"I Jony Saint sick in body but of perfect memory praised be God, do make this my last will in form following. First, I commit my soul to God and my body to Christian burial. She said she gave to her son John some years ago six pound 8 shillings, that she had in piggots close, three pound of the said money she paid him for his fathers goods, and the other three pound 8 shillings, to himself and his wife Elinor as a legacy. Likewise she said she paid to her son Richard his father's goods as followeth: 20 shillings, she paid as fee to his master Phillip Cry, and 20 shillings in linen cloth to go for England to buy glass, and 20 shillings she gave him to pay his aunt Boardman for Will: Saints house. She said also she left to her daughter Elizabeth Saint her part of the house in the west street joining to Thos: Quays house while her daughter liveth, and after her daughters death to her granddaughter Jane Saint, if in case her parents left her not Peeltown house; in case they did, the her granddaughter Elizabeth was to get her part of the said house after her aunts death. She left to her grandson John Saint a lamb, and to the rest of the children 1 shilling apiece, and to her granddaughter Jony Saint 1 shilling. She left her daughter Elizabeth Executor of all the rest of her goods whatsoever, and cut off all other friends with six pence legacy. Witnesses: John Farrant, Will Killey.
The Executrix sworn in form of Law and gave pledges William Killey and John Bridson."
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