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The Will of Thomas Barnard

 

This is the Last Will and Testament of me THOMAS BARNARD of The Strand in the parish of Saint Martin in the ffields in the County of Middlesex Silversmith ffirst I will and direct that all my Just Debts ffuneral and testamentary charges and expenses be fully paid and satisfied by my Executors hereinafter named out of my personal Estate as soon after my Decease as conveniently may be I give and bequeath unto my Dear Wife SARAH BARNARD the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to her immediately after my Decease I also give and bequeath unto my said Wife and her assigns for and during the term of her Natural Life one Annuity or Clear Yearly Sum of ffour hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to her my said Wife and her assigns during her life by equal quarterly payments on the several days following (that is to say) the twenty fifth day of March the twenty fourth day of June the twenty ninth day of September and the twenty fifth day of December in every year free and clear of and from all Taxes Charges Assessments and deductions whatsoever parliamentary or otherwise the first quarterly payment thereof to be made on such of the said days as shall first happen next after my decease and a proportional part of the said Annuity to be paid to my said Wife her Executors or Administrators up to the day of her death in case she shall happen to die on any other than the said quarterly days of payment and my will is and I hereby direct that my Trustees hereinafter named and the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and shall as soon after my decease as conveniently may be appropriate and set apart in their his or her own names or name so much and such part and parts of the monies arising of my stocks ffunds real or Government Securities as I may be possessed of at the time of my decease or so much and such part and parts of the monies arising and to be produced from the residuumof my real and personal Estate hereinafter devised and bequeathed in their his or her own names or name in the public stocks or ffunds or upon real or Government Securities of and in Great Britain at Interest as shall and will by the Dividends Interest and annual process thereof or sufficient to answer and pay the said Annuity or clear yearly sum of ffour hundred pounds to my said Wife during her life in Manner aforesaid and shall and do therewith and thereout pay and discharge or otherwise permit and suffer my said Wife to receive and take the said Annuity or clear yearly sum of ffour hundred pounds accordingly and from and after the decease of my said Wife and full payment of all arrears of her said Annuity and of a proportional part thereof up to the day of her decease as aforesaid then my will is and I direct that the said ffunds and Securities so to be appropriated and set apart or purchased and taken in for the payment of her said Annuity shall sink into and constitute a part of the General Residue of my personal Estate and go and be disposed of as hereinafter mentioned and my will is and I direct that the aforesaid ffunds and Securities to be appropriated and set apart or purchased and taken for the payment of the aforesaid Annuity or yearly sum of four hundred pounds to my said Wife during her life as aforesaid shall be considered as preceding all other deductions and bequests contained in this my said will except those in favour of my said Wife and my Debts ffuneral and Testamentary Charges and Expenses and in the mean time and until the said ffunds and Securities shall be appropriated and set apart or purchased and taken for payment of the said Annuity or yearly sum of ffour hundred pounds to my said Wife as aforesaid my will is and I direct that the same Annuity or yearly sum shall be paid and discharged to or retained by my said Wife out of the rents and profits Dividends Interest and several proceeds of my Residuary real and personal Estate I also give and bequeath unto my said Wife my Leasehold Messuage or Tenement and Land at Stockwell in the County of Surry now in my own possession with the appurtenances thereto belonging and also my Leasehold Land adjoining my said Messuage or Tenement at Stockwell aforesaid which I have under let to THOMAS HOWARD to hold to her my said Wife and her Assigns for and during so many years of the term to come therein at my decease under the Lease by which I hold the same as she my said Wife shall happen to live she my said Wife paying the rent and performing the covenants payable and to be performed for and in respect of the said Messuage or Tenement and Lands and keeping the same and all the buildings thereto belonging in good and Tenantable repair and the said Messuage or Tenement and Buildings also Insured to a reasonable amount from and against Loss and Damage by fire or in some or out of the public Offices of Insurance in the City of London or Westminster and I also give and bequeath unto my said Wife the use and enjoyment of (but not the absolute property in) all my household ffurniture plate Linen china or and every other article of ffurniture and of all my horses carriages books wines Liquors and other household stores Effects and property whatsoever that shall be in or about or belonging to my said Messuage or Tenement and Land at Stockwell aforesaid at the time of my decease (except any money or Securities for money which I may there then have) and with full power to continue the same there or to remove them to any other dwelling or place in England she my said Wife shall think proper and from and immediately after the decease of my said Wife it is my will and meaning and I do hereby direct that all the aforesaid Leaseholds property ffurniture and Effects or such parts and so much thereof as shall or may not have been used or consumed run out or be worn out lost dead decayed or destroyed shall sink into and constitute a part of the General Residue of my personal Estate and be sold and disposed of as hereinafter mentioned but until which time my will is no sale thereof shall be made under and according to the Trusts hereinafter by me declared of and concerning the said general residue of my personal Estate and my will further is and I do hereby request my Trustees and Executors hereinafter named so soon as conveniently may be after my decease to cause an Inventory or Schedule to be made and taken of all my said household ffurniture plate Linen china Books wines Liquors and other household stores horses carriages and other Effects at Stockwell of which I have given to my said Wife the use and enjoyment during her life as aforesaid and that she my said Wife do and shall immediately thereupon sign and give a receipt for the same to my other Trustees and Executors at the foot of such Schedule or Inventory and an undertaking in writing that the same or such parts and so much thereof as shall or may not have been used or consumed or worn out or have been lost decayed or destroyed by fire or other Insurable accident or deed shall upon her decease be delivered up by her Executors or Administrators to my own Trustees or Trustee for the time being to be disposed of according to this my will but nevertheless it is my positive will and in ordering that my said Wife shall not be compelled to replace any cattle that may have died or been lost or any other article whatsoever that shall have been consumed worn out lost decayed or destroyed by use or any kind of accident whatsoever and whereas I am entitled to a yearly payment or sum of ffive pounds during the joint lives of myself and my said Wife and the life of the Survivor of us charged and secured on the School and Workhouse in or near Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex belonging to the Society of ffriends called Quakers Now I do hereby give and bequeath the said yearly payment or sum of ffive pounds and all arrears and Growing payments due at my Decease and all Securities for the same unto my said Wife her Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for her and their own absolute use and benefit and my will is and I hereby declare that the provision herein by me made for my said Wife is and that the same shall be accepted and taken by her in lieu and satisfaction of her Dower and thirds and of all her right and Interest claims and Demands whatsoever into or out of my real and personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever hereof I now am or shall hereafter be seized or possessed (other than and except under a certain paper writing which I signed and gave to my said Wife previous to our marriage and hereinafter mentioned) and