2nd June 1804

Avebury

The Will of Willm Clements deceased

This Will was proved at Sarum on the 2nd June 1804 Before the Revd Edward Moore Clk M.A. lawful Surrogate of the Reverend and Worshipful William Douglas Clk M.A. Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry of Wilts and by him Adcon of the Goods& Chtles of the deceased soforth was granted to Joseph Clements the lawful Nephew of the deceased and the sole Exor within named being first duly sworn of the truth of the said Will to perform the same and pay the Debts and Legacies of the deceased &c and to make a true Inventory and render a just Account when required & saving the Rights of all persons.

Willm. Boucher Not ?

William Douglas Clerk Master of Arts Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry of Wilts To our well beloved the Reverend John Rees and Hazeland Clerks Greeting We do hereby authorize impower and give Commission unto You (in whom we perfectly confide) jointly and severally to administer the Oath under written in manner and form there set forth to Joseph Clements Gentleman the Sole Executor named in the last Will and Testament of William Clements late of Beckhampton in the parish of Avebury in the County of Wilts and our said Archdeaconry of Wilts deceased Requiring You duly to return these Presents to us or our lawful Surrogate or other competent Judge in this Behalf withte said Original Will annexed and a Certificate under your Hands or the Hand of either of You who shall duly execute this our Commission Testifying what you or either of You shall have done in the Premises by virtue of these Presents on or before the last day of April next ensuing otherwise the same to be void and of non effect

Dated at Sarum under the Seal of our Office the fifteenth Day of Febry in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and four

Willm Boucher */ Reg/

The Form of the Oath to be administred to the said Joseph Clements laying his Right hand on the Holy Gospels is as follows:

You swear that the paper Writing hereto Doth in it contain the true Original last Will and Testament of William Clements late of Beckhampton in the parish of Avebury deceased as far as you know or believe that you are the sole Executor therein named

That You will duly administer the same and pay his Debts and Legacies as far as his Goods Chattles and Credit will extend and the Law bind Yo; and that you will make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which since his Death have and shall come to your Hands Possession or Knowledge, and exhibit the same into the Registry of the Archdeacon of Wills, and pass a just and true account of your Executorship when thereto lawfully required, and that the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased do not amount in value to the Sum of Three Hundred Pounds So help You God /-/ Kiss the Book

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Prob. issued / Dea/ of Revd Edwd More

Clh M A lawfl Surrt 2d June 1804

This Commission was duly executed at Trowbridge Wilts on the Sixth Day of March 1804 and the Oath above written was adminstred to the said Joseph Clements and by him duly taken, before me,

John Rees Commissioner

Q: When did deced die? A. on the 25 (28?) Jany 1804

This is the last Will and Testament of Me William Clements of Beckhampton in the Parish of Avebury in the County of Wilts Yeoman I desire all my just Debts Funeral Expences and Charges of proving this my Will be first fully paid and satisfied I Give and Devise to my Nephew Joseph Clements of Trowbridge in the said County of Wilts All Those my Freehold Lands Tenements and Hereditaments situate at Broad Town in the Parish of Glyff Pypard in the said County of Wilts subject and chargeable with the several pecuniary Legacies herein after particularly mentioned To Hold to him the said Joseph Clements (subject to as aforesaid) his Heirs and Assigns for ever I Give and Devise to my Niece Rachael Dixon of Avebury aforesaid and her Assigns All that Messuage or Dwelling House together with the Land and Premises thereunto belonging now in her occupation for and during the Term of her natural Life and from and immediately after her Decease I Give and Devise the same to her son Matthew Dixon to Hold to him the said Matthew Dixon and his Heirs and Assigns for ever I Give and Bequeath unto William Jefferies of Beckhampton aforesaid Yeoman the Sum of Three hundred and five Pounds of lawful British Money to for and upon the several Uses Ends Intents and Purposes following that is to say Upon Trust that he the said William Jefferies his Executors or Administrators and the Survivor or Survivors of them do and shall as soon as my be after my Decease lay out and invest the said sum of Three Hundred and five pounds in some Parliamentary or Government security and pay the Interest and Dividends thereof as they shall respectively become due for and towards the Maintenance of my Niece Rachael Dixon during the Term of her natural Life by equal half yearly portions the first Payment thereof to be made within six Months after my Decease and her receipt along notwithstanding her Coverture shall be to my said Trustee his sufficient Discharge and the same shall not be liable to the Debts Controul or Engagements of her Husband And from and immediately after the Decease of my said Niece Rachael Dixon Upon Trust that my said Trustee his Executors Administrators and the Survivors or Survivor of them do and

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shall pay and divide the Interest of the said Trust Monies or such much and such part thereof as he or they shall think reasonable for and towards the Maintenance and Education of all and every such Child and Children Sons and Daughters of my said Niece Rachael Dixon during their respective Minorities and from and immediately after such Child or Children attaining his her or their Age or ages of twenty one years

