[Will - Richard Iliffe 1726]

In the Name of God Amen. I Richard Iliffe the elder of Kibworth Beauchamp
in the County of Leicester do make this my last Will & Testament
in manner following. Hereof I bequeath my soul to almighty God in hopes of
blessed Resurrection to eternal life & my body to the ground to bury sd according
to the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named. First I give and bequeath
one quarter of a yard Land lying in Kibworth Beauchamp aforesaid now in the
occupation of Richard Wale unto William Vincent of Kibworth Beauchamp (Wil
& Thomas Adams of Kibworth Beauchamp Shoomaker to them and their Heirs
for ever. Nevertheless in traf[?] [******] & for thes hereafter mentioned
that is to say, that all the Rents & profits thereof shal be paid to & for
the sole aset[?] of my daughter Grace Swingler or they shall be [******] from
time to time during her natural Life & at her demise my Will is that this
quarter of a yard Land shall be sold by my trustees [?] above mentioned or their 
Heirs or ancestors & [****] it shall be sold for thus divided, that is to say
eight pounds of this said money to Sarah Swingler, my Grandaughter. And
all the rest of the Money be it more or less, to be equaly divided
Share & Share alike among the other children of my daughter Grace Swingler
which shall happen to outlive their mother. Item I give unto my Grandaughter
Sarah Swingler half my Pewhtr & half my Brass & a third part 
of all my Linnen, a third part of my Beding, & one Bedstead [*****], & a third part
of all the rest of my household goods. Item I give unto my son Henry Iliffe and
unto my daughter Elizabeth Birch, each of them fourty Shillings out
of the money now due to me from my son Thomas Iliffe.  The rest of my
Household Goods of all sorts I give to my daughter Grace Swingler for
her to distribute among her Daughters as she shall think proper.
Lastly I appoint[?] my son Thomas Iliffe to pay the charges of my funeral
out of the money he now owes to me. And all that shall remain in his
hands after those funerall expenses & thes legacies to my son Henry &
Daughter Elizabeth are paide by my son Thomas Iliffe. I grant & be-
queath unto my son Thomas Iliffe & his Heirs forever. All the rest
of my worldly substansis whatsoever I give to my Daughter Grace Swingler
& make her sole Executrix of this my Last Will & testament. Revoking 
all former Wills by me made, I declare this to be my Last Will & Testament
this twenty ninth day of Aprill in the year of our Lord 1718 & herinto
set my hand and seal.

Signed Sealed & published to
be the last Will of the Testator
Richard Iliffe by him the said                              Richard Iliffe
Richard Iliffe in the presence of                                     - 
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Richard Iliffe                                                        -
John Smeeton                                                          |
Richd J Smeeton                                                       -
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[Will was probated I think in 1726, as that is the entry in the records.]
[Transcribed by Cary B 1st May 2008 © and downloaded from www.caryb.co.uk]

[A yard/yort/yart in land measurement was a quarter of an acre in most areas.
Ref: Lorna Wetherill in "The Account Book of Richard Latham 1724-1767"]