58 LIFE OF WALTON. 



saving my executor from all damage concerning the 

 same. And I give to my son IZAAK all my right 

 and title to a lease of Norington farme, which I hold 

 from the lord bishop of Winton : And I do also give 

 him all my right and title to a farme or land near 

 to Stafford, which I bought of Mr. Walter Noell ; I 

 say, I give it to him and his heirs for ever ; but upon 

 the condition following, namely; if my son shall not 

 marry before he shall be of the age of forty and one 

 years, or, being married, shall dye before the said 

 age, and leave no- son to inherit the said farme or 

 land, or if his son or sons shall not live to attain 

 the age of twenty and one years, to dispose other- 

 ways of it, then I give the said farme or land to 

 the towne or corporation of STAFFORD, in which I 

 ivas borne, for the good and benefit of some of the 

 said towrie, as I shall direct, and as followeth; (but 

 first note, that it is at this present time rented for 

 twenty-one pounds ten shillings a year, and is like to 

 hold the said rent, if care be taken to keep the barn 

 and housing in repair;) and I would have, and do 

 give ten pound of the said rent, To bind out, yearly, 

 two boys, the sons of honest and poor parents, to be 

 apprentices to some tradesmen or handy craft-men, to 

 the intent the said boys may the better afterward get 

 their own living. And I do also give five pound 

 yearly out of the said rent, to be given to some 

 maid-servant, that hath attained the age of twenty and 

 one years, not less, and dwelt long in one service, or 

 to some honest poor man's daughter, that hath attain- 

 ed to that age, to be paid her at or on the day of 

 her marriage : and this being done, my will is, that 

 what rent shall remain of the- said farme or land, shall 

 be disposed of as followeth : first I do give twenty 

 shillings yearly, to be spent by the major of Stafford, 

 and those that shall collect the said rent, and dispose 

 of it as I have and shall hereafter direct ; and that 

 what money or rent shall remain undisposed of, shall 

 be im ployed to buy coals for some poor people, that 

 shall most need them, in the said towne; the said coals 

 to be delivered the first 'weeke in January, or in every 



