George Egles 1
Events Will, 2 Sep 1752. 2 This is the last will and Testament of me George Egles of Shoesmiths in the parish of Wadhurst in the County of Sussex Esquire being of sound and disposing mind and memory I give and bequeath unto my Granddaughter Barbara Elizabeth Egles five hundred pounds when she shall attain her age of one and twenty Years Also I give her an Annuity of twenty pounds a year clear of all manner of Deductions for her maintenance and Education untill she shall attain that Age to be paid her Quarterly and to commence from the day of my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my Grandson George Egles and my Granddaughters Goring and Lucy Egles the several sums following (that is to say) to George Egles one hundred pounds and to each of my said Granddaughters fifty pounds when they the said Grandson and Granddaughters shall severally and respectively attain their several and respective Age and Ages of one and twenty Years. It being my will that each legacy shall be payable as they shall successively attain their said Age and not when all of them shall have attained the said Age. Also I give unto my son George Egles and Elizabeth his wife and to my intended son-in-law Mr John Luck and my daughter Barbara Egles twenty pounds for mourning each of them to be paid in one month next after my decease Also I give to my said daughter Barbara all my plate and ChinaWare and to my said son George all my Linnen. Also I give unto Alexander Courthop of Horsmunden and Richard Beard Streatfield of Uckfield Esquire and to Mr William Stow of Stonebridge twenty pounds each for Mourning and to the poor of the parish of Wadhurst aforesaid five pounds. All the rest and residue of my Personal Estate together with all my Real Estate I give and devise unto the said Alexander Courthop Richard Beard Streatfield William Stow and my said son George Egles and their Heires in Trust to sell and dispose of the same to such person and persons and for such price and prices as they or any three of them shall think proper or so much thereof as shall be sufficient for the payment of all my just debts Legacys and Financial Expenses together with the Costs and Expenses of Executing this Trust And I Will and appoint the same to be paid accordingly with as much Expedition as conveniently may be and whatsoever shall remain out of my said Real and Personal Estate after payment of my said Debts Legacys and Funeral Expenses with Costs of Executing the said Trust as aforesaid I give and devise unto my said son George Egles amd his Heires and Assignes for ever And Lastly I nominate and appoint the said Alexander Courthop Richard Beard Streatfield William Stow and my said son George Egles to be joint executors of this my Will hereby revoking all former Wills In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and seal the second day of September in the year of Our Lord 1752 Will, 18 Jan 1756. 3 In the Name of God Amen I James Plumer of Chailey in the County of Sussex Gentleman being in good Health and of sound and disposing Mind and Memory praised be God but calling to Mind the certainty of death and the uncertainty of this Mortal life doe therefore make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner follwing First I resign my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors Also my Will and meaning is that all my Debts and Legacies be fully paid and satisfied Also I give to all my Brothers and Sisters Ten pounds a peice Also I give to my Sister [Elizabeth] Goring my Silver Tea Kettle and to my Sister Sarah my Gold Watch Also I give to Elizabeth [Goring] the Wife of George Egles Esqr Fifty pounds To my Nephew John Plumer Thirty pounds To my loving Cousins Henry Elizabeth and Edward Manning Thirty pounds a peice To Barbara Goring George and Lucy Egles Ten pounds a peice To my Godson John Egles Fifty pounds Also I give to my loving Kinsman James Marriott the sum of four hundred pounds all which several Legacies I do hereby desire and appoint shall be paid by my Executors within one year next after my decease Also I do hereby give and bequeath to my loving Kinsman James Marriott all that peice or parcel of Marshland containing by estimation twelve acres lying and being in Crayford in the County of Kent and now in the Tenure or Occupation of Percy or his Assignes To hold to the said James Mariott his Executors Administrators and Assigns for the remiander of the Term of Years in the Lease and Grant thereof and therein mentioned granted and contained in as full and ample manner as I myself may might or could enjoy the same to all intents and purposes whatsoever Also I give to and amongst such industrious Poor of the Parish of Chailey as receive no alms of the said Parish Thirty pounds Also all the rest and residue of my ready Money Goods Chattels Plate Household Stuff Linnen and Woollen not herein before given and disposed of I doe hereby give and bequeath to my loving Brothers John Plumer and Robert Plumer Gentlemen And I do hereby make and ordain my said loving Brothers John Plumer and Robert Plumer full and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament and the better to enable them to pay and discharge the abovesaid Legacies I do hereby give and devise to my said loving Brothers John Plumer and Robert Plumer all those several peices or parcels of Land lying and being in Hailsham in the County of Sussex and now in the tenure or Occupation of William Jones his Assigns or Undertenants To hold to my said loving Brothers John Plumer and Robert Plumer their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants In Witness whereof I the said James Plumer the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament revoking all other Will and Wills set my Hand and Seal this Eighteenth Day of January One thousand seven hundred and fifty-six Jam: Plumer Signed Sealed published and declared by the said James Plumer the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request have set our Names as Witnesses hereunto The mark of Elizabeth Steele William Peckham Walter Batchelor Will, 3 Jul 1769. 4 This is the Last Will and Testament of me Mary Plumer of Southover near Lewes in the County of Sussex spinster touching the Disposition of my Worldly Estate First I Give and bequeath to my Sister Elizabeth Goring the Interest and produce of the sum of Two hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid her from Six Months after my Decease for and during the Term of her Natural life by my Executors hereinafter named which said Sum of Two hundred pounds I Direct my Executors to place out at Interest with the Consent of my said sister Goring for that purpose and Immediately after the Decease of my said Sister Goring I Give and bequeath the said sum of Two hundred pounds to my niece Lucy Eagles Also I give and bequeath to my Brother Robert Plumer Two hundred pounds of like lawful money to be paid him by my Executors hereinafter named Six Months after my Decease Also I Give and bequeath to my sister Sarah Plumer Two hundred pounds of like lawful money to be paid her by my Executors herein after named Six Months after my Decease Also I Give and bequeath to my sister [Anne] Manning the Interest and produce of Six hundred pounds of like lawful money to be paid her from Six Months after my Decease for and during the Term of her Natural life by my Executors hereinafter named which said sum of Six hundred pounds I direct my Executors to place out at Interest with the Consent of my said sister Manning for that purpose and Immediately after the Decease of my said sister Manning I Give and bequeath three hundred pounds part thereof to my Nephew Henry Mannung the younger over and above what is hereinafter Given to him and the Three hundred pounds Residue thereof I Give and bequeath to my neice Elizabeth Manning Also I Give and bequeath to my brother Brother Manning Fifty