Wills and Administrations

 

            All of the wills and administrations in this article were transcribed by me from one of the following sources:  (1) Microfilms of the original probate records of the Archdeaconry Court of Northampton available on loan from the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, or (2) Images of the probate records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, available on order from the the Public Records Office via www.documentsonline.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ for a period of seven days.  The transcripts are presented in chronological order from earliest to latest.  The boldface numbers inserted in the transcripts correspond to those of individuals cited in the accompanying article The Tresloves of Northampton (see link on home page).

 

Table of Contents

 

Northampton, Northamptonshire

 

1711           Nathaniel HICKMAN   Newnham, NTH           187,635

1722           Samuel HICKMAN      Northampton, NTH       187,651

1723           Jane DARNILL*          Daventry, NTH             187,651

1762           Samuel TRESLOVE     Northampton, NTH       187,750

1770           Ann TRESLOVE                      “                       187,758

1783           Elizabeth TRESLOVE               “                       187,771

1785           Henry WOOLLEY                   “                       187,773

1785           Samuel TRESLOVE                 “                       187,773

1785           Charles BALAAM                    “                       187,773

1785           Thomas TRASLER                   “                       187,773

1788           Robert BALAAM                     “                       187,779

1807           Charles BALAAM                    “                       187,795

1812           William TRASLER                    “                       187,802

1814           Thomas BALAAM (admon.)     “                       187,804

1814           Thomas BALAAM (will)           “                       187,804

1838           Mary BALAAM                       “                       187,831

 

London, Middlesex

 

1750           Thomas TRESLOVE    Northampton, NTH       11/784

1760           John MARCHANT       Spitalfields, MDX          11/856

1768           Ann WALKER             Spitalfields, MDX          11/941

1771           Sarah TRESLOVE        Dulwich, Surrey            11/964

1773           John TRESLOVE         Westminster, MDX       11/991

1776           Mary TRESLOVE        Paddington, MDX          11/1021

1791           Thomas TRESLOVE    Peckham, Surrey           11/1201

1794           William BALAAM        Northampton, NTH       11/1245

1802           William WALKER        Spitalfields, MDX          11/1383

* Read but not transcribed.

 

 

Nathaniel HICKMAN            *                                                                      Made 29 Oct 1708

Liber 1 (5^th Series), Folio 147                                                     Probated 20 Jul 1711

 

            The Last will and testament of Nathaneell Hickman made the twentieth ninth day of October 1708.  In the name of God Amen , I Nathaneell Hickman being infirme yet sound of body and in perfect memory doe yield my Soull to god that gave it and my body to decent buryall Imprimis  I give to my wife Elizabeth Hickman all my mouvable goods and chatle with purss and aparrell   Imp.^s  I give to my daughter Elizabeth Marriott one shilling   Imp.^s  I give to my daughter Bridget Wilkinson one shilling   Imp.^s  I give to my daughter Mary Hickman one shilling   Imp.^s I give to my daughter Anne Goodman one shilling   Imp.^s  I give to my daughter Sarah Hickman one shilling   In Witness whereunto I have set my hand and seall this twenty ninth day of October 1708.

            Sealed and delivered in the presence of us

                                 his                                                                                                 his      

               John          Smith Sen.^r                                    Nathaneill         Hickman

                                mark                                                                                               mark

               Thomas Cox

               Edward Meacock

 

Decimo tertio die May 1711 Jurata fuit Eliza:       Translation.:  On the 13.^th day of May 1711

Hickman Executrix in hoc testam.^o nomina!        Eliza: Hickman the Executrix named in this

            cora meo                                              will was sworn before me

                   Joh: Sheppard     Surrogate                         Joh: Sheppard      Surrogate

 

*   Husbandman of Newnham, according to the Card Index to Wills in the Northamptonshire Record Office, Northampton, from LDS Film No. 1,951,727.  There appears to be no connection between this family and the HICKMANs of Northampton.

 

 

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Samuel HICKMAN                                                               Made 17 Sep 1722

Liber 7 (5^th Series), Folios 312-313                                             Probated 31 Dec 1722

 

In the Name of God Amen I Samuel Hickman [3] of the Town of Northampton in the County of North[amp]ton Carrier being wanting in health but of sound Mind and Understanding (blessed be God) do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) I give and bequeath unto Rebecca [4] my beloved wife all my Shop: Goods ¹ and all my houshold Goods whatsoever Item I give and bequeath unto my only son Mathias Hickman [48] and his Heirs for ever All that my Messuage or Tenement wherein I now live in the Gould Street ² in the Parish of All Saints in the Town of Northampton and all appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging and I do also give and bequeath unto my said son Mathias All my horses stock in hay Corn and all other my Goods Chattels and personall Estate whatsoever (Except my said houshold Goods and Shop:Goods so devised to my said wife as afores.^d)  But my Mind and Will is that my said Messuage or Tenement and the said personall Estate so devised to my son Mathias as afores.^d shall be chargeable and I do hereby charge the same with the payment of the severall Legacies and sums of Money hereinafter mentioned (viz.) with the payment of the sum of ten pounds per Annum unto my said beloved wife Rebecca for and during the Term of her life by four equall quarterly payments in the Year (viz.) Michlmas, St. Thomas, Lady day and Midsummer ³  The first payment thereof being fifty Shillings to be made on such of the said Days as shall first happen next after my Decease  And my Will and desire is that my said son Mathias shall maintain and provide for my daughter Ann Hickman [46]⁴ during her life (in case my said daughter Ann shall think proper to live with my said son) with Meat Drink Washing and Lodging and I also give unto my said daughter Ann the sum of ten pounds to be paid her at the End of three Years next after my Death   And in case my said son Mathias shall desire that my said daughter Ann should not so live with him and be maintained by him as afores.^d then my Will and Meaning is that my said son Mathias shall pay unto my said daughter Ann the sum of twenty pounds in satisfaction of such maintenance as afores.^d and in such case the said ten pounds so devised to my said daughter Ann to be paid her at the End of three years as afores.^d shall cease and not be paid  And it is my will and desire that my said daughter Ann shall upon her receiving the said twenty pounds as afores.^d give a Bond to my said son Mathias to repay the said twenty pounds to my said son Mathias his Exec.^rs or Adm.^rs within one Month next after the day she my said daughter Ann shall marry or take to her a husband Item I give unto my daughter Rebecca Gill [47]⁵ the sum of ten pounds to be paid at the End of one Year next after my Death and I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Treslove [2] the wife of Thomas Treslove [1] and unto my daughter Jane Kingston [49] the wife of John Kingston the sum of ten pounds apiece to be paid to them at the End of two Years next after my Death   And I do hereby charge my said Messuage or Tenement and personall Effects so devised to my said son Mathias as afores.^d with the payment of the said severall Legacies and sums of Money so devised as afores.^d and also with the payment of all such just Debts as I shall owe at the time of my Death and of this my last Will and Testament I do nominate constitute and appoint my said son Mathias full and sole Executor In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in two sheets of paper sett my hand and seal ⁶ to each sheet thereof this Seventeenth day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty two.

Signed sealed and delivered published and                                               The mark of

declared to be the last Will and Testament                      [seal]        Samuel [S H] Hickman

of the said Testator Samuel Hickman in the        

presence of us who in his presence subscribed

our Names as Witnesses hereunto:

            Samuel Scriven

            John Rose

            Hen: Horton

 

Ultimo die mensis Decembris Anno Dei              Translation: On the last day of December

1722.^o juratus fuit Mathias Hickman filius            A.D. 1722 came Mathias Hickman, son and

et Executor pro Testamento nominae                  executor of the Will of the named [testator]

      Coram meo                                                        Before me

            Francisco Stanier AM Surr.^e                              Francis Stanier AM  Surr[ogat]e

 

 

                       

FOOTNOTES

1.         It seems odd that Samuel would bequeath his shop goods to his wife rather than his only surviving son Matthias who was destined to succeed him as Cambridge carrier.

2.         Gold St. was one of the main east-west arteries of the Town of Northampton, running between All Saints Church in the center of town and St. Peter’s Church near the west end.

3.         The “quarter days” in use in England at the time this will was written were Michaelmas Day (September 29, named for St. Michael the Archangel), Christmas Day (December 25), Lady Day (March 25, named for the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin and celebrated throughout England as the first day of the New Year prior to 1752), and Midsummer Day (June 24).. These were the days on which rents were due, tenancies begun or ended, etc.  The second quarter day cited in the will could be either St. Thomas (December 21) or St. Thomas Becket (December 29), no doubt a local substitute for Christmas Day as the quarter day (F. Parise, Ed., “The Book of Calendars”, Facts on File, New York, NY, 1982, 387 pp.).

4.         The special attention Samuel gave to his daughter Ann suggests that she was not fully capable of caring for herself.  She was 40 years old at the time this will was written.

5.         I have been unable to find any record of Rebecca’s marriage.  The All Saints registers between 1700 and 1722 are in very poor condition, parts of it quite unreadable.  I also searched the baptism and burial records which might have provided her husband’s first name but there was no GILL to be found.

6.         Isn’t it curious that Samuel, a letter carrier, was illiterate?  How did he deliver the mail?

 

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Jane DARNILL                                                                      Made 8 Mar 1721/2

                                                                                                Probated 26 Sep 1723

 

            Thomas DARNILL of Daventry, NTH, blacksmith, left a will written 18 Apr 1709 and probated 21 May 1709 in which he bequeathes all of his real and personal property to his wife Jane for the duration of her natural life and after her decease to William BAYLEE (since deceased) and Samuel PINKARD in trust to dispose of according to her wishes.  In her will, Jane confirms Samuel PINKARD’s conveyance of several parcels of the real estate to her son Thomas DARNILL Jr. of Daventry, blacksmith and herself bequeathes certain sums of money to her daughter Mary, widow of Andrew ROGERS since deceased, and to her granddaughter Mary ROGERS.  Thomas DARNILL Jr. of Daventry, yeoman left a will probated 28 Mar 1740.  There appears to be no connection between this family and the DARNELLs of Northampton.

 

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Thomas TRESLOVE                                                              Made 2 Dec 1746

PROB 11/784                                                                           Probated 6 Dec 1750

 

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Treslove [1] of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Taylor do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and Form following that is to say Imprimis I give and devise unto my son Samuel Treslove [6] and to his Heirs and Assigns forever all that my Messuage with the Appurtenances wherein I now dwell situate and being in the Parish of all Saints in the said Town of Northampton on the North side of a certain street called the gold street*  Item I give and bequeath unto my said son Samuel the sum of One hundred Pounds Item all the Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate of what nature or kindsoever after payment of my just debts and Funeral Expences I give and bequeath unto my said son Samuel and to my four other Children to wit Elizabeth [7] John [9] Thomas [8] and Anne [10] equally to be divided between them share and share alike and I do hereby constitute and appoint my said son Samuel sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and do hereby revoke all former Wills In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the second day of December in the Twentieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty six.

                                                                                    Tho: Treslove

Signed Sealed and Published in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our hands as Witnesses in the Presence of the Testator and of each other.

                                                            Ann Battin        Robert Shortgrave         Sam Lyon

 

This Will was proved at London before the Worshipful Robert Chapman Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful John Bettesworth also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted the sixth day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Fifty by the Oath of Samuel Treslove the son of the deceased and Sole Executor named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased being first sworn duly to Administer.                                                        Ex.^d

 

*   Thomas’s in-laws Samuel and Elizabeth HICKMAN also lived on Gold St., one of the main east-west arteries of the Town of Northampton, running between All Saints Church in the center of town and St. Peter’s Church near the west end.

 

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John MARCHANT                                                                Made 11 Mar 1757

PRO 11/856                                                                              Probated 7 May 1760

 

I the Name of God Amen I John Marchent Private Marine belonging to his Majestys Marines at Portsmouth being in bodily health and of Sound and Disposing Mind and Memory and considering the Perils and Dangers of the Seas and other uncertainties of this transitory life Do for avoiding controversies after my Decease make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say)  First I recommend my Soul to God that Gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God to order and as for and concerning all my Worldly Estate I give bequeath and dispose thereof as followeth, that is to say, after my just Debts and Funeral charges be paid the remainder of such Wages Sum and Sums of Money Lands Tenements Goods Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be any ways due owing or belonging unto me at the time of my Decease I do give devise and bequeath the same unto my beloved Wife Mary Marchant of Winfield Street Spittlefields London  And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Wife Mary Marchant Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills Testaments and Deeds of Gift by me at any time heretofore made and I do Ordain and Ratify these presents to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament In Witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my hand and seal the Eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven and in the thirtieth year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Second over Great Britain &c.

                                                                                                John Marchant

Signed sealed published and declared in the presence of

Daniel M. Alletor          Rich.^d Dennis    James Burleigh, Major

 

This Will was proved at London the Seventh Day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty before the Worshipful Andrew Coltree Ducarol Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Edward Simpson also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Mary Marchant widow the relict of the deceased and Sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom Administration was Granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn duly to Administer.                                    Ex.^d 

 

            There appears to be no obvious connection between this John MARCHANT and Sarah MARCHANT, mother-in-law of William WALKER whose 1802 will is given below, other than the fact that both families lived in Spitalfields.

