This is the last Will and Testament,

of me William Bullock of Aston in the parish of Bampton in the County of Oxford, Yeoman made this third day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty seven as follows I give and devise unto my friends Richard Townsend of Cote House in the said parish of Bampton Yeoman Thomas Kimber of Fifield Wick in the County of Berks, Yeoman and Richard Williams the younger of Old Shifford in the said parish of Bampton, Yeoman all that enclosed ground with the appurtenances which I bought of Mr Trimmer lying and being in Bampton aforesaid adjoining the road called  Gog Lane leading from Bampton to Aston Common Field to hold to them their heirs and assigns for ever Upon Trust to let and set. the same and pay the rents and profits  thereof quarterly to my daughter Emma Higgins for and during the term of her natural life to be paid into the proper hands of the said Emma Higgins for her sole and separate use and benefit independently and exclusively of the control of her present or any future husband and without being in anywise subject to his or their debts claims or demands and the receipt of my said daughter for the same rents and profits when and as the same shall be received by her shall be the only sufficient discharge for the same and upon the decease of my said daughter Emma Upon Trust to pay the same rents and profits in the same manner into the proper hands of her daughter Louisa Higgins independently and exclusively of any husband she may happen to marry and her receipt for the same shall be the only sufficient discharge and upon the decease of my Granddaughter the said Louisa Higgins Upon Trust to make sale and absolutely dispose of the same Close or enclosed ground in the same manner and with the same powers of executing Conveyances and giving receipts and all such other powers in every respect as are hereinafter mentioned and given to them for the purpose of making sale of my other real Estate hereinafter directed to be sold and stand possessed of the money to arise from such sale after deducting the expences attending the same Upon Trust to pay share and equally divide the same unto and between all and every the lawful children if more than one of my said Granddaughter Louisa Higgins and if but one then the whole to such one Child to be paid them at their respective ages or age of twenty one years or during the minority for apprenticing or otherwise advancing them in life if my said Trustees should think proper but if any or either of such child or children  should die before his her or their share becomes payable leaving lawful issue then such issue shall take his her or their parents share but if my said granddaughter Louisa should die without leaving any lawful issue her surviving then Upon Trust to pay share and divide the same money upon the decease of the survivor of them my said daughter and granddaughter unto and equally between my four daughters Rachel Sarah Miriam  and Eliza in the same manner and subject to the same provisos trusts and declarations as the other bequests hereinafter made in their favour are subject as to all other my freehold leasehold and real Estates at Aston aforesaid or elsewhere and the appurtenances respectively belonging I give the same to my said trustees their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the natures or tenures thereof Upon Trust nevertheless to let and set the same and pay the rents and profits thereof unto my wife Elizabeth Bullock or permit to occupy and enjoy the same for and during the term of her natural life or widowhood she keeping all such parts thereof as may consist of buildings or erections in good and tenantable repair and upon her decease or future marriage whichever shall first happen Upon Trust to make sale and absolutely dispose of my said freehold leasehold and real estates and appurtenances thereto belonging either entirely and altogether or in parcels by public auction or private contract to any person or persons willing to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof for such price or prices or sum or sums of money 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 or administrators of such survivor respectively shall seem reasonable and I declare that the receipt or receipts of the said trustees and the survivor of them and the heirs executors administrators and assigns of such survivor for any money payable under this my Will shall effectually discharge the person or persons paying the same from being answerable or accountable for the loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof or from being obliged to see to the application thereof or of any part thereof nor shall any purchaser or purchasers be bound or obliged to ascertain or enquire into the necessity or propriety of any such sale or sales and I declare that the said Trustees and the survivor of them and the executors administrators and assigns of such survivor do and shall stand and be possessed of and interested in all the money to arise from the sale or sales lastly hereinbefore directed to be made and of and in the rents issues profits and annual produce of the same Estates from the death or marriage of my said wife until the same shall be disposed of and converted into money Upon Trust to pay share and equally divide the same between my said four daughters Rachel Sarah Miriam and Eliza as to all and singular my money securities for money book and other debts household furniture plate linen china farming stock both live and dead implements of husbandry corn cattle grain ... hay and all other my Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever

