29 April 1783 Will of Henry Monk of Taunton and Poole, clerk (proved 15 April 1784)

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This is the last Will
and Testament of me Henry Monk late of Taunton in the 
County of Somerset but now of the Town and County of Poole
Clerk made and published this twenty ninth day of April in
the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty
three in manner following that is to say First I will that 
all my Just Debts and Funeral Expences shall be paid and 
satisfied and I do hereby ratify and confirm all and every the 
Clauses and Agreements in and by my Settlement made on my
Marriage with Margaret my now Wife and over and above 
the Provision Sum and Sums of Money to which she may
be entitled under or by virtue of the same Settlement I do
hereby give and bequeath unto her my said Wife the sum
of one thousand and five hundred Pounds Stock in the three
Per Cent Consolidated Annuities for her own Use and Benefit
and to be absolutely at her dispose Also I give and bequeath 
unto my said dear Wife all my Household Goods Furniture and
Implements of Household Jewels Plate and Linen for her own
absolute Use and Benefit And I give and bequeath unto my
Father and Mother William Monk and Mary Monk or such
of them as may be living at the time of my decease 
the Sum of Twenty Pounds of Lawful Money of Great 
Britain to be paid at the End of three Months next after 
my decease and the further Sum of Twenty Pounds of like 
Money unto my Sister Ann the Wife of Thomas Otway
of the Borough in the County of Surry Shop Keeper for
her own serparate use and the like sum of Twenty Pounds 
to my Sister Elizabeth Wife of John Lake of Taunton aforesaid 
Serge Weaver for her sole and separate use Also I give
and bequeath unto my good Friends Thomas Parsons of
Taunton in the County of Somerset Coal Merchant and
John Parsons of the same Place his Nephew and John
Hayne Bovet of Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen aforesaid 
Gentleman the Sum of Four hundred Pounds of lawful Money
of Great Britain to be paid them by my Executors herein
after named at the end of three Months next after my decease 
not for their own Use but in Trust that they my said Trustees 
and the Survivors and Survivor of them his Executors and
Administrators do and shall from time to time put and
place the same Out at Interest on any Real or Personal 
Security or Securities or invest the same in the Publick
Stocks or Funds as they my said Trustees or the Survivors
or Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators shall
think fit and the Interest and Produce of two hundred Pounds
part thereof shall and do pay apply and dispose of to or for 
the Use or Benefit of my said Sister Ann the Wife of 
the said Thomas Otway and her Assigns during the Term of her
natural Life to and for her and their own separate Use and 
Benefit without being subject or liable to the Debts or 
Controul of her present or any after taken Husband And
I direct that her Receipts above without her said Husband
						    shall


shall be good and sufficient discharges for the same and 
from and after the decease of her my said Sister Ann
Otway Then Upon Trust to call in pay apply and dispose
of the Sum of two hundred Pounds part of the said Legacy
or Sum of four hundred Pounds to and amongst all and
every or such one or more of the Children and Issue of
her my said Sister Ann Otway lawfully begotten or to be
begotten in such parts shares and proportions at such time 
and times and in such manner and form as she my said
Sister Ann Otway notwithstanding her Coverture and 
whether she shall be married or Sole by any Deed or Deeds
in Writing under her Hand and Seal with or without Power 
of Revocation or by her last Will and Testament in Writing 
or any Writing purporting so to be to be by her duly 
executed in the presence of and attested by two or more 
credible Witnesses shall direct limit give or appoint the
same or any part thereof and for want of such direction 
limitation gift and appointment or in Case any such
shall be when and so soon as the Interests thereby 
limitted shall respectively end and determine and as to 
such part and parts thereof whereof none shall be made 
In Trust for all and every the Children and Issue of her my said 
sister Ann Otway lawfully begotten or to be begotten
share and share alike at their several and respective 
Ages of twenty one Years And in Case any or either of 
them shall happen to die under that Age and unmarried 
then the share and part of him her or them so dying 
to go to the Survivors or Survivor of them And in
Case there shall be no such Children living at the 
time of the decease of her my said Sister Ann Otway
or being such and they shall happen to die under the 
Age of twenty one Years and unmarried Then In Trust 
??? the Executors and Administrators of her my said
Sister Ann Otway And I further will and direct that as
to the Interest of the remaining Sum of two hundred 
Pounds other part and  residue of the said four
hundred Pounds the same shall be by my said Trustees
and the Survivors and Survivor of them his Executors 
and Administrators paid applied and disposed of to or
for the Use or Benefit of my said Sister Elizabeth
wife of the said John Lake and her Assigns during the 
Term of her natural Life to and for her and their
own separate Use and Benefit without being subject or 
????e to the Controul Debts or Engagements of her presnt
?????? after taken Husband and I direct that her 
receipts alone without her said Husband shall be good and 
sufficient discharges for the same and from and after the decease 
of her my said Sister Elizabeth Lake Then Upon Trust to
??? in pay apply and dispose of the said remaining 
sum of two hundred Pounds residue of the said four hundred 
pounds to and amongst all and every or such one or 
more of the Children and Issue of her my said Sister


