Source: TNA, Prob/11/1738
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This is the last Will and Testament of me The Reverend George Pyke of Wickhambrook in the County of Suffolk Clerk I give devise and bequeath unto The Reverend Martin John Brunwin of Braswell in the County of Essex Clerk and The Reverend Coppinger Henry Gooch Clerk Fellow of Corpus Christi College in the University of Cambridge their heirs Executors adm[inistrat]ors and assigns all and singular so much and such part and parts as is or are freehold or Leasehold and not of Copyhold or Customary Tenure of and in all and every my Manors Messuages Cottages Farms Lands Tenements and heredits whatsoever and wheresoever the same may be situate lying and being in possession reversion remainder or expectancy with the appurts To hold the same unto and to the use of the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch their heirs Executors adm[inistrat]ors and assigns for ever according to the nature of their respective tenures upon Trust that they the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch or the Survivor of them or the heirs Executors adm[inistrat]ors or assigns of such Surivor shall and do as and when they shall in their or his own discretion think fit and of their or his own proper authority absolutely sell and dispose of the said freehold or Leasehold Manors messuages Cottages Farms Lands Heredits and Premises with the appurts either together or in parcels and by public sale or auction or by private contract to any person or persons who shall be willing to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof and I do hereby authorize impower and direct the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppringer Henry Gooch or the Survivor of them or the heirs of such Survivor as soon after my decease as they in their or his own discretion shall think fit and of their or his own proper authority absolutely to sell and dispose of so much and such part and parts as is or are of Copyhold or Customary tenure and not of Freehold tenure of and in all and every my said Manors Messuages Cottages Farms Lands Tenements and heredits hereinbefore mentioned withthe appurts thereto respectively belonging either together or in parcels and by public sale or auction or by private Contract to any person or persons who shall be willing to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof and to make and execute all such bargains Sales Conveyances and assurances as shal be requisite or necessary for effectuating and completing such Sale or Sales as well of the said Freehold and Leasehold as of the said Copyhold or Customary heredits and I do hereby further direct that they the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch and the Survivor of them and the heirs Executors and adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor shall and do stand possessed of and interested in the monies to arise by such sale or sales after paying and satisfying thereout the costs and expenses of preparing for and making or otherwise attending such sale or sales upon and for the trusts intents and purposes hereinafter expressed and declared concerning the same and I do hereby declare that the receipt or receipts the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch or the Survivor of them or the heirs Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor shall be a good and effectual discharge for the Monies which shall arise by such sale or sales as aforesaid or which shall otherwise come to their or his hands by virtue of or under this my will or the trusts hereby declared or for so much of such monies as in such receipt or receipts shall be expressed or acknowledged to be received and that the person or persons paying such monies or taking such receipt or receipts for the same and the purchaser or purchasers of my said Estates as aforesaid shall not afterwards be obliged to see to the application or be answerable for the loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof nor shall such purchaser or purchasers be bound to ascertain or require into the necessity or propriety of any sale or sales which shall be made by the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch or the Survivor of them or the heirs Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor and I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch their Executors and adm[inistrat]ors all and every my Monies and Securities for money plate Household furniture L??? and Woollen Goods and Chattels and personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever To hold the same unto the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch their Executors adm[inistrat]ors and assigns upon Trust to sell dispose of and convert the same into money as soon after my decease as they in their own discretion shall think fit and as for and concerning as well the said Residue of my personal Estate as also the monies to arise and be produced by the sale of my said freehold copyhold Customary and Leasehold hereditaments hereinbefore devised and authorized and directed to be sold as aforesaid and the Rents and profits thereof until the same shall be sold I do hereby direct that the said Martin John Bunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch and the Survivor of them and the heirs Executors and adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor shall and do thereout in the first place pay and satisfy all my just debts and Funeral Testamentary and all other incidental charges and expences and shall and do lay out and invest the Residue thereof after payment of such debts and expences in the names of them the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch or the Survivor of them or the Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor in some or one of the public stocks of Great Britain or at Interest upon Government or Real Securities in England to be from time to time altered varied and transposed in or for other stocks funds or securities of the same or the like nature when and as often as they or he shall think proper and i do hereby direct that the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch and the Survivor of them and the heirs Executors and adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor shall and do stand and be possessed of and interested in the Monies Stocks Funds and Securities and the Interest Dividends and annual produce thereof and the Rents and profits ofthe said heredits until such Sale thereof as aforesaid upon the trusts following that is to say upon trust to pay thereout unto my Wife Mary Pyke or her assigns the annual sum of one hundred pounds Sterling