In the Name of God Amen I William Campion of Rushden in the County of Northampton Yeoman being (Thanks be to God) of a Sound and Disposing Mind & Memory but Considering the Mortality of my Body and the Uncertainty of the Time of my Death Doe this Twenty Eighth day of October in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Forty Six Make this my Last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to Say) First I Give and Devise All my Freehold Coppyhold and Bondhold Messuages Cottages Closes Lands Tenements and hereditaments with their and every of their Rights members and appurtenances to the same or any of them belonging Scituate lyeing & being in Rushden aforesaid and the Revertion & Revertions remainder & remainders thereof And also All That the Revertion or Remainder in Fee Simple and all other my Estate whatsoever Expectant upon the Death of my Natural Mother Mary Campion Widow Of & in All That Freehold Messuage Cottage or Tenement and Three Closes of pasture or inclosed pasture grounds with their and every of their appurtenances Scituate Standing Lyeing & being in Sharnbrook in the County of Bedford And all other my Lands Tenements & hereditaments Scituate and being in Rushden and Sharnbrook aforesaid or in any or either of them either in posssession reversion remainder Expectancy Law Equity or otherwise however with their & every of their appurtenances unto William Blossom the Elder of Rushden aforesaid Blacksmith (who Intermarryed with Elizabeth my Natural Sister) and to his heires & assignes forever To Have and To Hold the said Devised Messuages Cottages C[l]oses Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premises & every of them & Every of their appurt[enance]s unto the s[^ai]^d William Blossom his heires & assigns forever And I doe Give & Bequeath unto my s[^ai]^d Mother the Summ of Forty shillings a year to be paid to her during the Terme of her natural Life at four Quarterly Payments to wit at Lady Day Michaelmas St Thomas & St John the Baptist the first payment thereof to begin & be made on the first of the s[^ai]^d days which shall follow my Decease Also the Bed She lyes on with the Bedstead Curtains & apurt[enance]s Three pair of Sheets Two kettles Six Chairs Two of the least Barrels one Tub & one Joynt Stool And I give & Bequeath unto my Loveing & Natural Sister Susannah the wife of Samuel Church of Wimington in the s[^ai]^d County of Bedford Butcher the Summ of Forty pounds And I Give & Bequeath unto my Loving & Natural Sister Hannah the wife of Robert Cooke of Nurston in the S[^ai]^d County of Northton Husbandman the Summ of Twenty pounds both which Legacyes I will shall be paid within one year after my decease & be Charged upon my personal Estate And I Give & Bequeath to the s[^ai]^d William Blossom All my Goods Chattells Cattle Stock in Husbandry Rights Credits Money Securitys Houshold Stuff Furniture & all other my personal Estate whatsoever & wheresoever not herein before disposed of he paying my Debts Legacys & Funeral Expences And I doe Constitute make & Appoint the s[ai]d William Blossom Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament hereby Revokeing all former & other Wills by me heretofore made
In Witness whereof I the s[^ai]^d William Campion the Testator have hereunto Set my hand & Seale the day & year

first above written

William Campion