Last Will and Testament

In the Name of God Amen I John Lamb of South Muskham
In the County of Nottingham,Husbandman being mindful
of the frailty and mortality of human nature and that it is
Appointed for all men once to die but considering the uncertainty
of the time thereof being of sound mind Memory and understanding
do therefore make this my last will and testament in manner
and form following that is to say, first and principally I
commit my soul to Almighty God and my body to the Earth,
there to be Decently Buried according to the Discretion of my 
Executors hereafter named, and concerning all my Worldly Estate
which it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and 
dispose thereof as followith first I give and bequeath unto my Daughter
Mary Lamb Eighty pounds and the best Bed and Bedding in the 
In the chamber and one Douzen[sic] of New plates and six of the
Best Chairs and six of the Best Knives and forks Item
I give unto my Son in Law John Chappel one Shilling Item
I give unto my Grand Son William Chappel two pounds and to my
Grand Son John Chappel two pounds and to my Grand Daughter
Hannah Chappel two pounds and to my Grand Daughter
Mary Chappel two pounds and to my Grand Daughter Anne
Chappel two pounds and to be paid by my wife Mary Lamb and
my Son John Lamb and my Son son Robert Lamb who I make my
my whole Executors & Executrix of all that God hath bestowed upon
me this being my last will and testament In witness whereof
I have here unto set my hand and seal this Seventh Day of 
February an[sic] In the thirty second year of the Reign of our 
Sovreign Lord King George the Second and In the year one thousand
Seven Hundred and Fifty Nine---
Signed Sealed Published and Declared
to be my Last Will and Testament---


In the Precsence of us Who in his presence and at
his request subscribed our names as witnesses