I give and bequeath the same to my said Trustees Upon Trust immediately after my decease to convert the same into money and stand possessed of such money Upon Trust in the first place to pay thereout all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and then to retain to themselves two guineas each as a small token of my respect and then to pay within one year after my decease the following legacies that is to say one hundred pounds free of legacy duty to my son Cornelius Bullock, forty pounds free of legacy duty unto and equally between all the children of my late daughter Ann Fox, five hundred pounds to each of my daughters Rachel, Sarah and Miriam and stand possessed of the residue of such money upon trust to invest the same at interest upon any good and sufficient securities either real or personal and pay the interest or proceeds thereof to my said wife for and during the term of her natural life or widowhood and upon her decease or future marriage whichever shall first happen Upon Trust to pay to my said daughter Eliza the sum of two hundred and thirty pounds which together with the sums I advanced her in my lifetime will place her on an equality with her said sisters Rachel Sarah and Miriam and I authorise my said trustees to pay her the said sum before the decease of my said wife if my said wife will consent thereto in writing and then upon trust to pay my Granddaughter Louisa Higgins one hundred pounds but if she should die during the widowhood of my said wife then I give the said one hundred pounds to her Mother my said daughter Emma Higgins and then Upon Trust to divide the clear residue unto and equally between my said daughters Rachel Sarah Miriam and Eliza and I direct that all the legacies or sums hereinbefore given to my said daughters Rachel Sarah Miriam Eliza and Emma Higgins shall be paid into their own proper hands in order that the same may be enjoyed and disposed of by them respectively as their respective separate Property entirely free from the control, as to the said Emma Higgins of her present or any future husband and as to my other daughters of any husbands they may happen to marry and for which said legacies their respective receipts shall be the only sufficient discharges to my said Trustees I appoint my said Trustees and my said wife joint Executors and Executrix of this my will hereby revoking all former and other wills by me at anytime heretofore made and I also give to my said Trustees all Estates vested in me as a Trustee or mortgagee subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively Provided always in case any of the said Trustees of this my Will shall die in my lifetime or shall refuse the trusts or in case any Trustees for the time being  shall die or become unable or unwilling to act then I empower the surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee with the consent of my said wife but not otherwise by any deed in writing to appoint any person or persons in the room of such deceased refusing retiring or incompetent Trustee or Trustees and every Trustee so appointed shall be fully competent to exercise all the powers and discretions which are reposed in the Trustees herein before appointed And I declare that my said executors and executrix and the said several Trustees hereby appointed and to be appointed as aforesaid 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 moneys only as they respectively shall actually receive by virtue of the trusts hereby reposed in them notwithstanding their or any of their giving or signing or joining in 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 or in any case for any Banker Broker or other person in whose hands any moneys shall be deposited for safe custody nor for any loss which shall happen by or through the insufficiency or deficiency of any fund or security in or upon which any of the said trust moneys shall be invested for the time being unless the same shall arise or exist by or through their respective wilful default or neglect and also that it shall and may be lawful for the executors and Trustees appointed by this my Will and all and every other such persons as shall be appointed trustees in manner aforesaid and their respective heirs executors or administrators with and out of the trust premises or the rents issues profits dividends interests and proceeds thereof and out of the monies which shall come to their respective hands by virtue of the trusts aforesaid to retain to and reimburse themselves respectively and also allow to his or their Co-trustee or Co-executor all such costs charges damages and expences fees to Counsel and others for advice as they or either of them may suffer sustain expend disburse be at or be put into in or about the execution of the aforesaidtrusts or any of them or in relation thereto In Witness whereof I the said William Bullock the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in five sheets of paper set my hand the day and year ^first before written --- The mark of X William Bullock the Testator --- Signed by the said Testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed
Our Names as Witnesses James Rose Sol’r Bampton --- R H Bullen His Clerk

Proved at London 25th June 1847 before the Judge by the Oaths of Richard Townsend Richard Williams the Younger and Elizabeth Bullock Widow the Relict three of the Executors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn by Comon duly to administer. Thomas Kimber the other
Executor and one of the Universal Legatees in trust named in the said Will having renounced the Probate and execution thereof and also the Letters of Admon
(with the said Will annexed of the goods of the deceased, as by Acts of Court appears).