7 August 1809 Will of Samuel Rolles of Poole, Dorset (proved 11 September 1809)

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This is the last Will
and Testament of me Samuel Rolles of the Town and
County of Poole Esquire I give unto John Bush the Sum
of One hundred Pounds and to Ann Bush Sarah Kewell
and Elizabeth Chandler his Sisters the Sum of Fifty pounds
each I give to John Etheridge the Elder of Poole aforesaid
Baker Elizabeth White of Poole aforesaid Widow to Ann
Morris of Longham in the County of Dorset Spinster and Thomas
Bristowe of Poole aforesaid Mariner the Sum of twenty
Pounds each I give to my Daughter in Law Ann the Wife
of Thomas Manning Esquire the Sum of Four hundred
Pounds and in case of her death in my life time I give the
same to and to be equally divided amongst her Children
who shall be living at my decease as Tenants in
Common and if there shall be but one such Child ^ living		^ then the whole to
at my death Then I will that the said Sum of Four			  go to such Child
hundred Pounds shall sink into and form a part of the		  	  but if there shall
general residue of my Personal Estate and be Subject to			  be no such Child
the Trusts hereinafter declared concerning such residue I give
to my Daughter in Law Mary Proud Widow the Sum of
Four hundred Pounds and in case of her death in my life
time I give the same to her Daughter Mary White
Proud absolutely but in case of the death of both the
said Mary Proud and Mary White Proud in my life time
then I will that the said last mentioned Sum of Four
hundred Pounds shall sink into and form a part of the
general residue of my Personal Estate and be Subject to
the Trusts hereinafter declared concerning such residue I
give to my Dear Wife Amey Rolles and to my Son in 
Law the said Thomas Manning and to my Nephew
Samuel White Esquire the Sum of One thousand Six
hundred pounds upon the Trusts hereinafter declared (that
is to say) upon trust to invest the same Sum at Interest
in their Names in or upon any of the Government
Stocks or Funds of Great Britain or upon real Securities
in England and to alter vary and transpose such Stucks
Funds and Securities from time to time as the same
Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall in their or
his discretion think fit And upon further trust for my
Grandsons and Granddaughters Amey Jonathan Isaac
and Ann the Children of my Daughter Dove by Isaac
Steel her Husband in equal Shares and proportions
as Tenants in common to be vested in them and to be



paid transferred and assigned to them respectively at their
respective Ages of twenty one years and in case any or
either of them the said Amey Jonathan Isaac and Ann
Steel shall happen to die under the Age of twenty one
years then and in every such Case as well the Original
Share of as also the Share or Shares by virtue of the
present Clause surviving or accruing to each and every
such Child so dying of or in the said Sum of One
thousand Six hundred Pounds shall go accrue and belong
to the Survivors and Survivor and others and other of them
the said Legatees in equal Shares and proportions to vest
in and be paid transferred and assigned to them respectively
at such and the same time or times and in such and the
same manner as I have hereinbefore declared of and
concenring his her or their Original Share or Shares of and
in the said Sum of One thousand Six hundred Pounds and
the Interest Dividends and Produce thereof and in case all
of them the said Amey Jonathan Isaac and Ann Steel
shall happen to die under the Age of twenty one years
Then I will that the said Sum of One thousand Six
hundred Pounds and the Interest Dividends and Produce
thereof shall sink into and form a part of the general
residue of my Personal Estate and be subject to the
Trusts hereinafter declared concerning such residue I give to
my said Dear Wife Amey Rolles the Sum of Five hundred
Pounds to be paid to her within one Month next after my
decease I give to my said Dear Wife all my Stock of Wine
Spirits and other Liquors Provisions and Fuel which at the
time of my death shall be in and about my Mansion
house called Whites Place in Poole aforesaid now occupied
by me or the Offices thereto belonging I give and
bequeath unto my said Wife Amey Rolles and to the said
Thomas Manning and Samuel White and to their
Executors and Admors all that my said Mansion House
together with the Garden and Appurts thereunto belonging
now held by me under a Lease Granted by the late Sir
John Webb Baronet deceased to William Thomas for the
remainder of a term of ninety nine years determinable
on three lives and renewable for Ever at a certain fine and
also all that plot of Garden Ground adjoining late in the
terme of Robert Simmonds and on which I sometime since
Erected a Coachhouse which last mentioned piece of Garden
Ground I contracted to purchase of the said Sir John Webb
in his life time for a term of ninety nine years
determinable on three lives and renewable for Ever at
a certain fine but in consequence of the death of the said
Sir John Webb no Lease has yet been granted to me
To hold the same unto my said Wife and the said
Thomas Manning and Samuel White their Executors
Administrators and Assigns for and during all such Estate
and Interest therein respectively as I shall happen to



