The Will of Henry Methold of Worthing in the county of Sussex

The Will of Henry Methold

This is the last will and testament of me Henry Methold of Worthing in the county of Sussex esquire I give and devise unto my brother Edward Methold late of the Nineteenth Lancers Esquire and William Hugh Dennett of Worthing aforesaid gentleman their heirs executors administrators and assigns all that my freehold messuage or dwelling house hereditaments and premises situate in Worthing aforesaid and now in my own occupation with all and every their rights members and appurtenances and also all and every my household goods furniture plate linen and china which shall be in and about my said dwelling house in Worthing at the time of my decease To have and to hold the said messuage or dwelling house appurtenances and premises and household goods furniture plate linen and china unto and to the use of the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the different nature and quality of the same respectively upon the trusts hereinafter mentioned that is to say upon Trust during the life of Jemima Twine the daughter of William Twine of Worthing aforesaid and Anne his wife and who is now residing in my dwelling place in Worthing aforesaid to pay the rents issues and profits of the same unto or permit and suffer the same to be received used held occupied and enjoyed by the said Jemima Twine during her life for her sole separate and peculiar use and benefit independently and exclusively of any husband with whom she may happen to intermarry without being in anywise subject or liable to his control debts interference or engagements she keeping the same in good repair and insuring against loss or damage by fire and paying all taxes and outgoings whatsoever and I direct that her receipts for the said rents and profits shall be good and effectual releases and discharges for the same and not withstanding her coverture and from and after the decease of the said Jemima Twine I direct that the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett the survivor of them and the heirs of such survivor and their or his assigns shall stand and be possessed of and interested in the said messuage or dwelling house hereditaments and premises upon the trusts hereinafter declared of and concerning the same and I direct that as soon as conveniently may be after my decease and Inventory shall be taken by the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett or the survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor of all and singular the household goods furniture plate linen and china in or about my said dwelling house in Worthing aforesaid at the time of my decease and that two copies shall be made and signed by the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett or the survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor and by the said Jemima Twine one whereof shall be kept by the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett or the survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor and the other by the said Jemima Twine and I do hereby direct that the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett and the survivor of them and the executors administrators of such survivor shall and may from time to time during the life of the said Jemima Twine inspect and examine into the state of my said household goods furniture plate linen and china and shall cause such reparations restorations and replacings to be made thereof as they or he shall think necessary by and out of the rents issues and profits of my said messuage or dwelling house in Worthing aforesaid I give devise and bequeath unto the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett their executors and administrators and assigns all that my leasehold messuage or dwelling house and premises situate and being no 17 in Hans Place Sloane Street in the parish of Saint Luke Chelsea in the county of Middlesex which I purchased of the Reverend Mr Vivian To hold the same unto the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett their executors administrators

