In the Name of God Amen

I JOHN HIRONS of Wardenton in the County of Oxon yeoman being in indifferent health of body but of sound and perfect mind memory and understanding (praised be God for the same) but considering that death is certaine to all and the time thereof uncertaine doe therefore make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner following (that is to say) Imprimis I give and devise unto my loving son WILLIAM HIRONS when he shall attaine the age of one and twenty years all that my halfe Yard land with the appurtances lying and being within the open and comon fields of Wardenton aforesaid and Williamscott and Coton or in some of them in the said County of Oxon which I lately purchased of and from one RICHARD MOSSE to hold the same unto my said son WILLIAM HIRONS his heirs and assigns for ever

I also give and bequeath unto my said son WILLIAM HIRONS the sume of twenty pounds which I will shall be paid to him at his age of one and twenty years by my executor hereafter named then I give and devise unto my loving son RICHARD HIRONS when he shall attaine the age of one and twenty years all that my halfe yard land with the apprts lying and being also within the open and comon fields of Wardenton Williamscott and Coton or in some of them which I lately purchased of one THOMAS GARDNER of Charwelton to hold the same unto my said son RICHARD HIRONS his heires and assigns for ever

I also give and bequeath unto my said son RICHARD HIRONS the sume of twenty pounds which I will shall be paid to him at his age of one and twenty yeares

My will is that if my said son WILLIAM HIRONS shall happen to dye before he attains the age of one and twenty yeares then I give and devise the half yard land (so devised to my son WILLIAM aforesaid) unto my said son RICHARD HIRONS his heires and assigns for ever when my said son RICHARD attaines the age of one and twenty yeares, my said son RICHARD HIRONS at his age of one and twenty yeares or his heirs paying thereunto my three daughters ELIZABETH MARY and MARTHA or such of them as shall be then living the sume of twenty pounds which I give thereunto my said daughters, and my will is that if my said son RICHARD HIRONS shall happen to dye before he attains the age of one and twenty yeares the halfe yard land (so devised to my son RICHARD as aforesaid) unto my son WILLIAM HIRONS his heires and assigns for ever when my said son WILLIAM attaines the age of one and twenty years or at the death of my son RICHARD in case my son WILLIAM is then of the age of one and twenty years, my son WILLIAM or his heires paying thereunto my said three daughters at their respective ages of one and twenty yeares or unto such of my said daughters as shall live to attaine the age or ages of one and twenty yeares the sume of twenty pounds and if my said sons WILLIAM and RICHARD should both dye before they attaine their respective ages of one and twenty yeares then my will is and I doe hereby give and devise the said two severall halfe yard lands unto my loving son JOHN HIRONS his heires and assigns for ever he or they within twelve months next after the death of the survivor of my sons WILLIAM and RICHARD paying thereunto my said three daughters if living or unto such of them as shall be then living the sume of Forty pounds apiece which I doe hereby give thereunto them

Then I give and bequeath unto my three loving daughters ELIZABETH MARY and MARTHA the sume of one hundred pounds apiece and I doe hereby will that the sume be paid to them respectively at their ages of one and twenty yeares and as they shall respectively attaine the age of one and twenty yeares by my executor hereafter named and also my will and meaning is that if all or every of my said daughters ELIZABETH MARY and MARTHA shall happen to dye before her or their age or ages of one and twenty years as aforesaid then my will is and I doe hereby give and bequeath the legacy or legacys of she or they soe dyeing unto and amongst all and every of my sons and daughters that shall be then living share and share alike to be paid to them as they respectively attaine their ages of one and twenty yeares or if attained to the age of one and twenty yeares at ye decease of such daughter or daughters then the proportion and share of him her or them so attained to ye age of one and twenty yeares to be paid to him her or they within twelve months after the decease of such daughter or daughters and further my will is that if my said sons WILLIAM and RICHARD or either of them shall happen to dye before their respective age or ages of one and twenty yeares that then my will is and I doe hereby give and bequeath the twenty pounds of him or them soe dyeing and herein before given and bequeathed to them by me as aforesaid unto and amongst such of my sons and daughters JOHN WILLIAM RICHARD ELIZABETH MARY and MARTHA as shall be then living and shall attaine ye age or ages of one and twenty yeares share and share alike

