This is the last Will and Testament of me Sarah Basson of Aston in the parish of Bampton in the county of Oxford widow made this first day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty five as follows I give and devise to my friends James Rose of Bampton aforesaid Gentleman and Richard Fox of the same place Yeoman All that my messuage or tenement situate at Aston aforesaid and now or late in the occupation of William Waring as tenant thereof together with the outbuildings edifices garden and appurtenances to the same belonging and also all other my real estate whatsoever and wheresoever To hold to them their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the respective tenures of the same upon trust to sell and dispose of the same either entirely or in parcels by public auction or private contract to any person or persons willing to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof respectively for such price or prices as to my said trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs executors administrators or assigns of such survivor shall seem reasonable and for promoting and facilitating such sale or sales do and shall enter into make and execute all such contracts covenants agreements conveyances surrenders assurances acts deeds matters and things which to my said trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs executors administrators or assigns of such survivor shall seem reasonable or necessary or be approved by their solicitor or counsel in the law And I declare that the receipt and receipts of my said trustees or the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will for any money payable to them him or her by virtue of the trusts aforesaid shall effectually discharge the person or persons paying the same from being answerable or accountable for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof or from being obliged to see to the application thereof or of any part thereof And such purchase money after deducting all expences of such sale or sales or incidental thereto or to this my Will to form part of my residuary personal estate I give to my cousin Ann Clanfield now living with me my round tea table small oak dining table set of fire irons dog irons fender and grate brass warming pan a nest of small drawers the elbow chair and covers the two pewter Christening dishes with engravings on them all being now in my sitting room and also my dresser and l the shelves in the kitchen and all the blue ware and other things that are thereon together with the corner cupboard and the round table three smoothing irons two small tubs with .... to them in the said kitchen I also give the following furniture to the said Ann Clanfield the bedstead in my sleeping room with blue striped furniture flock bed bolster and pillow and a straw mattress and three blankets and quilt belonging the dressing table and oak stool four white chairs and deepest deal box a set of Scripture pictures five in number and a set of drawers also in my sleeping room  I also give the said Ann Clanfield the whole of my wearing apparel and the following goods in my parlour namely an odd set of china with glass sugar basin and cream jug metal tea pot and blue one six plates tea spoons and twisted sugar pliers and a pair of bellows together also with two tea boards one square and the other round and two waiters and the ironing board and blanket but if the said Ann Clanfield should not be living with me at the time of my decease or should die before me then I give the said goods and chattels so bequeathed to her unto her mother Maria Clanfield  I give to the said Richard Fox one large oak dining table standing in the kitchen and the white dresser and shelves standing in the sitting room  and the oak coffer that was his late Uncle’s and standing in his bed room All the rest of my household furniture and household chattels I give to my said trustees to convert into money to form part of my residuary estate And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my personal estate money securities for money goods chattels and effects of whatever kind or description not before disposed of I give to my said trustees upon trust in the first place to pay all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences and the expense of erecting a pair of good grave stones to my memory then to retain to themselves two guineas apiece to buy them mourning rings and pay to the said Ann Clanfield the sum of fifty pounds clear of legacy duty and in the next place to pay share and equally divide the clear residue unto and equally between my first cousins John Cripps James Cripps Edmund Cripps and George Cripps the children of my Uncle and Aunt John and Mary Cripps or to such of them as shall be living at the time of my decease I request that the said Ann Clanfield may be allowed to remain in the house I now live in three months to consume the meal and other provisions that I may happen to leave all of which I give to the said Ann Clanfield I appoint the said James Rose and Richard Fox joint executors of this my Will hereby revoking all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made and I declare that the one of my executors shall not be answerable or accountable for the other of them nor for involuntary losses but each of them for himself only and for his own acts deeds receipts neglects and wilful defaults only And I direct that notwithstanding the said James Rose being a trustee or executor of this my Will he  shall be allowed all professional charges which if employed as solicitor to my trustees or executors not being himself a trustee or executor he would be entitled to make. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year first above written                 Sarah Basson    Signed by the said Testator as her last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses         

Elizabeth Coombs   Charles Clack of Aston

This is a Codicil to my annexed Will I revoke the appointment of the said James Rose as my Trustee and Executor and all gifts and devises made to him and I appoint the said Ann Clanfield therein named to be my Trustee and Executrix jointly with the said Richard Fox and give to the said Ann Clanfield all devises and bequests in my said Will made to the said James Rose except a legacy of two pounds two shillings the same as if she had been named in my said Will jointly with the said Richard Fox instead of the said James Rose I declare that my trustees shall not sell my residuary real estate if any as directed in my said Will but only my said messuage or tenament and premises in the occupation of William Waring and as to the said residuary real estate if any I give the same to my said trustees for their own use and benefit  I direct that one hundred pounds only shall be raised out of my securities for money for the purpose of the residuary bequest in my said Will contained and that this sum shall not on any pretence be abated by reason of my failure to realize my other securities for money if any and all such other securities for money if any I give to the said Richard Fox and Ann Clanfield for their own use they paying my funeral expences and the expense of erecting a pair of grave stones in manner directed in my said Will  I confirm my said Will in all other respects As witness my hand this third day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty six

The Mark of  X Sarah Basson the Testatrix

Signed by the said Sarah Basson the Testatrix as and for a Codicil to her annexed Will in the joint presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses after the same had been carefully read over and explained to her she being too ill to write

R.H.Bullen Solr Bampton       William Coombs

Proved at London (with a Codicil) 10th July 1857 before the Judge by the oaths of Richard Fox the Exec named in the Will & Ann Clanfield Spinster the Exec named in the Codicil to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn by Comon duly to adminster.