The testator William Blake is the son of the Reverend Malachi Blake whose will was blogged earlier, namely:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/09/will-of-reverend-malachi-blake.html
This will does prove to be rather interesting in the names that he mentions as it draws together all the individuals to whom William is related although he does not mention kinship to the Reverend William Blake of Crewkerne.
Names mentioned in the will:
William Blake of Blandford Forum, Dorset, testator
Hannah Blake of Blandford Forum, Dorset, wife, executrix and trustee
The Reverend Mr John Basket, land owner
William Tice of Blandford Forum, nephew
William Fisher, second son of Mrs Sarah Fisher, nephew
Mrs. Sarah Fisher, sister
The Reverend William Blake of Crewkerne, Somerset, Clerk, trustee
Reverend Henry Field of Blandford Forum, brother in law, trustee
Elizabeth Gillibrand, wife of The Reverend Joseph Gillibrand of Edmonton, Middlesex, sister
The Reverend Joseph Gillibrand of Edmonton, Middlesex, brother in law
Elizabeth Blake, sister
Malachi Tice, nephew
Samuel Tice, nephew
John Tice, nephew
Sarah Field, wife of Henry Field, niece
Mary James, wife of Robert James of Chard, Somerset, niece
Robert James of Chard, apothecary, husband of Mary James
Suzey (Susannah) Budden, wife of Thomas Budden of Blandford Forum, niece
Thomas Budden of Blandford Forum, husband of Suzey Budden, maltster
Robert Fisher, son of Mrs Sarah Fisher, nephew
Thomas Fisher, son of Mrs Sarah Fisher, nephew
Samuel Bellows of Bere Regis, shopkeeper
The Reverend Mr Armstrong of Bath
Thomas Scadding of Henley, Taunton Dean, Somerset, tenant
Jenry Eames of Starson, Somerset, tenant
William Fisher, second son of Robert Fisher, great nephew
Ann Fisher, wife of Robert Fisher (great nephew), deceased
Malachi Blake, deceased, father
Lord Rivers, land owner
Joseph Hardy, tenant
Thomas Fisher of Dorchester, grocer, nephew (son of Mrs. Sarah Fisher)
Mr. Best, land owner
John Symonds, tenant
Ann Locker of Charlton Marshall, tanner, tenant
Richard Frampton of Charlton Parva, tenant
Robert Fisher, son of Robert Fisher, great nephew
Ambrose Weston, Fenchurch Street, London, Attorney at law, witness
George Weston, Clerk to Ambrose Weston, witness
Wm Winn, Clerk to Ambrose Weston, witness
Richard Walkden, property owner
The Reverend Samuel Tice of Edmonton, nephew
Mrs. Sarah Tice, wife of the Reverend Samuel Tice of Edmonton
Reverend Mr. William Gellibrand, son of Reverend Mr. Joseph Gellibrand of Edmonton, great nephew
Wm Hayward, Clerk to Mr. Ambrose Weston, witness
John Nachay, Clerk to Mr. Ambrose Weston, witness
Ann Fisher, daughter of Robert Fisher, great niece
Sarah Fisher, daughter of Robert Fisher, great niece
Thomas Fisher, son of Robert Fisher, great nephew
Susannah Button, niece
H Percival of Bath, Attorney at Law, witness
Hippesley Brue, Clerk to Mr. Percival, witness
Mrs. MaryTice, deceased, sister
Thomas Gellibrand, son of Reverend Mr, Joseph Gellibrand, great great nephew
Mrs. [Elizabeth] Gellibrand, wife of the Reverend Mr. Joseph Gellibrand, daughter of Mrs. Mary Tice
William Tice, son of Benjamin Tice (his nephew), great nephew
Malachi Fisher, son of William Fisher (his nephew), great nephew
Thomas Fisher, son of Thomas Fisher (his nephew), great nephew
William Budden son of Thomas Budden (his nephew), great nephew
Gabriel Tirrard, servant
Geo: Bodley junior, Clerk to Mr. Ambrose Weston, witness
Blandford Forum Protestant Dissenters Births and Baptisms at Blandford Forum 1785 – 1808
http://www.opcdorset.org/Blandford/BlandfordForumProtestantBaps.htm
William son of Thomas Budden and his wife Susanna baptized 3 Jun 1785, born 16 Apr 17John son of Thomas Budden and his wife Susanna baptized 1 Oct 1786, born 1 Sep 1786
Hannah daughter of Thomas Budden/his wife Susanna baptized 14 Sep 1790, born 6 Aug 1790
Henry son of Thomas Budden and his wife Susanna baptized 19 Feb 1792, born 13 Jan 1792
Next week I will be blogging on the relationship between the Blake families in Blandford Dorset and various places in Somerset including Bridgwater.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Sep 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1227/
Testator: William Blake, Esquire
Place: Blandford Forum, Dorset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 22 Jun 1785, probated 24 Jan 1793
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esq[ui]re
1 I William Blake of Blandford
2 Forum in the County of Dorset Esquire being in good
3 health and of sound mind memory and understanding
4 thanks be to God for the same do make publish and
5 declare this to be my last Will and Testament in
6 manner and form following that is to say First I do
7 hereby ratify and confirm a Bond given and entered
8 into by me previous to and in consideration of
9 my Marriage with my present dear and well beloved
10 Wife Hannah Blake and I give devise and Bequeath
11 all that my Messuage or Tenement and Premises
12 with the appurtenances wherein I now live situate in the
13 Market Place in Blandford Forum aforesaid and which
14 I purchased of The Reverend Mr. John Basket unto my
15 said Wife Hannah Blake to hold to her and her Assigns
16 for and during the term of her natural life and from and
17 immediately after her decease I give and devise and
18 bequeath the same to my Nephew William Tice of
19 Blandford Forum aforesaid for and during the term of
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20 his natural life (and it is my desire that no door
21 May be ever made out of that Room called the
22 Ford parlous into the other parlour other then
23 what is now and shall be standing at my decease)
24 and from and immediately after his decease I give
25 devise and bequeath the said Messuage and Premises
26 to my Nephew William Fisher second Son of my
27 Sister Sarah Fisher and to his heirs forever Also I
28 give and bequeath to my said dear Wife Hannah
29 Blake The Reverend William Blake of Crewkhene in
30 the County of Somerset Clerk and the Reverend Henry
31 Field of Blandford Forum aforesaid Clerk the Sum of
32 Sixteen thousand pounds of lawful money of Great
33 Britain upon trust that they and the Survivors
34 of them or the Executors or Administrators of such
35 survivor do and shall place out the same in the
36 Publick Stocks or Funds or Government or Real Securities
37 at Interest or that they do appropriate and
38 set apart for that purpose any real Securities
39 wherein any part of my Personal Estate may be
40 invested at the time of my decease and continue the
41 same thereon or otherwise at their discretion and
42 shall and do pay the Interest and dividends thereof
43 from time to time unto my said Wife Hannah
44 Blake and her assigns during her natural life and
45 after her decease I give and bequeath the said sum
46 of Sixteen thousand pounds so directed to be laid
47 out and invested as aforesaid unto all my own
48 Nephews and Nieces that shall be living at the time
49 of the decease of my said Wife equally to be divided
50 between them share and share alike and if but
51 oone then I give the whole to such
52 one Child Subject nevertheless to the proviso hereinafter
53 contained in favour of any Children which any of
54 them may have at their deaths Also I give and
55 bequeath to the said Hannah Blake William Blake
56 and Henry Field the Sum of twelve hundred pounds
57 of like lawful money of Great Britain upon trust
58 that they my said Trustees and the Survivors and