Elizabeth Lake lawfully begotten or to be begotten in such
???? shares and Proportions at such time and times and in
such manner and form as she my said Sister Elizabeth Lake
notwithstanding her Coverture and whether she shall be sole
or married by any Deed or Deeds Writing or Writings under
her Hand and Seal with or without Power of ???????ation
or by her last Will and Testament in Writing or any Writing
purporting so to be to be by her duly executed in the presence 
of and attested by two or more credible Witnesses shall direct
limit give or appoint the same or any part thereof and
for want of such direction limitation gift and appointment 
or in Case any such shall be when and so soon as the
Interests thereby limitted shall respectively end and determine
and as to such part or parts thereof whereof none shall be 
made In Trust for all and every the Children and Issue of 
her my said Sister Elizabeth Lake lawfully begotten or
to be be begotten share and share alike to be paid at
their several and respective Ages of twenty one Years but 
in Case any or either of them shall happen to die under 
that Age and unmarried then the part and share of him
her or them so dying to go to the Survivors or Survivor 
of them And in Case there shall be no such Children
living at the time of the decease of her my said Sister 
Elizabeth Lake or being such and they shall all happen to
die under the Age of twenty one Years and unmarried 
Then In Trust for the Executors and Administrators of 
her my said Sister Elizabeth Lake Also as concerning all the 
rest and residue of my Monies in the Funds and other 
Monies and Securities for Money Goods Chattels and Effects
whatsoever and wheresoever after Payment of my Debts Lagacies
and Funeral Expences I give and bequeath the same unto
her my said Wife Margaret Monk and to her Brother and 
Brother in Law Young Green of the Town and County of
Poole aforesaid Merchant and William Humfrey of or near
Christ Church in the County of Hants Esquire and to the
Survivors and Survivor of them his or her Executors and
Administrators Upon the Trusts and for the Purposes herein
after expressed that is to say In Trust that they my said
Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them his or her 
Executors and Administrators shall and do from time to time
put and place out the same at Interest on any Real or Personal
Security or Securities or invest the same in the Publick Stocks
or Funds and the Interest and Proceed thereof to be from time
to time paid to or retained by her my said Wife Margaret
and her Assigns during so many years and so long time as she
my said Wife shall live and remain my Widow and unmarried 
and from and after her decease or second Marriage which
shall first happen then Upon Trust that my said Residuary 
Legatees and Trustees last named or the Survivors or Survivor 
of them his or her Executors and Administrators shall and do
call in pay apply and dispose of all or any part of my
said Residuary Estate and Effects to or for the Use and Benefit
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of all and every or such one or more of my Children and 
Issue lawfully begotten or to be begotten that shall be
living or In Ventre sa mere at the time of my decease on
their severally attaining their respective Ages of twenty one
years or day or ???? of Marriage which shall first happen in
such shares and Proportions manner and form as she my said 
Wife  by any Deed or Deeds in Writing under her Hand and
Seal with or without Power of Revocation or by her last Will
and Testament in Writing or any Writing purporting so to 
be to be by her duly executed in the presence of and attested 
by two or more credible Witnesses shall direct limit give or 
appoint the same or any part thereof and for want of such
direction limitation gift and appointment or in Case any
such shall be when and so soon as the Interests thereby 
limitted shall respectively end and determine and as to such
part and parts thereof whereof none shall be made In
Trust for all and every such my said Children and Issue 
lawfully begotten or to be begotten share and share alike to 
be paid at their several and respective Ages of twenty one
Years And in Case any or either of them shall happen
to die under that Age and unmarried Then the share
and part of him her or them so dying shall go to the 
Survivors or Survivor of them And in Case I shall leave
no such Children or Child living or that shall be In
Ventre sa Mere at the time of my decease or being 
such and they shall all happen to die under the Age of 
twenty one years and unmarried Then from and after the 
decease or second Marriage of my said Wife which shall
first happen In Trust to pay over two hundred Pounds 
of lawful Money part of my said Residuary Estate into 
the Hands of the said Thomas Parsons John Parsons 
and John Hayne Bovet or the Survivors or Survivor of
them to be by them disposed of at Interest and
the Interest applied towards the support or preaching of 
the Gospel in the Protestant dissenting Meeting House
in Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen aforesaid called Pauls
Meeting And as to all the Rest of my said Residuary Estate
and Effects In Trust Also to pay over the same into the 
Hands of the said Thomas Parsons John Parsons and JOhn
Hayne Bovet or the Survivors or Survivor of them his 
Executors or Administrators In Trust and to be by them
the said Thomas Parsons John Parsons and John Hayne 
Bovet and the Survivors and Survivor of them his Executors 
and Administrators from time to time put out at Interest 
a?? the Interest and Principal Money to be paid applied and
??sposed of to and upon the like Trusts and Purposes and
for the benefit of the several Person and Persons and
?? equal Moieties shares and Proportions and in such
manner and form as is herein above expressed concerning the
said Sum of four hundred Pounds herein before given to or
for the Benefit of my said two Sisters and their respective 
Children as aforesaid And I do hereby nominate and appoint