have at the time of my death upon the trusts
hereinafter declared (that is to say) In trust to permit
and suffer her my said Wife Amey Rolles to reside in
and enjoy the same and to receive the Rents and Profits
tehreof for her own user for and during so much of my
Estate Terms and Interest therein respectively as shall
run out and expire in her life time and from and after
her decease In trust for my two Daughters Amey and
Sophia to be equally divided between them as Tenants
in common and to their respective Executors and Admors
they my said Daughters Amey and Sophia paying thereout
within two years after the decease of my said Wife to 
my other two Daughters Sarah the Wife of William
Fineham and Dove the Wife of the said Isaac Steel the
Sum of Five hundred Pounds apiece but without any
interest for the same in the mean time which said two
Sums of Five hundred Pounds and five hundred pounds I do hereby charge on my
said Mansion House Gardens and Premises And I will
that my said Wife and the said Thomas Manning and
Samuel White shall during the life of my said Wife use
all lawful ways and means in their power for obtaining
the said Lease so Contracted to be purchased by me of the
said Sir John Webb as aforesaid and also for renewing
the lives which are now wanting in the subsisting Lease of
my said Mansion house and for supplying any other
vacancies which may happen by deaths in either of the
said Leases respectively during the life of my said Wife
And I will that such new Leases shall from time to time
be granted to my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being
and shall be held by them or him upon the like Trusts
and for the like purposes and Subject to the like Charges
as and for which my said Mansion house and Premises are
bequeathed by this my Will And I will that my said
Trustees and Trustee for the time being shall and do out of
the Overplus of the Dividends Interest and Produce of the
Sum of Twenty Eight thousand Pounds hereinafter bequeathed
to them upon the Trusts hereinafter declared after paying the
Annuity of One thousand One hundred Pounds to my Wife
for her life levy and raise such Monies as shall be
sufficient from time to time to discharge the Fines Fees and
Expenses of such New Lease of the said Garden and Coach
house and of every such renewal as aforesaid and for the
purpose of such renewals I authorize my said Trustees
and Trustee for the time being to surrender or cause to be
surrendered the subsisting Lease or Leases I give to my
said wife and the said Thomas Manning and Samuel
White all my Household Goods and Furniture and
Implments of Household Linen Plate China and printed
Books In trust to permit and suffer my said Wife to use
and enjoy the same during the term of her natural
life and from and immediately after her decease I will



that the same shall sink into and form a part of the 
general residue of my Personal Estate and be Subject to the
Trusts hereinafter declared concerning such residue I give
to my said Daughters Amey and Sophia the Sum of fifty
Pounds each to be paid to them respectively within one
Month after my decease I also give to my said Daughters
Amey and Sophia the Sum of Two thousand Pounds each
but I declare that in case both or either of my said
Daughters shall marry in my life time And I shall on or
subsequent to such Marriage advance any Sum or Sums
of Money to her or them or to her or their Husband
or Husbands that such advancement if equal to or
exceeding the said Legacy of Two thousand Pounds hereby
as an ademption thereof or if such advancement shall be
less than the said Legacy of Two thousand Pounds then I
will that the same shall be considered as an ademption pro
tants And it is my will and I hereby direct that all the
pecuniary Legacies given by this my will adn for which
no other period of Payment is hereinbefore appointed shall
be paid at the Expiration of one year from the day of my
death And I give and bequeath unto my said Wife and to
the said Thomas Manning and Samuel White their Exors
Admors and Assigns all my ready Money Monies in the
Funds and due to me on Mortgage or by specialty or
Simple Contract and all other my Personal Estate and
Effects whatsoever not hereinbefore by me otherwise disposed
of and my Will is that my said Trustees do and shall
as soon as may be after my decease call in and compel
payment of such parts of my said Personal Estate as shall
consists of Monies due and owing by simple Contract and
also all such part or parts as they shall deem proper
and necessary of my Personal Estate which shall consist
of Monies invested in any of the Public Stocks or Funds or
due or owing upon Specialties or real Securities and my futher
Will is that my said Trustees their Executors Admors and
Assigns do and shall with and out of my said Personal
Estate and Effects and the Monies which shall arise thereby
pay and satisfy all my Just Debts Funeral Expenses and the
Charges of proving and carry the Trusts of this my will
into Execution and the several pecuniary Legacies by this
my Will bequeathed or by any Codicil thereto to be Signed
by me whether attested or not to be hereafter given and upon
further trust that the same Trustees do and shall out of
my said Residuary Personal Estate appropriate and set apart
the Sum of Twenty Eight thousand Pounds of lawful British
Money to stand and be possessed thereof upon the Trusts herein
declared (that is to say) upon trust to invest the same
Sum in their his or her Names or Name in or upon
any of the Government Stocks or Funds of Great Britain
or upon real Securities in England and to alter vary and
transpose such Stocks Funds or Securities as the same



