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This is the last Will and Testament of me Mary
Martyr of Great Bookham in the County of Surrey Widow I desire to be
decently interred at the Great Bookham at the discretion of my
Executors hereinafter named I direct my said Executors to pay all my
just debts ffuneral expences and the charges of Proving this my Will
out of my stock of long annuities which shall be standing in my name
in the Bank of England Books at my decease I give and devise to Mary
Ann Blanchard Widow (daughter of my late Niece Elizabeth Holles late
of Kensington Widow deceased) All that my...... messuage or tenement
wherein I now dwell with my woodhouse stable and orchard or garden
thereunto belonging situate on the East side of Bookham in the
Parish of Great Bookham aforesaid and within and parcel of the manor
of Great Bookham and all that my parcel of Customary land lying in
the common field of Great Bookham ..... and Parish of Great Bookham
and within and parcel of the manor of Great Bookham and now in the
occupation of John Anscombe Butcher To hold the same messuage
buildings land hereditaments and premises with their appurtenances
unto the said Mary Ann Blanchard her heirs and assigns for ever I
give to the said Mary Ann Blanchard the sum of one hundred and fifty
pounds stock of four per centum bank annuities to be transferred to
her by my Executor within twelve calendar months next after my
decease I give to the said Mary Ann Blanchard All my plate rings
china linen household goods and furniture of every sort and my
wearing apparel of all which together with my copyhold Estate I will
that the said Mary Ann Blanchard shall take possession within
fourteen days next after my interment I give to each of the three
brothers of the said Mary Ann Blanchard namely Thomas Holles of
Kensington Painter John Holles of the same place Painter and James
Holles of London Victualler one hundred pounds stock of four per
centum bank annuities And I further give to the said Mary Ann
Blanchard two hundred pounds I give to William Ansell of Dorking in
the County of Surrey Esquire three hundred pounds To Mrs Ann Croft
wife of Thomas Croft Esquire one hundred pounds To Mrs Elizabeth
Parkinson Widow of Jeremiah Parkinson Esquire one hundred pounds To
Mr George ffranks of Capel one hundred pounds To Miss Harriet Allen
late of Dorking one hundred pounds To Thomas Hall son of my late
nephew Thomas Hall two hundred pounds To such of the children of
Thomas Brookwell late of Westcot in Dorking Blacksmith deceased as
shall be living at my decease the sum of one hundred and fifty
pounds to be equally divided between them (if more than one) share
and share alike and if but one such child shall be living at my
decease then the whole to such only child To such of the children of
Sarah Kingston deceased the late wife of Thomas Kingston of Great
Bookham as shall be living at my decease the sum of two hundred
pounds to be equally divided between them (if more than one) share
and share alike and if but one such child shall be living at my
decease then the whole to such only child I give to the said Thomas
Kingston fforty pounds To Mrs Elizabeth Rodgers wife of Mr Benjamin
Rodgers late of Mickleham one hundred pounds To one hundred pounds
To Mr ffrancis Wood son of the late Mr Robert Wood of Yew Trees
ffarm in Great Bookham ffifty pounds To Mr Moses Elliot of Great
Bookham ffifty pounds and to Sarah Plaw my late Servant ten Pounds
All which said last mentioned pecuniary legacies I will shall be
paid out of my said Stock of long annuities within twelve calendar
months next after my decease But if it shall happen that the same
Stock of long annuities shall not at the time of the sale thereof
for the payment of the said legacies produce the full amount of
seventeen years purchase of the said stock so as out of the sale
monies to satisfy the whole of the last mentioned legacies after
payment of my said debts funeral expences and the charges of proving
this my will as aforesaid then it is my will and meaning that each
of the said several legacies shall abate equally in Proportion to
the amount of their respective legacies and ... no other part of my
Estate either real or personal shall be liable to answer or make
good such deficiency or make good such deficiency And I direct that
the receipts of such of the said several legatees as are or shall be
married women for their said legacies shall alone be sufficient
discharge to my said Executors without the ..... of their respective
husbands And that the same legacies shall not be liable to the debts
or control such husbands And I declare that it shall be lawful for
my said Executors to deduct out of the several legacies hereinbefore
by me bequeathed the amount of such respective duties payable
thereon And also all such costs and expences as my said Executors
shall be put to in or about the obtaining of receipts for the same
legacies and proving such receipts to be duly stamped And as to all
the Rest and Residue of my real and personal Estate and Effects
whatsoever and wheresoever and whereof I shall be seized or
possessed of I give devise and bequeath the same respectively unto
the said William Ansell and Thomas Croft their heirs executors
administrators and assigns for ever equally share and share alike
But if either of them the said William Ansell and Thomas Croft shall
depart this life in my lifetime then I give devise and bequeath the
same rest and residue of my said real and personal Estate and
Effects unto the survivor of them the said William Ansell and Thomas
Croft his heirs executors administrators and assigns for ever
according to the nature and quality of the same Estates respectively
And I constitute and appoint the said William Ansell and Thomas
Croft Executors of this my Will and hereby authorize them to
reimburse themselves and himself all necessary costs charges and
expences to which they or either of them may be put in executing
this my will And I declare that neither of them shall be answerable
for the acts deeds receipts or defaults of the other but each only
for his own separate acts deeds receipts or defaults nor with or for
any loss which may happen to any of my monies or effects in the
execution of this my Will unless such loss shall arise by or through
their or either of their wilful default And lastly I revoke all
former wills by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I have to the
bottom of the first sheet of this my last Will and Testament the
whole whereof is contained in two sheets of Paper subscribed my name
and to this second and last sheet set my hand and seal this
twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty three Mary Martyr
(Attestation Clause)
Edward Walker _ Elizth Sarah Walker _
Sarah Stevens
Proved at London 17 December 1832
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