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Summary:
Testator:
Edward Pedder (1),
squire, of Preston,
Lancashire
Wife:
Margaret (2)
Daughters:
Isabella Pedder (3) and
Catherine Hutton (4)
Sons:
Edward and James Pedder
(5)
Son-in-law:
William Hutton (4)
Tenants:
Richard Erles, Thomas
Noblet, William
Pemberton and John
Wareing
Granddaughter:
Mary Gertrude Pedder (5)
Sister:
Jennet Pedder (6)
Executors:
wife Margaret, son James
Pedder and Robert
Travers, esquire, of
Preston
Signed:
19 October 1809
Witnesses:
Thos. Wilson, Wm. Wilson
and Elio. Tower
Codicil:
dated 24 July 1815
Witnesses:
Tho. Wilson, Sen., Thos.
Wilson, Jun. and Willm.
Dickson
Second codicil:
dated 26 April 1816
Father:
Edward Pedder
Sellers of pews:
Robert Farrer, John
Smalley and Sir Henry
Hoghton, baronet
Witnesses:
W. Cross, Thos. Gregson
and John Brotherton
Third codicil:
dated 16 March 1818
Witnesses:
W. Cross, Wm. Lowe and
Henry Cross
Probate:
granted at London 1
December 1818 to James
Pedder and Edward Robert
Travers, esquire, the
surviving executors
Notes:
-
Testator (1742-1818)
was third son of
Edward Pedder by
Katherine Clayton;
he was mayor of
Preston in 1790;
-
Testator’s wife Mary
(1742-1817) was the
only daughter and
heiress of Richard
Wilson of Newton
with Hardhorn,
Lancashire; she had
four sons and four
daughter but only
two of each survived
their father;
-
Testator’s daughter
Isabella (1781-1833)
married her first
cousin Edward Pedder
(1787-1833) and had
twelve children;
-
Testator’s daughter
Catherine
(1779-1860) married
William Hutton,
esquire, of Beetham,
Westmorland and had
a large family;
-
Testator’s eldest
son Edward
(1776-1835) married
twice and had six
children; his
youngest son James
(1783-1846)
-
Testator’s
granddaughter Mary
Gertrude
(1799-1810), the
only daughter of his
son Edward by his
first wife Mary
Shawe, died at the
age of ten;
-
Testator’s sister
Jennet Pedder
(1751-1842) never
married.
Source:
UK
National Archives, Cat
PROB 11/1611, Images 265
and 266
Text:
This is the last will
and testament of me,
Edward Pedder the Elder
of Preston in the County
of Lancaster Esquire.
First I direct all my
just debts, funeral
expenses and
testamentary expenses
and the legacies
hereinafter bequeathed
to be paid out of my
personal estate not
hereinafter specifically
bequeathed so far as the
same will extend
And I give and bequeath
unto my loving wife
Margaret all her wearing
apparel, jewels and
trinkets and also my
post chaise and other
carriage kept for
pleasure with the horses
and harness thereto
belonging and all such
wines and other liquors,
provisions, stores, and
forage as I shall be
possessed of at the time
of my death, and I give
and bequeath the rest of
all my plate, linen,
china, books, pictures,
[start page 295]
prints, household goods,
and furniture of what
kind soever which shall
be in or about my
dwelling house situate
in the market place in
Preston aforesaid or at
my summer residence
situate in Bispham in
the said county called
Bispham Lodge at the
time of my death unto my
said wife Margaret and
her assigns during her
life and from and
immediately after her
death as to the same
furniture and other
chattels which shall be
in or about my same
dwelling house at
Bispham aforesaid at my
death I do hereby
bequeath the same to my
daughter Isabella Pedder,
her executors,
administrators and
assigns and as to the
same furniture and other
chattels personal which
shall be in or about my
said dwelling house in
Preston aforesaid I
bequeath the same to my
younger son James Pedder
and my daughters
Catherine Hutton and the
said Isabella Pedder,
their executors and
administrators, in equal
shares and proportions
as tenants in common
except the furniture in
the drawing room, the
sideboard in the front
parlour of my said
dwelling house at
Preston aforesaid which
last mentioned furniture
I give and bequeath unto
my said son James Pedder
his executors and
administrators
And I give, devise and
bequeath all my old and
new shares in the
Lancaster Canal
Navigation and also such
further shares therein
as may be allotted to me
or which I may purchase
in my lifetime unto my
said daughters Catherine
Hutton and Isabella
Pedder, their executors
and administrators in
equal shares and
proportions as tenants
in common
And I give and bequeath
unto my said son James
Pedder his executors and
administrators the sum
of one hundred pounds
which now stands in his
name in the British
Tontine together with
the proceeds of the same
