In the Name of God Amen  I William Bowell of Send in the County of 
Surry Yeoman Doe make my last Will and Testament as followeth 
First I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty God hoping to 
be saved by the Death of Jesus Christ and my Body I Commit to the 
Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executors 
hereinafter named And as to my Worldly Estate I dispose thereof in 
manner following (that is to say)  First my will is that all my Debts be 
paid  Then I Give and Devise to my Dear and loving Wife All that my 
Freehold Messuage or Tenement Lands and Heredits to the same 
belonging situate lying and being in the said parish of Send now in 
the Occupation of John Tegg for and during the Term of her Natural 
life and from and after her decease I Give and bequeath the same to 
my son Philip Bowell his heirs and assigns for ever  Also I Give and 
bequeath unto Mary Bowell the daughter of my Daughter Mary 
Monger deceased before she married George Monger the sum of 
Fifty pounds at the End of six months after my decease  And all the 
rest and residue of my Goods Chattels and Personal Estate I Give and 
bequeath unto my said loving Wife and my said son Philip Bowell 
Equally to be divided between them And I nominate and Appoint 
them Joint Executors of this my last Will hereby revoking all former 
Wills by me made  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal the Twelfth day of May One thousand seven hundred 
sixty and six.  Will Bowell
Signed sealed published and declared by the said William Bowell to 
be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who subscribe 
our names as Witnesses hereto in the presence of the said Testator 
and of one another  Geo. Mellersh   John Martyr   Will.m Parsons

This Will was proved at London the fourteenth day of October in the 
year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty eight before 
the Right Worshipful George May Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or 
Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully 
Constituted by the Oath of Philip Bowell the son of the deceased and 
one of the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration 
was Granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the 
said deceased he having been first sworn by Commission duly to 
Administer (Power reserved of making the like Grant to Olive Bowell 
widow the Relict of the said deceased and the other Executor when 
she shall apply for the same).

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