Wills

In the name of God Amen; 

the Eight day of August in the sixteenth yeare of the Rigne of our Soverigne 

Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of Great Britaine France and Ireland

King defender of the faith etc And in the yeare of our Lord One thousand Six

hundred sixtie and fower I William Salter of Iver alias of Euer in the Countie of 

Bucks Esq being sicke of bodie but of sounde and perfect mind and memorie 

and understanding praised bee God doe make ordaine and publishe this my last

will and testament in manner followinge first asaid I yield and surrender my

immortal soule into the hands of Allmighty God and my bodie I bequeath and I do

committ unto the Earth from whence he came decently to be interred at the discretion

of my executors hereafter named. Assureing my selfe by faith in the merrits of 

my blessed redeamer Jesus of a happy Ressurrection to life in the day of his side

Appearance in glory and alsoe and touching the worldly estate with which

it has pleased God to blessed me I make and ordaine there to the disposition 

in manner and forme following Vizt I doe give and bequeath by virtue of the 

power limited and reserved to me in and by and indenture dated              

of May in the sixteenth yeare of the Reigne of King Charles the second wherby

I mortgaged the same to one Mrs Lucy Webbe for a certeine summe of money therein

mentioned all that my Capitall Messuage or Tenement commonly called Richiking alias

Richeins in the parish of Iver aforesaid with all its rights members and apperte

nanaces and all other my messuage lande Tenements and heieditaments what

soever in the said Indenture comprised and mentioned with their appurtenances situated

and lying and being in the parishes of Iver and Langley in the Countie of Bucks 

aforesaid unto Sr Charles Cleaver of Bygaves in the Countie of Hertford Knt

and Robert Child of Hayes in the Countie of Middlesex Esq and their assignes

upon spdgiall trust and considentd that is to say that they my said trustees 

Surviver of them or the heire of the survivor of them shall and will aforesaid as

conveniently they said after my decease alien and sell the said premises and 

dispose of the said moneyes assige by this she thereof as I doe hereby limitt

and appointe vist my will and meaning is that if in the first place the said summe of 

money due on the mortgage aforesaid to Mr Lucy Webb and all other debts what

soever that I shall owe at the time of my decease And all my legacies and 

funeral expenditure shall be discharges and fully satisfied out of the moneys anything by the 

aforesaid  Then my will and meaninge is that if 

my said Trustees or the survivors of the heire of the survivor of them shall pay 

the interest and enjoye of the surplussage of the money assigned by such sale

to my deare wife Susanna Salter soe longe as sge shall continue a widdow

for and towards the maintenance and support of my two daughters Anne and

Susanna And if my said wife shall happen to marrie or dye then my wish is

that the proffitt and enterests of the surplusses of the said money shall be and 

asssigned ? for said daughters either ? of them for their maintenand 

And after my further will and intenetion to that their whole … of the

said moneys be equally divided between them at their respective ages of eighteen 

years or days of marriage which shall first happen but if either of them shall happen to dye

befoe their respective ages or days of marriage then my will and meaning is the surviving daughter shall

have the whole but if they both happen to dye before their respective ages or dayes of

marriage then my will and meaning is that the emolusage after daid shall bee and 

Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 315 f 256-7