And I give and bequeath
to my said wife Margaret
the sum of four hundred
pounds to be paid at the
end of three months next
after my death
And I give and bequeath
unto my eldest son
Edward Pedder the sum of
two thousand pounds to
be paid unto him at the
end of twelve calendar
months next after my
death with the interest
for the same at the rate
of five pounds per
centum per annum from
the day of my death
until payment thereof
And I give and bequeath
unto my grand daughter
Mary Gertrude Pedder,
daughter of my said son
Edward Pedder, the sum
of two thousand pounds
to be paid her when she
shall attain the age of
twenty one years or be
married which shall
first happen and I
direct that in the mean
time the same shall be
placed out by my
executors hereinafter
named at interest on
Government or real
securities so as to
accumulate and until so
placed out shall bear
interest at five pounds
per centum from the time
of my death and that
such accumulation and
interest shall be paid
to the said Mary
Gertrude Pedder at the
same time as
hereinbefore directed
with respect to the said
principal sum of two
thousand pounds, and if
the said Mary Gertrude
Pedder shall depart this
life before she shall
attain the said age of
twenty one years or be
married as aforesaid
then I give and bequeath
the said sum of two
thousand pounds together
with the interest and
accumulations thereof
unto my said son Edward
Pedder his executors and
administrators
And I give and bequeath
to my daughter Isabella
Pedder the sum of two
thousand pounds to be
paid as soon as
conveniently may be
after my death with
interest for the same
after the rate of five
pounds per centum per
annum from the day of my
death until payment
thereof
And I give and bequeath
unto my said wife
Margaret, my said son
James Pedder and Edward
Robert Travers of
Preston aforesaid,
Esquire, their executors
and administrators, the
sum of two [page
break] thousand
pounds upon trust as
soon as conveniently may
be after my death to
place or invest the same
in any of the public
stocks or funds or
Parliamentary or real
securities at interest,
and from time to time to
alter and vary the said
securities at their
discretion, and to pay
the interest and
dividends thereof
together with interest
for the said sum of two
thousand pounds at five
pounds per centum from
my death unto my said
daughter Catherine
Hutton for her separate
use free from the debts
or control of her
present or any future
husband for her life and
her receipt alone to be
sufficient discharge to
my said trustees for the
payment thereof; and
from and immediately
after her death then my
said trustees shall
stand and be possessed
of the said last
mentioned sum of two
thousand pounds, the
stocks funds and
securities wherein the
same shall have been
invested at interest or
dividends thereof in
trust for all and every
the child or children of
my said daughter
Catherine Hutton, who
being a son or sons,
shall attain the age of
twenty one years or die
under that age leaving
issue living at his or
her decease or
respective deceases or
born in due time after,
or, being a daughter or
daughters, shall attain
the said age of twenty
one years or be married,
to be equally divided
between or among such
children or their
respective executors,
administrators, or
assigns, and if there be
just one such child then
the whole to be in trust
for such one child his
or her executors,
administrators or
assigns
And I give and bequeath
unto the said Edward
Robert Travers the sum
of five guineas for a
mourning ring as a mark
of my great regard for
him
And I give and bequeath
all the monies, goods,
chattels, personal
estate, and effects
whatsoever which I or
any person or persons in
trust for me shall be
possessed of or entitled
to at the time of my
decease or which I have
power to dispose of by
this my will and which
are not hereinbefore
disposed of subject and
charged as hereinbefore
mentioned unto my said
son James Pedder his
executors,
administrators, and
assigns
And I give and devise
all my messuage or
dwelling house, with the
outhouses and
appurtenances thereunto
belonging, situate in
Preston aforesaid where
I reside unto my said
wife Margaret during her
life if she shall choose
so long to reside
therein, and from and
immediately after her
decease or declining to
reside therein I give
and devise the same unto
my said son James Pedder
his heirs and assigns
for ever
And I give and devise
all my said messuage and
tenement with the
