Diocese of Bath and Wells   In the Goods of Robert                          In the Consistorial Parsons                                                 Archidiaconal Court of Wells   December 31st 1844   APPEARED personally James Parsons of Horsington Marsh in the Parish of Horsington in the County of Somerset Yeoman one of the Executors named in the last Will and Testament of the said Robert Parsons late of the Parish of Wincanton in the Parish in the County aforesaid late a wheelwright who died on the Thirteenth day of July 1844 and made Oath and said that the Personal Estate and Effects of  the said Deceased, for or in respect of which a Probate of the said Will is to be granted  by the said Court, exclusive of what the Deceased may have been possessed of or intitled to as a Trustee for any other Person or Persons, and not beneficially, and without deducting anything on account of the debts due and owing from the Deceased, are under the value of Two hundred Pounds to the best of this deponents knowledge, information and belief. AND this Deponent lastly made oath and said that the Deceased was not at the  time of his death possessed or intitled to any Leasehold  Estate or Estates for Years  either absolute or determinable on a Life or Lives to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.            James Parsons   Sworn on the same Day,  Before me      P.L. Parfitt  ?     I  Robert Parsons of the Wincanton in the County of Somerset  late Wheelwright declare this to be my last Will and Testament I hereby give and  devise unto my friends Mr James Parsons of Horsington Marsh Farmer and Mr Samuel Newton Parsons of Wincanton Surgeon All those my two Messuages or Tenements in South Street Wincanton now in the respective occupations of my son Charles Parsons and of George Hagg and also all that  mefsuage or tenement wherein I now reside and the Garden occupied by me therewith and also the Yard Workshops and premises wherein my said son Charles Parsons now carries on the trade or business of a Wheelwright  and Carpenter to  hold the same premises with their and  every  of  their  appurtenances unto and to the use of the said James Parsons and Samuel Newton Parsons their heirs and assigns upon the trusts and for  the intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to say upon  trust that they the said James Parsons and  Samuel Newton Parsons and the survivor of them and the heirs and assigns of the survivor do and shall out of the  rents and profits thereof  pay to my Widow the annual sum of Fifteen pounds by four quarterly payments during her life free from all deductions whatsoever  and do and shall  permit my said Widow in case she shall be minded so to do to reside in the Messuage or Tenement wherein I now live and to occupy the said Garden  for and during the term of  the  natural  life free from any payment of rent she keeping the said Messuage in  repair And in case she shall not choose to reside therein then I direct my said Trustees to pay her the rent for which the same Mefsuage and Garden may be let after payment thereout of the expences of keeping the said Mefsuage in repair And I direct my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being to accumulate the remainder of the rents and profits of all and singular the said premises during the life of my Widow after paying thereout  the necessary expences of keeping the same premises in repair and stand possessed of the accumulations upon the  trusts hereinafter mentioned – And after the death of my Widow I direct my said Trustees and the survivor of them and  the heirs and assigns of  the survivor to offer the whole of the said premises for sale to my son  Charles Parsons at a valuation to be agreed upon by two indifferent persons one to be named by my said Trustees or a Trustee for the time being and the other by my said son Charles or in case the said valuers cannot  agree upon a price then at a valuation to be  fixed by their umpire to be named and agreed upon by them in  writing before proceeding to their valuation And in case my said son Charles shall decline such offer or shall neglect for the space of six Calendar months from the time such offer being made to appoint a valuer on his behalf then and in either of  the  said cases I  direct my said trustees or trustee for the time being to make sale  and dispose of  the said premises either together or in parcels and either by public Auction or private contract  for the most money that can be reasonably obtained for the same with liberty to buy in and resell the same or  any part or parts thereof at their or his discretion And to sign and give receipts for the purchase money which  shall effectually discharge the purchaser or purchasers from all further liability on account of the money therein  mentioned to be received.  And I direct my said trustees or trustee for the time being to stand possessed of  the monies to arise from such sale or sales and likewise of the accumulations hereinbefore mentioned upon trust to  pay and divide  the  same  unto  and  equally  between  and  am ongst  my  five Children next hereinafter named (that is to  say) Elizabeth the Wife of  Frederick  Mannin  of  London  Sarah  Smith  of  the  City  of  Bath Widow  Kitty the Wife of Richard Dyke of Stalbridge in the County of Dorset Martha Parsons and the said Charles Parsons And I give and bequeath unto my Widow all and singular the household furniture Plate  linen China and other effects and also any ready Cash in and about the house wherein I reside for her own use and benefit And I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Gawler the Wife of Abraham Gawler the sum of  five pounds And whereas I lately carried on the business of a Wheelwright and Carpenter at Wincanton   aforesaid which business I did on the Twenty fifth day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty resign in favour of my son the said Charles Parsons save and except as to the timber Planks  Boards Fellies and other  unmanufactured stock of wood and iron then and now on the premises or elsewhere belonging to me and except the book debts due to me up to the said twenty fifth day of  March and  also  save  and  except  the  tools  and implements of Trade Timber Carriage Chains and Tackling Bellows and Forge used by me in  my said  business  Now I  herby give and bequeath unto my said  son Charles All and singular my working tools in and about the workshops for his own use and benefit And I direct my Executors hereinafter named as soon as conveniently may be after my decease to sell and dispose of all and singular the Timber Planks Boards Fellies  and other unmanufactured stock of wood and iron which shall be upon the said premises or elsewhere belonging to me at the time of my decease And also my Timber Carriage Chains and Tackling Bellows and Forge in such manner as to them shall seem most advisable and to stand  pofsefsed  of the monies to arise from the sale thereof and likewise of the Book debts so due to me as aforesaid so soon as  the sum can be collected  and got in And also of all and singular the residue of my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and  wheresoever  not hereinbefore disposed of upon trust after payment of my debts and funeral and testamentary Expences  to pay and divide the same unto and equally between and amongst my Widow my said daughter Martha and my said son Charles for their own use and benefit respectively And I appoint the said James Parsons and Samuel Newton Parsons  joint  Executors and  trustees of this my Will In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the  fifteenth day of  January  in  the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two – Robert Parsons (seal) –  Signed sealed and declared by the above named Robert Parsons the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present together at the same time who in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto – Edward Yalden Cooper Solicitor Wincanton – Richard Park servant to Mr Cooper –     This agrees with  the original     …. Parfitt