for and during the term of her natural life to be paid free from all Taxes and without any Seduction whatsoever by equal half yearly payments on the twenty fifth day of March and the twenty ninth day of September in every year the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such of the said days as shall happen next after my decease and upon further Trust that they the said martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch or the survivor of them or the Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor shall and do during the minority of each of my Sons and Daughters or until the day or days of marrige of my said Daughters which shall first happen pay or apply the annual Sum of Seventy pounds for each and every such Son and Daughter out of the surplus of the Interest Dividends and annual produce of the said Trust Monies Stocks Funds and Securities and the Rents and profits of my said Estates until such Sale thereof as aforesaid by equal half yearly payments in every year unto my said wife Mary if she shall continue my Widow but if she shall marry again after my decease then shall and do themselves and himself retain such annual Sum of Seventy pounds for each and every such Son and Daughter to the intent that it may be paid and applied in or towards the maintenance support and Education of each and every such Son and Daughter by her my said Wife or by my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being as they or he in their or his discretion shall think fit and when and so soon as any of my said Children being a Son shall have attained the age of twenty one years or being a Daughter shall have attained such age or be married with the consent of her Guardians or Guardian for the time being upon further Trust that they the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch or the survivor of of them or the Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of such Survivor do and shall pay apply and transfer unto each and every of my said Children being a Daughter the Sum of Two thousand pounds Sterling on her attaining her age of twenty one years or day of marriage with such consent of Guardian for the time being as aforesaid which shall first happen or being a Son on his attaining his age of twenty one years an equal share or proportion of the principal monies of the surplus of such Stocks Funds and Securities for his her or their own benefit and disposal and upon further Trust that they my said Trustees or the Surivivor of them or he Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of such Surivvor do and shall from and immediately after the decease of my said Wife pay and apply transfer and divide all and singular such principal monies of such Stocks Funds and Securities as shall have been retained for raising the said annual Sum of one hundred pounds for my said Wife unto and amongst all and every my said Sons in equal shares and proportions as and when they shall attain their respective ages of twenty one years and upon further Trust that they my said Trustees or the survivor of them his Executors or adm[inistrat]ors do and shall invest all such Surplus as shall remain after payment of the said annual Sum of Seventy pounds for each Child as aforesaid of the interest dividends and annual produce of each respective Legacy or share during the respective minorities of my said Sons and Daughters or until the day of marrige of my said Daughters with such consent as aforesaid which shall first happen in order that it may accumulate for the benefit of each of my said Sons and Daughters until they shall have attained their respective ages of twenty one years or day of marriage of my said Daughters as aforesaid which shall first happen provided always and I do hereby declare that if any one or more of my said Children being a Son or Sons shall die under the age of twenty one years without leaving lawful Issue or being a Daughter or Daughters shall die under that age without having been married with the consent of her or their Guardian or Guardians for the time being then as well the original Legacy or share or shares of the Child or Children so dying as the share or shares which by virtue of this present proviso shall have survivied or accrues to him her or them of and in the hereinbefore Trust Estates Monies and Premises or of so much thereof as shall not previously have been applied for his her or their advancement or preferment by virtue of any provisoe contained in this my will shall from time to time go accrue and belong to the Survivors or Survivor and other and other of my said Children if more than one in equal shares as tenants in common and shall be vested and paid in like maner as his her or their original Legacy or share or shares provided always and I do hereby declare that it shall be lawful for my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being with the consent of my said Wife Mary Pyke during her life or Widowhood and after her decease or marrying again of their or his own proper authority to raise and apply all or any part of the share of any one of my said Children whose share shall not then be payable under the trusts and provisoes hereinbefore declared or contained for or towards his or their preferment advancement or benefit and I do hereby appoint my said wife Mary Pyke during such time as she shall remain my Widow and unmarried after my decease Guardian of the persons and Estates of my said Children during their respective minorities and after her decease and in case she shall so marry again I do hereby nominate and appoint the said martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch and the Survivor of them and the Executors and adm[inistrat]ors of such survivor to be the Guardians and Guardian of the persons and Estates of my said Children during the then remainder of their respective Minorities and I do hereby appoint my said wife Mary Pyke and the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch to be Executrix and Executors of this my last will and Testament but in case my said wife shall marry again after my decease Then I do hereby declare and direct that she shall cease to be an Executrix of this my will and I do in that case revoke the appointment of my said wife to be an Executrix as aforesaid provided always and I do hereby declare that in case the said Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch or either of them or any succeeding Trustees or Trustee to be nominated or apopinted as hereinafter mentioned in the place of stead of them or either of them shall happen to die or be desirous to be discharged from or decline refuse or become incapable to act in the trusts aforesaid before