appurtenances called
Bispham Lodge situate in
Bispham aforesaid, being
my summer residence,
together with the land
and appurtenances
thereunto belonging
containing four acres or
thereabouts unto my said
wife Margaret and her
assigns during her
natural life, and from
and immediately after
the expiration or other
sooner determination of
that estate I give and
devise the same unto my
daughter Isabella
Pedder, her heirs and
assigns forever
And I give and devise
all my messuages, lands,
tenements, and
hereditaments in
possession, reversion,
remainder or expectancy
situate or arising in
the township of Hardhorn
with Newton in the said
county, with their and
of their appurtenances,
unto and to the use of
my said wife Margaret,
my said son James Pedder,
and the said Edward
Robert Travers, their
heirs and assigns, upon
the trusts following
that is to say in trust
for William Hutton,
husband of my said
daughter Catherine
Hutton, and his assigns
during his life without
impeachment of waste,
and from and after his
death [start page
296] in trust for my
said daughter Catherine
Hutton and her assigns
during her life and from
and immediately after
the death of the
survivor of them, the
said William Hutton and
Catherine Hutton, upon
trust absolutely to sell
and dispose of my said
messuages, lands,
tenements and
hereditaments in
Hardhorn with Newton
aforesaid with their
appurtenances either
together or in parcels
by public auction or
private contract for
such price or prices as
to the said trustees or
trustee for the time
being shall appear
reasonable
And I do hereby direct
that the receipt or
receipts of my said
trustees or the
survivors or survivor of
them or the executors or
administrators of such
survivor under his her
or their hand or hands
for the purchase money
of all or any part of my
said messuages lands
tenements and
hereditaments
hereinbefore directed to
be sold as aforesaid or
any other sum or sums of
money which shall be or
become payable to them
or him or her in or
about the execution of
this my will shall be a
sufficient discharge to
the purchaser or
purchasers or other
person or persons paying
the same his her or
their heirs executors
administrators and
assigns for so much of
the purchase or other
monies for which such
receipt or receipts
shall be given and that
after such receipt or
receipts each purchaser
or purchasers or other
person or persons shall
be absolutely discharged
of and from the same and
shall not be accountable
or answerable for any
loss misapplication or
nonapplication of the
said purchase or other
monies or any part
thereof, and I do hereby
declare and direct that
my said trustees or
trustee for the time
being shall stand and be
possessed of the monies
to be raised and
received by such sale or
sales, and the rents and
profits of the said
hereditaments and
premises until such sale
or sales, in trust for
all and every of the
child and children of my
said daughter Catherine
Hutton now born or
hereafter to be born by
her present or any
future husband, who
being a son or sons
shall attain the age of
twenty one or depart
this life under that age
leaving issue living at
his or their decease or
respective deceases or
born in due time after,
or being a daughter or
daughters shall attain
the said age of twenty
one years or be married,
to be equally divided
among them or their
respective executors,
administrators, or
assigns and if there
shall be but one then
the whole shall be in
trust for such child,
his or her executors,
administrators, and
assigns
And I do hereby
authorize and empower my
said trustees or trustee
for the time being after
the decease of the
survivor of the said
William Hutton and
Catherine Hutton his
wife during the minority
of any of the children
of the said Catherine to
apply the rents and
profits of my said
messuages land and
hereditaments
hereinbefore directed to
be sold and the
dividends, interest, and
product of the said
stocks, funds, and
securities in or upon
which the purchase money
for the same shall be
invested towards the
maintenance and
education of all or any
of such children in such
manner as my said
trustees shall think
fit, and also to raise
out of the said last
mentioned trust fund and
sum or sums of money
which to my said
trustees or trustee for
the time being shall
seem reasonable and to
apply the same as they
he or she shall think
proper in placing in any
business or profession,
civil, naval, or
military, or otherwise
for the preferment or
