In the name of God Amen the Twentith day of September in the year 
of our Lord one Thousan Seven Hundred I William Harcroft Sen.r of 
Woking in the County of Surry yeoman being defrant good Health of 
body and of Perfect mind and memory thanks be given to god 
therefore calling unto mind ye mortality of my body and knowing 
that it is appointed for all men once to dye, do make and ordaine this 
my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to 
say First and principally I give my Soul into the hands of god that 
gave it mee and for my Body I commend it to the Earth to be buried 
in Christian manner in ye Church yard in Woking nothinge Doupting 
but at the generall Resurrecion I shall Receive the same again by ye 
mighty Power of god  And as touching such Worldly Estate 
wherewith it hath Pleased god to blese me in thise life I give devise 
bequeth and dispose ye same in Manner and form following First I 
give and bequeath unto my sonn William Harcroft Twenty Shillings 
and my best Sute of Clothese  Item I give and bequeath unto my 
Daughter Diana Smith of Godalman in ye County of Surrey  
Aforesaid Wife of William Smith all that Freec Messuege or 
Tenament called by ye name of ye Kings Hed liing against the 
markethouse in Godalman Town aforesaid for the Terme of her 
naturall life Paying unto my wife Jane five pounds A yeare by eqall 
halfe yerely Porsions for ye term her naturall life ye first payment to 
begin at Snt Mickel the archangell or the blessed Virgin Mary which 
shall first happen after ye decease of mee the said William  And 
afterwards unto Diana and Mary Smith my Two Grandaughters and 
daughters of the said Diana for ever upon Condicion thay Pay or 
cause to be paid unto my Sonn and daughter Three score Pounds of 
good and lawfull mony of England within three month after ye 
decease of Diana my said daughter that is to say Thirty Pound to my 
sonn Maximilion Harcroft and another thirty Pounds to my daughter 
Elizabeth Harcroft and if ithere of them depart this life before there 
legacy becoms due and Payable then the Survivor shall have the 
wholl Sum of Three score Pounds of good and lawfull mony given as 
aforesd but if ye said Diana Smith and Mary Smith my Grandaughters 
do Refuse or neglect to pay the above named legaceses as aforesd 
Then I give and bequeath the said messuege with all the 
Appurtinances called ye Kings Hed unto Maximilion Harcroft my sonn 
and Elizabeth Harcroft my Daughter for ever Paying unto Diana Smith 
and Mary Smith my Two Grandaughters Aforesd the full sum of 
Thirty Pounds to Each of them within Sixe month after the decease 
of Diana there mother or at the age of one and Twenty  years which 
shall last happen  Item I give and bequeath unto Maximilion my sonn 
and his heirs for ever all that messuege and Tenements gate and 
Garden thereunto belonging and A Shop in ye occupacion of Edward 
Woods with all ye Apptinances liing and being in ye Towne of 
Godalming neere ye markethouse now in ye occupacion of Joh Chitty 
or his Assings Ajoyning to ye Kings hed Paying to Jane my now wife 
three Pound A yeare and every for the Terme of her naturall life by 
Even and Equall halfe yerely payments that is to say Thirty shillings  
at Snt Mickell the arkangell and Thirty shillings at ever Lady Day the 
First payment thereof to be made the next quarter day after ye 
decease of mee ye said William But if my Son Maximilion die and 
depart thise life before hee atayns to ye Age of one and Twenty 
years then I give and bequeath the said messuage and Premises as 
aforesd unto my sonn John Harcroft and his heirs for Ever Paying the 
legacy before mencioned  Item I give unto my Son John Hundred 
Pound of good and lawfull mony of England to be paid to him by my 
Executrix herafter named when he do atayne to ye age of Two and 
Twenty years  Item I give unto my Son Richard Harcroft and his heirs 
and assigns for ever All those my to Coppihold Closes of Erable Land 
and one Close of Meadow contayning by estimacion Eight acres 
more or less called or known by the name of milland or by any other 
name or names situate liing and being in Woking Afforesd next 
adjoyning to millmoore in the said County of Surry and alsoe one 
Barne called ye new barne and the Plot of ground thereunto 
belonging or adjoyning standing in Woking Stret afforesd Right over 
against the Signe of ye White hart when hee shall be and atayne to 
ye age of One and Twenty yeares Paying unto Jane my now wife 
three Pound A yeare and every for the Terme of her naturall life by 
halfe yearely payments that is to say Thirty shillings  at Snt Mickell 
the arkangell and Thirty shillings at ever Lady Day the First payment 
thereof to begin the next quarter day after ye decease of mee ye said 
