Will of Charles Perrott of North Leigh in the County of Oxon, Gentleman. Catalogue Reference: Prob 11/699. Transcribed 2008.

In the Name of God Amen
I Charles Perrottof North Leigh in the County of Oxon Gentleman being at present in Health of Body (thanks be to God) but calling to mind the uncertainty of this Life Is for the Settling of that Estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty God to bless ---- make and ordain this my Present last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say ffirst and principally I resign my Soul into the hands of almighty God who gave it And my Body to the Earth to be Buried in a decent (but ffrugall and private manner without ffuneral pomp) And also my Worldly Estate which as yet remains undisposed of I Settle and dispose of the same as followeth that is to say whereas I am Entitled to one fourth (undivided) part or Share of diverse Leasehold Messuages Tenements and Leases with their Appurtenances situate standing and being within the Liberty of the City of Westminster and in the County of Middlesex for the residue of Certain terms of years by virtue of the last Will and Testament of my late Wifes uncle Dr ffrancis Seale deceased I do hereby give devise and bequeath all my right Tithe part Share Interest and Estate which I now have in the same unto my Loving Benjamin Perrott and unto my Son in Law George Underwood Clerk To hold to them their Executors Admintors and Assigns upon trust as is herein after mentioned that is to say /as for and covering Our Moiety of the said ffourth part or Share of the said premises and of the rents Issues and profitts thereof I will and direct that my said Trustees shall and do pay and apply the same towards the Maintenance Education and bringing up of my two Grand Children Ann Sparrow and Elizabeth Sparrow untill they shall attain their respective ages of One and twenty years or be marryed which shall first happen and then I will that the said Moiety shall be equally divided Between them (or their Lawfull Issue) Share and Share alike But if either of my said Grand Children Shall dye without such Issue before she attain unto the age of one and twenty years Then I give and bequeath the whole Moeity to the Survivor of them and as to the other Moiety of the rents Issues and profitts of the said fourth part of all and Singular the said premisses I will that my said Trustees their Extors Admtors and assigns shall permit and Suffer my Loving Daughter Susannah (now wife of Mr. William Standart to receive and take to and for her own Sole and Separate use and benefit and her receipt and receipts (Exclusive of her husband not withstanding her coverture) Shall from time to time be a Sufficient discharge for the same And my Will is that her said Husband shall in no wise Intermeddle thereforth Nor Shall the Same be liable to any of his debt or Engagements And my further Will and meaning is that if my said Daughter Sussannah shall happen to dye in he lef time of her said Husband Then my Will is that my said Trustees shall pay and apply the said last mentioned Moeity of the rents Issues and profitts of my said fourth part of the said Premisses towards the Maintenance Education and bringing up of my said Daughter Standarts Children or Child until they shall attain their respective ages of one and twenty years or be marryed and what shall remain shall be divided between them Share and Share alike Also I give and bequeath unto my Son Mr. William Porrott the Sum of One hundred pounds of Lawfull moeny of Great Britain and unto my Son Mr Benjamin Perrott the Sum of One hundred and ffifty pounds of Like Lawfull money To my Daughter Catherine Whitehall the like Sum of One Hundred and ffifty pounds of like Lawfull money And to my Daughter Jane the Wife of the said George Underwood the like Sum of one hundred and ffifty pounds of which said Legacies I will shall be paid within one year after my Decease Also I give and bequeath unto my two Grand Daughters Anne and Elizabeth Sparrow the Sum of ffifty pounds apiece of like Lawfull money to be put out to Interest for their Benefit untill they Shall attain their respective Ages of one and twenty years or be marryed And if either of them Shall dye before their said Legacies become due Then the Survivor of them shall have the whole Sum of one hundred pounds also I give unto my Maid Servant Sarah Pullin the Sum of ten pounds of like Lawfull moeny and also to her and to Each of my household Servants who shall be Living with me at the time of my decease and also to my Gardener Thomas Brookes the Sum of ffifty Shillings apiece of like Lawfull money over and above their respective wages that shall be respectively due to them the last? Quarter day after my