 

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Samuel TRESLOVE                                                               Made 23 Mar 1754

                                                                                                Probated 10 Feb 1762

 

In the Name of God Amen  I Samuel Treslove [22] of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Staymaker being of a sound & disposing Mind Memory & Understanding (Praised be God for the same) Doe Make and Ordaine this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following (that is to say) First I Give & bequeath unto my Brother[-in-Law] Samuel Treslove [6] of the said Town of Northampton Taylor the Sume of One Hundred & Fifty Pounds to be paid at the End of one Year next after my Decease Upon Trust & Confidence nevertheless that my said Brother his Executors & Administrators do & shall Place the same out at Interest on such Security or Securitys as he or they shall think proper and do & shall from time to time pay and apply the Interest & Proceed thereof for & towards the Maintenance Support & Education of my Son John Treslove [23] until he shall arrive to the Age of Twenty five Years and also do & shall pay the said Sume of One Hundred & Fifty Pounds and all Interest which shall be then due for the same unto my said Son John Treslove at his said Age of twenty five Yeares Provided always nevertheless And I do hereby Declare my Will to be that it shall and may be Lawfull to & for my said Brother his Executors & Administrators to Pay apply & dispose of all or any part of the said Sume of One Hundred & Fifty Pounds and Interest for and towards the Placing out and settling my said Son in the World before he shall arrive to the Age of twenty five Yeares as my said Brother his Executors or Administrators shall in his or their Discretion think proper But that it shall not be in the Power of my said Son to Compell him or them so to do unless he or they shall in his or their Discretion think proper Item I Give & bequeath unto my Dear Wife Elizabeth Treslove [7] all & singular my Goods Chattells Stock in Trade Ready Money Book Debts and all other my Personal Estate whatsoever & wheresoever Subject to the Payment of my Debts & of the aforesaid Sume of one hundred & fifty Pounds   And Lastly I do hereby Make & Constitute my said Wife & Brother[-in-Law] Joynt Executors of this my last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will & Testament sett my Hand & Seal this twenty third day of March in the Year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and fifty four.

Signed sealed Published & declared by the said                           Sam.^ll Treslove             [seal]

Samuel Treslove the Testator to be his last Will

and Testament in the Presence of us

                        M. Hickman [48]

                        T. Osborne

 

On the 10.^th Feb.^ry 1762 Samuel and Elizabeth Treslove the joint Executors named in the above Will were then at the petition of Smith their Proctor Sworn well & faithfully to Perform the same & the Codicil thereto annexed and so forth

                                                                                    Before me

                                                                                                W.^m Stanton A.M.                                                                                                         Surrogate

 

Codicil

I Samuel Treslove of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Staymaker do Make and Publish this to be a Codicill to my last Will and Testament bearing Date on or about the Twenty third day of March which was in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ffifty four Whereas I have in and by said Will Given and bequeathed unto or to and for the Use and benefitt of my Son John Treslove the Sum of One hundred and Fifty Pounds Now I do hereby Revoke and Make void the Sum of Fifty Pounds part of the said Legacy or Sum of One hundred and Fifty Pounds and do hereby declare my Will and Mind to be that my said Son John Treslove shall be Intituled under my said Will to the Sum of One hundred Pounds only to be paid to him at the Age and in the manner and subject to the Directions in my said Will particularly mentioned concerning the said Legacy or Sum of One hundred and Fifty Pounds Item I do hereby Ratify and Confirm all and every other Legacy and Bequests Contained in my said Will and do declare my Mind and Will to be that this Codicill or Schedule shall be adjudged as part and parcell of my said last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Seal this Twenty ninth day of March in the Year of our Lord Christ One thousand seven hundred and Fifty nine.

Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said

Samuel Treslove to be a Codicill to his said Will               Sam.^ll Treslove             [seal]

in the Presence of us

                        H.^y Woolley [11]

                        G. Southam

 

 

 

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Ann WALKER                                                                       Made 18 May 1762

PROB 11/941                                                                           Probated 29 Aug 1768

 

In the Name of God Amen I Ann Walker* of the Parish of Christ Church in the County of Middlesex Patte[r]n Maker being sick and weak in Body But of a sound and disposing Mind and Memory Praise be given to Almighty God for the same and considering the Incertainty of this Mortal Life do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say First I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named and as for such Worldly Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me withall in this Life I give and bequeath the same as follows First my Will and Mind is that all such debts as I shall really owe at the time of my decease my Funeral Expences and the charges of proving this my Will shall as soon as conveniently may be after my decease be fully paid and satisfied And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my Nephew Edward Sanders the sum of five Pounds of lawful money of Great Britain Also I give and bequeath to Richard Sanders the Father of the said Edward Sanders the like sum of five Pounds Also I give unto Mary Sanders Sister of the said Edward Sanders my green damask gown and white stitched petticoat one plain cambrick apron and one large double white handkerchief Also I give and bequeath unto Esther Rutherford the sum of five Pounds and one blue silk gown lined with purple silk one callamance one flowered cambrick apron and one large black silk handkerchief  Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Gudgeon the sum of three Guineas and it is my Will and desire that none of the Legacies hereinbefore given and bequeathed shall be paid by my Executor until the expiration of one year after my decease and all the Rest Residue and Remainder of all and every my Lands Tenements Goods Chattles ready Money Stock in Trade Stock in the Public Funds Government Securities Bonds Mortgages and Notes of hand Plate _____ China Linnen household stuff and all other my Estate and Effects whatsoever of what nature or kind soever the same shall or may be or consist or whereof I shall die seized or possessed or interested in or intitled unto and not hereinbefore given and bequeathed I do hereby give devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto Robert Rutherford who now lives with me his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns and I do hereby make ordain nominate and appoint the said Robert Rutherford full and sole Executor of this my Will and do hereby revoke and make void all former and other Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made and order these Presents only to stand and remain as and for my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Ann Walker the Testatrix have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal the eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty two in the Second 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.

                                                                                                Ann Walker

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Ann Walker the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence and at her Request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto.

                                                Ann Hollingorth M. Hughes            Ja: Wildber

This Will was proved at London the twenty ninth day of August in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty eight before the Worshipful Andrew Coffee Ducarff Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Hay Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Robert Rutherford the sole Executor named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels ad Credits of the deceased having been first sworn duly to administer.                                                                             Ex.^d

 

*   Ann WALKER of Brown’s Lane, Spitalfields was buried 2 Sep 1768 at age 68 in Christ Church, Spitalfields (LDS Film No. 595,412).  She was probably the wife of Edward WALKER of the same address who was buried in Christ Church 20 Jan 1754 at age 53.  Their relationship, if any, to William WALKER of Brown’s Lane, Spitalfields, whose 1802 will is given below is unknown.

 

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Ann TRESLOVE                                                                    Made 8 Nov 1768

                                                                                                Probated 26 Dec 1770

 

In the Name of God Amen I Ann Treslove [5]* of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Widow do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) I give and bequeath unto Thomas Treslove [8] one of the Sons of my late Husband the Sum of ten Pounds Also I give and bequeath to John Treslove [9] another of the Sons of my late Husband the like Sum of ten Pounds Also I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Treslove [7] one of my said late Husbands Daughters the Sum of ten Pounds Also I give and bequeath to Ann Woolley [10] the Wife of Henry Woolley [11] of the said Town of Northampton another of my said late Husbands Daughters the Sum of ten Pounds All which said several Legacies I do direct shall be paid by my Executors hereinafter named at the end of twelve Calendar Months next after my Decease Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Burton [19] Daughter of the said Henry Woolley my Gold Locket Also I give and bequeath to Penelope [12] the Wife of Samuel Treslove the Elder [6] of the said Town of Northampton another of my said late Husbands Sons my best Tabby Gown and best Suit of Linnen Also I give and bequeath unto Samuel Treslove the Younger [13] one of the Sons of the aforesaid Samuel Treslove the Elder two of my large Silver Spoons Also I give and bequeath unto Thomas Treslove [15] the other Son of the said Samuel Treslove the Elder my Silver Tankard Also I give and bequeath unto Penelope Balaam [14] one of the Daughters of the said Samuel Treslove the Elder my Corner Cupboard with all the China Ware therein my Tea Chest seven Silver Tea Spoons and Siver Sugar Tongs Also I give and bequeath to Ann Treslove [16] another of the Daughters of the said Samuel Treslove the Elder all my Household Linen Also I give and bequeath to Mary Treslove [17] another of the Daughters of the said Samuel Treslove the Elder two large Silver Spoons Also I give and bequeath unto the said Ann the Wife of the said Henry Woolley my best Diamond Ring my white Damask Gown and my white Quilted Coat Also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Treslove my second best Diamond Ring and my black velvet Cloak and hood Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Treslove [18] another of the Daughters of the said Samuel Treslove the elder my other Diamond Ring Also I give and bequeath unto the said Penelope Balaam Ann Treslove and Mary Treslove three of the said Daughters of the said Samuel Treslove the Elder all the Rest of my wearing Apparel undisposed of to be parted equally between them Also I give and bequeath unto the Maid Servant of the House wherein I shall happen to die One Guinea to be laid out for her in Mourning  All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Goods Chattels Effects and personal Estate of what nature or kind soever not hereinbefore given or disposed of after payment of my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences I give and bequeath unto the said Samuel Treslove the Elder and Penelope his wife And I do hereby make constitute and appoint them the said Samuel Treslove the Elder and Penelope his Wife joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament And lastly I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the eighth Day of November 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 so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty eight.

Signed Sealed published and declared by the Testatrix                 Ann Treslove    [seal]

Ann Treslove as and for her last Will and Testament in

the Presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our

Names as Witnesses

                                    Ch.^s Smith

                                    W.^m Grandborough

                                   

            On the 26.^th Dec 1770 Sam.^l Treslove one of the Ex’tors named in the within Will was then Sworn well & faithfully to Perform the same & a power being reserved for the other when etc.

                                                                                    Before me

                                                                                        Geo: Watkin M.A.

                                                                                              Surrogate

 

 

*    Second wife of Thomas TRESLOVE [8], née Ann WARNER.

 

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Sarah TRESLOVE                                                                  Made 7 Sep 1765

PROB 11/964                                                                           Probated 2 Feb 1771

 

I Sarah Treslove [24]¹ (wife of Thomas Treslove [8] of the parish of St. Martin in the Fields in the Liberty of Westminster and County of Middlesex haberdasher) being of sound and disposing Mind Memory and understanding do make publish and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner following Whereas by Indenture of Settlement made previous and in order to my Marriage with the said Thomas Treslove my present husband bearing date the Fourteenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and Fifty Eight and made between the said Thomas Treslove of the First part me the said Sarah Treslove by the name and addition of Sarah Amos of the parish of Saint Dunstans in the West in the City of London Widow and Relict of John Amos late citizen and haberdasher of London deceased of the second part and Thomas Kingston Esquire and Thomas Spirer Caterer and haberdasher of London of the third part two several and respective sums of one thousand pounds and one thousand pounds now vested or agreed to be vested in them the said Thomas Kingston and Thomas Spirer upon Trust (amongst other things) that from and after the decease of me the said Sarah Treslove then Sarah Amos and in case there should be no Child or Children of the said Thomas Treslove upon my Body begotten then they the said Thomas Kingston and Thomas Spirer or the survivor of them his Executors admin’rs or assigns should pay and dispose of the sum of Five hundred pounds part of the said two thousand respective sums of one thousand pounds and one thousand pounds unto Francis Amos Mary Plomer wife of John Plomer William Amos Charles Amos and Ellen Amos Children of John Amos or their respective Issue in such parts and proportions and in such sort and manner and form as I should by any writing or writings under my hand and seal attested by two or more Credible Witnesses or by my Last Will and Testament in writing or any other writing purporting to be my Last Will and Testament to be by me signed and sealed in the presence of the like Number of Witnesses direct or appoint  And whereas the said Francis Ames is since dead without Issue and the said Charles Amos is also deceased but has left Issue and the said Mary Plomer William Amos and Ellen Amos are still living and there are no Child or Children of the said Thomas Treslove on my Body begotten  Now I the said Sarah Treslove in pursuance of and by virtue of the power to me given in and by the said Indenture of Settlement to make such direction and appointment as aforesaid and of all the powers and Authorities in any wise enabling me thereunto do by this my Last Will and Testament or writing purporting to be my Last Will and Testament by me signed and sealed in the presence of two Credible Witnesses whose Names are hereunto subscribed will direct and appoint the said sum of Five hundred pounds to be paid and proportioned in manner following  (that is to say) I direct and appoint the sum of two hundred pounds (part of the said sum of Five hundred pounds) to be paid unto the said Mary Plomer wife of the said John Plomer in case she shall be living at the time of my decease  But if she shall happen to dye in my Life time then I direct and appoint the sum of Eighty pounds part of the said sum of Two hundred pounds to be paid unto my God daughter Mary the daughter of the said John and Mary Plomer and the Further sum of Eighty pounds other part of the said sum of Two hundred pounds I direct and appoint to be paid unto Sarah another daughter of the said John and Mary Plomer and the sum of Forty pounds the remainder of the said sum of Two hundred pounds I direct and appoint to be paid unto such of the Children of the said John and Mary Plomer (other than and except the said Mary and Sarah abovesaid two daughters) as shall be living at the time of my decease equally amongst them share and share alike But in case the said Mary and Sarah the daughters or either of them shall happen to dye in my Lifetime then it is my will and mind and I do hereby direct and appoint to the survivor’s shares of her or them so dying to be paid unto such other of the Children of the said John and Mary Plomer as shall be living at the time of my death equally amongst them share and share alike but if only one Child then I direct and appoint the whole sum of two hundred pounds to be paid unto such Child  Item  I direct and appoint to be paid unto such of the Children of the said Charles Amos as shall be living at the time of my decease the sum of two hundred and ninety eight pounds and eight shillings and sixpence being a further part of the said sum of Five hundred pounds equally amongst them share and share alike   Item  I direct and appoint the sum of ten shillings and sixpence other further part of the said sum of Five hundred pounds to be paid unto the abovesaid William Amos   Item  I direct and appoint the sum of one pound and one shilling being the remainder of the said sum of Five hundred pounds to be paid unto the said Ellen Amos And Lastly I do hereby Nominate Constitute and Appoint the said John Plomer sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Sarah Treslove have hereunto set my hand and seal the seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty four.

