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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 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 

 handycraftmen, to the intent the said boys may the better after- 

 ward 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 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 fol- 

 loweth : 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 imployed 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 first weeke in February; I say then, 

 because I take that time to be the hardest and most pinching 

 times with poor people ; and God reward those that shall do this 

 without partiality, and with honesty, and a good conscience. 

 And if the same major and others of the said towne of Stafford 

 shall prove so negligent, or dishonest, as not to imploy the rent 

 by me given as intended and exprest in this my will, which God 

 forbid, then I give the said rents and profits of the said farme 

 or land to the towne, and chief magistrates or governors, of 

 Ecleshall, to be disposed of by them in such a manner as I have 

 ordered the disposal of it by the towne of Stafford, the said farme 

 or land being near the town of Ecleshall. And I give to my son- 

 in-law, Dr. Hawkins, whom I love as my own son ; and to my 

 daughter, his wife ; and my son Izaak ; to each of them a ring, 

 with these words or motto : "Love my memory, I. "W. obiit 

 ; " to the Lord Bishop of Winton a ring, with this motto : 



