This is the last Will and Testament of me Benjamin Samways of Hazlebury Bryan in the County of Dorset as follows I give unto my dear Wife Susannah All my household goods implements of household and household Stuff utensils plate linen china glass and earthenware wines and liquors of every description wearing apparel watches jewels and ornaments of the person to and for her own absolute  use  and benefit And as to for and concerning All my monies and securities for money and all other my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever of what nature or kind soever of which I am now or of which I may die possessed of or entitled unto I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said Wife Susannah and William Henry Clarke of Cerne Abbas in the said County of Dorset Clerk and Watch Maker their executors administrators and assigns Upon trust that they or the survivors or survivor of them his or her executors or administrators and shall within convenient time after my decease convert into money such part or parts thereof as shall not consist of money and as the monies arising thereon as also all my ready monies Upon trust that they she and he do and shall pay unto my said Wife the sum of ten pounds And also all my just debts funeral and Testamentary expences And as to the residue and surplus thereof Upon trust that they she and he do and shall place out such residue or surplus at interest on government or real security and change vary or transpose such security when and as they shall deem fit and upon further trust that they she or he do and shall pay and apply the dividends interest and proceeds thereof when and as they shall become due and payable unto my said Wife Susannah or her assigns or permit her to receive the same for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease Upon trust for the survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor do and shall pay and apply the same in the following manner that is to say unto James Mary Benjamin and ffrances the four children of my late brother James Samways the sum of twenty pounds each unto the two children of my brother John the sum of ten pounds each unto the two children of my brother Henry the sum of ten pounds each unto the three children of my brother William the sum of ten pounds each unto the six children of my brother George the sum of ten pounds each unto my Sister Jane Palmer’s two Sons the sum of ten pounds each unto my brother William the sum of ten pounds Unto my brother George the sum of twenty pounds to whom I also give all my Wearing Apparel Unto my brother in law Thomas Shepherd and to his Nephew Thomas the sum of ten pounds each unto Elizabeth Shepherd my Wife’s niece the sum of one hundred pounds Unto Robert Shepherd my Wife’s nephew the sum of forty pounds unto Edward Elsworth  my Wife’s nephew the sum of forty pounds unto Susannah the Wife of the said Henry William Clarke the sum of forty pounds and unto Eliza the Wife of George Upsham the sum of ffive pounds And I do hereby declare it to be my Will and intent that the above mentioned legacies shall vest in the above named Legatees immediately on my decease although they are not payable until the decease of my said Wife And as to all the Rest Residue and Remainder of the monies Personal Estate and Effects after making Provision for Payment of the above named Legatees Upon trust for my said Wife Susannah to and for her own absolute use and benefit And I do hereby direct that my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall retain and reimburse themselves all such costs charges and expences as they she or him shall incur or be put unto in the execution of the trusts of this my Will and that the one shall not be answerable for the other but each for herself or himself only nor any more monies than they he or she shall actually receive nor for any loss that may happen to the said trust monies unless the same shall be occasioned by their gross or wilful default And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Wife Susannah and my friend William Henry Clarke Trustees and Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament set and subscribed my hand and Seal the sixth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty six _ Benj Samways

(Attestation Clause)

Jno Dashwood     John Sweatman

To this my last Will and Testament I now add this present Codicil revoking so much of my said Will as bequeathed the sum of ten pounds to Thomas there called the nephew of my brother in law Thomas Shepherd which sum of ten pounds I hereby bequeath to Elizabeth Shepherd my wife’s niece in his stead In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of June 1837 Benjamin Samways _ Henry Walter _ Tho Birch

To this my last Will & Testament & to the first Codicil thereunto appended I now add this second Codicil desiring & authorising my sole surviving Executor William Henry Clarke of Cerne Abbas to pay the sum of ten pounds (bequeathed in my said Will to Susannah my Wife now deceased) unto Elizabeth wife of Benjamin Upshall instead of the said late wife for the sole use of the said Elizabeth Upshall in such several portions as she shall desire In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of October 1837 Benj Samways _ Henry Walter _ Anna Maria Chester

To this my last Will & Testament & to two preceding Codicils thereunto appended I now add this third Codicil desiring & authorising my sole surviving Executor William Henry Clarke of Cerne Abbas to allow my niece Sarah Samways to take & possess for her own use the bed bedstead & the furniture thereof on which I have been wont to sleep also the Corner cupboard and three tables being part of my household furniture the former bequest thereof notwithstanding Signed in the presence of the Testator Benjamin Samways this twentieth day of Novr 1838 and by his direction David Upsall _ Eliz Woolfe _Mary Foot

Fourth Codicil to the last Will & Testament of Benjamin Samways of Hazlebury Bryan in the County of Dorset by which Codicil I the said Benjamin Samways do desire & authorise my sole surviving Executor William Henry Clarke of Cerne Abbas to pay unto  my niece Sarah Samways such Monies in the hands of the Revd Henry Walter as may be due to me at the time of my decease after paying my just debts and I also authorise the said William Henry Clarke to allow my said niece Sarah Samways to have & possess for her own use my household stock Signed in the presence of the Testator Benjamin Samways  by his direction this twentieth day of Novemberr 1838 David Upsall _ Eliz Wolfe _Mary Foot

Affidavit of due execution sworn by Mary Foot wife of George Foot of Hazlebury Bryan Yeoman on 11 June 1839

Proved at London 20 July 1839

PCC Prob11/1914