Albrighton
"In the name of God I Peter Pickton of Trentham
in the County of Stafford gardiner being weak in body but of
sound and perfect mind and memory praised be God for the same do
make this my last will and testament in manner and form
following...Item I give and bequeath unto my dear
& loving wife Sarah the whole paid interest
increase and product of the sume of three hundred pounds now out
at interest for and during the term of her natural life she
maintaining my niece Elizabeth Green until
she attain the age of twenty years of allowing her my said niece
three pounds a year to be paid half yearly until she shall
attain the said age of twenty years as a separate maintenance if
my wife shall so long live and also allowing her my said niece
Elizabeth Green after she shall attain the age of
twenty years only forty shillings a year to be paid half yearly
during my said wifes life if my said niece lives so long And
after my wifes decease I give and bequeath the said three
hundred pounds principall money in manner and form following
Item I give and bequeath unto my brother Thomas
Pickton if he be living at my wifes decease ten
pounds otherwise I give and bequeath the said ten pounds to my
niece his daughter Ann Cidey or her heirs Item I give
& bequeath to my said niece Ann Cidey or her heirs ten
pounds more Item I give and bequeath to my sister Mary
ffradgleys children the sume of ffifty pouns to be
equally divided amongst them or such of them as shall be living
at my wifes decease Item I give and bequeath to my nieces
Elizabeth and Mary Green one hundred pounds to be equally
divided betwixt them Item I give and bequeth to my nephews
Thomas Green John Green Richard Green William Green and
ffrancis Green the sume of fifty pounds to be equally
divided amongst them And it is my mind and will that if any of
my nephews or nieces Greens shall happen to dye before his her
or their legacys or legacy shall become due such legacy or
legacys shall go to the survivors or survivor of him her or them
Item I give and bequeath to my brother William Picktons
child or children twenty pounds if living at my wifes
decease otherwise I give and bequeath the said twenty pounds to
my nephews and nieces Greens share and share alike Item I give
and bequeath unto Mary Mountford spinster the sume of ten pounds
Item I give and bequeath to my dear and loving wife twenty
pounds to dispose of and bequeath as she shall think proper.
Item I give and bequeath to my sincere and faithfull friend the
Reverend John Hargreaves clerk and my good friend Thomas
Sibbetts ten pounds a piece Item I give and bequeath to my
godson Patrick and goddaughter Stoke twenty shillings a piece
Item I give to my good friend Clayton Lea fforty shillings Item
I give and bequeath to the poor of Trentham parish fforty
shillings Item I give and bequeath as an additional legacy to my
brother William Picktons child or children after my said
wifes decease the sume of four pounds being the remainder of the
three hundred pounds above mentioned Item I give and bequeath to
my said dear and loving wife all the rest residue and remainder
of all my goods money cattle chattles and personal estate
whatsoever she paying and discharging all my debts and funeral
expences and paying twenty pounds for the placing and setting
out of my nephew William an apprentice to such master as
shall be approved of by my executors hereafter named And it is
my mind and will that in case my wife sell and disposes of her
goods and chattles in her life time that then in such case she
shall give to my niece Elizabeth Green five pounds or
the value thereof in goods or money And lastly I do hereby I do
constitute ordain and appoint my said sincere friend The Reverend
John Hargreaves my said dear and wellbeloved wife Sarah
Pickton and my said friend Thomas Sibbetts executors of
this my last will and testament hereby revokeing all former
wills by me made In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand
and seal this sixth day of March in the eighth year of the reign
of our Soveraign Lord King George the second over Great Britaine
and so forth in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and thirty four
Signed by the above named testator & by him sealed and
delivered as his act and deed and published and declared to be
his testamen and last will in the presence of us who in his
presence have subscribed our names or hands as witness after the
testator of bequeathing his silver watch to his nephew
Thomas Green and then signed dated and published"