This is the last Will and Testament of me George Boulsover of Mosbrough in the Parish of Eckington in the County of Derby Yeoman First I direct that all my just Debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses shall be paid and discharged by my Trustees and Executors hereafter named out of my Estate and Effects and whereas I some time ago lent and advanced to Paul Webster the Husband of my Daughter Mary Webster the sum of one hundred pounds at Interest upon his Promissory Note now I do remit and forgive my said Son in Law the sum of Sixty Pounds (part of the money so lent by me to him as aforesaid) which I intend to be the legacy or portion of my said Daughter Mary Webster and I do direct that my said Son in Law shall be liable to my Trustees and Executors hereinafter named for the amount of the residue and balance only which shall be due to me upon such note at the time of my decease after deducting and allowing the said sum of Sixty Pounds therefrom. Also I do give devise and bequeath unto my Friends Jonathan Oates of Mosborough aforesaid Maltster and George Hutton of the same place Sickle Manufacturer All that my Freehold Messuage or Public House situate at Mosbrough aforesaid with the Outbuildings Croft Garden and Appurtenances thereto belonging as the same are now in my own possession And also all other of my Real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever To hold unto and to the use of them the said Jonathan Oates and George Hutton and the survivor of them his Heirs and Assigns Upon trust to receive and take the Rents Issues and Profits thereof and pay the same from time to time into the proper Hands of my Daughter Sarah the Wife of George Fox during her natural life or into the Hands of such person or persons as she shall notwithstanding her Coverture by any Note or Writing under her Hand but not by way of Anticipation appoint to receive the same to the same may be for here sole and separate use independent of her present or any future Husband and may not be subject to his Debts or Controul And from and after the decease of my said Daughter the Upon further trust that they my said Trustees and the Survivor of them his Heirs and Assigns shall stand seized of my said Real Estate In trust for all and every or such one or more of the Children of my said Daughter Sarah Fox lawfully begotten or to be begotten in such parts Shares and Proportion manner and form as she my said Daughter notwithstanding her Coverture shall by any Deed or Instrument in writing or my her last Will and Testament in writing or any writing purporting to be or in the nature of a Will to be by her lawfully signed sealed and executed direct limit or appoint give devise or bequeath the same And in default of such direction limitation or appointment gift devise or bequeath them In trust for all and every the Children of said Daughter Sarah Fox their respective Heirs and Assigns for ever if more that one to take as Tennants in Common and not as Joint Tenants and if only one such child then In trust such only Child his or her Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I do give and bequeath unto the said Jonathan Oates and George Hutton All and singular my Household Furniture, Ready Money, money out at Interest and all Securities for the same And all other my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever Upon trust to sell dispose of secure and convert into Money all such part thereof as shall not consist of Money and after paying and discharging all my just Debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses upon trust that they my said Trustees and Executors or the survivor of them his Executors or administrators do and shall pay apply and dispose of the residue of the Money to arise from my said Personal Estate into the proper Hands of my said Daughter Sarah the Wife of the said George Fox or unto such Person or Persons and in such manner or form as she my said Daughter shall from time to time notwithstanding her Coverture by any Deed or instrument in writing or by her last Will and Testament in writing or any writing purporting to be or in the nature of a Will to be by her lawfully signed sealed and executed direct limit or appoint give or bequeath the same and in default of such direction limitation or appointment gift or bequest In trust for my said Daughter Sarah Fox her Executors Administrators and Assigns Provided always and I do hereby will and direct that in case my Personal Estate shall prove insufficient for the payment of my just Debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses it shall be lawful for my said Trustees and Executors or the survivor of them his Heirs or Assigns by Mortgate thereof for a term of years such sum or sums of Money as shall be sufficient with my Personal Estate to pay and discharge such Debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses as aforesaid any thing hereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof nothwithstanding And in case such Mortgage be made I do declare that the Receipt or Receipts of my said Trustees and Executors or the Survivor of them his Heirs or Assigns shall be sufficient discharge or discharges to the Mortgagee or Morgagees of my said Estate for her his or their Mortgage Money And that such Mortgage Money or any part thereof nor to enquire as to the necessity of such Mortgage or Mortgages And I do nominate constitute and appoint the said Jonathan Oates and George Hutton joint Executors of this my Will and do revoke all former Wills by me made And I do direct and declare that they my said Trustees and Executors or the survivor of them his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns shall be charged and chargeable with and for such sum and Sums of Money only as they or he shall respectively actually receive or which shall come to them or his respective Hands by virtue of this my Will and that they shall not be answerable or accountable one for another or for the acts or defaults of each other but each of them for himself only and for his own acts and defaults and that they or any of them shall not be answerable for any Banker Broker or other Person with whom or in whose Hands any part of the said Trust Monies shall be placed out or invested nor for any loss which may happen to my Estate and Effects unless the same happen by or through their or one their wilful neglect or default And also that it shall be lawful for my said Trustees and Executors and their respective Heirs Executors and Administrators by and out of any Monies which shall come to their or his Hands by virtue of this my Will to deduct retain and reimburse themselves and himself respectively all such costs charges and Expenses as they or any of them bear pay expend or be put unto in or about the execution of the Trusts of this my Will or in anywise relating thereto. In witness whereof I the said George Boulsover the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in Three Sheets of Paper set my Hand and Seal that is to say, my Hand to the two first sheets hereof and my Hand and Seal to this third and last sheet the fourteenth Day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and twenty four
Signed sealed published and declared by the said George Boulsover the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses
Jos. Haywood, Edwd Bramley, John Gascoyne
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