I Mary Vines of Tytherton in the County of Wilts widow do make publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say

First I desire that all my just debts funeral and testamentary charges and expenses may in due time after my decease be paid and satisfied

and from and after the payment thereof I give and bequeath unto my son Joshua Vines and my son-in-law John Hughes the sum of six hundred pounds sterling upon trust that they and the survivor of them his executors and administrators do and shall put and place the same out at interest upon government or such other good and sufficient security or securities as he or they shall think proper in their or his own names or name and receive and take the interest dividends and produce thereof from time to time as and when the same shall become due and payable and pay apply and dispose of the same in and towards the maintenance and support of my son Joseph Vines for and during the term of his natural life in such way and manner as they my said trustees or the survivor of them his execucutors or administrators shall think fit 

and from and after the decease of my said son Joseph Vines it is my will and meaning and I do hereby order and direct that the said sum of six hundred pounds shall sink into and be considered as part of the residuum of my estate and effects.

I also give and bequeath unto my said trustees Joshua Vines and John Hughes the sum of eight hundred pounds sterling upon trust that they the said Joshua Vines and John Hughes and the survivor of them his executors and administrators do and shall put and place the same out at interest upon government or such other good and sufficient security or securities as he or they shall think proper in their or his own names or name and receive and take the interest dividends and produce thereof from time to time as and when the same shall become due and payable and pay apply and dispose of the same in and towards the maintenance and support of my daughter Christiana Vines for and during the term of her natural life in such way and manner as they my said trustees or the survivor of them his execucutors or administrators shall think fit

and from and after the decease of my said daughter Christiana Vines it is my will and meaning and I do hereby order and direct that the said sum of eight hundred pounds shall sink into and be considered as part of the residuum of my estate and effects.

And I do hereby also give and bequeath unto the said Joshua Vines and John Hughes the sum of two hundred pounds sterling upon trust that they my said trustees the survivor of them his executors and administrators do and shall put and place the same out at interest upon government or such other good and sufficient security or securities as he or they shall think proper in their or his own names or name and receive and take the interest dividends and produce thereof from time to time as and when the same shall become due and payable and pay apply and dispose of the same in and toward the maintenance education support and bringing up of Susannah the daughter of my said daughter Christiana Vines until she attain the age of twenty one years 

and after the said Susannah shall have attained that age I do hereby order and direct my said trustees or the survivor of them his executors or administrators to pay unto her the said Susannah the sum of fifty pounds (part of the said sum of two hundred pounds) to and for her own use and benefit to whom I do give and bequeath the same accordingly 

and it is my will and meaning that the residue of the said sum of two hundred pounds and also the said sum of fifty pounds in case the said Susannah shall not live to attain the age of twenty one years shall sink into and be considered as part and parcel of the residuum of my estate and effects 

I give and bequeath unto my son the said Joshua Vines the sum of one hundred pounds the same to be payable and paid upon and immediately after the decease of one of them my said son and daughter Joseph Vines and Christiana Vines without interest in the mean time

I give and bequeath unto Ann Vines daughter of my daughter Margaret Vines the sum of twenty pounds to and for her own use and benefit 

I give and bequeath unto Anna Maria Hughes daughter of my daughter Martha Hughes my chest of drawers 

And as to for and concerning all the rest residue and remainder of my goods, chattells, ready money, monies in the public stocks or trusts, mortgages, securities for money and all and singular other my real and personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever of which I may be possessed interested in or entitled unto at the time of my decease I bequeath the same and every part thereof respectively in manner following (that is to say)

as to for and concerning one undivided part or share (the whole into nine equal parts or shares to be divided or considered as divided) I give unto the said Joshua Vines and John Hughes their executors administrators and assignees upon trust to put and place the same out at interest upon government or such other good and sufficient security or securities as he or they shall think proper and do and shall receive and take the interest dividends and profits thereof as and when the same shall become due and payable and pay the same unto or otherwise layout and apply the same in and towards the maintenance of my daughter Sarah Vines for and during the term of her natural life for her own use and benefit without being subject to the debts control forfeiture disposal or engagements of any husband or husbands she may marry 

and it is my will and meaning and I do hereby direct that the receipt and receipts of my said daughter Sarah Vines shall from time to time and at all times whether she be covert or sole, be good and sufficient discharge and discharges to my said trustees and each of them for the same and from and after her decease upon trust to pay assign transfer and convey the said one ninth part or share of and in the said residue of my estate and effects unto all and every the child and children of my said daughter Sarah Vines share and share alike if more than, as and when they shall severally and respectively attain their several and respective ages of twenty one years the interest dividends and produce thereof to be in the meantime paid applied and disposed of in and toward their respective maintenance education support and bringing up to that age 

