In the name of God Amen  the Fourteenth day of February in the 
First and Twentyeth yeare of the raigne of our Sovreigne Lord James 
the second by the grace of God King of England &c Annoqe dni 1684  
I John Mackerrell th'elder of Woking in the County of Surrey 
yeoman being sick and weak in Bod, but of sound & pfect mind and 
memory praysed be Allmighty God for the same  Doe make this my 
last Will & Testament In manner & forme following (that is to say) 
first and principally I commend my soule to Allmighty God my 
Creator assured by beleiving that by the meritts and reconciliacon of 
my blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ I shall receive full pdon and 
free remission of all my sinnes and be saved And I bequeath my Body 
to the Earth to be decently buryed according to the discretion of 
mine Executrix hereafter named  And as for my temporall Estate as 
the Lord of his infinite goodness & mercy hath lent unto me I give 
and bequeath the same as followeth  Whereas I the said John 
Mackerell th'elder did upon the Seaven & twentieth day of Aprill  
Anno Dni 1683 last past Surrender into the hands of the Lord of the 
Mannor of Woking afforesd by the hands & acceptance of Nicholas 
Hunt & William Harvest two customary Tenants of the said Mannor 
To the use of my last Will and Testament All that my Coppyhold 
Messuage or Tenemt with all & every of th' appurtenances thereunto 
belonging as in & by the said Surrender relacon being thereunto had 
more at large appears! Now I devise & give & bequeath as followeth 
(That is to say) I give and bequeath All that my said Coppyhold 
Messuage or Tenemt with all the lands and Premisses therein the 
said Surrender menconed wth their & every of their appurtenances 
thereunto belonging to the use of Ellen my owne Wife for the term 
of her naturall life And after her decease I will & devise the same 
unto John Mackerell my sonne & his heires to have & hold according 
to the custome of the said Mannor upon condicon that the said  John 
Mackerell my sonne & his heires shall well & truly pay unto my 
Grandchild Edward Cobbett the full & Just sume of Tenn pounds of 
lawfull money of England when he the said Edward shall attaine and 
be of the age of One and twenty yeares, but in case the said Edward 
Cobbett shall happen to die before he shall attaine & be of ye sd age 
of One and twenty yeares that then the payment of the said sume of 
Tenn pounds shall be void & of none effect, Item I give & bequeath 
moreover unto the said Ellen my Wife all that my Freehold Messuage 
or tenement situate lying & being in Woking afforesaid with all the 
Freehold Lands thereunto belonging and appertaining wth all and 
every of the appurtenances To have & to hold to the said Ellen and 
her assigns for & dureing the term of her naturall life The remainder 
unto my Sonne Robert Mackerell and his heires for ever upon 
condicon that the said Robert Mackerell or his heires shall well & 
truly pay unto my Grandchild John Cobbett the full sume of Tenn 
pounds of lawfull money of England, to be paid unto him when the 
said John shall be of the age of One and twenty yeares, but in case 
the said John shall happen to die before he shall be of the said age of 
One and twenty yeares I will & devise the payment of the said sume 
of Tenn pounds to be void & of none effect,  Item I give & bequeath 
unto Richard Lee my Grandchild One shilling to be paid unto him by 
mine Executrix  Item I give & bequeath unto the said Ellen my Wife 
All my Goods and Chattells whatsoever are yett unbequeathed and I 
make constitute & ordain the said Ellen my Wife Sole Executrix of 
this my last will and Testament & I frustrate & make void all Wills 
formerly by me made & done and I declare this to be my last Will & 
testament only. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
Seale the day & yeare first above written. 
The mke X of John Mackerell 

Signed Sealed published pnounced & declared by the said John 
Mackerell for his last Will & Testament in the pres.e of 
Lionell Rawlins   William Harvest   Sam:l Heath  

Probatum fuit ... Tertio die mensis Junij Anno Dni Millimo 
Sexcentesimo Octogesimo Quinto ... 

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