THE FOUNDERS OF CHARLES CHURCH. 
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this I doe as a testimony of my thankfulness to God for that 
legacy w ch by the last Will and Testament of myne ev r honor efl 
friend Mr. Robert Trelawny was bequeathed to me To the poore 
of this Parish of St. Martyn Outw ch I bequeath forty shillings and 
forty shillings to the poore of Aderstone and tenne shillings to the 
poore of Marivall To my Brother Bedford and my brother Crau_ 
ford to each of them one of the best bookes in my study and to 
each of their wives twenty shillings a peice to buy them a ringe 
To the three sisters Mrs. Elizabeth Mrs. Judith and Mrs. Jane the 
daughters of Mr. Nicholas Leate a peice of plate of foure pound 
price As touching that fifty pound bequeathed to me by Mr. John 
Young Merchant my Will is that upon the receipt thereof the 
tenth viz five pounds be given to the poore of Martyn Outw ch and 
twenty pounds a peece to my sonne J ohn and my sonne James 
they giveing caution to pay yearely forty shillings a peice to their 
mother dureing her widdowhood All the rest of my goods what- 
soever doe I give and bequeath to my deare wife whom I also make 
the sole Executrix of this my Will and Testament In witnesse 
whereof I have sett to my hand and seale this present day the 
sixteenth of February in y e yeare of our Lord one thousand six 
hundred fifty one " Thomas Bedford 
L. S. 
" Sealed signed published and declared by the said Tho. 
Bedford for and as his last Will and Testam 1 in y e pre- 
sence of Nicholas Wyld 
& Christopher Townsend 
" Notary Public 
"This Will was proved att Westm r the 15th day of June 1653 
before the Judges for Probate of Wills and granting Adcons ap- 
pointed by an Act of Parliament entituled An Act for Probate of 
Wills and granting Adcons by the Oath of Testance Bedford the 
Relict of the said deceased and sole Executrix named in the said 
Will to whom was granted Adcon of all and singuler the goods 
chells and debts of the said decea d she being first sworne well and 
truly to administer the same." 
160 Brent 
10 O.B. 
J.K. 