Also I give and devise unto my loving son JOHN HIRONS when he shall attaine the age of twenty yeares all that my halfe yard land with the appurts lying and being within the open and common fields of Wardenton Williamscott and Coton aforesaid or in some of them which I lately purchased of JOSEPH PLIVEY of Williamscott and also all those severall pieces and parcells of arable land ley meadow and pasture ground which was heretofore purchased of one JOHN BURROWES to hold the same unto my said son JOHN HIRONS his heires and assigns forever and my will and meaning further is and I doe hereby give devise and bequeath the said three severall halfe yard lands and the said severall pieces and parcells of arable land ley meadow and pasture ground herein before given and devised to my three sons JOHN WILLIAM and RICHARD as aforesaid and the rents and proffits therefore unto my loving wife ELIZABETH HIRONS untill my said sons shall respectively attaine their respective ages of twenty yeares and one and twenty yeares as is before mentioned and I doe also give and bequeath the interest and proceeds of the three hundred pounds given to my daughters and of the two severall twenty pounds given to my sons WILLIAM and RICHARD unto my said loving wife ELIZABETH HIRONS untill my said sons and daughters WILLIAM RICHARD ELIZABETH MARY and MARTHA shall attaine their respective ages of one and twenty yeares and I doe hereby will and require my said loving wife out of the rents and profitts of the said three severall halfe yard lands and of ye severall lands leyes meadow and pasture ground before mentioned and out of the interest and proceeds of the said three hundred pounds and of the said two severall twenty pounds to carefully breed up and maintaine my five youngest children that is to say WILLIAM RICHARD ELIZABETH MARY and MARTHA untill they respectively attaine their ages of one and twenty yeares and their respective portions and legacyes shall become due and payable as aforesaid also one moiety or halfe parte of all that my messuage or tenement wherein I now dwell and one moiety or halfe parte of my barnes outhouses and cowsheds thereunto belonging and all that my halfe yard land with the appurtances lying and being in the open and comon fields of Wardenton Williamscott and Coton aforesaid or in some of them which I lately purchased of one WILLIAM GARDNER of Adderbury yeoman

I give and devise unto my said loving wife ELIZABETH HIRONS for and during the terme of her naturall life as long as she keepeth her selfe single and unmarried from and after her decease or so soon as she shall marry which shall first happen then I doe hereby give and devise the said moiety or halfe parte of my said messuage or tenement barnes outhouses and cowsheds and my said halfe yard land purchased of the said WILLIAM GARDNER so devised to my said wife for her life as aforesaid unto my loving son JOHN HIRONS his heires and assigns for ever I doe also give unto my said wife full power at any time within six yeares next after my decease if she thinkes fit and convenient to cutt downe so many of my trees now growing in and upon the close and backside belonging to the messuage or tenement wherein I now dwell and to dispose of the same at her own free will and pleasure but not to cut any more trees or commit any further cuts on the premises during her life other wise then as aforesaid