advancement in the world
of any son or sons of my
said daughter Catherine
[page break] yet
so that the sum or sums
to be paid for the
advancement of any such
son shall not exceed his
presumptive or expectant
share for the time for
the time being in the
said last mentioned
trust fund
And I do hereby empower
the said William Hutton
during his life and
after his decease the
said Catherine Hutton
during her life to grant
leases of the said
hereditaments and
premises so limited to
them as aforesaid for
any price not exceeding
eleven years in
possession and not in
reversion at rack rent
and without taking any
fine or premium for the
granting thereof
And I devise all my
messuages, lands,
tenements, and
hereditaments situated
in Goosnargh in the said
county called
Cringlebrook now in the
occupation of Richard
Erles together with a
close of land situate in
Whittingham in the said
county called
Whittingham Croft
containing one acre one
rood and two perches in
the occupation of the
said Richard Erles, and
also my messuages,
lands, tenements, and
hereditaments situate in
Ribbleton and Grimsargh
in the said County now
in the several
occupations of Thomas
Noblet, William
Pemberton, and John
Wareing and also all my
messuages, lands,
tenements, and
hereditaments situate at
Skippool within Poulton
in the said county now
in the possession of
Thomas Dobson, with
their respective
appurtenances, unto my
said daughter Isabella
Pedder, her heirs and
assigns for ever
And I give and devise
unto my said wife
Margaret and her assigns
during her natural life
one clear annuity or
yearly rent charge of
three hundred pounds to
be paid by four equal
quarterly payments in
the year that is to say
on the twenty fifth day
of march the twenty
fourth day of June the
twenty ninth day of
September and the twenty
fifth day of December,
the first payment to be
made on such of the said
days as shall first
happen after my decease,
free from the present or
any future tax on
property or income and
all other taxes,
impositions and
deductions whatsoever
And I give and devise
unto my sister Jennet
Pedder and her assigns
during her natural life
one clear annuity or
yearly rent charge of
one hundred pounds in
conformity to my
father’s will and in
satisfaction of the life
annuity therein provided
for her, free from all
taxes and deductions
whatsoever, except the
property or income tax,
and payable at such days
and times as are in my
said father’s will
mentioned and appointed
for payment thereof
And I give and devise
unto my granddaughter
Mary Gertrude Pedder and
her assigns during her
life one annuity or
clear yearly rent charge
of one hundred pounds to
commence when she shall
attain the age of twenty
one years and to be paid
without any deduction
for taxes or otherwise,
except the property or
income tax, by two equal
half yearly payments in
the year, the first
payment thereof to be
made at the end of the
first half year next
after she shall attain
her said age
And I do hereby give and
devise all other the
messuages, lands,
tenements, and
hereditaments situate
and being or arising
within Preston and
Whittingham aforesaid
and within Carleton in
the parish of Poulton
aforesaid or elsewhere
soever not hereinbefore
otherwise disposed of
whereof or whereto I or
any person or persons in
trust for me am, is or
are seized or entitled
for any estate of
freehold or inheritance
or whereof I have power
to dispose by this my
will unto my said son
James Pedder his heirs
and assigns for ever,
charged and chargeable
nevertheless as to
[page break] my said
last mentioned
messuages, lands,
tenements, and
hereditaments in
Whittingham aforesaid,
and I do hereby charge
the same with the
payment of so much (if
any) of my debts,
legacies, and funeral
and testamentary
expenses as my personal
estate not specifically
bequeathed shall not
extend to pay, and also
with the payment of the
said annuity of one
hundred pounds
hereinbefore given to my
said grand daughter, and
charged as to all the
said hereditaments,
estates, and premises
situate in Preston,
Carleton, and
Whittingham aforesaid
lastly hereinbefore
devised to my said son
James Pedder with the
payment of the said
annuities of three
hundred pounds and one
hundred pounds
hereinbefore given and
devised to my said wife
and sister
Provided always, and I
do hereby direct, that
if the said several
annuities or yearly rent
charges hereinbefore
given devised or
bequeathed or any of
them shall be in arrears
or unpaid by the space
of twenty one days next
after the several days
or times hereby
appointed for payment
thereof respectively,
then and in every such
case it shall be lawful
for the said several
annuitants or their
respective assigns or
any of them to enter
upon the said messuages,
lands, tenements, and
hereditaments hereby
charged with the payment
of the said annuities
respectively and to
distrain for such
arrears and to sell the
distresses in the same
manner as landlords are
by law authorized to do
for the recovery of rent
service in arrear until
the whole of such
arrears and all the
expenses attending the
recovery thereof shall
be fully paid
And it is my will and
mind and I do hereby
declare and direct that
the said annuity of
three hundred pounds and
the several other
devises bequests and
provisions in and by
this my will made given,
devised, and bequeathed
to and for the use and
benefit of my said wife
shall be in lieu, bar
and full satisfaction of
her dower or thirds at
common law or by custom
and any jointure
settlement or provision
made for her prior our
marriage articles which
she can or may or could
or might have or claim
into or out of all or
any of the lands
tenements hereditaments
or real estate whereof I
now am, have been, or
shall be seized during
her coverture with me
Provided always, and I
do hereby declare, that
if any of my said
trustees or any of their
survivors to be
appointed as hereinafter
mentioned shall die or
decline to act in the
trusts aforesaid it
shall be lawful for the
surviving or continuing
trustee or trustees for
the time being or the
executors or
administrators of such
last surviving or
continuing trustee from
time to time by any
writing or writings
under their respective
hand and seal or hands
and seals to appoint any
other person or persons
to be a trustee or
trustees in lieu of such
trustee or trustees if
dying or declining to
act as aforesaid and
every such new trustee
shall have all the same
powers and authorities
as if originally
appointed by this my
will and the said trust
estates monies and
premises shall be from
time to time duly
conveyed, assigned, and
transferred so as to
enable him to execute
the same either solely
or jointly with the
surviving or continuing
trustee or trustees as
the case may require
And I declare that my
said trustees
hereinbefore appointed,
or hereafter to be
appointed as aforesaid,
and their respective
executors,
administrators, and
assigns shall be
accountable only for so
much of the said trust
monies as they shall
respectively actually
receive, not
withstanding their
having joined in any
receipt for the sake of
conformity only, nor
shall they or any of
them be accountable for
the acts or defaults one
of another but [page
break] each for his
own only nor for any
loss of the said trust
monies or other damage
which may happen or be
incurred in the trusts
aforesaid unless the
same shall happen by or
through his or their
willful neglect or
default respectively,
and I empower the said
trustees and their
successors and every of
them to retain and pay
out of the monies which
shall come to their
hands respectively under
the trusts aforesaid all
costs and expenses
whatsoever which they or
any of them shall
sustain or incur in or
about the execution of
this my will and also
all such sum or sums of
money as he she they or
any of them shall
reasonably deserve for
his, her, or their care,
pains, trouble in or
about or any ways
relative to the
executing or performing
all or any of the trusts
aforesaid
And I appoint my said
wife, my said son James
Pedder, and the said
Edward Robert Travers,
Executors of this my
will
And lastly I do hereby
revoke and make void all
and every other will or
wills, codicil or
codicils by me at any
time heretofore made
In
witness whereof I have
to the five first sheets
of this my will
contained in six sheets
of paper subscribed my
name and to this the
sixth and last sheet
thereof subscribed my
name and affixed my seal
the nineteenth day of
October in the year of
our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and nine
// Edwd Pedder //
Signed, sealed,
published, and declared
by the said testator as
and for his last will
and testament in the
presence of us, who as
witnesses thereof have
hereunto subscribed our
names in his presence at
his request and in the
presence of each other
the words contain per?
devise in the one or
trustees and the
syllables ?inour in
being first written upon
erasures // Thos.
Wilson // Wm. Wilson //
Elio. Tower //
A Codicil to be
added to and become part
of the last will and
testament of me Edward
Pedder the elder of
Preston in the County of
Lancaster, Esquire
Whereas I have in and by
my said will bearing
date the nineteenth day
of October in the year
of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and nine
given and bequeathed
unto my grand daughter
Mary Gertrude Pedder
daughter of my son
Edward Pedder the sum of
two thousand pounds to
be paid her when she
should attain the age of
twenty one years or be
married which should
first happen and I
directed that in the
mean time the same
should be placed out by
my executors
thereinafter named at
interest on government
or real securities so as
to accumulate and until
so placed out should
bear interest at five
pounds per centum from
the time of my decease,
and that such
accumulation and
interest should be paid
to the said Mary
Gertrude Pedder at the
same time as
thereinbefore directed
with respect to the said
principal sum of two
thousand pounds and if
the said Mary Gertrude
Pedder should depart
this life before she
should attain the said
age of twenty one years
or be married as
aforesaid then I gave
and bequeathed the said
sum of two thousand
pounds together with the
interest and
accumulations thereof
unto my said son Edward
Pedder his executors and
administrators and
whereas my said grand
daughter Mary Gertrude
Pedder hath since the
making and executing of
my said will departed
this life and in as much
as by reason of her
death in my life time
doubts may arise whether
the said bequest of the
same legacy to my said
son Edward Pedder his
executors and
administrators is
capable of taking effect
or not; therefore in
order to obviate such
doubts I do hereby
revoke the said bequest
of the said [start
page 298] legacy of
two thousand pounds and
the interest and
accumulations thereof to
by my said will made to
my said son Edward
Pedder, his executors
and administrators on
the event aforesaid and
in lieu thereof I do
hereby give chargeable
unto my said son Edward
Pedder, his executors,
and administrators, the
sum of two thousand
pounds to be paid at the
end of twelve calendar
months next after my
death
And I do hereby give and
bequeath unto my sister
Jennet Pedder, her
executors and
administrators, the sum
of one hundred pounds to
be paid at the end of
twelve calendar months
next after my death, and
I do hereby charge my
messuages, lands,
tenements, and
hereditaments in
Whittingham in the said
county in and by my said
will devised to my son
James Pedder, his heirs
and assigns, with the
payment of so much if
any of the said legacy
of two thousand pounds
and one hundred pounds
as my personal estate
not specifically
bequeathed in my said
will shall not exceed to
pay
And whereas I have in
and by my said will
given and devised unto
my wife Margaret and her
assigns during her
natural life one clear
annuity or yearly rent
charge of three hundred
pounds to be paid by
four equal quarterly
payments in the year on
the days and times in my
said will mentioned free
from the present or any
future tax impositions
and deductions
whatsoever and I did
thereby charge all my
messuages, lands,
tenements, and premises
situate in Preston and
Whittingham aforesaid
and in Carleton in the
said county in my said
will devised to my said
son James Pedder, his
heirs and assigns, with
the payment of the said
annuity of three hundred
pounds, now I do hereby
give and devise unto my
said wife Margaret and
her assigns one clear
annuity or yearly rent
charge of one hundred
pounds in addition to
the said annuity of
three hundred pounds
making together a clear
annuity or yearly rent
charge of four hundred
pounds, the said
additional annuity of
one hundred pounds to be
paid by four equal
quarterly payments in
the year on the same
days and times as are in
my said will appointed
for the payments of the
said annuity of three
hundred pounds, and free
from the present or any
future tax on property
or income and all other
taxes and deductions
whatsoever, and I do
hereby charge my said
messuages, lands,
tenements, hereditaments
and premises situate in
Preston, Whittingham and
Carleton aforesaid with
the payment of the said
additional annuity of
one hundred pounds, and
do hereby give my said
wife and her assigns the
like powers of entry and
distress upon the
hereditaments and
premises hereby charged
with the said additional
annuity of one hundred
pounds whenever the same
or any part thereof be
in arrear or unpaid as
are in my said will
mentioned and contained
of and concerning the
said annuity of three
hundred pounds
And I do give and devise
unto my said son Edward
Pedder and his assigns
during his life an
annuity or clear yearly
rent charge of two
hundred pounds to be
paid by two equal
half-yearly payments in
the year free from all
deductions whatsoever
except the present or
any future tax on
property or income, the
first payment thereof at
to be made at the end of
the first half year next
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my decease and I do
hereby charge all my
said messuages, lands,
tenements, hereditaments,
and premises situate in
Preston, Whittingham,
and Carleton aforesaid
with the payment of the
said annuity of two
hundred pounds
hereuntofore devised,
and I do hereby will and
direct that it shall be
lawful for my said son
Edward Pedder and his
assigns to enter upon my
said messuages, lands,
tenements, hereditaments,
and premises last
mentioned whenever the
said annuity of two
hundred pounds or any
part thereof shall be in
arrear and unpaid and to
distrain for such
arrears and sell the
distresses
And I do hereby ratify
and confirm my said will
in all respects not
hereby varied or altered
and declare this to be a
codicil and taken as
part thereof to all
intents and purposes.