Trustees or Trustee for the time being in their his or her
discretion shall think fit and upon further trust out of
the Dividends Interest and Annual Produce of the said
Sum of Twenty Eight thousand Pounds to pay utno
my said Wife during the term of her natural life one
Annuity or Yearly Sum of One thousand one hundred
Pounds free of all Taxes or other Deductions whatsoever
by two equal half yearly Payments the first Payment
thereof to be made at the Expiration of Six Calendar
Months next after my decease And I will that the said
Annuity of One thousand One hundred Pounds shall be in
lieu bar and full satisfaction of all Dower Right and Title
of Dower which my said Wife hath or can or may claim
to have of in to or out of any Freehold or Customary
Messuages Lands Tenements or Hereditaments or which
I am or have been or shall be seized or possessed at any
time during her Coverture by me and such Dower to be
released by my said Wife at the request and at the Costs
and Charges of the Person or Persons under this my Will
or otherwise entitled to all or any part of such Freehold or
Customary Messuages or other Hereditaments And as to for
and concerning one full and equal undivided fourth part of
the residue of the Interest Dividends and Produce of the
said Sum of Twenty Eight thousand Pounds during the life
of my said Wife Subject nevertheless to the Charges for
obtaining the new Lease and effecting renewals in my said
Mansion house Gardens and Premises as aforesaid And as to for
and concerning on full and equal fourth part of thesaid
principal Sum of Twenty eight thousand Pounds from and
immediately after the decease of my said Wife and the
Interest Dividends and Produce thereof In trust to pay
apply and dispose of such Interest Dividends and produce
respectively for the benefit of my said Daughter Sarah the
Wife of the said William Fincham for and during her
natural life for her own use and benefit separate and
apart from and exclusive of the said William Fincham her 
present Husband or of any other Husband with whom she
may from time to time Intermarry and without any power
to anticipate the growing Interest Dividends and Produce
of the same and so and in such manner that the same
Interest Dividends and Produce may not be under his
Controul or Subject or liable to his Disposition Debts
Forfeitures and Engagements and so that all and every
receipt and receipts which shall be given by the said
Sarah Fineham for all or any part of the Interest
Dividends or Produce or the arrears thereof when and after
the same shall become due may be good and effectual
discharges to my said Trustees or Trustee for the same or
so much thereof as in and by such Receipts shall be
expressed or acknowledged to have been received and
from and after the decease of my said Daughter upon



trust that they my said Trustees or Trustee for the time
being do assign and transfer the same one fourth part of the
said Trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities and pay and
apply the Interest Dividends and Produce thereof which
shall grow due after the decease of my said Daughter Sarah
in the mean time and until such assignment or transfer shall
be made unto and among all the Children of my said
Daughter Sarah (if more than one) begotten or to be
begotten by her present or any future Husband to be
divided between or among the same Children if more than
one in equal Shares and proportions as Tenants in common and not as
joint Tenants and if but one to that only Child when
and as he she or they respectively shall attain his her or
their Age or respective Ages of twenty one years and to
be payable and paid as soon after the respective Ages shall
be attained and also after the death of the Survivor 
of them my said Wife and the said Sarah Fincham as
conveniently may be and upon further Trust that in case
any one or more of the said Children of my said
Daughter Sarah shall die under the Age of twenty one
years Then my said Trustees or Trustee for the time
being do and shall pay assign and transfer the Original
Share or Shares of the same one fourth part of the
said Trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities which
under the Trusts hereinbefore contained shall belong to the
Child or Children respectively who shall so die as aforesaid
and also that part or Share or those several and respective
parts or Shares of and in the same one fourth part 
of the said Trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities which
from time to time shall belong to or be taken by the
same Child or Children respectively so dying as aforesaid
under this present provision unto the other or if more
than one the others of the same Children to be equally
divided between or among the same Children if more
than one Share and Share alike as Tenants in common
and not as joint Tenants and his her or their Executors Admors or Assigns and if
but one to that surviving or only Child and his or her
Executors or Admors to be vested at the respective
Ages hereinbefore appointed respecting the Original Share
or Shares of the same Child or Children and to be payable
and paid at the time or several and respective times
hereinbefore appointed for the payment of the Original
Share or Shares of the same Child or Children or as
soon after the death of each respective Child dying
as aforesaid as conveniently may be and in case all
such Children shall die under the Age of twenty one
years or if there shall be no Child of my said Daughter
Sarah lawfully begotten Then upon further trust that
they my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being do
and shall pay assign and transfer the said one fourth
part of the said Trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities
and the Interest Dividends Produce and accumulations



