In the Name of God Amen I Stephen Wellbelove of Egham 
in the County of Surry Husbandman being of sound and 
disposing mind and memory blessed be God for the same do 
make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in 
manner and fform following and ffirst I commit my Body to the 
care of my Executor hereinafter mentioned to be decently 
interred by him and after the payment of my just debts and 
ffuneral Expences I dispose of my Estate and Effects as follows 
that is to say I give devise and bequeath all that Messuage or 
Tenement wherein I now Dwell situate lying and being at 
Egham aforesaid together with the Piece of Ground or Land in 
the ffront of the said House containing by Estimation six poles 
or Rods be the same more or less partioned or parted of by me 
from other Land by a Quickset Hedge on the Right hand 
together with the Sheds and Turf House and all other 
Outhouses or Buildings thereunto belonging or erected 
thereupon to hold unto my son Thomas Wellbelove his Heirs 
Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever also I give 
devise and bequeath all that piece or platt of Ground as 
bounded by the aforesaid Quickset Hedge to the East and on 
the West by the late Sir John Elwell?s Lands and to the North 
by a Grab set Hedge and planted with ffruit Trees containing by 
Estimation eight Poles or Rods together also with the Messuage 
or Tenement erected by my Son Richard Wellbelove to hold 
the said Piece or Parcel of Land together with the said 
Messuage or Tenement unto my said Son Richard Wellbelove 
his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever also I 
give devise and bequeath all that piece or platt of Ground 
bounding quite up or abutting on the back part of my aforesaid 
Dwelling House and the Grab set Hedge on the South and on 
the North by the Quick set Hedge and planted with ffruit Trees 
containing by Estimation eight Poles or Rods together also with 
the Messuage or Tenement erected thereon by one other of 
my Sons to wit Stephen Wellbelove I do therefore give and 
devise and bequeath the said last mentioned Premises and the 
said Messuage or Tenement unto the said  Stephen Wellbelove 
his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever also I 
give devise and bequeath unto my other Son Henry 
Wellbelove all that piece or platt of Land called by me the 
Reek Yard and adjoining to my aforesaid Dwelling House and 
the aforesaid premises some or one of them which said Piece of 
Land is Planted with ffruit trees and is bounded to the South by 
the last mentioned Quick set Hedge and to the North by a Lane 
leading to Low Brooks and on the West by the late John Elwell?s 
Lands to hold the said last mentioned or described Pice or 
Parcel of Land unto my said Son Henry Wellbelove his Heirs 
Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever I give and 
bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth the Wife of Thomas 
Penby all my Goods and Household ffurniture Also I give and 
bequeath all my Sheep and Asses to be equally divided 
between my four Sons Richard Stephen Thomas and Henry 
Wellbelove all the rest residue and remainder of my Personal 
Estate I give and bequeath to be equally divided between my 
aforesaid ffive Children their Executors and Administrators 
share and share alike I name constitute and appoint my 
aforesaid Son Henry Wellbelove sole Executor of this my last 
Will and Testament hereby revoking all former last Wills or 
Testaments by me at any time heretofore made and in 
testimony that this is my last Will and Testament I have 
hereunto set my hand and Seal the ffifth day of May in the Year 
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five the 
mark of Stephen Wellbelove 
(Attestation Clause)
Joseph Watson Mortlake Surrey _ John Verson Mortlake 
Surrey
Proved at London 3 December 1787
PCC Prob11/1160