"In the name of god amen, ‘The ninth Day of

August in the seventeenth year of the reinge of

our sovereign Lord Charles by the grace of god

of England Scotland France and Ireland King

Defender of the faith et Anno Dmi 1641 I RANDALL

DOYBNS of Compton within the parish of Newent in

the County of Glouc being in perfect health of body

whole sound and in perfect mermorie doe ordeyne

devise and make this my last will and testament

in manner and forme followinge viz: Imprimis I

comend and remitt my soule and body unto the

tuytion of the almighty Lord god my heavenly

father my creator and maker and unto his sonne

Jesus Christ my Lord god Savior and redeemer

and unto god the holy ghost my Sactifier and com

forter three persons in trynity and our godhead in

unity. And my most merercifull and loveinge Lord

god whom I pray and humbly beseeche to remitt

and to forgive unto me all my Synns iniquityes

transgressions and offences which I have com

mitted in thought word and deed,. the which I doe

know and doe and must confesse and.acknowledge

to be very many of and for the which I doe most

earnestly repent and am hartely sory, And alsoe

I doe humbley beseech my most mercifull and

loveinge Lnrd god when yt shall please his divine

maiestie to take and receive my soule and body as

one of his elect and chosen servants (of which num-

ber I doe hope trust and verily beleeve that I am

one) to reigne with his sonne Jesus Christ my Lord

and Saviour and others his most blessed people,

children servants and sayntes in his eternall and

everlasting kingdom of heaven there to give him

laude and prayse for evermore Amen, Now as

concerninge all the lands goods chattels money

goodness and mercy hath geiven and lent unto me

in this world the which I may bequeath geive

Devise and dispose, I will geive devise bequeath

and dispose the same as followeth, And for that I

would (for as much as in me lyeth) avoide the

unfittinge resorte to my funerall of vagrant and

disordered people and of those that have noe neede

to receave dole And to the ende that the poore

people onely shall have that which I shall by this

my will geive to them Imprimis therefore I doe

give and bequeath unto the poore people of the

towne and parishe of Newent the some of Six pounds

of lawfull money of England, And to the poore people

of Redmarley Dabitott the some of twenty Shillings

And to the poore people of Dymocke twenty shillings

And to the poore people of Oxenhall five shillings

And to the poore people of Pauntley five shillings

All the same to be distributed by my executor to

such persons of the said parishes respectively and

in such proportions as he shall think to have most

neede Item I geive and bequeath unto the parish

wrens (wardens) of Newent aforesaid towards the

reparacon of the parish church of Newent aforesaid

six shillings and eight pence of lawfull money of

England Item whereas my sonne DANYELL DOBYNS

now oweth unto me at the tyme of this my will

makeinge the some of three hundred and twentie

pounds of lawfull money of England wheareof two

hundred and ffiftie pounds is due to me by my sonne

DANIELL by specialty and three score and tenne

pounds wthout specialtie which said somes I doe

intend shall contynue in his hands untill the tyme

of my decease my will and meaninge is, And I doe

some of one hundred and twenty pounds parte of

the said three hundred and twentie pounds as a

legacy given to him And the residue thereof beinge

two hundred pounds I geive and bequeath unto

EDMUND RICHARD CICILLIA and URSULA

DOBYNS the sonnes and daughters of my said

sonne DANIELL DOBYNS to be equally shared

distributed and devided betweene them viz: to

each of them the some of fyftie pounds which said

somes or leagacyes soe to them geiven my will

and desire is that my said sonne DANIELL

DOBYNS their father shall ymploye for their

benefitts in such manner as he shall thinke and

conceave to be most beneficiall and avayleable

for their profitte and behoose And to paye.the

same with the increase theoreof unto them severally

and respectively as they shall severally and

respectively accomplish their severall ages of

one and twenty yeares or be married viz: at which

of the said times that shall first happen or come

first to passe Item I give and bequeath unto the

said EDMUND DOBYNS my Cloake with all the

furniture thereunto belonginge, And my will is

that my executor shall uppon reasonable request

Deliver upp unto my said sonne DANIELL all the

said specialtyes which are or shalbe in my custody

or such of them as my executor shall or may law-

fully come by at the tyme of my decease concerninge

the said legacye given to my said sonne and his

Children, And allsoe I doe remitt forgive and

bequeath unto my said sonne DANIELL all and

every such sume and sumes of money and goodes

as my wife Ursula did in her lifetime give or

Deliver unto him, Item I geive and bequeath unto

ANNE DOBYNS one of the Daughters of my said

sonne PHILLIPPE the some of one hundred pounds

of lawfull money of England, Item I geive devise

and bequeath unto ELLENOR ANN DOBYNS the

youngest daughter of my said sonne PHILLIPP

DOBYNS all my fyldes grounds and lands called

or knowne by the names or name of the Botlowes

of the botlowes with the appertenances situate

lyeing ori being in Compton within the parishe of