and assigns for and during all the residue and remainder of the term for years which shall be to some and unexpired of or in the same at the time of my decease upon and for the trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to the powers provisos and declarations hereinafter given or expressed containing the same that is to say upon trust in the first place that they the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett and the survivor of them and the executors or administrators of such survivor and their or his assigns do and shall by and out of the rents issues and profits of the said leasehold premises from time to time duly pay satisfy and perform the rent covenants and agreements reserved and contained on the tenant or lessees part or by his or their executors and administrators to be paid performed or observed and upon further trust that they the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett and the survivor of them and the executors administrators and assigns of such survivor and their and his assigns do and shall (subject to the trust hereinbefore declared concerning the same) stand and be possessed of the said leasehold premises upon Trust during the life of the said Jemima Twine if my estate and interest of and in the said leasehold premises shall so long continue to pay the rents issues and profits of the same unto or permit and suffer the same to be received used held and occupied by the said Jemima Twine during her life for her sole separate and peculiar use and benefit independently and exclusively of any husband with whom she may happen to intermarry without being in anywise subject or liable to control debts interference or engagements and her receipts for the said rents and profits shall be good and effectual releases and discharges for the same notwithstanding her coverture and from and after the decease of the said Jemima Twine I direct the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett and the survivor of them and the executors administrators or assigns of such survivor to stand possessed of the said leasehold premises upon the trusts hereafter declared of and concerning the same I give and bequeath to the said Jemima Twine a legacy of three hundred pounds sterling to be paid by my executors hereinafter named within two months after my decease I also give and bequeath to the said Jemima Twine all my wines and spirits in my dwelling house in Worthing aforesaid at the time of my decease for her own use and benefit I give and bequeath to the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett their executors administrators and assigns the sum of two thousand pounds sterling upon trust that they the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett and the survivor of them and the executors and administrators of such survivor and their or his assigns do and shall lay out and invest the sum in their or his names or name in the purchase of any of the public stocks or funds of Great Britain or at interest on any Government or real securities in England and from time to time do and shall alter vary transpose and transfer the said trust moneys stocks funds and securities for or into other stocks funds or securities of the like nature when and as often as they or he shall think fit and I do hereby direct that every such calling in sale alteration variation or transfer shall be made at the direction and of the proper authority of the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett and the survivor of them and the executors administrators or assigns of such survivor And I do hereby declare that the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett and the survivor of them and the executors administrators or assigns of such survivor shall stand and be possessed of or interested in the said trust moneys stocks funds and securities and the interest dividends and annual produce thereof respectively upon Trust to pay the said interest dividends and annual produce unto or permit the same to be received and taken by the said Jemima Twine during her life and from and immediately after her decease the said trust monies stocks funds and securities and the interest dividends and annual produce thereof shall remain and be upon the trusts hereinafter

expressed and declared of and concerning the same I give and devise unto the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett all and every the manors messuages lands tenements and hereditaments parts shares or proportions of any manors messuages lands tenements and hereditaments and all other the real estates whatsoever and wheresoever of or to which I or any person or persons in trust for me am is or are seized or entitled for all estate of freehold and inheritance or of freehold only or which are of the nature of copyhold or customary tenure in possession reversion remainder or expectancy and of which I have power to dispose of or appoint by this my will with their rights privileges and appurtenances except my said freehold estate hereinbefore devised and except such estates as are vested in me in trust or by way of mortgage with their rights members or appurt[enance]s To hold the same unto and for the use of the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett their heirs and assigns according to the nature and quality thereof respectively and I give and bequeath all and every my leasehold estates lands and tenements and all my goods chattels moneys and securities for money debts and other personal estate and effects of what kind soever of in or to which I or any person or persons in trust for me shall be entitled at the time of my decease except such part or parts thereof as I have disposed of specifically or otherwise by this my will unto the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett their executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and quality thereof respectively and I declare that my said last mentioned real and personal estates are so devised and bequeathed and that my said real and personal estates hereinbefore firstly devised and bequeathed for the use and benefit of the said Jemima Twine during her life shall after the decease of the said Jemima Twine be held by the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this will upon the trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to the powers provisos and declarations hereinafter expressed and contained of and concerning the same respectively that is to say upon Trust that the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my will do and shall with all convenient speed after my decease call in and convert into money all such part of my said personal estate as is not comprised in the trust hereinbefore declared to or in favor of the said Jemima Twine for her life and as shall not consist of money or Government securities stocks or funds or mortgages and do and shall with all convenient speed after the decease of the said Jemima Twine call in and convert into money such part of my said personal estate as is comprised in the trusts hereinbefore declared to or in favor of the said Jemima Twine during her life and do and shall with all convenient speed after my decease absolutely sell or dispose of such part of my said freehold leasehold and real estates as is not comprised in the trusts hereinbefore declared to or in favour of the said Jemima Twine for her life and do and shall with all convenient speed after the decease of the said Jemima Twine absolutely sell or dispose of all such parts of my said freehold leasehold and real estate as is comprised in the trusts hereinbefore declared to or in favour of the said Jemima Twine during her life 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 respectively for such price or prices or sum or sums of money as to the said Trustees or Trustee 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 Trustee shall seem reasonable and I declare that the receipt or receipts of the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my will 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 misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof from being obliged to see to the application thereof or of any part thereof or to inquire as to the necessity or proofs of any sale that may be made by virtue of this my will and that no person