It witness whereof I
have to the two first
sheets of this codicil,
contained in three
sheets of paper,
subscribed my name and
to this the third and
last sheet thereof
subscribed my name and
affixed my seal the
twenty fourth day of
July in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifteen
// Edwd Pedder //
Signed sealed published
and declared by the said
testator as and for a
codicil to his last will
and testament in the
presence of us who as
witnesses thereof have
hereunto subscribed our
names in his presence,
at his request, and in
the presence of each
other // Tho.
Wilson, Sen. // Thos.
Wilson, Jun. // Willm.
Dickson //
This is a second
codicil to the last
will and testament of me
Edward Pedder of Preston
in the county of
Lancaster, Esquire which
said will is dated the
nineteenth day of
October in the year of
our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and nine
I
do hereby give devise
and bequeath unto my son
James Pedder his heirs
and assigns for ever all
that my large pew or
seat in the parish
church of Preston
aforesaid adjoining the
councilmen’s pew formed
out of comprising two
pews out of which was
purchased by my father
Edward Pedder from
Robert Farrer and John
Smalley and which was
called the pillar seat
within Jesus Chapel and
the other of the said
pews was purchased by
myself from Sir Henry
Hoghton, baronet, with
the appurtenances to
hold the same unto and
to the use of him the
said James Pedder his
heirs and assigns for
ever to and for his and
their own proper use and
benefit
And I do hereby ratify
and confirm my said will
and my former codicil
thereto in all respects
not hereby varied or
altered and declare this
to be a second codicil
thereto in witness
whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal
this twenty sixth day of
April in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixteen
// Edwd Pedder //
Signed sealed published
and declared by the said
testator as and for a
second codicil to his
last will and testament
in the presence of us
who as witnesses thereof
have hereunto subscribed
our names in his
presence at is request
and in the presence of
each other // W.
Cross // Thos. Gregson
// John Brotherton //
This is a third
codicil to the last
will and testament of me
Edward Pedder of Preston
in the County of
Lancaster, Esquire which
said will is dated the
nineteenth [start
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October in the year of
our lord one thousand
eight hundred and nine
I
do hereby give and
devise unto my eldest
son Edward Pedder and
his assigns during his
life one annuity or
clear yearly rent charge
of one hundred pounds in
addition to the
provision made for him
by my said will and the
first codicil thereto
bearing date the twenty
fourth day of July in
the year of our lord one
thousand eight hundred
and fifteen and I direct
that the said annuity or
rent charge shall be
paid free from all
deductions whatsoever at
such days and times and
charged upon such
messuages, lands,
tenements, and
hereditaments and with
such powers and remedies
for securing the payment
thereof as in my said
first codicil mentioned
of and concerning the
annuity of two hundred
pounds thereby provided
for my said son Edward
Pedder
And I do hereby ratify
and confirm my said will
and my former codicils
thereto in all respects
not hereby varied
altered and declare this
to be a third codicil to
me said will In witness
whereof I the said
Edward Pedder have to
this my third codicil
set my hand and seal
this sixteenth day of
March in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen
// Edwd Pedder //
Signed, sealed,
published and declared
by the said testator as
and for a third codicil
to his last will and
testament in the
presence of us who, at
his request in his sight
and presence, and in the
sight and presence of
each other, have
hereunto subscribed our
names as witnesses //
W. Cross // Wm. Lowe //
Henry Cross //
Proved at London
with three codicils 1st
December 1818 before the
Judge by the oaths of
James Pedder the son and
Edward Robert Travers,
Esquire, the surviving
executors to whom
administration was
granted having been
first sworn by
commission duly to
administer. |
