In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Buckland of 
the Parish of Walton upon Thames in the 
County of Surry Carpenter being in health of Body 
and of sound and perfect Mind and Memory Praise be 
therefore given to Almighty God Do make and ordain 
this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form 
following that is to say First and Principally I 
Commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God 
hoping through the Merits death and Passion of my 
Saviour Jesus Christ to have Full and Free Pardon 
and forgiveness of all my sins and to Inherit 
everlasting Life and my Body I Commit to the Earth 
to be decently buried at the discretion of my 
Executrix here after named and as touching the 
disposition of all my Temporal Estate as it hath 
pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I Give 
thereof as followeth First I will that my Debts and 
Funeral Charges shall be paid and discharged in 
convenient time after my decease Item I Give unto 
my Kinsman John Pokens Son William Pokens 
One shilling Item I Give unto my Kinswoman Mary 
the Wife of John Hunter One Shilling Item I Give 
and bequeath unto my Loving Wife Sarah 
Buckland all the rest and Residue of my Personal 
Estate Goods and Chattels whatsoever that I dye 
possessed of also I Give unto my said Wife Sarah 
Buckland all my Freehold Estate (that is to say) the 
House and Premises with the Appurts thereto 
belonging where I now Live also all that Freehold 
Messuage or Tenement Adjoining to my said House 
wherein the widow Winch now lives in Situate and 
being in Walton aforesaid all which is to my said Wife 
and to her Heirs and Assigns for ever Item I make 
my said Wife my full and sole Executrix of this my 
Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have 
set my hand and seal the twentieth day of May One 
thousand seven hundred and Forty and Nine and in 
the two and twentieth Year of the Reign of our 
Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain 
France and Ireland King defender of the Faith and so 
forth I leave to my Cousin Elizabeth Pokens One 
shilling _ Thomas Buckland  
Signed Sealed and delivered in the Presence of us 
Nicolas Ryall _ David Jenkins _ Joseph Bignold

Proved at London 1 June 1771

Further Grant 4 September 1795 to Thomas 
Machall brother of Sarah Buckland who survived the 
Testator but died intestate

PCC Prob11/968