purchasing any freehold or leasehold estates or any part thereof shall be bound or obliged to ascertain or inquire into the necessity propriety or expediency of any sales or sale and I declare that the said Trustees or Trustee shall from time to time stand and be possessed of and interested in the money to arise from the sale or sales hereinbefore directed to be made of my real and leasehold estates and to arise and be produced from that part of any personal estate which I have directed to be converted into money and of and in xxxx government securities stocks or funds and mortgages of or to which I shall be possessed or entitled at the time of my decease and of and in the rents issues and profits interest dividends and annual proceeds thereof until the same shall be respectively disposed of and converted into money or otherwise howsoever excepting such parts thereof respectively in which the said Jemima Twine has a life interest under the bequests hereinbefore contained during her lifetime and after her decease then in such parts of my real and personal estate wherein she has a life interest as aforesaid upon trust to divide the same into eight equal parts or shares and to pay two of such parts or shares to Henry Twine the son of the said Jemima Twine who was baptised in the parish of Sidlesham in the county of Sussex on or about the eighth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty five provided he shall live to attain the age of twenty one years two other such parts or shares to Edward Twine another son of the said Jemima Twine and who was baptised at Broadwater in the said county of Sussex on or about the fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty two provided he shall live to attain the age of twenty one years and the remaining four of such parts or shares into and amongst Mary Ann Twine Georgina Twine Maria Twine and Catherine Twine the four daughters of the said Jemima Twine and who were respectively baptised at Broadwater aforesaid on the fourth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight the eighth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty and the twenty fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty and the sixteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty five provided they shall respectively live to attain the age of twenty one years provided always and I declare that if any one or more of the said children of the said Jemima Twine shall die under the age of twenty one years then as well the original share or shares of the said child or children so dying as the share or shares which by virtue of this present proviso shall have survived or accrued to him her or them of and in the said trust funds shall …. ….. to the other or others of the said children and if more than one in equal shares as tenants in common and I declare that during the minority of any of the said children of the said Jemima Twine the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my will shall appropriate ……out part of the interest dividends and annual produce of the presumptive share or shares to which the child or children so under age shall for the time being be entitled under the trusts aforesaid for the maintenance and education of such child or children in such manner as they the said trustees or trustee shall think proper and shall accumulate in any of the said stocks funds and securities hereinbefore mentioned the residue of the interest dividends and annual produce of the share or shares to which the said child or children so under age shall for the time being be presumptively entitled under the trusts aforesaid and shall stand and be possessed of the respective ……… upon the trusts declared by this my will of and concerning the ……. ……. which such accumulations shall have respectively ……… And I also declare that it shall be lawful for the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my will at any time or times to apply any part or parts not exceeding one half of the presumptive share or shares to which the said child or children of the said Jemima Twine shall be for the time being presumptively entitled under the trusts aforesaid … the said trust monies stocks funds

