20 July 1846 Will of Rebecca Spicer of Somerford Grange, Christchurch, widow (proved 27 Nov 1847)

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Source: TNA, PROB 11/2065

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This is the last Will and Testament 
of me Rebecca Spicer of Somerford Grange in the Parish of Christchurch
in the County of Southampton Widow of John Spicer late of the same
place Esquire I desire that my body may be buried in the same grave with
my late dear Husband in the Parish Church of Christchurch aforesaid I
direct all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences to be paid out of
my personal estate and if that should prove insufficient then it is my will
that my real estate shall be chargeable with the deficiency I give and devise
unto my Nephew Robert Paris of the City of London and to his assigns all
my Estates at Great Budbridge Little Budbridge Red Mead and Moor in the
Isle of Wight in the County of Southampton for and during the term of his
natural life And from and immediately after his decease I give and devise
the same estates unto his eldest Son Robert Paris his heirs and assigns chargeable
nevertheless with the payment of and I do hereby give to Martha the
Wife of my said Nephew Robert Paris in case she shall survive him and
so long as she shall continue his widow the annual rent or sum of one
hundred pounds of lawful British money to be issuing and payable out
of the same estates by four equal quarterly payments on the days or times
hereinafter mentioned that is to say on the twenty fifth day of March the
twenty fourth day of June the twenty ninth of September and twenty
first of December in every year without any deduction or abatement out
of the same or any part thereof for or by reason of any Parliamentary or
other taxes rates or impositions whatever the first quarterly payment of
the said yearly rent or annual sum of one hundred pounds to be made on
such of the said days as shall happen next after the decease of the said
Robert Paris And if the said yearly rent or annual sum of one hundred
pounds or any part thereof shall be in arrear or unpaid for the space of
twenty one days next after any of the said days or times whereon the
same ought to be paid as aforesaid then and at any time or times there
after when and as often as the case shall so happen it shall and may
be lawful to and for the said Martha Paris into and upon the said lands
tenements and hereditaments out of which the said yearly rent or
annual sum of one hundred pounds is to be issuing and payable as
aforesaid or into or upon any part or parts thereof to enter and distrain
for the said yearly rent or annual sum or so much thereof as shall then
be so in arrear or unpaid as aforesaid And the distress and distresses then
and there found and taken to lead drive carry away and impound and in
pound to detain and keep until the said yearly rent or annual sum
and all arrears thereof and all costs charges and expences relating to or
attending the said distress and distresses shall be fully satisfied and paid
and in default thereof in due time after such distress or distresses shall
be so taken to appraise sell and dispose of the same distress and distresses or
otherwise to demean therein according to Law in like manner as in
distresses taken for rent reserved by lease or common demise to the end
and intent that thereby she the said Martha Paris may be fully satisfied
and paid the said yearly rent or annual sum of one hundred pounds and
all arrears thereof and all costs and charges and expences relating to or
attending the recovery or obtaining the payment of the same I give and



bequeath unto my Nephew William Walter Eloure the sum of five thousand
five hundred pounds part of the Three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annui-
ties standing in my name in the Books of the Bank of England to and for his
own proper use and benefit I give and bequeath unto my Executor herein-
after named the sum of four thousand pounds other part of my Three per
Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities upon Trust for my Great Niece Martha
Ann Paris to be transferred to her at the age of twenty one years the dividends
in the meanwhile to be paid and applied for or towards her mainte-
nance and education or to accumulate for her benefit I give and bequeath
unto my Executor the sum of one thousand pounds other part of my Three
per Cent Bank Annuities upon Trust for my Great Niece Rebecca Paris to
be transferred to her at the age of twenty one years the dividends in the
meanwhile to be paid and applied for or towards her maintenance or
education or to accumulate for her benefit I give and bequeath unto my
Executor the sum of one thousand pounds other part of my Three per Cent
Bank Annuities upon Trust for my Great Niece Emma Paris to be trans-
ferred to her at the age of twenty one years the dividends in the mean-
while to be paid and applied for her maintenance or education or to
accumulate for her benefit I give and bequeath unto my Executor herein-
after named the sum of eight thousand pounds other part of my Three per
Cent Bank Annuities upon Trust for the Sons of my Nephew Robert Paris
to be equally divided between them share and share alike and to be trans-
ferred to them as they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years
the dividends in the meanwhile to be applied for or towards their mainte-
nance education or bringing up I give and bequeath unto my Executor here-
inafter named the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds other part of my
Three per Cent Bank Annuities upon Trust to pay the dividends thereof unto
Catherine Pouting Wife of Stephen Pouting now or late of Bristol for and
during the term of her natural life And from and immediately after her decease
to transfer the said sum of one thousand five hundred pounds unto Richard
Pouting the Son of the said Catherine Pouting to and for hiw own proper use and
benefit I give and devise unto my said Nephew Robert Paris his heirs and
assigns All those several estates parcels of land and hereditaments situate near
Somerford Grange and Nea respectively in the Parish of Christchurch aforesaid
and in the Parish of Milton in the said County of Southampton some of which
said estates parcels of land and hereditaments are called or known by the seve-
real names of Roeshets, Hambrough, Derham Fields, Welsted, Nundy Coal, Quivers
and Ogbear and which said estates parcels of land and hereditaments are now
or late were in the several occupations of    Hailey   Martin   Park
and Arthur Newman And also all and singular other the messuages lands
and hereditaments situate near Somerford and and Nea respectively over
which I have any disposing power To hold the same unto my said Nephew
Robert Paris his heirs and assigns for ever And as to and concerning all the
Rest Residue and Remainder of my monies in the Funds house-
hold goods plate linen and china Estates and Effects both real and personal and
of what nature or kind soever the same may consist and wheresoever the
same may be situate and being I direct the the same and every part thereof
to be sold called in and conerted into money and the proceeds thereof after pay-
ment of my just debts and funeral and testamentary expences to be paid to or
received by my said Nephew Robert Paris his executors administrators and 
assigns to and for his own proper use and benefit And I give and devise all
and every the messuages lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever 
whereof I am seized or entitled as trustee or mortgagee with their and
every of their appurtenances and all my estate and interest therein unto
my said Nephew Robert Paris his heirs executors administrators and assigns
upon Trust and to the intent that he my said Nephew Robert Paris his heirs
executors or administrators do and shall on payment of such sum and sums



