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fifty acres of land or thereabouts be the same more or less and to be situate and being in the parishes of Bradenham and Saunderton in the said county of Bucks and to have 27th July 1863. been late in lease to John Springhall the elder and John Springhall the younger for a term of nine years at and under the yearly rent of thirty pounds two shillings and sixpence and also of and concerning all other the lands and tenements of me the said Martha baroness of Netlested and Wentworth in the said parishes of Bradenham and Saunderton or either of them in the said indenture so dated on or about the fourteenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven mentioned to be part of the said lands and hereditaments in and by the said first-recited indenture of release granted released or conveyed and to be commonly called or known by the name of Small Dean farmhouse or Small Deane farm or reputed or taken as part or parcel thereof with the appurtenances and which in and by the said recited indenture of the fourteenth of October one thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven from and after the determination of the estate tail thereby limited to me the said Martha baroness of Netlested and Wentworth are limitted and appointed to trustees and their heirs upon trust to pay to the proper hands of Martha Mussenden wife of Hill Mussenden of Horningfleet in the county of Suffolk esquire therein named otherwise called Herringfleet or to such person as she should appoint the rents issues and profits thereof for the term of her life for her separate use and upon such further trusts after her decease as are therein mentioned. And I the said Martha baroness of Netlested and Wentworth in pursuance and by virtue of all and every the powers and authoritys aforesaid do by this my will in writing signed by me in the presence of the three several persons before mentioned direct limit appoint and declare as to all that the said mannor or reputed mannor of Leckhamstead with the rights members and appurtenances thereof and the said messuages lands tenements and hereditaments in Leckhamstead and Foscot aforesaid or either of them in the said county of Bucks the uses whereof do so stand revoked as aforesaid by this my will as herein-before is mentioned that the said Martin Killigrew (who hath survived the said Thomas Reeve and his heirs and all persons seised thereof shall stand and be seised of and in the same premises and every part thereof and that the said first-recited indenture of release and the grant and conveyance thereby made shall be and enure and I do hereby give and devise the same premises and every part thereof to and for the several uses intents and purposes following (that is to say) to the use of the said Henry Beauclerk for the term of his natural life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste and from and after the determination of that estate by forfeiture or otherwise in his lifetime then to the use of the said Thomas Bramston John Laroch and Edward Ravenel and their heirs during the natural life of the said Henry Beauclerk in trust to preserve the contingent remainders herein-after limited from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make entrys and bring actions as the case shall require but nevertheless to permit and suffer the said Henry Beauclerk during his natural life to receive and take the rents and profits of the same premisses to his own use and from and after the decease of the said Henry Beauclerk to the use of the said Martha the wife of the said Henry lord Beauclerk for the term of her natural life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste and from and after the determination of that estate by forfeiture or otherwise in her lifetime to the use of the said Thomas Bramstone John Laroch and Edward Ravenel and their heirs during the natural life of the said Martha wife of the said Henry lord Beauclerk in trust to preserve the contingent remainders herein-after limited from being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to make entrys or bring actions as the case shall require but nevertheless to permit and suffer the said Martha the wife of the said Henry lord Beauclerk during her natural life to receive and take the rents issues and profits of the same premisses to her own use and from and after the decease of the said Martha Beauclerk to the use of the first son of the body of the same Martha by the said Henry lord Beauclerk begotten or to be begotten and the heirs male of the body of such first son lawfully issuing and for default of such issue to the use of the second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth and all and every other son and sons of the body of the said Martha by the said Henry lord Beauclerk begotten or to be begotten severally and successively one after another as they shall be in seniority of age and priority of birth and of the heirs males of their respective bodys lawfully issuing the elder of such sons and the heirs males of his body issuing being always preferred and to take before the younger of such sons and the heirs male of his and their body and bodys issuing and for default of such issue to the use of all and every the daughter and daughters of the body of the said Martha by the said Henry lord Beauclerk begotten or to be begotten and of the heirs of their several and respective bodys lawfully issuing such daughter if more than one to take as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and failing issue of any of the said daughters

