In the name of God Amen
I John West of Colebrooke in the Parish of Langley Marish
in the County of Bucks Yeoman being Indisposed in Health
but of sound and prefect Mind Memory and Understanding (praised
be God therefore) Do make and declare this my Last Will and
Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) first and
Principally I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God
my Creator hoping through the Merits and Passion of my
Saviour Jesus Christ to have a full and free pardoned
confession of my Sins and my Body I commit to the Earth to
be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter
names and as to thing the Temporal Estate wherewith in hath
pleased Almighty God to bless Me I Give Devise and dispose
of the same as hereafter followeth Imprimis I Give unto my
Son Stephen West Twenty Shillings to be paid hime by my
Executrix within Twelve Months next after my decease Item
I give and devise and Bequeath unto my Loving Wife Grace West
the Cottage and tenement with the Orchard and Appurtenances
thereunto belonging Situate Standing Lying and being in the
Parish of Horton in the County of Bucks now in the Possesson
of Robert Marschall and all that Close of arable land called
Land Close containing by Estimation Three Acres be it more or
Less at Horton aforesaid and to her heirs and assigns for
ever Item I Give devise and Bequeath unto my said
Loving Wife all other freehold estate in the county of
Bucks or elsewhere and reside of my Goods Chattels and
Personal estate of what kind or Nature soever or where soever
being and not herein before by Me Given and Bequeathed
after my debts Legacies and Funeral Expenses are paid and
discharges I give and Bequeath the same unto my said
Loving Wife whom I do hereby make and Ordain full and Sole
Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby
revoke disavow and make void all former Wills and Bequests
by Me heretofore made and declare this to be my Last Will
and Testament In Witness where of I have hereunto Set my
Hand and Seal the second day of December in the Eleventh year
of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God
of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the
Faith etc. And in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Twenty Four Jon West Signed Sealed Published
and declared by the above names John West the Testator to be
his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have
set our Names as Witnesses at the request and in the presence of
the said Testator John Cox, Edward Spicer Danl Foster Jnr
The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 672