decease Also I give to my said Daughter Standart the Sum of twenty pounds of Lawfull money for Mourning for her and her Children otherwise also I give to my Grand Daughters Ann and Elizabeth Sparrow the Sum of ten pounds apiece of like money for Mourning or otherwise Also I give to the poor of the parish of North Leigh the Sum of thirty pounds to be given to and distributed to such persons and in such portions and manner as my Executors or the Majority of them with the advise of the Minister of the said Parish shall soon meet Also I give to the poor of the Parish of North Hinksey in the County of Berks the like Sum of twenty pounds to be distributed in like manner as aforesaid And Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Son Benjamin Perrott my said Son in Law George Underwood my said Daughter Catherine Whitehall and Mr Edmund Palmer of North Leigh aforesaid Executors of this my last Will and Testament To whom also I give the Sum of ffive pounds apiece for their trouble or to such of them as shall take upon them the trust and Execution of this my Will over and above all their reasonable Costs Charges and Expenses that they shall be put unto by reason of the same And Whereas my Grand Daughters Ann and Elizabeth Sparrow have been to me a Greater Expense in their Maintenance and Education than the Income of their Estates could answer My Will is that they nor either of them shall be accountable for the same to any person or persons whatsoever And I do hereby Solemnly recommend to my Said Executors the Guardianship and Care of my Said Grandaughters Anne and Elizabeth Sparrow and their Estates for them untill they shall be marryed or Settled in the World provided always that if my Said Grandaughters Anne and Elizabeth Sparrow or either of them or any other person or persons Clayming under them or either of them Shall refuse to accept and agree to such an account as my Executors can fairly make of the trust I took upon me of them them and their Estates reall and personal She or they so refusing shall take no benefit of or by this my Will or any thing therein contained And Last of all (after my Debts and very reasonable ffuneral Expenses discharged) I do give devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my Personal Estate Goods and Chattells of what kind or nature soever (not in this my last Will before give or disposed of) unto my said Son Benjamin Perrott and to my said two Daughters Catherine Whitehall and Jane Underwood equally to be divided betwixt them Share and Share alike (which said Share of my said Daughter Jane Underwoods as also the said Sum of one hundred and ffifty pounds hereinbefore given to her my Will is shall be Settled on my said Daughter Jane Underwood to and for her own separate use and disposal In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in these three sheets of paper affixed together to Each of them sett my hand and Seal the first day of November in th year of our lord God one thousand Seven hundred thirty Eight - Cha: Perott — Signed Sealed published and delivered by the said Charles Perrott as and for this last Will and Testament these words following (and to my Daughter Jane now wife of the said George Underwood the like Sum of One hundred and ffifty pounds) being first Interlined in the Second Sheet of paper in the presence of us who Subscribed the same as Witnesses at the request and in the presence of the said Testator – William Davis William Braxpaer Tho: Rayner.

Whereas I have in my Will whereunto this Codicill is annexed I have made my Son Benjamin Perrott George Underwood and Katherine Whitehall and Edmund Palmer Joynt Executors to see my said Will duly Executed Now my Will and mind is that the said Benjamin George and Katherine and Edmund shall be answerable Every one for their own Act and Deed separately and not one for the other In Witness whereof I the said Testator have sett my hand and Seal this Eighteenth day of April 1739. Cha. Perrott Signed Sealed published and delivered in the presence of George Hart Deborah Waring Jane Busell her mark.

This Will was proved at London (with a Codicill annexed) the third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and thirty nine Before the Worshipful John Andrews Doctor of Laws Surrogate fo the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted By the Oaths of Benjamin Perrott George Underwood Catherine Whitehall otherwise Whitehall widow three of the Executors in the said Will named to whom administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattells and Creditts of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer – Power reserved of making the like Grant to Edmund Palmer the other Executor when he Shall apply for the same. Exd.

