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viz 1 , at the feast of the blessed Virgin Mary called the Annunciation and the 

 feast of St. Michaell the Archangell and the first payment of the said annuitie 

 at the first of those two feastes that shall happen to follow next after my 

 decease Item I give and bequeath to my sister Alice Jaques widdowe dwelling 

 as I am informed at Bengoer in the Kingdome of Ireland one annuitie of tenn 

 poundes a yeare dureing her widdowhood and noe longer to be paied to her or 

 her assignes halfe yearely in such manner and forme as the next above 

 mencioned annuity is to be payed to my brother Thomas Calley Item I give 

 and bequeath to my late servant Kichard Harvie six poundes for a legacie and 

 had he not had soe good a fortune fallen unto him since his leaveing my 

 service his legacie from me should have been more Item I give and bequeath 

 to all my household servantes aswell menservantes as maydservantes that 

 lodge in myne owne dwelling house or in the Coach house Chamber and shalbe 

 in my service at the tyme of my decease but to none els (saveing only to the 

 keeper of my Parke) fforty shillinges a peece for a legacie Item I giue and 

 bequeath to the right honorable the lord Cottington, To my noble freinde Mr. 

 Endimion Porter, To the Lady Jane Wardour, To my brother Mr. William 

 Bower, To my cosen Mr. John Nicholas the older, To Mr. Alexander Stafford, 

 to Mr. Arthur Aynscombe of Andwerpe, To every of them a Bing of gould 

 w th a death's head sett therein in remembrance of me each ring to be of the 

 value of three poundes with this condicion that yf any of the seaven persons 

 next aforemencioned shall happen to decease before me that then such their 

 legacie or legacies of Binges shall cease ; Item I give and bequeath to the 

 Cathedrall Church of our blessed Lady in Salisbury five poundes for a legacie 

 Item I give and bequeath to poore people twenty pounds as in almes to be 

 disposed and distributed by mine executor at his discrecion without giveing an 

 accompt to anie person or persons for such his disposall Item I give and 

 bequeath to my loveing sonne and heire and only Childe William Calley 

 Esquire all the rest of my goods and chatties moveable and unmoveable which 

 are unbequeathed my debtes aud legacies being first fulfilled and discharged 

 And I doe hereby constitute and ordayne my said sonne William Calley to be 

 the sole executor of this my last will and Testament hereby revokeing all 

 former wills by me heretofore made or intended to be made and doe intreate 

 my loving brother M r . William Bower and my loveing Cosen M r . John Nicholas 

 to be the Overseers of this my will that the same may be well and duly 

 perfourmed And in wittnes of the truth hereof I have hereunto subscribed 

 my name and put to my seale this sixt day of the moneth of October Anno 

 Domini 1640 and in the sixteenth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord 

 King Charles &c 



William Calley 

 The sixt day of the moneth of October Anno Domini 1640 

 Memorandum that the within named S r William Calley Knight did publish 

 and declare the writeing here within mencioned to be his last will and Testa- 

 ment Kevokeing and making void all former wills and Testamentes and this 

 in the presence of the witnesses whose names are hereunder written 



William Morse, Robert Whipp, 

 Bichard Harvey. 



Proved 4 Dec. 1641 by William Calley esq. the son. C. P. C. Evelyn, fo. 149. 1 

 1 Copy by Mr. Anthony Story-Maskelyne. 



