Source: TNA, PROB 11/1169
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This is the last Will and Testament of me Amy Lester of Blandford Forum in the County of Dorset Widow First it is my Will and desire to be buried in aprivate and decent manner at Mappowder in the County of Dorset I give to my Sister Margaret the Wife of the Reverend Thomas Coker of Mappowder aforesd and also the said Thomas Coker and to Bridget Bowles Widow of my late Nephew William Thomas Bowles Ten Guineas each and to my Sister in Law Jane Bowles of Tour Malling in Kent Five Guineas to buy them Mourning to be paid to them respectively by my Executor hereinafter named immediately after my decease I give to the poor of the Parish of Mappowder aforesaid the Sum of Ten pounds and to the poor of the Parish of Donhead Saint Andrew in the County of Wilts the sum of twenty pounds which said Sums I direct shall be paid and distributed by the Minister and Churchwardens of the said parishes as they in their discretion shall think fit within six Months next after my decease And whereas under and by virtue of the last Will and Testament of my late Sister Ann Nairue deceased I have a power of disposing of one Moiety or half part of two hundred pounds Bank Stock now or late standing in the Name of the said Ann Nairue Now by Virtue of the said power I do hereby give and dispose of the said Moiety of the said two hundred pounds Bank Stock unto my Great Nephew Charles Bowles of Winchester Winchester in the County of Southampton Gentleman his Executors Administrators and Assigns In Trust to pay and apply the Interest Dividends and Annual Produce thereof to my Sister the said Margaret Coker during the term of her natural life whose receipt alone from time to time notwithstanding her Coverture shall be a sufficient discharge to my said Trustee for the same And from and immediately after the decease of the said Margaret Coker then in trust to pay and apply the said Interest Dividends and annual produce unto and equally between my Great Nieces Frances the Wife of the Reverend Edward Lambert and Amy the Wife of the Reverend Peregrine Bingham for and during the term o their joint Lives and whose receipts alone from time to time notwithstanding their Covertures shall be sufficient discharges to my said Trustee for the same And from and immediately after the Death of either of them the said Frances Lambert and Amy Bingham Then In Trust to pay apply assign over and transfer the said Moiety of the said two hundred pounds Bank Stock and all the Interest Dividends and annual produce that shall be due thereon unto the Survivor of them the said Frances Lambert and Amy Bingham whose Receipt alone shall be a good and sufficient discharge to my said Trustee for the same And that the same or any part thereof shall not be subject or liable to the Controul Debts or Engagements of their present or any Future Husband the said Frances Lambert or Amy Bingham may then have Also I gvie and bequeath unto the said Charles Bowles the sum of three thousand pounds Stock now standing in my Name in the three per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities In Trust nevertheless and to for and upon the several uses Trusts Intents and purposes hereinafter particularly mentioned (that is to say) In Trust that he the said Charles Bowles his Executors Administrators or Assigns shall and do pay and apply the Dividencs Interest and Annual Produce of one thousand pounds part thereof unto and for the benefit of my Niece Elizabeth the Wife of the Reverend Just Alt of Mixbury in the County of Oxford and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural Life whose receipt alone notwithstanding her Coverture shall be a sufficient Discharge to my said Trustee for the same And that her present or any Future Husband shall have nothing to do therewith nor shall the same be liable to his or their Debts Controul or Engagements And from and after her decease In Trust to transfer assign over and pay the said Sum of one thousand pounds together with the Interest and dividends that shall be due thereon unto and amongst all and every the Children of my said Niece Elizabeth Alt equally between them share and share alike if more than one and if but one then to such only Child his or her Executors Administrators or Assigns the same to be paid and payable to them as and when they shall severally attain their respective Ages of twenty one years or be married which shall first happen And as to the further Sum of one thousand pounds other part of the said Sum of three thousand thousand pounds In Trust that he the said Charles Bowles his Executors Admors or Assigns shall and do pay and apply the Dividends Interest and annual produce thereof unto and for the benefit of my Niece Ann the Wife of William Johnson and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural life whose receipt alone I hereby direct shall be a sufficient Discharge to my said Trustee for the same And that her present or any future Husband shall have nothing to do therewith nor shall the same be liable to his or their Debts Controul or Engagements And from and after her decease In Trust to Assign over and pay the said last mentioned sum of one thousand pounds and the Dividends thereof and the accumulating Interest to grow due thereon unto and amongst all and every the Children of my said Niece Ann Johnson equally and between them share and share alike if more than one and if but one then to such only Child his or her Executors administrators or Assigns the same to be paid and payable to them respectivley when