pounds six Months after my decease over and above what necessary Charges and Expenses he may be .... in the execution of this my Will Also I give and bequeath to my nephew John Plumer Twenty pounds to be paid him Six Months after my decease by my Executors hereinafter named Also I Give and bequeath to my Niece Elizabeth Eagles Twenty pounds to be paid her by my Executors hereinafter named Six Months after my decease Also I Give and bequeath to my Neice Barbara Eagles Ten pounds to my neice Goring Eagles Ten pounds and to my Niece Lucy Eagles Ten pounds to be paid them Six Months after my Decease by my Executors hereinafter named Also I Give and bequeath to my Nephew George Eagles Ten pounds to my Nephew John Eagles Ten pounds to my neice Sophia Eagles Ten pounds to my Nephew Gabriel Eagles Ten pounds to my Nephew Edward Eagles Ten poundsand to my Nephew Plumer Eagles Ten pounds to be paid them at their several ages of one and Twenty years by my Executors hereinafter named Also I Give and bequeath to my nephew Henry Manning the younger all my Old Gold Also I Give and bequeath to my Sister Manning the use of all my Plate (Except what I have hereby otherwise Disposed of) During the Term of her natural life and after her Decease I Give and bequeath the same to her Children in such manner Shares and Proportions as my said Sister Manning shall by will or otherwise order Direct and Appoint the same. Also I Give and bequeath to my said Sister Manning my two Chests of Linnen and my Chest of Drawers and also my New Cloth that is unmadeup and also all my Wearing Apparel of all Sorts and Kinds Except which I shall otherwise dispose of Also I Give and bequeath to the poor of the parish of Chailey in the County of Sussex the sum of Two pounds and Ten Shillings and to the poor of the Parish of Saint John Baptist Southover near Lewes aforesaid the like sum of Two pounds and Ten Shillings to be paid and Distributed one month after my Decease by my Executors hereinafter named in such manner as they shall think proper And it is my Desire to be buried at Chailey aforesaid beside my Father or as near to him as may be and that my Executors shall provide a hearse and everything that is decent and Give Gloves to my Relations All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Estate not hereby otherwise Disposed of I Give and bequeath the same and every part thereof after payment of my Just Debts Legacys aforesaid Funeral Expenses and the Charges of proving and Executing this my Will unto my said Nephew Henry Manning the younger his Executors Adm[inistrat]ors And Lastly I do hereby Nominate Consistute and appoint my said Brother Henry Manning and nephew Henry Manning the younger Executors of this my last Will and Testament and do hereby revoke all former Wills by me made In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in two Sheets of paper set my hand and seal to each sheet thereof this third Day of July in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and sixty-nine Mary Plumer signed sealed Published and Declared by the said Testatrix Mary Plumer as and for her last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in the presence of her and each other have hereunto subscribed our named as Witnesses I. 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? rs Wheeler Will, 5 Nov 1783. 5 This is the Last Will and Testament of me Robert Plumer of Saint Thomas in the Cliffe near Lewes in the County of Sussex Gentleman First after recommending my Soul to God who gave it and my body to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named I Give and dispose of my Worldly Estate in manner following that is to say I give and bequeath unto my Sister Ann Manning Widow one Annuity or yearly Sum of twenty pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid her quarterly for her life out of my Personal Estate clear of all deductions whatsoever at the four most usual Days of payment in the year (that is to say) Lady day Midsummer day Michaelmas day and Christmas day and the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such of the said days which shall first happen after my decease Also I Give and bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Egles of Barcombe in the said County Widow the Legacy or Sum of two hundred pounds of like lawful Money to be paid her within four Months after my decease Also I give and devise unto her my said Niece Elizabeth Egles one Annuity or Yearly Rent charge of fifty pounds of like money for the term of her Widowhood free and clear of and from all parliamentary and other taxes charges and deductions whatsoever and I do hereby devise the said Annuity or yearly Rent Charge out of and charge .............. upon all those my several Messuages Farms Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premisses situate at or near Blackboys in the Parish of Framfield in the said County and to be paid to her my said Niece Elizabeth Egles or her assigns be even half yearly payments on two of the most usual days of payment in the Year that is to say Lady day Michaelmas day the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such of the said days which shall first happen after my decease And in case the said Annuity or Yearly rent charge of fifty pounds or any part thereof shall happen to be behind and unpaid in part or in all by the space of Thirty days next over or after either of the said days of payment on which as aforesaid the same ought to be paid then and so often it shall and may be lawful for and I do hereby give full power and authority to my said Niece Elizabeth Egles and her Assigns from time to time to enter upon all or any part of the said Messuages Farms Lands and Premisses made chargeable therewith as aforesaid and to distrain for the same and all arrears thereof and her Distress and Distresses then and there found to take load dive and carry away detain impound sell and dispose of for the paying or satisfying her said Annuity or Yearly rent charge of fifty pounds and all arrears thereof and all costs and Expences attending the same And if the said Annuity or Yearly Rent charge of fifty pounds aforesaid shall happen to be in arrears and unpaid for the space of forty days after the half yearly payments aforesaid shall be arrived on which as aforesaid the same ought to be paid then I Give full power and Authority to and for my said Niece Elizabeth Egles and her Assigns to enter upon all or any part of the said premisses charged therewith as aforesaid and the same to detain and the rents issues and profits thereof to her own use to receive and keep untill she shall be fully satisfied and paid her said Annuity and all arrears thereof and all costs and charges attending to the recovery of the same Also I give to my said Niece Elizabeth Egles all my provisions of eatables drinkables and F