59 Survivor of them and the Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of
60 such Survivor do and shall put and place or continue
61 the same out at Interest in the Public Stocks or
62 Funds or Government or real Securities as is hereinbefore
63 directed concerning the before mentioned Sum of
64 money bequeathed in trust as aforesaid and shall and
65 do pay the Interest and dividends of the Said Sum
66 of Twelve hundred pounds to my Niece Elizabeth
67 Gillibrand the Wife of The Reverend Joseph Gillibrand
68 of Edmonton in the County of Middlesex during her
69 natural life the same to be paid into her own hands
70 for her own Sole and separate
71 use and not to be Subject or liable to the Debts
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72 control Intermeddling or Engagements of her present
73 or any future husband and her receipt alone
74 notwithstanding her present or any future Coverture
75 shall be good and sufficient discharges to my said
76 Trustees for the same or such part or parts thereof
77 as by such receipts shall be acknowledged or expressed
78 to be received And from and immediately after the
79 decease of the said Elizabeth Gillibrand then upon
80 trust to transfer pay and dispose of the said Sum of
81 twelve hundred pounds or the Securities in or upon which
82 the same shall be invested unto and amongst all
83 and every the Child and Children of the said Elizabeth
84 Gillibrand now born or hereafter to be born
85 share and share alike to be paid to them at their
86 respective ages of twenty one years And I hereby
87 direct that the Interest and dividends thereof in the
88 mean time shall accumulate for their proper use and
89 benefit and be paid to them with the said principal
90 monies And in case any of such Children shall die
91 before they shall attain the age of twenty one years
92 without leaving issue lawfully begotten then the share of him her or
93 them so dying shall go and be paid to the Survivor
94 or Survivors of them in manner and at the times
95 hereinbefore mentioned Also I give and bequeath unto
96 the said Joseph Gillibrand the Sum of Five hundred
97 pounds to and for his own use and benefit Also I
98 give and bequeath unto the said Hannah Blake
99 William Blake and Henry Field the Sum of Fifty pounds a year
100 short annuities purchased by me in the year one
101 thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Eight upon trust
102 that they the said Trustees and the Survivors and
103 Survivor of them his or her Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors do
104 and shall pay the said Annuity and the dividends
105 thereof unto my Sister Elizabeth Blake and her
106 assigns for and during the term of her natural life
107 and from and after her decease I do hereby order
108 and direct that the same Annuity shall sink
109 into the residue of my Personal Estate Also I give
110 and bequeath to the said Hannah Blake William
111 Blake and Henry Field the further Sum of Eight
112 hundred pounds Upon trust that they and the
113 Survivors and Survivor of them do and shall put
114 and place or continue the same out at Interest in the
115 Publick Stocks or Funds or on Government or real
116 Securities in like manner as is hereinbefore directed
117 concerning the other Monies hereby bequeathed in
118 trust as aforesaid and shall and do pay the
119 interest and dividends thereof unto my Sister Sarah
120 Fisher and her Assigns for the term of
121 her natural life and from and immediately after
122 her decease then upon trust and I hereby Give the
123 same unto and between such of her Children as
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124 shall be living at the time of her decease if more
125 than one share and share alike and if but one
126 then the whole to such one Child Subject ne[v]ertheless
127 to the proviso hereinafter contained in favour of
128 the children of any of them who may die in my
129 lifetime Also I give and bequeath to my said Sister
130 Sarah Fisher the Sum of Four hundred pounds to
131 and for her own use and benefit Also I give and
132 bequeath to my Nephew Malachi Tice the Sum of
133 One thousand pounds to and for his own use and
134 benefit Also I give and bequeath to my Nephew
135 William Tice the Sum of Twelve hundred pounds
136 to and for his own use and benefit Also I give
137 and bequeath to the said Hannah Blake William
138 Blake and Henry Field the Sum of One thousand
139 pounds upon trust that they my said trustees and
140 the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors
141 or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do
142 put and place or continue the same out at Interest on
143 the Publick Stocks or Funds or on Government or real Securities in like manner as is
144 hereinbefore directed concerning the said other Monies
145 hereby bequeathed In trust as aforesaid upon trust
146 that my said trustees and the Survivors and Survivor
147 of them and the Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor
148 shall and do pay the Interest thereof to my Nephew
149 Samuel Tice for and during the term of his natural
150 life and from and immediately after his decease then
151 upon trust for all and every his the said Samuel
152 Tices own children if any who shall be living at
153 the time of his decease share and share alike to
154 be paid to them at their respective Ages of twenty
155 one years And in Case any of them shall die under
156 that age then the part of share of him her or
157 them so dying shall go and be paid to the Survivors
158 or Survivor of them and if the said Samuel Tice
159 shall die without leaving any Child or Children of his
160 own then upon trust for all and every the next
161 of Kin of the said Samuel Tice in such parts and
162 proportions and in such manner in every respect as
163 he shall by deed or Will appoint provided Nevertheless
164 that it shall be lawful to and for the said Samuel
165 Tice by any deed or Will to appoint the Interest
166 of the said Sum of One Thousand pounds or any
167 part thereof to be paid to his present or any future
168 Wife or Wives he may marry for her or their natural
169 life or lives Also I give and bequeath to my
170 Nephew John Tice the Sum of one thousand
171 pounds to and for his own use and benefit provided
172 always and I do hereby direct and declare that in
173 case of the death of any of my said last mentioned
174 Nephews the said Malachi Tice William
175 Tice Samuel Tice and John Tice without Issue of
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176 their bodies lawfully begotten then I give the Legacy
177 or Legacies of him or them so dying leaving no Issue
178 unto all my said last mentioned Nephews to be
179 divided between them share and share alike and if
181 that shall be but one such Surviving Nephew then
182 I give the whole of the said last mentioned Legacies
183 to such one Nephew Also I give and bequeath to the
184 said Hannah Blake William Blake
185 and Henry Field the Sum of one thousand pounds
186 of lawful money of Great Britain upon trust that
187 they or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the
188 Executors of Administrators of such Survivor do and
189 shall place or continue the same out at Interest in
190 the Public Stocks or Funds
191 or on Government or
192 real Securities in like manner as is hereinbefore
193 directed concerning the other Monies hereby bequeathed
194 In trust as aforesaid and shall and do pay the
