In the name of God Amen  The Tenth day of February in the Fifth 
yeare of the Reign of our Sovraigne Lady Ann by the Grace of God of 
England Scotland France & Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith And 
in the Year of or Lord One thousand seaven hundred and six  I Lionell 
Rawlins of Wokeing in the County of Surry gent being sicke & 
Weake in Body but of Memory & Understanding thanks be given to 
Almighty God for the same but calling to mind the certainty of Death 
and the Uncertainty of the Time thereof  do hereby make & ordaine 
this to be my last Will & Testam.t in manner & Forme following (that 
is to say)  First and principally I comend my Soule into the hands of  
Almighty God my Creator hoping to be saved through the merritts & 
Intercession of Jesus Christ my only Saviour & Redeemer My Body I 
comitt to the Earth to be decently Interred at the discretion of my 
Executrix hereafter named  And as touching my Worldly Estate with 
which it has pleased Almighty God to bestow upon Me I give & 
dispose thereof as followeth Whereas I have surrendered into the 
hands of the Lord of the Manour of Wokeing by the Acceptance of 
Thomas Martin & Richard Vincent two Customary Tennts of the said 
Manour All that my Coppyhold Messuage or Tenem.t And Three score 
Acres of Land thereunto belonging called Fishers or by any other 
Name or Names scittuate lying & being in thee Tytheing of Hale End 
in the said Parish of Wokeing  And also all that parcell of Meadow 
called Hoods containing by estimation Four Acres be the same more 
or less And two Acres of Pasture to the same adjoyning called Mill 
Platts And also One Acre of Meadow lying in Mill Mead in Wokeing 
aforesaid All which said Messuage and Sevrall parcells of Land & 
Meadow ground are scituate lying and being in the sd parish of of 
Wokeing aforesaid To th' Use & Behoofe of such person or persons 
And for such Estate & Estates And for such Uses Intents and 
Purposes As I the sd Lionell Rawlins should by my last Will & Testam.t 
in Writeing Limitt direct & appoint And to & for no other Use or Uses 
Intent or Purpose whatsoever Now I do hereby give & Devise the said 
Coppy hold Messuage & Three Score Acres of Land called Fishers And 
the said parcell of Meadow called Hoods and the two Acres of 
Pasture called Mill Plotts And the Acres of Meadow lying in Mill 
Mead in Wokeing aforesaid so Surrendered as aforesaid to my 
Loveing Wife Margarett Rawlins for dureing & untill my Youngest 
sonn John Rawlins shall attaine to his Age of One and Twenty Yeares 
if he lives so long for & towards his maintenance and education it 
being my Intent & desire that my said loveing Wife shall take Care of 
the bringing Up of him And as soon as my said sonn John Rawlins 
shall attain to his said Age of One and Twenty Yeares or my said Wife 
dye Then imediately from the death of my said Wife or my said sonn 
John's Attaining to his Age of One and Twenty Yeares I give and 
Devise the said Messuage or Tenem.t and the said Three Score Acres 
of Land called Fishers And the said parcell of Meadow called Hoods 
and the said parcell of Pasture called Mill Platts And the said parcell 
of Meadow in Mill Mead unto my said Youngest sonn John Rawlins 
and to his Heirs & Assigns forever But in Case my said Youngest sonn 
should dye before he attain to his Age of One and Twenty Yeares 
without Isssue of his Body Then I give and Devise the said Coppy hold 
Messuage and lands called Fishers And the said Meadow called 
Hoods and the said parcell of Pasture called Mill Platts And the 
Meadow in Mill Mead unto my Three Daughters Elizabeth the Wife 
of John Tice Mary Rawlins and Ann Rawlins and to their Heirs & 
assigns forever  Item I give and Bequeath unto my said Three 
Daughters Elizabeth Tice Mary Rawlins and Ann Rawlins & to their 
Heirs & Ass forever from & after the deceases of my Mother Ann 
Rawlins & of my loveing Wife Margarett Rawlins (they having An 
Estate for Life in the Lands) All that my Freehold Meadow or Parcell 
of Meadow ground called or known by the Name of Millditch Mead 
als great Millditch Mead conteining by Estimation Tenn Acres be the 
same more or lesse lying & being in the parish of Send in the said 
County of Surry To hold the said  Freehold Mead or parcell of 
Meadow ground & prmses aforesd called Millditch Mead als great 
Millditch Mead with the Appttennces after the deceases of the said 
Ann Rawlins my Mother and the said Margarett Rawlins my Wife 
unto my said Three daughters Elizabeth the Wife of John Tice Mary 
Rawlins & Ann Rawlins and to their Heirs & assigns forever  Item I 
give and Devise unto my loveing Wife Margarett Rawlins for & 
dureing the terme of her naturall Life All that little Freehold Mead or 