I hereby direct that my said Wife do and shall upon the request of my other Trustees hereinafter named or the Survivors or Survivor of them but at the Costs and Charges of my Estate duly sign seal and execute a proper Deed or Deeds to be prepared under the direction of my said other Trustees for effectually releasing exonerating and discharging all and Singular my said Estate and Effects real and personal of and from all such Dower and thirds and all other her rights and Interest claims and demands whatsoever as aforesaid (other than and except under this my will and the aforesaid paper writing) and whereas I signed and gave unto her a paper writing binding myself to leave her at the time of my Decease certain property and Effects as therein mentioned Now I do hereby ratify and confirm such paper writing in all and every part and particular thereof whether the same is or are a legal Instrument or not and do authorize empower and direct my other Trustees and Executors hereinafter named strictly and faithfully to fulfill and perform the same on my part as soon after my Decease as conveniently may be according to the true intent and meaning thereof Also I give and bequeath unto my said Wife the use and wearing of my Miniature Picture during her life and from and after her Decease I give and bequeath the same Miniature Picture unto my Daughter MARIA BARNARD absolutely I give and bequeath all that my Leasehold Messuage or Tenement and premises with the Appurtenances situate and being the Corner of Ham Street Adelphi aforesaid wherein I now carry on my said Trade or Business of a Silversmith unto my Son THOMAS BARNARD his Executors Administrators and Assigns for all such term of years as I shall have to come therein at my Decease to and for his and their own use and benefit subject to the payment of the rent and performance of the covenants from thence forward to be paid and performed in respect thereof Also I give and bequeath to my said Son THOMAS BARNARD the sum or value of three thousand pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to him by and with such part of the Stock of my said shop as he shall select for that purpose when and so soon as he shall attain his age of twenty one years and my will further is and I hereby direct that my said Son THOMAS shall or may on attaining his said age of twenty one years in case he shall think fit purchase and take at a fair valuation the residue of the Stock of my said Shop and pay for the same with Interest or the amount of the said valuation from the time of his attaining his said age of twenty one years in case the same shall happen after my Decease or from the Day of my Decease in case my said Son THOMAS shall attain his said age of twenty one years in my life time at and after the rate of ffive pounds per cent per annum by yearly installments of ffive pounds on account of the principle and interest until the whole is paid and I direct that my said Son THOMAS shall together with such other person or persons as my other Executors shall approve of give his or their joint and several Bond or Obligation in a Sufficient penalty to my said other Executors for payment to therein of the amount of the valuation set on the said residue of the Stock of my said Shop and Interest thereon after the rate at the times and in manner aforesaid or that my said Son THOMAS shall give his own Bond in a Sufficient penalty and make and give therewith such other Security upon the property he takes and is entitled to under this my will for the due payment of the premises and Interest in manner aforesaid as my said other Executors shall think proper or otherwise with regard to the Security to be required as they my said other Executors shall think proper to require and which in I all respects leave to their discretion and in order to enable my said Son THOMAS to make such election as aforesaid it is my will and desire and I hereby request my said Trustees and Executors to carry on my said Trade or Business until he shall attain his said age of twenty one years and the better to ascertain the fair value of my said Stock as well with regard to the said sum of three thousand pounds as to the residue thereof in case my said Son THOMAS shall elect to purchase and take the same it is my will and desire that the same shall be valued by two indifferent and competent persons and in case of their disagreeing by an indifferent third person according to the usual course of Trade and that one of such two first named persons shall be chosen and appointed by my said Trustees and the other of them by my said Son and that such third person shall be named and appointed as an umpire by such first two named persons Also I give and bequeath all that my Leasehold Messuage or Tenement and premises with the appurtenances thereto belonging situate and being at Kennington Cross in the County of Surry and now in the tenure or occupation of MR. LLOYD painter and Glazier his undertenants or assigns unto my said wife SARAH BARNARD my said Son THOMAS BARNARD and my Brother SAMUEL BARNARD of Gracechurch Street in the City of London Cheesemonger and ROBERT RUSSELL of Kennington Cross Insurance Broker their heirs Executors administrators and assigns for and during all such term of years Estate and Interest as I shall have to come therein at my Decease upon the Trusts and to and for the ends and purposes and subject to the proviso hereinafter expressed and declared concerning the same (that is to say) upon trust that they my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors administrators and assigns of such Survivor do and shall during so many years of the term to come therein at the time of my Decease as my said Daughter MARIA shall happen to live receive and take the rents and profits thereof and therewith and thereout in the first place pay and discharge the rent and perform the covenants payable and to be performed for and in respect of the same Leasehold Messuage or Tenement and premises under the Lease by which I hold the same and keep or cause the same premises to be kept Insured from loss or damage by ffire to a reasonable amount and do and shall pay apply and dispose of the residue and overplus of the said rents and profits from time to time into the proper hands of her my said Daughter MARIA whether sole or covert and notwithstanding any Coverture for her sole and peculiar use and benefit And I do hereby expressly will and direct that the same rents profits or any part thereof shall not be subject or liable to the intermeddling control Debts or encumberances of any Husband she my said Daughter MARIA may happen to intermarry with and that her receipt alone signed with her own proper hand shall from time to time be a good and sufficient discharge and good and sufficient discharges to my said Trustees or Trustee for the same and from and immediately after the Decease of my said Daughter Maria then my will is and I direct that my said Trustees or Trustee and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors administrators or Assigns of such Survivor do and shall stand possessed of the said Leasehold Messuage or Tenement and premises for all the term Estate and Interest to come and unexpired therein Interest for such person or persons and to and for such Estate and Estates Interest and Interests ends and purposes and upon such Trusts charged and chargeable in such manner and under and subject to such powers provisions and declarations as she my said Daughter MARIA whether Covert or sole and notwithstanding any Coverture in and by her Last Will and Testament or any Codicil or Codicils thereto to be by her signed and published in the presence of and to be attested by two or more credible witnesses shall direct appoint give or bequeath the same and for want or in default of such direction or appointment at gift or bequest or being such not extending to the whole thereof then as to the said Messuage or Tenement and premises or so much thereof as shall not be completely disposed of as aforesaid In Trust for such person or persons as at the Decease of my said Daughter MARIA shall be her next of kin and would be entitled to the same under and by virtue of the Statute made for distribution of Intestate Estates as if she had died a ----- sole unmarried and intestate possessed thereof and to be assigned and transferred accordingly provided always and my will is that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Wife SARAH my said Son THOMAS my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD and the said ROBERT RUSSELL and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Trustees and Trustee for the time being of my aforesaid Leasehold