my said Wife Margaret Monk the said Young Green and William
Humfrey to be joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament 
hereby revoking all former Wills by me made Provided and it 
is my Will that it shall and may be lawful to and for all
and every my said Trustees hereinbefore named and every of 
them their and each and every of their Heirs Executors and 
Administrators respectively in the first place to deduct and reimburse
themselves respectively all such Costs Charges and Expences and
for all such reasonable and necessary Journies and Attendances
as they any or either of them shall or may sustain be put unto
or have in or about the Premises or the Management or
Execution of the several Trusts hereby in them respectively 
reposed And that my said Trustees any or either of them 
shall not be answerable or accountable for any more of the 
said Trust Premises than shall actually come to his or
their Hands nor for any Loss or Losses that shall or may
happen of the said Trust Premises or any part of parts thereof 
respectively by reason of any insufficient Security or Securities 
or otherwise so as such Loss or Losses happen without their
respective willful default or mismanagement nor one for the 
others or other of them nor for the Acts Deeds Receipts or
defaults the one of the others or other of them but each
for himself and his own Acts Deeds Receipts and defaults only
In Testimony whereof I the said Henry Monk the Testator 
have to this my last Will and Testament contained in six Sheets 
of Paper to the five first Sheets thereof set my Hand and to
this sixth and last Sheet set my Hand and Seal the day and 
Year first above written Henry Monk LS Signed Sealed Published
and declared by the said Henry Monk the Testator as and for 
his last Will and Testament in the presence of Us who have
hereunto at his request subscribed Our Names as Witnesses
John Kirkpatrick Escott  Isaac Sparks Junr

I the above named Henry Monk do make this Codicil to this my
last Will and Testament I give and bequeath to my said Father
and Mother above named during their joint Lives and to the
Survivor of them for Life an Annuity of Thirty Pounds to be 
paid them by equal Quarterly Payments by my Executors above
named the first of such Payments to be made at the end of 
three Months next after my decease and for Payment thereof I 
bind all my Executory and Testamentory Estate In Witness whereof 
I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the day and Year first
above written Henry Monk LS Witnesses John Kirkpatrick Escott
Isaac Sparks Junr

This Will was proved at London with a Codicil the
fifteenth day of April in the Year of Our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and Eighty four before the right Worshipful Peter
Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths
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of Margaret Monk Widow the Relict of the deceased Young Green 
and William Humfrey otherwise Humfry the Executors 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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