                                                                                    Sarah Treslove         [seal]

Signed sealed ______ published and declared by the abovenamed Sarah Treslove as and for her Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testatrix and in the presence of each other.

                                                            Witnesses:        H. Pulsford ²     Tho.^s Watson

 

On the second day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one Administration of the Will annexed of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Sarah Treslove late of Dulwich in the parish of Chamberwell in the County of Surry deceased was granted to Thomas Treslove Esq. the lawfull husband of the said deceased he having been First sworn duly to administer.  John Plomer the sole Executor named in the said Will having First renounced the Execution thereof.

 

FOOTNOTES

1.         Wife of Thomas TRESLOVE, Esq. [8], née Sarah PLOMER and widow of John AMOS.

2.         Thomas’s partner in the firm “Treslove, Pulsford & Son”, Westminster.

 

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John TRESLOVE                                                                   Made 2 Jul 1751

PROB 11/991                                                                           Probated 30 Sep 1773

 

In the Name of God Amen I John Treslove [9] of the Parish of St. James Westminster Purser of his Majesty’s Ship the Boston being in perfect health and of sound Memory do hereby make and constitute this my last Will and Testament in manner following: first I think it necessary for certain reasons as with my last breath to declare that I do most firmly believe the Christian faith And that I hope for a Salvation for what is done for me and will be done in me by my dear Saviour Jesus Christ in whom I believe.  As to my Worldly Goods I will that all my just Debts be paid by my Executrix or Executors hereinafter mentioned and the remaining part to be disposed of as follows   I give and bequeath unto my loving Wife Mary Treslove [33] of Panton Square in the Parish of St. James Westminster all and every part of my Estate Real and Personal all my Household Goods Wearing Apparel Goods and Chattels with all and every Sum or Sums of Money that I am possessed of or any ways intitled to at my decease with all my Ballance Bills Treasury Bills Credits Bonds Book Debts Wages Sallarys Prize Money or whatever else I am possessed of or any ways intitled to as Purser of this or any other Ship or Vessell in his Majestys Navy though I would lay no restraint on my Wife my will and desire is that on my Account she make my Sister[-in-Law] Susannah Turner [31] a particular part of her care that is on my Account to do more for her than she otherwise would do or than the Ties or Obligation of Nature and Custom seem to require for tho I do not stipulate any particular sum my love and care for Sukey’s well being makes her as dear to me as a child in which nearness I look on her as a part of my care rather than as Sister in Law   And as in the following disposal of my Worldly Effects I shall treat Sukey as I would my Children I think it necessary to tell my Brothers and Sisters that my Will is thus in favour of her more than them because Providence has kindly put them above the want of my Assistance and Sukey is an Orphan who has no Person but myself to introduce her into the World and care for her well being in it And that she hath ever made my interest her own And I believe I would share the most adverse Fortune with her Sister and me.  If I should survive my Wife and have any Child or Children at my decease I will and bequeath unto my said Children or Child and unto my Sister in Law Susannah Turner all and every part of whatever I am possessed of or intitled to at my death to be equally divided amongst them whether Male or Female without difference of Age or Sex   If I survive my Wife and have no Issue at my death I give and bequeath unto my Sister in Law Susannah Turner one tenth part of all my Estate Real and Personal with the tenth part of my Ballance Bills Credits Bonds Book Debts Wages Prize Money or whatever else I am possessed of or intitled to at my decease  I also give and Bequeath unto my said Sister all her Sisters Wearing Apparel Linnen and Towells and Picture As also her share of my second best Household and Kitchen Furniture as also Beds Bedding etc to furnish her a couple of rooms in a compleat neat and genteel manner with her choice of my Books or any other Utensil or Toy that she fancys now for my sake than the value of the thing the remaining part of my Estate Goods & Chattels Bills &c I would have sold or valued  and the amount brought into one Total and divided into six equal parts which I will be disposed of as follows  Viz.^t I give and bequeath unto my Brother in Law [blank] Treslove [22] of the Parish of All Saints Northampton one sixth part   I give and bequeath unto my Brother Samuel Treslove [6] of the same place one sixth part   I give and bequeath unto my Brother Thomas Treslove [8] of the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields London one sixth part   I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Treslove [9] of the Parish of all Saints in the Town of Northampton one sixth part   I give and bequeath unto my Sister Anne Wooley [10] of the same place one sixth part   I give and bequeath unto my Sister in Law Susannah Turner.over and above the Legacys above mentioned one sixth part   And I do hereby constitute and appoint my loving Wife Mary Treslove of Panton Square in the Parish of St. James Westminster to be the whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and after her decease I do hereby constitute and appoint my Brothers Samuel and Thomas Treslove to be the Executors and my Sister Susannah Turner to be the Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and disannulling all other former and ratifying and confirming this my only true and last Will and Testament written with my own Hand on Board his Majestys Ship Boston where no stamped paper could be had this second day of July in the twenty fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and soforth And in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty one.

                                                                                                Jn.^o Treslove

Signed Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of us

     J. W.^m Drake     W.^m Hall     W. Dickson

 

This Will was proved at London the thirtieth day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three Before the Worshipful Francis Simpson Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Hay also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Mary Treslove Widow the Relict of the Deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased she having been first sworn duly to Administer.

 

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Mary TRESLOVE                                                                  Made 13 Sep 1775

PROB 11/1021                                                                          Probated 27 Jun 1776

 

This is the last Will and Testament of me Mary Treslove [33] of Paddington in the County of Middlesex widow first I will and desire that all my just debts and funeral charges be in the first place duly paid and satisfied  Item  I give and bequeath unto my Brother in Law Thomas Treslove [8] of Camberwell in the County of Surry Esquire his Executors and Administrators all that my leasehold messuage situate in Oxford Street in the parish of Saint Mary le Bone and late in my possession but now of [blank] Gregory Fruiterer and also all that my leasehold messuage situate in New Street in the parish of Saint James Westminster now in the Occupation of [blank] Nichols Cabinet maker and also all that leasehold messuage situate in Earl Street seven dials now in the Occupation of Joseph Milward for all the respective terms I have therein upon Trust and Confidence nevertheless that the said Thomas Treslove his Executors or Administrators do receive the Rents Issues and profits thereof and after deducting the Ground Rents and other Outgoings pay the said yearly Rents to my Sister Susannah Larue [31] to and for her sole and separate use for and during her natural life free from her present or any after taken husband his Controul Debts or Engagements and her receipt also shall be a sufficient discharge to my said Trustee and from and after her decease upon further trust to pay the said clear yearly rents to Samuel Treslove [13] Thomas Treslove [15] and Henry Woolley [26] my late husband’s Nephews their Executors or Administrators share and share alike or in case my said Trustee shall think it most for their benefit then to sell the three leasehold messuages or tenements and to apply and divide the money arising by such sale between my said husband’s said Nephews the said Samuel Treslove Thomas Treslove and Henry Woolley their Executors or Administrators share and share alike  Item  I give and bequeath unto the said Thomas Treslove Esquire his Executors and Administrators all that my leasehold messuage situate at Paddington aforesaid wherein I now dwell together with the Goods and Furniture therein and also my Watch jewels and plate upon trust to sell the same as soon as conveniently may be after my decease and to invest the monies arising therefrom in Government securities and pay the interest and dividends thereof unto my said Sister Susannah Larue [31] to and for her own proper use for and during her natural life separate and apart from her said present or any after taken husband his Controul Debt or Engagements and from and after her decease upon trust to divide the said last mentioned principal money equally between my said husband’s three Nephews the said Samuel Treslove Thomas Treslove and Henry Woolley their Executors or Administrators  Item  I give unto my said Trustee the said Thomas Treslove Esquire his Executors and Admin. the sum of five hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain upon trust to invest the same in Government securities or otherwise and to lay by the Interest and Dividends thereof for an increase until the leases of my said messuages in New Street and Earl Street shall expire and from and after the expiration of the said leases then to pay the said increase of Interest together with the growing Interest and dividends thereof unto my said sister Susannah Larue to and for her own proper use for and during the term of her natural life separate and apart from her said husband as aforesaid and from and after her decease upon trust to pay the said last mentioned Principal and Interest or Dividends thereof unto all and every the children of Samuel Treslove Sen.^r [6] and his Sister Ann Woolley [10] (my said late husband’s Brother and Sister) equally share and share alike  Item  I give unto the said Thomas Treslove Esquire his Executors and Administrators another sum of five hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain upon trust to invest the same in Government securities and pay the interest and dividends thereof unto the said Ann Woolley for and during the term of her natural life separate and apart from her present or any after taken husband his Controul Debts or Engagements and her Receipt alone shall be a sufficient discharge at all times to my said Trustee for the same also from and after her decease then to pay the said Principal sum and the Interest thereof unto all and every her Children share and share alike  Item I give unto the said Thomas Treslove Esquire his Executors and Administrators another sum of five hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain upon Trust to invest the same in Government securities or otherwise and to pay the interest and dividends thereof unto my Brother in Law Samuel Treslove [6] for and during the term of his natural life and from and after his decease to pay the Interest and Dividends thereof unto Penelope [12] his Wife (in case she shall survive him) and from and from [sic] and after her decease then to pay the said Principal Sum and the interest and dividends thereof unto all and every of their Children equally share and share alike  Item  I give unto the said Thomas Treslove Esquire his Executors and Administrators the sum of five hundred pounds of like lawful money upon Trust to invest the same in Government security or otherwise and to pay the interest and dividends thereof unto my Sister in Law Elizabeth Treslove [18] widow for and during the term of her natural life separate and apart from any after taken husband his Controul Debts or Engagements and from and after her decease upon Trust to pay the said Principal Money and interest unto all and every the Children of my said Brother in Law Samuel Treslove [6] and Henry Woolley [11] share and share alike and if either of the said Children are out of England his share (of this bequest only) shall be considered as forfeited in like manner as if he were deceased a Minor  Item it is my will and I do hereby declare that all the said Children who shall be intitled to any of the Legacies in Reversion by this my will given shall not be so intitled to receive the same until they shall have fully attained their age of twenty one years and in case any of the said Children shall dye before they shall become intitled to my said Legacies then the said Legacies shall go and be paid to the surviving Brothers or Sisters and not to the Executors or Administrators of the Child or Children so dying whether before or after the attaining the said age of twenty one years any thing in this my will contained to the contrary notwithstanding  Item  I give unto Thomas Treslove Jun.^r [15ii] of Saint Martins Lane Button seller the sum of one hundred pounds of like lawful Money to be paid to him within one month next after my decease  Item  I give unto my said Sister the said Susannah Larue all my China Cloaths Linen and Wearing Apparel and also my Mourning Ring made for my late husband  Item  I do hereby release all and every demand I may have upon her for any Goods she may have of mine in her possession at the time of my decease  Item  I give unto my Sister Ann Woolley my best set of China  Item  I give unto my Nephew Thomas Treslove’s wife [Harriett] two of my best Table Cloths  Item  I give unto my Cousin Samuel Treslove’s wife two other of my best Table Cloths  Item  I give unto my Nephew Thomas Treslove’s wife two other of my best Table Cloths  Item  all the rest residue and remainder of my personal Estate Goods Chattels and Effects of what nature or kind soever I give and bequeath unto the said Thomas Treslove his Executors or Administrators upon Trust for the said Susannah Larue’s use separate and apart from her present or any after taken husband his Controul Debts or Engagements and if my will and I do hereby declare that neither my said Trustee or Executors shall be liable for any loss that may happen to my said Estate unless by their own wilful Neglect and that they shall not be accountable or answerable for the Acts or Receipts of the other of them but each of them for his own Acts and Receipts only and that they shall and may retain to themselves all their reasonable Costs and Charges which they shall be put unto in and about the Execution of this my will and the Trusts hereby in them reposed and I do hereby appoint the said Thomas Treslove Esquire and Joshua Crewe of Peerless Pool in the parish of Saint Luke Old Street in the said County of Middlesex Gentleman Executors of this my last will and testament and to each of whom I give the sum of fifty pounds of like lawful Money as a recompense for the trouble they may have herein and to whose discretion I leave the care of my interment and lastly I do hereby revoke all former and other Will or Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this only to be and contain my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will contained in three sheets of paper to the first and second sheet thereof set my hand and to the last set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of September in the fifteenth 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 soforth and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five.

                                                                                    M Treslove       [seal]

 

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix as and for her last will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence and at her request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto.

                                                            P.A. Gray    Leicester Fields    Ar. Hewetson his Cl.^s

 

13th September 1775 I the abovenamed Testatrix do by this my Codicil revoke the bequest of the residue of my personal Estate in Trust for my Sister Susannah Larue and do hereby give the Residue of my Personal Estate to my said Brother in Law Thomas Treslove Esq. his Executors and Administrators Witness my hand the day above written. 

                                                                                    M: Treslove.   