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and securities for and towards his her or their preferment or advancement in the world or otherwise for his her or their benefit and I do hereby declare that the provision hereby made for the said daughters of the said Jemima Twine is intended for their sole separate and peculiar use and benefit independently and exclusively of any husband with whom they may respectively happen to intermarry without being in anywise subject or liable to his control debts interference or engagements and that their respective receipts whether they shall be single or married shall be good and effectual discharges for the same and I do hereby direct that until the said Catherine Twine shall attain the age of twenty one years it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett and the survivor of them and the executors and administrators of such survivor and their or his assigns to lay out and invest all or any of the said trust funds in their or his names or name in the purchase of any of the public stocks and funds of Great Britain or at interest on any government or real securities in England and from time to time to alter vary transpose and transfer the said trust monies stocks funds and securities for or into other stocks funds and securities of the like nature when and so often as they or he shall think fit and I do hereby direct that every such calling in sale alteration variation or transfer shall be made at the direction and of the proper authority of the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett or the survivor of them or the executors administrators and assigns of such survivor I give devise and bequeath unto the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett their executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and quality thereof all of the estates of which I am a trustee to be held or disposed of accordingly I appoint the said Edward Methold William Hugh Dennett and Jemima Twine the executors and executrix of this my will and I appoint the said Edward Methold William Hugh Dennett and Jemima Twine and the survivors and survivor of them Guardians and Guardian of the said Henry Twine Mary Ann Twine Georgiana Twine Edward Twine Maria Twine and Catherine Twine until they shall attain their respective ages of twenty one years I desire to be buried in the parish of Goring in case I should be in Worthing provided always and I hereby declare it to be my will that when my said trustees or trustee their heirs executors administrators or assigns or either of them or any future trustees or trustee to be appointed by virtue of this present proviso shall die or be desirous of being discharged from the aforesaid trusts or refuse decline or become incapable to act therein before the same shall be fully performed xxx and in every such case the surviving and continuing trustee shall as soon as conveniently may be by some deed or deeds to be attested by two or more credible witnesses from time to time nominate substitute and appoint some other person or persons to be a trustee in the place of him so dying desirous of being discharged or refusing declining or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid and that when and as often as any new trustee shall be nominated and appointed all the trust estates monies securities and effects which shall then be vested in such trustee so dying desirous of being discharged or refusing declining or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid shall thereupon with all convenient speed be conveyed assigned and transferred or otherwise assured to and in such manner that the same may be legally and effectually vested in such new trustee jointly with the surviving and continuing trustee or solely as the case may require upon the trusts hereinbefore expressed and declared concerning the same or such of them as may then be subsisting and capable of taking effect and that every such new trustee shall and may act in the management and execution of the said trusts as fully and effectually to all intents xxx and purposes whatsoever and with all such powers and authorities as if he had been originally appointed by this my will and I also declare that the said trustees hereby appointed or to be appointed as aforesaid and

each of them shall severally be charged and chargeable only for such monies 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 that the one of them shall not be accountable for the other of them but each of them only for his own acts deeds receipts and defaults and also that it shall be lawful for them by and out of the monies which shall come to their respective hands by virtue of the trusts aforesaid to retain to and reimburse themselves and himself respectively and also to allow to their co trustee all costs charges damages or expenses which they or any of them shall or may incur suffer sustain expend disburse be at or be put unto in or about the execution of the aforesaid trusts or in relation thereto and particularly that the said William Hugh Dennett shall be allowed and paid his professional charges as a Solicitor for all business done by him in relation thereto notwithstanding I have appointed him to be such trustee as aforesaid In witness whereof I the said Henry Methold have to this my last will and testament and to a duplicate hereof each contained in ten sheets of paper subscribed my hand the twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty five --- Henry Methold --- duly executed by the said Henry Methold the testator and signed by him as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses thereto ---Wm Lloyd Carter --- Hy Brown clerks to W Dennett Solc Worthing

This is a Codicil to the will of me Henry Methold of Worthing in the County of Sussex esquire which will bears date the twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty five whereas since the date and execution of my said will Henry Twine mentioned in my said will has died and Jemima Twine also mentioned in my said will has given birth to four other children namely John Twine who was baptised at Broadwater in the said county of Sussex on or about the twenty sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty six Charles Twine who was baptised at Broadwater aforesaid on or about the twenty eighth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty seven Ellen Twine who was baptised at Broadwater aforesaid on or about the twenty fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty and Charlotte Twine who was baptised at Broadwater aforesaid on or about the sixth day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty one and whereas I have in and by my said will given devised and bequeathed unto my brother Edward Methold and to William Hugh Dennett all my real and personal estates (excepting such parts of my personal estate as are specifically bequeathed by my said will) subject as to certain parts thereof to the life estate therein of the said Jemima Twine upon Trust to divide the same into eight equal parts or shares and to pay the same unto the six children of the said Jemima Twine as therein mentioned Now I do hereby revoke the said trust and do hereby declare that the said real and personal estates are so given devised and bequeathed by my said will unto the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the different natures and qualities thereof upon Trust to divide the same into twelve equal parts or shares and to pay two of such twelve parts or shares to Edward Twine in my said will named provided he shall live to attain the age of twenty one years two other of such parts or shares to the said John Twine provided he shall live to attain the age of twenty one years two other such parts or shares to the said Charles Twine provided he shall live to attain the age of twenty one years and the remaining six of such parts unto and equally amongst Mary Ann Twine Georgiana Twine Maria Twine and Catherine Twine respectively named