Messuage or Tenement and premises (by and with the consent and approbation of my said Daughter MARIA signified in writing under her hand and seal and attested by two or more credible witnesses and whether she shall be under Coverture or not) by Indenture under their his or her hands and seals or hand and seal from time to time to Devise or Lease my said Leasehold Messuage or Tenement and premises hereinbefore by me given and bequeathed to my said Trustees for the benefit of my said Daughter MARIA unto any person or persons for any term or number of years not exceeding twenty one years in possession and not in reversion remainder or expectancy so as such Lease or Leases be short of the term and not contrary to the Covenants in the original Lease by which the same are held on and so as upon every such Lease there be reserved and made payable during the continuance thereof respectively the best Improved yearly rent that can be reasonably had for the same without taking fine premium or ffore gift for the making thereof and so as none of the said Leases be made Dispunishable of waste by any express words therein to be contained and so that in every such Lease there be contained a clause for security or nonpayment of the rent or rents to be thereby respectively reserved and that such Lessee or Lessees to whom any such Lease or Leases shall be made do and doth seal and deliver a counterpart or counterparts thereof Also I give and bequeath unto my said Daughter MARIA the Bureau in my Messuage or Tenement in Adam Street aforesaid which I purchased of WALTER RUSSELL Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter MARY BARNARD now an Infant the Bureau or Chest of Drawers in the Bow Bedroom in my Messuage or Dwellinghouse at Stockwell aforesaid Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter ANN BARNARD now also an Infant the Mahogany Bedstead and Bedding Compleat in the Bow Bedroom of my said Messuage or Dwellinghouse at Stockwell aforesaid Also I give and bequeath unto my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD the sum of ffifty pounds and to his Wife ELIZABETH the sum of ten pounds and to each of their children who shall be living at my Decease the sum of five pounds Also I give and bequeath unto my Brother JOHN BARNARD the sum of twenty pounds over and above what he may be indebted to me at my Decease and from which I hereby fully acquit and discharge him and do desire that all Securities (if any) I may hold at my Decease be delivered up to him to be cancelled Also I give and bequeath unto my Sister MARY GREEN the like sum of twenty pounds and unto my Sister SARAH BALINGER the like sum of twenty pounds and unto my Sister ELIZABETH OAKLEY the sum of thirty pounds Also I give and bequeath unto SAMUEL OAKLEY of Cheltenham in the County of Gloucester Shoemaker the sum of twenty pounds and unto MARY OAKLEY of the same place Spinster the sum of ffive pounds Also I give and bequeath unto my Sister ANN RICKMAN of Line Street in the City of London Widow the sum of ffive pounds and unto my Brother JOHN GORHAM of Willsborough in the County of Kent ffarmer the sum of twenty pounds Also I give and bequeath unto my Shopman JOHN KIDDER if he shall be living with me at the time of my Decease the sum of one hundred pounds over and above all wages which shall be then due and owing to him Also I give and bequeath unto LEONARD HILL if he shall be living with me at the time of my Decease the sum of five pounds over and above all wages which shall be then due and owing to him I also give and bequeath unto JOHN BARNARD now living with my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD the sum of five pounds which said several Legacies above mentioned my will is and I direct shall be paid to the said several Legatees in lawful money of Great Britain within the space of twelve calendar months next after my Decease Also I give and bequeath unto my Nephew SAMUEL BARNARD son of my late Brother WILLIAM BARNARD the sum of two hundred pounds of lawful money as aforesaid to be paid to him when and so soon as he shall attain his age of twenty four years but in case he shall not live to attain such age then my will is that the said Legacy shall not be paid at all but that the same shall sink into and constitute a part of the general residue of my personal Estate hereinafter by me disposed of Also I give and bequeath unto my Niece ANN BARNARD Daughter of my said Brother WILLIAM BARNARD the sum of twenty pounds to be paid to her when and so soon as she shall attain her age of twenty four years but in case she shall not live to attain such age then my will is that the said Legacy shall not be paid at all but that the same shall also sink into and constitute a part of the General Residue of my personal Estate hereinafter by ne disposed of Also I give and bequeath unto each of my household Servants not hereinbefore named that shall be living with me at the time of my Decease over and above all such wages as shall be then due to them respectively One Guinea the same to be paid to them respectively the day next after my Interment Also I give and bequeath unto the Westminster Monthly Meeting of ffriends called Quakers in Peter’s Court Saint Martins Lane in the said County of Middlesex the sum of one hundred pounds of like lawful money of Great Britain to be paid within the space of twelve calendar months next after my Decease to three persons to be appointed by such ffriends at their first monthly meeting next after my Decease or so soon after as conveniently may be and to be laid out and invested by such three persons with all convenient speed after the receipt thereof in their Joint names in the purchase of three per cent Consolidated Bank Annuities and my Will is and I hereby direct that such three persons so to be appointed as aforesaid and the Survivor of them and the Trustees and Trustee for the time being of the said three per cent Consolidated Bank Annuities shall and do stand possessed thereof In Trust and to the Intent and purpose that the Dividends Interest and Annual proceeds thereof shall and may for over annually at Christmas in each year be disposed of to such poor ffriends belonging to that monthly meeting as the Trustees shall think proper and my Will further is and I do hereby declare that upon the Death of either of such three persons to be appointed as aforesaid or upon the refusal or incapacity of either of them to act in the Trusts aforesaid it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Westminster Monthly Meeting of ffriends called Quakers as aforesaid for the time being to appoint one or more other person or persons to act as a Trustee or Trustees of the said Trust Bank Annuities in the Room of him or their so dying refusing or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid and so from time to time again in like manner upon the Death refusal or incapability to act of any and every Succeeding Trustee or Trustees to be as appointed another or others in his or their room and stead in order that there may be always three Trustees at the least in whom the said Trust Bank Annuities shall be vested and upon every such appointment of a new Trust my Will is and I direct that the said Trust Bank Annuities shall be transferred unto or vested in the Old and the New Trustees Jointly or New Trustee only as the case may be upon and for the Trusts and purposes hereinafter declared and directed of and concerning the same and my Will further is and I do hereby declare that the receipt and receipts of such three persons to be first appointed as aforesaid to receive the said Legacy or sum of one hundred pounds shall be a good and effectual discharge to my Trustees and Executors for the same and as for and concerning all the rest residue and remainder of my Real and personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature kinds or quality soever the same may be not by me otherwise already disposed of or hereafter to be disposed of and also and concerning a certain ffreehold Messuage or Tenement situate and being in Adam Street aforesaid which I lately contracted with WILLIAM ADAM of Albermarle in the County of Middlesex Esquire for the purchase of and the Deeds of conveyance whereof are prepared but not yet executed I give and devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof and all my Estate and Interest therein respectively with the appurtenances unto and to the use of my said Wife SARAH BARNARD my said Son THOMAS BARNARD my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD and the said ROBERT RUSSELL their heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns according to the different natures and tenures thereof