THE WILL OF DANIEL DOBYNS

In the Name of God Amen I DANIELL DOBYNS

of Kiddermister in the County of Worcester Esqe

beinge in perfecte health and memory doe make

constitute and appointe this my last will and testa-

ment in manner and fforme ffollowinge

Impris I Comend my sould into the hands of

Almightye God trustinge through the merritts and

passion of Christ my Savior and redeemer for

remission of all my sinns and my bodye to the

grave to be Buried at the discretion of my Execu-

tors heareafter named. And for my worldly

Estate I give and bequeath as followeth

Imprimis to my eldest sonn RICHARD DOBYNS

I give to him and his heires for ever all the Tythes

of Ouldington Milton and my enclosed Lande at

Burlash in the parish of Kiddermister aforesaid

in the County of Worcester as it shalbe heareafter

limited in this my will.

Item I likewise give unto my sonn RICHARD all

the Tythes of ffranch and Puxton my haye tythe

rents the tythes of Cordwell Parke the moyitye

or one halfe of all the tythes of Sutton and the Lea

in the parish of Kiddermister and Countye of

Worcester aforesaid to have and to houlde to him

and his heires for ever under the same lymitations

as shalbe heareafter named.

Item I give to my sonn ROBERT DOBYNS all

my Tythes of Trimpley and Habberly my Barne

and barne Close in Kiddermister aforesaid the

tythes of Cursfield als Crosfield and the other

halfe or moyitye of the Tythe of Sutton and the

Lea to have and to hould to him and his heires

for ever under the lymitations ffollowinge,

Item I give to my sonn DANIELL DOBYNS alI

my Tythes of Wribbenhall Blakeston and Netherton

in the Parish of Kiddermister aforesaid to have

and to hould to him and his heires for ever under

the lymitations heareafter named

Item I give to my Daughter URSULA DOBYNS

the sum of ffive hundred pounds of lawfull money

of Englande to be raysed out of all my respective

lands and Tythes before mentioned given to my

said sonns, and my Will and further meaninge is

that untill my said Daughters portion of ffive

hundred pounds shalbe raysed and payde and all

my debts that I shall justly owe and all such

Charges expenses in law and my funerall and all

other damnification my Executors shall lay out or

be put to in the managinge of my Estate and Per-

formance of this my will my said sonns shall

receave as ffolloweth yearly and every yeare and

noe more viz my sonn RICHARD the sum of fortye

pounds by equall portions at Michass and our

Ladye Daye as it can be raysed my sonn ROBERT

the sum of twentye pounds in like manner and my

sonn DANIELL DOBYNS twenty pounds in like

manner, and to my daughter URSULA twenty pounds

as the rest of her brothers are payd untill her said

portion of ffive hundred pounds shalbe raysed and

payde as aforesayd allowinge and deductinge five

pounds for every hundred pound as she shall

receave out of her said annuitye or yearely mayn-

tenance. And my further will and meaninge is

and I doe heareby give and bequeath all the

respective Lands and Tythes above Intended to

my severall sonns, and the present possession

thereof after my Death Immediately to Commense

to my Executors heareafter named and the sur-

vivor and survivors of them and theyre heyres

untill this my will and the respective Sums

legacys debts portions severall expenses and

all other damnifications as aforesaid shalbe

raysed satisfied and payde, and that none or

eyther of my sonns shall have the managinge

disposinge or receaving of any of my said Rents

but my Executors soly untill this my will be per-

formed and then my said sonns to Inheritt their

severall estates as above graunted. And my will

further is that the Chancell of the Church of Kidder-

mister shalbe from tyme to tyme repayred at the

equall Charge of my three sonns out of theyre

respective estates they recevinge and sharinge

equally the mortuaryes and other dutyes belonginge

the reunto.

Provided that if either of my sayd Children

shall molest or refuse to submitt to this my will

that such child or Children shall utterly be

debarred from any benifitt of their said Annuities

or estate untill they shall fully Conforme therunto

And I doe appointe rny sonns ROBERT and DANIELL

to be at the disposinge and orderinge of my Exe-

cutors And I doe hearby of this my last will and

Testament rnake my sonn in law NICHOLAS

TRUSSELL gent RICHARD DOBYNS my sonn and

RICHARD DEDDICOTT gent full and sole Executors

of this my will revoking all others and I doe desire

my honored frends ffRANCIS ffINCH Esqr and

EDMUND WALLER Esqr to be aydinge and assistinge

to my Executors and overseers hearof and I doe

give to each of them a Ringe of twenty shillings

price to weare for my sake.

In witness hearof I have heareunto set my hande

and Seale to this my last will and Testament Con-

tayninge halfe a Sheete of paper written one both

sides this seaventeenth day of June one thousand

six hundred sixtye and three in the raigne of our

soveraigne Lord Kinge Charles the second and of

our Lord god 1663.

Signed Sealed and published

in the presence to be my .

last will and te stament in

the presence of us

Ed: Prede

Robt Qowes

Tho: Mills

Rich Bulle

A Codicell to this my will is as ffolloweth

Itm my will and meaninge is that if any of my

Children expressed in the bodye of my sayd will

shall dye before they shall come of the age of

twenty and one yeares that then their bequest

shalbe shared amongst the rest that be livinge

equally

Itm: I give and bequeath unto my two grand-

children duringe theire lives namely DANIELL

DOBYNS and EDMUND DOBYNS twentye pound per

Ann to be payd them out of my tythe of Ouldington

if it amount to soe much.

This will was proved at London on 15 Nov

1664 by RICHARD DOBYNS son of the deceased,

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