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the several lands, tenements, and hereditaments, late of the said J. H. holden of the said manor and hundred of C. by copy of court roll. To hold to him and his heirs for ever, according to the form and effect of the said will, and according to the custom of the manor and hundred of C. And at the same court, the said D. H. surrendered all the same lands, tenements, and hereditaments, to the use of such person or persons as he in and by his last will and testament should give, devise, direct, limit, and appoint. And whereas in the devise contained in the said in part recited will of the said J. H. of his said lands held by copy of court roll and other hereditaments, to his said son D. H. no words of inheritance were used, and it is apprehended that the said D. H. took only an estate for life in the said lands and hereditaments under that devise. And whereas the said D. H. was possessed of or otherwise well entitled to the piece or parcel of ground, with the dwelling-house, edifices, and buildings thereon erected, situate and lying in the parish of C. aforesaid, hereinafter described and assigned, or otherwise assured or intended so to be, with the appurtenances, for the residue of a certain term of five hundred years therein created, by indenture, bearing date on or about the 10th day of March in the year 1745. And whereas the said D. H. by his last will and testament in writing duly executed and attested for the devise of lands of inheritance, and bearing date on or about the 16th day of December in the year 1784, gave and devised unto his daughter H. her heirs and assigns for ever, all that his copyhold messuage or tenement, buildings and hereditaments,

then in the occupation of J. D. and himself, situate and lying in D-street, in C. aforesaid called or known by the name of H. being all or part of the said copyhold hereditaments, which were devised to him the said D. H. as aforesaid. And he desired that the lords of the manor of C. aforesaid, or their steward, would admit his wife and his brother-in-law J. M. as guardians of his said daughter H. during her minority. And the said testator also gave and devised unto his daughter A. her heirs and assigns for ever, all those his freehold messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, with their appurtenances, situate in in C. in the occupation of W. C. labourer, and in in C. aforesaid, in the occupation of F. G. labourer; And also all those his ten copyhold te nements, with the buildings, gardens, and appurte nances thereunto belonging, situate and lying in C. aforesaid, and then in the occupation of S. C. and others. To hold to his said daughter A. her heirs and assigns for ever. And the said testator desired that the lords of the manor of C. or their steward, would admit his said wife and his said brother-inlaw J. M. as guardians of his said daughter A. during her minority. And the said testator gave and devised unto his son and his heirs, all those his three several freehold farms with the messuages, buildings, lands, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereto belonging, situate and lying at H. in the parish of O. then in the occupation of himself and H. C. respectively, with the stock, rights, members, and appurtenances thereto belonging, (subject to certain annuities to the said testator's wife) But in an event which happened,

namely, in case his said son should happen to depart this life before his attainment of the age of twenty-one years, without leaving any lawful issue of his body then living, the said testator gave and devised all his said freehold farms, lands, hereditaments, and premises situate at H. aforesaid unto his said daughter H. her heirs and assigns, subject to a further annuity to his said wife. And if all his said children should happen to depart this life during their minorities without leaving any lawful issue of their, his, or her bodies or body then living, then the said testator gave, devised, and bequeathed all and every his real and personal estates whatsoever and wheresoever (subject as aforesaid), unto his nephews, the said J. R. H. and to J. M. the younger, and F. T. their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, for ever, equally to be divided between them, share and share alike, they paying thereout certain annuities thereby given to his said wife. And the said testator appointed his wife M. and his brother T. H. and his brother-in-law J. M. executors in trust of his will and guardians of all his said children. And whereas the said D. H. by a codicil to his said will, duly executed and attested, for the devise of lands of inheritance, and bearing date on or about the 12th day of May, in the year 1785, in case his said daughters H. H. and A. H. and his son J. N. H. and all and every of them, should happen to depart this life without leaving any lawful issue of their, her, or his bodies or body then living, gave, devised, and bequeathed the whole of his estate and effects both real and personal, of what tenure, nature, or kind scever, untó

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his said nephews I. R. H. J. M. the younger, and F. T. their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns for ever, to be equally divided between them, share and share alike, and they to take as tenants in common, and not as joint-tenants, subject to the several payments in his said will ex pressed, and to all other incumbrances and payments. And whereas the said D. H. departed this life on or about the day of without having in any manner altered or revoked his said will otherwise than by the said codicil thereto, and without having altered or revoked that codicil, leaving his said daughters H. H. and A. H. and his son the said J. N. H. him surviving; And the said in part recited will and codicil were afterwards, and on or about the duly proved in the

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court of ; And whereas by indentures of lease and release bearing date respectively on or about the 28th and 29th days of September, in the year 1786, and made or expressed to be made between the said T. H. of the one part, and the said M. H. and J. M. and which said M. H. J. M. and T. H. are therein deseribed to be executors in trust named in the said will of the said D. H. of the other part. It is witnessed, that in consideration of £

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the said T. H. paid by the said M. H. and J. M. being part of the trust monies arising under the will of the said D. H. the two messuages or tenements hereinafter described and released or intended so to be, and hereinafter mentioned to have been purchased of and from the said T. H. with the appurtenances, were conveyed and assured by the

said T. H. unto the said M. H. and J. M. In trust for and to the use of the said J. N. H. H. H. and A. H. the infant children of the said D. H. their heirs and assigns for ever. And whereas by indenture of assigument bearing date on or about the 29th day of September, in the year 1786, and made or expressed to be made between the said T. H. of the one part, and the said M. H. and J. M. (and which said T. H. M. H. and J. M. are therein described in like manner as in the last in part recited indentures) of the other part; the four pieces or parcels of land hereinafter described and assigned, or otherwise assured or intended so to be, with the appurtenances, were, for the considerations therein mentioned, assigned by the said T. H. unto the said M. H. and J. M. their executors, administrators, and assigns, for the residue of two several terms of one thousand years, and one thousand years therein, in trust for the said J. N. H. H. H. and A. H. their respective executors, administrators, and assigns, subject to the rents and covenants in the original indentures of demise contained. And whereas by indenture of feoffment, bearing date on or about the 16th day of March, in the year 1787, and made or expressed to be made between H. L. of the one part, and the said J. M. of the other part, and by livery of seisin made according to the form and effect of the same indenture, the messuage or tenement and hereditaments hereinafter mentioned to have been purchased of and from the said H. L. and hereinafter released, or otherwise assured or intended so to be, with the appurtenances, were, in consideration of £ paid by the said J. M. to the said

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