Upon the Trusts to and for the several Intents and purposes hereinafter expressed and declared concerning the same (that is to say) Upon Trust that they my said Trustees and the Survivors or Survivor of them or the heirs Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do as soon as conveniently may be after my Decease and when and as they he or she shall think proper and soon most advisable absolutely sell and dispose of all my real Leasehold Estates and all such other part of the said General Residue of my personal Estate as shall be in their nature saleable (except public stocks ffunds or annuities) either by public auction or private contract and in such Lots or parcels as they my said Trustees or Trustee shall think proper unto any person or persons who shall be willing to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof of any part or parcel thereof for the most money and best price or prices that can or may at the time or times of such sale or sales be reasonably had or gotten for the same and on receipt of the purchase money do and shall convey assign transfer and deliver the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof or as he she or they shall direct or appoint and also shall and do Call receive and get in all Debts and sums of money (except those on such Securities as they my said Trustees or Trustee shall think proper to continue) which shall or may be due or owing to me at my Decease and for ffacilitating the sale of my said real and Leasehold Estates and also of all such other part and parts of the said General Residue of my personal Estate as shall or may be sold or become saleable under and according to the Trusts aforesaid my Will and mind expressly is and I do hereby declare that the receipt sand receipts of my said Wife SARAH my said Son THOMAS my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD and the said ROBER RUSSELL and of the Survivors and Survivor of them and of the heirs Executors and administrators of such Survivor shall be a good and effectual discharge and good and effectual discharges to the purchaser and purchasers of my said ffreehold and Leasehold Estates and of such other part of the said General Residue of my personal Estate as shall or may be sold and disposed of under and according to the Trusts aforesaid and his her or their heirs Executors and Administrators for so much of the purchase money for the same ffreehold Leasehold or other personal Estate for which such receipt or receipts shall be given and such purchaser and purchasers his her or their heirs Executors and Administrators shall be absolutely acquitted and discharged of and from the same purchase money and shall not be bound to see to the application or be answerable or accountable for the loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof and my Will is and I do hereby declare and direct that in case the contract by me made and entered into with the above named WILLIAM ADAM for the purchase of the aforesaid ffreehold Messuage or Tenement and premises in Adam Street aforesaid shall not be completed in my life time that my said Trustees and Executors shall and do as soon after my Decease as may be Cause and procure the said contract to be completed and the said Messuage or Tenement and premises to be duly conveyed and assured unto and to the use of my said Trustees their heirs and assigns upon the Trusts and for the ends intents and purposes in and by this my Will expressed and declared of and concerning the same And my Will further is and I hereby direct that my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and shall as soon after my Decease as conveniently may be appropriate and set apart in their his or her own names or name so much and such part and parts of my stock ffunds real and Government Securities as I may be possessed of or entitled to at the time of my Decease and do and shall place out and invest so much and such part or parts of the monies arising and to be produced from other the Residue of my real and personal Estate in their his or her  own names or name in the public stocks or ffunds or upon real or Government Securities of and in Great Britain at interest as shall and will produce by the Dividends Interest and annual proceeds thereof the three several clear yearly sums of one hundred pounds one hundred pounds and one hundred pounds and do and shall stand possessed of and interested in the said three several clear yearly sum of one hundred pounds each and the ffunds and securities producing the same for each of my said three Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN for their respective lives in manner hereinafter mentioned and from and after the respective Deceases of my said three Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN my mind and will is and I hereby direct that my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrator of such Survivor do and shall stand possessed of and interested in their respective ffunds and securities In Trust for such one child or for such two or more of the children of the respective Bodies of them my said three Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN lawfully to be begotten at such age or ages day or days time or times and in such parts shares and proportions manner and form and subject to with and under such powers provisos conditions restrictions and limitations ever acting for the Benefit of some or one of the said children and with such maintenance as my said three Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN respectively (each as to their own respective ffunds securities and children) whether sole or covert and Notwithstanding any Coverture in and by any Deed or Deeds writing or writings with or without power of Revocation and new appointment to be sealed and delivered by them my said Daughters respectively in the presence of and to be attested by two or more Credible Witnesses or by their respective Last Will and Testament in writing or any writings in the Nature of or purporting to in their respective Last Will and Testament or any Codicil or Codicils thereto to be signed and published by them my said Daughters respectively in the presence of and to be attested by the like number of witnesses shall direct or appoint give or bequeath the same and in default of such direction or appointment gift or bequest by any of my said three daughters as aforesaid or being such and not extending to the whole of their said respective ffunds or Securities then as to the same ffunds or Securities or so much and such part thereof whereof no such direction or appointment gift or bequest shall be made aforesaid In Trust for such person or persons as at the respective deceases of my said three Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN or if such of them as shall fail or neglect wholly to dispose of her or their such ffunds and Securities shall be her or their next of kin and would have been entitled to the same under and by virtue of the Statute made for Distribution of Intestate Estates in case she or they my said Daughter or Daughters so failing or neglecting wholly to dispose of her or their said ffunds or Securities had died without having a Husband her or their Surviving and Intestate possessed thereof and my Will also is and I do hereby further direct and declare that they my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and shall during the respective natural lives of my said Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN receive and take the dividends Interest and annual proceed of their respective ffunds or Securities producing by the said dividends and interest and annual proceed thereof the clear yearly sum of one hundred pounds as aforesaid and pay over the same unto such person or persons (other than respective Husband or Husbands of them my said Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN) and for such Intents and purposes as they my said Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN respectively whether sole or covert and Notwithstanding any Coverture shall from time to time by any writing or writings signed by them with their own respective and proper hands direct or appoint but not so as to deprive the ----- of the intended use or benefit thereof by sale mortgage charge or otherwise in the way of anticipation and for want of such appointment do and shall pay the said respective dividends ffunds or Securities of them my said Daughters respectively or so much thereof as shall or may not from time to time be appointed by them my said Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN respectively as aforesaid into their own respective proper hands do and shall during such