WALTON'S WILL. 



Bishop of London for about fifty years to come. And I do also 

 give to them all my right and title of or to a house in Chancery 

 Lane, London, wherein Mrs. Greenwood now dwelleth, in which 

 is now about sixteen years to come. I give these two leases to 

 them, they saving my executor from all damage concerning the 

 same. And I give to my son Izaak all my right and title of a lease 

 of Norington Farme, which I hold from the Lord Bishop of Win- 

 ton : 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 die 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 otherwise of it, then I give the said farme or 

 land to the towne or corporation of Stafford, in which I was borne, 

 for the good and benefit of some of the said towne, 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 handycraftsmen, 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 attained to that age, to be 

 paid to 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 Maior of Stafford, and those that shall 

 collect the said rent and dispose of it as I have and shall here- 

 after direct ; .and that what money or rent shall remain undisposed 

 of, shall be imployed to buy coals for some poor people, that shall 