thereof unto such Person or Persons who at my death
or at the death of my said Daughter Sarah without Issue
or her body or at the death of the Survivor of her Children
under twenty one or if she shall ??ave any which ever
event shall last happen as shall be of my blood and in kin
to me and who in his her or their own right or in right
of his her or their representation would be entitled to the
same trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities in case I
had died possessed thereof ^ and to be divided between the			^ at that time a Bachelor Intestate
same persons if more than one int he same Shares and
proportions as they would in that case have been intitled
to the same Trust Monies Stocks and Securities under the
Statutes for the Distribution of the Effects of Intestates and 
as to for and concerning one full and equal undivided
fourth part of the Residue of the Interest Dividends and
Produce of the said Sum of Twenty Eight thousand Pounds
during the life of my said Wife Subject nevertheless to the
Charges for obtaining a new Lease and effecting renewals
in my said Mansion house Gardens and Premises as aforesaid
And as to for and concerning one full and equal one fourth
part of the said principal Sum of Twenty Eight thousand
pounds from and immediately after the decease of my said
Wife and the Interest Dividends and Produce thereof In
trust to pay apply and dispose of such Interest Dividends
and produce respectively for the benefit of my said Daughter
Dove the Wife of the said Isaac Steel during her natural
life for her own sole use and benefit separate and apart
from and exclusive of the said Isaac Steel her present 
or of any other Husband with whom she may from time 
to time Intermarry and without any power to anticipate
the growing Interest Dividends and Produce of the same
and so an in such manner that the same Interest
Dividends and Produce may not be under his Controul or
Subject or liable 
             to his Disposition Debts Forfeitures or
Engagements and so that all and every Receipt and
Receipts which shall be given by the said Dove Steel all
or any part of the said Interest Dividends and Produce
or the arrears thereof when and after the same shall
become due may be good and effectual discharges to my
said Trustees or Trustee for the same or so much thereof
as in and by such receipts shall be expressed to have been
received and from and after the decease of my said
Daughter Dove Upon trust that they my said Trustees 
or Trustee for the time being do and shall pay transfer
and assign the same last mentioned one fourth part of
the said Trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities and the
Interest Dividends and Income thereof which shall become
due after the decease of my said Daughter Dove in the
mean time and until such Assignment or transfer shall
be made unto and among all the Children of my said
Daughter Dove if more than one begotten or to be begotten



by her present or any future Husband to be divided
between or among the same Children if more than one
in equal Shares and proportions as Tenants in common
and not as joint Tenants and if but one to that only
Child when and as he she or they respectively shall
attain his her or their Age or respective Ages of twenty
one years and to be payable and paid as soon after the
respective ages shall be attained and also after the death
of the Survivor of them my said Wife and Daughter
Dove as conveniently may be and upon trust that in case
any or or more of the said Children of my said Daughter
Dove shall die under the Age of twenty one years Then
my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being do and
shall pay assign and transfer the Original Share or Shares
of the same last mentioned one fourth part of the said
Trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities which under the 
Trusts hereinbefore contained shall belong to the Child or
Children respectively who shall so die as aforesaid and
also that part or share or those several and respective
parts or Shares of and in the same last mentioned one
fourth part of the said Trust Monies Stocks Funds and
Securities which from time to time shall belong to or
be taken by the same Child or Children respectively so
dying as aforesaid under this present provision unto the
other or if more than one the others of the same
Children to be equally divided between or among the same
Children (if more than one) Share and Share alike as
Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants and his
her or their Executors Admors or Assigns and if but one
to that surviving or only Child or his or her Executors
or Administrators to be vested at the respective Ages
hereinbefore appointed respecting the original Sahre or
Shares of the same Child or Children and to be payable
and paid at the time or several and respective times hereinbefore
appointed for the Payment of the Original Share or Shares
of the same Child or Children or as soon after the death
of each respective Child dying as aforesaid as conveniently 
may be and in case all such Children of my said
Daughter Dove shall die under the Age of twenty one
years or if there shall be no Child of my said Daughter
Dove lawfully begotten then upon further trust that they
my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being do and
shall pay assign and transfer the said last mentioned
one fourth part of the said Trust Monies Stocks Funds
and Securities and the Interest Dividends Produce and
Accumulations thereof unto such Person or Persons who
at my death or at the death of my said Daughter
Dove without Issue of her body or at the death of the
Survivor of her Children under twenty one if she shall
have any which ever event shall last happen as shall be