Parcell of Meadow ground conteining by Estimation Three Acres be it 
more or lesse called or known by the Name of Millditch Mead lying in 
Wokeing or Send aforesaid and from and after the Decease of my 
said loveing Wife Margarett Rawlins I give and Devise the said 
Freehold little Mead or Parcell of Meadow ground conteining by 
Estimation Three Acres be it more or lesse called or known by the 
Name of Mill Ditch Mead & pmises with the Appttennces unto my 
said Loveing Daughters Elizabeth the Wife of John Tice Mary Rawlins 
& Ann Rawlins and to their Heirs & assigns forever Provided always 
and upon Condition nevertheless And it is my Will & Meaning that 
my said Wife Margarett Rawlins and my said Three daughters 
Elizabeth Tice Mary Rawlins & Ann Rawlins and their Heirs shall after 
the decease of Ann Rawlins my Mother out of the said Lands called 
great Mill ditch Mead and of the said Mead called Mill ditch Mead 
Pay or cause to be paid unto my loveing Brother John Rawlins of 
Horsell in the said County of Surry and his Assigns for & dureing the 
tearm of his Naturall Life by Four Quarterly Paym.ts in the Year the 
sume of Four Pounds of lawfull Money of England free of all Taxes 
whatsoever the First Payment thereof to begin and be made at such 
of the said Featsts or Quarterly Paym.ts as shall first happen after the 
decease of the said Ann Rawlins my Mother  And in case my said 
loveing Wife Margarett Rawlins and my said Daughters Elizabeth Tice 
Mary Rawlins & Ann Rawlins shall neglect & refuse to pay unto my 
said Brother John Rawlins the said Legacy of Four Pounds Fr and 
dureing his Life by Four Quarterly paym.ts Then & in such Case I give 
and devise the said Freehold Lands called great Mill ditch Mead & 
Little Mill ditch Mead unto my said Brother John Rawlins & his 
assigns untill he shall be satisfied the said sume of Four pounds and 
all arrearages thereof & so Toties Quoties as the said Margarett 
Rawlins my Wife Elizabeth Tice Mary Rawlins & Ann Rawlins shall 
neglect or refuse to pay unto my said Brother John Rawlins his said 
Annuity of Four Poundsin manner as aforesaid  And whereas my 
Eldest sonn Lionell Rawlins has a sufficient Estate settled on him 
which will Imediately come to him after mine & my Wifes deceases 
And another Estate given him by Madam Kaynes his Relation which 
Is the reason that I have not given him any Lands by this my Will But 
do only give him the sume of Five pounds as A Token of my Love & 
Affection which I have and bear unto him and therefore hope 
therefore he will not Molest or Trouble his Brother or any of his 
Sisters in the Enjoym.t of any of their Legacies hereby given them nor 
that any Person will Persuade him thereunto he being not capable of 
Manageing what he has already given him being a person of very 
meane Understanding which said Five Pounds I desire my Wife will 
pay unto him within Twelve Months after my decease and to lett him 
live with her and take care of him  Item I give & Bequeath unto my 
loveing Wife Margarett Rawlins All my Person Estate whatsoever 
both within doors & without to th Intent that shee shall out of the 
same pay all my debts that I shall Owe at the Time of my decease 
either Bonds or otherwise (Excepting the Sume of One Hundred 
Pounds due to Richard Davys of Wokeing and for Security of which I 
have Mortgaged Little Mill Ditch Mead which my Intent is shall be 
paid & discharged by my Three Daughters Elizabeth Tice Mary 
Rawlins & Ann Rawlins their Heirs & Assigns to whom I have given 
the Inheritance)  Item all the rest & residue of my Goods & Chattles 
& Personal Estate whatsoever Debts Arrears of Rent not herein & 
hereby before given & Bequeathed I give & Bequeath unto my 
loveing Wife Margarett Rawlins whom I make Constitute Ordayne & 
Appoint Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testam.t  In Witness 
whereof I the said Lionell Rawlins to this my last Will and Testam.t 
containing two sheets of Paper have to each sheet  sett my hand & 
Seal the day & yeare in the first sheet menconed. 
Lionell Rawlins
Memorand that the words (Item I give & Bequeath unto my said 
Three daughters Elizabeth Tice Mary Rawlins & Ann Rawlins & to 
their Heirs & Assigns forever) in the One & Fortieth Line in the first 
Sheet were so Interlined before the Signeing Sealeing Publishing 
hereof and afterwards theis prnts were Signed Sealed published and 
declared by the said Lionell Rawlins to be his last Will & Testam.t in 
the psence of us who subscribed our Names in the Psence of the said 
Lionall Rawlins   Thomas Marlyn [I think this is Martyn with the 't' 
not being crossed]   Richard Vinsent   Natha: Sturt   Jhn Rawley

Probatum ... 14th Junii Anno Dni 1707 ... 

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