This is the last Will and Testament of me William Eacott of Bisley in the County of 
Surrey Farmer  In the first place I order and direct the payment of all my just debts funeral 
and testamentary Expenses out of my Personal Estate  And I give and devise unto my Son 
William Eacott his heirs and assigns All that my piece of Copyhold Land containing by 
estimation one acre more or less lying in the Common field called Nelho within and 
holden of the Manor of Bisley in the County of Surrey abutting towards the South on the 
Hedge there and towards the North on Land late of Sarah Sibthorpe and bounded on the 
East by Land late of James Nesmith and on the West by Land late of            Hammond  
And also all that my Copyhold Messuage or Tenement in Bisley aforesaid called Bonnells 
otherwise Edmeads with the Barns Edifices Gardens Orchards Curtilages and three Closes 
of Land to the said Messuage adjoining and belonging containing by estimation Seven 
Acres One Close of Land called Long Close containing by estimation One Acre  And also 
two Acres of Copyhold Land lying in the said Common Field called Nelho abutting on the 
Land formerly of Sarah Millest on the South Land late of John Hone on the North and 
Lands late of John Goreing on the East  To hold the same and every part thereof with 
their appurtenances unto and to the use of my said Son William Eacott his heirs and 
assigns for ever according to the Custom of the said Manor Subject nevertheless to my 
wife Sarah Eacott having the use and occupation of such part and parts of my said 
Messuage or Tenement and Garden as she shall choose to reside in or occupy during the 
Term of her natural life rent free  And also subject to and charged and chargeable with the 
Annuity Yearly rent or Sum of Eight Pounds hereinafter mentioned and devised to my said 
Wife Sarah Eacott  And I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto my said Wife Sarah 
Eacott and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life one Annuity Yearly rent 
or Sum of Eight Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain free and clear of and from all 
taxes and deductions whatsoever parliamentary or others already imposed or hereafter to 
be imposed  The said Annuity to be charged and chargeable on and issuing and payable 
out of the said Copyhold hereditaments hereinbefore given and devised to my said son 
William Eacott and to be paid and payable by him my said Son William Eacott his heirs 
executors administrators or assigns by two equal and even half yearly payments (that is to 
say) on the Feast days of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Michael 
the Archangel in every Year the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such of the 
said Feats as shall first and next happen after my decease  And I do hereby charge and 
subject the said Copyhold hereditaments above mentioned to and with the payment of the 
said Annuity yearly rent or Sum of Eight Pounds accordingly  And it is my Will and desire 
that in case the said Annuity yearly rent or Sum of Eight Pounds or any part thereof shall 
at any time during the life of my said Wife Sarah Eacott be behind or unpaid by the space 
of twenty days next over or after any or either of the aforesaid Feasts or days of payment 
whereon the same is hereinbefore directed to be paid as aforesaid being lawfully 
demanded that then and so often it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Wife and 
her assigns to enter upon the said Copyhold hereditaments hereby charged with the said 
Annuity as aforesaid or any of them or any part or parcel thereof and to distrain for the 
same Annuity or for so much thereof as shall be so in Arrear  And the distress and 
distresses then and there found to detain and keep until the she shall be fully paid and 
satisfied all such Arrears of the said Annuity with costs and charges in and about the 
making and keeping the said distress for the same  I give and devise unto my Son Stephen 
Eacott his heirs and assigns  All that my Close of Copyhold Land called Hunger Hill 
containing by estimation One acre and an half and four Acres of Copyhold Land lying and 
being in the Common Field called Widecroft and two Acres of Copyhold land lying in the 
Common Field called South Earsh and one acre of Copyhold land lying in the Common 
Field called Beer Croft  And also one Mead called Newbridge Mead and half an Acre of 
Meadow in Churchburn Mead  Also all that one Meadow called Bisley Mead adjoining to 
Newbridge containing by estimation One Acre more or less All which said Lands are 
situate lying and being within and holden of the said Manor of Bisley in the said County 
of Surrey  And also all those my Six Acres of Freehold Arable Land or thereabouts which 
I purchased of Joseph Blaker situate and lying in the Parish of Chobham in the said 
County of Surrey now in the occupation of myself — — — Together with the Tithes 
thereof To hold the same unto and to the Use of  my said Son Stephen Eacott his heirs and 
assigns for ever Subject nevertheless to and charged and chargeable with the Annuity 
Yearly rent or Sum of Eight Pounds hereinafter mentioned and devised to my said Wife 
Sarah Eacott  And I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto my said Wife Sarah Eacott 
and her assigns for and during the Term of her natural life one other Annuity or clear 
yearly rent or Sum of Eight Pounds of lawful Money aforesaid free and clear of and from 
all taxes and deductions whatsoever whether parliamentary or others already imposed or 
