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The Will of Joseph Williams

 

This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph Williams of Brighthampton in the Parish of Bampton in the County of Oxford Yeoman made this Twenty ninth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty seven as follows In the first place I give all my plate and plated articles unto M... the daughter of my Step daughter Mrs Mary Ann Walker of Minster Lovell in the said County and all my household furniture linen china books pictures and other household stuff within doors I give to the said Mrs Mary Ann Walker I give the slated freehold Cottage or Tenement at Coate in the said Parish of Bampton (given me by my late father) with the garden and appurtenances to the same belonging now in the occupation of my niece Ann Hudson the eldest daughter of my brother Thomas Williams unto my said niece Ann Hudson her heirs and assigns forever subject nevertheless to a right for my said brother Thomas Williams of being and residing jointly with my said niece and her family in the said cottage during his life if he should remain single but not otherwise And as to the thatched cottage or Tenement with the garden and appurtenances belonging adjoining the other cottage at Cote aforesaid I give and devise the same to my nephew ThomasWilliams son of my said brother Thomas Williams his heirs and assigns forever I give and devise unto my step son William Pinnock of Chimney in the said Parish of Bampton Yeoman and his Uncle William Pinnock the Elder of Standlake in the said County Grocer and Farmer All those Lands of Arable Meadow and Pasture with all Commons and Common rights easements and appurtenances belonging thereto lying in the fields and meadows of Standlake Hardwicke and Ducklington in the said County or some or one of them or elsewhere and which contain together about ten field acres and were given me by my uncle Upon Trust to let and set the same and to pay out of the rents and profits thereof four shillings a week to my said brother Thomas Williams for his sole and only use during his life and the residue of such rents I give to my said Trustees for their own use and benefit during the life of my said brother Thomas and which weekly sum shall be paid unto no other person but into the proper hands of my said brother to the intent that he may not on any pretence make any sale or assignment thereof or receive any remuneration whatsoever therefrom by way of sale or anticipation And immediately upon the decease  of my said brother Upon Trust to sell the same Lands commons and appurtenances either together or in parcels by public auction or private contract unto any person or persons whomsoever for the best price or prices that can be obtained for the same with full power to enter into and make and execute such Contracts Agreements Conveyances deeds and acts as they or the survivor of them shall deem expedient or proper and stand possessed of the money arising from such sale or sales after deducting the expences attending the same Upon Trust to pay share and equally divide the same unto and between the children of my said brother Thomas And if any or either of such children should happen to die in my lifetime leaving lawful child or children such child or children as the case may be shall take their deceased parents share And I declare that the receipt and receipts in writing of my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being for such purchase money shall be a good and effectual discharge and release in law for the same And that the purchaser or respective purchasers his her or their heirs executors administrators or assigns shall not afterwards be answerable or accountable for any loss misapplication or nonapplication or be in anywise obliged or concerned to see to the application of the money therein mentioned or acknowledged to be received or any part thereof All the rest residue and remainder of  my freehold leasehold and real estate whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore disposed of and also all the residue of my personal estate farm stock implements of husbandry corn cattle grain hay money securities for money book and other debts and all the rest and residue of my personal effects and estate whatsoever and wheresoever I give to my said Trustees Upon Trust in the first place to pay out of such personal estate all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences and then to pay nineteen guineas to my late wife's brother Robert Sparrowhawk of Aston in the said Parish of Bampton nineteen guineas to my nephew the said Thomas Williams and ten guineas to my said Trustee William Pinnock of Standlake And then Upon Trust to pay One hundred pounds to Elizabeth Ann Munton the eldest daughter of John Munton of Hardwicke aforesaid Farmer but if the said Elizabeth Ann Munton should die in my lifetime leaving lawful child or children then I give the said One hundred pounds unto and equally between the said children if more than one and if but one then the whole to such one child but if she should die before me having no lawful child or children her surviving the I give the said One hundred pounds unto and equally between all the other children of the said John Munton living at the time of my decease and I declare that in case my said personal estate should not be sufficient to pay the said legacy of One hundred pounds then the same or the unpaid part thereof shall be a charge and I hereby charge the same on all my real estate and after such several payments or legacies I give and devise to the said William Pinnock of Chimney All that Acre of Land more or less called Short Furlong in the Common fields of Aston and Cote aforesaid in the Kings way Field there given me by my said late uncle And all that Land in the same Fields in Briar Furlong in the Gaston field there which last mentioned Land contains about half an acre and was given me by my said late father To hold to the said William Pinnock his heirs and assigns for ever And I also give to the said William Pinnock of Chimney all the residue if any of my said personal estate money and securities for money for his own absolute use and benefit and I give to the said Mary Ann Walker all the estate and interest I now have or may have at the time of my death in the house wherein I now live and the farm lands and appurtenances belonging thereto held under Saint Johns College Oxford to and for her and their own absolute use and benefit subject to the yearly rents and other payments due from the same Provided always and I hereby declare that the whole of the devises and bequests hereinbefore made in favour of the said William Pinnock of Chimney and Mary Ann Walker shall be valued by two competent persons mutually appointed and their umpire in the usual way (in case the said William Pinnock of Chimney and Mary Ann Walker should not agree as to the value) and the difference of value of such devises and bequests shall be paid and made good by one of the said parties to the other as the case may be or require and shall be a charge upon his or her share And I hereby declare that the said devises and bequests hereinbefore made in favour of the said William Pinnock of Chimney and Mary Ann Walker shall not lapse in case of the death of either of them before me but the same shall go and enure to his or her heirs executors or administrators according to the nature or tenure thereof as the case may be And I further declare that the said devises and bequests in favour of the said Mary Ann Walker shall be taken and enjoyed by her as her separate property independently and exclusively of her present or any future husband so that the same shall not be subject to his debts control or engagements and that he shall not be able without her consent to sell or in anywise dispose of the same or the profits thereof and upon her decease the same shall go to such uses as she shall notwithstanding her present or any future coverture have directed given or devised the same I appoint my said Trustees joint Executors of this my Will hereby revoking all other Wills by me at any time heretofore made In witness whereof I the said Joseph Williams the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in four sheets of paper set my hand the day and year first above written Joseph Williams, Signed by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the joint presence of us present at the same time who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses James Rose solr Bampton R.H.Bullen his Clerk

 

This Will was proved at Oxford on the fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord 1848 Before The Reverend Dacres Adams Clerk Master of Arts Surrogate of The Worshipful Robert Joseph Phillimore Doctor of Laws Official Principal of The Venerable The Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry of Oxford lawfully constituted By the Oath of William Pinnock the only surviving Executor therein named to whom Admon was granted being sworn duly to administer

 

 

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