Transcript of will of John Grant 1729

	In the Name of God Amen
	I John Grant of Steeple cum Stansgate in the County of Essex
	Yeoman being in good health of Body and of sound mind praised
	Be God for the same do make and ordain this my last Will and
	Testament in manner following first and principally I commend
	my Soul to God hopeing for a joyfull Resurrection to Eternall
	life through the meritts of my Blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ
	my Body I committ to the Earth to be decently interred at the
	discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named and as to my
	Temporall Estate I dispose thereof as followeth I give and
	bequeath unto John Willingale of Southminster in the County
	of Essex the Sum of two hundred Pounds of lawfull Money of
	Great Britain to be paid unto him by my Executrix hereinafter
	named in manner following (that is to say) ten Pounds paid
	thereof within one Month next after my decease the Sum of one
	Hundred Pounds more part thereof within twelve Months next
	after my decease and after the payment of the said Hundred
	Pounds then ten Pounds p Ann untill the remaining Sum of
	Ninety Pounds shall be fully paid and satisfyed but my mind
	as well is that in case the said John Willingale shall happen to
	depart this life before my said Legacy shall become due and
	payable unto him in manner as aforesaid either in all or in part
	that then all or such part as shall not be due unto him at the time
	of his decease by virtue of this my will shall be and remain unto
	my said Executrix Item I give unto my Kinsman John Uskell[?]
	the Sum of ten Pounds of like lawfull Money to be paid unto him
	by my said Executrix within twelve Months next after my
	decease Item I give to my Cousin William Woodwards all my
	Wearing Apparell to be delivered unto him immediately after
	my decease Item I give to my cousin John Woodwards Son
	of Jeremiah Woodwards the Sum of ten Pounds of like lawfull
	Money to be paid unto him by my said Executrix when he shall
	attain to the Age of one and twenty Yeares Item I request and
	desire my Servant Isaac Barker to be aiding and assisting to
	my Executrix hereinafter named about the Execution and
	performance of this my Will in such matter and things as she
	shall request and desire his aid and assistance and I give to the
	said Isaac Barker the Sum of twenty Pounds of lawfull Money
	for his paines and trouble therein lastly I give and bequeath
	unto Elizabeth Sharpe Daughter of William and Elizabeth
	Sharpe of Tolleshunt Bushes in the said County of Essex all
	and singular my Goods Chattels Cattell Stock Leases Ready
	Money Bonds Bills and all other my Personnall Estate whatsoever
	she paying my Debts Legacyes and Funerall Expenses out of the
	same and I do hereby nominate and appoint her the said
	Elizabeth Sharpe the Younger sole Executrix of this my will
	hereby revoking all former Wills by me made and declarring
	this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof
	I have hereunto sett my Hand and Seal the Nine and Twentyeth Day
	of March Anno D[omi]ni 1729 Anno Secundo Georgii Secundi Regis
	John Grant .. Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
	Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in our presence
	and attested by us in his presence Isaac Harrison Elizabeth
	Harrison Tho Forde

[The probate details of this will are in Latin, and have not been fully deciphered yet, but the will was proved on 20th December 1729, and refers to Elizabeth Sharpe as 'Ux[or] Isaaci Barker' - wife of Isaac Barker]

The will of John Grant, 1729