Then upon Trust to divide the said Trust Monies and all accumulated interest thereon equally amongst them share and share alike Provided always that if any such Child or Children of the said Rachael Dixon shall die before he she or they attain his her or their Age or Ages of twenty one years respectively then the Share or Shares of him her or them so dying shall from Time to Time go accrue and belong to the Survivor or Survivors of them and be paid assigned or transferred (if more than one) equally share and share alike, at such Time or Times in the same Manner to such surviving Child or Children then in being as is before mentioned touching his her or their original Share or Shares I Give and Bequeath to my Nephew Stephen Clements son of my late Brother Robert Clements the sum of Ten Pounds of lawful British Money to be paid him within one year next after my Decease I also Give and Bequeath unto the said William Jefferies the sum of One Hundred Pounds to for and upon the several Uses Ends Intents and Purposes following, that is to say, Upon Trust that he the said William Jefferies his Executors or Administrators and the Survivors or survivor of them do and shall as soon as may be after my Decease lay out and invest the said Sum of one hundred pounds in some Parliamentary or Government Security and pay and apply the Interest and Dividends thereof as they shall respectively become due for and towards the Maintenance and Education of All and every Child and Children of my late Niece Ann Alexander Daughter of my late Brother Robert Clements during their respective Minorities And from and immediately after such Child or Children attaining his or their Age or Ages of twenty one Years Then Upon Trust to divide the said Trust Monies and all accumulated Interest equally amongst them share and share alike Provided always That if any such Child or Children of the said Ann Alexander shall die before he she or they shall attain his her or

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their ages of twenty one years respectively then the share or shares of him her of them so dying (or so much thereof as shall not have been assigned or disposed of and applied to his her or their Preferment Advancement or Benefit as herein after mentioned) shall from time to time go accrue and belong to the survivor or survivors of them and be paid assigned or transferred, if more than one, equally share and share alike at such Time or Times and in the same Manner to such surviving Child and Children then in being as is before mentioned touching his her or their original share or shares I also Give and Bequeath to my Nephew Stephen Clements Son of my late Brother Joseph Clements the Sum of Forty Pounds of lawful British Money Ten pounds whereof I hereby direct shall be paid him within six Months after my Decease but in case the

said Stephen Clements should die during my Lifetime Then my Will is that the said Legacy of Forty Pounds should go to and be equally divided by and between all and every Child and Children of the said Stephen Clements share and share alike I also Give and Bequeath to Mary Clements and Sarah Clements Daughters of my Brother Joseph Clements the Sum of Thirty Pounds each of lawful British Money I also Give and Bequeath to the two Children of my late Nephew George Clements the sum of Ten Pounds a piece of lawful British Money I also Give and Bequeath unto George Clements, Robert Clements, and John Clements, Sons of my late Nephew Robert Clements the Sum of Five pounds a piece of like British Money I Give and Bequeath to Elizabeth Clements Daughter of my late Nephew James Clements Ten pounds of like British Money I also Give and Bequeath to Sarah Clements the Widow of my late Brother Joseph Clements the Sum of Eighty Pounds of like lawful Money to be paid to her within three Months after my Decease But if the said Sarah Clements should die in my Lifetime then my Will is that the said sum of Eighty Pounds be equally divided between all and every the Child or Children of her the said Sarah Clements share and share alike I also Give and Bequeath to Thomas Clements son of my late Nephew Thomas Clements Twenty Pounds of like British Money to be paid to him when he shall attain the age of twenty one years I also Give and Bequeath to Stephen Clements son of my late Brother Joseph

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Clements my Wearing Apparel of every sort or kind I Give to my Niece Phebe Chapman my Bedstead together with the Bed and all the Furniture thereunto belonging and also two Chair Bottom Covers I also give to the said Phebe Chapman my silver Pepper Castor I Give and Bequeath to my Nephew William Chapman my Silver Pint Cup And as for and concerning all the Rest Residue of my Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore disposed of I Give and Bequeath the same unto my said Nephew Joseph Clements of Trowbridge aforesaid whom I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint Sole Executor of this my Will And it is my Will that my said Trustee the said William Jefferies his Executors Administrators and the Survivors or Survivor of him or them shall be wholly indemnified in the Execution of the Trusts hereby in them reposed and shall and may reimburse to himself and themselves by and out of the Monies and Effects all Costs and Expences attending the Execution of the Trusts hereby in him or them respectively reposed And that he my said Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable for any Monies or Effects other than what he or they shall actually receive or for any Losses whatsoever unless occasioned by his or their wilful Default or Neglect And Lastly I do hereby revoke all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this and this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my said last Will and Testament contained in four sheets of Paper to the three first sheets thereof set my Hand and to the fourth and last sheet my Hand and Seal this Fourth day of April in the Forty second Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third And in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two

Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared, by

the within named 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

The several erasure interlineations being

first made and noticed

Richd Hickley The mark of William Clements x

Thomas Aish?

Ann Clements

Wiltshire and Swindon Archives

Probate records of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire

Ref No. P3/1804/16