In the name of God Amen I William CAMPION of Rushden in the County of Northton yeoman being Sick & Weake of Body but of Sound perfect & disposing mind & Memory doe make & ordaine this my last will & Testamt in manner & forme ffollowing Imprimis I Comend my soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator trusting to bee saved by his Mercy through the merritts of my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ & my Body I Comitt to the Earth to bee decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named & for my Temporall Estate I dispose of the same as followeth Imprimis I give & devise unto my son William CAMPION the sume of Fourty Pounds of lawfull money of England to bee paid within one yeare after my decease Itm I give & devise unto my son Thomas CAMPION the sume of Thirty Pounds of lawfull money of England to bee paid when hee Shall attaine the age of One & Twenty yeares Upon this Condition that hee the Said Thomas CAMPION when he shall attaine his age of One & Twenty yeares doe & Shall Surrender all his right & title of & into All that messuage with appurtenances & all those three & Twenty acres of arable land & two swathes & a halfe & two Draughts of meadow which are the Joynture of Susanna my Wife Unto William CAMPION the younger & his heires & doe & shall likewise permitt & suffer the said William CAMPION the younger from & after the decease of mee & Susanna my Wife peaceably & quietly to hold & enjoy the same but if my said son Thomas Shall refuse or neglect soe to doe then my Will & mind is that his said legacy Shall bee void Itm I give & devise unto my son Francis CAMPION the sume of One hundred & Twenty poundes of lawfull money of England to be paid when hee Shall attaine the age of one & Twenty yeares Upon this Condition that he the said Francis CAMPION when he shall attaine the age of one & Twenty yeares doe & shall surrender all his right & title of & into all that messuage with the appurtenances & all those three & Twenty acres of arable land & two swathes & a halfe & two Draughts of Meadow which are the Joynture of Susanna my wife unto William CAMPION the younger & his heires & doe & Shall likewise permitt & Suffer the Said William CAMPION the younger from & after the decease of mee & Susanna my Wife peaceably & quietly to hold & enjoy the same but if my said son Francis shall refuse & neglect soe to doe then my Will & mind is that his said legacy shall be void And my Will & mind is & I doe hereby declare direct & appoint that my said Executrix shall mantayne & Educate my son Francis out of the profitts of his portion & shall have full power & authority to pay any sume out of the said Legacies given to my said two younger sons not exceeding Twenty poundes apeice to put them out Apprentices in some honest calling Itm I give & devise unto my Daughter Susanna the Wife of Henry LAMBE of Higham Ferrers the sume of tenn poundes of lawfull money of England to bee paid within One yeare after my decease Itm I give & devise Unto my Daughter Elizabeth the Wife of George GOODE the younger of Higham Ferrers aforesaid the Sume of Thirty poundes of lawfull money of England to be paid within One yeare after my decease All the rest & residue of my goods Chattles Stock Crop of Grains houshold stuff securities moneyes & all other my personall Estate whatsoever my debts Legacies & funeral Charges being first paid & discharged I give devise & bequeath unto my loving Wife Susanna whom I make sole Executrix of this my last will & Testament Revoaking hereby all other & former Wills by mee att any time heretofore made In Wittnesse whereof to this my last Will & Testament Contayned in two sheets or paper I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the sixth day of September in the seventh yeare of the Raigne of his Majestie King William over England &c Anno Dni 1695

                                    The marke of “W” William CAMPION (red seale affixed next to mark)      

Signed Sealed declared &
published by the Said William
CAMPION as his last Will and
Testament in the presence of

Mary LANGRIDG

John MOTT

Robert DRAPER