In the name of God Amen  I Richard Hodd of Woking in the County 
of Surry yeoman  Do make and ordain this my last Will and 
testament in manner and form following; I Commend my Soul to the 
Mercies of God and my Body to the Earth to be Decently Buried at 
the Discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named; and my worldly 
Estate I Give and dispose thereof as followeth first my will and 
meaning is that all my just Debts and funeral Expences be  fully 
satisfied and paid out of my personal Estate.
I Give and Devise unto my Daughter Ann all that my Copyhold 
Messuage or tenement and all that my Copyhold Lands thereunto 
belonging by estimation four acres and that to be the same more or 
less together with all Barns, Buildings, Out houses, orchards and 
Yardings with the appurtenances (Called or known by the name of 
Easawes lying and being in the Parish of Bisley in the County of Surry 
the which came to me at the Death of my Father Richard Hodd late 
of Bisley Deceased being Given to me in and by the last Will and 
Testament of my said Father Richard Hodd the Elder) to hold unto 
her the said Ann my Daughter and to her heirs and Assigns for ever 
according to the Custom of the said Manor subject nevertheless to 
pay out of the same or other ways the summe of forty shillings A 
year unto Jane my Beloved Wife and Every year for the term of her 
Natural Life and keeps her self A widdow and I do Charge all that my 
aforesaid Copyhold Estate for the payment of the same, and for 
which purposes have or will, Execute Asurrender
I Give devise and Bequeath unto Jane my beloved Wife all that my 
Copyhold messuage or tenement, Orchard, Gardings, Backsides out 
houses, Edifices with all the appurtenances to the same belonging or 
in any wise appertaining lying in the Tything of shackleford in the 
parish of Wokeing in the County of Surry abutting to certain Lands of 
Richard Lee on the north and South parts and to the highway leading 
to Wokeing on the East & West parts to hold unto the said Jane my 
beloved Wife for the term of her natural life and after her Decease I 
Give and Devise the same (that is to say) all that my Copyhold 
messuage or tenement, Orchard, Gardings, Backsides out houses, 
Edifices with all the appurtenances to the same belonging or in any 
wise appertaining lying in the Tything of shackleford in the parish of 
Wokeing in the County of Surry afor said to the only use and behoof 
of my sonne James Hodd And his heirs and Assigns for Ever 
according to the custom of the said manor for which purposes have 
Executed Asurrender to the use of my Will
All my Goods and Chattles of what kind soever and not before by me 
Given, I Give and bequeath the same unto Jane my beloved Wife 
whom I make and ordain my whole and sole Executrix of this my last 
Will and testament  In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal this twenty second day of Aprill in the year of our Lord 
one thousand seaven hundred, sixty and one.  Richard Hodd
Signed, Sealed, Published and declared by the testator to be his last 
will and testament in the presents of us who subscribed our names 
in the presents of the testator as wittnesses  
Robert his mark Goodener the Elder
Robert goodener the younger
John Gyles

This Will of Richard Hodd late of Woking in the County of Surry 
deceased was proved on the second day of October 1766 before the 
Reverend Richard Vincent Clerk a Surrogate by the Oath of Jane 
Hodd Widow the Relict of the said deceased and sole Executrix 
named in the said Will to whom admon was granted being first 
sworn duly to administer.

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