In the Name of God Amen I Roger Bramble of Dudsbury in the parish of West Parley 
in the County of Dorset Gentleman being infirm in body but of sound mind and 
memory and calling to mind the uncertain state of this transitory life do make 
this my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say) 
first and chiefly I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping 
through the meritorious death and passion of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to 
inherit Eternal Life and salvation and my Body I commit to the Earth to be 
decently buried according to the discretion of my executor hereinafter named and 
as for my worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I give and 
dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis I will that all my just debts and funeral 
expenses be first paid and discharged Item whereas I have made a competent 
provision for and upon my son William Bramble on his marriage with Mary his now 
wife daughter of Richard Lawrence of Tarrant Rushton in the county of Dorset 
Clerk of all and singular my lands tenements hereditaments with their and every 
of their appurtenances situate lying and being at Ensbury and Kingston within the 
parish of Canford Magna in the said county of Dorset and have also given to him 
and put him in possession of all my stock of cattle with the crop of corn and hay 
and working utensils belonging to the said estates Now I do hereby give and 
bequeath unto my said son William Bramble only one third part of all my indoor 
goods and household furniture which I shall dye possessed of and whereas my said 
son William Bramble in and by one Bond or Obligation bearing date on or about the 
twenty eighth day of November last past under his hand and seal (made on the 
contract of his said Marriage) is and stands bound unto my executors and 
administrators in the penal sum of eight hundred pounds with condition (amongst 
other things) there under written for the just and time payment of the sum of 
four hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain unto my executors or 
administrators within three months after my death Now I do hereby will direct and 
appoint that my executor hereinafter mentioned shall (in case my said daughter 
Hanny Bramble do and shall survive me) immediately after my decease call in the 
said sum of four hundred pounds and all interest there on according and use and 
take all lawful ways and means for recovering and receiving thereof and when 
received will and faithfully pay the same over unto my said daughter Hanny her 
executors administrators or assigns Item I give devise and bequeath unto my 
Grandaughter Jenny Harvey the sum of seventy pounds of lawful money of Great 
Britain to be paid her when she shall attain the age of one and twenty years or 
be married which shall first happen and I do hereby direct and appoint that 
allowable interest for the said seventy pounds shall be paid yearly and every 
year to be accounted from the time of my death unto my daughter Jenny Harvey for 
her own use until my said Grandaughter shall attain her said age of one and 
twenty years or be married as aforesaid and my will is that the said sum of 
seventy pounds and interest for the same be paid them respectively by my son 
James Bramble out of the Lands Goods and effects to him hereafter given and 
bequeathed which I do hereby likewise direct shall stand and be charged and 
chargeable with the time payment thereof But if it should happen that my said 
Grandaughter Jenny shall dye before the said Legacy becomes due Then my will is 
that the same shall go to the second daughter of my said daughter Harvey payable 
in like manner to her as soon as she shall attain the age of one and twenty years 
or be married and in case of the death of such second daughter before the same 
becomes due and payable Then the same shall go to and be payable in like manner 
to the third daughter of my said daughter Harvey and in case all and every such 
daughter shall happen to dye not married and not having attained the said age 
Then my will is that the same shall go to second and every other younger son and 
sons of my said daughter Harvey successively as soon as he shall attain the said 
age of one and twenty years or be married Item I give unto the Church Wardens of 
the parish of West Parley and their successors for the time being to and for the 
use of the poor of the said parish for ever the sum of six pounds of lawful money 
of Great Britain to be paid by my executor hereinafter named within one year 
after my death to be by them placed out at interest and the interest thereby 
arising to be laid out in shifts to be given to such poor people of the parish as 
have no alms or share in the collection of the said parish Item I give devise and 
bequeath and confirm unto my said son James Bramble and to his heirs and assigns 
for ever all and singular my Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments with their 
and every of their appurtenances that I shall dye possessed of or whereof or 
wherein I have any Estate of Inheritance or other estate whatsoever or 
wheresoever situate lying and being subject nevertheless to the payment of the 
Legacy herein before given to my Grandaughter Jenny Harvey or my other 
Grandchildren (in case of her death) in manner as is hereinbefore mentioned all 
the rest residue and remainder of my indoor goods or household furniture and 
other goods chattels moneys leasehold and personal estate whatsoever not 
hereinbefore given and bequeathed I give and bequeath unto my said son James 
Bramble whom I do hereby make constitute and appoint whole and sole executor of 
this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills 
or testaments by me at any time heretofore made In witness whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord 
One thousand seven hundred and forty six Roger Bramble Signed sealed published 
and declared by the said Roger Bramble the Testator as and for his last Will and 
Testament in the presence of us who subscribed our names as witnesses hereto in 
the presence and at the request of the said Testator Richard Mann John French 
Lamb Merom
Whereas I Roger Bramble of Dudsbury in the parish of West Parley in the county of 
Dorset Gentleman have made and declared my last will and testament bearing date 
the eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord 1746 I do hereby ratify and 
confirm the same except what is hereinafter or particularly mentioned to the 
contrary that is to say whereas I gave the one third part of all my indoor goods 
and household furniture unto my son William Bramble I do hereby give and bequeath 
the same unto my son James Bramble and in lieu thereof I do hereby order that my 
son William Bramble shall have only one third part of my late wife's goods and 
effects now remaining in my custody which I have ordered to be delivered unto him 
in my lifetime and I do hereby declare this codicil to be annexed to and to be 
part of my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
seal the Eighth day of July 1749 Roger Bramble Signed sealed published and 
declared by the said Roger Bramble to be part of his last Will and Testament in 
the presence of us Richard Corne William Derby
This Will was proved at London with a Codicil annexed before the worshipful John 
Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master Revered Commissary of the prerogative Court of 
Canterbury lawfully constituted on the ninth day of February in the year of our 
Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty by the oath of James Bramble the son of 
the deceased and sole executor named in the said will to whom administration 
was granted of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said 
deceased being first sworn Duly to administer