28 October 1808 Will of John Pike of Brixton, St Mary Lambeth, Surrey, carpenter (proved 15 December 1810)

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This is the last Will and Testament of
me John Pike of Brixton in the Parish of Saint Mary Lambeth


in the County of Surry Captain I give and bequeath unto my Wife
Sarah Pike and to my daughter Elizabeth the Sum of Twenty
Pounds each to be Paid them as soon as conveniently may be after
my decease And I will and direct that my Wife shall be entitled
to have and use for and during her natural Life the following 
Articles of Furniture Vizt the Bed and Bedstead we usually
sleep on and three Sheets three Blankets two Ruggs two pillows
and two Pillow Cases one Mahogany Chest of Drawers one
Mahogany Dining Table one Mahogany Tea Table eight
Mahogany Hair Bottom Chairs one C???? Six Silver Tea
Spoons two Silver Table Spoons and such other Articles of my
Furniture as may be necessary to furnish two Rooms for her use
and I further give and bequeath unto my said wife one Annuity 
or Yearly Sum of Sixty pounds for and during the Term of her 
natural Life to be payable and paid unto my said Wife clear of 
all Taxes & Deductions whatsoever by equal half yearly payments
that is to say on the 29th day of September and the 25th Day of 
March in each year the first payment thereof to begin and be 
made on such of the said Days as shall first happen next after
my decease And I give and bequeath unto my said Daughter
Elizabeth her Exors Admors & Assigns one Annuity or Yearly Sum of
thirty pounds for and during the remainder of the Terms of Years
for which I hold the Leasehold premises hereafter charged with 
payment of the said Annuity the same annuity to commence and to
be computed from the day of the decease of my said Wife and to be 
paid and payable by equal half yearly payments that is to say on
the twenty ninth day of September & the twenty fifty day of March
in each year the first payment to begin and be made on such of 
the said days as shall first happen next after my Wifes decease
And I do hereby charge All that Messuage or Tenement situate 
at Brixton Rise now let to and in the Occupation of Mr Wood
And also all that Leasehold Messuage or Tenement now unoccupied
And also all those several Cottages erected by me on Ground I hold 
under Lease from the Reverend Thomas Foster situate in Acre Lane
with the payment of the said several Annuities of sixty pounds
& thirty pounds per Annum to my said Wife and daughter Elizabeth
and I do declare that in case the said yearly rent Charges or annual
Sums or any part thereof shall be unpaid for the space of twenty 
one days next after any of the days of payment on which the 
same shall be respectively payable it shall be lawful for my said 
Wife & Daughter respectively and their Assigns into and upon the
said Messuages & Tenements or any part thereof to enter & distrain
and the Distress and Distresses then & there found to impound 
remove appraise sell and dispose of as in Cases of Distress taken
for rent reserved in Common Demises for Years to the end that 
my said Wife and Daughter respectively and their respective Assigns
may be paid the same Annuities or annual Sums of Sixty pounds
& Thirty pounds respectively in manner hereinbefore mentioned and
all Costs & Expences attending the making and selling of such Distress
or Distresses And I give and bequeath to my said Daughter Elizabeth
her Exors Admors & Assigns All that Leasehold Messuage or Tenement
situate in Acre Lane aforesaid and now let to and in the Occupation 
of Mr John Skeates And Subject to and chargeable with the payment 
of the said Annuities I do hereby give and bequeath the said Leasehold
Messuage
  and cottage (except the
  said Leasehold Mess???
    bequeathed to my said Daughter) to my Son James his
Exors Admors & Assigns to whom I also give & bequeath all
other my Leasehold and other personal Estate and Effects of what
Nature or Kind soever the same may be Provided always and I 
do hereby declare that in case my said Son shall at any time
pay to my said daughter Elizabeth the Sum of Six hundred 
pounds as a Satisfaction for and in lieu of the said Annuity of


thirty pounds hereinbefore given to her that then and immediately
on such payment the said Annuity of Thirty pounds shall cease
and determine And I do hereby constitute & appoint the reverend 
Thomas Foster of Clapham in the County of Surry Clerk and my
said Son James Pike Executors of this my last Will & Testament 
hereby revoking all former & other wills by me at any time heretofore 
made And my will is And I do hereby direct that my Exors 
shall each of them be answerable for his own Acts and receipts
only and not the one of them for the other In witness whereof I 
the said John Pike the Testator have to this my last Will and 
Testament contained in two Sheets of Paper to the first Sheet
hereof set my Hand and to the last my Hand & Seal the 28th
day of October in the year of our Lord 1808  John Pike LS
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator John
Pike as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of 
us who in his presence & at his request and in the presence of 
each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses
Own Corthorne Brixton  Henry Wedlake Clerke to Messrs Shephard
Adlington Bedford Row

Proved at London 15th December 1810 before the Wpful 
Joseph Phillismore Dr of Laws & Surre by the Oaths of the Revd
Thomas Foster Clerk & James Pike the Son the Exors being first
sworn to administer

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