I given and devise unto my said son JOHN HIRONS all the other Moiety or halfe parte of all that my said messuage or tenement wherein I now dwell and the other moiety or halfe parte of all my barnes outhouses and backside thereunto belonging and also all that my halfe yard land lying and being in the open and comon fields of Wardenton Williamscott and Coton aforesaid or in some of them now and additionally belonging to my said messuage or tenement wherein I now dwell and now and additionally enjoyed therewith to hold the same immediately from and after my decease unto my said son JOHN HIRONS his heires and assigns for ever and if itt shall happen that my said wife and my said son JOHN HIRONS shall disagree in living together and my wife shall think fitt to remove and live from him that then my will is and I doe hereby immediately from and after such her removal from him give and devise the said halfe yard land purchased of WILLIAM GARDNER and the moiety of the messuage or tenement outhouses and backside so given and bequeathed to my said wife for her life as aforesaid unto my son JOHN HIRONS his heires and assigns for ever nevertheless I doe hereby give my said wife liberty and power to cutt down trees to the value of ten pounds as aforesaid and I doe then hereby give and bequeath unto my said wife an annuity or yearly summe of ten pounds to be paid to her by my said son JOHN HIRONS for and during her life for as long as she continues single and unmarried att two dayes or tymes of payment in the yeare the first payment to begin and to be made within halfe a yeare next after such her removal from my son as aforesaid and so to continue to be paid halfe yearly to her and I doe hereby will and appointe that the said annuity or yearly summe of ten pounds shall be charged upon my said messuage or tenement and backside wherein I now dwell and upon my halfe yard land currently belonging to the same and upon my halfe yard land which I purchased of WILLIAM GARDNER for the payment thereof and whereas I have now in my hands of my brother CLEMENT HIRONS’s money the summe of one hundred pounds and whereas my said brother CLEMENT HIRONS is desirous and hath agreed to have in lieu of the said summe of one hundred pounds and interest the halfe yard land purchased of and from one GEORGE BLAGROVE settled upon him for his life after my decease I doe therefore by this my will give and devise unto my said brother CLEMENT HIRONS all that my halfe yard land with the appurts lying and being within the open and comon fields of Wardenton Williamscot and Coton aforesaid or in some or one of them which was heretofore the halfe yard land of one ELIZABETH ROBBINS widow and which was heretofore purchased of the said GEORGE BLAGROVE to hold unto my said brother CLEMENT HIRONS for and during the terms of his naturall life without wast and from and after the decease of my said brother CLEMENT HIRONS then I doe give and bequeath the said halfe yard land with the appurts unto my loving brother WILLIAM HIRONS of Williamscot aforesaid yeoman and unto my brother in law WILLIAM TOMS of Cropredy in the County of Oxon yeoman and to their heires administrators and assigns for the terms of Five hundred yeares comencing immediately from and after the decease of my said brother CLEMENT HIRONS without wast nevertheless upon and under the trusts and subject to the provise hereinafter mentioned hereinafter contained I give and devise the said half yard land with the appurts unto my said loving son JOHN HIRONS and to his heires and assignes for ever and I doe hereby declare that the said term of five hundred years hereinbefore bequeathed the said WILLIAM HIRONS and WILLIAM TOMS of and in the said half yard land as aforesaid was and is soe given and bequeathed unto them upon trust and confidence and to the intent and purpose that they the said WILLIAM HIRONS and WILLIAM TOMS and the survivor of them and the executors and administrators of the survivor shall and may out of the rents issues and profits of the said half yard land or by any lease or leases sale or sales to be thereof or of any part or partes thereof made raise levy and pay within twelve months next after the decease of my said brother CLEMENT HIRONS the severall sume and sumes of money hereinafter mentioned unto my loving wife and unto my five youngest children hereinafter named or unto such of them as shall then be living (that is to say) unto my loving wife the sume of ten pounds and unto my children WILLIAM RICHARD ELIZABETH MARY and MARTHA the sume of ten pounds apeice and from and after the receiving and paying of the said severall sumes of ten pounds in manner as aforesaid then upon further trust that they the said WILLIAM HIRONS and WILLIAM TOMS and the survivor of them and the administrators of the survivor shall stand possessed of the said half yard land or of such part or parts thereof as shall then remaine unleased or unsold as aforesaid in trust for my said son JOHN HIRONS his heires and assigns and shall pay unto him or them all moneys then remaining in their hands their costs and charges in and concerning being first deducted provided always that if my said son JOHN HIRONS or his heires shall well and truly pay unto them and every of them that shall be then living the severall sumes of ten poundes within twelve months next after the decease of my said brother CLEMENT HIRONS that then and from thenceforth the said terme of five hundred yeares shall cease and be void anything herein retained to the contrary notwithstanding then I give and bequeath unto my son JOHN HIRONS my furnase and salting trough my bed now standing in the parlour chamber with the bedding thereto belonging and one other bed now standing in the garrett over the parlour chamber and the bedding thereto belonging my mash pott two half hogshead barrells and one of my new clean barrells then all the rest of my goods household goods and implements of household stuffe cattle chattels moneyes securityes for moneyes debts creditts and personall estate whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife ELIZABETH HIRONS whom I make full and sole executrix of this my last will and testament hereby requiring her to interr my corps in a decent and christian manner and to pay my debts and the legacyes before mentioned and to performe this my will and I doe desire my loving brother WILLIAM HIRONS and WILLIAM TOMS to aid and assist my executrix in her executrixshipp and to advise her therein and I doe hereby revoke all former wills by me made in witness whereof I have to this my last will and testament containing three sheets of paper hereunto sett my hand and seale to each sheet this thirtyeth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirteene – JOHN HIRONS (his mark)

Signed sealed published and declared by the testator JOHN HIRONS as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who attested the same and subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto in the presence of the said testator – THO. BONHAM Jnr – THO. HARRIS – THO. [ ]