Trust to for and upon the several uses Intents 
and purposes hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, In the first place to pay my 
Just Debts, To my loving Wife the ten pounds in the said Bond mentioned 
within one Month after my decease  In further part of the performance of the 
said Bond And it is my further Will and Intent that after payment of my Debts 
the said ten pounds to my Wife and the delivery of the said Goods Bacon and 
Spining Wheel so as aforesaid to her specifically devised that my said 
Trustees and the survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of 
such survivor to Convert the remainder of my personal Estate into Money and 
from time to time to put and place out the same at Interest on such Securities 
as they shall think proper and to pay all the Interest and profits thereof to my 
said loving Wife for and during the term of her natural Life and on the Four 
most usuall Feast days of payment in the Year that is to say the Feast day of 
Saint Michael the Archangel, the nativity of our Lord Christ, the Annunciation 
of The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Feast day of Saint John the Baptiste the 
first of the said payments to begin and made at the first of the said Feast 
which shall happen next after my decease in the discharge of the sum of Eight 
pounds a year in such manner at such times and in such proportions and 
according to the intent of the said Bond and in full discharge thereof  In case 
such Interest and profits shall be sufficient for that purpose but in case such 
Interest and profits shall not be sufficient for that purpose then my Will and 
Intent is that every such Deficiency shall from time to time be made good and 
paid to her by my Trustees lessening the principal Sum so as aforesaid 
directed by me to be put out at Interest and as to what shall remain of the said 
principal Money so by me directed to be placed out at Interest as aforesaid 
after the  death of my said Wife and payment of the said Annuity  I do direct 
that my said Trustees and the Survivors of them and the Executors and 
Administrators of such Survivors to pay and divide the same in manner 
following that is to say Equally between such of them my Son Henry Prichard, 
my Daughter Mary Alding, my Daughter Alice Taylor, my Grandson Thomas 
Geal and my Grandaughter Mary Taylor in equal proportions but my Will is 
that my said Daughter Alice Taylor do bring into hotch notch the Thirty pounds 
I have already given her more than my other Daughter and so to be paid no 
more than her part or share Reckoning the thirty pounds already received and 
as for that part or share which I do hereby give and bequeath unto my 
Daughter Alding my Will and meaning is that it shall be paid into her hands for 
her own particular use exclusive of her Husband and that he shall have 
nothing to do or meddle therewith but that it shall intirely be at her own 
disposal and her receipt shall be a sufficient discharge to my said Trustees 
and I do hereby nominate and appoint Moses Everid Richards Simmons and 
William Collyer aforesaid Executors of this my last Will and Testament And I 
do declare that neither of them be Answerable for any Loss that may happen 
without their willfull Omission default or neglect nor for the Omission Default 
or neglect of the other but each for his own willfull Omission default or neglect 
only And I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me at any timeheretofore 
made In Witness whereof I the said Henry Pritchard have to this my last Will 
and Testament set my hand and seal the Fourteenth day of June in the Year 
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred Fifty and eight, Henry Pritchard + his 
Mark, Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Henry Pritchard the 
Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who 
subscribed our names as Witnesses hereunto in his presence, John Stedman, 
John Cobber, John Gyles.

This Will of Henry Pritchard the Elder late of Bisley in the County of Surry 
deceased was proved on the First day of December in the Year of our Lord 
One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty one before the Reverend Cornelius 
Jeale Clerke Surrogate by the Oath of William Collyer one of the Executors to 
whom Administration was granted he being first duly Sworn to administer 
(power reserved of making the like Grant to Moses Everid and Richard 
Simmons the other Executors when they shall apply for the same).