.. which shall be in or about my dwelling House Outhouse and Garden at the time of my decease Also I Give unto my said Niece Elizabeth Egles the use of my House Outhouse and Garden for the space of One Year if she likes to live in it with the use of all the Furniture she paying the taxes for the same. Also I give and bequeath unto my Nephew Henry Manning of Lewes in the said County Surgeon the sum of five thousand pounds of like lawful money Also I give and devise unto my said Nephew Henry Manning all that my field or one piece of Meadow Land lying in the Parish of Saint John Baptist Southover near Lewes aforesaid now in his own occupation to hold the same piece of Land with the Appurtenances unto him my said nephew Henry Manning for the term of his natural life he keeping the Fences in good tenantable repair. Also I give and devise all those my Messuages Farms Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premisses with their and every of their Appurtenances as well Freehold as Copyhold (the Copyhold being Surrendered to the use of my Will) situate lying and being in the several parishes of Hailsham, Wilmington, Lullington, Alfriston, Rodmell, Chiltington, Chailey, Barcombe, and Saint John Baptist Southover aforesaid my said field or piece of Meadow Land there only excepted for the life of my said Nephew Henry Manning as aforesaid, unto my friend William Henry Benge of Lewes aforesaid Gentleman and my Nephew Anthony Morris of Barcombe near Lewes aforesaid Gentleman and to their Heirs In Trust and to the several uses hereinafter limitted and expressed concerning the same (that is to say) to the use and behoof of my Nephew John Plumer of Lewes aforesaid Gentleman and his Assigns for and during the term of his natural life and from and after the determination of that Estate then to the use and behoof of the said William Henry Benge and Anthony Morris and their heirs for and during the natural life of the said John Plumer In trust to preserve the contingent remainders hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make entries and bring Actions as the case shall require but nevertheless to permit and suffer the said John Plumer to receive and take the rents issues and profits of the same premisses to his own use And from and after the decease of my said Nephew John Plumer (subject as aforesaid) to the use and behoof of the youngest son of my said Nephew John Plumer lawfully begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such Youngest son lawfully issuing for ever And in default of such issue and in case he shall have only one Son of his body lawfully begotten then I Give and devise the same premisses unto such only Son and the Heirs male of his body lawfully issuing for ever. And for want of such issue then I give and devise the same Premisses unto my said Nephew Henry Manning and his assigns for and during the term of his natural life and from and after the determination of that Estate then to the use and behoof of the said William Henry Benge and Anthony Morris and their Heirs for and during the life of my said Nephew Henry Manning In trust to preserve the contingent Remainders hereinafter limitted from defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make entries and bring Actions as the case shall require but nevertheless to permit and suffer my said Nephew Henry Manning to receive and take the Rents issues and profits thereof to his own use and from and after the decease of my said Nephew Henry Manning to the use and behoof of the first second third and all and every other Son and Sons of the Body of my said Nephew Henry Manning lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after the other in order and course as they respectively shall be in Seniority of Age and Priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the body and bodies of all and every such son and sons lawfully issuing the Elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his body being always preferred and to take before the younger of them and the Heirs Male of his body And for want of such issue then to the use of my Nephew Edward Egles and his Assigns for and during the term of his natural life and from and after the determination of that Estate then to the use of the said William Henry Benge and Anthony Morris and their Heirs for and during the life of my said Nephew Edward Egles In trust to preserve the contingent Remainders hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make entries and bring Actions as the case shall require but nevertheless to permit and suffer my said Nephew Edward Egles to receive and take the Rents issues and profits thereof to his own use and from and after the decease of my said Nephew Edward Egles to the use and behoof of the first second third and all and every other Son and Sons of the Body of my said Nephew Edward Egles lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after the other in order and course as they respectively shall be in Seniority of Age and Priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the body and bodies of all and every such son and sons lawfully issuing the elder of such sons and the Heirs Male of his body being always preferred and to take before a younger of them and the Heirs Male of his body And for want of such issue to the use and behoof of my Nephew Gabriel Egles and his assigns for and during the term of his natural life And from and after the determination of that Estate then to the use and behoof of the said William Henry Benge and Anthony Morris and their Heirs for and during the life of my said Nephew Gabriel Egles In trust to preserve the contingent Remainders hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make Entries or bring Actions as the case shall require but nevertheless to permit and suffer my said Nephew Gabriel Egles to receive and take the rents issues and profits thereof to his own use And from and after the decease of my said Nephew Gabriel Egles to the use and behoof of the first second third and all and every other Son and Sons of the Body of my said Nephew Gabriel Egles lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after the other in order and course as they respectively shall be in Seniority of Age and Priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing the elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body being always preferred and to take before a younger of them and the Heirs Male of his body And for want of such issue then to the use and behoof my Nephew Plumer Egles and his Assigns for and during the term of his life And from and after the determination of that Estate then to the use and behoof of the said William Henry Benge and Anthony Morris and their Heirs for and during the life of my said Nephew Plumer Egles In Trust to preserve the Contingent Remainders hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make entries or bring Actions as the case shall require but nevertheless to permit and suffer my said Nephew Plumer Egles to receive and take the Rents issues and profits thereof to his own use and from and after the decease of my said Nephew Plumer Egles to the use and behoof of the first second third and all and every other Son and Sons of the body of my said Nephew Plumer Egles lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after the other in order and course as they respectively shall be in Seniority of Age and Priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the body and bodies of all and every such son and sone lawfully issuing the elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his body being always preferred and to take before a younger of them and the Heirs Male of his body And for want of such issue then to the use and behoof of my Nephew John Egles and his Assigns for and during the term of his natural life and from and after the determination of that Estate then to the use of the said William Henry Benge and Anthony Morris and their Heirs for and during the life of my said Nephew John Egles In Trust to preserve the contingent Remainders hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make entries and bring Actions as the case shall require but nevertheless to permit and suffer my said Nephew John Egles to receive and take the Rents issues and profits thereof to his own use and from and after the decease of my said Nephew John Egles to the use and behoof of the first second third and all and every other Son and sons of the Body of my said Nephew John Egles lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after the other in order and course as they respectively shall be in Seniority of Age and Priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the body and bodies of all and every such son and sone lawfully issuing the elder of such sons and the Heirs Male of his body being always preferred and to take before a younger of them and the Heirs Male of his body And for want of such issue