time and so long as they my said Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN shall be or continue -------- sole and unmarried and afterwards if my said Trustees and Trustee shall in their his or her discretion think ffit permit and suffer them to have take and receive the said Dividends interest and annual proceed of their said respective ffunds or Securities to the ends and intent that the said Dividends Interest and annual proceed of their respective ffunds and securities shall and may be at all times during the natural life of them my said Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN be remain and continue Certain provisions for them whether sole or covert and Notwithstanding any Coverture and that the same may not be subject to or liable to their Debts contracts or engagements and in case of their marriage may be for their respective sole separate personal and peculiar use and benefit exclusive and independent of any Husband or Husbands with whom they my said Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN or any of them may intermarry and who shall not intermeddle therewith and the same or any part thereof be subject or liable to his or their power control debts engagements or encumberances and my Will also is and I declare that the receipts of my said Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN signed with their own respective proper hands whether sole or covert and Notwithstanding any Coverture and the receipt and receipts of such person or persons ( other than their Husband or Husbands) as they from time to time shall appoint to receive the said Dividends Interest and annual proceed of their said respective ffunds and securities or any part or parts thereof shall be good and sufficient discharges for so much of the said respective Dividends Interest and annual proceed as in and by such receipt shall be acknowledged or expressed to be received provided always nevertheless that in case my said Daughters MARIA MARY and ANN or any of them shall attempt to sell mortgage charge decease any Trust or benefit of or otherwise encumber or part with all or any part or parts of the respective Dividends Interest and annual proceed hereby by me intended for them or whether covert or sole and free from their own debt contracts and engagements and the debts control engagements or encumberances of any Husband or Husbands with whom they respectively may intermarry then and in such case my will and mind is and I do hereby expressly declare and direct that they my said Trustees and Trustee for the time being do and shall lay out and pay apply and dispose of the Dividends Interest and annual proceed thereafter to come due and payable from and upon the ffunds and securities belonging to her or them my said Daughter or Daughters who shall attempt to act contrary to my will and meaning hereinbefore expressed to and for her or their use and benefit in such way and manner as they my said Trustees and Trustee in their his or her discretion shall be advisable and think proper without being in anywise or in any manner questioned or being liable to be called to account for the same or the manner of laying out paying expending and disposing of the same and I do hereby declare that all payments and applications made by my Trustees or Trustee under the circumstances aforesaid shall be good valid and effectual to see all intents and purposes whatsoever anything in this my will contained to the contrary Notwithstanding provided also and my will further is that in case my said Daughters MARY and ANN or either of them shall be under the age of twenty one years and unmarried at the time of my Decease they my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor shall and do in the meantime and until my said Daughters MARY and ANN respectively shall attain the said age of twenty one years or be married which of the two shall first happen receive and take the Dividends Interest and annual proceeds of their said respective ffunds or Securities hereinbefore mentioned and pay apply and dispose of the same or such part and so much thereof as they my said Trustees and Trustee shall think proper and necessary in and for the maintenance and education of them my said Daughters MARY and ANN or such of them as shall be minors and accumulate the residue for her or their benefit and upon her or their attaining the said age of twenty one years or being married which shall first happen do and shall pay and transfer to her or them respectively all the said savings and accumulations which shall have been made of her and their said Dividends interest and annual proceeds to and for her or their respective own absolute use and benefit And my will and meaning is that the purchase or appropriation of the aforesaid -------- ffunds or Securities for the benefit of my said three Daughters as aforesaid is and shall be considered to take precedence of the disposition hereinafter contained of the General Residue of my property among all my children but that the same shall nevertheless in such General Residue be accounted as a part thereof and upon the setting out or appointing of the same among all my children the said ffunds or Securities so to be purchased and taken or appropriated and set apart for the benefit of my said three Daughters as aforesaid shall be considered and apart of their respective shares of and in such General Residue of my property and not as an additional Legacy or bequest thereto and as to for and concerning all the rest residue and remainder of the monies arising and to be produced by and from such sale or sales of my real and persona Estate as aforesaid and to be called received and got in as hereinbefore mentioned and other my ready moneys my will is and I do hereby further direct that my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and shall lay out and invest the same in their Joint names in the public stocks ffunds or upon real or Government Securities at Interest and that they my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor of them shall and do stand possessed of and interested in all the stocks ffunds and Securities so to be purchased and taken as last aforesaid and also of and in all such other stocks ffunds and Securities as I shall or may be possessed of at the time of my Decease and shall or may not be applied or disposed of in any other of the Trusts of this my will and of and in the Dividends Interest and annual proceeds thereof In Trust for all and every my Children by my said Dear Wife SARAH who shall be living at my Decease and born in due time afterwards if any in equal parts and proportions share and share alike the portion or portions of such of my said Children as may have attained the age of twenty one years in my life time to be a vested interest or vested interests in ----- ----- Immediately upon my Decease and to be transferred as soon after as may be and the portion or portions of such of my said Children as may not have attained their respective age of twenty one years in my life time to be transferred to them respectively upon their attaining such age and my will is that my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and shall in the mean time and until such of my said Children as shall be under the age of twenty one years at the time of my Decease shall attain such age pay apply and dispose of the Interest Dividends and annual proceed of their respective parts and shares and in the said stocks ffunds and Securities or such part or parts thereof as they my said Trustees or Trustee in their his or her discretion shall think fit for and towards their maintenance education and bringing up and shall and do accumulate the residue of such Dividends Interest and annual proceed with the part or share parts or shares of the ffunds or Securities from which the same shall have been produced and the same shall go along therewith according to this my will and be so transferred accordingly but nevertheless my will and meaning is that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Trustees and Trustee to pay apply and dispose of all or any part or parts of the accumulation belonging to any of my said younger Children respectively in such case of his her or their maintenance education and bringing up in the next or any of the succeeding year or years or for his her or their advancement or preferment in Life if they my said Trustees or Trustee shall so think proper provided also and my will further is that if any or either of my said Children living at the time of my Decease or born in due time afterwards shall afterwards depart this life before they shall attain their respective ages of twenty one years