In the name of God Amen
I Elizabeth Davis of Colnbrook in the County of Buckingham
Widow do make my last Will and Testament in manner and form
following that is to say I give and bequeath unto my eldest brother
John Low the sum of Five Shillings I give devise and bequeath
unto my Niece Elizabeth Sadgrove one if the daughters of my
brother in law William Sadgrove and of my Sister Sarah is wife
all that Messuage Cottage or Tenement situate standing and
being in Colnbrook aforesaid in the parish of Langley Marish
wherein I now dwell between a Messuage or Tenement called the
White Hart in the West and another Messuage or Tenement of
me the said Elizabeth Davis on the East and the Kings High Way
on the South the yard backside or Garden and appurtenances
thereunto belonging and also all my household Goods and Implements
of household stuff to have and to hold Messuage Cottage or
Tenement and premises with the appurtenances thereunto belonging and also
the said household Goods and Implements of household stuff unto the said
Elizabeth Sadgrove her heirs and
assigns forever she or they paying unto Niece Elizabeth
Low daughter of my brother Richard Low the sum of forty
pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain at her age of twenty o
one years or day of Marriage which shall first happen and
lawfull interest for the same in the mean time and I doe
hereby give the said forty pounds with Interest to my said
Niece Elizabeth How to be paid and afore said and do hereby
charge the said Messuage or Tenement and goods with the
payment thereof accordingly and I do hereby impower the said
William Sadgrove and his executors or Administrators during the
Minority of the said Elizabeth Sadgrove to Demise and Lett
the said Messuage or Tenement to best advantage and to
receive the Rents and profits thereof and to pay the Interest
— the said forty pounds and apply the residue of the rents
and profits for the benefit and advantage or the said Elizabeth
Sadgrove I give devise and bequeath unto my Niece Mary
Sadgrove All that my Messuage or Tenement Situate and
being in Colnbrook aforesaid between a Messuage or
Tenement of me the said Elizabeth Davis on the West and a
Messuage or Tenement of the Widow Tomson on the East and
now in the Tenure or Occupation of Thomas Simpson with the
Yard backside or Garden and appurtenances thereunto belonging
To have and to hold the said Messuage or Tenement and
premises with the appurtenances unto the said Mary Sadgrove
her heirs & assigns for ever and I do hereby impower the
said Willliam Sadgrove her father his Executors or administrators to
demise and Lett the same to the best advantage and to receive
the rents and profits thereof during her minority and apply
the same for her benefit I also give to the said Mary Sadgrove
my Silver Cup I give to my Niece Ann East and Elizabeth
East the summ of apiece I give unto my Nephew John
Low son of my Brother John five pounds and to my Niece
Mary Low daughter of my said brother John the like sum of
five pounds All the rest and residue of my Goods Chattells and
personal estate after my debits and funeral expenses are
paid and discharged I give and bequeath unto my said brother
in law William Sadgrove whom I make constitute and appoint
full and sole executor of this my last Will and Testament In
Witness whereof I have here unto sett my hand and Seal the
Eleventh day of December in the Twelfth year of the Reigne
of Our Soverigne Lord George the Second by the Grace of
God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the
faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. Eli Davess Signed and
Sealed Published and Declared by the said Testatiux as and
for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
have subscribed our names as Witnesses at her request and
in her presence — John Brown — Richd Hibbard — Dan Foster
The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 697