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The Will of Elizabeth Rowlatt

 

I Elizabeth Rowlatt of Drayton in the County of Leicester Widow Do hereby revoke all Wills Codicils and other testamentary dispositions made by me at any time heretofore and do declare this to be my last Will and Testament ffirst I give and devise all that my Close Piece or parcel of land or ground situate lying or being in the maner or Lordship of Great Easton in the said County of Leicester and now in the occupation of William Ward containing by estimation three acres and three roods or thereabouts (be the same more or less) And also one undivided moiety or half part of All the rest residue and remainder of my freehold and copyhold messuages lands tenements and real Estates whatsoever and wheresoever and of what tenure or quality soever (except my Close of land hereinafter devised to my daughter Ann Dixon)which I now or shall have at the time of my decease be seized of interest in or entitled to in possession reversion remainder expectancy or which in exercise of any special power I am authorised to appoint or dispose of by this my Will with the rights members and Appurts thereto belonging To such uses and upon such trusts and to and for such ends intents and purposes and under and subject to such powers provisos agreements to and declarations as my Son in law William Ward of Drayton aforesaid and Elizabeth his Wife shall by any deed or deeds instrument or Instruments in writing with or without powers of revocation and new Appointment to be by them sealed and delivered in the presence of and attested by two credible witnesses shall jointly direct limit & Appoint And in default of such direction limitation and Appointment And so far as the same shall not extend To the use of the said William Ward and Elizabeth his Wife during their joint natural lives And immediately after the decease of either of them To the use of the heirs and Assigns of the Survivor of them the said William Ward and Elizabeth his Wife for ever I give and devise all that my close piece or parcel of land or ground in the Lordship or liberties of Great Easton aforesaid late in the occupation of Samuel Tirrell Butcher and now in the occupation of        containing by estimation ffour Acres or thereabouts (more or less) And also one undivided moiety or half part of all the rest residue and remainder of my freehold and copyhold messuages lands tenements and real Estates whatsoever and wheresoever and of what tenure or quality soever which I now or shall have at the time of my decease be seized of interest in or entitled to in possession reversion remainder expectancy or which in exercise of any special power I am authorised to appoint or dispose of by this my Will with the rights members and appurtenances thereto belonging unto my daughter Ann Dixon her heirs and Assigns for ever Also all my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature kind or sort soever the same may be or consist of at the time of my decease I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said daughters Elizabeth the Wife of the said William Ward and Ann Dixon their Exors and Admors for their own use and benefit in equal shares and proportions And I appoint the said Elizabeth Ward and Ann Dixon Executrixes of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Rowlatt have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of April One thousand eight hundred and twenty six Elizabeth Rowlatt

 

(Attestation Clause)

 

Henry Shuttleworth _ Thos Ingram _ W Warnaby Junr Attornies

 

Proved at London 16 August 1834

 

PCC/Prob11/1835

 

 

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