Will of Cassandra Perrot, of Barnsley in the County of Gloucester. Catalogue Reference: Prob/11/1044. Transcribed 2008. Thanks to Ronald Dunning for providing a corrected transcript 2September 2008.

In the Name of God Amen I Cassandra Perrot of Barnsley in the County of Gloucester Spinster being of sound mind memory and understanding (thanks be given to Almighty God for the same) do make and constitute this my last Will and Testament in writing First I Will that all my just Debts be paid as soon as may be out of my Personal Estate I do likewise charge my said Personal Estate with the payment of my Funeral expenses and all my Legacies hereinafter bequeathed or to be bequeathed by any Codicil to be annexed this my Will and in case my said Personal Estate shall not be equal to the several Charges herein before mentioned I do hereby charge my real Estate at Barnsley and elsewhere in aid of my said Personal Estate with the Payment of my Debts and Legacies aforesaid and for this purpose I give all my said Estates real in and Personal at Barnsley and elsewhere to Thomas Bush Esquire of Cirencester in the County of Gloucester and Charles Tirrel Morgan Esquire of Hempstead in the aforesaid County of Gloucester and to the Heirs and Executors and Administrators of the Survivor of them in Trust that they will apply my said Personal Estate to the Payment of my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences as far as t will go and in case my said Persnal Estate shall not be sufficient to pay said Debts, Legacies and Funeral Expences to raise such Sum or Sums of Money by Sale or Mortgage of such of my said real Estates as they Shall think proper as shall be sufficient to pay my said Debts and Legacies and Funeral Expences and to indemnify[?] and reimburse my said Trustees and Executors with the necessary charges and Expences as they may be put to in the execution of this my Will and after Payment of my said Debts Legacies and Funeral Expenses and after my said Trustees and Executors shall have reimbursed and paid themselves such necessary charges and Expenses as they may be put to in the Execution of this my Will and subject to the Annuities and Legacies herein after bequeathed I give all the Rest Residue and remainder of my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments at Barnsley in the County of Gloucester and Little Farringdon in the County of Berkshire unto James Musgrave the eldest son of the Revd Doctor Musgrave of Chinnor in the County of Oxford to have and to hold the said Messuages and Tenements and Hereditaments to the said James Musgrave and his assigns during the term of his natural Life And from and after the determination of that Estate by Forfeiture or otherwise in the lifetime of the said James Musgrave Then I give and Devise the said Messuages Lands Tenenements Hereditaments to the aforesaid Thomas Bush Esquire and Charles Tirrel Morgan Esquire and their Heirs for and during the natural Life of the said James Musgrave In trust to preserve the contingent uses and Estates herein afer limited for and concerning the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make Entries and bring actions as Occasion shall require but nevertheless upon trust to permit and suffer the said James Musgrave and his afsigns to have revenue[?] and take the rent Issues and profits of the said Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments for and during the term of his natural life to his and their own use and benefit and from and after the decease of the said James Musgrave then I give and devise the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to the first Son of the Body of the said James Musgrave lawfully to be begotten and to the heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully issuing And in default of such Issue Then I give and devise the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to the second third fourth fifth and all and every other Son and Sons of the Body of the said James Musgrave lawfully to be begotten and to the Heirs Male of the Body of such Son and Sons lawfully issuing the Elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of this Body to be preferred and to take before the younger of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body And in default of such Heirs Then I give and devise the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to William Musgrave second Son of the said Reverend Doctor Musgrave To have and to hold the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to him and his assigns during the term of his natural Life And from and after the determination of that Estate by Forfeiture or otherwise in the lifetime of the said William Musgrave Then I give and devise the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments unto the aforesaid Thomas Bush Esquire and Charles Tirrel Morgan Esquire and their heirs for and during the natural Life of the said William Musgrave In trust to preserve the contingent issues and Estates herein after limited for and concerning said Mefsuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make Entries and bring actions as occasion shall require but