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JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
WILL OF THOMAS BEDFOED. 
Extracted from the Principal Eegistry of the Probate, Divorce, 
and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice : 
" In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 
" In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Bedford of y e Parish 
of Martin Outw ch London in y e County of Midd Minister of God's 
Word being att this present in reasonable good health and pfect 
memory but growing into yeares and uncertaine how soone either 
by sicknes or any other accident I may be cutt of doe for the dis- 
charge of my duty and to prevent (as much as I can) all discon- 
tents in my family make this my last Will and Testament in man- 
ner and forme following My Spirit I recommend to God that gave 
itt trusting in the merritts of Jesus Christ the eternall sonne of God 
and him alone for the remission of all my sinnes and for the sal- 
vacon of my poore Soule My body I leave to Christian buriall in 
sure and certaine hope of Eesurreccon to eternall life As dying in 
the pfession of the Holy Faith and truth w ch I have preached to 
others in y e course of my Ministry utterly disavowing and detest- 
ing all errors and heresies whatsoever whether of Baptists or Ana- 
baptists of Arminians Socinians Antinomians or whatsoev r is by 
any whomso r taught and mayntayned contrary to the truth of God 
revealed in his Word As touching the porcon of goodes w ch God 
hath gratiously bestowed uppon me I desire it may bee distributed 
according to this my Will and Testam* To my deare wife Testance 
I give and bequeath that peece of land of myne in Plymouth 
dureing her life the same land after the death of my said wife I 
give and bequeath to my son John to whome alsoe I give and be- 
queath all myne Appell and Manuscripts To my twoe daughters 
Mary and Phebe I give and bequeath one hundred pounds a peice 
for their portion And alsoe to them and each of them I give 
twenty pounds a peice to bee paid att the baptizeing of their first 
child To my sonne James who hath had his porcon I give twenty 
shillings to buy hym a ryng To my sonne William I give and be- 
queath fifty pounds for his porcon and thirty pound I leave in the 
hand of my Executo 1 * towards his maintenance till he come to bee 
of full age To the Minister and Church Wardens of the New 
Church in Plymouth doe I bequeath tenne pounds to bee bestowed 
upon a font stone or some other utensill for that Church And 
