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Ann Smith’s will

Ann Smith’s will is interesting: dated 1688:

• I give and bequeath unto Richard Gotts my grandchild all my land with one messuage on it containing by estimation one roode of land be it more or lesse lying and being in Beeston. This is on condition that:
• Richard Gotts my grandchild shall pay unto Mary his mother the sum of twenty shillings by the year yearly for every year immediately after my decease during the time of her natural life.
• Richard my grandchild shall pay unto his brother George the sum of twenty shillings within a whole year after my decease.
• The said Richard shall paye unto his sister Joan the sum of (twenty shillings) within two years after my decease
• The said Richard shall paye unto his sister Mary the sum of (twenty shillings) within three years after my decease.
• All to be paid at or within the south porch of the parish church of Beeston
• And if it shall so happen that Richard my grandchild shall neglect or refuse to pay any part or parcel of the aforesaid sums of money bequeathed in this my last will and testament my will and mind is that George Gotts my grandchild shall have hold and enjoy the aforesaid houses and land lying and being in Beeston.