195 Interest and dividends thereof to my Niece Sarah
196 Field the wife of the said Henry Field for and during
197 the term of her natural life unto her own
198 hands for her own separate use And I do hereby
199 direct that the same shall not be Subject or
200 liable to the debts control or Engagements of her
201 said present or any after taken husband And that
202 her receipts alone Signed with her own hand
203 shall from time to time notwithstanding her
204 present or any future Coverture Be Sufficient discharges
205 to my said Trustees for the same and from and
206 after her death then upon trust to transfer pay
207 and dispose of the said Sum of one thousand
208 pounds or the Securities in or upon which the same
209 shall be laid out and Invested to and among all
210 and every the Child and Children of the said Sarah
211 Field that shall be living at the time of her
212 decease share and share alike to be paid to them
213 at their respective Ages of twenty one years and if
214 but one such Child shall live to attain the age
215 of Twenty one years then I give the whole of the
216 said Sum of one thousand pounds to such one
217 Child and I do hereby direct that the Interest and
218 dividends thereof or
219 of such part thereof as my said Trustees shall
220 think proper shall be applied by them in or
221 towards the respective Maintenance and Education
222 of all and every the Child and Children of the
223 said Sarah Field in equal shares and proportions
224 until they have respectively become intitled as aforesaid
225 to receive their shares of the said last mentioned
226 Sum of Money and in case any of such children
227 shall die before their ages of twenty one years
228 without leaving Issue of their bodies lawfully begotten
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229 then the share or shares of him her or them so
230 dying shall go and be paid to the Survivors or
231 Survivor of them equally share and share alike in
232 the like manner as their original shares and the
233 Interest or dividends of such shares so accruing by
234 Survivorship shall be applicable for and towards the
235 respective Maintenance and Education of such children
236 respectively at the discretion of my said Trustees
237 also I give and bequeath to the said Henry Field
238 the Sum of Five hundred pounds to and for his own
239 use and benefit Also I give and bequeath to the
240 said Hannah Blake William Blake and Henry Field
241 the Sum of one thousand pounds of lawful money of
242 Great Britain upon trust that they or the Survivors
243 or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators
244 of such Survivor do and shall put and place or
245 continue the same out at Interest in the Publick
246 Stocks or Funds or Government or real Securities as
247 is hereinbefore directed concerning the other Monies
248 hereby before bequeathed In trust as aforesaid and do
249 and shall pay the Interest thereof to my Niece
250 Mary James the wife of Robert James of Chard in
251 the County of Somerset Apothecary into her own
252 hands during the term of her natural life for her
253 own Sole and separate use and I do hereby direct that
254 the same shall not be Subject or liable to the debt
255 control or Engagements of her said present or any
256 after taken husband and that her receipts alone Signed
257 with her own hand shall from time to time notwithstanding
258 her present or any future Coverture be sufficient
259 discharges to my said Trustees for the same and
260 from and after her death then upon trust to transfer
261 pay and dispose of the whole Sum of One Thousand pounds
262 or the Securities in or upon which the same shall
263 be laid out and invested to and among all and
264 every the Child and Children of the said Mary James
265 that shall be living at the time of her decease
266 share and share alike to be paid to them at their
267 respective ages of twenty one years and if but one
268 such Child shall live to attain the age of Twenty
269 One years then I give the whole to
270 such one Child and I do hereby direct my said
271 trustees to apply the Interest and dividends of the
272 said last mentioned Legacy in or towards the care and
273 Maintenance and Education of the said Child or
274 Children of the said Mary James in like manner as
275 is hereinbefore directed concerning the Legacy bequeathed
276 to my Niece Sarah Field and her Children and
277 that such Children shall have such and the like
278 benefit of Survivorship in respect to the Legacy
279 bequeathed to them as aforesaid as is hereinbefore
280 directed concerning the said last mentioned Legacy
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281 in favour of the said Children of the said Sarah Field
282 Also I give and bequeath to the said Robert James
283 the Sum of Five hundred pounds to and for his own
284 use and benefit Also I give and bequeath to the said
285 Hannah Blake William Blake and Henry Field the
286 Sum of one thousand pounds of lawful money of
287 Great Britain upon trust that they or the Survivors
288 or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators
289 of such Survivor do and shall put and place or continue
290 the same out at Interest in the publick Stocks or
291 Funds or on Government or real Securities in like
292 manner as is hereinbefore directed concerning the other
293 monies hereby bequeathed In trust as aforesaid and
294 do and shall pay the Interest thereof to my Niece
295 Suzey Budden Wife of Thomas Budden of Blandford
296 Forum aforesaid Malster into her own hands
297 during the term of her natural life for her own sole
298 and separate use And I do hereby direct that the
299 same shall not be Subject or liable to the debts control
300 or Engagements of her said present or any after taken
301 husband and that her receipts alone Signed with
302 her own hand shall from time to time notwithstanding
303 her present or any future Coverture be sufficient
304 discharges to my said Trustees for the same and from
305 and after her death then upon trust to transfer
306 pay and dispose of the said Sum of one thousand
307 pounds or the Securities in or upon which the
308 same shall be laid out and invested to and among
309 all and every the Child and Children of the said
310 Suzey Budden that shall be living at the time of
311 her death share and share alike to be paid to
312 them at their respective ages of twenty one years
313 and if but one such Child shall live to attain the
314 age of Twenty one years then I give the
315 whole to such one Child and I do hereby direct my
316 said Trustees to apply the Interest and dividends
317 of the said last mentioned Legacy in or towards
318 the Maintenance and Education of the Child or
319 Children of the said Suzey Budden in like manner
320 as is hereinbefore directed concerning the Legacies
321 bequeathed to my Nieces Sarah Field and Mary
322 James and their Children and that such Children
323 shall have such and the like benefit of Survivorship
324 in respect to the Legacy bequeathed to them as
325 aforesaid as is hereinbefore directed concerning the
326 said last mentioned Legacys in favour of the said
327 Children of the said Sarah Field and Mary James
328 respectively as aforesaid Also I give and bequeath to
329 the said Thomas Budden the husband of the said
330 Suzey Budden the Sum of Five hundred pounds of
331 lawful money of Great Britain to and for his own
