In the Name of God Amen I Peter Eives of Cranley in the County of Surry wheelwright 
being in good health and sound mind memory and understanding but considering the 
uncertainly of this Life do therefore make publish and declare this my last Will and 
Testament in manner following ffirst and principally I commit my Soul to God my Creator 
hoping for a full pardon of my Sins through the meritts and Intercession of my Saviour 
and I Commit my Body to the Earth to be decently buryed at the discretion of my 
Executor hereinafter named and as to my Temporal Estate with which it hath pleased 
God to bless me I give and dispose thereof as follows that is to say I give and devise 
unto my Son Daniel Ewes All that my Messuage or Tenement with the Orchard and 
Appurtenances thereunto belonging Situate lying and being in Dorking in the County 
aforesaid now in the several tenures of the Widow Manfield and the Widow Dennyer To 
hold the same unto him his heires and Assigns for ever and I give and devise unto my 
said son Daniel Eives All those my Messuages or Tenements situate and being on the 
West Side of the South Street of the town of Dorking aforesaid together with the 
Orchards Gardens Yards ground Buildings and Appurtenances thereunto belonging To 
hold the same unto him his heirs and Assigns forever Subject nevertheless to the 
permission and direction herein after Expressed that is to say that he and his heirs and 
Assigns shall permit my two Daughters Jane Eives and Ruth Eives joyntly and rent free 
to Inhabit and enjoy all that part of the said three Messuages with itts Appurtenances 
which I do now keep in my own hands or and Possession for so long a time as my said 
Daughters shall both continue unmarryed And that from and after the time which one of 
them shall marry then my said Son and his heirs and Assigns shall permit and Suffer 
such of my said Daughters as shall remain unmarryed to Inhabit and Enjoy, rent free the 
same part of the said three Messuages with itts Appurtenances which I do now keep in 
my own hands and Possession for so long time as my said Daughters shall both 
continue unmarryed and that fro and after the time when one of them shall marry then 
my said Son and his Heirs and Assigns shall permit and suffer such of my said 
Daughters as shall remain unmarryed to Inhabit and Enjoy rent free the same part of the 
three Messuages with itts Appurtenances for so long time as my remaining unmarryed 
Daughter shall continue unmarryed But my Will is that uppon the respective Marriages 
of my said Daughters their and each of their said right of Habitation or Enjoyment shall 
from that time cease and determine I do also give and devise unto my said Son Daniel 
All that my copyhold Messuage or Tenement situate in Cranley aforesaid with the 
Garden Orchard and Appurtenances thereunto belonging holden of the Mannor of East 
Bramley and now in the several tenures of William Stanley and the Widow Scragg To 
hold the said Copyhold Premises unto him my said Son daniel and his heirs and 
Assigns forever And I do hereby declare that a certain Surrender thereof by me already 
made shall Operate to his and their use I do also give and bequeath unto my said Son 
Daniel ffifty pounds of lawfull money to each of my said two Daughters Jane and Ruth 
the sum of ffour hundred and ffifty pounds of like money apeece To my Daughter Ann 
Worsfold the sum of ffifty pounds of like money and to my Son John Eives the like sum 
of ffifty pounds of like moneyand I do direct that allthe hereinbefore mentioned Legacys 
shall be paid within one year next after my decease I give to my said Daughters Jane 
and Ruth all my Household Goods and ffurniture in the aforesaid part of the said Three 
Messuages to be Inhabited and enjoyed by them as aforesaid Subject to this direction 
that they shall possess and make use of the said Goods and ffurniture in Common for 
so long time as they shall remain unmarried And that from and after the time when one 
of them shall marry The other of them who shall remain unmarryed shall solely possess 
and make use of All the said Goods and ffurniture and when both of them shall be 
marryed the same shall be equally divided between them into two equall Shares I do 
give and hereby devise unto my said Son John Eives All that my Messuage or 
Tenement situate and being in Cranley aforesaid together with the Garden Orchard and 
