This is the last Will and Testament of me William Cribb of Gosport in the Parish of Alverstoke in the County of Southampton Labourer as follows after payment of my just debts and funeral and testamentary expences I give devise and bequeath All those my two messuages and premises situate and being Numbers Nine and Ten in Albert Street near Soton in the parish of Alverstoke aforesaid And also all and singular my household goods and furniture and other my Personal Estate and effects of what nature sort or kind soever or whatsoever unto my Wife Elizabeth Cribb for her own use and benefit for and during the term of her natural life with permission to mortgage the said two messuages and premises should she wish to do so and from and immediately after her decease I give devise and bequeath my said real and personal estate and effects unto my son William Thompson Cribb for his own use and benefit for and during the term of his natural life and from and immediately after his decease I give devise and bequeath my said real and personal estate and effects unto my daughter in law Caroline Cribb the wife of my said Son for her own use and benefit for and during the term of her natural life if she shall so long remain and continue single and unmarried and from and immediately after her decease or second marriage whichever shall first happen Then I give devise and bequeath the said two messuages and premises and personal estate and effects unto and to the use of my grandson William Cribb (son of my said son)to and for his own use and benefit absolutely and for ever And I do hereby nominate and appoint William Paul the younger of Gosport aforesaid Baker and Grocer and Robert Moore of the same place Milkman Executors of this my last Will and Testament Witness my hand the nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four

The Mark X of William Cribb
 
Wm Hobbs
Hy Martin
 
Proved 19 May 1857
PCC
Prob11/2251

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