in my said will and the said Ellen Twine and Charlotte Twine and I do hereby declare that the clauses and provisions contained in my said will of survivorship and xxx and for the maintenance education and advancement of the children of the said Jemima Twine shall respectively apply to and concern as well the said John Twine Charles Twine Ellen Twine and Charlotte Twine as the said Edward Twine Mary Ann Twine Georgiana Twine Maria Twine and Catherine Twine and that the words and expressions child and children mentioned and contained in such clauses and provisions shall mean and comprise any one or all of the said children of the said Jemima Twine named in my said will and this codicil as the case may be and I do hereby also declare that the provision so made by me for the said Mary Ann Twine Georgiana Twine Maria Twine Catherine Twine Ellen Twine and Charlotte Twine is intended for their sole separate and peculiar use and benefit independently and exclusively with any husband with whom they may respectively happen to intermarry without being in anywise subject or liable to this control debts interference or engagements and that their respective receipts whether they shall be single or married shall be good and effectual discharges for the same I revoke the power contained in my will enabling the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett until the said Catherine Twine shall attain the age of twenty one to invest and from time to time to vary and transpose the trust funds comprised in my said will in manner therein mentioned and in lieu thereof I direct that until the said Charlotte Twine shall attain the age of twenty one years it shall and my be lawful to and for the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett and the survivor of them and the executors and administrators of such survivor and their or his assigns to lay out and invest all or any of the said trust funds in their or his names or name in the purchase of any of the public stocks or funds of Great Britain or at interest on any Government or real securities in England and from time to time to alter vary transpose and transfer the said trust monies stocks funds and securities for or into other stocks funds and securities of the like nature when and so often as they or he shall think fit and I do hereby direct that every such calling in sale alteration variation or transfer shall be made at the discretion and of the proper authority of the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett or the survivor of them or the executors administrators or assigns of such survivor I appoint the said Edward Methold William Hugh Dennett and Jemima Twine and the survivors and survivor of them Guardians and Guardian of the persons of the said John Twine Charles Twine Ellen Twine and Charlotte Twine until they shall attain their respective ages of twenty one years In all other respects I confirm my said will In witness thereof I the said Henry Methold have to this codicil and to a duplicate thereof each contained in two sheets of paper subscribed my hand this twenty second day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty two --- Henry Methold ---Signed by the said Henry Methold the Testator as and for a codicil to this last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our hands as witnesses thereto --- Horatio Luckett Clerk to Wm Hugh Dennett solr Worthing --- Thos John Gibbard Clerk to the said Wm Hugh Dennett

This is a further Codicil to the Will of me Henry Methold of Worthing in the County of Sussex esquire which will bears date the twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty five whereas in and by my said will I gave devised and bequeathed unto my brother Edward Methold and to William Hugh Dennett their heirs executors administrators and assigns all my real and personal estates (excepting such parts of my personal estate as are specifically bequeathed by my said will) subject as to certain parts thereof to the life estate therein of Jemima Twine mentioned in my said will