of my blood and in kin to me and who in his her or
their own right or in right of his her or their
representation would be entitled to the same trust
Monies Stocks Funds and Securities in case I had died
possessed thereof at that time a Bachelor and Intestate
and to be divided between the same Persons if more than
one in the same Shares and proportions as they would
in that case have been entitled to the same Trust
Monies Stocks Funds and Securities under the Statutes
for distribution of the Effects of Intestates And as to for
and concerning one other full and equal undivided fourth
part of the residue of the Interest Dividends and Produce
of the said Sum of Twenty Eight thousand Pounds during
the life of my said Wife Subject nevertheless to the
Charges for obtaining a new Lease and effecting renewals
in my said Mansion House Gardens and Premises as
aforesaid And as to for and concerning one full and equal
fourth part of the said Principal Sum of Twenty Eight
thousand Pounds from and immediately after the decease
of my said Wife and the Interest Dividends and Produce
thereof In trust to pay apply and dispose of such
Interest Dividends and Produce respectively for the benefit
of my said Daughter Amey during her natural life for
her own sole use and benefit separate and apart
from and exclusive of any Husband with whom she
may from time to time intermarry and without any
power to anticipate the growing Interest Dividends and
Produce of the same and so and in such manner
that the same Interest Dividends and
      Produce may not be under the Controul
of Subject or liable to his Disposition Debts Forfeitures
or Engagements and so that all and every the receipt
or recipts which shall be given by my said Daughter
Amey for all or any part of the said Interest
Dividends or produce or the arrears thereof when and
after the same shall become due may be good and
effectual discharges to my said Trustees or Trustee for
the same or so much thereof as in and by such receipts
shall be expressed to have been received and from
and after the decease of my said Daughter Amey upon
trust that they my said Trustees or Trustee for the
time being do and shall pay transfer and assign the
same last mentioned one fourth part of the said
Trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities and the
Interest Dividends and Income thereof which shall
become due after the decease of my said Daughter Amey
in the mean time and until such assignment or transfer
shall be made unto and among all the Children of my
said Daughter Amey if more than one lawfully to be
begotten to be divided between or among the same
Children (if more than one) in equal Shares and
					proportions



proportions as Tenants in common and not as joint
Tenants and if but one to that one Child when and
as he she or they respectively shall attain his her or
their Age or respective Ages of twenty one years and to
be payable and paid as soon after the respective Ages
shall be attained and also after the death of the Survivor
of them my said Wife and Daughter Amey as conveniently
may be and upon further trust that in case any one or
more of the Children of my said Daughter Amey shall
die under the Age of twenty one years then my said
Trustees or Trustee for the time being do and shall
pay assign and transfer the Original Share or Shares of
the same last mentioned one fourth part of the said
trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities which under the
trusts hereinbefore contained shall belong to the Child or
Children respectively who shall so die as aforesaid and also
that part or share or those several and respective parts
or shares of and in the same last mentioned one
fourth part of the said Trust Monies Stocks Funds and
Securities which shall from time to time shall belong to 
or be taken by the same Child or Children respectively
so dying as aforesaid under the present provision unto
the other if more than one unto the others of the same
Children to be equally divided between or among the
same Children if more than one Share and Share
alike as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants
and his her or their Executors Admors or Assigns and if
but one to that Surviving or only Child and his or her
Executors or Admors to be vested at the respective Ages
hereinbefore appointed respecting the Original Share or
Shares of the same Child or Children and to be payable
and paid at the time or several and respective times
hereinbefore appointed for the Payment of the
Original Share or Shares of the same Child or
Children or as soon after the death of each respective
Child dying as aforesaid as conveniently may be And in
case all such Children of my said Daughter Amey shall
die under the Age of twenty one years or if there shall
be no Child of my said Daughter Amey lawfully
begotten then upon further trust that they my said
Trustees or Trustee for the time being do and shall
pay assign and transfer the said last mentioned one fourth
part of the said trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities
and the Interest Dividends Produce and accumulations 
thereof unto such Person or Persons who at my death
or at the death of my said Daughter Amey without Issue
of her body or at the death of the Survivor of her
Children under twenty one if she shall leave any which
ever event shall last happen as shall be of my blood
and in kin to me and who in his her or their own right
or in right of his her or their own representation would
be entitled to the same trust Monies Stocks Funds and



