Source: TNA, PROB 11/1503
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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 Administer
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