then to the use and behoof of my Nephew George Egles and his Assigns for and during the term of his natural life and from and after the determination of that Estate then to the use of the said William Henry Benge and Anthony Morris and their Heirs for and during the life of my said Nephew George Egles In Trust to preserve the contingent Remainders hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make entries and bring Actions as the case shall require but nevertheless to permit and suffer my said Nephew George Egles to receive and take the Rents issues and profits thereof to his own use and from and after the decease of my said Nephew George Egles to the use and behoof of the first second third and all and every other Son and Sons of the Body of my said Nephew George Egles lawfully to be begotten severally successively and (in) remainder one after the other in order and course as they respectively shall be in Seniority of Age and Priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the body and bodies of all and every such son and sons lawfully issuing the Elder of such sons and the Heirs Male of his body being always preferred and to take before a younger of them and the Heirs Male of his body And for want of such issue to the use and behoof of my right Heirs for ever Also I Give and bequeath unto my said Nephew John Plumer the sum of two hundred pounds of like lawful Money to be paid to him within four Months after my decease Also I Give and bequeath unto my said Nephew George Egles the sum of two hundred pounds of like lawful money to be paid to him within four Months after my decease. Also I Give and bequeath to my said Nephew George Egles an Annuity or Yearly Sum of forty pounds of like Money for his life to be paid into his own hands also out of my personal Estate clear of all deductions whatsoever by quarterly payments at most usual days of payment in the Year to wit Lady day Midsummer day Michaelmas day and Christmas day and the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such of the said days as shall first happen after my decease but in case my said Nephew George Egles shall sign over or otherwise part with his right and interest of and in the said Annuity or Yearly Sum of forty pounds or any part thereof to any person or persons whatsoever for debt or otherwise then the same shall be forfeited re
.. and go to my Executor hereinafter named. Also I give and bequeath unto my said Nephew John Egles the sum of one thousand and two hundred pounds of like lawful Money to be paid to him within four Months after my decease. Also I give and bequeath unto my said Nephew Gabriel Egles the sum of Two thousand pounds of like lawful money to be paid to him within four months after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my said Nephew Edward Egles the sum of five hundred pounds of like lawful Money to be paid to him within four Months after my decease Also I Give and devise all my Messuages Tenements Hereditaments and Real Estate situate in the said Parish of Saint Thomas in the Cliffe and in the parish of South Malling in the said County unto my said Nephew the said Edward Egles his Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I give and bequeath unto my said Nephew Plumer Egles the sum of One thousand and two hundred pounds of like lawful Money to be paid to him at the Age of twenty one Years And in the mean time I order and direct my Excutor to pay interest for the same after the rate of three pounds for one hundred pounds per year unto the parent or Guardian of the said Plumer Egles for and towards his maintenance and Education the said Interest to commence from the day of my decease and to continue to be paid untill he arrives to the said Age of twenty (one) years. Also I Give and devise all those my said several Messuages Farms Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premisses situate at or near Blackboys in the parish of Framfield aforesaid (subject neverthelessto the said Annuity or Yearly Rent charge above given to my said Niece Elizabeth Egles for her Widowhood) unto my said Nephew Plumer Egles his Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I Give and bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Manning the sum of two thousand pounds of like lawful Money to be paid to her within four Months after my decease. Also I Give unto my said Nephew Anthony Morris twenty pounds and to my friend the said William Henry Benge twenty pounds to be paid to them within four Months after my decease Also I give to Edward Pul
of Pevensey Labourer twenty pounds to be paid within four Months after my decease. Also I give to my late servant John
ten pounds to be paid in four months after my decease. Also I Give to the three Sons of my late servant John Burtenshaw twenty pounds apiece to be paid to them respectively within four Months after my decease or at their respective ages of twenty one years which shall first happen Also I Give unto every servant that shall be living with me at the time of my decease twenty pounds to be paid within four Months after my decease And likewise to every of them a Suit of Mourning at my death. Also I Give unto the poor of the said parish of Saint Thomas in the Cliffe ten pounds to be distributed amongst them within one Month after my decease by the Churchwardens of the said parish. Also I Give unto the poor of the said Parish of Saint John Baptist Southover five pounds to be distributed amongst them by my Executor within one Month after my decease Also I Give and bequeath unto my Niece Goring Fuller (wife of Thomas Fuller of Ditchling in the said County Surgeon ) one Annuity or Yearly sum of twenty pounds for her life to be paid out of my personal Estate by my Executor clear of all deductions whatsoever by even quarterly payments on Lady day Midsummer day Michaelmas day and Christmas day the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such of the said days of payment which shall first happen after my decease And her Receipt notwithstanding her Coverture shall be a good and sufficient discharge for the same to my Executor And from and immediately after the decease of my said Niece Goring Fuller I Give and bequeath the sum of five hundred pounds of like lawful Money to be paid and equally divided unto and amongst all her children (if more than one share and share alike at their several and respective Ages or Age of twenty one Years but if only one Child then to such Child at his or her Age aforesaid. And in the mean time I order and direct my said Executor to pay interest for the same from the death of my said Niece Goring Fuller at the rate of three pounds for an hundred pounds for a year [to the] father or Guardian of such Children or Child if more than one) for and towards their maintenance and Education untill he she or they arrive to his her or their respective Ages or Age aforesaid and if any or either of them shall happen to die before they arrive to that sd Age then I Give such part and share of their
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unto the Survivor or survivors if more than one equally between them at the respective Age or Ages aforesaid. Also I give and bequeath unto my Grand Niece Lucy Verrall an Infant only daughter of my late Niece Lucy Verrall wife of Henry Verrall of Potton in the County of Bedford Surgeon the Sum of five hundred pounds of like lawful Money to be paid to her at the Age of twenty one years and in the mean time I order and direct my Executor to pay Interest for the same from the day of my death After the rate of three pounds for one hundred pounds for a year to the fathers or Guardian of the said Lucy Verrall for