Securities in case I had died possessed thereof at that
time a Bachelor and Intestate and to be divided between
the same ^ Shares and proportions as they would in that			^ persons if more than
case have been entitled to the same Trust Monies Stocks			  one in the same
Funds and Securities under the statutes for the distribution of
the Effects of Intestates and as to for and concerning one other
full and equal undivided fourth part of the Residue of
the Interest Dividends and Produce of the said Sum of
Twenty Eight thousand Pounds during the life of my said
Wife Subject nevertheless to the Charges for obtaining a new
Lease and effecting nenewals in my said Mansion house
Gardens and Premises as aforesaid And as to for and
concerning one full and equal fourth part of the said
Principal Sum of Twenty Eight thousand Pounds from
and immedately after the decease of my said Wife and the
Interest Dividends and Produce thereof In trust to pay apply
and dispose of such Interest Dividends and Produce 
respectively for the benefit of my said Daughter Sophia
during her natural life for her own sole use and benefit
separate and apart from and exclusive of any Husband
          with whom she may from time to time
Intermarry and without any power to anticipate the
growing Interest Dividends and Produce of the same and
so and in such manner that the same Interest Dividends
and Produce may not be under his Controul or subject or
liable to his Disposition Debts Forfeitures or Engagements
and so that all and every the Receipt or Receipts which
shall be given by my said Daughter Sophia for all or any
part of the said Interest Dividends or Produce or the arrears
tehreof when and after the same shall become due may
be good and effectual discharges to my said Trustees or
Trustee for the same or so much thereof as in and by
such receipts shall be expressed to have been received
and from and after the decease of my said Daughter
Sophia upon trust that they the said Trustees or
Trustee for the time being do and shall pay transfer 
and assign the same last mentioned one fourth part
of the said trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities
and the Interest Dividends and Income thereof which shall
become due after the decease of my said Daughter
Sophia in the mean time and until such assignment or
transfer shall be made unto and among all the Children
of my said Daughter Sophia if more than one lawfully
to be begotten to be divided between or among the same
Children if more than one in equal Shares and proportions
as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants and
if but one to that only Child when and as he she or
they respectively shall attain his her or their Age or
respective Ages ^ shall be attained and also after the death			^ of twenty one years
of the Survivor of them my said Wife and Daughter				  and to be payable
Sophia as conveniently may be and upon further trust that			  and paid as soon
										  after the respective
										  Ages



in case any one or more of the said Children of my
said Daughter Sophia shall die under the Age of twenty
one years then my said Trustees or Trustee for the time
being do and shall pay assign and transfer the Original
Share or Shares of the same last mentioned one fourth
part of the said Trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities
which under the Trusts hereinbefore contained shall belong
to the Child or Children respectively who shall so die as
aforesaid and also that part or Share or those several
and respective parts or shares of and in the same last
mentioned one fourth part of the said Trust Monies
Stocks Funds and Securities which from time to time shall
belong to or be taken by the same Child or Children
respectively so dying as aforesaid under this present provision unto
the other or if more than one the others of the same
Children to be equally divided between or among the
same Children if more than one Share and Share
alike as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants
and his her or their Executors Admors or Assigns and
if but one to that surviving or only Child and his or
her Executors or Admors to be vested at the respective
Ages hereinbefore appointed respecting the Original
Share or Shares of the same Child or children and
to be payable and paid at the time or several and
respective times hereinbefore appointed for the Payment
of the Original Share or Shares of the same Child or
Children or as soon after the death of each respective
Child dying as aforesaid as conveniently may be and in
case all such Children of my said Daughter Sophia
shall die under the Age of twenty one Years or if
there shall be no Child of my said Daughter Sophia
lawfully begotten then upon further trust that they my
said Trustees or Trustee for the time being do and shall
pay assign and transfer the said last mentioned one
fourth part of the said trust Monies Stocks Funds and
Securities and the Interests Dividends Produce and
Accumulations thereof unto such Person or Persons who
at my death or at the death of my said Daughter
Sophia without Issue of her body or at the death of
the Survivor of her Children under twenty one if she
shall leave any which ever event shall last happen
as shall be of my blood and in kin to me and who in
his her or their own right or in right of his her or 
their representation would be entitled to the same
trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securites in case I had
died possessed thereof at that time a Batchelor and
Intestate and to be divided between the same Persons
if more than one in the same Shares and proportions
as they would in that case have been entitled to the
same trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities under the
statutes for the Distribution of the Effects of Intestates



And as to for and concerning one full and equal fourth
part of the Residue of my said Personal Estate subject
as aforesaid I will that my said Trustees shall stand
possessed thereof in trust for my said Daughter Sarah
Fincham and for her Executors and Admors absolutely and
as to for and concerning one other full and equal fourth
part thereof subject as aforesaid I will that my said
Trustees shall stand possessed thereof In trust for my said
Daughter Dove Steel and for her Executors and Admors
absolutely And as to for and concerning one full and equal
fourth part thereof subject as aforesaid i will that my
said Trustees shall stand possessed thereof in trust for my
said Daughter Amey Rolles and for her Executors and
Admors absolutely And as to for and concerning the
remaining one full and equal fourth part thereof
Subject as aforesaid I will that my said Trustees shall
stand possessed thereof In trust for my said Daughter 
Sophia Rolles and for her Executors and Admors absolutely
and it is my Will and I hereby direct in case either
of them my said Daughters shall happen to die in my
life time leaving any Child or Children of her body
lawfully begotten her surviving and who shall be living
at my death that then and in such Case my Trustees
or Trustee shall stand possessed of the Share or Shares
of such Daughter or Daughters so dying in the residue
of my said Personal Estate and the Stocks Funds and
Securities for the same In trust for such her Children
living at my death if more than one absolutely equally
to be divided between them as Tenants in common and
if but one for that one Child absolutely And I give and
devise all and singular my Freehold Messuages Lands
Tenements and Hereditaments situate lying and being in
the Town and County of Poole aforesaid and all other
my Lands Tenements and real Estates whatsoever and
wheresoever which I now am or which at the time of 
my death I shall be beneficially seized or possessed
respectively of or in any manner entitled to or
interested in either in possession reversion remainder
or expectancy and either at Law or in equity or over
which I have any disposing power for my own absolute
benefit with their several rights members and Appurts
in manner following (that is to say) As to for and
concerning one full and equal undivided fourth part
thereof to the use of my Daughter the said Sarah
Fincham and to her Heirs and Assigns for Ever And as
to for and concerning one other full and equal undivided
fourth part thereof to the use of my said Daughter
Dove Steel and to her Heirs and Assigns for Ever And
as to for and concerning one other full and equal undivided
fourth part thereof to the use of my said Daughter
Amey Rolles and for her Heirs and Assigns for Ever
And as to for and concerning the remaining one full