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to the use of all and every other such daughter and daughters and of the respective body or bodys of such other daughter or daughters lawfully issuing such daughters if J. F. Coleman. more than one also to take as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and for 27th July 1863. default of such issue to the use of the first second third fourth fifth and all and every son and sons of the body of the said Martha Beauclerk by any other husband she may hereafter happen to marry to be begotten severally and successively one after another as they shall be in seniority of age and priority of birth and of the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully issuing the elder of such sons and the heirs male of his body issuing being always preferred and to take before the younger of such sons and the heirs male of his and their body and bodys issuing and for default of such issue to the use of all and every the daughter and daughters of the body of the said Martha Beauclerk by any other husband as she may hereafter happen to marry to be begotten and of the heirs of the respective bodys of such daughter and daughters lawfully issuing such daughters if more than one to take as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and failing issue of any of the said daughters to the use of all and every other such daughter and daughters and of the heirs of the respective body or bodies of such other daughter or daughters lawfully issuing such daughters if more than one also to take as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and for default of such issue to the use of sir Edward Noel baronet eldest son of sir Clobery Noel baronet deceased for the term of his life and after the determination of that estate by forfeiture or otherwise to the use of the said Thomas Bramston John Laroch and Edward Ravenel and their heirs during the natural life of the said sir Edward Noel in trust to preserve the contingent remainders herein-after limitted from being defeated and destroyed and for that purpose to make entrys or bring actions as the case shall require but nevertheless to permit and suffer the said sir Edward Noel during his life to receive and take the rents and profits of the same premisses to his own use and from and after the decease of the said sir Edward Noel to the use of the first son of the body of the said sir Edward Noel lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the heirs of the body of such first son lawfully issuing and for default of such issue to the use of the second son of the body of the said sir Edward Noel lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the heirs of the body of such second son lawfully issuing and for default of such issue to the use of the third son of the body of the said sir Edward Noel lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the heirs of the body of such third son lawfully issuing and for default of such issue to the use of the fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth and all and every other son and sons of the body of the said sir Edward Noel lawfully begotten or to be begotten severally and successively one after another as they shall be in seniority of age and priority of birth and the heirs of their respective bodies lawfully issuing the elder of such sons and the heirs of his body being always preferred and to take before the younger of such sons and heirs of his and their body and bodys and for default of such issue to the use of all and every the daughter and daughters of the body of the said sir Edward Noel lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the heirs of their several and respective bodies lawfully issuing such daughters if more than one to take as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and failing issue of any of the said daughters to the use of all and every other such daughter and daughters and of the heirs of the respective body or bodys of such other daughter or daughters lawfully issuing such daughters if more than one also to take as tenants in common and not as joint tenants

And whereas the said Martha Mussenden did for many years whilst sole before her intermarriage with the said Hill Mussenden live and reside with me and was employed by me in the management of my moneys estate and effects and was of great use and service to me therein and I being satisfied with her accounts relating thereto did on such her marriage give her a full discharge to that time And whereas the said Martha Mussenden since her said marriage hath resided near me and been greatly assisting to me in the management of my moneys estate and effects and in the receipts and disbursements that have been made from time to time in respect thereof but under my immediate inspection and direction and without any account being kept thereof by her the said Martha Mussenden other than such entrys as I caused her at times to make in my name in my books relating thereto and I being satisfied that she has from time to time duly accounted with me for all moneys that have come to her hands for my use and being willing to discharge her and her husband from all demands in respect thereof I have by deed poll bearing even date with this my will released unto the said Hill Mussenden and Martha his wife all accounts reckonings and demands in respect of her management of my moneys estate and effects or otherwise howsoever Now I do by