nevertheless upon trust to permit and suffer the said William Musgrave and his afsigns to have receive and take the rents issues and profits of the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments for and during the term of his natural Life to his and their own use and benefit And from and after the decease of the said William Musgrave Then I give and devise the said Mefsuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to the first Son of the Body of the said William Musgrave lawfully to be begotten and to the heirs Male of the Body of such first Son Lawfuly issuing and in default of such Issue Then I give and devise the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to the second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of the said William Musgrave lawfully to be begotten and to the Heirs Male of the Body of such Son and Sons lawfully issuing the Elder of such Sons and Heirs Male of his Body to be preferred and to take before the younger of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body And in default of such Issue Then I give and devise the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to Edmund Chamberlayn Esquire of Maugersbury in the County of Gloucester To have and to hold the said Messuages to his afsigns during the term of his natural Life And from and after the determination of that Estate by Forfeiture or otherwise in the lifetime of the said Edmund Chamberlayne Then I give and devise the said Messuages Lands Tenements unto the said Thomas Bush Esquire and to the said Charles Tirrel Morgan Esquire and their Heirs for and during the Life of the said Edmund Chamberlayne In Trust to preserve the contingent uses and Estates herein after limited of and concerning the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make Entries and bring Actions as Occasion shall require but nevertheless in Trust to permit and suffer the said Edmund Chamberlayne and his Assigns to have receive and take the rents Issues and Profits of the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to his and their own use and benefit and from and after the decease of the said Edmund Chamberlayne then I give and devise the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to the first Son of the Body of the said Edmund Chamberlayne lawfully begotten and to the Heirs Males of the Body of such first Son lawfully issuing And in default of such Issue Then I give and devise the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to the second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the said Edmund Chamberlayne lawfully begotten and to the Heirs Male of the Body of such Son and Sons lawfully Issuing the Elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be preferred and take before the Younger of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body And in default of such Issue then I give and devise all my said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to my own right Heirs for ever And Whereas it is uncertain whether the said Edmund Chamberlayne and his family may ever receive any benefit from this my devise of all my said real Estates to the said Edmund Chamberlayne and his Son and Sons in succession one after the other I hereby charge my said real Estate with the Payment of the Sum of Five hundred Pounds apiece to each and every of such of the said Sons and Daughters of the said Edmund Chamberlayne (Except the Revered John Chamberlayne oldest Son and Arabella Pitt Youngest Daughter but one of the said Edmund Chamberlayne) as shall be living at the time of my decease And Whereas my late Sister Martha Perrot did in her lifetime by Deed bearing date the twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty eight grant to her and my faithful Servant Mary Barns an Annuity of One hundred Pounds for her Life to commence after her (my said Sister Martha Perrot’s) and my decease I do hereby confirm the said Deed and do charge my said real Estate with the Payment of the said Annuity to the said Mary Barnes and her Assigns during the term of her natural Life And I do hereby likewise further charge my said Estates with the Payment of another Annuity of Fifty Pounds to be paid to the said Mary Barnes and her Assigns during the term of her natural Life And if my Servant Betty Tims shall be living with me at the time of my decease I likewise charge my said Real Estate with the Payment of another Annuity of Forty pounds to be paid to the said Betty Timbs [sic] and her Assigns quarterly during the term of her natural Life And I do hereby also charge my said real Estate with the Payment of the Sum of One hundred Pounds as a Legacy to Adria Waldo now living in London to be paid within a twelve month after my decease And also I do hereby further charge my said real Estate with the Payment of another Legacy of the Sum of Fifty pounds to my Servant Richard Bridgman if he shall be living withe me at the time of my decease to be also paid withing a twelve month after my decease And to all and every of my hired, menial servants that shall be living with me at the time of my decease I give one whole year’s Wages over and above what shall be then