and equal undivided fourth part thereof to the use of
my said Daughter Sophia Rolles and to her Heirs and
Assigns for ever and if either of them my said
daughters shall happen to die in my life time leaving
any Child or Children of her body lawfully begotten
who shall be living at the time of my decease then and
in such case I give and devise the Share or Shares of
such Daughter so dying and leaving Issue to all and every
her Children who shall be living at my death if more
than one to be equally divided between them as Tenants
in common and to their respective Heirs and Assigns
and if but one such Child then to such only Child and to his
or her Heirs and Assigns for Ever provided always and
it is my Will that it shall and may be lawful to and
for the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being to
apply all or any part of the Dividends Interest and
Income of the vested or expectant shares of the respective
Legatees in the Legacies or trust Monies bequeathed
by this my Will during his or her minority in or
towards his or her Maintenance Education Schooling
Cloathing or Advancement in such manner as the said
Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall think fit
and also to advance and pay to and for each any or
either of such Legatees notwithstanding his or her
Minority any part not exceeding one half of the then
vested or expectant Shares of the same Legatees 
respectively either for placing out any of such Legatees
to any profession or on their Marriage or otherwise
for their advancement or preferment in the World and
further that all Sums of Money which shall be advanced
to and for each of the same Legatees respectively shall
be taken and considered as a part of his her or their 
Share of the said Legacies and trust Monies and shall
be deducted and allowed out of the same notwithstanding
his or her death before his or her Legacy or Share
shall become absolutely vested and further that so
much of the Dividends Interest and annual Income
arising from the Share of each of the same Legatees
as shall not be applied for the Maintenance Education
and advancement of the Legatee to whom the same Share
shall belong shall from time to time be added to the
principal Money of the same Share and be improved
at Interest together with the same and as a part thereof
by way or in the nature of compound Interest and
follow and be subject to all the Limitations Trusts and
Dispositions hereinbefore expressed declared and contained
of and concerning the principal of the same Share until
the same Principal Money or the Securities on which
the same shall be placed shall become absolutely vested
And all the Manors Messuages Lands Tenements and
real Estates which at the time of my decease I shall
be solely seized or possessed of intitled to or interested



in either In trust for any purposes or by way of
Mortgage I give devise and bequeath unto my said Wife
and to the said Thomas Manning and Samuel White their
Heirs Executors Admors and Assigns respectively according
to the legal quality or qualities of such Estates respectively
upon and for the trusts intents and purposes and under
and subject to the provisoes and Conditions respectively
which shall be subsisting in or concerning such several
Estates at the time of my decease And I appoint my
said Wife and the said Thomas Manning and Samuel
White the Executors of this my will and my Will is
And I hereby declare that the Receipts in Writing of
my Trustees and Trustee for the time being shall be
good and sufficient acquittances and discharges to any Person
or Persons paying in purchasing or discharging any Personal
Estate or any part thereof or any Monies Stocks Funds or
Securities to be acquired under the Trusts of this my
Will for all Monies to be paid by him or them in such
respects as aforesaid or any of them and that the same
Person or Persons his her or their Heirs Executors
Admors or Assigns shall not afterwards be answerable
or accountable for the Loss misapplication and nonapplication
or be in any wise obliged or concerned to see to the
application of or to the necessity of raising the Money
which in such receipt or receipts shall be acknowledged to be received
or any part thereof provided always and I do hereby
declare that if my said Wife and the said Thomas Manning
and Samuel White or any of them or any Trustees or
Trustee to be appointed in the stead or place of them or
any of them or any future Trustees or Trustee
            as hereinafter mentioned shall die or
be desirous of being discharged from or decline or become
incapable to act in the Trusts hereby in them reposed
respectively as aforesaid before the said Trusts shall be
fully performed then and in every such Case it shall and
may be lawful to and for the surviving or continuing
Trustees or Trustee or the Executors or Admors of the
surviving Trustee by any Writing or Writings under their
or his hands and Seals from time to time to nominate
substitute or appoint any Person or Persons to be a
Trustee or Trustees in the stead or place of the Trustee
or Trustees so dying or being desirous of beign discharged from
or declining or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid and
thereupon all the Estates Monies and Premises hereby
devised and bequeathed respectively upon the trusts aforesaid
or to be produced under any of the said Trusts shall with
all convenient speed be conveyed assigned and transferred
respectively so and in such manner as that the same shall
and may be vested in the surviving or continuing Trustee
or Trustees and such new or other Trustee or Trustees
of if there be no continuing Trustee then in such new