.. and towards her maintenance and Education untill she shall attain the said Age of twenty one years as aforesaid Lastly all the rest residue and remainder of my Ready Money Securities for Monies Rights Credits Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever not hereuntofore given or disposed of after payment of my just debts Funeral Expenses Probate of this my Will Legacies and Annuities aforesaid I Give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my nephew the said Henry Manning whom I hereby name and appoint sole Executor of this my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made declaring this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Robert Plumer have to this my last Will and Testament contained in seven sheets of paper to each sheet thereof have set my hand and to this last sheet my hand and seal also the twenty fifth day of November One thousand seven hundred and eighty three Robert Plumer LS signed sealed published and declared by the said Robert Plumer the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses hereto John Ewen Joseph Grover Jos Smith Will: codicil, 28 Nov 1783. 5 By this codocil annexed to my Will I give to my Nephew Plumer Egles my Oaken chest now standing in the Dressing Room with all the Linnen contained therein Also I give to my Nephew Edward Egles all the furniture of my dwelling House with the Linnen (except the Chest of Linnen before givenn) plate China Books and Furniture whatsoever Also my Gold Watch my seats in the Garden
and Working tools belonging to the same Also I Give unto my Nephew George Egles my Silver Watch And all my Wearing Apparel Witness my Hand the 28th day of November 1783 Robert Plumer signed in the presence of Jos Smith Will, 22 Jul 1786. 6 This is the last Will and Testament of me Mary Streatfeild of Copwood in the parish of Uckfield in the County of Sussex Widow (Relict of Richard Beard Streatfeild late of Copwood aforesaid Esquire deceased) as follows that is to say I humbly resign my Soul to Almighty God who gave it and my Body I desire may be buried in the Family Vault of my said late dear Husband at Chiddingstone in the County of Kent And as to the temporal Estate it hath pleased God to give me I dispose of the same as follows to wit I give and devise ..... to my Friends Henry Manning of Lewes in the said County Gentleman Gabriel Egles of Lewes aforesaid Linnen Draper and John Farmer of Mayfield in the said County Gentleman and to the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor for and during the Term of the natural Life of my Cousin Goring Fuller (Wife of Thomas Fuller of Uckfield aforesaid Surgeon and Apothecary One of the Daughters of my late Cousin George Egles deceased One Annuity or yearly Rent-Charge of Forty pounds of good and lawfull Money of Great-Britain clear of all Deductions or Deflations for Taxes or other Matter or Thing whatsoever To be issuing and goeing out of and from All that my Capital Messuage or Tenement Farm and Lands commonly called Copwood alias Ludsham in Uckfield aforesaid And out of and from All other my Messuages or Tenements Farms Lands and Hereditaments in the several Parishes of Uckfield Isfield and Little Horsted in the said County of Sussex as well Freehold as Copyhold (having surrendered my Copyholds to the Use of my Will) Save and except therefrom All that my Messuage or Tenement Buildings Garden and Appurtenances thereto belonging situate lyeing and being in or near the Town of Uckfield aforesaid now in the Occupation of the said Thomas Fuller which I lately purchased of and from Mary Hall Widow and Elizabeth Apsley Hall her Daughter and hereinafter devised to the Children of the said Goring Fuller ) To be paid and payable to them the said Henry Manning Gabriel Egles and John Farmer and the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor for and during the Term of the natural life of the said Goring Fuller as aforesaid by four equal quarterly payments in the Year to wit on the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Michael the Archangel and the Birth of our Lord Christ by even and equal portions The first payment thereof to be made on such of the said Feasts as shall first happen next after my Decease Upon this special Trust and Confidence in them the said Henry Manning Gabriel Egles and John Farmer and the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Executor or Administrators of such Survivor Do from Time to Time pay over the said Annuity or Yearly Rent-Charge when received by them in (Mary Streatfeild) Manner above mentioned unto my said Cousin Goring Fuller for and during all such Time or Times as she the said Goring shall live separate and apart from her Husband the said Thomas Fuller for her separate sole and peculiar Use and Benefitt And her Receipt alone (without her said Husband and none other) shall at all Times be a good and sufficient Discharge to my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor for the same Provided nevertheless that in Case she the said Goring shall at any Time or Times hereafter think proper to cohabit with and shall actually reside with her Husband the said Thomas Fuller That then my Will is that they my said Trustees and the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and may either pay the said Annuity or yearly Rent Charge above mentioned to her the said Goring Fuller or retain the same in their Hands to and for the Benefitt of all and every of her Children hereafter named to be paid to them when and as they shall severally and respectively attain their several and respective Ages of twenty-one years as they my said Trustees and the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall think proper And if the said Annuity or yearly Rent-charge of forty pounds or any part thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the space of forty Days next any or either of the said Feasts whereon the same shall become due (being lawfully demanded) Then I give them my said Trustees and the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor not only the usual Remedy by Distress and Sale but also a power into and upon the said Capital Messuage and other the Messuage Farms and Lands charged therewith or into any part thereof in the Name of Whole wholly to enter and the Rents Issues and Profits thereof to receive and take until thereout and therewith they shall be fully satisfied and paid not only all Arrears of the said Annuity or Yearly Rent-Charge together with what shall become due during such possession but also all Costs Charges and Expences ariseing or that shall be occasioned by the Nonpayment thereof or in or about making such Distress Entry and obtaining and keeping such possession And that from Time to Time as often as such Distress and Entry shall be made Also I do further charge my said Messuages Farms Lands and Tenements (Except as before excepted) with the payment of one other Annuity or yearly Rent-Charge of ten pounds of like lawfull Money of Great Britain which I give devise and bequeath thereout unto Richard-Plumer Fuller (eldest Son of my said Cousin Goring Fuller) and his Assigns for and during the Term of the natural Life of his Mother the said Goring Fuller The same to be paid into the Hands of my aforesaid Trustees for his Use during his Minority by two equal half-yearly payments in the Year (that is to say) On the Feast-Day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Michael the Archangel by even and equal portions And on his attaining the Age of twenty-one Years the same to be paid into his own proper Hands on the Feast Days above-mentioned during the natural Life of his Mother the said Goring Fuller as aforesaid (Mary Streatfeild) To his own proper Use and Benefitt And my Will is and I do hereby order and direct that the first payment of the said last mentioned Annuity or yearly Rent-charge shall begin and be made on the first of the Feast Days above mentioned for payment thereof as shall next happen after my Decease And in Default of Payment thereof in Manner aforesaid over and above the Space of Forty Days Then