                                                Witnesses:  P.A. Gray    Leicester Fields    Ar. Hewetson his Cl.^s

 

This Will was proved at London with a Codicil the twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six before the Worshipful Andrew Coffee Ducarff Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Sir George Hay Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper of Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of Thomas Treslove Esq.^r and Joshua Crewtby by mistake in the s.^d will called Crewe the Executors named in the said will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first sworn duly to Administer.                                                                                             Ex.^d

 

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Elizabeth TRESLOVE                                                                        Made 7 Oct 1782

                                                                                                Probated 23 Jun 1783

 

In the Name of God Amen  I Elizabeth Treslove [7] of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Widow being of sound mind memory and understanding Praised be God for the same do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) Imprimis I Give and Bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Burton [19] Widow the sum of Twenty Pounds Item I Give and Bequeath unto Sarah Marshall now in the Hospital of Saint Thomas in the Town of Northampton aforesaid the sum of Five Pounds Item I Give and Bequeath unto Thomas Marshall of London Taylor one Guinea to buy him a Ring in memory of me which Legacies I direct shall be paid by my Executors and Executrix hereinafter named within Three Months next after my decease Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Brother Thomas Treslove Esquire [8] my Silver Pint Mug Item I Give and Bequeath unto my said Sister Ann [10] the Wife of M.^r Henry Woolley [11] my late Mother’s Gold Wedding Ring Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Brother Samuel Treslove [6] my said Brother Thomas Treslove and my aforesaid Sister Ann Woolley All my ready Monies and Securities for Money of what nature or kind soever and also all the rest and residue of my Personal Estate whatsoever or wheresoever not herein before particularly disposed of equally to be divided between them share and share alike and in case of the decease of either of them the said Samuel Treslove Thomas Treslove and Ann Woolley before me then I Give and Bequeath the part or share of him her or them so dying equally unto and amongst such of my Nephews and Nieces as shall be living at the time of my decease And my wish is that in case my said Brothers and Sister should survive me that at their decease or deceases they would cause such distributive share as they shall receive under this my Will to be equally divided to and amongst such of my Nephews and Nieces as shall be living at the time of his her or their respective decease or deceases share and share alike including in such division my said Niece Elizabeth Burton And I do hereby constitute and appoint the said Samuel Treslove Thomas Treslove and Ann Woolley Executors and Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and Seal this seventh day of October in the Year of our Lord Christ One Thousand seven Hundred and eighty two.

                                                                                                E. Treslove       [seal]

 

Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses to the same at her request in herpresence and in the presence of each other.

                                                                        J. Wills             John Markham

 

On the 23.^d June 1783 M.^r Tho.^s Treslove M.^r Sam.^l Treslove M.^rs Ann Woolley the Executors named in the within Will were then Sworn well & faithfully to Perform the Same

                                                                                    Before me

                                                                                                J. Watkin B.D.

                                                                                                            Surrogate

 

 

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Henry WOOLLEY                                                                 Made 3 Sep 1782

                                                                                                Probated 2 Mar 1785

 

In the Name of God Amen  I Henry Woolley [11] of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Gentleman do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) Imprimis I Give and Devise unto my Brother in Law Thomas Treslove [8] of the City of London Esquire and my Son the Reverend Thomas Woolley [25] Clerk All and singular my Messuages or Tenements Cottages Closes Gardens Lands Hereditaments and Premises whatsoever with their and every of their Appurtenances situate lying and being in the Town of Northampton aforesaid or elsewhere within the Kingdom of Great Britain that I shall or may die possessed of interested in or intitled unto To Hold to them the said Thomas Treslove and Thomas Woolley their Heirs and Assigns upon the Trusts and for the Uses and subject to the Provisoes following (that is to say) Upon Trust in the first place that they the said Thomas Treslove and Thomas Woolley or the Survivor of them or the Heirs and Assigns of such Survivor do and shall from time to time permit and suffer my Loving Wife Ann [10] to enjoy all and singular my said Real Estate and to receive the Rents Issues and Profits thereof and of every part thereof during the Term of her natural life Provided always and upon this Condition that if my said Wife shall marry again then from and immediately after such her Marriage my Will is that the aforesaid Devise of my Real Estate for her benefit shall cease and determine and from and after her decease or Marriage again which shall first happen I Give and Devise my said Real Estate to the said Thomas Treslove and Thomas Woolley their Heirs and Assigns and the Survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of such Survivor Upon this further Trust and confidence (that is to say) to sell and dispose thereof for the best price or prices that can be obtained for the same and the Monies arising from Sale thereof to pay and divide equally unto and amongst my Daughters Elizabeth Burton [19] Widow, Ann [27], and Frances Woolley [29], and Rebecca [30] the Wife of John Segary share and share alike Item I Give and Bequeath unto the said Thomas Treslove and Thomas Woolley their Executors Administrators and Assigns All and singular my Household Goods, Furniture and effects not hereinafter particularly disposed of whereof & wherein I shall be any ways possessed or interested at the time of my decease Upon Trust nevertheless that my said Trustees shall and do as soon as conveniently may be after my decease cause a true and perfect Inventory of all such my Household Goods Furniture and effects to be made and taken And that then my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor do and shall permit and suffer my said Wife to possess and enjoy the same for and during the Term of her natural life in case she continues my Widow and unmarried Provided always that if my said Wife shall marry again then from and immediately after such her marriage my Will is that the Bequest of my Personal Estate so made for her benefit as aforesaid shall cease and determine and immediately after her decease or marriage again which shall first happen I Give and Bequeath the same to my said Trustees and the Survivor of them and the Executors Administrators or Assigns of such Survivor Upon this further Trust and Confidence that is to say To sell and dispose of my said Household Goods and Furniture and the Monies arising from Sale thereof to pay and divide equally unto and amongst my aforesaid Daughters Elizabeth Burton, Ann, and Frances Woolley, and Rebecca Seagary, share and share alike Provided also and my Will is that in case any or either of my said Daughters Elizabeth Burton, Ann, or Frances, shall marry with the consent of my said Wife and of the said Thomas Treslove and Thomas Woolley then it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Thomas Treslove and Thomas Woolley or the Survivor of them or the Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns of such Survivor either by Sale of any part of my Personal Estate or by Mortgage or Mortgages of all or any part of my Real Estate to raise any sum or sums of money they shall think proper and pay the same unto such Child or Children marrying with such consent as aforesaid so as the sum or sums paid to such Child or Children shall not exceed what shall appear to my said Trustees to amount to more than her or their equal distributive Share of my said Real and Personal Estate if Sold And in case such sum or sums after the decease or marriage again of my said Wife as shall have been so paid to her or them upon intermarriage shall appear not to be equal to her or their equal distributive share of my Real and Personal Estate when Sold and to be divided then I direct my said Trustees to make up such deficiency to her or them so that each may have an equal distributive part and proportion thereof Nevertheless my Will is that such sum or sums of Money as I have advanced upon the marriage of my Daughter Rebecca or which I shall or may happen to advance and pay in my lifetime to her or any or either of my other said Daughters upon or after their or either of their Intermarriage or Intermarriages shall be considered by my said Trustees upon their division and distribution of such my Estates as and for part of such distributive share they are or will be intitled unto under this my Will and that they pay unto such Daughter or Daughters so receiving any sum or sums upon or after her or their Intermarriage only so much as with such sum or sums so received shall be equal to her or their distributive share or shares Item I Give unto my said Son the said Thomas Woolley my Pair of Globes and all my Books of what Language or kind soever (except such as my said Wife shall think proper to retain for her own use in case she shall be living at the time of my decease and which after her death I beg she will cause to be delivered to him) Also my Book Shelves or Book Case Item I Give and Bequeath unto my said Trustees and the Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor all my ready Monies Debts and Securities for Money that I shall or may die possessed of or intitled unto and all the rest and residue of my Personal Estate not before disposed of they paying thereout my Debts Funeral Expenses and the charge of proving this my Will nevertheless upon this further Trust and confidence (that is to say) that that they or the Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor do and shall call and get in my debts and Securities for Money and the same with such Monies as I shall die possessed of put and placed out upon Government or Land Security or Securities and to remove or now place the same in such manner at any time or times as they shall think proper so as the best annual Interest may be made thereof or conveniently may be without lessening the Principal And my will is that my said Trustees apply the Interest and produce thereof towards the maintenance and support of my said Wife during the Term of her natural life in case she continues Unmarried and from and immediately after her decease or intermarriage that they or the Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor call and get in such Security or Securities and pay and divide the same equally and in such manner unto and amongst such of my aforesaid Children as I have directed my Real and other part of my Personal Estate to be paid unto share and share alike And my Will further is that in case either of my aforesaid Daughters shall depart this life without lawful Issue living at the time of my decease and at the decease or marriage again of my said Wife then I Give and Bequeath the part or share of her or them so dying unto the Survivors of them the said Elizabeth, Ann, Frances, and Rebecca, and if but one Survivor then I give the whole thereof to such Survivor And I do hereby constitute and appoint the said Thomas Treslove and Thomas Woolley Executors in Trust of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me made And my will is that my said Trustees and Executors shall not be answerable the one for the other of them or for the Acts or Deeds of the other of them but each for his own Acts and Deeds only And I do direct that my said Trustees and Executors shall be allowed to deduct to themselves all costs charges and expences whatsoever which they shall or may sustain or be put unto relative to the execution of this my Will and the Trust hereby in them reposed In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in three Sheets of Paper to the two first Sheets thereof set my hand and to the last Sheet thereof set my hand and seal this third day of September in the year of our Lord Christ One Thousand seven Hundred and eighty two.

                                                                                                H.^y Woolley      [seal]

 

Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other subscribed our Names as Witnesses

            Barth. Charlton        J. Wills usher to M.^r Woolley        John Markham                

On the second Day of March 1785 the Executors named in the above Will were then sworn faithfully to perform the same and that the Deceased at the time of his death was not possessed of a Personal Estate in the Amount of six hundred Pounds    

                                                                                    Before me                                                                                                                                      J.Watkin B.D.                                                                                                                                 Surrogate

 

Codicil

Whereas John Palmer late of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Oxford Carrier did by his last Will and Testament in Writing duly executed and attested bearing Date on or about the Twentieth day of October One thousand seven hundred and fifty eight appoint Matthias Hickman [48] late of the Town of Northampton aforesaid Cambridge Carrier and myself Executors of his said Will and also Trustees under the same for the several purposes therein particularly mentioned And whereas as surviving Executor under the said Will I have now in my Hands the Sum of One Hundred and twenty Pounds the Interest whereof (the Wife of the said John Palmer being dead) is payable to Mary his Daughter for her Life upon whose Decease the said Principal Sum of One hundred and twenty Pounds and all Interest then due thereon will descend to me my Executors Administrators and Assigns as in and by the said in part recited Will Reference being thereunto had will more fully appear In Order therefore to secure the regular Annual Payment of the Interest of the aforesaid Sum of One hundred and twenty Pounds to the said Mary Palmer during her Natural Life I Henry Woolley do by this Codicil annexed to my Will which Will bears Date on or about the third day of September which was in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty two direct my loving Wife to pay legal Interest to the said Mary Palmer for the said Sum of One hundred and twenty Pounds And in case of my said Wife’s Decease or Neglect Or if she shall marry again then I direct the Trustees named in my Will or the Survivor of them to receive the same out of the Rents Issues and Profits of my Real Estate or any  part thereof and pay the same to the said Mary Palmer And that the receipt of my said Trustees or the Survivor of them shall be allowed (in part of Discharge for Rent) to any Tenant or Tenants so paying such Interest to my Trustees And that such Tenant or Tenants may deduct the same out of any Rent that may be due to my said Wife under this my Will And I do hereby ratify and confirm All and every the Gifts Devises and Bequests in and by my said Will made or given not hereby altered And declare this Writing to be a Codicil to my said Will and to be accepted and taken as part thereof as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the same had been inserted therein In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Twenty first day of July in the Year of our Lord Christ One thousand seven hundred and eighty three.

                                                                                                                                H.^y Woolley          [seal]

This Writing was signed and sealed by the above named Henry Woolley and by him published and declared as a Codicil annexed to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names aas Witnesses thereto at his Request in his presence and in the presence of each other

                                                                Step.ⁿ Hills        John Markham        W.^m Francis

 

 

 

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Samuel TRESLOVE the Elder                                                           Made 2 Mar 1778

                                                                                                Probated 23 May 1785

 

I Samuel Treslove [6] the Elder  of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Gentleman being of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding praised be God do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) I will and direct that all my just Debts and Funeral Expenses be first paid out of my Personal Estate I give and devise unto my beloved Wife Penelope [12] and her Assigns for and during the Term of her natural Life All and singular my Messuages Cottages Closes Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever and wheresoever, And from and immediately after her Decease I give and devise the same unto my Son Samuel Treslove [13] my Daughter Penelope [14] the Wife of William Balaam [20], my Son Thomas Treslove [15], my Daughter Ann Treslove [16], my Daughter Mary [17] the Wife of Edward Cox [21] and my Daughter Elizabeth Treslove [18] their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common and not as Jointenants I give and bequeath unto my said Wife Penelope All my Household Goods Household Stuff and Implements of Household whatsoever to and for her own Use and Benefit All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Goods Chattels Ready Monies, Money in the Public Funds and Securities for Money whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my said Sons Samuel Treslove and Thomas Treslove Upon the trusts and to and for the Intents and Purposes hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) Upon Trust that they the said Samuel Treslove and Thomas Treslove and the Survivor of them do and shall pay to or otherwise permit and suffer my said Wife Penelope to receive and take the Interest Increase and Produce of all the said Residue of my said Goods Chattels Ready Monies, Money in the Public Funds and Securities for Money whatsoever for and during the term of her natural Life And from and immediately after her decease Upon further Trust that they the said Samuel Treslove and Thomas Treslove do and shall retain and keep the Sum of One Hundred Pounds apiece part of the said Residue of my said Goods Chattels Ready Monies Money in the Public Funds and Securities for Money to and for their own proper Use and Benefit And also that they my said Sons do and shall pay the like Sum of One Hundred Pounds other part thereof unto each of my said two Daughters Ann and Elizabeth to and for their own proper Use and Benefit And also that my said Sons do and shall pay and divide the remaining part of my said Goods Chattels Ready Monies Money in the Public Trust and Securities for Money whatsoever unto and amongst my said Son Samuel my said daughter Penelope my said Son Thomas, my said Daughter Ann my said Daughter Mary and my said Daughter Elizabeth equally share and share alike And I do hereby constitute and appoint my said two Sons Samuel Treslove and Thomas Treslove Executors of this my last Will and Testament And Lastly I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof  I the said Samuel Treslove the Elder have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the second day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight.