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this my will ratify and confirm the releases and discharges aforesaid And I do hereby farther direct that the said Martha Mussenden and her said husband shall stand 27th July 1863. discharged of all accounts reckonings and demands in respect of her management of my moneys estate or effects or any receipts or payments relating thereto to the time of my decease and I do hereby will and direct that neither my executors nor any of the legatees or devisees named in this my will shall call the said Martha Mussenden or her said husband to any account touching their management of my estate and effects or any. receipts and disbursements upon account thereof to the time of my decease And if the said legatees or devisees or any of them shall call the said Martha Mussenden or her said husband to any account touching the premisses I do hereby will that such of the said legatees and devisees as shall so call the said Martha Mussenden or her said husband to account shall forfeit the legacys and devises given or made to him her or them by this my will as if he she or they had died in my lifetime And whereas I have out of the profits of my estates exceeding what I have expended purchased the sum of eight thousand pounds in the publick funds viz. seven thousand pounds New South Sea Annuities and which is now standing in my name in the books of the South Sea Company and one thousand pound bank stock which is now also standing in my name in the books of the corporation of the bank of England making together the sum of eight thousand pound stock my will is that the said stock and stocks with the dividends and profits thereof and also such further sum as I may hereafter invest out of the profits of my estate or otherwise in any of the publick stocks funds or securities shall go and remain to my executors herein-after named upon the trust herein-after declared concerning the same But as touching such sum or sums as I shall happen to have in my dwelling house in Pall Mall or any other house I shall happen to dwell in at the time of my decease in cash or bank notes after my executors shall have taken thereout the sum of three hundred pounds to answer their immediate occasions for the uses in my will I give and devise all such cash and bank notes over and above the said sum of three hundred pounds unto my executors in trust for the separate use and benefit of the said Martha Mussenden to be paid immediately upon my decease to the proper hands of the said Martha Mussenden or to such person and persons as she whether covert or sole shail in writing signed with her proper hand direct or appoint for such her own separate use and benefit as aforesaid exclusive of her said present husband and not to be subject or liable to his debts control or disposal and her receipt alone shall be a sufficient discharge for the same Item I give to my said executors in trust for Mrs. Ann Laponge wife of Mr. Francois Pierre La Ponge of Panton Square near Piccadilly in the county of Middlesex the sum of one hundred pounds for her own separate use I also give to them my executors in trust for Frances the wife of Richard Billing my steward the sum of one hundred pounds for her own seperate use the said two sums to be paid immediately upon my decease And I do likewise give to them my executors in trust for the seperate use of the said Frances Billing four of my bedsteads that shall be in my house at Bradenham at the time of my decease with all bedding and furniture to the same belonging to be chosen by her out of the beds that shall be then there I give to all my servants men and women that shall be living and residing in my family at the time of my death to each of them ten pounds over and besides the wages due to them at my death Also I will that the sum of twenty pounds shall be given and distributed to such of the poor of the parish of Bradenham in the county of Bucks and in such proportions as the said Martha Mussenden shall think fit and the sum of twenty pounds to be distributed to the poor of the parish of Leckhamstead in like manner and the sum of twenty pounds to be distributed to the poor of the parish of Towersey in the same county in like manner And I do hereby give unto my said trustees the said Thomas Bramston John Laroch and Edward Ravenell and whom I constitute and appoint executors of this my will to each of them the sum of fifty pounds And all the rest and residue of my said personal estate goods chattels and effects of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever they be together with the eight thousand pounds stock herein-before mentioned I give and bequeath the same unto my said executors upon trust to and for the intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to say upon trust to pay to the proper hands of the said Martha Mussenden or to such person or persons and for such intents and purposes as she the said Martha Mussenden whether covert or sole shall in writing signed with her proper hand from time to time direct or appoint the interest dividends income and produce thereof for and during the joint lives of the said Hill Mussenden and Martha his wife to and for the separate use and benefit of her the said Martha Mussenden exclusive of her said present husband and not be to subject or liable to the debts engagements control or disposal of such husband and her receipt alone under her hand shall be a good and sufficient discharge for the same And in case the said Martha Mussenden shall die in the

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lifetime of the said Hill Mussenden her husband and that she the said Martha Mussenden shall have or have had any child or children of her body lawfully begotten who shall be living or who shall have left issue living at the time of her death upon trust to pay apply and dispose of all the said residue of my personal estate and assign transfer and make over the stocks and securitys wherein the same may be invested to and for the use and benefit of all and every or any the child or children grandchild or grandchildren then to be living of her the said Martha Mussenden for such estate and estates and in such parts shares and proportions and with such benefit of survivorship and such limitations over (such limitations over to be for the benefit of issue one or more of such child or grandchildren) and subject to such conditions restrictions and provisoes and in such manner and form as she the said Martha Mussenden notwithstanding her coverture shall by any deed or writing by her sealed and delivered in the presence of three or more credible witnesses with or without power of revocation or by her last will in writing or any writing purporting to be her last will by her signed and published in the presence of a like number of witnesses direct limit or appoint and in default of such direction limitation or appointment to and amongst all and every such child and children grandchild and grandchildren and their executors administrators and assigns equally to be divided between them share and share alike so as nevertheless no such grandchildren being more than one of any one parent shall take any greater or other share than their parent if living would have been entitled to take by this my will and in default of such child or children grandchild or grandchildren of the said Martha Mussenden at the time of her decease she dying as aforesaid in the lifetime of her said present husband then to and for the use and benefit of the said Martha the wife of the said Henry lord Beauclerk Anne the wife of the said John Wentworth otherwise Creswell and the said sir Edward Noel or of some or one of them for such estate and interest and in such parts shares and proportions and in such manner as she the said Martha Mussenden. shall notwithstanding such her coverture by any deed or writing by her sealed and delivered in the presence of three or more credible witnesses with or without power of revocation or by her last will in writing or any writing purporting to be her last will by her signed and published in the presence of a like number of witnesses limit or appoint so nevertheless that such limitation or appointment be made to or for the benefit and behoof of the said Martha Beauclerk her executors and administrators the said Anne Wentworth otherwise Creswell her executors and administrators and the said sir Edward Noel his executors and administrators or of some or one of them

And I do hereby revoke all other wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have to this my last will and testament and to a duplicate thereof both of the same tenor and effect each contained in nine skins of parchment set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-four and in the eighteenth year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the Second by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland king defender of the faith &c. Wentworth Signed sealed published and declared by the said Martha baroness of Netlested and Wentworth as and for her last will and testament (the words [or any other house I shall happen to dwell in] being first interlined in the last skin but one between the eighth and ninth lines thereof) in the presence of us who subscribe our names as witnesses thereto in her presence at her desire and in the presence of each other Dan1 Graham Thomas Graham Joshua Sharp.

Proved at London before the worshipful Robert Chapman doctors of laws and surrogate on the 6th August 1745 by the oaths of Thomas Bramston John Laroche and Edward Ravenel esquires the executors in the said will named to whom admon was granted being first sworn duly to administer.

Then Mr. WILLIAM HENRY COOPER was called in; and having been sworn, was examined as follows:

(Mr. Fleming.) Do you produce a correct Copy of that Will which has been examined by yourself?

I do (producing the same).

The same was delivered in.

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Mr. Fleming stated, That he produced the Will of Lady Wentworth as affording primâ facie Evidence, by the Disposition made of her Property, that she had no Issue.

Then the Reverend FLORENCE JAMES WETHERED was called in; and having been sworn, was examined as follows:

(Mr. Fleming.) Are you the Vicar of the Parish of Hurley?

I am.

Do

you produce the original Register of that Parish for the Year 1639? I do (producing the same).

Do

you find an Entry of the Baptism of Ann Wentworth in that Year? Yes.

Will you read it?

The same was read as follows:

Christnings 1639.

September 5. Anne Louelace the Daughter of Jhon Lord Louelace Baron of Hurlye and the Lady Anne his wife. Babtiza.

Do you also produce a correct Copy of that Entry?

I do (producing the same).

The same was delivered in.

Do you also find in the same Register an Entry of the Baptism of John Lovelace in 1641 ?

I do (producing the same).

Will you read it?

The same was read as follows:

Babtissme 1641.

Jhon Louelase ye sonne of Jhon Lord Louelase Baron of Hurly and ye Lady Anne his wife was babtized ye vith day of March 1641 and borne ye 27th of February before.

Do you produce a correct Copy of that Entry which has been examined by yourself?
I do (producing the same).

The same was delivered in.

find in the same Register an Entry of the Baptism of Margaret Lovelace in

Margaret Louelace bab. Daughter of Jhon Lord Louelace babtized the 18 of October

Do you produce from the Register of Hurley an Entry of the Burial of Lady Ann Lovelace in 1666?

I do (producing the same).