I give and bequeath to my said Trustees during the Minority of him the said Richard Plumer Fuller And also to him the said Richard Plumer Fuller on his obtaining the Age of twenty one Years the like Remedy and Power for Recovery thereof in every Respect whatsoever as is above given and bequeathed to his Mother the said Goring Fuller on Nonpayment of her Annuity or yearly Rent-Charge above mentioned And from and after the Decease of her the said Goring Fuller Then I do hereby further charge my said Messuages Farms Lands and Tenements with the payment of the Sum of one Thousand pounds of like lawfull Money which I give and bequeath thereout unto my aforesaid Trustees Henry Manning, Gabriel Egles and John Farmer and the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor The same to be paid unto them my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivors of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor within twelve months next after the Decease of her the said Goring Fuller Upon this special Trust and Confidence in them my said Trustees and the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Executor or Administrators of such Survivor reposed That they do pay and divide the same between the Children of her the said Goring Fuller hereafter named (that is to say) the said Richard-Plumer Fuller Mary-Elizabeth Fuller Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller in the proportions following (that is to say) to the said Richard-Plumer Fuller the sum of five hundred Pounds and the remaining part thereof equally between the said Mary Elizabeth Fuller Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller To their own proper Use and Uses and I give them the same in the proportions aforesaid accordingly Provided nevertheless and my Will is that in Case of the Death of one or more of them the said Children of the said Goring Fuller before their part of the said Legacy or Sum of One thousand pounds shall become payable such part or Share or parts or Shares of him or her or them so dyeing shall go and be paid to the Survivors of them share and share alike and I give them the same accordingly And my Will further is that the same be paid to the Children of her the said Goring when and as they shall severally and respectively attain their Ages of twenty-one Years if the same shall have become due and paid into the Hands of my Trustees aforesaid And further my Will is that in Case the said Legacy shall become due in the Minorities of the Children of her the said Goring they my said Trustees do apply such part of the said Legacy in their Education and Maintenance during such their Minorities as they my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executor or Administrators of such Survivor shall think proper Also I do moreover charge my said Messuages Farms Lands and Tenements (Except as before excepted) with the payment of the further sum (Mary Streatfeild) of one thousand pounds of like lawfull Money which I also give and bequeath thereout unto my Nephew Henry Streatfeild (eldest son of my late Brother-in-law) Henry Streatfeild esquire deceased) and my two Neices Sophia Streatfeild and Harriott (Wife of Mr Walter Bracebridge) the same to be paid and equally divided between them my said Nephew and Nieces Share and Share alike within twelve Months next after my Decease To their several and respective Use and Uses And charges and chargeable as aforesaid I give and devise my said Capital Messuage Farm and Lands called Cop wood alias Ludsham And all other my Messuages Farms Lands and Tenements with their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances in the said several parishes of Uckfield Isfield and Little Horsted aforesaid both Freehold and Copyhold or of whatsoever other Tenure (Save and except my said messuage or Tenement with the Buildings Gardens Orchards Land and Appurtenances thereto belonging situate in or near the Town of Uckfield aforesaid and in the Occupation of Thomas Fuller) unto my Nephew Richard Thomas Streatfeild (youngest son of my said late Brother-in-law Henry Streatfeild Esquire deceased) To hold to him my said Nephew Richard Thomas Streatfeild his Heirs and Assignees for ever Also I give and devise All that my said Messuage or Tenement with the Buildings Gardens Orchard Land and Hereditaments by me purchased of the said Mary Hall and Elizabeth Apsley Hall situate lyeing and being in or near the Town of Uckfield aforesaid and now in the Tenure or Occupation of the said Thomas Fuller with their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances thereto belonging And also all that my front Pew or Seat in the old Gallery in the Parish Church of Uckfield aforesaid Which I intend shall at my Decease pass with the said Messuage or Tenement as an Appurtenant thereto unto the said Richard Plumer Fuller Son of said Cousin Goring Fuller To hold to him the said Richard Plumer Fuller his Heirs and Assignes for ever Provided he live to attain the Age of twenty one Years or dieing before shall leave Issue of his Body lawfully begotten But if he the said Richard Plumer Fuller shall happen to die before he attain the age of twenty-one years without Issue as aforesaid Then I give and devise the said Messuage or Tenement Buildings Garden Orchard Land and Hereditaments unto the three other Children of my said Cousin Goring Fuller namely the said Mary-Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller To hold to them the said Mary-Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller their Heirs and Assigns for ever Provided nevertheless that if either of them the said Mary-Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller shall happen to die before they shall arrive to their respective ages of Twenty-one years without leaving Issue of their respective Bodies lawfully begotten That then and in such Case I give and devise the said Messuage or Tenement Buildings Garden Orchard Land and Hereditaments unto the Survivor of them and to their Heirs and Assigns of such Survivors for ever Provided nevertheless That if the said Richard Plumer Fuller or the said Mary-Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller shall happen to die without leaving (Mary Streatfeild) Issue and without leaving either a Brother or Sister living at the Time of such his her or their Decease Then in such Case I give and devise the said Messuage or Tenement Buildings Gardens Orchard Land and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances unto their Mother the said Goring Fuller her Heirs and Assigns for ever And my Will is and I do hereby order and direct my Trustees aforesaid to receive and take the Rents Issues and Profitts of the said Estate above devised to the said Richard Plumer Fuller during his Minority or in Case of his Death under the Age of twenty-one Years and without leaving any Issue of his Body lawfully begotten Then to receive the said Rents Issues and Profitts of the said Estate in such Case devised to the said Mary-Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George-Goring Fuller during their Minorities or the Minority of the Survivor of them And to apply the same for the Use and Benefitt of the said Richard-Plumer Fuller or in Case of his Death as aforesaid for the Use and Benefitt of the said Mary-Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George-Goring Fuller and the Survivors of them in such Manner as they my said Trustees shall think proper And as to for touching and concerning my Personal Estate my Will is that my Executors hereafter named do thereout in the first place pay and discharge all my Debts and Funeral Expences and also the Money Legacies by me hereinafter given and bequeathed (that is to say) I give and bequeath to the poor people of the parish of Uckfield aforesaid ten Guineas and to the poor people of the parish of Chiddingstone (in case I am buried there) the