                                                                                                Sam.^l Treslove  [seal]

 

Signed sealed published and declared by the Testator Samuel Treslove the Elder as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names as

Witnesses at his Request in his Presence and in the Presence of each other,

            John Gunning                John Russell                  Rob.^t Abbey

 

On the 23.^d day of May 1785 the Executors named in the within Will were then sworn well and faithfully to perform the same and that the Deceased at the time of his Death was not possessed of a Personal Estate to the amount of three Hundred Pounds

                                                                        Before me

                                                                                    J. Watkin B.D.

                                                                                                Surrogate

 

 

 

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Charles BALAAM                                                                 Made 11 Mar 1785

                                                                                                Probated 23 May 1785

 

I Charles Balaam [37] of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Sadler being of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding (praised be God for the same) do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) I give devise and bequeath unto my dear Wife Ann Balaam [40] my brother William Balaam [20] and my friend Samuel Treslove [13] their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns All my real Estate of every sort and kind whatsoever and wheresoever whether in Possession Reversion Remainder or Expectancy And also all my Goods Chattels Effects ready Money and Securities for Money Plate China Linen and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever that I shall be possessed of interested in or any ways entitled to at the time of my decease Upon Trust that they the said Ann Balaam William Balaam and Samuel Treslove or the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor do and shall by and out of my personal Estate in the first place pay and discharge the two several Sums of Fifty Pounds and Fifty Pounds of Sir Thomas White’s free loan Money for which I have given Bond to some of the Aldermen of the Corporation of the said Town of Northampton And in the next place do and shall out of my said personal Estate (in case the same shall be sufficient for that purpose) pay satisfy and discharge all other just debts which shall be owing by me at the time of my decease And in case my said Personal Estate after Payment of the said two several Sums of fifty Pounds and fifty Pounds shall not be sufficient to pay satisfy and discharge all my other just Debts Then Upon Trust that they the said Ann Balaam William Balaam and Samuel Treslove or the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Heirs or Assigns of such Survivor do and shall by sale or Mortgage of my said real Estate raise and levy such Sum or Sums of Money as shall be sufficient for making up such deficiency in my personal Estate And from and after Payment of the said two several Sums of fifty Pounds and fifty Pounds and all other my just Debts as aforesaid Upon Trust to put and place out such part of my said personal Estate as shall be then remaining (in case any such shall be) upon some Security or Securities at Interest and pay the Interest thereof as the same shall from time to time become due and be received unto my dear Wife Ann Balaam or otherwise to permit and suffer her to receive the same to and for her own Use and Benefit for and during the Term of her natural life and from and after her (decease) Upon Trust to pay such Interest as the same shall from time to time become due and be received in equal Shares and Proportions towards the Maintenance and Education of such of my Children as shall be living at the time of my decease until such time as they shall severally arrive at their respective Ages of Twenty one Years and then to pay the principal Money unto and equally amongst them share and share alike And Upon further Trust to permit and suffer my said Wife to receive and take the Rents Issues and Profits of my said real Estate (in case [end of first page, signed Chas. Balaam] my said Personal Estate shall be sufficient for the purpose aforesaid) for and during the Term of her natural life and from and after her decease I give and devise the same real Estate unto and equally amongst all my children that shall be living at the Time of my Decease and their several and respectrive Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common and not as Jointenants Provided always nevertheless and my Mind and Will is that in case my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor shall at any time before any one of my said Children shall attain the Age of twenty one Years think it necessary or proper to sell and dispose of my said real Estate then and in such case it shall be lawful for them and I do hereby give them full power and authority so to do And then and in such case I do hereby declare that the Money thereby and therefrom arising shall after the several Payments aforesaid be by my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor put and placed out at Interest and the Interest thereof paid to my said Wife during her life and after her decease in equal Shares and proportions towards the Maintenance and Education of my said Children until they shall severally attain their respective Ages of twenty one Years and the Principal then by paid to them respectively in equal shares and proportions And my Mind and Will is and I do hereby declare that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them his or her Executors or Administrators at all times to retain and reimburse him her and themselves all such loss costs charges damages and expences which they or either of them shall at any time hereafter psy such in expend or be put unto in the Execution of the Trusts hereby on them reposed  Any thing hereinbefore contained to the contrary notwithstanding And also that the Receipt or Receipts of my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them his or her Heirs or Assigns for the purchase Money of my said real Estate (in case the same shall be sold) shall be good and effectual Receipts and Discharges for the same and that the purchaser or Purchasers shall not be obliged to see to the Application or be any ways answerable for the misapplication thereof And I do hereby declare that my said Trustees shall not be answerable for any loss which may happen of or in the said trust Monies and Premises so as the same happen without their wilful default or neglect And shall not be answerable the one for the other or for the Receipts and Disbursements the one of the other but each of them for his and her own Receipts and Disbursements only And I do hereby make constitute and appoint my said Wife and the said William Balaam and Samuel Treslove Executors of this my last Will and Testament and also Guardians to all my Children during their Minorities Hereby revoking and making void all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in this and the preceding Sheet of Paper set my Hand and Seal to wit my Hand to the preceding Sheet and my Hand and Seal to this second or last Sheet this eleventh day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five.

                                                                                                            Cha.^s Balaam    [seal]

 

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Charles Balaam the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses at his request in his presence and in the Presence of each other.

                                    Jos. Harden      Rob.^t Abbey      Sam.^l Treslove Jr.

 

On the 23.^d day of May 1785 Ann Balaam William Balaam and Samuel Treslove the Executors named in the within Will were then sworn well and faithfully to perform the same and that the Deceased at the time of his Death was not possessed of a Personal Estate to the Amount of six Hundred Pounds.

                                                                                    Before me

                                                                                                J. Watkin B.D.

                                                                                                            Surrogate

 

 

 

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Thomas TRASLER                                                                Made 9 Aug 1766

                                                                                                Probated 28 May 1785

 

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Trasler of Harleston in the County of Northampton Baker (being of sound and disposing Mind and Memory praised be God) do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) As to All and every my Messuages Cottages Closes Lands Tenements Hereditaments and real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever with their and every of their Appurtenances I give and devise one undivided Moiety or full half Part thereof unto my Son Thomas Trasler his heirs and assigns for ever And the other undivided Moiety or full half Part thereof I give and devise unto my loving Wife Hannah Trasler for and during the Term of her life And from and after her decease I give and devise the said last mentioned undivided Moiety or half Part unto my said Son Thomas Trasler his heirs and assigns for ever Charged and chargeable nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned And As to all and singular my Goods Chattels Monies Effects and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what Nature or Kind soever (after payment of my Debts and Funeral Expences) I give and bequeath one Moiety or full half Part thereof unto my said Son Thomas Trasler And as to the other Moiety or full half Part thereof I give and bequeath the Use Interest Increase and Produce thereof unto my said Wife for and during the Term of her life And from and after her Decease I give and bequeath the said last mentioned Moiety or half Part of my said Goods Chattels Monies Effects and Personal Estate (the Use Interest Increase and Produce of which I have hereinbefore given to my said Wife for her life as aforesaid) unto my said Son Thomas Trasler Charged and chargeable nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned And I do hereby charge subject and make chargeable the said undivided Moiety of the said Messuages Cottages Closes Lands Tenements Hereditaments and real Estate (hereinbefore given and devised to the said Hannah my Wife for her life) and the said Moiety or half Part of my said Goods Chattels Monies Effects and personal Estate (the Use Interest Increase and Produce whereof I have given and bequeathed to my said Wife for her life as aforesaid) to and with the payment of the Sum of three hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain within twelve Calendar Months next after my said Wife’s decease unto my Daughter Ann Callis the Wife of Simon Callis of the Town of Northampton Baker if she shall be then living But in case she shall be then dead Then unto and amongst all and every the Children and Issues of my said Daughter Ann Callis that shall be living at her death equally to be divided amongst them if more than one share and share alike and if but one Child Then unto such only Child And in case any one or more of such Children of my said Daughter shall die without Issue before his her or their respective Ages of twenty one years Then and in every such Case as well the original part and parts of such Child or Children so dying without Issue of and in the said three hundred Pounds as also all and every such Sum and Sums of Money (if any) as shall fall to them or any of them as the part or parts of any other or others of them who were dead before without Issue shall go to the surviving Child or Children and the Issue of such Child or Children as shall be then dead having Issue and shall not go to his her or their Executors or Administrators provided always that the Issue of any such deceased Child or Children shall not have or be intitled to a larger share or Proportion among them than their Parent or Parents would have been intitled unto if living And I do hereby make constitute and appoint my said Wife Hannah Trasler and my said Son Thomas Trasler Executors of this my last Will and Testament And lastly I do hereby revoke all former Wills In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the ninth day of August in the Year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and sixty six.

                                                                                                Thomas Tresler       [seal]

 

Signed sealed published and declared by the Testator Thomas Trasler as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunder subscribed our Names as Witnesses at his Request in his presence and in the presence of each other

                        Ch.^s Smyth                    Jn.^o Goodman                Tho.^s Lucas

 

On the 28.^th May 1785 Thomas Trasler the Surviving Executor named in the within Will was then Sworn well and faithfully to Perform the same and that the Dec’d at the time of his death was not possessed of a personal Estate to the amount of three hundred Pounds

                                                                                    Before me

                                                                                                J. Watkin B.D.

                                                                                                            Surrogate

 

 

 

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Robert BALAAM                                                                  Made 8 Apr 1785

                                                                                                Probated 27 Mar 1788

 

            I Robert Balaam [35] of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Gentleman being of sound mind Memory and understanding do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) I give devise and bequeath unto my Son William Balaam [20] of the town of Northampton and my son James Balaam [32] of Fish Street Hill London in the County of Middlesex their Heirs Executors administrators and assigns all my real Estates of every sort and kind whatsoever whether in Possession reversion Remainder or Expectancy and also all my goods Chattels Effects ready Money and securities of Money Plate China Linning [linen] and personal Estate whatsoever or wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever that I shall be possessd of intrested in or any way entitled to at the time of my decease Upon trust that they the said William Balaam and James Balaam or the survivors or survivor of them and the Executors or administrators of such Survivor do and shall out of my personal Estate in the first place pay and discharge all my just debts which shall be owing by me at the time of my decease Upon Trust that they the said William Balaam and James Balaam shall dispose of such part or parts of my said real & personal Estates or all as the[y] shall think proper and put & place the money arising therefrom to be placed out in such security or securityes as the[y] shall think proper, the Interest or money arising therefrom to be paid to my Wife Elizabeth Balaam [36] during her Natural Life and from and after her decease the said principal money and Effects if any should be or remain to my Son William Balaam my Daughter Mary Bull Collins [38] my Son Robert [35ix] my Son James my Daughter Sarah [35v] the Wife of [blank] Haynes my Daughter Elizabeth [39] the Wife of Job Jarmain my Daughter Pheby [35vii] to be equally divided share and share alike and to such of them as shall be living at the time of my decease for ever - as tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants and my Mind & Will is that my said Trustees after paying my Funeral Expenses and all Expenses in the Execution of this my last will out of the Moneys I die possest of - then to share and divide the remainder amonge my afore said Children as shall be then living at the time of my decease and I do hereby make constitute and appoint my said sons William Balaam and James Balaam Executors to this my last will and Testament Hereby revoking all former Wills made by me at any time In Witness whereof I have to this my last will and Testament in this and the preceding side or half sheet of paper set my hand and seal this Eighth day of April 1785.

                                                                                                Rob.^t Balaam    [seal]

 

Signed Sealed and delivered by the said Rob.^t Balaam in the presents of us Witnesses to this [h]is last will and Testament

                                    Tho.^s Sone     James Samuell     Sam.^l Treslove Jr.

 

On the 27 March 1788 W.^m Balaam one of the Executors named in the within Will was then Sworn well and faithfully to Perform the same & power being reserved for the other Executors when p.^t  And that the Dec’d at the time of his death was not Possessed of a personal Estate to the amount of One Hundred Pounds.

