In the Name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit One GOD Blessed for ever Amen I Bazill Brent of Hanslop Parke in the parish of hanslop in the County of Buckingham Esq calling to mind the uncertainty of this transitory and mortall life, how that all mankinde must yeild unto Death the separation of soul and body when it shall please Almighty GOD doe hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by wheretofore at any time made, and doe make and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, And first of all I resigne up my Soul to Almighty GOD my Creator asuredly hopeing for his pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins through the intercession for the s... merits obedience bloody Death and Passion of Jesus Christ the Righteous his onely Sonn and my deare and onely Saviour and Blessed Redeemer. And for my body I desire it may be decently buried as hereafter is appointed (That is to say) if I shall depart this life at Hanslop aforesaid Then to be buried at hanslop Church But if I shall dye at London Then my body to be interred in the parish of Little Bartholmews Item I give and bequeath to the poore of the Parish of Hanslop whensoever I shall dye the sume of Twenty pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid within three monthes after my decease and to be distributed by my Executrix hereafter named the then Vicar of Hanslop and the then Churchwardens of the same as to them shall seeme meet and convenient Item my will and mind is That if  I depart this life in London and be buried in Little Bartholemews Then in that case and not otherwise I give to the poore of the parish of Little Bartholmews Ten pounds to be paid within three months after my decease and to be divided amongst them by the Churchwardens and Trustees of the poor therefore the time being Item I give and bequeath unto my Son in Law Henry Reynell Esq and to my daughter Elizabeth his wife the sume of Sixty pounds to be paid to them to any mourning for themselves and children Item I doe hereby give and bequeath ratifie and confirme unto Joyce my dearely beloved wife such setttlements upon marriage were limited and made to her and Trustees for her use and doe hereby will and bequeath That in case I doe dye without issue begotten of the body of Joyce my dearely beloved wife and that she survive me and be in possession of the woods and woodgrounds in the County of Northampton to her limited in use with other Estates and Lands and hereby willed and confirmed by me for her life for her Joynture That then she my said well beloved wife shall have right and power to cutt and dispose and shall and may yearly and every yeare dureing her life lawfully cutt fell take enjoy and dispose to her own use (not onely such and soe many Oaks and other Timber trees as shall be of fforty pounds per Annum value as in the said marriage Settlements or one of them is mentioned and contained but also soe many Oakes and other Timber trees as shall then be growing upon the said Woods and Woodgrounds or any of them in the said County of Northampton or any part as she shall please ....... the Oakes and other Timber trees soe felled cutt and taken away by her order and to her use and benefit in any one yeare exceed not the number and value of the Oakes and Timber trees which have usually and annually by and for me both cutt felled and disposed of out ot the woods and woodgrounds aforesaid without incurring any damage penalty forfeiture or impeachment for wast or any otherwaies for the doeing thereof any thing to the contrary notwithstanding Item I doe give and bequeath all my Woods and Woodgrounds whatsoever lyeing in Cottingham Winterson or any other adjacent Town or Towns in Northamptonshire with all the rights members and appurtenances to them or any of them belonging or any waies appertaining to Brent Reynell my Grandson his heires and Assignes for ever imediately after the decease of Joyce my dearely beloved wife  And for as much as I am desirous that Joyce my dearely beloved wife should enjoy all and every the houses Lands Tenements and hereditaments which are setled upon her or are mentioned to be setled or limited to her for her life for her Joynture free from all incumbrances and that noe part of what is setled upon her or limited to her use for her life should be sold dureing her life without her full and free consent and am alsoe desirous That all my debts Legacies and ffunerall charges should be honestly and duely paid after my decease and particularly that the Mortgage I heretofore made of my Lands Tenements and hereditaments at Hanslop to Sir Thomas Abdy should be paid off and discharged I doe therefore hereby will and bequeath That Edward Partheriche Esq Thomas Golding Esq and Thomas Smith Gentleman Trusteess in the marriage Settlements nominated or the Survivors or Suvivor of them or the heires Executors or Administrators of the Survivor of them shall and may be and with the consent of Joyce my dearely beloved wife within two yeares next after my decease or soe soon as conveniently they can for the best price bona fide can begott make sale of all and singular my Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever in Hanslop aforesaid called Hanslop Parke with all the houses Outhouses Lands feeding pastures and all other the hereditaments thereto belonging or any waies appertaining and therewith used occupied or enjoyed with their and every of their rights priviledges members and appurtenances upon this speciall Trust and confidence in them reposed  That with the money thereby ariseing  They shall first pay to Joyce my dearely beloved wife One hundred Guineys for the defraying to her the charges of my ffunerall and shall likewise discharge whatsoever charges either in Law or Equity Ecclesiasticall or civill my dearely beloved Joyce my wife may have been putt to by any person or persons in the peaceable and quiet enjoyment of any part of her Joynture and settlements I have before made and limited to her use or any part of my personall Estate  whatsoever which I have hereby given to her and shall likewise pay all my debts and Legacies out of the said moneys ariseing by the sale of the said Lands and that with the overplus and remainder my will and desire if That the said Trustees Edward Partherishe Thomas Golding and Thomas Smith or the Survivor or Survivors of them or the heires Executors or Administrators of the Survivor of them shall soe soon as conveniently may be by and with the consent of Joyce my dearely beloved wife purchase other Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments and in such manner as my said Trustees or any two of them by and with the consent of Joyce my dearely beloved wife shall think fitt and shall cause and procure the same to be setled to the use intents and purposes following That is to say To the use and behoofe of the said Joyce my well beloved wife for and dureing the terme of her naturall life And after her decease To the use and behoofe of Brent Reynell my Grandson his heires and Assignes forever provided nevertheless and I doe hereby declare my mind and will is That these severall bequests and guifts to my said Grandson Brent Reynell and his heires before herein mentioned are upon this condition following That is to say That the said Brent Reynell my Grandson his heires and Assignes shall upon that day Twelve months after the said Joyce my dearely beloved wife shall have dyed and departed this life and that he the said Brent Reynell his heires and Assignes be in possession of the said Estates pay to each of his two sisters Elizabeth and Katherine their Executors Administrators or Assignes at the South porch of the Parish Church of Hanslop aforesaid the full and just sume of Two Thousand pounds apeece of goods and Lawfull money of England fully and clearly without any deductions or defaultrations whatsoever And that if the said Brent Reynell my Grandson his heires or Assignes neglect or refuse to pay the sume accordingly That then and from thenceforth the guifts and bequests herein before mentioned to my said Grandson Brent Reynell and his heires and Assignes and interest estate therein and every part thereof shall cease determine and be void of all intents and purposes And imediately from and after such default of payment Then the whole Estate herein and hereby given and bequeathed to my said Grandson Brent Reynell shall be and remaine to the use and behoofe of the said Elizabeth and Katherine their heires and Assigns forever equally to be divided between them Item I doe hereby will give and bequeath  unto Joyce my dearely and well beloved wife all my goods and chattels plate household stuff ready money furniture for money and personall Estate of what kind or nature soever it be And doe hereby nominate and appoint and will my dearely well beloved Joyce my wife my sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Bazill Brent have hereunto sett my hand and seale this one and Thirtieth day of August in the yeare of our LORD One Thousand six hundred and ninety one Bazill Brent Signed sealed and delivered and by the said Bazill Brent published and declared to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who writt our names in his presence Frances Hales Mary Golding Anna Golding Tho. Bedingfield

Proved 4th day of September 1695