WILL OF THOMAS WEDGWOOD. 79 



which are at the said workhouse, & all other implements whatever 

 at the sa'id workhouse, belonging to the art or trade of potting. I 

 give and assign unto my Son Timothy all my right, title, interest, 

 claim, and demand, which I have in and to all that housing, barns, 

 stable, cowhouse, and backside, & gardens, and all & every their 

 appurtenances, called by the name of Almshouse, situate in Burslem 

 aforesaid & now in the holding of one Paul Shelton & Wm. March. 

 And my will is that my said Son Timothy shall enter upon and 

 enjoy the same when he shall accomplish the age of one & twenty 

 years. I give and devise unto my daughter Margaret Wedgwood, 

 & to my Son Thomas Wedgwood, & to my daughter Margarie 

 Wedgwood, their heirs and assigns for ever, all those several parcels 

 or pieces of land called the Smallthorns, situate & being in Sneyd 

 Hamel, within the parish of the said Burslem, which land my aunt 

 Catharine Colclough deceased gave unto me, and also that parcel of 

 land or meadow grounds called the ' Digged Lakes,' lying in Burslem 

 meadows aforesaid, which I lately purchased of my Cousin Burslem 

 Wedgwood, to the intent that my said daughters Margaret Wedgwood, 

 Margarie Wedgwood, and my Son Thomas Wedgwood, may leece 

 and raise the sum of two hundred pounds out of the said several 

 pieces of lands & meadows, grants by sale of the same, or by any 

 other way. that they may find prudent for to raise the said sum of 

 two hundred pounds, to be paid and distributed in manner and form 

 following. For the portions and perferment of my said three children 

 Margaret, Margarie, & Thomas, that is, to my said daughter Margaret 

 the sum of fourscore pounds of lawful money, to my said Son 

 Thomas the sum of Fourty pounds when he shall accomplish the age 

 of one & twenty years ; to my said daughter Margerie the sum of 

 fourscore pounds when she comes to the age of one & twenty years. 

 And my mind & will is that my said children shall marry to and 

 with the consent of my said wife, provided nevertheless it is my 

 mind & will that if my Son John Wedgwood shall within some 

 reasonable time after my decease, either pay the said two hundred 

 pounds to my said three children Margaret, Thomas, & Margerie, 

 or give them good security to pay the said sum of 200 or their 

 several parts & proportions thereof at the ages, days, & times above 

 mentioned & limited, that then my will is, that my said. Son John 

 shall have to him and heirs for ever, the aforesaid parcels of lands 

 called the Smallthorns & Digged Lake Meadows. I give unto my 

 daughters Katherine Wedgwood, Sarah Wedgwood, Mary Wedg- 

 wood, and my said Son Timothy Wedgwood the said sum of 200, 

 to be raised out of all the buildings and lands by me in this my 



