Will of William Rawes of Sherborne, Dorset. Made 28nd July 1803. Proved 1804. (Russell Line)

This is my last Will and Testament made the twenty eighth Day of July in the year / of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three I William Rawes of Sherborne in the County / of Dorset do dispose of my worldly Estate and Effects in manner following. In the first / place I give and bequeath to my Wife Hannah Rawes my Estate at Draycot in the / Parish of Lymington given to me by my Grandfather William Rawes to hold during / the term of her natural life, after which I give and bequeath the said Estate to my / son William Rawes and and his Heirs for ever. I likewise give and bequeath to my Wife / Hannah Rawes my Estate situated at Chilton Cantelo let unto the late Samuel Daniel / of Yeovil. I likewise give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Rawes the sum of / five hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to her at the expiration / of one year after my decease by my executor hereafter named. I likewise give and / bequeath unto my son James Rawes his heirs and assigns for ever a field or piece / of freehold land called clays close situated at Draycot in the Parish of Lymington which / I bought of the late Francis Newman of North Cadbury. I likewise give and bequeath / to my son James Rawes the whole of my remaining property not heretofore disposed / of and I likewise make him the whole and sole Executor and subject to the payment / of my just debts and funeral expences. Wm. Rawes [signed] Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator to be his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request subscribe our names as witnesses in the presence of the said testator and each other. James Hewlett James Hewlett [different signature] Robert Ledgare[?] Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2002