In the name of God Amen the One and Twentieth day of September in the Five and Twentyeth yeare of the raigne of our Sovraigne Lord King Charles ye second &c Annoqe dni 1673 I Robert Petoe of Woking in the County of Surrey Taylor being sicke and weake in body, but of sound and pfect memory, praysed be Almighty God for the same Doe make this my last Will and Testament In manner and forme followinge (that is to say) First I commend my soule to Almighty God my Creator and my Body to the Earth to be buryed in decent and XCxian manner according to ye discreson of my Executrix hereafter named Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Petoe my mother in law Two shillings of lawful English money Item I give and bequeath unto My sister Mary Gregory widdow One shilling Item I give and bequeath unto Clemence Gregory and Henry Gregory (the Children of the said Mary Gregory) to each of them Five shillings Item I give and bequeath unto My Brother Thomas Watts all my best appell. Item I give and bequeath unto John Watts and also to Anne Watts the Children of the said Thomas Watts the sume of Twenty pounds of lawfull money of England equally betweene them (that is to say) Ten pounds to each of them, to be payd to them when as they shall attaine to their sevall ages of One and twenty yeares, Butt it is my will and meaning that the said sume of Twenty pounds shall be payd by mine Executrix into the hands of my loveing Freind William Sherrett of Crastocke in Woking afforesaid To be by him (or his Assignes [sic - presumably intended to be 'Heirs'] or Assignes) used or put forth for ye use of ye said Two Children, and what proffitt he or they shall receive for ye said money It is my will and meaning that the same shall be payd unto the said Thomas Watts and Anne his wife towards the maintainance and education of the said John Watts and Anne untill they shall accomplish their sevall ages of One and twenty yeares as afforesd. Item all the rest of my Goods and Chattells whatsoever I have yett unbequeathed I give and bequeath unto my loveing sister Jane Petoe whom I make sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament she paying of my debts, Legacies, and my Funerall charges In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale the day & yeare first above written The marke X of ye said Robert Petoe Signed Sealed published pnounced and declared by the above named Robert Petoe for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us Sam: Heath Thomas Hayward Probatum fuit ... Quarto die Mensis Octobris Anno Dni 1673 DW/PA/5/1673/55