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332 use and benefit Also I give and bequeath to my
333 nephew Robert Fisher the Sum of twelve hundred
334 pounds of lawful money of great Britain Also I
335 give and bequeath to my Nephew William Fisher
336 the Sum of twelve hundred pounds of lawful money
337 of Great Britain also I give and bequeath to my
338 Nephew Thomas Fisher the Sum of twelve hundred
339 pounds of lawful money of Great Britain provided
340 always and I do hereby direct and declare that in case
341 of the death of any or either of my last mentioned
342 Nephews the said Robert Fisher William Fisher and
343 Thomas Fisher in my lifetime leaving no Issue of
344 their bodies lawfully begotten then I give the Legacy or
345 Legacies of him or them so dying leaving no Issue
346 unto the Survivors or Survivor of them my said
347 Nephews last mentioned equally to be divided between
348 my said Nephews share and share alike And if
349 there shall be but one such Surviving Nephew then
350 I give the whole of the said last mentioned Legacies to
351 such one Nephew Also I give and bequeath to my said
352 Wife Hannah Blake all and singular my household
353 Goods Linen plate china ware Chariot and horses also
354 all my Library of Books to and for her own use
355 and benefit Also I give and bequeath unto the
356 Trustees or Feoffees who shall be living at the time
357 of my death of the Meeting house or Society or Congregation
358 of Protestant Dissenters of the Presbyterian denomination
359 now assembling for Religious Worship at Blandford
360 Forum aforesaid the Sum of Two hundred pounds
361 of lawful money of Great Britain upon trust to be
362 by them and their successors for the time being
363 placed and continued out at Interest in their own names
364 or in the name or names of such person or persons as they
365 shall think fit in the publick Funds or Government
366 Securities or otherwise employ and improve the same in
367 such manner as the said Trustees for the time being
368 shall in their discretion think proper and the Interest
369 and dividends thereof to be by them annually paid
370 unto the Minister for the time being of the same
371 Society or Congregation forever or for so long a time
372 as the said Society or Congregation shall continue to
373 assemble or meet together for the Worship of God in
374 Blandford aforesaid Also I give and bequeath to my
375 house Maid Mary Symms the Sum of Fifteen
376 pounds to be paid to her if she shall be living with
377 me at my death and to any other servant Maid or
378 Maids or Man Servant who may be living
379 with me at the time of my death I give and
380 bequeath the Sum of ten pounds each Also I give
381 and bequeath to my Trustee the Reverend Mr
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382 William Blake of Creekherne aforesaid the Sum of Fifty
383 pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to and for his
384 own use and benefit also I give and bequeath to
385 my old Servant Samuel Bellows of Bere Regis
386 Shopkeeper the Sum of Fifty pounds if he die before
387 me then I give and bequeath the same to his
388 Child or Children equally share and share alike
389 and if but one I give the whole to such one
390 Child Also I give and bequeath to The Reverend Mr
391 Armstrong of Bath the Sum of Twenty pounds of
392 lawful money of Great Britain And I do hereby
393 order and direct concerning all and every the
394 Legacies hereinbefore given and bequeathed whereof
395 no time of payment is herein otherwise directed
396 or appointed that the same shall be paid and
397 delivered to the respective Legatees and laid out in
398 the public Funds or Government or real Securities
399 within twelve Months next after my decease and
400 provided nevertheless And I do hereby further Will
401 and direct that in case any or other of my Nephews
402 or Nieces shall happen to die in my life time
403 or before such time as my said Nephews and Nieces
404 are to be intitled to receive the Legacies before
405 given then leaving one or more Child or Children
406 lawfully begotten that then and in such case such
407 Child or Children shall be intitled to And I hereby
408 give them such share or Sum of money as his
409 her or their Father or Mother would have been
410 intitled unto if then living such share to be paid to
411 them respectively at their several ages of twenty one
412 years and in the mean time to be put and placed
413 or continued out at Interest by my said Executors
414 and Trustees in the public Funds or Government or
415 real Securities and that the Interest and dividends
416 of any of my Legatees who shall be under Age
417 shall and may be applied and paid towards their
418 respective Maintenance and Education by my said
419 Trustees and Executors until their shares thereof
420 shall become payable (any thing in this my Will
421 contained to the contrary notwithstanding) Also I
422 give devise and bequeath unto my said Nephew
423 Malachi Tice all my part share right Title and
424 Interest whatever the same shall happen to be of in
425 and to the River Dee in the County of Kent with
426 all priviledges advantages and Emoluments thereto
427 belonging To hold to my said Nephew Malachi
428 Tice his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns
429 forever And whereas by my dormant Surrender bearing
430 date the fourteenth day of October One thousand
431 Seven hundred and Sixty Seven I have Surrendered
432 unto the hands of the Lord of the Manor of
433 Taunton Dean in the County of Somerset all my
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434 Messuages Tenements Lands and Cottages whatsoever as
435 well Bond Land as ponland and Customary and
436 Fineable within the hundred of Poundesford and
437 Manor of Taunton Dean aforesaid called Henley
438 containing twenty three acres now in the possession of
439 Thomas Scadding to the use and behoof of Hannah
440 Blake my Wife if not otherwise disposed of by my
441 Will Now I do hereby give devise bequeath
442 and dispose of the said Messuages Tenements Lands
443 and Cottages in the Manor of Taunton Dean
444 aforesaid unto my Nephew Malachi Tice for and
445 during the term of his natural life and from and
446 immediately after his death I give devise and bequeath
447 the same unto my said Wife Hannah Blake the
448 said William Blake and Henry Field their heirs and
449 assigns upon Trust for the heirs Male of the body of
450 the said Malachi Tice lawfully begotten forever And
I give and devise the same unto my Nephew William Tice his heirs and Assigns for ever Also
451 in default of such Issue ^ I give devise and
452 bequeath unto my said Nephew Robert Fisher
453 all that my Leasehold Estate situate lying and
454 being at Hammoon in the County of Dorset Consisting
455 entirely of Land which is now in the possession of
456 Henry Eames of Starson in the said County with
457 the appurtenances To hold to him my said
458 Nephew Robert Fisher for and during the term of
459 his natural life and from and immediately after
460 his death I give and devise the same unto his second
461 Son William Fisher his Executors Administrators and
462 assigns for such Estate term or Interest as I shall
463 have therein at the time of my death in case he
464 shall Survive his Father but in case he shall die
465 before his Father and shall leave Issue of his body
466 lawfully begotten then I give and bequeath the same
