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In the Name of God Amen I
ISAAC PORTER of Carshalton in the County of Surry [sic] Gentleman
being of sound mind memory and understanding Praised be God for the
same Do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner
and form following that is to say, First I recommend my soul to
Almighty God my Creator hoping for his Mercy through Jesus Christ
and I desire that my Body may be buried in the Vault by me lately
built in the West Aile adjoining to the Vestry in the Parish Church
of Carshalton aforesaid for the Internment of my late deceased wife
Wilhelmina and as to what Worldly Estate it has pleased Almighty God
to bestow upon my I dispose thereof as follows. I direct that all my
just debts Funeral Expences and the Charges of proving this my will
shall be paid out of my Personal Estate by my Executors hereinafter
named and I do hereby subject and charge the same with the payment
thereof.
I give and devise unto WILLIAM
FAWKENER Esquire (one of the Clerks of his Majesty’s Privy Council)
and WILLIAM ROSE clerk Rector of Beckenham in the County of Kent and
of Carshalton aforesaid and their heirs All that my Customary or
Copyhold Messuage Lands and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances
situate in the Parish of Hesket in the County of Cumberland upon
Trust that they the said WILLIAM FAWKENER and WILLIAM ROSE do and
shall as soon as conveniently may be after my decease sell and
dispose of the same premises to any Person or Persons who shall be
willing to Purchase the same for the most money which can be
reasonably had or gotten for the same and also do put and place out
the monies which shall arise by such sale or sales the clear Rents
and Profits thereof until such sale or sales shall be thereof made
in the Public Funds and pay and apply the same and Interest and
dividends thereof in manner hereinafter mentioned and directed ...
And I give and bequeath unto
the said WILLIAM FAWKENER and WILLIAM ROSE the sum of £21 for a Ring
a piece of lawful money .... for their care and trouble in the
execution of this my Will and the trusts hereby in them reposed .
And I give and devise unto the said WILLIAM FAWKENER and WILLIAM
ROSE .... all my freehold and leasehold messuages lands tenements
and hereitaments whatsoever and all monies standing in my Name or in
the Name of any person In trust for me in the Public Funds and all
the residue of my Personal Estate whatsoever (Except such goods
plate or other things as belong or are reputed to belong yo my
Children and which are mentioned and described in an Inventory
thereof written with my own proper hand and which Inventory bears
reference to this my last Will and testament) Upon trust to pay and
apply the rents... and profits of my said freehold and leasehold
premises (until the sale thereof herein after by me directed to be
made shall be made) and the interest and dividends of my monies now
in the Public Funds and of the Monies to arise by the sale of my
said Copyhold hereditaments herein before directed to be sold and of
the monies to arise from my said Personal Estate in the first place
in payment and discharge of the Expences and Charges which may be
incurred by reason of the execution of this my Will and after
payment thereof then upon Trust to pay and apply the rents issues
profits interests adn dividends for and towards the maintenance of
my five Children namely ROBERT, ALLAN, GEORGE JAMES, JOHN YOUNG and
HARRY in such manner as they ... shall think proper until all my
said Children shall respectively attain the age of 21 years
And my meaning is that it
shall and may be lawful to and for my said trustees .... are hereby
empowered when they shall set an opportunity of putting out
Apprentices or placing out to any Business or employment or
otherwise advancing the fortunes and estates of any of my said
Children to Adventure any Sum of Money not exceeding the sum of £100
to be paid as a premium with or for the benenfit and advancement of
any one of my said Children.
And upon further trust that
when any one of my said Sons shall attain his age of 21 years then
my said trustees .... shall out of the monies hereby vested in them
pay unto such Som ... the sum of £500 ....
And upon Further Trust shall
when they shall see occasion and think proper sell and dispose of my
said Freehold and Leasehold Premises for the purposes aforesaid to
any person or persons who shall be willing to purchase the same for
the most Money which can be resonably had or gotten ... and shall
put and place out the Monies which shall arise from such sale and
pay and apply the same for the purposes aforesaid .... for the
benenfit of all my said Sons until the youngest of my said Sons for
the time being shall attain his age of 21 yerars.
And when the youngest of my
said sons for the time being shall have attained the said age upon
Trust to pay apply and divide all the Monies which shall then remain
of the Monies to be produced from my real and Personal estates unto
and amongst my said five sons equally share and share alike if they
shall be then all living and if any one or more of my said sons
shall at the time my said youngest son for the time being shall
attain his age of 21 years be dead without leaving lawful Issue Then
upon Trust to pay the part of share of him or them so dying unto the
Survivors of them equally share and share alike And if there shall
then be but one such survivor then upon trust to pay the whole of
the said Monies so remaining unto such survivor, but if any one or
more of my said sons shall die before my youngest son for the time
being shall attain his age of 21 years as aforesaid and leaving
lawful issue then upon Trust to pay the part of share of him or them
so dying and leaving Issue unto his or their respective Issue
equally share and share alike .....
And if all my sons shall die
witrhout leaving lawful issue Then Upon Trust to pay the whole of my
Monies so remaining unto my Brother ROBERT PORTER now or late a
Merchant at Civita Vachia in Italy his Executors and Administrators
Provided Always and my meaning is and I do hereby direct that my
messuage or tenement in Carshalton aforesaid wherein I now dwell
with the lands and Appurtenances thereunto belonging being part of
my real Estate may be ?last? offered to Sale To the Intent that any
of my Sons may purchase the same if he or they shall think Proper
And I do hereby make nominate
and consitute and appoint the said WILLIAM FAWKENER and WILLAM ROSE
joint executors of this my Will and when my oldest son for the time
being shall attains his age of 21 years Then I do hereby make and
nominate and constitute and appoint such oldest son executor of this
my Will jointly with the said WILLIAM FAWKENER and WILLIAM ROSE and
I do give devise and bequeath unto such Son and his heirs and
executors jointly with my said other trustess All my said Real and
Personal Estates and the Monies to arise from the same upon the like
trusts and with the like Powers .... as if such Son had been now
named and appointed a trustee with the said WILLIAM FAWKENER and
WILLIAM ROSE and I do hereby give and devise the Tuition and
Guardianship of all my said Sons unto my said Trustees until my said
Sons shall severally attain the age of 21 years .....
In witness whereof I the said
ISAAC PORTER have to this my Last will and Testament set my hand and
seal this 12 March in the 4th year of our Sovereign Lord
George the Third 1784
witnesses Richard Barnes,
Samuel Goodenough, Henry Kenn
This Will was proved at London
5 September 1785 ..... by the oaths of William Fawkener Esq and the
Reverend William Rose, clerk, executors.... having first sworn duly
to administer Power reserved of making the like grant to ROBERT
PORTER the eldest son of the deceased when he shall have attained
his age of 21 years and apply for the same.
PROB 11/1134
There is a photograph of his
memorial in Carshalton church at
http://www.carshaltonallsaints.org.uk/Monument.htm |