William But if my Sonn Richard die and depart thise life before hee 
cumes or atayns to ye Age of one and Twenty years Then I give and 
bequeath the three Acres of Land before mencioned called Milland 
and the Barne above said to  unto Robert Harcroft my sonn and his 
heirs for Ever upon Condicion that hee Payes or caues to be Paid 
Jane my now wife the three Pounds A yeare as afforesd and Payes or 
caues to be Paid out of the afforsd Land unto Ann Mary Elizabeth 
And Jane Maximilion my Daughters and Sonn or there heirs the sum 
of one Hundred Pounds of good and Lawfull mony of England equally 
to be devided betwixt them at the end of three month after his 
decease  Ittem I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane Harcroft 
Twenty Shillings of good and Lawfull mony of England  Item I give 
and bequeath unto Ann Harcroft my daughter Two Hundred Pound 
of good and Lawfull mony of England to be paid within one year after 
the decease of mee ye said William  Item I give and bequeath unto 
Mary Harcroft my daughter Twenty Pound of good and Lawfull mony 
of England to be paid within one year after my decease  Item I give 
and bequeath unto Robert Harcroft my sonn one Hundred Pound of 
good and Lawfull mony of England to be paid him within one yeare 
after my decease   Item I give and bequeath unto Maximilion 
Harcroft my sonn one Hundred and Twenty Pound of good and 
Lawfull mony of England within one yeare after my decease to be 
paid or when hee shall atayne to the age of one and Twenty yeares 
which shall last happen  Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth 
Harcroft my daughter one Hundred and fower Score Pound of good 
and Lawfull mony of England to be paid within one year after my 
decease or when shee shall atayne to the age of one and Twenty 
yeares which shall first happen Item I make my loveing Wife Jane 
Harcroft Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament Paying my 
debts Legacyes and Funerall Expences for and dureing the Terme of 
her naturall Life To whom I give the ase in trust and Proffites of my 
psonall Estate and of any moneys on bond mortgage and other waise 
for and Towards the maintenance and Educacion of my Children 
untill Their respective Porcions shall become due and payable in 
maner as afforesd And I doe hereby give unto her Full Power and 
Authority to sell or otherwise to dispose of such profits of my Stocke 
goods and Chattells as shee shall think fitt upon Condicion that shee 
shall make good the sam in fullne as shee shall finde it upon an 
indifferent Apprayser thereof att the tyme of my decease and  soe 
Leave the same of the like value or more att the tyme of her decease 
to be Desposed of by my Execut.s in truste for the uses intente and 
Purposes hereafter mencioned Item I make constitute and apoynt 
my loveing Friends William Colyer of okes John Slifeild Thomas 
Hayward Carpenter all of the Parish of Woking Executors in trust of 
this my last will and Testament herby desiring them to sell and 
despose of any said Personal Estate and goods and Personal Estate of 
my said Wife as shall be soe left  by her att the time of her decease in 
mannor as afforesd and out of the moneys arising thereby to pay and 
satisfi my debts Legacyes and Funeral Expences as shall be left 
unpaid by her at the tim of her decease Except all my Household 
goods And my will is that my Wife Jane shold give away ye sam and 
dispose of it to whom shee thinks fit And then Distribute and Pay all 
the over Plush thereof to and amongst all my said Children to be 
equally devided between them Save only my sonn William and he to 
have but ten Pound out of it and my Shall Rings because I haveing 
otherwise diffirently Provided for him alredy  And in case my said 
Sonn Robert Harcroft shall happen to dye without Issue before his 
age of one and Twenty yeares then my will and mening is that my 
said sonn John Harcroft shall have noe share of the Remaining part of 
my Personall Estate to be desposed of by my Executors in trust in 
manner as afforesd by reson of the Lands that will disend and come 
to him by the death of my said sonn Robert Harcroft And that my 
said sonn John Harcroft share thereof in such case shall be equally 
devided between all the Rest of my Children Except before Excepted  
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seale the day 
and yeare first above written.  William Harcroft Sen.r
Signed Sealed Published and delivered by the above named William 
Harcroft the Elder for and as his last Will and Testament in the 
presence of  James Stevent  Abraham Harnert  the Marke J of 
Jonathan Davey
The enter lining in five places was before the publishing and 
delivering heereof

Probatum 21 Mar 1703  ...

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