In the name of God Amen  I William Collyer of Goldworth in the 
Parish of Wokeing in the County of Surrey Blacksmith do make this 
my last Will and Testament in Manner & form following  First having 
surrendered all my Coppyhold both in the manners of Chobham & 
Woking to the Use of my Will I Give & devise unto my Nephew John 
Stevens & to Mercy his Wife all that my Coppyhold Messuage or 
Tenement Blacksmiths Shop Land & Premises with the 
Appurtenances situate lying & being in the Parish of Woking and held 
of the Manner of Woking To hold to them the sd John Stevens & 
Mercy his Wife during both their Natural Lives and the Survivors of 
them and after both their deceases I will and order the same to go 
unto such of the Family of the Stevenses as my said Nephew John 
Stevens shall by his last Will & Testament in Writing Give Will or 
apoint the same and for Want of such will to go to the sd John 
Stevenses Right Heir & assigns for ever  I also Give & Devise unto my 
said Nephew John Stevens His Heirs and assigns all that my 
coppyhold Messuage or Tenement Land & Premises together with 
the Tythes thereof called or known by the name of Greeth or such 
like name situate lying and being in the Parish of Chobham in the 
County of Surrey and now in the Occupation of Henry Street or his 
Under Tenant to hold to him the sd John Stevens his Heirs and assigns 
for ever but charged and chargeable nevertheless with the Payment 
of One Hundred Pounds to my Nephew Edward Stevens his Brother 
& Ten Pounds apiece to his Three sisters Vis to Sarah Linard Gordons 
& Ann the Wife of John Collings & to Elizabeth the Wife of John 
Spooner all which said several Legacies I will & order shall be paid 
within Twelve Months next after my decease Next I Give & Devise 
unto my said Nephew Edward Stevens his Heirs and assigns all that 
my Freehold Cottage Garden Land & Premisses to the same 
belonging situate near Lucas Green in the West End of the Parish of 
Chobham aforesaid and now in the Occupation of the Widow Collyer 
to hold to him the sd Edward Stevens his Heirs and assigns for ever  
Next I Give & Devise unto my Nephew Richard Stevens his Heirs and 
assigns all that my Freehold Cottage Garden Land & Premisses to the 
same belonging situate in the West End of the Parish of Chobham 
aford near Hackthorn and now in the Occupation of Edward 
Cheeseman To hold to him the said Richard Stevens his Heirs and 
assigns for ever  And lastly as to all the Rest & Residue of my 
Personal Estate Money Goods & Chattells whatsoever I Give the 
same unto my said Nephew John Stevens and do hereby nominate 
and appoint him sole Executor of this my last Will and him to pay all 
my just Debts & Funeral Expences & I do hereby Revoke all Former 
Wills by me made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament 
and no other  In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & 
Seal The Thirty first Day of August in the Year of our Lord One 
Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Three.
William Collyer
Signed sealed Published & Declared by the above named William 
Collyer the Testator as & for his last Will and Testament in the 
presence of us who in his Presens and in the presents of Each Other 
have hereunto Subscribed our names as Witnesses
Ann Whiting   William Mumford   John Knowls

This Will of William Collyer late of Goldworth in the Parish of Woking 
in the County of Surrey deceased was proved on the thirtieth day 
September 1795 before the Worshipful George Harris Doctor of Laws 
the Official by the Oath of John Stevens the Nephew and the sole 
Executor named in the said Will to whom Admon was granted he 
having been first sworn duly to Administer.

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