                                                                                                Before me

                                                                                                            W.^m Procter A.M.:

                                                                                                                        Surrogate

 

 

 

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Thomas TRESLOVE, Esq.                                                     Made 30 Apr 1787

PROB 11/1201                                                                          Probated 7 Jan 1791

 

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Treslove [8] of Peckham in the Parish of Camberwell in the County of Surry Esquire being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding praised be God for the same do make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say, my Will and Mind is that my Executors hereinafter named shall sell and dispose of all my Effects amd Estates both real and personal not hereinafter disposed of as soon as conveniently may be after my decease at least within the space of one year unless a majority of my Legatees shall see it necessary to prolong the time   In the first place I direct all my just debts Funeral Expences and the Charges of proving this my Will to be first duly paid and satisfied  I direct and order my Executors hereinafter named to bury me in Saint Peters Church in the Town of Northampton and that they erect a Monument to the Memory of me and my Father in the said Church to defray which Expence and my Burial my Will is that the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds little more or less be expended and laid out for the same   Item  I give devise and bequeath to my Nephew Thomas Treslove [15] the lease of my House situate in Saint Martins Lane also my Bureau and Bookcase markt A with all the Books contained therein   Item  I give and bequeath to my late partner Mr. Henry Pulsford the sum of Fifty pounds   [Item]  I give and bequeath to Ann Cox daughter of my Cousin Ann Cox late of Colchester deceased at this time my present faithful Servant the sum of two hundred pounds   Item  I give and bequeath to the said Ann Cox in trust for her Brother William Cox the sum of one hundred pounds to be by her paid to him in case he shall return to England within three years after my decease but if he shall not so return then I give and bequeath the said sum of one hundred pounds to her the said Ann Cox for her own use and benefit   Item  I give and bequeath to the Wife of Thomas Thresher the younger now or late of upper Thames Street London the sum of ten pounds   Item  I give and bequeath to my Man and my other Maid Servants who shall be living with me at the time of my decease the sum of Five pounds each for Mourning   Item  I give and bequeath to the several persons hereafter named the sum of one Guinea each for a Ring (that is to say) to my Sister Ann Woolley [10] Mr. William Balaam [20] Mr. Edward Cox [21] and one Ring to each of my thirteen Nephews and Nieces also to Ann Cox and to Mr. Crewe and to James Balaam [32] two of my Executors and one to Mrs. Larue [31] of Hammersmith   Item  I give and bequeath to my aforesaid Faithful Servant Ann Cox the whole Furniture of any one House which she shall live in which I shall dye possessed of in the Parish of Camberwell or elsewhere in any other place in the County of Surry or any other County (not in London or Westminster) And I do hereby direct that all the China I shall dye possessed of both in Town and Country be delivered to the said Ann Cox immediately after my decease one half whereof I give to the said Ann Cox and the other half thereof I direct her the said Ann Cox to deliver to her Brother William Cox in case he shall return to England within three years after my decease but if he shall not so return then I give and bequeath all my said China to the said Ann Cox for her own use and benefit   Item  I give and bequeath to the said Ann Cox In Trust for her Brother William Cox all my Household Furniture which I shall dye possessed of in London or Westminster with all my Cloathes Shirts and other wearing apparel and I direct that the same shall be delivered to her the said Ann Cox immediately after my decease and to be by her delivered to the said William Cox in case he shall return to England within three years after my decease but if he shall not so return then I give and bequeath all my said Household Furniture in London or Westminster with all my Cloathes and wearing apparel to the said Ann Cox for her own use and benefit And I direct that all my Household Linnen both in Town and Country be delivered to the said Ann Cox immediately after my decease one half whereof I give to the said Ann Cox and the other half thereof I direct her the said Ann Cox to deliver to her Brother William Cox in case he shall return to England within three

years next after my decease but if he shall not so return then I give all my said Household Linnen

 

 

to the said Ann Cox for her own use and benefit   Item  I give and bequeath to Mr. James

Balaam of Monument Yard London Fish Merchant one of my Executors hereinafter named the sum of twenty pounds as an Acknowledgement for his trouble   Item  I give and bequeath to Mrs. Susanna Lerou of Hammersmith the sum of Fifty pounds to be paid to her independent of her Husband for her to dispose of as she shall think fit and not to be subject to the debts power Controul or Engagements of her present or any after taken Husband   Item  I give and bequeath to Mrs. Elizabeth Yateman of Green Street Leicesterfield the sum of ten pounds to be paid to her independent of her Husband for her to dispose of as she shall think fit and not to be subject to the debts power Controul or Engagements of her present or any after taken Husband   Item  I give and bequeath to my Sister Ann Woolley all my thirty two pounds a year Consolidated short Annuities now standing in my name in the Books of the Government and Company of the Bank of England and I direct the same to be transferred to her in the said Books as soon after my decease as possible  Item  I give and devise to my Executors hereinafter named all my Freehold Estate upon trust that they sell the same for the most Money they can get and the Money arising thereby together with the rest of my Annuities and the Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate (not hereinbefore disposed of) after payment of my debts Funeral Expences and the Expence of Proving this my Will and the beforementioned Legacies I order and direct to be divided into thirty six equal parts or shares which I give and bequeath as follows (that is to say) To my Nephew Samuel Treslove [13] four of the said thirty six equal parts or shares  To my Nephew Thomas Treslove [15] four of the said thirty six equal parts or shares To my Nephew the Reverend Mr. Thomas Woolley [25] four of the said thirty six equal parts or shares To Ann Treslove [16] and Elizabeth Treslove [18] Daughters of my late Brother Samuel Treslove [6] eight of the said thirty six equal parts or shares equally to be divided between them share and share alike for their sole use and benefit independent of their Husbands And I do hereby direct that the same or any part thereof shall not in any wise be subject or liable to the debts power Controul Engagements or Intermingling of any Husband or Husbands they or either of them may happen to marry My further Will is and I give and bequeath to my eight Nephews and Nieces hereafter named two of the said thirty six equal parts or shares each (that is to say) To Henry Kilsby Woolley [26] Penelope Balaam [14] Mary Cox [17] Elizabeth Burton [19] Mary Barret [28] Frances Seaton [29] Ann Woolley the younger [27] and Rebecca Segary late Woolley [30]   [Item]  In case my Sister Ann Woolley shall depart this Life before me then and in that case I direct what I have hereinbefore given to my said Sister Ann Woolley shall go to her Son and Daughters equally to be divided between them share and share alike Except the sum of ten pounds which I give to her son the Reverend Thomas Woolley to defray a certain expence of which he is acquainted    My will and mind further is that if any of my aforementioned eight Nephews and Nieces shall depart this Life before me then and in that case I give two parts or shares of the said thirty six equal parts or shares to the Child or Children if more than one of him or her so dying equally to be divided between them share and share [alike] But in case such Nephew or Niece shall have no Child living at the time of his or her decease But shall have any Brothers or Sisters living at the time of his or her decease then I hereby direct the parts or shares of the said thirty six equal parts or shares so given to such deceased Nephews or Nieces shall go to his or her or their Brothers and Sisters if more than one equally share and share alike and if but one then to one such one Brother or Sister but in case such deceased Nephew or Sister [sic] shall have no Child Brother or Sister living at the time of his or her decease then I give the shares or parts of the said thirty six equal parts or shares so given to such deceased Nephew or Niece to such of my said Nephews or Nieces as shall be living at the time of my decease equally to be divided between them share and share alike.   Lastly I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my two Brothers Samuel Treslove and Thomas Treslove and the aforesaid James Balaam joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament totally revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven to the three first sheets thereof my hand and to this fourth and last sheet hereof my hand and seal.

                                                                                                T. Treslove       [seal]

 

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Thomas Treslove the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of the said Testator and of each other the words the Wife of, not shares, being first interlined

            Benj.ⁿ Sage N.^o 459 Strand      John Sage Junior D.^o     W.^m Sindeman D.^o

 

A Codicil to my Will  Item  I give and bequeath to Henry Treslove my Cousin ten pounds  The bequest to Mary Cox, Mary Barret, Frances Seaton, Ann Woolley and Rebecca Seagry [sic] I will and direct shall be given to them to their several sole use and Benefit for them to dispose of as they shall think proper independent of their Husbands and not subject to the debts power or Controul or Engagements of their present Husbands or any after taken Husband And I do hereby confirm my said Will in every part not altered by this Codicil As Witness my hand this 30.^th day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.

                                                                                                            T. Treslove

Witness:   Mary Howley      Eliz.^th Batchelor                              

 

A second Codicil to the Will of Tho.^s Treslove made Ap.^ll 10 1790 Whereas by my last Will and Testament bearing date the 30.^th day of April 1787 I have left and bequeathed to Ann Cox now Ann Blood and to her Brother William Cox part of my Books and all the remaining Furniture of my house at Peckham and elsewhere   Now be it remembered for certain good Causes and to prevent any trouble or distrust that may arise between the said Ann Blood and my Executors I do hereby revoke annul and make void that part of my said Will relating to the said Furniture and Books and I will and bequeath to the said Ann Cox now Ann Blood the sum of Fifty pounds as a recompense and in lieu of the said Furniture and Books for her sole use independent of her Husband or any other hereafter taken Husband And I do hereby confirm my said Will in every other part not altered by this or any other Codicil As Witness my hand this 10.^th day of April in the year of our Lord 1790.

                                                                                                            T. Treslove

Witness:     Jane Barron      Eliz.^th Batchelor

N.B.   See the third Codicil Registered after the Affidavit.

 

                                                            7.^th January 1791

Appeared Personally James Balaam of Monument Yard in the Parish of Saint Margaret New Fish Street London Fishmonger who being sworn on the holy Evangelists to depose the truth under Oath as follows to wit   That he as one of the Executors of the last Will and Testament with three Codicils of Thomas Treslove late of Peckham in the Parish of St. Giles Camberwell in the County of Surry Esquire deceased who departed this Life on the fourteenth day of December last at his House in Peckham aforesaid and that he was at the said deceased’s House at Peckham aforesaid on the day aforesaid and at the time the deceased died that immediately after his death the said deceased’s Housekeeper produced a Box to the Deponent and Thomas Treslove one of his co-Executors in the presence of a Mr. and Mrs. Williams which Box being opened they found the said deceased’s Will and three Codicils thereunto annexed among other papers of moment and concern that at the time the said Will was so found as aforesaid he observed the Words “the Wife of” interlined between the twenty fifth and twenty sixth lines of the first side of the said Will part of the fourth line the whole of the fifth line part of the sixth line and part of the twenty seventh and twenty eighth lines of the second sheet of the said Will to be obliterated in this manner the same now appears and also the word “his” interlined over the word “their” obliterated on the twenty ninth line and the words “all the above altered by Codicil dated April 10.^th 1790” wrote in the Margin of the said second sheet and which words are the deceased’s own hand writing and also the words “independent of the said Husband’s” interlined in the deceased’s own hand writing between the twenty second and twenty third lines of the third sheet of the said Will and also the words “and Joshua Crewe” obliterated in the nineteenth line of the fourth sheet of the said Will and third Codicil are now in the same state plight and condition they were at the time they were found as aforesaid save that the inscription of the Testator should have been since written on the said Will.

                                                                                                James Balaam

Same day the said James Balaam was duly sworn to the truth of the Affidavit before me.

Present             James Townley - ? -

 

A third Codicil to my Will   Item  I give and bequeath to Mrs. Jane Barron my present faithful Housekeeper the sum of twenty pounds and to her two Daughters Elizabeth and Jane Barron two sums of five pounds each and I do hereby confirm my said Will in every part not altered by this or any other Codicil As Witness my hand this 5.^th day of December in the year of our Lord 1790.

                                                                                                T. Treslove

Witness                 John Stringer, Peckham        Eliz.^th Batchelor at M.T., Do.

 

This Will was proved at London with the Codicils the seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one before the Worshipful Maynard Swabey Doctor of Laws Snr. Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Samuel Treslove and Thomas Treslove the Nephews of the deceased and James Balaam the Executors named in the said Will to whom administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased was granted they having been first sworn duly to administer.

 

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William BALAAM                                                                  Made 21 Oct 1789

PROB 11/1245                                                                          Probated 3 May 1794

 

This is the Last Will and Testament of me William Balaam [20] of the Town of Northampton Painter and first I direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary charges and expences be paid and from and after payment thereof I give and bequeath all my Estates and effects whatsoever and wheresoever whereof I now or at the time of my decease shall be possessed of and any way entitled in or entitled unto and every part and part [sic] thereof I give my dear wife Penelope Balaam [14] to and for her own use and benefit during her natural life and from and after her decease to my Son William Balaam [44] and to my Daughter Clarissa Balaam [20vi] my Son Samuel Balaam [45] and my Daughter Penelope Balaam [20vi] share and share alike and I appoint my said Wife my Brother James Balaam [32] of Fish Street Hill in the City of London Fish Salesman and my Son William Balaam Executrix and Executors of this my last will and hereby revoking and making void all other former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made do declare this to be the last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said William Balaam have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty first day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty Nine

                                                                                    William Balaam [seal]

 

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto at his request subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in his sight and presence and in the sight and presence of each other.

                                                                  John Bridges      Joseph Cage      John Scofield

 

This Will was proved at London the third day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Ninety four before the Right H’nble Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths of Penelope Balaam Widow and Relict of the deceased James Balaam the brother of the said deceased and William Balaam the son of the said dec’d the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administracon was Granted of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn (that is to say) the said Penelope Balaam and James Balaam before the worshipful Frank Lawrence Doctor of Laws and surrogate of the aforesaid Commissary and the said William Balaam by Commission duly to Administer.

