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This is the last Will
and Testament of me
William Moore Adey of
Wotton Underedge in the
County of Gloucester
Esquire I direct my just
debts funeral and
testamentary expences to
be in the first place
paid and satisfied by my
Executrix and Executors
hereinafter named I give
and bequeath to my Wife
Emma Adey all the
dividends due to me on
money invested in the
ffunds and also all
Interest due to me and
in the hands of my
Bankers and also all the
money in and about my
Dwellinghouse at the
time of my decease for
her own benefit and
disposal I also give and
bequeath all and
singular my household
goods and furniture
plate linen china books
prints pictures jewels
trinkets ornaments of
the person and all other
my household effects of
every description and
kind whatsoever unto my
said Wife Emma Adey for
and during the term of
her natural life And
from and immediately
after her death I give
and bequeath the same
household goods
furniture and other last
mentioned effects unto
and equally between my
Sons William Moore Adey
and Anthony Adey and
their respective
executors administrators
and assigns for ever as
Tenants in Common
Nevertheless it is my
Will and I hereby
direct that my said
Wife may at any time
during her lifetime
dispose of or give any
part of my household
goods furniture plate
linen china and other
effects unto my said
Sons but in such manner
only as that any
disposition or gift
which may be made in
favor of one of them may
not be to the prejudice
of the other it being my
Will and desire that
each Son may receive his
due and fair proportion
of the same household
goods furniture plate
linen china and other
effects either in taking
an equal share or
receiving some
equivalent or value I
give and devise unto my
said Wife All that Close
of Meadow or Pasture
Ground called Toad Pool
Leaze containing by
admeasurement Two Acres
one rood and Nineteen
Perches (more or less)
And also all that my
other Close of Meadow
being an Orchard and
planted with ffruit
called Toad Pool Leaze
containing by
admeasurement half an
Acre adjoining to each
other And also All that
Close of Meadow or
Pasture Ground called
the Picked Leaze
containing by
admeasurement One Acre
and twelve perches which
said Closes Pieces or
Parcels of Land are
situate in the Parish of
Wotton Underedge
aforesaid and now in my
own possession and
purchased by me of and
from Colonel Berkeley To
hold to her my said Wife
for and during the term
of her natural life And
from and immediately
after her decease I give
and devise the same
several Closes of Land
and Hereditaments unto
my Son the said William
Moore Adey his heirs
and assigns for
ever(Subject
nevertheless to and
charged and chargeable
with the payment at the
expiration of twelve
Months after the death
of my said Wife to my
said Son Anthony Adey of
such a sum of money as
may by two persons one
to be chosen by my said
Son William Moore Adey
and the other by my said
Son Anthony and in case
of difference of opinion
by a third person to be
appointed by an Umpire
by the Referees be
considered to be the
half value of the said
Closes of Land and
Hereditaments I give and
devise unto my Son the
said William Moore Adey
All that Close Piece or
Parcel of Pasture or
Orchard Ground with the
Appurtenances thereto
belonging containing by
estimation half an Acre
(more or less) And also
all that other Close
Piece or Parcel of
Pasture or Orchard
Ground together with the
Appurtenances thereto
belonging containing by
estimation half an Acre
(more or less) And which
said two Closes Pieces
or Parcels of Pasture or
Orchard Ground are
situate lying and being
in the Parish of Wotton
Underedge aforesaid in
the occupation of Edward
Watts and were
heretofore purchased by
my late father Charles
Adey Esqr of and from
Mrs Mary Moulton And
also all that Piece or
Parcel of Pasture Ground
with the Appurtenances
thereto belonging
situate lying and being
at Combe in the Parish
of Wotton Underedge
aforesaid containing by
estimation three Roods
and twenty four perches
(more or less) and now
in the occupation of the
said Edward Watts And
also all that Stove or
Outhouse standing and
being in the Corner of
the last mentioned Piece
of Ground and now in the
occupation of Robert
Neal as Tenant thereof
together with the rights
members and
appurtenances thereunto
belonging To hold the
said the same several
Closes Pieces or Parcels
of Ground Orchard
Dyehouse and
hereditaments (subject
nevertheless to such
estates or interests as
may be subsisting
therein at the time of
my decease) to him the
said William Moore Adey
his heirs and assigns
for ever for and during
all such estate or
estates interest or
interests as I shall
have therein at the time
of my decease I give and
bequeath the principal
sum of ffive hundred
pounds now due and owing
from one Mr Boorne and
secured by Mortgage and
also the principal sum
of ffive hundred pounds
now in the hands of Mr
Andice of Bridgwater in
the County of Somerset
Gentleman the sum of One
hundred pounds owing to
me and secured by
Mortgage upon the Wotton
Underedge Turnpike
Tolls and also one
third part or share of
the principal sum of Two
