This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Stone of South Town otherwise Little Yarmouth in the County of Suffolk Merchant ffirst I do give & devise unto Hannah my Wife & her Assigns for & during the term of her natural life All those my five tenements or dwelling houses & ffarm with the edifices building yards Grounds lands & Appurts thereunto belonging situate lying & being in Hatfield in the Co of Essex now in the occupation of Abraham Crofts & his undertenants & all other my Messuages lands tenements & heredits whatsoever situate lying & being in Hatfield aforesaid or in any Town parish or place thereto contiguous or near adjoining (she & they maintaining & keeping the same Premises in good & tenantable repair & committing & suffering no waste thereupon) And from & immediately after the decease of the said Hannah my Wife I do give & devise my said tenements or dwelling house s ffarm & all other the heredits & premises hereinbefore devised to my said Wife unto my brother Isaac Stone & to his heirs & assigns for ever Also I do give and devise unto the said Hannah my Wife & her Assigns for & during the term of her natural life All that my leasehold tenement or dwelling house with the edifices buildings Gardens & Grounds thereunto belonging situate lying & being in South Town otherwise Little Yarmouth aforesaid now in my own occupation & which I lately purchased of Matthew Spruce & now hold for the remainder of a term of eighty years (she maintaining & keeping the same Premises in good & tenantable repair & committing & suffering no waste thereupon) and from & immediately after the decease of my said Wife I do give & devise my said last mentioned Tenement or Dwelling house & premises hereinbefore given to my said Wife unto Susannah Stone daur of my said brother Isaac Stone & to her exors admors & assigns for all the then remainder of the term of years which shall be therein then to come & unexpired Also I do give to John Basingthwaite my said Wife’s Nephew the Sum of two hundred Pounds to be paid to him within six months next after my decease Also I do give & bequeath unto my said Wife for & during the term of her natural life the use of all household ffurniture plate & linen And I do hereby direct that as soon after my decease as conveniently can be a full complete & perfect Inventory shall be taken of my said household ffurniture plate & linen & two fair Copies made thereof one to be signed by my Exors hereinafter named & kept by my said Wife & the other to be signed by my said Wife & kept by my said Exors And I do hereby authorize and empower order & direct my Exors hereinafter named or the survivor of them his exors or admors to put place & continue out at Interest on Government real or personal Security (after the payment of my funeral expences the charges of proving & executing this my Will all my just debts & the specific legacies by this my Will given ) all the rest & residue of my Monies & personal Estate whatsoever & to pay the dividends Interest & annual produce thereof unto my said Wife & her assigns for & during the term of her natural life and from & immediately after my said Wife’s decease I do give & bequeath all my said household ffurniture plate & linen & all the rest & residue of my monies goods chattels & personal estate whatsoever unto my said brother Isaac Stone and I do nominate constitute & appoint my friends George Haines Dakin of Great Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk Brazier & Wm Barber of South Town otherwise Little Yarmouth aforesaid Gent Exors of this my Will And I do give unto each of them Twenty Pounds for their care & trouble in the execution thereof lastly I do hereby revoke all Wills & other testamentary dispositions by me at any time heretofore made & do declare this only to be my last Will & testament which is written on three sheets ofpaper annexed together at the top & there sealed In witness whereof I have to the first two sheets hereof set my hand & to the last my hand & seal the 17th day of January 1812-Thos Stone

(Attestation Clause)

A Orfern - Geo Wells Holt - Robt Jno Turner

Proved 17 March 1812

PCC Prob11/1531
 

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