 

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William WALKER                                                                  Made 27 Dec 1799

PROB 11/1383, image 268/874                                                   Probated 23 Nov 1802

 

In the Name of God Amen   I William Walker of Brown’s Lane in the Parish of Christ Church Spital Fields Staymaker being at this time in a weak state of health but of sound memory and understanding Do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following – I recommend my Soul unto God that gave it me in the firm hope of Eternal happiness through the Merits of his Son Jesus Christ my Body I give to the Grave to be buried in a decent manner I desire that all my just Debts and Funeral Expenses and the Expense of proving this my Will be fully paid and the Interest or Dividends arising from my property in the three p[er] Cent Consolidated Annuities Stuart Annuities or any other of the Funds wherein I may have property together with the Principal I direct these be transferred to my dear wife Ann Walker and my dear son William Walker of Brown’s Lane Spital Fields Grocer Jointly in trust for the purposes hereinafter named that is to say It is my desire that the said Ann Walker shall have the power to receive the said Dividends as they become due for her sole use during her life and in Case of the Decease of my said wife Ann Walker my will is that all the said Principal Stock and Stocks from which the said dividends arise be transferred to my son William Walker aforesaid and my dear son Josiah Henry Walker Staymaker* In Trust with full power to act agreeably to this my will and in case of the death of my said son William Walker before the death of my said wife Ann Walker my will is that my said son Josiah Henry Walker shall stand and act in the place of my son William aforesaid and further I give and bequeath unto my said Wife Ann Walker all my other property of Household Goods and Stock in Trade together with the whole of my Business with everything else I may die possessed of for and during her natural life and at the death of my wife the said Ann Walker it is my Will that all my aforesaid property in the Funds or elsewhere of every description be sold and equally divided between my Children the said William Walker and Josiah Henry Walker and Ann Kemp and Elisabeth Sarah Walker and Sarah Mary Walker my daughters with the exception that my said son William Walker is to have for his share one hundred pounds less than the rest of my abovesaid Children myself having advanced him the said William Walker that Sum upon his going into Business and for _____ the said William Walker is to pay his Mother the said Ann Walker the yearly sum of three pounds so long as she lives and further it is my will that my said Wife and Son or my said sons William and Josiah Henry Walker or his or their Executors shall upon dividing the whole of my said property equally as above directed do immediately pay out the whole of the Moneys that wiill belong to my abovesaid three Daughters as their shares of my said property in the 3 p[er] Cent Consolidated Annuities and that neither of them my aforementioned Daughters shall have the Power of receiving now or then the Dividends due upon their respective shares but in Case of the Marriage of all or either of my aforesaid Daughters the Child or Children of either of them my said Daughters that shall outlive their Mother or Mothers shall have his her or their Mother’s shares at their own disposal before Principal and Interest and in Case of the death of one or more of my aforesaid Children that may die unmarried his her or their share and shares shall be equally divided among the Survivors of my aforesaid Children or their Children And Lastly it is my will and I do appoint and constitute my aforesaid Wife Ann Walker and my aforesaid son William Walker Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament also I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Executrix and Executor all the rest and residue of my Estate and Effects both real and personal hereby revoking and making void all other and former wills by me heretofore made and I do declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine and in the Fortieth hear 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 &c –                                                                                                                                                 William Walker

 

Signed sealed published and declared by the the said William Walker as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our our names as Witnesses in presence of the said Testator.                            

            William Bonser – Charles Andrews

 

This Will was proved at London the twenty third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two before the worshipful Samuel Perry Parson Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Honorable Sir William Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Ann Walker Widow the Relict and William Walker the Son of the deceased and the Executors named in the said will to whom administration of all and singular the Goods and Chattles and Credits of the said deceased was granted having been first sworn duly to Administer.

 

*  Husband of Clarissa BALAAM, No. 20vi. in “The Tresloves of Northampton”.  Soon after the death of his father Josiah H. WALKER entered the Wesleyan Methodist ministry, was ordained 30 Jul 1804, and spent the remainder of his years preaching the gospel throughout England and Wales.

 

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Charles BALAAM                                                                 Made 8 Oct 1796

                                                                                                Probated 18 May 1807

 

In the Name of God Amen I Charles Balaam [41] of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Sadler being of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding Praised be Almighty God for the same Do therefore make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following that is to say First I give devise and bequeath All and every my Messuages Cottages Closes Lands Tenements Hereditaments and real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and which I am intitled to either in Possession Reversion Remainder or otherwise howsoever unto my Loving Wife Mary Balaam her Heirs and Assigns forever Also I give and bequeath unto my said Loving Wife Mary Balaam All and singular my Household Goods and Implements of Household Plate Linen China ready Money Securities for Money Stock in Trade Book Debts Bills Bonds Notes Chattels Cattle and all and singular my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of every Nature Sort or Kindsoever To Hold the same unto my said Loving Wife Mary Balaam her Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for her and their own sole and absolute Use Benefit and Disposal Subject nevertheless and charged and chargeable and I do hereby charge and subject all my said real and Personal Estate to and with the Payment of my just Debts and Funeral Expences and the Charges of proving this my Will And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Loving Wife Mary Balaam my Brother in Law Luke Kirshaw* of the said Town of Northampton Innholder and my Cousin William Balaam [43] of the said Town of Northampton Painter Executors and Executrix of this my last Will and Testament And Lastly I do hereby revoke disannul and make void all former and other Will and Wills by me at any time or times heretofore made and do declare and publish this and this alone to be and contain my true and whole last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Charles Balaam the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament set my Hand and Seal the eighth day of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and ninety six.

                                                                                    Cha.^s Balaaam [sic]      [seal]

 

Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Charles Balaam the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who          have hereunto at his Request in his Presence and in        the Presence of each other subscribed our Names as Witnesses                                           [first signature illegible]          Eliz.^th Cleaver          The Mark of                                                                                                                                                           Mary       Burditt

 

On the 18.^th May 1807 Mary Balaam and Luke Kirshaw two of the Executors named in the within Will were then Sworn well & faithfully to fulfil the same (a power being reserved for the other Executor when etc) And that the goods Chattels & Credits do not amount in value to the Sum of One Hundred Pounds.

                                                                        Before me,

                                                                                    Cha.^s Henry Tufnell   Surrogate

 

 

 

*  Mary BALAAM’s sister Ann GAUDERN and Luke KIRSHAW were married 29 Apr 1793 in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton.  

 

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William TRASLER                                                                 Made 19 Jun 1783

                                                                                                Probated 10 Feb 1812

 

This is the Last Will and Testament of me William Trasler of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Baker First I will order and direct that all and every the just Debts which I shall owe and stand indebted to any Person or Persons whomsoever at the time of my Death whether on Mortgage Bond Note or other wise my Funeral expences and the Charges of Proving this my Last Will and Testament shall be paid satisfied and discharged out of my Personal Estate by my Executrix hereinafter named as soon as Conveniently may be after my Decease  Also all those two Messuages Cottages or Tenements with the Yards Gardens Backsides Outbuildings and appurtenances thereunto adjoining and belonging situate standing and being in the Parish of Saint Giles in the said Town of Northampton in a certain Street there called Abington Street now in the Occupation of myself and John Gutteridge  And also all and singular my Goods Chattels Stock in Trade Effects ready Money and Personal Estate whatsoever or wheresoever or of what nature kind or sort soever (after the Deductions and Outgoings aforesaid) I Give devise and bequeath unto my loving Wife Elizabeth and her assigns for and during the Term of her nattural Life  And from and immediately after her Decease I Give devise and bequeath my said Real and Personal Estate and every part thereof unto all and every the Child and Children both Sons amd Daughters of the Body of my said Wife by me begotten or to be begotten and to their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever share and share alike  And for Default of such Issue I Give devise and bequeath my said Real and Personal Estate and every part thereof To the Use and behoof of such Person or Persons their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever and for such Estate and Estates Ends Intents and Purposes and in such parts Shares and proportions manner and form with or without Power of Revocation as my said Dear Wife Elizabeth alone whether she be sole or married by any Deed or Deeds Writing or Writings under her hand and Seal duly executed in the Presence of and attested by two or more Credible Witnesses or by her Last Will and Testament in Writing or by any Writing purporting to be or in the nature of a Will to be by her signed sealed and published in the Presence of and attested by three or more Credible Witnesses shall give bequeath direct limit dispose of or appoint the same.  And Lastly I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my said loving Wife Elizabeth sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking disannulling and making void all former and other Will and Wills by me at any Time or Times heretofore made  And I do declare this alone to be my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said William Trasler the Testator have to this my Last Will and Testament Contained in two Sheets of Paper and to each Sheet thereof set my Hand Hand and Seal the Nineteenth Day of June In the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty three.

                                                                                                W.^m Trasler      [seal]

 

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the above named William Trasler the Testator as and for his Last Will and Testament in our Presence and attested and subscribed in his Presence and in the Presence of each other

            By us

                        Elisabeth Lee    William Lacy     F.H. Powell

 

On the 10.^th February 1812 Elizabeth Trasler the sole Executrix named in the above Will was then sworn well & faithfully to fulfil the same and that the Goods Chattels & Credits do not amount in value to the Sum of Two thousand Pounds

                                                                                    Before me

                                                                                                Jn.^o Watts

                                                                                                            Surrogate

 

 

 

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Thomas BALAAM et al.                                                        Administration Bond

                                                                                                Filed 1 Feb 1814

 

Know all Men by these Presents that We Thomas Balaam [42] of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Hairdresser Joseph Ekins Lewis of the said Town of Northampton Builder and John Briggs of the same Place Butcher are held and firmly bound unto the right Rev.^d Father in God John by divine Permission Lord Bishop of Peterborough in the Sum of two hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord Bishop or to his certain Attorney his Executors Administrators or Assigns To which Payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves and each and every of us by himself and ourselves for the whole our and each and every of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the first day of February in the fifty fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fourteen.

 

The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounden Thomas Balaam the Son & one of the next of kin Administrator of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of Ann Walker [40] late of Northampton afs.^d Widow* deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands Possession or Knowledge of him the said Thomas Balaam or into the Hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the said Lord Bishop at or before the last day of May next ensuing and the same Goods Chattles and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased at the time of her death which at any time after shall come to the hands or Possession of the said Thomas Balaam or into the hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for him do well and truly administer according to Law  And further do make or cause to be made a true and just Accompt of his said Administration at or before the last day of Feb.^y 1815 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompt the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said Court Shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to the true Intent and Meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth years of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second instituted an Ad for the better settling of Intestates Estates shall limit and appoint  And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit the same into the said Court making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the said Thomas Balaam above bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made) in the said Court then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.

 

Sealed and delivered in the Presence of

      James Cattle                       Tho.^s Balaam

      Joseph Ekins Lewis             John Briggs

 

On the first day of February 1814 the within bounden Thomas Balaam was then sworn well & faithfully to administer the Goods Chattels and Credits of the within named Ann Walker deceased according to Law and that the said Goods Chattels & Credits do not amount in value to the Sum of One hundred Pounds

                                                                        Before me        Jn.^o Watts B.D.

                                                                                                            Surrogate

 

*   Five years after the death of Charles BALAAM [37] his widow Ann [40] married Thomas Fox WALKER, widower of St. Giles parish, Northampton.

 

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Thomas TRESLOVE                                                              Adjudication Bond

                                                                                                Filed 7 Dec 1814

 

Know all Men by these Presents that I Thomas Balaam [42] of the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton Hairdresser am held and firmly bound to the right Reverend Father in God John by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Peterborough in the Sum of one hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid to the said Lord Bishop or his certain Attorney Executors Administrators or Assigns For which payment well and truly to be made I bind myself my heirs executors and administrators firmly by these Presents Sealed with my Seal Dated this seventh day of December in the fifty fifth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith And in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen.

 

Whereas Charles Balaam [37] late of the Town of Northampton aforesaid Sadler sometime since departed this Life having first duly made and published his last Will and Testament in Writing bearing date on or about the eleventh day of March which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five and thereof duly constituted and appointed his Wife Ann Balaam [40] his Brother William Balaam [20] and his Friend Samuel Treslove [13] Executors who duly proved the same in common form of Law and took upon themselves the execution thereof and duly administered all the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased Except as to a certain Term of one thousand Years raised limited or created of in and upon a certain Messuage or Tenement with the appurtenances in the Town of Northampton aforesaid in and by one Indenture bearing date on or about the twentieth day of February which was in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty four and made or mentioned to be made between Benjamin Bull Collins Son and Heir of John Bull Collins Sadler deceased and Mary Bull Collins [38] Widow and Relict of the said John Bull Collins and Mother of the said Benjamin Bull Collins of the one part and Ann Honour Spinster of the other part And which said Term of one thousand Years by divers mesne Assignments thereof and particularly by an Indenture of Assignment bearing date the twenty fourth day of June which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty nine and made between Catherine Morris the Executrix named and appointed in and by the last Will and Testament of the said Ann Honour deceased and also the residuary Legatee therein named of the first part John Shortgrave Ironmonger of the second part Robert Balaam [35] Sadler one of the Aldermen of the said Town of Northampton of the third part and the said Charles Balaam a Person named in Trust for the said Robert Balaam of the fourth part was assigned to or otherwise became vested in the said Charles Balaam his executors administrators and assigns for all the remainder thereof In Trust to attend the Inheritance of the said Premises And whereas the said Ann Balaam William Balaam and Samuel Treslove have all since departed this Life and the said Ann Balaam afterwards Ann Walker survived her Co-Executors the said William Balaam and Samuel Treslove but died intestate And whereas it is expedient that the goods chattels and credits of the said Charles Balaam deceased comprized in or affected by the said Term of one thousand years and left unadministered by his said Executors aforesaid should be duly administered according to Law Now therefore the Condition of the above written Obligation is such that if the above bounden Thomas Balaam the Administrator of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the above named Charles Balaam deceased with his said last Will and Testament annexed left unadministered by his said Executors as aforesaid do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased comprized in or affected by the said recited Term of one thousand years which have or shall come to the Hands Possession or Knowledge of the said Thomas Balaam or into the Hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory Court of Peterborough on or before the last day of February next ensuing and the same goods chattels and credits do well and truly administer according to Law  And further do make or cause to be made a true and just Account of his said Administration on or before the last day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifteen or when he shall be thereto lawfully required  Then the above written Obligation to be void and of none effect.

                                                                                                Tho.^s Balaam    [seal]

 

Sealed and delivered in the presence of

            H.^y Hughes    Attorney  North’ton

 

On the 7.^th December 1814 the within bounden Thomas Balaam was then sworn well and faithfully to administer the Goods Chattels and Credits of the within named Charles Balaam deceased comprised in or affected by the said Term of one thousand years  And that the said Goods Chattels and Credits do not amount in value to the Sum of twenty Pounds

                                                                        Before me

                                                                                    Jno Watts B.D.