But in case of the decease of my said daughter Sarah Vines without issue or, having such and all of them shall die before they attain the said age of twenty one years, then it is my will and meaning and I do hereby direct my said trustees and the surviver of them his executors or administrators to pay assign transfer and convey the said one ninth part or share of and in the said residue of my said estate and effects unto my sons and daughters Margaret Vines, Mary Hughes, Martha Hughes, John Vines, Maria Vines, Miriam Vines, Isaac Vines and Jacob Vines, share and share alike to and for his her and their own use and benefit.

But in case of the decease of either of them without issue lawfully begotten in the lifetime of my said daughter Sarah then in trust to pay assign and convey the part of him her or them so dying unto the survivors or survivor of them share and share alike 

And as to for and concerning the remaining eight ninths parts or shares of the residue of my estate and effects I give and bequeath the same unto my said sons and daughters Margaret Vines, Mary Hughes, Martha Hughes, John Vines, Maria Vines, Miriam Vines, Isaac Vines and Jacob Vines, share and share alike, to and for his her and their own use and benefit 

But in case of the decease of either of them before me without lawful issue then I do hereby give and bequeath the part or share parts or shares of him her or them so dying unto the survivor of them share and share alike

And I do hereby authorise and empower my said trustees from time to time as often as they shall think proper to alter and change the securities on which the said trust sums of six hundred pounds, eight hundred pounds and two hundred pounds shall at any time hereafter be placed out and from time to time as often as they shall think fit to place the same out upon government or such other good and sufficient security or securities as they shall think proper

and it is my will and meaning that my said trustees or either of them shall not be liable to answer or make good any loss or losses that shall or may happen to the said trust monies in placing out the same according to the directions in this my will or in transacting any money affairs relating to or concerning the execution of the trusts mentioned in this my will unless the same shall appear to happen by or through their or either of their wilful neglect or default nor shall either of them my said trustees be answerable or accountable for the acts, deeds, receipts or disbursements of the other of them but each of them shall be answerable for his own separate acts, deeds, receipts and disbursements 

and I do hereby direct that my said trustees and each of them and their executors and administrators shall and may pay and reimburse themselves and himself and each other all reasonable and necessary costs charges and expenses whatsoever which they or either of them shall or may bear pay sustain expend or be put unto in or about the execution of this my will or the trusts hereby in them reposed 

And lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Joshua Vines and John Hughes trustees and executors of this my last will and testament and I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other will and wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this alone to be and contain my last will and testament. 

In witness whereof I the said Mary Vines the testatrix have to the first two sheets of this my will (the whole whereof is contained in three sheets of paper) and to this third and last sheet my hand and seal the twentieth day of October in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and ten.

Published etc
 
 

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.....  Clerks to Mr Edw Vines    Reading
      Note: Edward Vines of Reading Berkshire, solicitor, was a son of Charles Vines (1722) brother Edward Vines (1725)

Be it known to all men by these presents that I Mary Vines of Tytherton in the parish of Bremhill have made and declared my last will and testament in writing bearing date in October 1810, I the said Mary Vines by this codicil do ratify and confirm my last will and testament
And I do hereby further notify that my son Joshua shall have an equal share of my property with the rest of my family, that the notes of hand lying now in my possession for monies lent to a part of my family do stand good and are to be brought in against them and reckoned as a part of their legacy as described in my said last will and testament

And I do further give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret my best bed quilt and swing glass;
I also give to my daughter Mary my common bed quilt and one of my gold rings; 
to my daughter Martha my beds my bedding my earthenware and one of my gold rings;
to my daughter Maria six silver teaspoons and sugar tongs;
to my daughter Miriam one silver tablespoon; 
to my son John two tables and six chairs;
to my son Jacob the small plod? bed curtains, callico window curtains and night stool; 
to Mary Ann Hughes my teaboard? ;
to Anna Maria Hughes my ? ;
to Jane Hughes my tea caddy; 
Likewise I desire my clothes to be equally divided by the direction of my executors between all my daughters. 

And my will and meaning is that this codicil be adjudged to be part and parcel of of my last will and testament and that all things therein mentioned be faithfully and truly performed in every respect as if the same were so declared and set down in my last will and testament ______ 
Witness my hand this seventeenth day of February 1811

The administration of the will  was sworn to Joshua Vines and John Hughes on 10th May 1811