In the name of God Amen  the Eighteenth day of March in the Foure 
& Twentyeth yeare of the raigne of our Sovraigne Lord King Charles 
the second &c Anno Dni 1671  I Mary Tacka of Woking in the County 
of Surrey widdow being verry weake in body but of sound and pfect 
memory praysed be to almighty God for the same Doe make my last 
Will & Testament in manner & forme following (that is to say)  First & 
principally I bequeath my Soule to allmighty God my Creator 
assuredly beleiveing that I shall receive full pardon & free remission 
of all my Sinnes by the meritts & reconcilaitaion of my blessed Lord & 
Saviour Jesus Christ and I bequeath my body to the Earth to be 
buryed in decent and Xpian manner according to the discretion of my 
Executor hereafter named  Item I give and bequeath unto my son 
William Tacka Twenty shillings of lawfull money of England  Item I 
give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Tacka One Feather Bed 
& Bolster & pillow & One Red Rugge & Blankett wth the Bedsted & 
the furniture belonging to him now standing in the Best chamber of 
my house which I now live in and also one joyn'd Chest there 
standing and Two paire of Sheetts and my bigest brasse pott and the 
biggest Table now standing in thee great parlour and Six Leather 
stooles  Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Anne Tacka my 
Feather Bed & Bolster wch now I in the Chamber over the Hall wth ye 
pillowes Blanketts & Bedsted and all that is to him and the great 
ioyn'd Chest there in the sd Chamber and halfe a dozen of Cusheon 
Skols and the longest Table in the little parlour and one joyn'd Forme 
And one small side cupboard now standing in the Chamber over the 
great parlour and one Iron pott next to the biggest or the biggest but 
one and alsoe Two paire of Sheetts  Item I give and bequeath unto 
my daughter Elizabeth Tacka my best Flock Bed and one pillow and 
three paire of Sheetts & one dozen of new Napkins now in the house 
& one pillow bagge two Table Cloaths one long one & the other a 
short one and one little Iron pott and alsoe Twenty Shillings of lawfull 
English money and one little Table now standing in the Chamber over 
the great parlour and one Table being the best of them wch stands in 
the Hall  Alsoe to my daughters Mary, Anne and Elizabeth I give and 
bequeath to each of them Three pewter dishes of the best I now 
have  And alsoe I give to my daughters Mary & Anne to each of them 
one pewter Flaggon  Alsoe I give and  bequeath to my Son John 
Tacka Five pounds of lawfull money of England to be pd unto him by 
mine Executor when he shall attaine to the age of Foure & twenty 
years but if that he shall happen to dye before he attaine to the said 
ageof Foure & twenty years my will & desire is the said Five pounds 
shall be equally devided & payd unto my said daughters Mary, Anne 
and Elizabeth or to the Survivor or Survivors of them or either of 
them which shall be then living  Item I give and bequeath to my Son 
Robert Tacka all that my Freehold Messuage or Tenement wth the 
Outhouses Garden and all other the apptenances thereunto 
belonging situate lying & being in Lalham in the County of Middx To 
have & to hold to the said Robert Tacka my son and his heirs & 
assigns for ever  Item All the rest of my Goodsand Chattells which are 
yett unbequeathed I give and bequeath to my said Son Robert Tacka 
whom I make Executor of this my last Will & Testament desireing 
him to pay my debts, Legacies and Funerall charges  And I desire my 
trusty and loveing Friends William Sherrett of Crastock and Thomas 
Stimson the elder both of Woking afforesaid to be Overseers of this 
my said Will and Testament  In Witness whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and Seal the day and yeare first above written. 
The marke  of Mary Tacka
Signed Sealed published pronounced & Declared by the said Mary 
Tacka for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us  THO: 
STIMSON   Sam: Heath  

Probatum fuit ... Primo die Mensis Februarii Anno Dni (stilo Anglia) 
1676 ... 

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