In the name of God amen the 16th day of March anno Dom
1674 I William Gumbleton sen. of Tarrant Gunvill in the
County of Dorset being sick of body but of whole mind make
and ordain this my last will and testament in m.... and forme
following that is to say first and principally I commend my
soule into the hands of Almighty God my maker and redeemer
and my body I commit to the Earth. And touching the disposall
of all [...] [...] estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to
bestowe on me I give and dispose thereof
Item I give and bequeath unto Ann my wife all my Corne[?] in both
my dwelling houses situate in Tarrant Gunvill, and I giver her all
the money due to me for Corne together with all my provision of victuall
and wood and all my household stuff for to have the use of it during her
life and [...] I give her my dwelling house during her life and four pounds
a year out of my leasehold during her natural life and if my son William Gumbleton
do change the lives on the said leases yet my will is that she shall have the sayd
four pounds a year [...] during the sayd terme of her life if the [...] on the sayd
lease shall happen so long to live and so be payd quarterly viz twenty shillings a
quarter. Item I give unto my son William Gumbleton’s four children five and twenty
shillings a piece when they come to age and if either of them shall happen to die
before they come to age then my will is I [...] his her or their part be equally
divided amongst the survivors.And if all shall die in their minoritie then my will
is that it s[...] to the [...] executor
Item I give unto my daughter Dorcas Walls five and twenty shillings and to her
three children five and twenty shillings a piece
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