without leaving lawful Issue of his her or their Body or Bodies then the part or share parts or shares of him her or them so dying as aforesaid under the said age of twenty one years without leaving lawful Issue of and in the said stocks ffunds and Securities herein before mentioned shall go and accrue to the Survivors or Survivor or others or other of my said Children who shall be living at my Decease or born in due time afterwards and be equally divided between and amongst them all (if more than one) in equal parts and proportions share and share alike and if only one then the whole thereof to such only one and the same shall be considered as a vested interest or vested interests and shall be transferable at such age and ages time and times as his her or their original portion or portions shall become transferable or a vested interest or vested interests by virtue of this my will in as near thereto as circumstances will permit and in case of the death of any other or others of my said children under the said age of twenty one years without leaving lawful Issue then every such accruing or surviving part or share shall again be subject or liable to such further right ------- contingency or condition of accrue or survivorship to and amongst the Survivors and Survivor or others or other of my said Children who shall be living at my Decease or born in due time afterwards as herein before as declared touching his her or their original portion or portions and I do hereby give and devise unto my said Wife SARAH BARNARD my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD and the said ROBERT RUSSELL their heirs and assigns all such ffreehold Estates as are now vested in me in way or mortgage to hold the same unto my said Wife my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD and the said ROBERT RUSSELL their heirs and assigns according to my Estate and interest therein the Better to enable my Trustees and Executors and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor to get in and receive all monies which may be due and owing to my Estate thereon and my will also is that it shall and may be lawful to and for my Trustees and Trustee for the time being to alter transpose and change and funds or Securities purchased or taken or appropriated and set apart by virtue of or under this my will for and to other funds or Securities of the like nature when and so often as to my said Trustees or Trustee it shall seem advisable and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Wife SARAH BARNARD my said Son THOMAS BARNARD my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD and the said ROBERT RUSSELL Executrix and Executors of this my will and do give to each of them the sum of twenty pounds and I do hereby also nominate constitute and appoint my said Wife my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD and the said ROBERT RUSSELL and the Survivors and Survivor of them Guardians and Guardian of such of my Children as shall be Minors at the time of my Decease during their respective Minorities provided always and my will and mind is that in case my said Wife SARAH my said Son THOMAS my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD and the ROBERT RUSSELL or any of them or any succeeding Trustee or Trustees to be nominated and appointed by virtue of this power shall happen to die or be minded or desirous to quit the several Trusts created by this my will or shall refuse or neglect to act in the same at any time before such Trusts shall be fully executed and performed then and in every such case and when and so often as the same shall happen it shall and may be lawful to and for the Surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee for the time being or the Executors or Administrators of the surviving Trustee ( by and with the consent and approbation of my said three Daughters or such of them as shall be then living or of the full age of twenty one years signified in wring under their or her hands or hand and after the decease of all my Daughters) of the proper authority of such surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee ( as the case shall happen) by any writing or writings under their his or her hands seals or hand and seal attested by two or more credible witnesses to nominate and appoint some other fit and proper person or persons ( other than the Husband or Husbands of my said Daughters who my will and mind expressly is shall never be admissible into the said Trusts) to be a Trustee or Trustees for the purposes aforesaid in the place and stead of the Trustee or Trustees so dying or being desirous to quit the said Trusts or refusing or neglecting to act in the same and that when and so often as any new Trustee or Trustees shall be nominated and appointed as aforesaid all and singular the then Trust Estates stocks ffunds and Securities and premises shall be thereupon with all convenient speed respectively conveyed assigned and transferred in such manner and so as that the same shall and my be lawfully and effectually vested in the surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee of such person or persons as shall be nominated and appointed to be a Trustee or Trustees as aforesaid or in such new Trustee or Trustees wholly ( as the case shall be) upon the same Trusts and for the same intents and purposes and under and subject to the same powers and provisos as are in and by this my will expressed given and declared of and concerning the same respectively or such of them as shall be then subsisting and capable of taking effect and all and every such new Trustee or Trustees shall and may from thenceforth act in the management and execution of the said Trusts in like manner and ------- and be vested with such and the same and as full and effectual powers and authorities to all intents and purposes as he or they might or could have done if he or they had been originally in and by this my will named and appointed such Trustee or Trustees any thing in this my will contained to the contrary thereof in any wise Notwithstanding provided also and my will and mind further is that they my said Trustees and Executors hereby appointed or any Trustee or Trustees to be nominated and appointed in the place or stead of any or either of them by virtue of the power hereinbefore for that purpose contained or any of them or any or either of their heirs Executors or Administrators shall not be charged or chargeable with or answerable for any more of the aforesaid Trust Estates monies and premises that they respectively shall actually receive or shall come to their respective hands by virtue of this my will nor with or for any loss or losses whatsoever which shall or may happen in or to the same Estates monies and premises or any part thereof respectively as such loss happen without their reissuing not a default nor any one of them for the others or other of them in or for the acts deeds receipts neglect or disbursement of the other or others of them but each of them only for his or her own acts deeds receipts neglect and disbursements ( the joining in receipts for conformity sake notwithstanding) and also that it shall and may be lawful for them my said Trustees and Executors and each and every of them and each and every of their Executors and Administrators in the first place by and out of the aforesaid respective Trust Estates monies and premises to deduct and reimburse him her and themselves respectively and also to allow to his her and their co trustees and Executors all such losses costs charges and expenses as they either or any of them shall or may respectively sustain expend or be put unto for or by reason of the said several Trusts hereby in them reposed or intended to be reposed in relation to the same Estates monies and premises respectively or the management and execution thereof or any other thing in any wise relating thereunto and lastly I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other wills and testamentary dispositions by me at any time or times heretofore made and I do declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I the said Thomas Barnard the testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in fifteen sheets of paper affixed together at the top with a seal set my hand and seal ------- to the first fourteen sheets thereof my hand only to this fifteenth and last sheet my hand and seal this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three.  Thomas Barnard.  Signed sealed published and declared by the said Thomas Barnard the testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses  hereto      Thomas Parker / John Palmer / William Cuppage  Essex Street Strand.

