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I Thomas BARTLEY the elder of Southwicke in the  parish of North Bradley in the County of
Wiltes tallow Chandler calling to minde the uncertainty of this mortall Life Doe hereby make
my last Will and Testament in manner followeing that is to say Impri.m.s I give and devise
unto my loveing Brother William BARTLEY and my loveing Neighbours Anthony
GREENHILL and John GREENHILL All my Lands in Southwicke aforesayd To hold the
same and every part thereof unto them the said William BARTLEY, Anthony GREENHILL,
& John GREENHILL theire heires and Assignes for ever As also I give and bequeath unto the
said William BARTLEY, Anthony GREENHILL & John GREENHILL All my Goods
Chatlles and personall Estate whatsoever within the Countys of Somersett and Wiltes or
elsewhere in the Kingdom of England Nevertheless To and for the severall  ... and upon and
under the severall Trusts hereinafter mentioned that is to say Upon Trust to permitt Rebecca
my deere wife to have receive and enjoy the rents proffitts and produce of my siad Lands and
have the use occupancy and enjoyment of said Goods Chattles and personall Estate for and
dureing soe long time as shee the said Rebecca shall continue a Widdowe and unmarried and
noe longer Saveing alwaies that my said Lands and personall Estate  shall be subject unto  and
my will is the said William BARTLET, Anthony GREENHILL, and John GREENHILL, and
the Survivour of them his heirs Executors and Administrators shall have power by sale thereof
to raise and pay my Debts and funerall Charges As also the sume of one hndred and
ffourescore pounds which I doe give unto my Children hereinafter named by the shares
hereinafter menc..oned (that is to say) Thirty pounds unto my Sonne William BARTLEY and
twenty pounds apeice unto my three daughters Jane, Mary and Rebecca to be payd my said
Sonne and daughters as they attaine the age of ffoure and twenty yeares respectively, Unto my
two daughters Elizabeth and Anne Twenty pounds apeice and unto my two sonnes Thomas
and Samuel Five and twenty pounds apeice to be paid the sayd Elizabeth, Ann, Thomas, and
Samuel, As they attaine the age of one and twenty yeares respectively And my Will is that if
any or either of my Children dye within the age of one and twenty yeares Then the money
given unto him her or them soe dying shall remaine to the survivours of them by equall shares
and proporc..ons And that dureing the minoritys of my said Children they shall live with and
be mainetained by the said Rebecca my wife out of the rents proffitts and produce of my reall
and personall Estate And in case my wife shall dy or marry before all and every of my Children
shall attaine the age of one and twenty Yeares Then my Will is that at the death or Marriage of
my siad wife which first happens the sayd William BARTLEY my brother Anthony
GREENHILL and John GREENHILL and the survivor of them his Executors or
Administrat.ors shall take unto such and soe many of my Children as shall be within the age of
one and twenty Yeares t be kept and mainetained by and with the rents proffitts and produce
of my reall and personall Estate untill they severally attaine that age Tho (?) as for such part
and soe much of my Reall and persoanll Estate as shall be and remain unsold or undisposed off
after my Debts Funerall Charges and Legacies are payd and att the Death or marriage of my
wife which first happens My Will is the sayd William BARTLEY my Brother Anthony
GREENHILL nd John GREENHILL and the Survivors of them his heires Executirs or
Administrators shall sell and dispose thereof (giving unto such of my sonnes as shall be able to
purchase the same the refuseall thereof) And the moneys ariseing by such sale and disposeall
pay unto my said Children as followeth (that is to say) Unto my said Sonne William
BARTLEY Tenne pounds thereof and all the residue thereof unto ^him the said William and ^ 
all other my Children as shall be then living by equall shares and proporc.ons Provided
allwaies and  my Will is that it shall be lawfull for the sayd William BARTLEY my Brother
Anthomy GREENHILL and John GREENHILL theire Executors Administrators and
Assignes by and out of the rents proffitts and produce of my reall and p..sonall Estate to
deduct anddefaine to theire owne use soe much moneys as will be sufficient to satisfie and
discharge all the Just and reasonable expences which they shall respectively be att putt unto or
sustaine for, in execuc..on  or by meanes of or relateing to the Trusts aforesaid or any thing
herein contained And that neither of them shall be answerable or accountable in law or Equity
for the other of them or for the act or deed of each other but each of them for himselfe and
what he shall actually (receive) And lastly I doe make nominate and appoint the said Rebecca
my wife to be the sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament In Witnes whereof I the
said Thomas BARTLEY the elder have to this my last Will and Testament sett my hand and
Seale the sixteenth day of September in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand Seaven hundred
& seaventeene.