upon Trust (amongst other things) to sell my freehold leasehold and real estates and to reinvest into money such parts of my personal estate as should not consist of money and to divide the monies arising from my said real and personal estates into eight equal parts or shares and to pay the same unto the six children of the said Jemima Twine as therein mentioned and whereas in and by a Codicil to my said will bearing date the twenty second day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty two I revoked the said trust declared by my said will for the division of the money arising from my said real and personal estates into eight equal parts and for the payment of the same in the manner declared by my said will and did thereby declare that my said real and personal estates were so given devised and bequeathed by my said will unto the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett their heirs executors administrators and assigns upon Trust to divide the same into twelve equal parts of shares and to pay the same to the nine children of the said Jemima Twine mentioned in my said Codicil in the shares and proportions therein also mentioned and whereas since the date and execution of my said codicil the said Jemima Twine has given birth to another child namely Florence Mary Twine who was baptised at Broadwater in the said County of Sussex on or about the fourth day of December on thousand eight hundred and fifty three and whereas it is my desire and intention that all the ten children of the said Jemima Twine mentioned in my said former codicil and this codicil shall have and take equal benefit under my said will Now therefore I do hereby revoke the said trusts declared by my said Will and Codicil respectively for the division of the money to arise from the sale and conversion of my real and personal estates into eight and twelve equal parts and the payment of the same amongst the children of the said Jemima Twine in the manner and proportions declared in the said will and codicil respectively and do hereby declare that instead thereof the said Trustees or Trustee of my said will shall stand and be possessed of and interested in the money to arise from the sale or sales directed by my said will to be made of my real and leasehold estates and to arise and be produced from my personal estates upon trust to divide the same into ten equal parts or shares and to pay the same unto and equally amongst Edward Twine John Twine Charles Twine Mary Ann Twine Georgiana Twine Maria Twine Catherine Twine Ellen Twine and Charlotte Twine respectively mentioned in my said last codicil and the said Florence Mary Twine provided they shall respectively live to attain the age of twenty one years and I do hereby declare that the clauses and provisions contained in my said will of survivorship and xxx and for the maintenance education and advancement of the children of the said Jemima Twine shall respectively apply to and concern as well the said John Twine Charles Twine Ellen Twine Charlotte Twine and Florence Mary Twine as the said Edward Twine Mary Ann Twine Georgiana Twine Maria Twine and Catherine Twine and that the words and expressions child and children mentioned and contained in such clauses and provisions shall mean and comprise any one or all of the said children of the said Jemima Twine named in my said will and former codicil and this codicil as the case may be and I do hereby also declare that the provision so made by me for the said Mary Ann Twine Georgiana Twine Maria Twine Catherine Twine Ellen Twine Charlotte Twine and Florence Mary Twine is intended for their sole separate and peculiar use and benefit independently and exclusively of any husband with whom they may respectively happen to intermarry without being in anywise subject or liable to his control debts interference or engagements and that their respective receipts whether they shall be single or married shall be good and effectual discharges for the same I revoke the powers contained in my will and codicil enabling the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett until the said Catherine Twine and Charlotte Twine respectively shall retain their respective ages of twenty one and to invest and from time to time to vary and transpose the trust funds comprised in my

said will in manner therein respectively mentioned and in lieu thereof I direct that until the said Florence Mary Twine shall attain the age of twenty one years it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett and the survivor of them and the executors and administrators of such survivor and their or his assigns to lay out and invest all or any of the said trust funds in their or his names or name in the purchase of any of the public stocks or funds of Great Britain or at interest on any Government or real securities in England and from time to time to alter vary transpose and transfer all or any of the said trust monies stocks funds and securities for or into other stocks funds and securities of the like nature when and so often as they or he shall think fit and I do hereby direct that every such calling in sale alteration variation or transfer shall be made at the direction and at the proper authority of the said Edward Methold and William Hugh Dennett or the survivor of them or the executors administrators or assigns of such survivor I appoint the said Edward Methold William Hugh Dennett and Jemima Twine and the survivors and survivor of them Guardians and Guardian of the person of the said Florence Mary Twine until she shall attain the age of twenty one years In all other respects I confirm my said will and codicil In witness whereof I the said Henry Methold have to this codicil and to a duplicate hereof each contained in three sheets of paper subscribed my hand this twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty four --- Henry Methold --- signed by the said Henry Methold the testator as and for a codicil to his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our hands as witnesses thereto --- Horatio Luckett --- Thos John Gibbard Clerk to Wm H Dennett Solr Worthing

Proved at London with two codicils 19^th February 1856 before the Worshipful James Parker Deane Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of William Hugh Dennett esquire and Jemima Twine spinster two of the executors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer power reserved of making the life grant to Edward Methold esquire the brother the other executor when he shall apply for the same.