This is the last Will and Testament of me James Giles of the Parish of Bisley in the 
County of Surrey Husbandman  I give and bequeath All my Money Securities for 
Money Household Goods and Personal Estate of every sort and kind unto my Wife 
Sarah Giles to and for her own absolute Use and Benefit subject nevertheless to the 
payment of my just Debts my Funeral Expenses and the Charges of proving this my 
Will  I give and devise unto my said Wife Sarah Giles All that my Freehold Messuage 
or Cottage with the piece of Land thereto belonging situate near the Hermitage in the 
Parish of Woking in the said County of Surrey and now or lately in the occupation of 
Thomas Boxall or his assigns And also all that my Copyhold Messuage or Cottage 
and two acres and a half of Land or thereabouts with the Appurtenances situate within 
and held of the Manor of Bisley in the said County of Surrey  And also all those my 
two acres of Copyhold Land (be the same little more or less) situate within and held 
of the  Manor of Bisley aforesaid which I have lately purchased of and from William 
Walken of Bisley aforesaid Husbandman To hold the said three several Estates unto 
her my said Wife Sarah Giles according to the several natures and tenures thereof and 
to her heirs and assigns for ever  And I do nominate and appoint my said Wife Sarah 
Giles to be the sole Executrix of this my Will and revoking all former Wills by me 
made I do decalre this to be my last Will and Testament  In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my Hand and Seal this twenty first day of December in the Year of Our 
Lord One thousand eight hundred and thrity three.  The mark of + James Giles
Signed sealed published and declared by the said James Giles 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 subscribe our names as Witnesses hereto
J A Sibthorpe Guildford  T J Nalder Clerk to Mr Sibthorpe  Sophie Barnett Servant 
to Mr Sibthorpe

14th March 1840
Sarah Giles the Widow and Relict of the said James Giles the 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 Twenty pounds and that the deceased died on the 
twelfth day of February  in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty.  Before me Henry Ayling Surrogate
This Will of James Giles late of the Parish of Bisley in the County of Surrey 
Husbandman deceased was proved on the nineteenth day of March 1840 Before the 
Reverend Henry Ayling Clerk & Surrogate by the Oath of  Sarah Giles Widow the 
Relict the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted being first sworn duly to 
administer.