 

Whereas I THOMAS BARNARD of the Strand in the parish of Saint Martin in the ffields in the County of Middlesex Silversmith have since the date and execution of my last Will and Testament completed the purchase of the ffreehold Messuage situate in Adam Street Adelphii therein mentioned and Deeds of conveyance thereof have been executed accordingly Now I do hereby give and devise all that my said ffreehold Messuage or tenement situate and being in Adam Street aforesaid and which I have lately purchased from William Adam Esq. with the appurtenances unto and to the use of my Dear Wife SARAH BARNARD my Son THOMAS BARNARD my Brother SAMUEL BARNARD of Gracechurch Street in the city of London Cheesemonger and ROBERT RUSSELL of Kennington Cross Insurance Broker their heirs and assigns upon such Trusts and to and for such intents and purposes and with and under such powers and authorities in all respects as in and by my said last Will and Testament are expressed and declared if and concerning the rest residue and remainder of my real and personal Estate and Effects thereby devised and bequeathed to my said Trustees thereof and I do hereby ratify and confirm all and every the gifts devises and bequests in and by my said Will given devised and bequeathed and I do hereby declare this writing to be a Codicil to my said Will and to be excepted and taken as part thereof as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the same had been actually inserted therein In witness whereof I the said Thomas Barnard have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of July on the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three. Thomas Barnard. Signed sealed published and declared by the said Thomas Barnard as and for a Codicil to be annexed to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.  Thomas Parker / Jo. Palmer / J. Bickle clk. to Messrs. Parker Palmer /W. Cupprage  Essex St.

 

This is a further or second Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me THOMAS BARNARD of the Strand in the parish of Saint Martin in the ffields in the County of Middlesex Silversmith Whereas I have by my last Will and Testament given unto my Dear Wife SARAH BARNARD and her assigns for the term of her Life one annuity or clear yearly sum of ffour hundred pounds to be paid to her and her assigns by equal quarterly payments on the days and in manner in and by my said Will for that purpose mentioned and have directed my Trustees therein named to set apart or purchase stocks ffunds or Securities for the payment of such annuity by and with the Dividends Interest and annual produce thereof and in the mean time to be paid as therein mentioned and I have also by my said Will named and appointed my said Wife SARAH BARNARD my Son THOMAS BARNARD my Brother SAMUEL BARNARD of Gracechurch Street in the City of London Cheesemonger and ROBERT RUSSELL of Kennington Cross Insurance Broker Trustees and Executors of my said Will and I have thereby and by a Codicil thereto dated the second day of July now last past given devised and bequeathed certain parts of my said real and personal Estate upon the Trusts and for the purposes and with the powers in the said Will mentioned and whereas it is my intention to increase the said annuity of ffour hundred pounds by my said will given to my said Wife by adding thereto a further annuity or clear yearly sum of one hundred pounds as to make up the same and annuity or clear yearly sum of ffive hundred pounds for the term of her life and it is also my intention to add JOSIAH HENRY WILKINSON of Abchurch Lane in the city of London Surgeon a Trustee and Executor of this my said Will Jointly with my other Trustees and Executors above named and in order therefore to carry out my aforesaid intentions into execution and to give effect thereto do by this Codicil to my said will give and bequeath unto my said Wife SARAH BARNARD and her assigns for and during the term of her Natural Life a further or additional annuity or clear yearly sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to her my said Wife and her assigns during her Life by equal quarterly payments on the same days free from all deductions and with a like proportional part up to the day of her death as in and by my said will I have directed in regard to the said annuity of ffour hundred pounds thereby bequeathed to my said Wife and it is my will and meaning and I do hereby direct that such additional annuity of one hundred pounds shall be secured to be paid to her my said Wife and her assigns in like manner as by my said Will I have directed the said annuity of ffour hundred pounds to be secured and in the mean time it is my will and intention and I hereby direct that the same shall be paid or retained by my said Wife in such manner as by my said Will I have also directed the said annuity of ffour hundred pounds to be paid or retained and it is also my will and intention and I do hereby direct that from and after the decease of my said Wife and full payment of all arrears of the said additional annuity of one hundred pounds and a proportional part thereof up to the day of her decease that the ffunds and Securities to be set apart or purchased and taken for the payment of such additional annuity of one hundred pounds shall sink into and constitute a part of the General Residue of my personal Estate in like manner as I have by my said will directed in regard to the ffunds and Securities to be set apart or purchased for the payment of the said annuity of ffour hundred pounds and it also my further will and intention and I do hereby direct that the ffunds and Securities to be set apart and purchased and taken for the payment of the said additional annuity of one hundred pounds to my said Wife during her Life as aforesaid shall be considered as preceeding all other directions and bequests contained in my said will except those in ffavour of my said Wife and my debts funeral and Testamentary charges and expenses and it is my will and intention and I do hereby further declare that the said additional annuity with the other provisions by me in my said will made for my said Wife is and that the same shall be accepted and taken by her in lieu and satisfaction of her Dower and thirds and of all her right and interest claims and demands into or out of my real and personal Estate and Effects in like manner as in and by my said Will is declared respecting the provision thereby by me made for her (except under my said Will and as therein is excepted and I hereby direct that my said Wife do and shall make and execute such release of her Dower and thirds right and interest claims and demands except as above excepted) as by my said Will I have already directed and for the further carrying my said intention into effect do by this Codicil to my said Will revoke annul and make void all and every the gifts devises and bequests in and by my said Will and in and by my said Codicil of the second day of July