This is the Last Will amd Testament of William Hartland the elder of Tewkesbury in the county of Gloucester, malster. First I give and devise to John Millard, tailor and Thomas Hughes, yeoman, both of Tewkesbury aforesaid, and their heirs, all that my messuage or tenement and farm with all lands and appurtenances thereto belonging, situate, lying and being in Clifton in the parish of Severn Stoke in the county of Worcester, which I purchased of William Hunt, to hold to the said John Millard and Thomas Hughes and their heirs to the uses following --- that is to say, to the use of my son John Hartland and assigns for and during the term of his natural life remainder, to the said John Millard and Thomas Hughes and their heirs during the life of my said son to preserve the contingent remainders hereinafter limited and from and after the determination of that estate to the use and behoof of the first and all and every son and sons of the body of my said son, lawfully begotten or to be begotten successively as they shall be in priority of birth and seniority of age and of the several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every such son and sons issuing, the elder of such sons and the heirs of his body issuing being always preferred and to have, hold and enjoy the premises before the younger of such son and sons and the heirs of his and their body and bodies issuing and for and in default of such issue to the use and behoof of all and every the daughter and daughters of the body of my said son lawfully begotten or to be begotten as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and of the heirs of the body of all and every such daughter and daughters issuing and in default of such issue to the use of my eldest son William Hartland and the heirs male of his body and for default of such issue to the use of my son Thomas Hartland and the heirs male of his body and for default of such issue to the use of the right heirs of my said son William forever. Also I give and devise to the said John Millard and Thomas Hughes and their heirs all that my messuages or tenements in the Barton Street in Tewkesbury aforesaid now in the possession or occupation of my said son Thomas Hartland, and my two little messuages or tenements in the alley of, or belonging to, the last mentioned messuage, one of them late in the occupation of John Sweet and the other of them now in the possession of William Grainger with their, respective rights, members and appurtenances to hold to them, their heirs and assigns, the uses hereinafter limitted of the same respectively, that is to say, as to the said messuages or tenements and premises with the appurtenances in the occupations of my said son Thomas and late of the said John Sweet to the use of my said son Thomas for his life remainder to the said John Millard and Thomas Hughes and their heirs during the life of my said son Thomas Hartland to preserve the contingent remainders hereinafter limited and from and after the dtermination of that estate to the use of the first and all and every other son and sons of the body of the said Thomas Hartland lawfully begotten or to be begotten successively according to priority of birth and seniority of age and of the several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every such son and sons issuing, the elder of such sons and the heirs of his body issuing being always preferred and to have, hold and enjoy the premisses before the younger of such son and sons and the heirs of his and their body and bodies issuing and in default of such issue to the use of all and every the daughter and daughters of the body of my said son Thomas lawfully begotten or to be begotten as tenants in common and not as joint tenants, and of the heirs of the body of all and every such daughter and daughters issuing, and for default of such issue to the use of my said son William Hartland his heirs and assigns forever and as to the said messuage or tenement in the occupation of the said Willaim Grainger to the use of my said son John Hartland for and during the term of his natural life remainder to trhe said John Millard and Thomas Hughes and their sons during his life to preserve the contingent remainders hereinafter limited of the same and after determination of that estate to the use of the heirs of the body of my said son John, lawfully begotten or to be begotten and in default of such issue to the use of my son Thomas Hartland and the heirs of his body and for default of such issue to the use of my son William Hartland and the heirs of his body and for default of such issue to the right heirs of my said son William forever and I do declare that what I have hereby settled on my son John is in full of the legacy and all benefit which he is intitled to under the will of my father in law William Pumfrey, deceased, and that the said estate and premisses hereby given or limited to my son John Hartland shall be liable to reimburse and answer all costs, charges and damages which may be occasioned to my son Thomas or any person or persons claiming under this my will the said messuages or tenements in Tewkesbury aforesaid limited, to my said son Thomas with remainders over and I give to each of my grandaughters Sarah and Anne, the two daughters of my son Thomas Hartland fifty pounds to be raised out of my personal estate at the end of one year from my decease and placed out at interest by and in the names of my son William Hartland his executors or administrators the interest to be applied for the benefit of my said grandaughters during their minority and the principal to be paid to them respectively at their respective ages of twenty one years and I give to my daughter Anne Rich the sum of five pounds and I give my silver tankard to my grandson William the son of my son William Hartland. My silver pint I give to my son John Hartland and I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my personal estate not before disposed of to my dear and loving Wife if she continues my widow. But in case she should marry again then from that time I give and bequeath all such rest and residue of my said personal estate to my said son Thomas Hartland said two children to be equally divided between them and hereby revoking all former wills and appoint my said wife my sole executrix of this my last will and testament, in witness whereof to the first of these two sheets of paper containing my last will and testament I have set my hand and to the last of them my hand and seal, the thirty first day of August in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and forty nine. William Hartland, signed, sealed, published and declared by the testator, William Hartland as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto

Anne Snook
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Josiah Br---ell

Proved 1750