sum of five Guineas to be distributed among them in such Shares and proportions as my Executors hereafter named shall think proper within one Month next after my Decease Also I give and bequeath unto my said Cousin Goring Fuller the Sum of fifty Pounds To be paid to her within six Months next after my Decease by my Executors hereafter named To and for her own sole and peculiar Use and Benefitt and her Receipt alone notwithstanding her Coverture shall be a good and sufficient Discharge to my Executors for the same And my Will is that the said Legacy or any part thereof shall not be subject to the Debts Control Forfeiture Disposal or Engagement of her said Husband Also I give and bequeath unto her the said Goring Fuller the sum of twenty Guineas to buy Mourning for herself and five guineas for each of her Children for Mourning for them at my Decease The same to be paid to her within three Months after my Decease by my Executors hereafter named And her Receipt for the same notwithstanding her Coverture shall be good and sufficient Discharge to my Executors Also I give and bequeath unto her Mother my Cousin Elizabeth Egles (the widow of my late Cousin George Egles deceased) and to all the rest of the children of my said late Cousin George Egles deceased the respective Sums of twenty Guineas a piece To be paid to such of the said Children being Daughters as shall be married and under Coverture into their own proper Hands to their sole and separate Use and Uses respectively And their sole Receipts without their Husbands shall be a sufficient Discharge to my Executors for the same Also I give and bequeath unto the four children of my late Cousin Barbara Luck deceased namely George Richard (Mary Streatfeild) John and Barbarina Goring the respective Sums of twenty Guineas a piece To my Cousin Thomas Godley twenty Guineas To Lucy Verrall (Daughter of Lucy the Daughter of my said Cousin Elizabeth Egles deceased) the Sum of twenty Guineas And my Will is that the Legacies above mentioned shall be paid by my Executors hereafter named within one Year next after my Decease But if any of the Legatees shall be then under the Age of twenty-one Years Then to such of them when and as they shall severally and respectively attain that Age Also I give and bequeath unto my Cousin Anthony Morris the sum of Twenty Guineas for Mourning to be paid to him within three Months next after my Decease by my Executors hereafter named Also I give and bequeath unto the four Children of my said Cousin Goring Fuller namely the said Richard Plumer Fuller, Mary Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller the several and respective sums following (that is to say) To the said Richard Plumer Fuller the sum of five hundred Pounds And to the said Mary Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller the respective sums of three hundred Pounds apiece The said several and respective Legacies to be paid and payable to them respectively by my Executors hereafter named when and as they shall severally and respectively attain the Age of twenty-one Years And my Will and I do hereby order and direct my said Executors to place their said several and respective Legacies out at Interest so soon as conveniently may be after my Decease upon such good Security or Securities as they my said Executors shall think proper And do from Time to Time receive such Interest money for the Use of the said Richard Plumer Fuller, Mary Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller respectively according to their several and respective Legacies above given them And I give and bequeath to them such Interest Money accordingly Provided nevertheless and my Will further is and I do hereby further order and direct that it shall and may be lawfull for my said Executors to lay out and expend such Part of the said respective Legacies and Interest Money above-given and bequeathed to them the said Richard Plumer Fuller, Mary Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller in their Education and Placeing them out Apprentices as they the said Executors shall think proper In which Case it shall and may be lawfull for them my said Executors to deduct such Money so applied out of the Money or Legacies of them the said Richard Plumer Fuller, Mary Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller accordingly And my Will is That in Case either of them the said Richard Plumer Fuller, Mary Elizabeth Fuller, Thomas Fuller and George Goring Fuller shall happen to die before he she or they shall attain his her or their Age or Ages of twenty-one Years That then and in such Case I doe hereby order and direct my Executors hereafter named to pay over the Legacy or Legacies of him her or them so dieing or such part thereof respectively as shall remain unapplied as aforesaid unto the Survivors of them And I give them the same accordingly Also I give and bequeath unto my Servant-Maid Jane Head (if she shall be in my service at my Decease and also unto my Coachman Thomas Norman (if he shall be in my Service at my Decease) the respective Sums of twenty (Mary Streatfeild) Guineas apiece The same to be paid to them respectively within six Months next after my Decease to their respective Use and Uses by my Executors hereafter named Also I give and bequeath to them the said Jane Head and Thomas Norman and also to all and every of my Servants that shall be living with me at the Time of my Decease and actually in my Service the respective Sums of five Guineas apiece for Mourning and also the Remainder of their Year's Wages that shall be begun at my Decease The same to be paid to them respectively within one Month next after my Decease Also I will that the Bell at the Top of my said Mansion-House called Copwood and the leaden Cisterns in the Brewhouse and Malthouse and the Pumps in and about my said Mansion-House be deemed Standards and Fixtures and do pass with the House as Heir-Looms to whom I have by this my Will devised the same Also I give and bequeath unto my said Friends the said Henry Manning, Gabriel Egles and John Farmer the several and respective Sums of twenty Guineas apiece for their taking upon them the due Execution of the Trusts hereby in them reposed over and above all their reasonable Costs Charges and Expences and their reasonable Charges for their Time and Trouble therein to be retained by them to their own use within twelve Months next after my Decease Also I give
..Mourning Rings of a Guinea Value each to my several Relations and Friends following ( to wit) To my Sister Streatfeild my Nephew Henry Streatfeild and his Wife, my Nephew Richard-Thomas Streatfeild, my Niece Sophia Streatfeild, Mr Walter Bracebridge and my Niece Harriot his wife, my said Cousins Elizabeth Egles and Goring Fuller, and to my three Trustees Henry Manning, Gabriel Egles and John Farmer and to the Wives of such of them as have any To the Reverend Mr Newton and his Wife, To the Reverend Mr Gereson and to the Clergyman that shall bury me at Chiddingstone and the Curate of Uckfield for the Time being All the Rest and Residue of my Goods Stock Household Furniture Plate Linnen Ready Money Money out at Interest upon Securities Chattels Creditts Effects and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever (after payment of my Debts Funerall and Legacies aforesaid) I give and bequeath unto the said Henry Manning Gabriel Egles and John Farmer their Executors and Administrators Upon Trust that they or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executor or Administrators of such Survivor do sell dispose and convert the same or what part thereof
