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This is the
last Will and Testament of me
William Randall of West Lulworth in
the County of Dorset Malster and
Victualler made and published this
Eighth Day of August in the Year of
our Lord Christ One thousand Seven
Hundred and Eighty Two (as follows)
First I give and devise unto my Wife
Bridget All that my Copyhold
Messuage Tenement or Dwelling House
...situate in West Lulworth
aforesaid wherein I now live
together with the Outhouses Garden
Stable and Appurtenances to the same
belonging To have and To hold the
same unto her my said Wife and her
Assigns for and during the Term of
her natural Life And from and
immediately after her Decease I give
and devise the same and every Part
thereof unto my son Matthew To hold
the same unto my said son Matthew
and his assigns for and during the
Term of his natural Life and from
and immediately after his Decease in
Case my son Robert should then be
living I give and devise the same
and every Part thereof unto and
amongst all and every my Children
that shall then be living equally to
be held and enjoyed between them
during the natural life of my said
Son Robert upon whose life only the
same will be then held I give and
bequeath unto my four sons by my
late Wife Mary, Thomas, William,
Robert and John Twenty Pounds apiece
to be paid to them by my Executrix
hereinafter named at the end of
twelve Months next after my Decease
I also give unto my said Son Thomas
my silver watch given by my late
Father I also give and bequeath unto
my Daughter Jane forty pounds , unto
my Daughter Elizabeth Forty Pounds
and unto my Daughter Mary thirty
pounds to be paid unto my said
Daughters by my Executrix
hereinafter named at the end of
twelve Months next after my Decease
I also give and bequeath unto my
said Son Matthew Fifty pounds to be
paid to him by my Executrix
hereinafter named at the end of
twelve Months next after my Decease
I also give unto my four sons by my
former Wife after my present Wife’s
Decease a Bed, Bedstead, a pair of
Sheets, pair of Blanketts and Quilt
or Rug each (part of my Household
Goods and Furniture hereinafter
mentioned) I also give and bequeath
unto all my Sons equally to be
divided between them my Wearing
Apparel of every sort and kind
Lastly my Household Goods and
Furniture of every sort and kind
(except what I have hereinbefore
given to my said four sons after my
said Wife’s decease of which she is
to have the use only during her
Life) Stock in Trade Debts Sum and
Sums of Money to me owing or the
security for the same and all other
my Personal Estate and Effects
whatsoever and wheresoever I give
devise and bequeath unto my said
Wife Bridget and her Assigns for
ever to be at her own disposal And I
do hereby charge the whole of my
Personal Estate and Effects with the
Payments of the Legacies and all my
just debts and Funeral Expences And
I do hereby nominate constitute and
appoint my said Wife Bridget sole
Executrix of this my said last Will
In Witness whereof I the said
Testator William Randall have to
this my said last Will set my hand
and affixed my Deal the Day and Year
above written
William
Randall
(Attestation
Clause)
Thos Bartlett
Jun George Sinnick
I William
Randall of West Lulworth in the
County of Dorset Malster and
Victualler do this eighteenth Day of
March one thousand seven hundred and
ninety three make and publish this
as a Codicil to my last Will and
Testament whereas in and by my said
Will I have given and bequeathed
unto my Daughter Elizabeth the Sum
of Forty Pounds Now I do hereby
revoke and make void the said
Bequest and instead thereof I do
hereby give and bequeath unto my
said Daughter Elizabeth now the Wife
of John Carter of Weymouth Mariner
the sum of Fifty Pounds to be paid
her by my Executrix in my said Will
named at the End of twelve Months
next after my Decease _ And I do
hereby order and direct that when
and as soon as my Son Matthew shall
come into the Possession of and be
entitled to my Copyhold Messuage
Tenement or Dwellinghouse within
mentioned with the Appurtenances by
Virtue of my said Will before
written he shall during the time he
should be entitled to the same (that
is to say) during his natural Life
pay unto her my said Daughter
Elizabeth the yearly sum of three
pounds by half yearly Payments the
first payment thereof to be made at
the End of six Months after the
Decease of my said Wife Bridget (in
case she shall happen to survive me)
being the time my said Son Matthew
will become entitled to the said
Messuage or Dwellinghouse and
Premises And I do hereby confirm all
the Rest of my said Will and the
Appointment of my said Wife
Executrix In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal the day
and year above written Wm Randall
(Attestation
Clause)
Wm Hurdle
William Cheesman
Proved 10
January 1794
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