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and assignees should stand possessed of the prcemisses during the 

 continuance of the said terme, and should hold the same vpon 

 the trusts and confidences and to the vses and behoofes of him the 

 sayd William Benet th'elder and the hey res of his body lawefully 

 begotten, And if it happen the sayd William Benet th'elder to dye 

 without any issue, then to the proper vse and behoofe of th' executors 

 administrators and assignees of the sayd William Benet th' elder vntil 

 th'end of five yeares next ensuing after the death of William Benet the 

 -elder, And afterwards and from thenceforth to the vse and behoofe of 

 William Benet sonne of the sayd S r John Benet and of the heyres of his 

 body lawefully begotten or to be begotten, with divers remainders over, 

 as more at large (if relation be had to the sayd indenture) doth and may 

 appeare. Nowe this Indenture witnesseth that the sayd S 1 ' John Benet 

 for and in consideration of naturall love and affection to the sayd 

 William Benet his third sonne, as likewise in performance and 

 accomplishment of the trust and confidence reposed in him the sayd 

 Sr John Benet by the sayd William Benet th'elder of the prcemisses to 

 ±o the only vse benefitt and behoofe of th' afore mentioned William 

 Benet the third sonne of the sayd S r John Benet his executors and 

 assignees, as of the free gift to him thereof by th'aforesayd William 

 Benet th'elder his Uncle proceeding of and from his naturall love and 

 affection vnto him the sayd William Benet third sonne of S r John 

 Benet according to the true intent purpose and meaning of him the 

 sayd William Benet th'elder, as by the aforesaid indenture may 

 appeare, hath given granted assigned set over and executed, and by 

 these presents doth give grant assign sett over and fully execute in 

 present possession all that his estate title interest possession right or 

 terme of fower score and nineteen yeares, if Anne Benet late wife 

 of • William Benett th'elder, William Benet of Grayes Inne, and 

 Matthew Benet sonnes of S»' John Benet shall live soe long, of all 

 that his mesuage and toft called or knowne by the name of two 

 tenements scituate lying and being in Oostowe in the county of Wilts 

 neere unto Studley Grange in the sayd county of Wilts, together with 

 all orchards gardens inward and outward courts or yards houses edifices 

 buildings barnes stables and all other his arable lands meadowes pastures 

 feedings and other hereditaments to the sayd messuage or toft or two 

 tenements or to eyther of them belonging or in any wise appertaining, 

 lying and being within the parish of Wroughton in the sayd county of 

 Wilts late in the tenure of William Benet th'elder or of his assignee or 

 assignees, and nowe or late in th'occupation and manurance of 

 William Yorke of Saltrop or of his assignee or assignees, To have 

 and to hold all th'aforementioned prcemisses with theyre appurtenances 

 whatsoever to him the sayd William Benet his third sonne of Grayes 

 Inne in the county of Middlesex in as full ample and large manner* 

 as he the sayd Sir John Benet or his assignees did enioye 

 and occupy the same. Provided neverthelesse because the sayd 

 S r John Benet did allwayes intend the inheritance of the prcemisses 

 to his sayd sonne William, and that the sayd William Benet the elder 