hereafter to be imposed  The said last mentioned Annuity to be charged and chargeable on 
and issuing and payable out of the said Freehold and Copyhold hereditaments hereinbefore 
given and devised to my said Son Stephen Eacott and to be paid and payable by him my 
said Son Stephen Eacott his heirs executors administrators or assigns at the same times 
and in like manner and with like power of distress as hereinbefore is mentioned with 
respect to the said first mentioned Annuity payable out of the said Copyhold hereditaments 
above given and devised to my said Son William Eacott  And I give and devise unto my 
Daughter Sarah the Wife of Daniel Gosden her heirs and assigns All that my parcel of 
Copyhold Land containing by estimation two Acres abutting on the Parsonage Mead on 
the East And also one other parcel of Copyhold Land containing by estimation four Acres 
more or less part of a certain parcel of Land late of Sarah Stimson containing five Acres 
or thereabouts heretofore inclosed out of the Common Field called Nelho with the 
appurtenances All which said parcels of Land are situate lying and being within and 
holden of the said Manor of Bisley in the said County of Surrey  To hold the same unto 
and to the Use of my said Daughter Sarah Gosden her heirs and assigns for ever according 
to the Custom of the said Manor Subject nevertheless to and charged and chargeable with 
the Annuity yearly rent or Sum of Six Pounds hereinafter mentioned and devised to my 
said Wife Sarah Eacott  And I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto my said Wife 
Sarah Eacott and her assigns for and during the Term of her natural life One other Annuity 
or clear yearly rent or Sum of Six Pounds of lawful Money aforesaid free and clear of and 
from all taxes and deductions whatsoever parliamentary or others already imposed or 
hereafter to be imposed  The said last mentioned Annuity to be charged and chargeable on 
and issuing and payable out of the said Copyhold hereditaments hereinbefore given and 
devised to my said Daughter Sarah Gosden and to be paid and payable by her my said 
Daughter her heirs executors administrators or assigns at the same times and in like 
manner and with like power of distress as hereinbefore is mentioned with respect to the 
said first mentioned Annuity payable out of the said Copyhold hereditaments above given 
and devised to my said Son William Eacott  And I give and devise unto my Daughter 
Ann the Wife of John Harding her heirs and assigns All that my Freehold Messuage or 
Tenements now in the two Tenements Barn Buildings garden Lands hereditaments with 
the appurtenances now in the occupation of Henry Mepham and John Harding situate 
lying and being at the West end in the Parish of Chobham in the said County of Surrey To 
hold the same unto and to the Use of my said Daughter Ann Harding her heirs and assigns 
for ever Subject nevertheless to and charged and chargeable with the Annuity yearly rent 
or Sum of Eight Pounds hereinafter mentioned and devised to my said Wife Sarah Eacott  
And I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto my said Wife and her assigns for and 
during the Term of her natural life One other Annuity or clear yearly rent or Sum of Eight 
Pounds of lawful Money aforesaid free and clear of and from all taxes and deductions 
whatsoever parliamentary or others already imposed or hereafter to be imposed  The said 
last mentioned Annuity of Eight Pounds to be charged and chargeable on and issuing and 
payable out of the said Freehold hereditaments hereinbefore given and devised to my said 
Daughter Ann Harding and to be paid and payable by her my said Daughter Ann Harding 
her heirs executors administrators or assigns at the same times and in like manner and with 
like power of distress as hereinbefore is mentioned with respect to the said first mentioned 
Annuity payable out of the said Copyhold hereditaments above given and devised to my 
said Son William Eacott  And as to all my Personal Estate and Effects of every sort and 
kind of which I shall be possessed I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof 
unto my said Wife Sarah Eacott to and for her absolute use and benefit  And I do hereby 
nominate constitute and appoint my said dear Wife Sarah Eacott sole Executrix of this my 
Will And I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other Wills by me at any time 
heretofore made and do declare these presents only to be and contain my last Will and 
Testament  In witness whereof I the said William Eacott the Testator have to this my last 
Will and Testament contained in four sheets of Paper set my Hand and Seal that is to say 
to the first three sheets thereof my Hand and to this fourth and last Sheet my Hand and 
Seal this Fifth — day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and 
forty.  William Eacott
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the above named William Eacott the Testator as 
and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request 
and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses.  
Joseph Huren  
Edmund Vincent  
George Edwards
9th July 1842
Sarah Eacott Widow the relict of the Deceased the Sole Executrix named in the within 
Will was duly sworn to the truth and faithful performance of the same and as usual and 
that the whole of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased do not amount in value to 
the Sum of One Hundred Pounds and that the deceased died on the twenty second day of 
June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty two