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This is the Last Will and Testament of me Richard Cull of Addleton in the County of Dorset yeoman made and Published this third Day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy two as follows First I Give and Devise unto my natural Son Richard by Elizabeth Bacon Spinster otherwise Elizabeth Channing the Widow of William Channing formerly of West Mill in the County of Dorset Corn Grinder deceased All that my Freehold Estate at Cappelstone Purchased of John Cockraing To have and To hold the same unto him the said Richard his Heirs and Assigns for ever I Give Devise and bequeath unto Stephen White the Younger of Wareham in the said County of Dorset Malster and Brewer Robert Bacon of West Mill aforesaid Paper Maker and Miller and Thomas Bartlet of Wareham aforesaid Gentleman All those my Several and respective Leasehold Livings and Estates Situate in the Manor of Kingston in the Isle of Purbeck in the County of Dorset aforesaid held under George Pitt Esquire with their each and every of their Rights Members and Appurts To have and to hold the same and every part thereof unto them the said Stephen White Robert Bacon and Thomas Barlett and unto the Survivors and Survivor of them and unto the Executors Admors and assigns of such Survivor for and during all the rest residue and Remainder of all and every such Several and respective Term and Terms of years or other Estate that shall or will be Severally and respectively to come therein at my decease Not for their own Use and benefit But Upon this special Trust and Confidence that they the said Stephen White Robert Bacon and Thomas Bartlett and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors Admors and assigns of such Survivor do and shall from time to time Let and Set the same and out of the yearly rents and profits thereof Do and shall pay One Annuity or yearly Sum of Seven pounds Clear of all Deductions by two equal half Yearly Payments unto my Daughter Elizabeth the Wife of John Budden yearly and every year for and during the Term of her Natural life And Upon this further Trust and Confidence to Pay out of such Rents and profits one other Annuity or yearly Sum of Twenty pounds Clear of all Deductions unto Molly the Wife of John Pyke Esquire yearly and every year for and during the Term of her natural life by two equal half yearly payments To and for her Sole use and benefit whose receipt alone notwithstanding her Coverture shall be Good discharges from time to time for the same And upon this further Trust and Confidence to pay and apply the residue of the Rents and profits thereof equally between my said Natural Son Richard and the above named Elizabeth Bacon Spinster otherwise Elizabeth Channing Widow and the Survivor of them and the Executors Admors and Assigns of such Survivor during the remainder of the several Term and Terms of years to come therein I Also Give and bequeath unto them the said Stephen White Robert Bacon and Thomas Bartlett All my Stock of Cattle of every Sort and Kind Implements of Husbandry Corn and Grain of every Sort which at my Decease shall be Feeding or depasturing Standing Growing or being on or any ways belonging to or deemed as part of my Stock and Crop of a Farm called Addleton Farm In Trust only that they the said Stephen White Robert Bacon and Thomas Bartlett and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors Admors and Assigns of such Survivor Do and shall as soon as is Convenient after my decease make Sale of the same and do place the money arising by Sale thereof out at Interest and pay and apply the Interest yearly equally between my said natural Son Richard and the said Elizabeth Bacon Spinster otherwise Elizabeth Channing Widow til the said Richard shall attain his Age of Twenty one years and as soon as he shall attain that Age Then to Divide the said principal Sum together with all Interest then due thereon equally between him the said Richard and her the said Elizabeth Bacon spinster otherwise Elizabeth Channing Widow But in Case the said Richard Shall happen to Dye before his Age of Twenty one years Then In Trust to pay the Principal and Interest to her the said Elizabeth Bacon Spinster otherwise Elizabeth Channing Widow I Also Give and bequeath unto them the said Stephen White Robert Bacon and Thomas Bartlett and unto the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors Admors and Assigns of such Survivor my Lease of a Farm called Scoles Farm together with all the Stock and Crop thereon and utensils in Husbrandry thereof In Trust to Permit and Suffer my said Natural Son Richard and the said Elizabeth Bacon Spinster otherwise Elizabeth Channing Widow To hold and Enjoy the same for and During the remainder of the Term to come in such Lease And at the Expiration of such Lease Then to Dispose of such Stock Crop and Utensils in husbandry and pay and Divide the Money arising by Sale thereof equally between him the said Richard and her the said Elizabeth Bacon Spinster otherwise Elizabeth Channing Widow I Also Give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas Cull the Sum of One hundred pounds to be paid him at the end of Twelve months next after my Decease Lastly All my Household Goods and furniture place Linnen and China Mortgages Bonds Notes of Hand ready Money Book Debts and all the rest residue and remainder of my personal Estate of every Nature or Kind soever or wheresoever I Give and Bequeath unto them the said Stephen White Robert Bacon and Thomas Bartlett and unto the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors Admors and Assigns of such Survivors not for their own use and benefit But In Trust for the Use of her the before mentioned Elizabeth Bacon Spinster otherwise Elizabeth Channing Widow in Order for her to Dispose of amongst her Children in such manner as she shall Judge most proper (Chargeable with the payment of all my Just Debts and Funeral Expences and with all Cost and charges attending the Execution of hte Trusts by me reposed in my before mentioned Trustees And Lastly I Do Nominate Constitute and Appoint them the said Stephen White Robert Bacon and Thomas Bartlett Executors of this my said last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the said third Day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Seventy two Richd Cull LS Signed Sealed and Delivered Published and Declared by the said Testator Richard Cull as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who at his request and in his Presence have Subscribed our names as Witnesses Saml Baskett Richd Robinson Junr William Gray This Will was Proved at London the third Day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Seventy two before the Right Worshipful George Hay Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of Stephen White the younger Robert Bacon and Thomas Bartlett the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was Granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattells and Credits of the deceased they having been first Sworn by Commission duly to Adster
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