Item I give & bequeath to my Neices Elizabeth Foster & Sarah Morgan each of them ye sum of twenty shillings, to be payd them w�thin one year after my decease.
Item I give to my beloved Wife Elizabeth Sills my two Tenem�ts w�th ye land to them belonging, lying at
ye Leacon in ye said Westwell, for & during ye term of her naturall life;
& after her decease to Richard & Peter Johnson my nephews, jointly for them & their Heirs for ever.
Item I give to my beloved wife ye said Elizabeth Sills the house wherein I now dwell, lying in Westwell aforesaid with ye land there to belonging, & all ye moveables in it together with all my Goods & Chattles Bonds Bills &c. w�tever to be by her injoyed & disposed of as she shall think fit (w�thout excepting any person or persons but Mary Goldfinch, who having behaved her self undutyfully towards me, notw�thstanding my great & fatherly kindness to her, I think deserves to possess nothing of w�t was mine)
Item I make & constitute my said beloved wife Elizabeth Sills sole Executrix to this my Will.
In Witness whereof, revoking all other wills w�t soever, I have here set my hand & seal this nineteenth day of Aug�t 1723.
The mark of Richd Sills
Sealed, Signed & acknowledged in ye presence of
Tho: England � Martha Lilly � Margaret Johnson her mark.
Probate 31 May 1729
Note:
Richard Sills was buried at Westwell 21 May 1729
Married by licence (same day): Richard Sills of Westwell, ba. & Eliz. Lilly of same place spr. At St Margaret Canterbury. 16 Feb 1698/9
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