                                                                                                Surrogate

 

 

 

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Mary BALAAM                                                                     Made 5 Jun 1838

                                                                                                Probated 15 Oct 1838

 

            This is the last Will and Testament of me Mary Balaam* of the Town of Northampton widow as follows – I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary the wife of George Bradshaw now or late of Colinsville Madison County State of Illinois North America Farmer the Sum of one hundred pounds which is now due and owing to me and secured by a Promissory Note of Hand which I direct my Trustees and Executors hereinafter named to pay to her as soon as convenient after my decease and to be a vested interest at my decease.  I give and bequeath my set of China to my Niece Mary Ann the wife of Joseph Gray.  I give and bequeath my Bedstead (on which I usually sleep) with the hangings and mattrass belonging thereto unto Jane the widow of my late Nephew Charles Kirshaw and which I direct to be given to her, on her placing another one in its stead, and in exchange for that, as she expresses a desire to have mine.  I give and bequeath unto my four Nieces the said Jane Kirshaw, Mary Ann Gray, Elizabeth Kirshaw and Georgina Tebbutt all my Clothes Wearing Apparel and Linen to be equally divided among them by my said Trustees and Executors immediately after my decease.  I give and bequeath all my other money book debts household furniture and other Effects unto my three friends John Bliss (Draper) Richard Brinsley Portal (Grocer) and David Oswin (Sadler) all of the said Town of Northampton (whom I do hereby appoint Executors of this my Will) Upon trust that they do and shall sell and dispose of such part of my effects as require it, and with the money arising thereby and other my monies do and shall in the first place pay all my just debts and funeral expences and the charges of proving this my will, and then do and shall divide all the remainder of such monies unto and equally between and among my four Nieces and Nephew the said Jane Kirshaw, Mary Ann Gray, Elizabeth Kirshaw Georgina Tebbutt and Stephen Gaudern Kirshaw to and for their respective use and benefit to whom I do hereby give and bequeath the same – I revoke all other Wills by me made and declare this to be my last In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of June 1838.

                                                                                                            Mary Balaam

 

Signed published and declared by the said Mary Balaam the Testatrix as her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other subscribed our names as Witnesses

            Eliz.^th Oswin        Geo. Cattle

 

On the 15.^th day of October 1838 John Bliss Richard Brinsley Portal and David Oswin the Executors named in the within Will were then sworn well and faithfully to perform the same And that the deceased at the time of her death (which happened on the 7.^th day of June last) was not possessed of goods chattels of the value of two hundred pounds

                                                                                    before me,

                                                                                                William Drake

                                                                                                            Surrogate

 

 

 

*   Widow of Charles BALAAM Jr. [41] who died in Northampton in 1806, née Mary GAUDERN.

 

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John PRETTY                                                                                    Made 4 Jan 1849

PRO 11/2245                                                                            Probated 6 Jan 1857

 

This is the last Will and Testament of me John Pretty of the Town and County of Poole a retired Hosier.  I desire to be buried with plainness and privacy.  I bequeath to my dear Wife Mary Pretty the use and enjoyment of the household goods and furniture plate linen and china which I shall die possessed of during her life   And I direct my Executors hereinafter named to cause an Inventory to be taken of the same articles before the delivery thereof to my said Wife and two copies of such Inventory to be signed by my said Wife of which copies so signed one shall be delivered to her and the other kept by my Executors   I give and devise my two dwelling houses with the appurtenances situate in Bill Street in the Borough of Poole[,] one now occupied by John Poole and the other by Widow Morgan[,] unto my son William Taylor Pretty his heirs and assigns for ever and I devise the residue of my real estate of whatsoever tenure and wheresoever situate including chattels real to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease either in possession reversion or otherwise (except estates vested in me as Trustee or Mortgagee) and I bequeath all my personal estate including the furniture and effects whereof the use and enjoyment hereinbefore given to my said Wife subject to the interest therein under such gift unto and to the use of Joseph Rotting of Poole aforesaid Boot and Shoemaker and Robert Saunders of Poole aforesaid Cooper their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively   Upon trust to sell the residue of my said real estate and so much of my said personal estate as shall be of a saleable nature together or in parcels by public auction or private contract and to convert and get in the other part of my personal estate and to dispose of the net monies to arise from the residue of my real and my personal estate after payment thereout of my just debts and favors and 

testamentary expenses the expenses incident to the execution of the preceding trust and all other expenses to be incurred in the execution of the trusts of my Will according to the trusts hereinafter declared concerning the same[,] nevertheless I give to my said Trustees discretionary power to postpone for such periods as to them shall seem expedient the sale of the residue of my real estate or any part thereof and the getting in of such part of my personal estate as shall consist of stocks funds or securities of any description whatever and that during the suspense of the sale of the residue of my said real estate to let the same from year to year or for any time not exceeding seven years in possession at the best rent and to manage at their direction the unsold residue of my real and of my personal estate   But I declare that from the time of my decease the unsold residue of my real Estate and my outstanding personal estate shall be subject to the trusts hereinafter declared concerning the same net produce of my Estate and the rents interest and yearly produce thereof shall be deemed annual income for the purposes of such trusts and such real estate shall be transmissable as personal estate and be considered as converted in equity   I direct my said Trustees to stand possessed of the net produce of my Estate to arise as aforesaid upon trust thereout in the first place to pay unto my said Wife one annuity or yearly sum of forty pounds during her life clear of annuity property or income tax or any other charge now imposed or which may hereafter be imposed thereon by Parliament or otherwise by four equal quarterly payments the first of such quarterly payments to be made at the expiration of three calendar months from my decease and I empower my said Trustees if they shall think fit out of the net produce of my Estate to appropriate a sufficient sum as a fund for augmenting [?] the said annuity to my said Wife by investing the same sum in the purchase in their names of three pounds per centum annuities or other Stock and I declare that from and after such appropriation the residue of the same trust monies shall be liberated from the trust for payment of the said annuity but the appropriated fund shall, without prejudice to the said annuity, be subject to the trusts hereinafter declared concerning the same trust monies and subject to the trusts aforesaid   Upon trust to divide the net produce of the residue of my real and my personal estate into six equal parts and subject to the deductions to be made out of each of the shares as thereinafter stated to pay the same as follows   One sixth part thereof to my son William Taylor Pretty absolutely one other sixth part thereof to my daughter Martha the Wife of Thomas Blanchard of Poole aforesaid Hosier for her separate not absolutely one other sixth part to my Son Edward James Pretty absolutely one other sixth part thereof to my son in law Robert Herald [Harrild] of Coluaggi Terrace Commercial Road Islington the husband of my deceased daughter Sarah to be held by him upon trust for the benefit of the children of that Marriage the receipt of the said Robert Herald to be a discharge to my Trustees for the moneys so to be paid one other sixth part thereof to be held upon trust for the benefit of my daughter Ann the Wife of Josiah Walker of Gloucester Terrace, New Road, Whitechapel, London, Surgeon and their children as hereinafter declared and the remaining sixth part to be held upon trust for the benefit of my daughter Mary Williams the Wife of William Henry Williams of Longfleet in the County of Dorset Gentleman and their children as hereinafter declared which several legacies I hereby give and bequeath to the several Legatees accordingly   And whereas I have in my lifetime advanced several sum or sums of money to each of my said children & their husbands the amount in each case being hereinafter mentioned   Now I do hereby declare that the sum or sums of money so advanced by me is or are to be deemed part or parts of the share or shares to which my said children and the children of the said Sarah will be entitled to under the last mentioned bequest but no interest is to be charged in respect of the several advances up to my death but immediately afterwards interest is to be charged against the several legatees in respect of the advances made to them at the rate of four pounds per centum per annum and all securities for the advances of any are to be delivered up after the division of my Estate it being my wish that my property shall be divided as near as may be for the benefit of my sons and daughters except as to the devise hereinbefore made for the benefit of my son William Taylor Pretty which is in addition to the last mentioned bequest to him[,] the particulars of which advances are as follows  To my daughter Sarah Herald since deceased the sum of six hundred and ninety seven pounds and seventeen shillings  To my son Edward James Pretty the sum of three hundred and ninety seven pounds  To my daughter Ann Walker the sum of four hundred and forty five pounds  To my son William Taylor Pretty the sum of sixty six pounds and ten shillings  To my daughter Martha Blanchard the sum of two hundred and twenty two pounds ten shillings and eleven pence and to my daughter Mary Williams the sum of two hundred pounds and as to the sixth part to be held for the benefit of my daughter Ann Walker and her children I direct my said Trustees to invest the same in their names in or upon the public funds or securities of the United Kingdom or on Mortgage of Freehold Copyhold or Leasehold Estates in England Wales or Ireland with liberty for such trustees or trustee to change the investment from time to time for any other or others of the description aforesaid and upon trust to pay the dividends interest and annual produce of the said stocks funds and securities as and when they shall become due and not by way of anticipation to my said daughter Ann Walker during the term of her natural life for her separate use free from the controul and debts of her said husband and so that during her coverture* she shall have no power to alien or anticipate the growing payment of the said dividends interest and annual produce or any part thereof and her receipts alone shall be sufficient discharges to my Trustees and in case my said daughter Ann Walker shall outlive her present husband the said Josiah Walker then immediately after the decease of the said Josiah Walker in the lifetime of the said Ann Walker I direct that the said trust monies stocks funds and securities forming her share shall be transferred to her my said daughter Ann Walker for her absolute use and benefit but in case my said daughter Ann shall depart this life in the lifetime of her said husband Josiah Walker then as to the principal and future income and interest for her child if only one or all her children if more than one who either before or after her decease shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry under that age and if more than one equally between them with power for my Trustees after the decease of my said daughter Ann to apply the whole or such part as they shall think fit of the annual income of the share of each child while such shall be contingent for his or her maintenance and education but if no child of my said daughter Ann Walker shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry under that age then the said share (subject to the powers aforesaid) shall sink into my personal estate and go therewith   And as to the remaining sixth part to be held upon trust for the benefit of my daughter Mary Williams and her children I hereby direct my said Trustees to invest the same in their names in or upon the public funds or securities of the United Kingdom or on mortgage of freehold copyhold or leasehold estates in England Wales or Ireland with liberty for such trustees or trustee to change the investment from time to time for any other or others of the description aforesaid and upon trust to pay the dividends interest and annual produce of the said stocks funds and securities as and when the same shall become due and not by way of anticipation to my daughter Mary Williams during the term of her natural life for her separate use free from the controul and debts of her said husband and so that during her coverture she shall have no power to alien or anticipate the growing payments of the said dividends interest and annual produce or any part thereof and her receipts alone shall be sufficient discharges to

the controul and debts of her said husband and so that during her coverture she shall have no power to alien or anticipate the growing payments of the said dividends interest and annual produce or any part thereof and her receipts alone shall be sufficient discharges to my Trustees and in case my said daughter shall outlive her present husband the said Thomas Blanchard then immediately after the decease of the said Thomas Blanchard in the lifetime of the said Martha Blanchard I direct that the trust monies stocks funds and securities forming her share shall be transferred to her my said daughter Martha Blanchard for her absolute use and benefit but in case my said daughter Martha Blanchard shall depart this life in the lifetime of her said husband then as to the principal and future income and interest for her child if only one or all her children if more than one who either before or after her decease shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry under that age if more than one equally between them with power for my Trustees after the decease of my said daughter Martha Blanchard to apply the whole or such part as they shall think fit of the annual income of the share of each child where such share shall be contingent for his or her maintenance and education but if no child of my said daughter Martha Blanchard shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry under that age then the said share subject to the powers aforesaid shall sink into my personal estate and go therewith  And it is my mind and will that my Trustees shall be at liberty to allow any sum or sums of money lent and andvanced by me to the said Thomas Blanchard to remain in his hands so long as they shall think fit  In witness whereof I the said John Pretty the Testator have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. 

                                                                                                            John Pretty

 

Signed by the said John Pretty the testator as and for a Codicil to this last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

            George Filley of Longfleet          William Fool of Longfleet

 

This is a third Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me John Pretty of the Town and County of Poole retired Hosier which Will bears date the twenty ninth day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty six Whereas by my said Will I have devised and bequeathed certain real and personal estate and given certain powers to Joseph Rotting of Poole aforesaid Boot and Shoemaker and Robert Saunders of Poole aforesaid Cooper as Trustees and appointed them as Executors of my Will And whereas by a Codicil to my said Will dated the seventeenth day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty eight I have revoked my said Will so far as the said Joseph Rotting is an object thereof and have substituted George Penney of Longfleet in the Borough of Poole Gentleman in his place Now I hereby further revoke my said Will and Codicil so far as the said George Penney and Robert Saunders are objects thereof and substitute my son Edward James  Pretty of Belfast in the Kingdom of Ireland Custom House Officer and Walter Rollings of Poole aforesaid Accountant in their places and declare that my said Will shall take effect in the same manner as if the names of the said Edward James Pretty and Walter Hollings had been originally inserted therein instead of the names of the said Joseph Rotting and Robert Saunders  But I confirm my said Will in other respects except so far as the same is altered by a second Codicil which I have made to my said Will bearing date the fourth day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty nine In Witness whereof I the said John Pretty the testator have hereunto set my hand this twenty seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.

                                                                                                John Pretty

 

 John Pretty.  Signed by the said John Pretty the testator as a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. 

            H.W. Dickinson Sol[icito]r Poole Dorset              George Baker his Clerk.

 

Proved at London with third Codicil 6.^th Jan’ry 1857 before the Judge by the Oaths of Edward James Pretty the son and Walter Rollings the Ex[ecut]ors named in the third Codicil, to whom Ad[ministrati]on was granted having been first sworn by Ex[a]m[inati]on duly to administer.

                                                                                                Robert Perkin

 

* Coverture:   “law, the status of a married woman considered as under the protection and authority of her husband” (New Webster Dictionary).

 

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