This is the last Will and Testament of me John Bailey of Ashwell in the
County of Hertford Bricklayer First I give and devise unto my dear Wife
Elizabeth Bailey and her Assigns for ever and during the Term of her natural
Life All and every my Messuages Cottages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Real
Estate whatsoever situate in Ashwell aforesaid And from and after her deceased I
give devise and dispose of the same Messuages Lands Hereditaments and Real
Estate in manner hereinafter mentioned that is to say, I give and devise unto my
Daughter Mary Bailey her Heirs and Assigns for ever All those two Cottages or
Tenements with the Outhouses Yards Gardens and Appurtenances thereunto belonging
situate in Back Street in Ashwell aforesaid now in the several Occupations of
Samuel Gentle and James Worboys and one half Acre of arable Land lying at or
near Ruddery Hill, and one other half Acre of arable Land abutting down to
Kitchiner's Windmill Close in Ashwell aforesaid And I give and devise unto my
said Daughter Mary Bailey and my Son John Bailey and to their Heirs and Assigns
for ever equally to be divided between them as Tenants in Common All that
Cottage or Tenement with the Outhouses Yards Gardens Close of Pasture and other
Appurtenances thereunto respectively belonging situate in Ashwell aforesaid as
the same Premises are now in my own Tenure or Occupation And I give and devise
unto my said Son John Bailey his Heirs and Assigns for ever All those four
Tenements or Dwelling Houses with the Limekiln Outhouses Yards Gardens Orchard
and Ground thereunto belonging situate in Ashwell aforesaid And also all those
several pieces or parcels of arable Land containing together by estimation three
Acres be the same more or less lying and being in the Fields of Ashwell
aforesaid with their Appurtenances And I give and bequeath unto my said wife
Elizabeth Bailey during her Life the Use and Occupation of all my ready Money
Household Furniture Cattle Goods Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever (after
payment of all my just Debts and Funeral and Testamentary Expences which are to
be first paid and discharged thereout) And from and after her decease I give and
bequeath all my said Goods Chattels and Personal Estate unto my said Son and
Daughter John and Mary Bailey equally to be divided between them share and share
alike And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Wife Elizabeth Bailey sole
Executrix of this my Will And I revoke and make void all other Wills and
Codicils by me at any time heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will
and Testament In Witness whereof I the said John Bailey the Testator have
hereunto set my Hand and Seal this fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty.
John Bailey
Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Bailey the Testator as
and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and
in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our
Names as Witnesses thereto.
H. O. Roe of Weston Herts. Gent.
Wm Hill of Hertford
Rebecca Warboys wife of James Warboys of Ashwell ....
...Elizabeth Bailey, executrix.... 25th April 1843...