due to them I desire my Executors herein after named to distribute the Sum of ten Pounds upon the day of my Burial or as soon after as conveniently may be among such of the Poor of the Parish of Barnsley and in such manner as they shall in their discretion think most proper And I do hereby charge my said Estate at Barnsley with the Payment of ten Pounds yearly and every year for ever to the said Poor of the said Parish of Barnsley aforesaid the said Sum of ten Pounds to be paid at Christmas in every year to the Minister and Churchwardens of the said Parish of Barnsley or to one of them and to be by them distributed as they shall in their discretion think most most proper I give likewise to the Poor of the Parish of Little Faringdon the Sum of ten Pounds to be paid to the Minister and Churchwardens of the said Parish or one of them within six months afer my decease and to Be by them distributed among the said Poor as they shall in their discretion think most proper I desire that my Executors will take care that I am buried at the same Church and in the same manner as was my late Sister Martha And I give to my Executors the Sum of Two hundred and fifty Pounds to defray the Expenses of my said Funeral I give likewise to my said Executors the further Sum of Two hundred Pounds to Be by them laid out in a Monument which I desire they will have erected in the Parish Church of Northleigh in the County of Oxford near the place where the Family is buried and to the Memory of my late Father Mother Sister and self I likewise give to my Said Executors the Sum of One hundred Pounds for the trouble they shall have in the Execution of this my Will And I do hereby appoint the said Thomas Bush Esqr and the said Charles Tirrel Morgan Esqr Executors of this my Will And my Will is that my said Trustees and Executors herein before named shall not be answerable or accountable for the Acts Receipts Defaults or Neglects of each other but each separately for his own Acts receipts Defaults and Neglects And also that my said Trustees and Executors their respective Heirs Executors and Administrators shall and may out of the Money coming to their hands retain to and reimburse themselves for all Costs Charges Damages and Expenses that they respectively shall or may pay sustain expend or to be put unto in and about the Execution of this my Will and in and about the Execution and defence of the trusts hereby in them reposed In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy five / Cassandra Perrot (the mark of her seal) Signed sealed published and delivered to be her last Will and Testament in the presence of us by the said Cassandra Perrot who have subscribed our names as Witnesses in her presence and at her request and in the presence of each other James Shurmer, John Griffin, John Cox Junr.

Whereas I Cassandra Perrot of Barnsley in the County of Gloucester Spinster did by my last Will and Testament bearing date the fourth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy five devise all my Personal Estate to Thomas Bush Esquire of Cirencester in the County of Gloucester and Charles Tirrel Morgan Esquire of Hempstead in the said County of Gloucester my Trustees and Executors therein named for Payment of my Debts and other Purposes therein mentioned Now I do hereby revoke and make void the same and do give and devise to Mary Barnes Spinster now living with me all my Dinner China Plate Jewels Watches Furniture of every sort and kind (Except Family Pictures and Fixtures properly belonging to the House) also my Chaise Horses and all my Live Stock all Money in the Funds and in the house Rents Arrears of rents due from my Tenants at the time of my Death and all other my Personal Estate of what nature or kind soever (Except as aforesaid) And I do order that my said Trustees and Executors in my said Will named do by Mortage of my said Estate which I hereby empower them to do raise sufficient Money to pay all my just Debts and Legacies and Funeral Expenses and particularly a Bond for One thousand Pounds from me to the said Mary Barnes which Monies I intend for her over and above what I have given her by this Codicil And Lastly it is my desire that this present Codicil be annexed to and made a part of my last Will and Testament to all Intents and purposes In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of November One thousand seven hundred and seventy five / Cassandra Perrot (the mark of her seal) Signed sealed and published by the said Cassandra Perrot as a Codicil to be annexed to her Will in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereunto at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other / James Shurmer, John Griffin, John Cox Junr.

This Will was proved at London with a Codicil the fourth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy eight before the Right Worshipful Sir George Hay knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted By the Oaths of Thomas Bush Esquire and Charles Tirrel Morgan Esquire the Executors named the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Commission Duly to adminster./.

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