In the name of God Amen  I John Vincent of the parish of Woking in 
the County of Surrey Yeoman being weak in body but of sound & 
perfect mind & memory praise be therefore given to Allmighty God 
do make & ordain this my present last Will & Testam.t in manner & 
form following yt is to say  First & principally I commend my soul into 
ye hands of Allmighty God hoping through ye merits, death & passion 
of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full & free pardon of all my sins & 
to inherit eternall life & my body I commit to ye Earth to be decently 
buryed  at the discretion of my Exec.rs in trust  And as touching ye 
disposition of all ye temporal estate as it hath pleased Allmighty God 
to bestow upon me I give & dispose thereof as followeth.  First 
whereas I have surrendered into ye hands of ye Lord of ye Manor of 
Woking in ye County of Surrey all my Copyhold lands & Tenements 
with the appurtenances to ye use of my last will & testament, Now by 
this my last will I give & bequeath ye said surrendered prmises lying 
& being in ye said Mannor to Edmund Vincent my yongest son & to 
his heirs for ever  Item I give & bequeath to my said son Edmund 
Vincent all my Freehold lands lying in ye said parish of Woking ~to his 
heirs for ever. Item I give and bequeath to my son Edmund Vincent 
all my goods chattells & personall estate he the said Edmund Vincent 
paying unto his brother John Vincent halfe ye moneys set down in 
the Inventory of the goods & chattells of Edmund Hone Yeoman 
lately deceased & paying my debts legacyes & funerall expences.  
Item I give & bequeath to my loveing brothers Henry Vincent & 
Richard Vincent my share of house & lands lying & being in ye Parish 
of Pirford in ye County of Surrey to be equally divided betwixt them.  
Item I give & bequeath unto all my Godchildren the sum of five 
pounds apiece when they shall bring a testimoniall under ye hand of 
ye Minister of ye Parish where they live to my Executors that they can 
repeat the Church Catechism by heart.  Item I give & bequeath my 
share of ye Rent of house & lands in Pirford to my loving mother 
Jane Vincent during her naturall life to be paid her half yearly by my 
brothers Henry & Richard.  Item I give and bequeath to John Merist 
Vicar of Woking the sum of five pounds to be paid within one year 
after my decease  Item I give & bequeath to ye poor of poor of ye 
parish of Woking ye sum of five pounds to be paid within one year 
after my decease at ye discretion of ye  Executors  Item I give & 
bequeath to my Maid Servant Jane Hayward the sum of five pounds 
to be paid after my decease within ye  compass of a year provided 
she continue in my service to ye time of my decease  Item I give & 
bequeath unto Edward Heather of Worplesdon and to Ann his wife 
ye sum of five pounds a piece to be paid within a year after my 
decease  Item I give and bequeath unto my kinswoman Jane 
Chandler ye sum of five pounds to be paid within one year after my 
decease  Item I give and bequeath to my Men Servants Robert 
Sawyer & Richard Waterer ye sum of forty shillings a piece to be paid 
within one year after my decease  Item I give and bequeath unto my 
son John Vincent 3 pieces of old gold & 3 gold Rings.  Item I give and 
bequeath unto my loving friends William Collyer & Thomas Marlyn 
to each of them a Guinea whom I make Executors in Trust for my son 
Edmund whom I make sole Executor of this my last will & testament.  
And I appoint my loving brother Richard Vincent of Purbright to be 
Guardian to my son John in his minority to dispose of his estate to 
the best advantage of my said son, & to receive the rents & profits of 
ye said estate for his use  And I appoint my loving brother Henry 
Vincent of Pirford & my trusty friends Richard Lee of Sutton & 
Laurence Norten to be Overseers of this my will to see it duly in 
every part fulfilled & performed.  And I do hereby revoke disanull & 
make void all former wills & testaments by me heretofore made  In 
Witness whereof I ye said John Vincent to this my last will & 
testament have set my hand & Seal The twelfth day of February in ye 
sixth year of ye reign of our sovereign Lord William by ye grace of God 
of England Scotland France & Ireland King Defender of ye faith & in ye 
year of our Lord 1694. 
John Vincent 
Signed Sealed & declared to be ye last Will & Testament of John 
Vincent in ye prsence of us   John Merest   Richard Lee   Laurence 
Norton   Willm Theed   Edward Wallden  

Memorandum that before ye signing & sealing hereof the said John 
Vincent did will that his Exec.rs in trust should cause a Tombstone to 
be laid upon ye grave of Edmund Hone lately deceased with an 
inscription signifying ye time of his death & age

Probatum fuit ... decimo die Mensis Maii Anno Domini 1695 ...

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