In the name of God Amen  I William Theed of Wokeing in the 
County of Surry Mercer being sick in Body but of sound and perfect 
mind memory & understanding praised be almighty God for the 
same Do Make Publish & Declare this to be my last Will & Testam.t in 
manner following (that is to say)  First & principally I Comend my 
Soule into the hands of almighty God hoping through the Meritts 
Death and passion of my only Saviour Jesus Christ to have full 
remission for all my sinns  my body I comitt to the Earth to be 
decently buryed att the Discretion of my Executors and Trustees 
hereafter named  And as touching such temporall Estate wherewith 
Almighty God has blessed me I dispose thereof as follows  Imprimis I 
Give and Bequeath to my Nephew & Niece John & Mary children of 
my Brother in Law John Flutter Clerk Forty pounds a piece of lawfull 
money of great Brittain  Item I Give and Bequeath to my kinsman 
Tho.s Terry sonn of my Uncle William Terry Fifteen pounds of like 
lawfull money  Item I Give and Bequeath to my servant Maid Mary 
Bonsey Five pounds of like lawfull money All which Legacies my Will 
is shall be paid within Six Months after my Death by my Executors  
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Nephew Richard Chittey all the 
sheetes in the Deale Chest in the Chamber over the shop being Five 
& Twenty or Thirty pair or thereabouts and the Napkins that are in 
the Draw of the same Chest being two douzen or thereabouts and 
also Six Silver Spoones Eight Gold rings Four Silver Seales a bread 
piece of Gold and some odd pieces of Silver which are now in the 
hands of my Aunt Bird  Item I Give and Bequeath to my brother in 
Law Mr John Flutter both my Mares  Item I Give and Bequeath all my 
ready Money Debts Goods Chattles and personal Estate whatsoever 
not before give and Bequeathed unto my loving Friends Richard 
Vincent & John Vincent both of Wokeing aforesaid Yeoman In trust 
and to and upon this Special Trust and Confidence that they the said 
Richard Vincent & John Vincent and the Survivor of them and the 
Exec.rs and Admors of the Survivor shall sell and dispose of such 
Goods att the best rate they Can and call and gett the Debts to me 
due & owing and in the first place to pay and Satisfy my Debts & 
Legacies and my Funerall and other incident Charges And then shall 
with all convenient speed they can Place out att Interest all the 
Monies that shall remain of my Goods Debts and personal Estate And 
Imploy the same to the purposes and in such manner as is hereafter 
mentioned (that is to say) as for and concerning the Interest and 
proffitt thereof to pay and dispose of the same to my said Nephew 
Richard Chittey untill he shall attain the age of one & Twenty Years 
or be married  Then my said Trustees or the Survivor of them and the 
Execors & Admors of the Survivor of them shall call in & receive the 
principall Sume and pay the same to the said Richard Chitty his 
Execors & Admors or assigne the Securities thereof to the said 
Richard Chitty  But in case the said Richard Chitty shall dye before he 
shall Attain to that age unmarried That then the Interest and Proffitts 
of such principall mony from the Death of the said Richard Chitty 
shall be paid to my said Nephew & Niece John & Mary Flutter or to 
the survivor of them untill they or the survivor of them shall have 
attained the age of  one & Twenty Years or be married which shall 
first happen  And when & so soon as they or the survivor of them 
shall have attained that age or be married that then the said 
principall mony shall go and be paid to my said Nephew & Niece John 
& Mary Flutter or to him or her surviveing But in case the said John & 
Mary Flutter my Nephew & Niece shall both dye under the age of 
One & Twenty unmarried  That then my said Trustees and the 
Survivor of them and the Execors & Admors of the Survivor of them 
shall pay & equally divide the said principal mony to and amongst the 
Children of my said Uncle William Terry  And my will is that my said 
Trustees shall and may deduct & take out of the Interests and 
Proffitts of such principal mony all such Charges as they from time to 
time shall be at in manageing the Trusts hereby reposed in them  
And in case all or any of such monies shall happen to be lost by 
reason of the Failure of Securities or otherwise My Will is that in such 
Case my said Trustees shall not be charged therewith or accountable 
for the same  Item I Give to my said Trustees Five Guineas a piece to 
be taken out of my said personal Estate before the residue be placed 
at Interest And I do Nominate Constitute & Appoint the said Richard 
Vincent & John Vincent sole Executors of this my last Will & Testam.t  
In Witness whereof I the said William Theed have to this my last Will 
and Testam.t  sett my hand and Seale the Seaventeenth Day of July in 
the Thirteenth Year of the reign of our Sovraigne Lady Queen Ann of 
great Brittain &c Annoq Dni 1714.  Wm Theed
Signed Sealed published & Declared by the said William Theed for & 
as his last Will & Testam.t in the prsence of us who have subscribed 
our Names as Witnesses in the prsence of the said Testator  Ann 
Roydon   Hen Caisely  the mark R of Richard Huntingford

Probatum &c, Decimo Septimo die mensis Augustii, Anno Dni, 
Millimo, Septingenimo, Decimo Quarto; ... 

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