of money as shall be due and owing upon or in respect of the several trusts
mortgages and securities affecting or charging the said respective premises or
which ought to be paid unto my executors or administrators convey assign
and assure the said several and respective hereditaments and premises with
the appurtenances unto and for the person and persons and his her and their
heirs executors administrators and assigns who at the time of making such
respective payments shall be entitled to the redemption or equity of redemption
of and in the said respective trust or mortgage premises provided always and
it is my will and meaning that the said Robert Paris his executors
administrators or assigns or the trustee or trustees for the time being of this
my Will shall be charged and chargeable only for such monies as he or they
shall actually receive by virtue of the trutss hereby in him and them
resposed nor shall he or they be answerable or accountable for any Banker
Broker or other person with whom or in whose hands any part of the said trust
monies shall or may be deposited or lodged for safe custody or otherwise in the
execution of any of the trusts hereinbefore contained nor shall he or they be
at any time answerable or accountable for the insufficiency or deficiency of
any Security or Securities Stocks or Funds in or upon which the said trust
monies or any part thereof shall be placed out or invested nor for any other
loss which may happen to the aforesaid trust premises (except the same shall
happen by or through or their wilful neglect or default) And that one of
them shall not be answerable or accountable for the other of them or for
the acts deeds defaults receipts or disbursements of the other of them (not-
withstanding he or they shall join in any receipt for conformity) but each
of them for the acts deeds defaults receipts or disbursements of himself only
And also that he the said Robert Paris his heirs executors administrators 
and assigns or the trustee or trustees for the time being shall and may by
and out of the monies which shall or may come to his or their hands by 
virtue of the trutss aforesaid retain to and reimburse himself and them-
selves all costs charges damages and expenses which he or they shall or may
suffer sustain expend disburse or be put unto in or about the execution of the
trusts hereby in him or them reposed or in relation thereto And I do hereby
appoint my Nephew the said Robert Paris Executor of this my Will hereby
revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made In witness
whereof I the said Rebecca Spicer the testatrix have to this my last Will and 
Testament contained in five sheets of paper set my hand to each of the said
sheets the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty six  R Spicer  signed published and declared
by the said Rebecca Spicer the testatrix as and for her last Will and Testa-
ment upon the day of the date in the presence of us present at the same time
and who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other
have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses  D Howard Portsea
Chas Cole Clerk to Messrs Howard & Parnell Solrs Portsea

This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me
Rebecca Spicer of Somerford Grange in the Parish of Christchurch in
the County of Southampton Widow whereas by my Will bearing date
the twentieh day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty six I
have appointed my Nephew Robert Paris the Elder of the City of London
Gentleman sole Executor thereof It is now my wish and desire that he
should act as Trustee and Executor of my said Will jointly with Charles
William Martin of Belvidere House in the said Parish of Christchurch
Esquire and for that purpose I hereby nominate constitute and appoint
the said Robert Paris the Elder and the said Charles William Martin
joint Executors and Trustees of my said Will And I hereby give devise and
bequeath unto the said Robert Paris the Elder and the said Charles
William Martin their heirs executors administrators and assigns all



my trust estates monies and premises devised and bequeathed by my said 
Will upon the trusts therein contained with full power and autho-
rity for them to act as Trustees and Executors of my said Will and to exe-
cute the trusts thereof in as full ample and sufficient manner as if 
appoined originally by my said Will And I hereby ratify and confirm
my said will in all other respects In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand this fourth day of January one thousand eight hundred and
forty seven  Rebecca Spicer  Signed published and declared by the
said Rebecca Spicer the testatrix as and for a Codicil to her said last will
and Testament who in her presence at her request and in the sight and
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
Wm Tanner Solicitor Christchurch  Sophy Rebecca Spicer Read
Spinster Christchurch
	In the Goods of Rebecca Spicer Widow deceased
Appeared Personally William Tanner of
the Parish of Christchurch in the County of Southampton Solicitor and
made Oath that he is one of the subscribed witnesses to the Codicil to the
last Will and Testament of Rebecca Spicer late of Somerford Grange in
the Parish of Christchurch aforesaid Widow deceased the said Codicil 
being hereunto annexed and bearing date the fourth day of January
one thousand eight hundred and forty seven And he further made Oath
that on the fourth day of January aforesaid the said testatrix duly exe-
cuted the said Codicil by signing her name at the foot or end thereof in
the presence of this deponent and of Sophy Rebecca Spicer Read the other
witness thereto both of whom were present at the same time and this
deponent and the said Sophy Rebecca Spicer Read thereupon attested and
subscribed the said Codicil in the presence of the said testatrix Wm Tanner
On the twenty fourth day of November 1847 the said William Tanner 
was duly sworn to the truth of this Affidavit by virtue of the annexed
Commission Before me W. F. Burrows Commissioner

Proved at London with a Codicil 27th Novr 1847 before the Judge by
the Oaths of Robert Paris Esqr the Elder the Executor named in the Will
and Charles William Martin Esqr the Executor named in the said Codicil 
to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn by Commission duly
to administer


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