shall not be in Money into Money and the Money thereof ariseing together with such part thereof as shall be in Money at the Time of my Decease Do put and place out at Interest upon Government or such other Securities they (with the Approbation of the said Goring Fuller testifyed by her subscribing or indorsing such Securities from Time to Time shall think proper) and call in and replace the same again at Interest in such Manner as they shall see Occasion And do and shall from Time to Time pay and apply the Interest proceed and profitts of such Trust Monies into the proper Hands of her my said Cousin Goring Fuller (Wife (Mary Streatfeild) of the said Thomas Fuller) during the term of her natural Life To her own Use and Benefitt notwithstanding her Coverture To the Intent that the same may not be at the Disposal of or subject or liable to the Control Debts or Engagements of her present or any future Husband but only at her own separate Disposal And upon this further Trust that they my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor Do and shall
.. from Time to Time from and after the Decease of the said Goring Fuller pay and apply the Interest proceed and profitts of the said Trust-Moneys in for and towards the Education and Maintenance of all such Children of her the said Goring Fuller as she may or shall happen to leave at the Time of her Death and the Children of any of them being then dead leaving Issue Untill the youngest Child of her the said Goring shall attain the age of Twenty one Years And then do pay and divide the said Trust-Moneys unto and amongst all and every such Child or Children of her the said Goring Fuller as shall be then living and the Child or Children of such of them as shall be then dead leaving Issue Share and Share alike And I give and bequeath the same to such Children and Grandchildren accordingly To their own proper Use and Uses provided nevertheless and my Will is that such Grandchildren shall take his her or their part or share parts or shares of the said Trust-Moneys shall become vested in him her or them respectively as aforesaid my Will is that the part or share or parts or shares therein of him her or them so dieing shall go and belong to the Survivors or Survivor of them such Children or Grandchildren And I give them the same accordingly Provided allways and my Will is that if she the said Goring Fuller shall at any Time or Times hereafter return to her Husband Thomas Fuller and shall actually cohabit or reside with him for the Space of one Month That then my Will is that she the said Goring Fuller shall have no Benefitt of the Interest or
.. other part of the Residuum of my
..Personal Estate during so long Time as she shall cohabit with or reside with him But in such Case I do hereby direct and order my said Trustees to pay and apply such Bequest of Interest Money or other part of the Residuum of my Personal Estate above given to her the said Goring Fuller for the Benefitt of her Children as is above mentioned and directed in Case she the said Goring was actually deceased Any Thing therein contained to the Contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding Provided also and my Will further is that they my said Trustees and Executors shall not place any of the Children of her the said Goring with their Father the said Thomas Fuller to board or otherwise on any pretence whatsoever And my Will and Desire is That they my said Trustees and Executors will prevent his taking them so far as in their Power And in Case he (Mary Streatfeild) the said Thomas Fuller shall at any Time or Times hereafter get into his Custody any of the said Children and shall insist on keeping them my Will and Meaning is and I do hereby order and direct my said Trustees to pay no Money or make any other Allowance to him the said Thomas Fuller for the Board or Maintenance of any such Child or Children so detained by him on any pretence whatsoever And my Will is that if one or two of them the said Henry Manning, Gabriel Egles, and John Farmer shall depart this Life before the Trust hereby in them reposed shall be compleated the Survivors or Survivor of them (whom I hereby impower by any Instrument in Writing to be by them or him duly signed and sealed in the presence of two or more credible Witnesses with the Approbation of her the said Goring Fuller if living to be testified by her indorsing or subscribing such Instrument for that purpose) Do elect chuse nominate and appoint one or more other person or persons whom such Survivors or Survivor shall think proper to be Co-trustees with such Survivors or Survivor for the finishing or compleating the Trust hereby created And their power of electing new Trustees I will shall be exercised by the surviving Trustees or Trustee from Time to Time as
.. often as the Number of my said Trustees shall by Death be reduced to the Number of two or one And I give and bequeath such after-chosen Trustees (is any shall be appointed) ten Guineas apiece for their Trouble over and besides their reasonable Expences to be taken and retained by them out of the first Moneys that shall be received by them in the Execution of the said Trusts Also I will and direct that my Executors do cause an Inscription to my Memory to be inserted in the Blank Space left for that Purpose on the Monument which I have erected to the Memory of my late dear Husband in the Parish Church of Uckfield aforesaid And further my Will is that my said Trustees or any of them shall not be answerable or accountable for any other or more Moneys than what shall actually come to the Hands or Receipts respectively nor for any Losses that may happen in the said Trust-Moneys or Estate without their willfull or corrupt Neglects Acts or Defaults nor shall one or more of them be answerable or accountable for the other or others of them but every one of them for his own Act Receipt Neglect or Default only And that it shall and may be lawfull for them from Time to Time to stop deduct and retain to their respective Use or Uses out of the said Trust-Moneys coming to their Hands and Receipts All such reasonable Costs Charges and Expences as they or any or either of them shall pay bear sustain or be put unto in about or concerning the Trust hereby reposed in them or anyways relating to the performance or Execution thereof together with a reasonable Allowance for his or their Time and Trouble therein And moreover my Will is that if I shall hereafter think proper to give or leave any further or other Money-Legacy or any specific Legacy of any part of my Plate (Mary Streatfeild) Linnen Goods Wearing Apparell Rings Jewells or other Things or to revoke or alter any Legacy hereinbefore given and shall make any Note or Memorandum thereof in my own Hand-writing or signed with my Hand Although such Note or Memorandum may Want the regular Form or Requisites of a Legal Codicil and may happen not to be attested by Witnesses Yet if it be of my own Hand-Writing or signed by me my Will is such Note or Memorandum shall be taken to be a Codicil or Testamentary Schedule to this my Will and be deemed as part thereof and be so adjudged in every Court of Law or Equity in this Kingdom And lastly I appoint the said Henry Manning, Gabriel Egles and John Farmer Joint-Executors of this my last Will and Testament upon the Trusts aforesaid and do revoke all former Wills and Testaments by me made and declare this only together with such Note or Memorandum if I leave any such to be and contain my whole last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Mary Streatfeild the Testatrix to this last Will and Testament contained in Ten sheets of paper annexed together with Tape at the Corner have to the first nine sheets thereof set my Hand and to the last my Hande and Seal also this twenty-second Day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six ---------- Mary Streatfeild LS------------------ Signed sealed published and declared by the Testatrix Mary Streatfeild as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her Presence of us who in her presence at her Request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto Josias Bornick Edwd Alfry S. Lidbetter |