Appurtenances thereunto belonging now in the tenure of John Knight and all my Estate 
therein To Hold the same unto my said Son John Eives his heires and Assigns forever 
And Whereas Daniel Hall late of Dorking aforesaid Cooper deceased by his last Will 
and Testament did give and devise All that Messuage or Tenement Barne ffarm Lands 
and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances commonly called or known by the name or 
names of ffalkners and Whitmans situate lying and being in the Parish of Shipley in the 
County of Sussex And all that Messuage or Tenement Barn ffarm Lands and 
Hereditaments with the Appurtenances commonly called or known by the name or 
names of Pollingfold and Millfields alias Haynes Situate lying and being near Onewood 
Chapal in the Parish of Abinger alias Abingworth in the said County of Surry And all 
these three Messuages or Tenements Barne Gardens and Orchards with the 
Appurtenances situate lying and being in Dorking aforesaid unto me and my heirs and 
Assigns forever Subject and Lyable to the Charges Legacyes and trusts hereinafter 
mentioned that is to say on trust that I my heirs and Assigns ashould out of the rents 
and profitts thereof pay the yearly Sum of ten pounds clear of taxes by quarterly 
payments during the Joynt lives of Thomas Briggs of Horsham and Mary his Wife to 
such persons and for such uses as the said Mary Briggs by any Note in Writing by her 
to be signed in the Presence of two Credible Witnesses separate and apart from her 
said Husband should direct and in case she should survive her said Husband then that I 
my heirs and Assigns should pay unto her the Clear yearly sum of ffifteen pounds 
during her life And Whereas the said Daniel Hall by his said Will did also give and 
devise unto Daniel Briggs Jane Briggs and Mary Briggs Son and Daughters of the said 
Mary Briggs two hundred pounds apiece with the interest of four pounds per Centum to 
be paid unto them out of the said Messuages and Lands at their respective ages of ffour 
and twenty and if any of them happen to dye their Legacy to be paid to the Survivors or 
Survivor but not to their Executors or Admors as by the said Will relation being had 
more at large than may Appear And Whereas the said Daniel Briggs is now Dead Now I 
give and devise unto my Eldest Son Peter Eives his heires and Assigns forever All that 
the aforesaid Messuage or Tenement Barn ffarm Lands and hereditaments with the 
Appurtenances commonly called or known by the name or names of ffalkkners and 
Whittmans situate in Shipley aforesaid upon condition nevertheless that my said son 
Peter Eives his heirs and Assigns shall and do well and truly pay unto the said Jane 
Briggs and Mary Briggs and the Survivor of them if either of them attain the Age of ffour 
and twenty years the said Sum of six hundred pounds with Interest at four Pounds per 
Centum according to the true intent and meaning of the last Will and Testament of the 
said Daniel Hall and do well and truly pay unto the said Mary Briggs the Mother the Sum 
of ffive pounds yearly during her natural life in case she happens to Survive her said 
Husband in part of the Annuity of ffifteen Pounds which she will then be entitled unto by 
virtue of the last Will and Testament of the said Daniel Hall and also shall and do well 
and truly pay unto the said Mary Briggs the Sum of ten pounds yearly during her natural 
life In case she happens to survive her said Husband in part the Annuity of ffifteen 
pounds which she will then be Intitled to by virtue of the last Will and Testament of the 
said Daniel Hall And as to all the rest and residue of my real and personal Estate I do 
hereby give devise and bequeath the same unto my said son Peter Eives To hold the 
same unto him his heirs Executors Admtors and Assigns respectively And I do make 
constitute and Appoint him to be my said Son Peter Eives full and sole Executor of this 
my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this last Will contained in three 
sheets of paper to every of the said sheets set my hand and Seal this seven and 
twentieth day of ffebruary in the fourth year of the Reign of King George the Second 
And in the year of Our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and thirty 
Peter Eives  
Richard Mason Willm Childs Tho: Harris  

Proved 5th March 1732/3 PCC 
Prob11/657