Newent aforesaid in the said Countye of Glou-

cester, To have and to hould all the said fieldes

groundes and lands called Botlowes or the Botlowes

unto the said ELLENOR ANNE DOBYNS and her

assignes unto the end and terme of ‘Tenn yeares

next after my decease, Provided alwaies that yt

shall not be lawfull for the said ELLENOR ANNE

DOBYNS nor for her assignes to make any waste

or spoyle uppon the said premisses nor to cutt

downe spoyle or destroye any tree or trees growinge

upon the said premisses. Item my will is and I

doe hereby geive bequeath and devise unto

WILLIAM DOBYNS the sonne of my said sonne

PHILLIPPE DOBYNS all the said feilds groundes

and lands called Botlowes alias the Botlowes wth

the appertenances to have and to hould the same

unto the-said WILLIAM DOBYNS and to his heires

and assignes forever from and ymedyatelye after

the ende and expiracon of tenne yeres next after

my decease as aforesaid Item whereas I doe hould

of the Deane and chapter of the Cathedrall church

of the holy and indivisible trynity in Glouc by

indenture of Lease bearinge date the twentie

seaventh day of October in the tenth yeare of the

raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Kings

Majestie that nowe is all that Messuage or tenemt

And alsoe one garden to the same adioyninge

togeather wth all howses buyldings edifices back-

sides and other easements and comodities to the

same belonginge situate lyeinge and knowne in the

Northgate Streete within the parishe of St John the

Baptiste within the Citye of Glouc for Divers yeares

yet to come and unexpired as in and by the said

Indenture of lease more playnely and at large yt

Doth and may appe. I doe geive devise and be-

queath all my estate right tytle interest and terme

of yeares wch I have yet to come and which are

unexpired of and in the said Messuage or tenement

and other the premisses with the apptenances

togeather with the said indenture of Lease to the

aforesaid DANIEL DOBYNS my sonne To have and

to hould the same to the said DANYELL DOBYNS

and to his executors and assignes for and Duringe

all the said tearme of yeares which are yet to

come and unexpired of an in the same, Item I give

and bequeath to SAMUELL DOBYNS gent my

Nephew and godsonne a peece of gould of ‘Ten

shillings Item I give and bequeath unto ANNE the

nowe wife of VALENTYNE POWELL clerk the

said ANNE being my neece and goodaughter a

peece of gould of tenn shillings Item I give and

bequeath to JOHAN RASTELL my neece a peece

of gould of five shillings. Item I give and bequeath

to JANE KEYSE my neece a peece of gould of five

shillings. Item I geive and bequeath to GYLES

DOBYNS the sonne of my brother GYLES DOBYNS

deceased six poundes of lawfull money of Engeland

to be paide and delivered to him within the space of

one whole yeare next after my decease yf he then

shalbe livinge. Item I give and bequeath unto

MARGARETT DOBYNS one of the daughters of

my said brother GlLES DOBYNS ‘Three poonds six

shillings and eight pence of lawfull money of Eng-

land to be paide and delivered to her at the end of

one yeare next after my decease yf shee shalbe

then livinge. Item I give and bequeath unto

ELINOR DOBYNS one other Daughter of my said

brother GILES DOBYNS the like some of ‘Three

pounds six shillings and eight pence of lawfull

money of England to be paide to her within one

yeare next after my decease yf shee shall be then

livinge. Item I geive and bequeath to such

servante and servantes which shalbe dwellinge

with me at the tyme of my decease ffive shillings

appeece. Item as conceming, all the rest of my

goodes howshould stuffe money plate debts owinge

unto me and chattels not herein geiven or bequeathed

I geive and bequeath unto PHILLIPP DOBYNS my

sonne whom doe make constitute ordeyne and

appointe to bee my full whole and sole Executor of

this my last will and testament, And I doe request

my loveinge well loved and much respected good

nephews ffRANCIS LYLL Esqe and SAMUELL

DOBYNS gent to be my Supervisors of this my last

will and testament to see and procure the same as

neare as they can or may to be duly and truly per-

formed, And for theire paines takinge therein I doe

give and bequeath unto them ten shillings appeece

the which I will that my said executor shall pay

and deliver unto each of them not with standinge

My former guieft unto the said SAMUELL before

geiven unto him, and my meaninge and desire is

that yf any doubt should arise concerninge this

my will wherein it may have doubtfull or severall

construccon in any parte thereof that then my said

supervisors shall decide the same accordinge as

they shall conceave to be agreeable to my true

intente and meaninge, In witnesse whereof I have

hereunto sett my hand and Seale the day and yeare

ffirst above written.

Read sealed and pub- .

lished the tenth day of

August 1641 as his last

will and ‘Testament in the presents of these

persones vixt SAM: DOBYNS, JOHN COWCHER,

GUY DOBYNS, Scriptor

Autograph signature of

RANDALL DOBYNS

This will was proved before Sr. Nathaniel Brent

Knt pr this 30^th daie of Julie 1651 By the oath of

Phillipp Dobbins the sonne and Executor & To

whom & he first by vertue of a commission legally

sworne well & truly to administer the same.

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