thousand three hundred
and fifty pounds stock
in the Three Per Cent
Reduced Annuities sold
out and advanced by me
and my Sisters to Robert
Hale Blagden Hale Esq
and which he hath agreed
to replace together with
such Interest as may
become due thereon after
my decease and also the
principal sum of One
thousand pounds which
will be payable to me on
the death of Timothy
Larton of the City of
Worcester Esquire unto
and equally between my
Sons the said William
Moore Adey and Anthony
Adey and their
respective executors
administrators and
assigns for ever as
Tenants in Common and
not as Joint Tenants And
as on the Marriage of my
Daughter Helen with John
Burland Harris Esquire I
have made a Settlement
or Provision and for
her equal or exceeding
the Amount the share or
shares to which the said
William Moore Adey and
Anthony Adey her
brothers will take under
and by virtue of this my
Will or otherwise I do
therefore omit making
any further provision
for her but by way of
remembrance I direct to
be paid to my said
Daughter Helen at the
expiration of Twelve
Calendar Months next
after my decease the sum
of fifty pounds which I
desire may be expended
in such manner for the
use of my Granddaughter
Jane Burland Harris as
my said Daughter Helen
shall think fit I give
to my Servant Mary Reade
the sum of Nineteen
Guineas to be paid her
at the expiration of Six
Calendar Months after my
decease in addition to
any Wages which may be
due and owing to her
from me And all the Rest
residue and Remainder of
my Personal Estate and
Effects whatsoever and
wheresoever and of what
nature or kind soever
not hereinbefore
specifically bequeathed
and over which I have a
disposing power I give
and bequeath the same to
my said Sons the said
William Moore Adey and
Anthony Adey and their
respective executors
administrators and
assigns for ever as
Tenants in Common and
not as Joint Tenants And
I do hereby give devise
and bequeath unto my
Wife the said Emma Adey
The Reverend Thomas Cox
of Alveston in the
County of Warwick Clerk
and John Dyer of Wotton
Underedge aforesaid
Gentleman according to
the nature or quality or
the respective natures
or qualities of my
respective estate and
interest or respective
estates and interest s
therein respectively All
and singular my
ffreehold and Leasehold
Hereditaments and
premises with the
appurtenances of or to
which I am seized
possessed or entitled as
a Mortgagee for my own
benefit or for the
benefit of any person or
persons as a Trustee for
any purpose or purposes
whatsoever to have and
to hold the same
freehold & leasehold
hereditaments and every
part thereof with the
appurtenances and to the
use of my said Trustees
or the survivor of them
their or his heirs
executors administrators
and assigns according to
the nature or quality or
respective natures or
qualities of my estate
or interest or
respective estates or
interests therein
respectively Upon the
trusts and for the
purposes and subject to
the equities of
Redemption which at the
time of my decease shall
be subsisting or capable
of taking effect herein
and so far as it is in
my power and I am
entitled so to do And I
do hereby direct that
all conveyances
assignments and
assurances which shall
be executed by my said
Trustees or the survivor
of them their or his
heirs executors and
administrators shall be
good valid and effectual
to all interests and
purposes as if the same
had been executed b y
myself personally
Provided always And I do
hereby declare that the
said several Executors
and Trustees hereby
appointed and each and
every of them and the
heirs executors
administrators and
assigns of each and
every of them shall be
charged and chargeable
respectively for such
monies only as they
shall actually receive
notwithstanding their
and any of their giving
or signing or joining
giving or signing any
receipt or receipts for
the sake of conformity
And any one or more of
them shall not be
answerable or
accountable for the
others or other of them
or for involuntary
losses And also that it
shall and may be lawful
for them with and out of
the monies which shall
come to their respective
hands to retain to and
reimburse themselves
respectively and also to
allow their respective
Co-trustees or Co
trustee all costs
charges damages and
expences which they or
any or either of them
shall or may suffer
sustain expend disburse
be at or be put unto in
or about the execution
of the aforesaid trusts
or in relation thereunto
And lastly I do hereby
appoint the said Emma
Adey Thomas Cox and John
Dyer Executrix and
Executors of this my
Will hereby revoking all
former and other Wills
by me at any time
heretofore made In
Witness whereof I have
to this mt Will
contained in ffour
Sheets of Paper set my
hand and Seal (that is
to say) my hand at the
bottom of the three
preceding sheets and my
hand and seal to this
last sheet this
thirteenth day of June
in the Year of our Lord
one thousand eight
hundred and thirty two _
Wm M Adey
(Attestation Clause)
Maria Austen of Compton
Bassett Spinster _
Elizabeth Adey Bridget
Adey both of Wooton
Underedge Spinster
Proved at London 27
February 1833
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