467 to such Issue to be taken and Enjoyed by them in
468 like manner and for such Estate and Interest as if
469 the same had descended from their said Father the
470 said William Fisher but in case the said William
471 Fisher shall die in the lifetime of his Father the
472 said Robert Fisher and shall leave no Issue of his
473 body lawfully begotten then and in either of the said cases
474 so happening I give devise and bequeath the said
475 last mentioned Estate unto such other of the
476 Children of the said Robert Fisher by his late Wife
477 Ann Fisher as he the said Robert Fisher shall by
478 any deed in writing executed in the presence of and
479 attested by two Witnesses
480 or by his last Will and Testament in writing executed
481 in the presence of and attested by the like Number
482 of Witnesses shall nominate direct or appoint to take
483 the same in such manner and form and for such
484 Estate or Estates as he the said Robert Fisher shall
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485 so nominate direct or appoint and in case no such nomination direction or appointment shall be made or
486 in case any such nomination direction or appointment
487 shall be made which shall not be a compleat and
488 absolute disposition of the whole of the said premises
489 or the whole Estate and Interest therein then I give
490 and devise the same or such part of Interest
491 therein concerning which no sufficient appointment
492 shall be made as aforesaid unto and among all
493 and every the Child and Children of the said Robert
494 Fisher by his said late Wife Ann Fisher their
495 Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and assigns for such Estate term
496 or Interest as aforesaid equally share and share alike
497 to take as Tenants in common and not as joint
498 Tenants Subject nevertheless to and charged and
499 chargeable with the payment of the Rent Charges
500 charged upon and made payable out of the same
501 premises to my Sisters in and by the last Will
502 and Testament of my Father Malachi Blake
503 deceased Also I give and bequeath to my said Nephew
504 William Tice and to my Nephew William Fisher
505 all those my two Messuages or Tenements situate
506 at Woodbury Hill in the County of Dorset with the
507 appurtenances thereunto respectively belonging to
508 hold to them my said Nephews William Tice and
509 William Fisher and to their several and respective
510 Heirs Executors adm[inistrat]ors and assigns as Tenants in common
511 and not as joint Tenants forever or for so long time
512 as my Estate and Interest therein shall continue
513 and endure Also I give devise and bequeath unto my
514 said Nephews William Tice and William Fisher all
515 those my Messuages or Tenements called the White
516 Hart House situate in the Market Place at
517 Blandford Forum aforesaid wherein my Nephew
518 William Tice now lives to hold to them my said
519 Nephews William Tice and William Fisher and
520 their assigns during the life of my said Wife save
521 and except the Orchard Garden and Woodhouse now
522 in my own occupation which I hereby Give unto
523 my said dear Wife Hannah Blake and her assigns
524 for and during her natural life together with a
525 free passage to and from the same as is now
526 used by me and after her decease then I give the
527 said Messuages or Tenements called the White
528 Hart House and the said Orchard Garden Wood
529 House and premises to my said Nephew William
530 Fisher his heirs and assigns forever but Subject to
531 the proviso following that is to say that the Trade
532 wherein the said William Tice and William
533 Fisher are now Engaged as partners shall
534 continue to be carried on by the said William
535 Tice and William Fisher in the Shop and Warehouse
536 belonging to the said last mentioned premises
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537 during their joint lives and during their continuance
538 in Trade he the said William Tice paying to the
539 said William Fisher Twelve pounds per Annum clear
540 of all Taxes for the use and advantage of the said
541 Shop and Wharehouses with the appurtenances as
542 aforesaid and in case the said William Tice shall
543 survive the said William Fisher and carry on the
544 said Trade then that he the said William Tice
545 shall hold and enjoy the said Shop and Warehouses
546 during his life and continuance in Trade paying
547 for the use thereof Fifteen pounds per Annum
548 free of Taxes to the heirs or Assigns of the said
549 William Fisher who shall keep the same in
550 repair And I do hereby direct that all and
551 singular the fixtures in the said Shop and
552 Warehouses shall be held and enjoyed therewith
553 Also I give and bequeath all my Leasehold Estate
554 situate at Ockford Fitzpaine in the County of
555 Dorset and which I purchased of Lord Rivers called
556 Stroud Estate and now let to Joseph Hardy
557 unto my said Wife Hannah Blake the Reverend
558 William Blake and Henry Field upon trust to
559 permit my Nephew Thomas Fisher of Dorchester
560 Grocer to receive the rents and profits thereof during
561 his natural life and from and after his decease
562 I give and bequeath the said Estate unto and
563 among all and every the child and children of the
564 said Thomas Fisher now born or hereafter to be
565 born their Executors adm[inistrat]ors and assigns equally
566 to be divided between them share and share alike
567 to take as Tenants in common and not as joint
568 Tenants and in case the said Thomas Fisher shall
569 happen to die leaving no Issue of his body
570 lawfully begotten then I give and bequeath the
571 said Estate last mentioned unto my Nephew Robert
572 Fisher his Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and Assigns Also I
573 give devise and bequeath all that field called
574 the Wall Field which I bought of Mr Best and
575 also the new stable and Coach house built thereon and also all that field lately a Garden and lately in
576 the possession of John Symonds and also the
577 Cottages on the same lately in the possession of
578 the said John Symonds and which he held for
579 his life and which Field and Cottages I lately also
580 purchased of the said Mr Best unto my dear Wife
581 Hannah Blake and her assigns for and during the
582 term of her natural life and from and after her
583 death I give and devise the same to the said
584 William Tice and William Fisher during their joint
585 lives for their joint and equal benefit and advantage
586 share and share alike And in case the said
587 William Fisher shall die in the life time of
588 the said William Tice then I give the same to the
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589 said William Tice and my said Nephew Robert Fisher
590 during their Joint lives for their Joint and equal
591 benefit and advantage share and share alike and
592 in case the said William Tice shall Survive both
593 the said William Fisher and Robert Fisher then I
594 give and devise the whole of the said last mentioned
595 premises to him for his life and from and after
596 (William Tice to give _______ the same to the said) the death of the said William Fisher and Robert
597 Fisher their heirs and assigns forever as Tenants
598 in common and not as joint Tenants Also I
599 give and bequeath my Leasehold Estate of One
600 Thousand years lying in Charlton Marshall near
601 Blandford Forum aforesaid now occupied by Ann
602 Locker Tanner and also my other Estate being
