In the Name of God Amen I John JOYNER the Elder
of Hawridge in the County of Bucks Husbandman being of sound mind Memory 
and Understanding (Praised be Almighty God for the same) and mindfull of my
Mortality Do make Publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament
in manner and form following Principally I resigne my Soul into the Hands of
Almighty God my most Mercifull Creator hoping for a blessed Resurrection
thro' the Merits and Mediation of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ My body I
commit to the Earth to be decently buryed at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter
named And as to such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I
give and dispose of the same as followeth (that is to say) FIRST I give and devise
unto my Eldest son John JOYNER All that my Messuage Cottage or Tenement situate
and being at Hawridge aforesaid in the said County of Bucks now in the tenure or
occupation of Mary GRAINGE widow and John LOCK or one of them Together with all
Houses Outhouses Edifices Buildings Yards Gardens Orchards Backsides
Hereditaments and Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging used or in
anywise appertaining To Have and To Hold the same unto and to the use of
my said son John JOYNER his Heirs and Assigns for ever Subject to and chargeable
nevertheless and I do hereby subject and make the same and every part thereof
chargeable with and for the payment of the sum of Five Pounds apiece of lawfull
Money of Great Britain unto my son William JOYNER and my daughter Sarah the
Wife of Daniel HORNE To be paid to them respectively at the End of Twelve Months
next after my decease ALSO I give and bequeath unto Joseph BURCH of
Bellingdon yeoman and John WRIGHT of the parish of Chesham in the said County of
Bucks yeoman All and every my Household Goods Beds Bedding Pewter Brass
Furniture and Household Stuff and all my Horses, Cows, Sheep, Hoggs, Implements of
Husbandry and Farming Tackle Stock and Crop of Corn Grain Grass and Hay standing
growing lying and being in on and about the Farm Lands and premises in my
occupation and all my ready Moneys Bonds Notes and Securities for Money Debts
Rights Creditts and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what Nature
Kind Quality or Condition soever the same is are can shall or may be found To HOLD
the same unto the said Joseph BURCH and John WRIGHT their Executors Administrators
and Assigns UPON SPECIAL TRUST and Confidence nevertheless and to and for the
several Uses Intents and Purposes hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) In Trust and to
 the Intent and Purpose that they the said Joseph BURCH and John WRIGHT or the survivor
 of them his Executors or Administrators do and shall Immediately or as soon as conveniently
 may be after my decease receive and get in all such debts as shall be owing to me
 and make Sale of and convert all and every Part of my aforesaid Stock Goods Chattells
 Cattle Effects Personal Estate into Ready Moneys in the best manner and for the best
 Price and Prices they can and which may be gotten or obtained for the same and Pay and
 apply the Moneys therefrom arising together with all and every such other Sum and
 Sums of Money as shall by virtue of this my Will come to their Hands and be received
 by them in paying satisfying and discharging all my Just Debts Funeral Expenses and
 the Charges of Proving this my Will together with all such Sum and Sums of Money Costs
 Charges and Expenses which they my said Trustees shall or may Sustain bear pay or be
 put unto or which may attend them from respecting of concerning the Trusts aforesaid or in
 the Management and Execution thereof or which may be incidental thereto And
 after full payment and satisfaction shall be had and made thereof and of every Part
 thereof Then upon Trust and I do will order and direct that they my said Trustees
 or the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators Shall Divide the
 Residue or Surplus that shall then after be and remain of the same into Four
 Equal Parts Shares and Proportions and Pay and deliver the same for such Persons
 are hereinafter named and as hereinafter is directed and appointed (that is to say) One
 full Fourth Part share or Proportion thereof unto my said son John JOYNER One other
 full Fourth Part share or Proportion thereof unto my said son William JOYNER One other
 full Fourth Part share or Proportion thereof unto my Daughter Elizabeth GOMM the 
 wife of John GOMM and the remaining other full Fourth Part share or Proportion 
 thereof unto my said Daughter Sarah the Wife of Daniel HORNE To whom I do
 accordingly give and bequeath the same respectively as aforesaid And in Case
 either of them my said Sons of Daughters shall happen to die before he or she or they shall
 have received and had their respective fourth Parts Shares and Proportions of the
 aforesaid Residue or Surplus or any Legacy or Sum of Money to which as aforesaid
 they are or shall by this my Will be Intitled That then I do order direct and appoint
 that as well the Legacy as also the Parts Share or Proportion of him her or them so dying
 of in and to such said Residue or Surplus shall go and be paid unto and amongst his
 her or their Child or Children It being my Intention that such Child or Children shall
 stand in the place of his her or their Father or Mother so dying and that the Receipt
 and Receipts of such Child or Children shall be good Discharges for his her or their
 Part or Shares of such said Legacy or Residue or Surplus notwithstanding their
 Minority ALSO I Give to and amongst my said sons John and William JOYNER my
 Wearing Apparell of all sorts ALSO I do hereby order declare and direct and
 it is my Will and Intention that they my said Trustees shall not be
 Answerable or Accountable with or for any more of the Trust Premises
 bequeathed to them as aforesaid than what may actually come to their Hands
 and be received by them nor for any loss or Damage that may happen therein
 or thereunto or in the Undertaking Management and Conducting the same
 without it be by or with their willfull default or Neglect and neither the one
 of them for the other of them or for the Acts Deeds Receipts or Disbursments
 of the other of them but Each of them for his own Act Deeds Receipts or
 Disbursment only AND LASTLY I do hereby make nominate Constitute
 and appoint the said Joseph BURCH and John WRIGHT joint Executors of this
 my last Will and Testament HEREBY revoking and making void all former
 and other Wills at any time heretofore by me made and executed IN WITNESS
 whereof I the said John JOYNER the Elder have to this my last Will and
 Testament contained in three Sheets of Paper to the first two Sheets thereof
 set my Hand and to the Third and last my Hand and Seal this Seventeenth
 Day of October In the year of our Lord Christ One Thousand Seven
 Hundred and Eighty.

 
Signed: John Joyner

Witness: John X Mayo, William Turner, Thomas Holloway Marshall

Proved: 09 December 1780 - Effects above £300.

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Sources:

1. Buckingham County Record Office, Aylesbury, BKM

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