wt       1739        Sarum         Stowford, S Newton, Wilts
    
    In the Name of God Amen
    
      I John Self  of Stowford in the parish of South Newton in the County
    of Wilts  Dealer in Sheep being in Indifferent Bodily health but
    thanks be to Almighty God of sound and disposing mind and
    memory considering my mortallity have thought it proper to make
    this my last Will and Testament in the following manner wherein
    comitting my soul to God who gave it and my Body to the Earth to
    be decently Buried according to the discretion of mine Executrix
    herein after named   I   Give and bequeath unto William Burrough
    the Elder of Great Woodford the Sume of five shillings of good and
    Lawful  Money,  Also I Give unto John Sheepsey the Elder of the
    same place the like Sume of five shillings, Also I Give unto John
    Peary the Elder of the same place the like Sume of five shillings,
    Also I Give unto his Son in Law Larfiet the like Sume of five
    shillings,  Also I Give unto Roger Blake of the same place the like
    Sume of five shillings,  Also I Give unto the widow Good of the
    same place the like Sume of five shillings,  Also I Give unto William
    Blake of the same place the like Sume of five shillings,  Also I Give
    unto John Peary the Younger of the same place the like Sume of
    five shillings,  Also I Give unto my Brother William Self, John Pile
    and Richard Pile One shilling a piece   All which legacies
    abovementioned I will shall be paid within three months after my
    decease  Also I Give unto Thomas Wooldrith and Elizabeth
    Wooldrith Son and Daughter of Thomas Wooldrith of South Newton
    five pounds apiece to be paid within six months after my Wifes
    decease,  Also I Give unto Henry Self and John Self Sons of Robert
    Self of Amesbury five pounds apiece to be paid in six months after
    my Wifes decease   All the rest and residue of my personal Estate
    Goods Chattels and Credits whatsoever and wheresoever I do Give
    and bequeath unto John, Richard, Henry, Steven and James the
    five Sons of Richard Pile of Chilhampton in the parish of South
    Newton aforesaid to be equally divided between them imediately
    after my Wifes decease,  Also I Give unto Henry Pile the Bed
    Bedding and Wedding Ring that was his Grandmothers   the use of
    which residue of my personal Estate Goods Chattels and Credits
    together with the use of the said Several Legacies or Sumes of five
    pounds before thereby bequeathed I do Give unto Sarah Self my
    beloved Wife for her life whom I do nominate and appoint full and
    Sole Executrix and do also Give her power to spend any part or all
    my personal Estate hereby otherwise devised if she shall happen to
    want the same for her necessary support and maintenance in
    witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Fifteenth
    day of March in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred
    and Thirty Six
    
    Signed  sealed and published by the said                John Self
    John Self the Testator as his last Will
    and Testament in the presence of             
    
    / those words  / also I Give unto the said Henry Pile the
    Bed Bedding and Wedding Ring that was his grandmothers
    being first interlined.
                                John Spier
                              Henry Spier
    
      At    Sarum    Decr. 11  1739
      Sarah Self   the  Extrix   was  duly
      Sworn   before   me
                Geo Frome     Surrogate