In the Name of God Amen ffourteenth Day of August
in the first year of the Reign of our Sovereigne Lord George
by the Grace of King of great Britain & Anno Domini 1727 I
Hester Dobbins of Newent in the County of Glouct Widow being
sick & weak in Body but of perfect Memory & Understanding
thanks be to God for it I do hereby make & ordain this my Last
Will & Testament in Manner & form following (that is to say)
Principally I command my Soul to Almighty God trusting to
Be saved by the merritts of my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ
and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discression
of my Executors hereafter named & my worldly Estate and
Goods ---ith it has pleased God to Bless me with in this
Life I give & dispose of in Manner following Impris I give
and bequeath unto Hester Di--- my Daughter my best black
silk suit of Cloathes and Ca--menco[?] Shoes black & white Item
I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Bridgett Hoare my
best Hood & Cloak & my O--ice Crape suit of Cloathes Item
I give & bequeath unto Bridgett Hoare my Daughter afores’d
one Bed Bedstead Matt Cord and Coverlidd and a Counterpane
and one Looking Glass and one Iron Grate Item I give and
bequeath unto my Grandaughter Hester Hoare my Chest of
Draws and one Linnen ------ Item I give & bequeath unto
my Grandaughter --[?] Parsons my Large Hanging Looking
Glass Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth
--- my Three Night Gowns she disposing of one which she
think fitt unto my Grand Daughter Hester Hoare Item I likewise
give & bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth my Gold Ring
and my S--se Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter
Elizabeth my ---ing L---- [?] Item I give & bequeath unto
my Grandaughter Hester Hoare my Silver Spoons Item
all & particular all the rest of my Goods Cattle Chatteles ---ing
money & Creditts whatsoever of what nature ---- kind
--- my Debts Legacys & funeral Expences b--d Charges being
first paid & Discharged And my --- is that I give the same
unto my Brother in Law John Dobbyns and *N.Jones[?] whom
I make & ordain my sole & whole Executors of this my Last Will
& Testament Revoking all other by me before made In Wittness
whereof I have hereunto putt my Hand & Seal this day & Year
above foritten[?] off
Hester Dobyns
[signed]
[* inserted:( -- dispose of -- the same & --)]
Signed Sealed published pronounced and
Declared to be the Last Will & Testament of
the Testator in the Presence of us
------- ------ ------ ------ before sealing Ayl Parsons
the mark of X Anne Higgins
Cha. Jones
[Also attached: Probate (in Latin) granted 8th October 1727[?]
marked : Wm Dobyn’s Wife