In the name of God Amen I Willm Goodchild of Ashwell in the County of
Hertford shoemaker being sick & weake in body but of perfect & sound
memory praised be Almighty God for the same Doe make this my Last Will &
testament in manner & forme following First I doe give & bequeath unto
my son Willm Goodchild the sum of five pounds of Lawfull money of Engd to be
respectively payd him at his age of one & twenty yeares or Day of marriage
which shall first happen Item I doe give & bequeath unto my Daughter Ann
Goodchild the sum of five pounds of Lawfull money of Engd to be respectively
payd her at her age of one & twenty years or Day of marriage which shall
first happen Item I Doe give & Bequeath unto my Dearly Beloved wife all the
remainder of my Goods & Chattells & allso my house I now live in with
all & everie the Appurtenances to enable her to bring up & to provide
for my Children & if there should happen to be An extraordinary occasion for
my said wife to sell the house I leave her towardes the suplying of her own
Necessityes or my Childrens that then it shall be Lawfull for her to sell the
said house with appurtenances & such sale thereof as shee shall soe make
shall be good in Law to whomesoever it is that shall purchase it And I Doe
heerby ordayne nominate & Appointe Ann my dearly beloved Wife sole executrix
of this my last will & testament In witness whereof I have heerunto set my
hand & seale ths nineth Day of November in the thirteenth yeare of the
Reigne of o[ur] soverigne Lord William the third ... King of Engd & Anno Dm
1701
ye mke of Willm X Goodchild
This was signed & sealed & published & declared by the above
named Willm Goodchild to be his last will & testament in the p[rese]nce of
us who he desired to suscrib o[ur] names as Wittnesses
John Griffin
Thomas Chapman
George Chapman
Anna Goodchild Executrix ... Xvto die mensio Decembris Anno Dm 1701...