In the name of God Amen  The Five and twentieth day of October in 
the Five and thirtieth yeare of the raigne of our Sovraigne Lord King 
Charles the second by the grace of God King of England &c  Annoq 
Dni 1683  I John Beedon of Woking in the County of Surrey 
Husbandman being sicke and weake in Body but of sound & perfect 
memory praysed be Allmighty God for the same  Doe make this my 
last Will and Testament in manner & forme following (That is to say)  
First and principally I commend my soule to Allmighty God my 
Creator assuredly beleiveing that by the meritts and reconciliation of 
my blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I shall receive full pardon 
and free remission of all my sinnes and be saved;  And I bequeath my 
Body to the Earth to be decent & Christianly buryed according to the 
discretion of mine Executors and Trustees here after named  And as 
for such Temporall estate as the Lord of his infinite goodness & 
mercy hath lent unto me I give and bequeath the same as followeth 
(That is to say)  Imp:rs I give and bequeath unto my trusty & loveing 
Freinds Lionell Rawlins of Woking afforesaid Gent and Richard Lee 
of Sutton in Woking afforesaid yeoman All my Goods & Chattells 
Stock & ready money, Utensils, Implements of household and all 
other whatsoever, For the bringing up of my two Children (that is to 
say) John Beedon my sonne and Jane Beedon my daughter untill 
they shall accomplish to their severall ages of Eighteene yeares if the 
same be sufficient there withall and if that there shall be anything 
left & remaine in their hands or any others for the said Children 
when they shall accomplish their said severall ages of Eighteene 
yeares, that then the same to be equally devided into Three parts 
and one part thereof shall be paid unto Katherine my now wife, and 
the other two parts to be and remaine in the hands of the said 
Lionell Rawlins and Richard Lee for the use of the said John & Jane 
my two Children but if that either of my said Children shall happen to 
dye before they shall attaine and be of the said age of Eighteen 
yeares That then the part of either of them soe dyeing shall be paid 
to the Survivors either of them at his or her age of One & twenty 
yeares as afforesaid but if that both of them shall dye that then one 
part thereof to be paid to the said Katherine my now Wife & the 
other pt to my Kinsman Thomas Stimson his Exec.rs or admi.rs or 
Assigns  Item I Will and devise that the said Lionell Rawlins and 
Richard Lee shall well & truly pay the full sume of One hundred and 
Three score pounds of lawfull money of England unto the said 
Katherin my now wife within One month next after my decease 
being for the severall parcons of Sarah Chittey & Richard Chittey the 
Children of John Chittey late of Woking afforesd yeoman deceased 
menconed given and bequeathed as in & by his last Will & Testament 
appeareth,  Item I give and bequeath unto the said Katherin my now 
wife the sume of Twenty shillings yearly & every yeare dureing & 
untill that John Chittey one of the Children of the said John Chittey 
deceased shall attaine & be of the age of One and twenty yeares to 
be paid unto her by even & equall halfe yearly porcons dureing the 
said tyme & terme from & after my decease  Item I give and 
bequeath unto the said Lionell Rawlins & Richard Lee such 
reasonable sattisfaction for their Care & Paines as they shall thinke 
Convenient  And I frustrate & make void all former willes by me at 
any tyme made and done & declare this to be my last Will & 
Testament here conteyned in these two sheets of paper Fixed 
together at the upper end thereby In wittnes whereof I have to these 
two sheetts of paper Conteyning this my present last Will and 
Testament set my hand and Seale the day and yeare first above in 
the first sheet written.
The marke \ of John Beedon
Signed Sealed published Pnounced & declared by the said John 
Beddon for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us 
William Harvest   Thomas Hayward   Sam:l Heath   
Memorand that the words between the six & thirtyeth and Seaven & 
thirtieth lynes in the First sheet written being the words of the said 
John Beedon & part of his last Will & Testament which words are 
these (but if that both of them shall dye that then one part thereof 
to be paid to the said Katherine my now Wife & the other pt to my 
Kinsman Thomas Stimson his Exec.rs or admi.rs or Assigns) and was 
interlyned before the ensealing & delivry of this prst Will in the prsce 
of us  
William Harvest   Thomas Hayward   Sam:l Heath   

Tricesimo die mensis Novembris, Anno Dni, millimo, sexcenmo, 
octogesimo, Tertio ...

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