Trustees only                          to the
same several users upon the same several trusts and
with the same several powers and authorities as are
hereinbefore declared and contained of and concerning the
same Estates Monies and Premises respectively or such of
the same several users trusts powers and authorities as
shall or may be then subsisting or capable of taking effect
and it is my Will that my Trustees for the time being 
and every of them and their respective Heirs Executors 
Admors and Assigns respectively shall be charged and
chargeable respectively only for such Monies as they shall
respectively actually receive by virtue of the Trusts hereby
in them reposed notwithstanding they or any of them
may give or Sign or join in any receipt or receipts for the
sake of conformity and that each and every of them shall
only be answerable for himself and his own Acts 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 Trust Monies arising under this my Will
shall or may be deposited nor for the insufficiency or
deficiency of any Security in or upon which the said
Trust Monies or Stocks or any part thereof shall be
placed out or invested nor for any other misfortune
Loss or Damage in the Execution of the Trusts of this
my Will unless the same shall happen by their own
wilful default respectively and that it shall and may be
lawful to and for my Trustees or Trustee for the time being
and every of them to retain to and reimburse themselves
and every of them respectively and to allow their or his 
Co Trustee or Co Trustees by or out of the Trust Estates
Funds and Premises comprized in or to arise under this
my Will all Costs Damages and Expenses which they or
any of them shall or may suffer sustain expend
disburse be at or be put unto in or about the Execution
of the aforesaid Trusts or any o fthem or in relation
thereunto ^ In Witness whereof I the said Testator			^ and lastly I hereby
Samuel Rolles have to this my last Will and				  revoke all former 
Testament set my hand and affixed my Seal this				  Wills and Testamts
Seventh Day of August int he Year of our Lord One		  	  by me at any time
thousand Eight hundred and nine  Saml Rolles  LS			    made
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said
Testator Samuel Rolles 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
subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto The several
Erazures on the fourteenth Line of the first sheet on
the Sixteenth Line of the seventh Sheet on the twenty
third thirty sixth thirty seventh and thirty Eights Lines
of the ninth Sheet and the several Interlineations
between the fifth and Sixth Lines of the Eights Sheet
between the fifteenth and Sixteenth Lines of the twelfth



Sheet and between the tenth Eleventh and twelfth Lines
of the thirteenth Sheet having been first made and between
the fifth and sixth lines of the first Sheet  Richd Lacy 6
St James's Street Clerkenwell  Wm Catleman Atty Wimborne
Wm Castleman Junr of Wimborne

I Samuel Rolles of the Town and County 
of Poole Esquire Do publish and declare this to be a
Codicil to my last Will and Testament bearing Date the
Seventh Day of this Instant August One thousand
Eight hundred and nine I give unto my Daughter Amey Rolles
and Sophia Rolles the Sum of Eight hundred Pounds
apiece to be paid to them respectively in Condition to the
Legacies and bequests contained in my Will within one
year next after my decease And I give to my Son in
Law and one of my Trustees Thomas Manning Esquire
my Gold Watch Chain and Seals which I beg he will
accept as a mark of my regard and esteem for him and in all
other respects I ratify and confirm my said Will In
Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal
the Eighteenth Day of August One thousand Eight hundred
and nine  Saml Rolles  LS  Signed Sealed published and
Declared by the said Samuel Rolles as and for a Codicil to
his last Will and Testament in the presence of Mary
Hammond  Mary Meering  Wm Castleman

This Will was Proved at London with
a Codicil on the Eleventh Day of September in the year
of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and nine before
the Right Honorable Sir John Nicholl Knight Doctor of
Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by Amey Rolles
Widow the Relict Thomas Manning and Samuel White
Esquires the Executors named in the said Will to whom
Administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods
Chattels and Credits of the sd Deceased they having made a
solemn and sincere Declaration or Affirmation according to
Act         of Parliament (by Commission) duly to
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