603 copyhold now occupied by Richard Frampton and
604 which is situate in Charlton Parva unto my
605 Nephew Robert Fisher for his life and from and
606 after his death I give and bequeath the same to
607 his Son Robert Fisher his Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and
608 assigns But in case he shall die in the life time
609 his Father and shall have no Issue of his body
610 lawfully begotten then and in either of the said
611 Cases so happening I give devise and bequeath the
612 said last mentioned Estate unto such other of
613 the children of the said Robert Fisher by his
614 said late Wife Ann Fisher as he the said Robert
615 Fisher by any deed in Writing executed in the
616 presence of and attested by two Witnesses or
617 by his last Will and Testament in Writing
618 executed in the presence of and attested by the
619 like number of Witnesses shall nominate direct
620 or appoint to take the same in such manner
621 and form and for such Estate or Estates as he
622 the said Robert Fisher shall so Nominate direct or
623 appoint and in case no such nomination direction
624 or appointment shall be made or in case any such
625 nomination direction or appointment shall be
626 made which not be a compleat and resolute disposition of the
627 whole of the said premises or the whole Estate
628 and Interest therein then I give and devise the
629 same or such part of Interest therein concerning
630 which no sufficient appointment shall be made
631 as aforesaid unto and among all and every the
632 Child and Children of the said Robert Fisher by
633 his said late Wife Ann Fisher equally share and
634 share alike to take as Tenants in common and
635 not as joint Tenants And as to all the rest and
636 Residue of my Goods Chattels monies and Securities
637 for money debts Effects and personal Estate
638 whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature
639 kind or sort soever and also all other my
640 Freehold Copyhold and Leasehold Messuages Lands
641 Tenements
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642 Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever whereof or
643 wherein I am or shall be any ways possessed of
644 interested in possession reversion remainder or
645 expectancy where soever situate I do hereby Give
646 devise and bequeath the same and every part
647 thereof unto my said Wife Hannah Blake her
648 heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for
649 ever to and for her own proper and absolute
650 use and disposal And I hereby Will and direct that
651 all and every Sum and Sums of Money Legacy
652 and bequest given and bequeathed by this my
653 Will to my said dear Wife Hannah Blake and
654 her two Sisters Elizabeth Blake and Sarah Fisher
655 shall be paid and laid out to the uses and upon
656 the trusts aforesaid as soon as conveniently may
657 be after my decease and prior to the payment of any
658 other Legacy or Sum of money whatsoever And
659 I do hereby declare what I have by this my Will
660 given to my said Wife is to be over and besides
661 any provision I made for her on my Marriage
662 whether by Bond or otherwise And I do hereby
663 Will and direct that my Trustees and Executrix
664 named for the several purposes of this my Will
665 shall not nor shall any of them or the heirs
666 Executors or Adm[inistrat]ors of them or any of them be
667 answerable or accountable for any money to be
668 received by virtue of or under the trusts hereinbefore
669 declared any otherwise than each person for such
670 Sum or Sums of money as he she or they shall
671 respectively actually receive and that no one of
672 them shall be answerable or accountable for the
673 acts receipts neglects or defaults of the other of them
674 and also that my said Trustees and Executrix
675 and their several heirs Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors
676 shall and may by and out of the Estate and Effects
677 vested in and intrusted with them by and under this
678 my Will retain and reimburse to themselves all
679 costs charges damages and Expences which they
680 respectively shall or may sustain or be put unto
681 in and about the Execution performance and
682 defence of the trusts hereby in them reposed and
683 I do make Constitute and appoint my said
684 Wife Hannah Blake Sole Executrix of this my
685 Will and do hereby expressly revoke and make
686 void to all Intents and Purposes all former
687 Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore
688 made and do declare this only to be my last
689 Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said
690 William Blake have to this my Will contained
691 in thirteen Sheets of paper set my hand and
692 Seal this twenty second day of June in the year
693 of Our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and Eighty five
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694 W Blake This writing contained in thirteen
695 sheets of paper was Signed Sealed published and
696 declared by the above named William Blake the Testator as
697 and for his last and Testament on the day of
698 the date in the presence of us who in his
699 presence at his request and in the presence of
700 each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses
701 hereto Ambrose Weston Fenchurch Street London
702 Geo: Weston Wm Winn his Clerks
703 This is a Codicil to the last
704 Will and Testament of me William Blake of Blandford
705 Forum in the County of Dorset Esquire First I
706 hereby confirm my last Will and Testament bearing
707 date on or about the twenty second day of June
708 1785 in every respect except only such particulars
709 as I shall add or alter by this my Codicil and Whereas
710 I have lately purchased two Messuages or Tenements
711 and hereditaments situate at Edmonton in the
712 County of Middlesex of and from Richard Walkden
713 who hath this day conveyed the same to me Now
714 I do hereby give devise and bequeath the same in
715 manner following that is to say I give devise
716 and bequeath the same and every part thereof
717 with their and every of their appurtenances unto
718 my Nephew the Reverend Samuel Tice of Edmonton
719 aforesaid for the term of his natural life And
720 from and immediately after the determination of
721 that Estate in the life time of the said Samuel Tice
722 by Forfeiture or otherwise I give and devise the
723 same to my Wife and her heirs during the life of the
724 said Samuel Tice In trust by the usual ways and
725 means to preserve and support the contingent
726 uses and Estates hereinafter limited from being
727 defeated or destroyed yet Nevertheless to permit and
728 suffer the said Samuel Tice and his assigns to
729 receive and take the rents Issues and profits
730 of the same premises during his life to and for
731 his and their own use and benefit with remainder
732 after the death of the said Samuel Tice to the first
733 Son of the Body of the said Samuel Tice and the
734 heirs of the body of the said first Son lawfully Issuing
735 and in default of such Issue to the second third fourth
736 fifth sixth seventh and all and every other Son
737 and Sons of the body of the said Samuel Tice
738 severally successively and in remainder One after
739 another in order and course as they shall be in
740 seniority of age and priority of birth and the several
741 and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all
742 and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing every
