In the name of God Amen the Five & Twentyeth Day of August in y^e third yeare of y^e Reigne of o^r Sovereigne Lady Queene Anne over England &c Annoq. Domⁱ 1704 I Katherine Newman of Oxenton in y^e Countye of Glouc^r Widow being not well in Body but of perfect memory praised be God do make & ordayne this my Last Will & Testam^t in manner & forme following (That is to say) First I comitt my Soule into y^e Hands of allmighty God my maker hoping through his mercy to receive free pardon & forgiveness for all my sins; And as for my Body to be decently Interred att the discretion of my Exec^r hereafter named Item I give devise and Bequeath unto my son Roger Newman the sume of one hundred Pounds of Lawfull money to have the Benefitt & advantage thereof during the terme of his naturall Life and after his Decease I give the s^d one hundred Pounds to my son John Newman if He shall happen to Survive my s^d Son Roger Newman, But in case of his Death before my s^d Son Roger Newman I give devise and bequeath the same hundred Pounds to Mary Newman & Susannah Newman Daughters of my S^d Son John Newman and to Sarah Clare & Mary Clare Daughters of my Son in Law John Clare Twenty Pounds apiece & y^e Remaining Twenty Pounds to John Newman y^e younger Son of my S^d Son John Newman Item I give devise & bequeath unto my s^d son Roger Newman my best Bedd & Boulster & two Pillows with y^e Bedstead & furniture to y^e same belonging Item my Will is that my son Roger Newman shall Continue & Live with my s^d son John Newman during their Joynt Lives But that of my sonne Roger shall find any Just cause of Misliking then my Will is He shall have the Interest of y^e Hundred pounds payd to him Quarterly during the Terme of his naturall Life only after y^e Rate of Five Pounds p ann Item I do hereby oblige my Executor to pay the Sume of one Hundred Pounds to my Son in Law John Clare being the Hundred Pounds menconed in y^e Articles upon y^e marriage agreement with my Daughter Rebecca his now Wife att such tyme as He y^e s^d John Clare shall pforme the Covenants of y^e s^d Articles, And in y^e mean time I do order my s^d Executor to pay the Interest of y^e same Money to my s^d Daughter Rebecca and the issue of her Body after y^e Rate of Five Pounds p cent p ann, But my Will is that my Son John Newman shall deduct the Sume of Eighteen Pounds & what Interest shall be in arreare to M^rs Townsend of  Woodmacote to whom I now stands bound for y^e s^d John Clare if the s^d John Clare do not pay & discharge the Same in y^e mean time whereby my s^d Executor may not be damnifyed out of y^e s^d one hundred Pounds mencioned in y^e s^d Articles, Item I give & bequeath to my Servant John Ireland the best Cow I have att y^e time of my Decease; Item I give devise & bequeath unto my Daughter Rebecca all my wearing apparel both Linnen & Woolen to her own proper use & behoofe Item all y^e Rest of my goods Chattles & Psonall Estate whatsoever unbequeathed I give devise & bequeath unto my s^d Son John Newman upon Condicon He shall pay my Debts Legacyes & Funerall Expences, And make him Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testam^t hereby revoking and making voyd all former Wills & Testaments by me made In Witness whereof I have hereunto putt my hand & seale the Day & yeare first abovewritten (The mke of Catherine Newman) Signed Sealed Published & Declared In y^e p^rsence of Daniell Younge The mark of Anthony Webbe Tho Watts

Probate granted at Gloucester 29 October 1705 to John Newman