and as they shall severall attain their ages of twenty one years or be married which shall first happen and as to the further sum of Five hundred pounds other part of the said Sum of three thousand pounds In Trust that he the said Charles Bowles his Executors Administrators or Assigns shall and do pay apply and dispose of the Interest Dividends and produce thereof unto my Great Niece the said Frances Lambert for and during her natural life whose receipt alone shall be a sufficient discharge to my said Trustee for the same and that her present or any Future Husband shall have nothing to do therewith nor shall the same be liable to his or their debts Controul or Engagements And from and after her decease In trust to pay and apply and dispose of the said Sum of Five hundred pounds and the accumulating Interest and Dividends thereof unto such Person or Persons and for such use or uses Intents and purposes as she the said Frances Lambert shall by Deed or will direct limit or appoint And for want of such direction Limitation or appointment In Trust to pay apply and dispose of the same unto the Executors Admors or Assigns of the said Frances Lambert And as to the further Sum of Five hundred pounds residue of the said Sum of three thousand pounds In Trust that he the said Charles Bowles his Executors Administrators or Assigns shall and do by and out of the Interest Dividends and annual produce thereof pay unto my Niece Catherine Philips one annuity or Clear yearly sum of Five pounds for and during the term of her naturel Life by Four quarterly payments in the year And In trust to pay apply and dispose of the residue of the Interest Dividends and annual produce arising from the said last mentioned Sum of Five hundred pounds equally between my Great Nephew and Nieces Henry Bowles and Margaret Bowles and Sarah Bowles son and Daughters of my said late Nephew William Thomas Bowles and the Survivor of them for and during the life of the said Catherine Catherine Philips And from and after the decease of the said Catherine Philips In Trust to transfer assign over and pay the said last mentioned sum of Five hundred pounds and the dividends thereof and the accumulating Interest to grow due tehreon unto and amongst all and every the Children of the said Catherine Phillips equally between them share and share alike if more than one and if but one then to such only Child his or her Executors Administrators or Assigns the same to be paid and payable to them whem and as they shall severally attain their respective Ages of twenty one years or be married which shall first happen I give and bequeath unto all and every the Children of my said late Nephew William Thomas Bowles and of my three Nieces Elizabeth Alt Catherine Philips and Ann Johnson that shall be living at the time of my decease the sum of two hundred pounds a piece (except unto my Nephew Isaac Lester Philips son of my said Nice Catherine Philips to whom I give and bequeath the sum of one hundred pounds only) all which said Legacies I hereby direct shall be paid and payable to them at their respective ages of twenty one years or Days of Marriage which shall first happen And in Case any or either of the said Children should die before their respective Legacy or Legacys shall become payable as aforesaid Then and in such Case I give the share or shares of him her or them so dying unto his her or their surviving Brothers or Sisters if any share and share alike and if none then to his her or their Executors Administrators or Assigns And I do hereby order and direct that the said Charles Bowles his Executors Administrators and Assigns to lay out and Invest the Legacies or Sums of two hundred pounds and one hundred pounds of such of my said Great Nephews and Nieces as shall be in their Minority at the time of my Decease in his own Name in the public Funds and to pay and apply such and so much of the dividends Interst and produce as well of the said Legacies given to my said Great Nephews and Nieces as also of their respective shares and parts of the said Sums of Five hundred pounds hereinbefore mentioned for and towards the Maintenance and Education of my said Great Nephews and Nieces during their respective Minoritys as the said Charles Bowles shall in his discretion think fit Also I give and bequeath unto Catherine the Daughter of my late Niece Barbara Lisle Wray deceased the Sum of two hundred pounds which I direct shall be paid by my Executor within on year after my decease for her use into the Hands of her Father Charles Wray Esquire whose receipt alone shall be a sufficient discharge for the same Also I give and bequeath all those my Lands Tenements and Estates situate and being at Rowlesbury within the parish and Manor of Helton in the said County of Dorset which I hold by Lease granted by the Right Honorable Lord Rivers and all my Estate and Interest therein unto the said Charles Bowles his Executors Administrators and Assigns Also Also I give and bequeath unto the said Charles Bowles the sum of two hundred pounds now vested in and secured upon the Tolls of the Weymouth Turnpike together with the Interest which shall be due and growing thereon at my decease In trust he the said Charles Bowles his Executors Administrators or Assigns do and shall in the first place pay unto Dorothy Wyatt of Donhead Saint Mary in the County of Wilts Widow one Annuity or yearly Sum of Five pounds to be paid by half yearly payments at Lady Day and Michaelmas the first payment thereof to be made on such of the said Days as shall happen next after my Decease for and during the term of her