743 Elder of such Sons and the heirs of his body
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744 issuing being always preferred and to take
745 before every younger of such Sons and the heirs of
746 his body issuing with remainder to all and every
747 the daughter and daughters of the said Samuel Tice
748 lawfully begotten or to be begotten as Tenants in
749 common and not as Joint Tenants and to their
750 several and respective heirs of their Several and
751 respective Bodies lawfully issuing with cross remainders
752 over to the Survivors or Survivor and her or their
753 issue in case of the death of any of them without
754 issue happening in the life time of any other or
755 others of them or of their or any of their respective
756 issue with remainder to Mrs Sarah Tice the Wife
757 of the said Samuel Tice and her Assigns for her
758 natural life with remainder to the Reverend Mr
759 William Gellibrand Son of The Reverend Mr Joseph
760 Gellibrand of Edmonton his heirs and Assigns for
761 ever And I do hereby declare my Will and meaning
762 to be that in case the said Samuel Tice shall
763 die leaving any Issue as aforesaid then and in
764 such case the said Sarah Tice if she shall be
765 then living shall have receive and take the rents
766 issues and profits of the said premises unto and
767 for her use and benefit of such Issue who shall be
768 interested in the premises for the time being as
769 aforesaid until such Issue shall attain the age
770 of twenty one years to be applied for their his or her
771 benefit at the discretion of the said Sarah Tice
772 without any account to be rendered in respect
773 thereof yet nevertheless that the said Sarah Tice
774 shall by and out of the said Rents Issues and
775 profits keep the said Buildings in Tenantable
776 repair In Testimony whereof I have to this my
777 Codicil to my last Will and Testament set my hand
778 and Seal this twenty first day of July in the year
779 of Our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and
780 Eighty Seven W Blake Signed Sealed published and
781 declared by the above named William Blake as and
782 for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament the day of the date
783 in the presence of us who in his presence at his
784 request and in the presence of each other have
785 hereunto Subscribed Our names as Witnesses hereto
786 Ambrose Weston Fenchurch Street Wm Hayward John
787 Nachay his clerks
788 I William Blake of Blandford in
789 the County of Dorset Esquire do make and declare
790 this to be a Codicil to my last Will and Testament
791 bearing date the twenty first day of July in the year
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792 of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and
793 Eighty seven and do desire that the same may be
794 taken as part thereof I give unto my Wife Hannah
795 Blake the Reverend William Blake and The Reverend
796 Henry Field the Trustees named in this said last Will
797 and Testament the Sum of Two thousand pounds of
798 lawful money of Great Britain upon the trusts
799 following that is to say In trust for my great Nephews
800 snd Nieces Thomas Fisher William Fisher Robert
801 Fisher Ann Fisher and Sarah Fisher the Sons and daughters
802 of my Nephew Robert Fisher as and when he she
803 or they shall attain his or her age or their respective
804 ages of twenty one years equally to be divided
805 between or amongst them (if more than one) share
806 and share alike his her and their several and
807 respective Executors Administrators and Assigns
808 and in case only one of them my said Great
809 Nephews and Nieces Thomas Fisher William Fisher
810 Robert Fisher Ann Fisher and Sarah Fisher shall
811 live to attain his or her said age of Twenty One years
812 in trust for such one of them only when and as
813 he or she shall attain his or her said Age
814 of Twenty one years his or her Executors Adm[inistrat]ors
815 and assigns and in the mean time and until
816 my said Great Nephews and Nieces shall severally
817 attain his her and their respective Age or ages of
818 twenty one years as aforesaid the Interest dividends
819 profits and proceeds of the said Sum of Two thousand
820 pounds shall be paid and applied by my said
821 Trustees and the Survivor or Survivors of them and the Executors
822 Administrators and assigns of such Survivor for and
823 towards the Maintenance Education or other use
824 and benefit of them my said Great Nephews and
825 Nieces respectively who shall or may be intitled
826 thereto by virtue of this my Codicil (having regard
827 to the Quantum or value of what they will be
828 respectively entitled to under this my Codicil and in
829 case all of them my said Great Nephews and
830 Nieces shall happen to die before he she or they
831 shall have attained his her or their said age or
832 ages of twenty one years as aforesaid then In
833 trust for my two Nephews William Fisher and
834 Thomas Fisher and my Niece Susannah Button
835 equally to be divided between or amongst them share
836 And share alike his her and their several and
837 Respective Executors Administrators and Assigns and to
838 ror and upon no other trust end intent or purpose
839 whatsoever And I do hereby will direct and require my
840 said Trustees and the Survivors or Survivor of them
841 and the Executors Administrators and Assigns of such
842 Survivor in the mean time and until my said
843 Great Nephews and Nieces shall attain his her and their
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844 said age or ages of twenty one years as aforesaid
845 to place out and continue in their or his or her
846 own names or name the said Sum of two
847 thousand pounds at Interest upon Freehold or Leasehold
848 Messuages Lands Tenements and heredit[ament]s in that
849 part of Great Britain called England by way of
850 Mortgage or upon Government Funds Stocks or Securities
851 in or upon all or any of these Securities as they
852 he or she shall see fit And I do hereby enable
853 and authorize my said Trustees and the Survivors
854 or Survivor of them and the Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and
855 assigns of such Survivor to call in and compel
856 payment of all or any part of the said Sum
857 of Two thousand pounds that may be so placed
858 out at Interest or to
859 charge or alter the Stocks Funds or Securities wherein
860 the same or any part thereof shall be from time
861 to time placed or invested and to place and lay
862 out the same again in their his or her own
863 names or name on other Freehold or Leasehold
864 Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments in
865 that part of Great Britain called England by way
866 of Mortgage or in or upon all or any one of the
867 Securities aforesaid as they or he shall see fit and so
868 from time to time to act and do during the
869 continuance of the several trusts aforesaid And I do
870 hereby declare that they my said Trustees their
871 Executors Administrators or assigns or any of them
871 shall not be answerable for or liable to make
873 good any Casual or involuntary loss which shall
874 or may happen to all or any part or parts of the
875 said trust monies the same happening without
876 his her or their wilful default nor for any more
877 thereof than what shall fairly and honestly come
878 to them or in any of their hands nor shall the
879 one of them be answerable for the other or others