Signed Sealed and published by the Testator Thomas BARTLEY to be his last Will in the
p.sence of us who Subscribed our names as wittnesses in his p.sence (two or three small
interlineac..ons being first made :
Ste: JONES (SIG)
George KEMP (sig)
William SALTER the marke of

Signed by Thomas BARTLEY

Dated at Arch  Sarid 16th maij 1718 by 
Geo.. WOODFORD (the designation given but not readable)

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The 14th day of January Anno Dni 1717
An Inventory then taken of the Goods and Chattles of Thomas BARTLEY late of the Parish
of North Bradley in the County of  Wiltes Shoppkeeper deced by us whose names are
hereunder written ::

In his Lodgeing Chamber his wearing Apparrell    5 L
     A Bedsteed Feather Bed and the Bedding thereto belonging   4 L
     A Chest of Drawers and Lookeing Glasse     3 L
     A Table Board, Chest and Coffer    1 L 4 s
In Money    6 L
Six Willow Chaires     5 s
     In Bookes    1 L
In the Middle Chamber 2 bedsteads 2 Flocke Bedds & ye Bedding thereto belonging  3L 10 s
     2 chests  1 L
     a small and ordinary table board  1 s
In the outer chamber 2 bedsteads, 2 flock beds and bedding    4 L
In the little chamber 1 bedstead a ffeather bedd and bedding  1 L 5 s
     A smalll box and trunks   2 s
In the Cheese Loft 2 boxes and 3 trunks   10 s
In the Parlor an ovall Table   10 s
     A fire shovell and tongs fire grate and 4 willow chaires  4 s
In the Hall a Clocke and Case    2 L 10 s
14 pewter dishes  2 L
2 douzen of plates  10 s
2 takards 2 salts 4 poringers and 1 Candlesticke  5 s
6 bras potts  1 L 18 s
5 brass kytles  1 L
1 bell mettle pott & postnett  11s
     a warming pan 3 brass ladles & 2 scummers 5 s
     1 spitt a Trencher Rake and Candlebox  5 s 6 d
     a pr of Andirons, fire shovell and tongs  2 s 6 d
ffoure joined stooles  4 s
      in earthenware and lumber   10 s
In the Inner Buttery
     3 hoggsheads, 2 jalfe hoggsheads & 8 other Barrells  3 L 5 s
     3 tubbs, 4 trendles, 5 pailes and a butter churne  1 L 8 s
     a stone Sylt and Table Board  10 s
      about a Groze of Bottles and in lumber   1 L
In the Outer Buttery
2 hoggshead and 6 barrells 1 L 15 s
     1 tubb and 4 trendles 15 s
a Chese Presse and in lumber  10 s

In the Sdhopp 
     2 penes of canvas 22:6 and 2 Remnants of Crocus 10^s         1 L 12 s 6 d
     2 remnants of Knapkin stuffe 5s & a balnkett 6 s       = 11s
     3 remnants of cheese cloths and seaven remnants of dowlie 8:10 = 9 L 10 s
     8 remnants of Holland 4L , 8 handchercheifes & a remnant of muslin 30 = 5 L 10 s
     2 remnants of dyed Holland and 2 of Callico   = 2 L 10 s
     severall small pieces of Culler'd Linnen, ffustin & white Linnen   = 1 L 10 s
     4 rem Cullerd linnen and severall of cullerd ffustin   2L 10s
     in worsted and yarne stockings 15 s
     a piece of BroadeCloth 3L and a piece of chinblett 1l6s = 4 L 6 s
     15 pieces of stuffe   17 L
     1 rem of Druggett 12:6 and 4 of serge 1L10 = 2 L 2 s 6 d
     2 rem of Lynsey, 1 of shagg, and 4 of Blew Linnen   = 3 L 6 s
     in buttons, silke and mohair, 3 juble and Laces = 3 L 13 s
     in Twine and bindeing Thred5s, childrens shoos 5s and shott 5s = 15 s
     in Brandy and vinegar 10s tobacco and soaps 4L, fruite, sugar & spice 3 L = 7 L 10 s
     in Nayles 1L10, Hopps 5 L, candles and the Racke 2L10, Treackle & salt 1L = 10 L
     in Scales, weights measures and lumber 1 L
     in good and bad debts as appears by Booke     159 L 1 s 3 d
in the Bakehouse Syderhous and  Chambers over them
     a brake, kneadeing Trowe & Moulding Board  1 L
     a Buntnig Mill and 18 sacks    4 L
     a mault mill, syder mill, presse & an old sacke   4 L 5 s
     2 old chests and some lumber   1 L
     2 Quarters of wheate and 2 of mault     6 L
In the Stable Seaven Horses and theire sadles and other taklin   27 L
In the Backside 5 piggs 6L and a Mowe of Oates 7 L = 13 L
     In Faggott wood and lumber things    4 L
In the Grounds one Cowe and 8 young beast   10 L
     5 mowes and 2 staggs ofHey in all about 14 Tunn    40 L
     one Broad loome and one narrow loome   4  L

In all    406 L 2 s 3 d

Signed by both appraisers, 
George KEMP and Simon CRABB


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