natural Life and the overplus of such Interest I will and direct shall from time to time be paid and applied by the said Charles Bowles his Executors Administrators or Assigns for and towards defraying the expences of Educating Maintaining and bringing up of the said Isaac Lester Philips Son of my said Niece Catherine Philips during his Minority And after his attaineing the Age of twenty one years then to his own use and benefit And from and after the decease of the said Dorothy Wyatt I give and bequeath the said Sum of Two hundred pounds and all Interest then due thereon unto the said Isaac Lester Philips his Executors Administrators and Assigns Also I give and bequeath unto the said Charles Bowles my workd Bed Furniture and appurtenances together with a Toilet of the same work And also the Bed Bedstead Firtuniture and Toilet in the Red Room And also the Mahogany Chairs and Book Case in the Front Parlour below And also my plate and Linen toggether with my large plain Silver Watch Also I give and bequeath unto Miss Elizabeth Carpenter who now lives with me as a recompence for her Care and Tenderness towards me the sum of one hundred pounds and also all my wearing Apparel together with a double Chest of Drawers in my own Room and the Bed Bedstead and Furniture whereon I now lie Also I give and bequeath unto my said Great Niece Margaret Bowles the Watch I now wear with the Gold Chase Case belonging to the same Also I give and bequeath to my said Great Niece Frances Lambert the Cheque Bed Bedstead and Furniture in the Room over the one I now sleep in And also the Press Bed and Book shelve in my own Room Also I give to my Maid Servant Jane the Bed Bedstead and Furniture she lately laid on in the Garrat And I also give and bequeath unto the said Charles Bowles the sum of one hundred and Fifty pounds (over and above the said Sum of two hundred pounds hereinbefore given and bequeathed to him by this my Will as a Compensation for the Care and Trouble he may have in the Management and Execution of this my Will and the trusts hereby in him reposed All the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels Effects and Personal Estate Estate whatsoever and wheresoever not herein and hereby otherwise disposed of I give and bequeath the same unto the said Charles Bowles his Executors Administrators and Assigns And I hereby make constitute and appoint the said Charles Bowles sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made And my Will is and I do hereby expressly declare that my said Executor shall not be charged or chargeable with or accountable for any more of the aforesaid Trust Monies than he shall actually receive or shall come to his Hands bi virtue of this my Will or for the Loss of the same or any part thereof so as such Loss happen without his wilful neglect or default And also that it shall and may be lawful to and for him my said Executor in the first place by and out of my Trust Monies and Personal Estate to deduct retain and reimburse to himself all such reasonable Costs Charges and Expences as he shall sustain be put unto in or about the performance of this my Will and the Trusts hereby in him reposed In Witness whereof I the said Amy Lester have to this my last Will and Testament contained in Five sheets of Paper set my Hand and Seal (to wit) to the first four sheets thereof my Hand and to the fifth and last sheet my Hand and seal this eixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord on thousand seven hundred and eighty eight Amy Lester LS Signed sealed published and declared by the said Amy Lester the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto Wa Whitaker Wm Hannem I Amy Lester do make this Codicil to my last Will and Testament in manner following Whereas I have in and by my said last Will and Testament given unto my Niece Catherine Phillips one Annuity or yearly Sum of Five pounds to be paid to her by my Executor therein named out of the Interest Dividends and Annual Produce of the Sum of Five hundred pounds therein mentioned and the remainder of the said Interest Dividends and Annual Produce of the said Sum of Five hundred Pounds I have thereby direted to be paid unto my Great Nephew and Nieces Henry Bowles Margaret Bowles and Sarah Bowles during the life of my said Nice Catharine Phillips as by the said Will appears Now I do hereby revoke and make void the said bequest or annuity of Five pounds so given to the said Catharine Phillips And I do hereby direct that the whole of the said Interest Dividends and Annual Produce of the said Sum of Five hundred Pounds shall be paid unto the said HenryBowles Margaret Bowles and Sarah Bowles in equal shares and proportions during the Life of the said Catharine Phillips and in all other respects I do hereby ratify and confirm my said Will In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this tenth day of July one thousand thousand seven hundred and eighty eight Amy Lesterr LS Signed sealed published and declared by the said Amy Lester as and for a Codicil to her last Will and Testament in the presence of Diana Carpenter Wa Whitaker This Will was proved at London with a Codicil the twenty seventh Day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight before the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne Knight Docotor of Laws Master Keeper of Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Charles Bowles the Great Nephew of the deceased and Sole Executor named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn by Commission duly to Administer
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