last given devised and bequeathed to my said Wife SARAH BARNARD my said Son THOMAS BARNARD my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD and the said ROBERT RUSSELL as Trustees and their heirs Executors advisors and assigns upon the Trusts and for the purposes in my said Will mentioned and do hereby give devise and bequeath all and every my real and personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever of what nature kind or quality soever the same may be which in and by my said Will and my said Codicil thereto of the second day of July last I give devise and bequeath to my said Wife SARAH BARNARD my said Son THOMAS BARNARD my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD and the said ROBERT RUSSELL their heirs Executors Administrators and assigns and every part thereof of all my Estate and interest therein respectively with their appurtenances unto and to the use of my said Wife SARAH BARNARD my said Son THOMAS BARNARD my said Brother SAMUEL BARNRD the said ROBERT RUSSELL and the above named JOSIAH HENRY WILKINSON their heirs Executors Advisors and assigns according to the different natures and tenures thereof upon the Trusts and to and for the several intents and purposes and with under and subject to the several powers provisos directions and declarations in and by my said Will and Codicil intentions expressed and contained or concerning the same and that as fully and effectual and in like manner to all intents and purposes as if all such Trusts intents and purposes powers provisos directions and declarations were herein repeated and again set forth or as if the said JOSIAH HENRY WILKINSON had been originally named and appointed a Trustee in and by my said Will with my said other Trustees and the said gifts devises and bequests to them as Trustees had not been revoked by this my Codicil thereto and in order the further to enable my said Trustees hereby reposed in them my will and mind is and I do by this Codicil direct and declare that the receipt and receipts of my said Wife SARAH BARNARD my said Son THOMAS BARNARD my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD the said ROBERT RUSSELL and the said JOSIAH HENRY WILKINSON and of the survivors and Survivor of them and of the heirs Executors Administrators and assigns of such Survivor shall be a good and effectual discharge and good and effectual discharges to the purchaser and purchasers of my said real and personal Estate or any part thereof his her and their heirs Executors and administrators for so much of the purchase money for the same for which such receipt or receipts shall be given and that such purchaser and purchasers his her and their heirs Executors and Administrators shall be absolutely aquitted and discharged of and from the said purchase money and shall not be bound to see to the application or be answerable or accountable for the loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof and I do hereby give and devise unto my Wife SARAH BARNARD my said Bother SAMUEL BARNARD the said ROBERT RUSSELL and the said JOSIAH HENRY WILKINSON their heirs and assigns all such Estates as are now vested in me by way of Mortgage to hold the same to them their heirs and assigns according to my Estate and interest therein and the better to enable my Trustees and Executors and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors Administrators and assigns of such Survivor to get in and receive all monies which may be due and owing to my estate thereon and I do hereby give and grant unto my said Wife SARAH BARNARD my said Son THOMAS BARNARD my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD the said ROBERT RUSSELL and the said JOSIAH HENRY WILKINSON and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the heirs Executors administrators and assigns of such Survivor all such and the like powers of leasing alteration of funds and securities application of the interest dividends and annual produce of my said Trust ffunds upon the events and contingencies in my said Will mentioned and of appointing new Trustee or Trustees upon the events and as in my said Will is mentioned and all such other and the like powers as in and by my said Will I gave to and reposed in the Trustees named in my said Will with such and the like indemnities therein to and in favour of my said Trustees and Executors and powers of retaining and reimbursing themselves as in and by my said last Will and Testament I gave and directed to my Trustees and Executors therein named and that as fully and effectually as if the same were herein again respectively set forth and repeated and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said JOSIAH HENRY WILKINSON Executor of my said Will Jointly with my said Wife SARAH BARNARD my said Son THOMAS BARNARD my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD and the said ROBERT RUSSELL and do give to the said JOSIAH HENRY WILKINSON the sum of thirty pounds And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Wife SARAH BARNARD my said Brother SAMUEL BARNARD the said ROBERT RUSSELL and the said JOSIAH HENRY WILKINSON and the Survivors and Survivor of them Guardians and Guardian of such of my Children as shall be minors at the time of my Decease during their respective minorities And I do hereby in all other respects ratify and confirm my said Will In witness whereof I have to two parts of this my second Codicil to my said last Will contained in five sheets of paper each set my hand and seal that is to say my seal to the ribbon whereby the same sheets of paper are affixed together my hand to the bottom of each of the first four sheets thereof and my hand and seal to this last sheet thereof this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four.  Thomas Barnard.  Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator Thomas Barnard as and for a second Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the end ------- thereof.   Thomas Parker / Wm. C. Cuppage / John Young  Essex Street Strand.

 

This will was proved at London with two Codicils the twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four before the Worshipful Samuel Pearce Parson Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by Sarah Barnard Widow the Relict of the Deceased Samuel Barnard the Brother and Robert Russell three of the Executors named in the Will and Josiah Henry Wilkinson the Executor named in the second Codicil to whom administration was granted of all and sundry the goods chattels and credits of the said Deceased the said Sarah Barnard and Samuel Barnard having first made a solemn and sincere declaration of affirmation according to act of Parliament and the said Robert Russell and Josiah Henry Wilkinson having been first sworn duly to administer Power reserved of making the like grant to Thomas Barnard the Son also and the other Executor named in the said Will when he shall apply for the same.

 

 

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