880 of them but each of them for his own Acts deeds
881 and wilful defaults only their joining in Receipts
882 for conformity sake notwithstanding and that it
883 shall and may be lawfull to and for my said
884 Trustees and each and every of them by and out
885 of the said trust Monies to deduct detain and
886 reimburse themselves himself and herself all such
887 sosts charges and expences whatsoever which they
888 or any or either of them shall or may pay
889 bear suffer sustain expend or be put unto for or
890 by reason of the trusts in them reposed or the
891 management or Execution thereof or in any
892 rhing any way incident or relating thereto and
893 shall from time to time by and out of the solid
894 Trust monies be well and sufficient saved kept
895 harmless and indemnified of from and against
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896 the same and I do hereby ratify and confirm my
897 said Will
898 in Witness whereof I
899 have to the two first sheets of this my Codicil the
900 whole being contained in three Sheets of paper
901 set my hand and to the third and last sheet
902 thereof my hand and Seal this Eighteenth day of
903 February in the year of Our Lord One thousand
904 Seven hundred and Eighty Eight W Blake Signed
905 Sealed published and declared by the said William
906 Blake as and for a Codicil to his last Will and
907 Testament in the presence of us who at his request
908 and in his presence and in the presence of each
909 other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto H Percival of Bath Att[orne]y at Law Hippesley Brue
910 Clerk to Mr Percival
911 This is a further Codicil to the
912 last Will and Testament of me William Blake
913 of Blandford Forum in the County of Dorset Esquire First
914 I hereby confirm my last Will and Testament bearing
915 date on or about the twenty second day of June
916 one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty five and the
917 foregoing Codicil thereto in every respect except only
918 in such particulars as I shall add to or alter my said
919 Will and former Codicil or either of them by this
920 Codicil and Whereas by my said Will I have given
921 and bequeathed after the decease of my dear Wife
922 Hannah Blake the Sum of Sixteen thousand pounds
923 unto all my own Nephews and Nieces that shall
924 be living at the time of her decease equally to
925 be divided between them share and share alike Now
926 I do hereby declare that the persons intended to take
927 by the said description of my own Nephews and Nieces
928 are the Children of my Sister Mrs Mary Tice deceased
929 and the children of my Sister Mrs Sarah Fisher and
930 whereas by a proviso or Clause contained in my said
931 Will I did direct that in case any or either of my
932 Nephews or Nieces should happen to die in my life
933 time or before such time as my said Nephews and
934 Nieces were to be entitled to receive the Legacies therein
935 before given them leaving one or more Child or
936 Children lawfully begotten that then and in such Case
937 such Child or Children should be intitled such share or Sum of money as his her or their Father or Mother would have been entitled unto if then
938 living such shares to be paid at the times and the
939 Interest and dividends in the meantime as applies in
940 manner therein mentioned and Whereas by virtue of
941 the said Clause or proviso last mentioned Thomas
942 Gillebrand the son of The Reverend Joseph Gillebrand
943 of Edmonton in the County of Middlesex by my Niece
944 his Wife who is one of the daughters of my Sister
945 Tice might in the Event of his Mothers death as
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946 aforesaid become intitled to some part of parts or
947 the whole of the share of his Mother my said Niece
948 last mentioned But as that would now be contrary
949 to my Will and intention I do hereby declare and direct
950 that the said Thomas Gellibrand shall be totally
951 excluded from having or claiming any benefit
952 interest in the said Sum of Sixteen thousand pounds
953 or any part thereof under and by virtue of my
954 my said Will on the event of his Mothers dying
955 as mentioned in my said Will and I declare and
956 direct that the other Children or Child of my said
957 Niece Mrs Gillebrand shall alone and exclusive of
958 the said Thomas Gillebrand have and enjoy the
959 benefit and advantage of the said proviso or clause
960 above recited in case of my said Niece Mrs Gillebrand
961 dying as aforesaid also I give and bequeath to
962 William Tice Son of my Nephew Benjamin Tice and Malachi
963 Fisher son of my Nephew William Fisher and to
964 Thomas Fisher Son of my Nephew Thomas Fisher
965 and also to William Budden Son of my Nephew
966 Thomas Budden the Sum one hundred pounds
967 three pounds per cent Consolidated Bank Annuities
968 each but if any of them the said William Tice
969 Malachi Fisher Thomas Fisher and William
970 Budden the Legatees last named shall happen to
971 die before they shall respectively attain the age of
972 twenty one years then it is my desire that the
973 said Legacy of One hundred pounds hereby given
974 to him or them so dying shall come and be
975 paid to his Brother or Sister who shall live first
976 to attain the age of Twenty One years And I
977 declare and direct that in the mean time and
978 until they the said William Tice and Malachi
979 Fisher Thomas Fisher and William Budden the
980 Legatees last named shall respectively attain the
981 age of twenty one years the Interest and dividends
982 of their said Legacies shall be paid to their respective
983 parents or shall be retained by the Trustees
984 named in my said Will and be by them paid or
985 applied for the use benefit and advantage of the
986 said respective Legatees last named Also I give
987 and bequeath to my Servant Gabriel Tizzard in
988 case he shall be living with me at the time of
989 my death the Sum of Seventy pounds in
990 addition to what he would in that case be
991 intitled to under and by virtue of my said Will
992 Intestimony whereof I have to this Codicil contained in this
993 sheet and part of the preceeding sheet of paper
994 set my hand and Seal this fifteenth day of July
995 in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven
996 hundred and ninety W Blake Signed Sealed
997 published and declared by the above named William
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998 Blake on the day of the date as and for a
999 Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
1000 presence of us who in his presence and at his
1001 request and in the presence of each other have
1002 hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto
1003 Ambrose Weston Fenchurch Street Geo Bodley Jun[io]r His Clerk
1004 This Will was proved at London with three
1005 Codicils on the twenty fourth day of January in the
1006 Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and
1007 Ninety three before the Right honorable Sir William
1008 Wynne knight Doctor of Laws and Master keeper or
1009 Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
1010 lawfully constituted by the Oath of Hannah Blake
1011 Widow the Relict and Sole Executrix named in the
1012 said Will to whom Administration was granted
1013 of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
1014 the deceased having been first sworn by Commission
1015 duly to administer
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