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Died 31st March 1787
Will
Edward Dawson of Stow
1787
This is the last Will and Testament of me
Edward Dawson of Stow in the Parish of Threekingham in the
County of Lincoln Grasier First I give and bequeath unto my dear
Wife Eleanor One Annuity or yearly Rent Charge of Forty Pounds
of lawful Money of Great Britain to be issuing and gong out of
all my Real Estate Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Aslackby
and Dowsby in the said County And I do order and direct the said
Annuity or Yearly Rent Charge of Forty Pounds to be paid clear
of all Deductions whatsoever for and during the Term of the
natural Life of my said Wife unto such Person or Persons and for
such Uses and Purposes as she my said Wife shall from time to
time (whether sole or married) by any Writing under her Hand
direct or appoint to the Intent the same may not be at the
disposal of or subject or liable to the Controul Debts
Forfeitures or Engagements of any future Husband but only at her
own sole and separate Disposal and for her own sole and separate
Use and Benefit And it is my Will and Desire that the said Sum
of Forty pounds shall be paid to my said Wife or her Assigns
Yearly and every Year during her Life by two equal half yearly
Payments (that is to say) Twenty Pounds on the Fifth day of
April and Twenty Pounds on the Tenth day of October in every
year the first Payment thereof to begin and be made on such of
the said Days as shall next happen after my Decease And my Will
further is that in Case all or any Part of the said Annuity of
Forty Pounds shall be behind and unpaid by the space of Thirty
days next after either of the said Days whereon the same ought
to be paid as aforesaid (the same being first lawfully demanded)
That then and in such Case it shall and may be lawful to and for
my said Wife or her Assigns into and upon the said Premises or
any part thereof to enter and distrain and the Distress or
Distresses then and there found to take drive carry away impound
and sell for the Payment and Satisfaction of the said Annuity or
any part thereof so in Arrear and all Costs and Charges
attending such Distress and Distresses and the Recovery of such
Arrears in such and the same manner as any Landlord or Landlords
may enter distrain impound and sell for the Recovery of Rent in
Arrear And in Case all or any part of the said Annuity of Forty
Pounds shall be in Arrear and unpaid to my said Wife or her
Assigns by the space of Sixty days next after any of the said
half yearly days of Payment whereon the same ought to be paid as
aforesaid That then (in Case no sufficient Distress shall be
found upon the Premises chargeable with such Arrears it shall
and may be lawful to and for my said Wife or her Assigns into
and upon the said Premises and every Part thereof to enter and
the same to have hold and enjoy the Rents Issues and Profits
thereof to take and receive to her and their own Use until
thereby or therewith or otherwise she
and they shall be fully paid and satisfied
the said Arrears and all such Arrears as shall grow due during
the time of such possession with lawful Interest for the same
from the time or times such Arrears ought to have been paid as
aforesaid together with all such Costs Charges and Expences as
shall be sustained or occasioned by or by reason of the
Nonpayment thereof Such Possession when taken to be without
Impeachment of Waste.
Item I also give to my said Wife all my
Household Goods and Furniture Linen and Plate except my Silver
Tankard which I give to my Son William And (my) Mind and Will
also is that what I have hereinbefore given to my said Wife
shall in Lieu and full Satisfaction for all such Dower and
Thirds which she may have claim or demand or be intitled to of
in to or out of any of my Lands Tenements or Hereditaments.
Item I give and devise unto my said Son
William Dawson All my Estate Lands Tenements and Hereditaments
in Aslackby and Dowsby aforesaid or elsewhere in the said County
To hold to my said Son William his Heirs and Assigns for ever
Subject nevertheless to the Payment of the said Annuitiy of
Forty Pounds a Year to my said Wife and of the Legacies
hereinafter given to my Daughters Ann and Susanna.
Item I give to my Daughter Eleanor
Lawrence the Sum of Three hundred Pounds to my Daughter Letitia
Gee the Sum of Two hundred Pounds to my Daughter Catherine Hough
the Sum of One hundred Pounds to be paid twelve Months after my
decease.
Item I give and bequeath unto my said
Daughters Ann and Susanna the Sume of Five Hundred Pounds each
to be paid to them respectively as they shall severally attain
to the Age of Twenty one Years And I do ? charge my said Real
Estate Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the Payment of the
last mentioned Legacies But in Case either or both of my
Daughters Ann and Susanna shall happen to die under the Age of
Twenty One Years Then I give the Legacy or Legacies of her or
them so dying unto my Exe(cutors)
Item all the Rest and Residue of my Goods
Chattels and personal Estate I give and bequeath unto my said
Son William and I make and appoint him my said son? William sole
Executor of this my last Will and Testament And my Mind and Will
is that I do hereby order and direct that my said Son shall pay
to my said Wife during her Life and to my other Trustees after
her Death Interest at ? the Rate of Four Points per Centum per
Annum for the Legacies of my said? Daughters Ann and Susanna for
their Maintenance and Education until said the said Legacies
shall become payable
Item I make and appoint my said Wife my
Brother in Law Brown Morris and my Friend Cornelius Maples of
Falkingham
in the said County Grasier Guardians and
Trustees for my said Daughters Ann and Susanna during their
Minority And my Mind and Will further is that it shall and my be
lawful to and for my said Wife and the said Brown Morris
Cornelius Maples and each and every of them by and out of the
Monies which may come to their Hands by virtue of this my Will
to deduct and reimburse themselves respectively all such Charges
and Expences as they or any of them? shall or may expend or be
put unto for or by reason of the Trusts hereby in them? reposed
or the Management or Execution thereof or any other Thing in any
wise relating thereto And also that they the said Trustees or
any of them their or any of their Heirs Executors or
Administrators shall not be answerable? for any more Monies than
they respectively shall actually receive by virtue of this my
Will nor for any Loss which shall happen of the said Monies or
any Part thereof so as the same happen without their wilful
Default? Nor the one of them for the other or others of them but
each of them only for his own Acts Deeds Receipts or
Disbursements Lastly I revoke all former Wills by me made and
declare this to be my last Will and Testament In
new page
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
Hand and Seal the Thirty first day of March in the Year of our
Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty seven
(signed)
Edwd Dawson
This Writing was duly signed and sealed by
the above named Edward Dawson and by him published and declared
to be his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who
hereunto subscribed our Names in his presence
Ben Smith
Edward Walker
Will: Worth
The twenty third day of April 1787 William
Dawson the sole Executor named in the above written Will of
Edward Dawson deceased was sworn to the Validity thereof and
well and faithfully to execute the same and that the Testator at
the time of his Death died possessed of one thousand pounds in
Goods and Chattels
Before me Jnt? Towers Surrogate |
