The last Will and Testament of me Esther Napper of Sherborne in the County of Dorset Spinster Imprimis it is my desire to be buried in the Chancel of Sherborne Church with my dear father and mother my body to be carried by six poor men who are to receive half a crown each the Vicar and Curate ten shillings and six pence each but no hat band or gloves the Clerk and two sextons half a crown each I give and bequeath unto my niece Mrs Rebecca Pulteney widow of the late Charles Speke Pulteney the sum of thirty pounds Also I give and bequeath unto my nephew Thomas Napper son of the late Charles Coker Napper Dyer and Printer in London the sum of ten pounds Also I give and bequeath unto George Gent son of Samuel Gent and Mary his Wife the sum of ten pounds as soon as he shall attain the age of twenty one years All the residue and remainder of my effects and wearing apparel I give and bequeath unto my niece Rebecca Pulteney daughter of the above mentioned Charles Speke Pulteney and Mrs Rebecca Pulteney lastly I constitute and appoint James Cruttwell Gentleman of Sherborne in the County of Dorset to be my sole Executor in trust for my said niece Rebecca Pulteney daughter of the aforesaid Charles Speke Pulteney and  Rebecca Pulteney and I do also direct that the aforesaid legacies shall not be paid until at the end of one year after my decease In witness whereunto I have put my hand and seal this twenty second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven contained in one sheet of paper _ Esther Napper _Signed sealed and published in the presence of us _ V Roake _ Eliz Roake

30 May 1820 Administration with Will annexed to Rebecca Pulteney Widow James Cruttwell having died in the lifetime of the Testatrix

PCC Prob11/1630