the same Trusts shall be fully performed or satisfied then and so often as the same shall happen it shall be lawful for the surviving or continuing or other Trustee or Trustees of the Trust Premises for the time being with the Consent in writing of my said Wife Mary Pyke during her widowhood and after her decease or second marriage of their or his own proper authority by any Note or writing under their or his own hands or hand to nominate substitute and appoint any other person or persons to be a Trustee or Trustees in the place or stead of the Trustee or Trustees so dying or desiring to be discharged or refusing or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid and that when and so often as any such Trustee or Trustees shall be nominated as aforesaid all the Trust Premises respectively the Trustee or Trustees of which shall so die desire to be discharged refuse or become incapable to act as aforesaid shall thereupon with all convenient speed be conveyed transferred and assured in such sort and manner and so that the same shal and may be legally and effectually vested in the newly appointed Trustee or Trustees jointly with the former continuing Trustee or Trustees of the Trust Premises or in case there shall be no continuing former Trustee then in such newly appointed Trustee or Trustees onlyupon the several Trusts and to and for the several intents and purposes hereinbefore by me expressed and declared of and concerning the same and thatevery such new Trustee shall and may in all respects act and assist in the carrying on and execution of the trusts to which he shall be so appointed as fully and effectually and with all such powers and authorities whatsoever as if such new Trustee had been by me originally nominated and appointed and as often the surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee of the same Trust Premises might do or could have done under or by force of this my will or otherwise as if such original Trustees or Trustee had been then living and continuing to act under or in execution of the Trusts hereby in them reposed provided also and I do hereby declare that the said Trustees in and by this my will nominated and appointed and hereafter to be nominated and appointed by virtue of the said last mentioned power and each and every of them their heirs Executors adm[inistrat]ors and assigns shall be charged and chargeable only for so much money as they and every of them shall respectively actually receive by virtue of or under this my will or the trusts aforesaid and that any one or more of them shall not be answerable for the other or others of them nor for the acts receipts neglects or defaults of the other or others of them but each of them for his own acts receipts neglects or defaults only nor shall they or any of them be answerable or accoutnable for any person or persons in whose hands the aforesaid monies or any part thereof shall or may be deposited or lodged for safe custody nor for the insufficienty or deficiency of any Security or Securities in or upon which the aforesaid Trust Monies or any part thereof shall or may be placed out or invested as aforesaid nor for any misfortune loss or damage which may happen in the execution of any of the aforesaid Trusts or in relation thereto except the same shall happen by or through their own willful neglects or defaults respectively and also that the said several Trustees and each and every of them their and each and every of their heirs Executors adm[inistrat]ors or assigns shall and may by and out of the monies which shall come to their respective hands by virtue of this my will or the trusts aforesaid retain to and reimburse themselves respectively and also allow to their andhis Co Trustree and Co Trustees all losses costs damages and expences which he they or any of them shall or may respectively suffer sustain expend disburse be at or be put unto or which shall or may be to him them or any of them occasioned for or on account or by reason or means of the Trusts hereby within reposed or the management and execution thereof or otherwise howsoever relating thereto In Witness whereof I the said George Pyke the Testator have to this my last will and Testament contained in seven sheets of paper set my hand to the first six sheets my hand and seal to the seventh and last sheet thereof and my Seal to the Lable that affixeth ???? together the 28th day of November ??the year of our Lord 1827. Geo Pyke Signed Sealed published and declared by the said George Pyke the Testator as and for his last willand Testament in the presence of us who inhis presence at his request and in the presence of of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. Saml Stevens Thomas Hinds. James Hinds Whereas I The Revd George Pyke of Wickhambrook in the County of Suffolk have duly made & executed my last will and Testament in writing bearing date on or about the latter end of the Month of November now last past and have thereby devised all and every my Estates unto and to the use of the Revd Martin John Brunwin and Coppinger Henry Gooch their heirs and assigns upon Trust to sell the same and after making certain specific payments thereout to my wife and Daughters as therein mentioned to divide the proceeds thereof amonst my six Sons Now I do hereby declare my will and mind to be that if the shares to which my said Sons shall be respectively entitled shall amount to the sum of Two thousand pounds each Then and in that case I do hereby give and devise all such part or share of the Fouton Estate belonging to me unto my wife Mary Pyke her heirs and assigns for ever and I do ordain and declare this present writing to be a codicil to mysaid will and that the same shall be annexed thereto and taken as part thereof and do confirm my said will in every particular thereof that is not hereby altered or revoked In witness whereof I have to this codicil set my hand and seal the 12th day of December in the year of our Lord 1827. Geo Pike Signed Sealed declared and published by the said George Pyke as and for a codicil to his last will and Testament and to be taken as part thereof in the presenceof John Dunthorn Junr Wickhambrook Thomas Hinds White Thorne Wickhambrook George Sperling Solo Clare Proved at London (with a Codicil) 13th March 1828 before the worshipful Charles Coste Dr of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of the Revd Martin John Brunwin Clerk and The Revd Coppinger Henry Gooch Clerk two of the Ex[ecut]ors to whom admon was granted being first sworn duly to administer power reserved to Mary Pyke widow the Relict the other Executor (during her Widowhood).
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