In the name of God Amen  The Eighth day of May in the Seaven and 
twentyeth yeare of the raine of our most gracious sovraigne Lord 
Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scottland France 
and Ireland King defender of the Faith &t Anno Dni 1675 I Henry 
Welles the elder of Woking in the County of Surrey husbandman 
being sick & weake in body but of sound & perfect memory thanks 
be to Allmighty God for the same and calling to mind the  uncertaine 
estate of this transitory life and that all Flesh must yeild unto death 
when it shall please God to call And being desirous to settle things in 
order Doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner and forme 
following (That is to say)  First and principally I bequeath my Soule to 
Almighty God my Creator and my Body to the Earth from whence it 
came to be buryed  in such decent and xpian manner as to my 
Executrixe & Executor shall be thought meet and convenient there to 
rest untill my Soule and body shall meet again and be ioyned 
together at the ioyfull resurrection  And touching such temporall 
estate as the Lord hath beene pleased (of Goods and Chattells Far 
above my deserts to bestow upon me) I doe order give bequeath and 
dispose the same in manner and forme following Imprimis I give and 
bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Collyer the Wife of Richard 
Collyer of Woking afforesaid One shilling  Item I give & bequeath 
unto my Daughter Mary Wheatley the sume of Five pounds of 
lawfull money of England to be paid unto her or her assigns wthin one 
yeare next after my decease  Item I give & bequeath unto Henry 
Welles my son the sume of Five pounds of lawfull money of England 
to be payd unto him or his assigns at th'end of two yeares next after 
my decease  Item I give & bequeath unto Daniell Welles my sonne 
the sume of Five pounds of like lawfull money to be payd unto him or 
his assigns at th'end of Three yeares next after my decease  Item I 
give & bequeath unto my Daughter Jane Welles the sume of Ten 
pounds of the like lawfull money of England to be payd to her or her 
assigns at th'end of Four yeares next after my decease  Item all the 
rest of my Goods and Chattells whatsoever is yett unbequeathed I 
give and bequeath unto my dear & loveing Wife Elizabeth and John 
Welles my sonne whom I make Executrix and Executor of this my last 
Will and Testament  But it is my will and meaning that the said 
Elizabeth my wife shall have two parts and the said John my sonne a 
Third part of the said Goods and Chattells And it is further my Will & 
meaning that if the said Elizabeth my wife shall happen to dye or 
depart this life before that this my said last Will and Testament shall 
be proved That then the said two parts soe bequeathed to the said 
Elizabeth my wife shall be equally devided and distributed betweene 
my two daughters (that is to say Mary Wheatley and the said Jane 
Welles  And alsoe betweene my three sonnes (that is to say) Henry 
Welles John Welles and Daniell Welles, And I desire my said 
Executrixe & Executor carefully to pay my Debts and Legacyes and 
Funerall charges And I desire my trusty and loveing Friends Richard 
Hunt of Woking afforesaid yeoman and Samuel Heath of the same 
parish Taylor to be Overseers of this my last Will and Testament  And 
I frustrate and make voyd all willes and Testaments at any time by 
me made and done and declare this to be my last Will and Testament 
only  In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & Seale the 
day & yeare first above written. 
the marke H of  Henry Welles 
Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Henry 
Welles th'elder for his last Will and Testament and the words in Wth 
are interlyned was done before the ensealing hereof in the presence 
of us  Nicholas Hunt   Sam: Heath

Probatum fuit ... Octavo die Mensis Junii Anno Dni 1675 ...

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