Will of Charles Perrott of North Leigh in the County of Oxon, Gentleman. Catalogue Reference: Prob 11/699. Transcribed 2008.

In the Name of God Amen
I Charles Perrott of North Leigh in the County of Oxon Gentleman being at present in Health of Body (thanks be to God) but calling to mind the uncertainty of this Life Is for the Settling of that Estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty God to bless ---- make and ordain this my Present last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say ffirst and principally I resign my Soul into the hands of almighty God who gave it And my Body to the Earth to be Buried in a decent (but ffrugall and private manner without ffuneral pomp) And also my Worldly Estate which as yet remains undisposed of I Settle and dispose of the same as followeth that is to say whereas I am Entitled to one fourth (undivided) part or Share of diverse Leasehold Messuages Tenements and Leases with their Appurtenances situate standing and being within the Liberty of the City of Westminster and in the County of Middlesex for the residue of Certain terms of years by virtue of the last Will and Testament of my late Wifes uncle Dr ffrancis Seale deceased I do hereby give devise and bequeath all my right Tithe part Share Interest and Estate which I now have in the same unto my Loving Benjamin Perrott and unto my Son in Law George Underwood Clerk To hold to them their Executors Admintors and Assigns upon trust as is herein after mentioned that is to say /as for and covering Our Moiety of the said ffourth part or Share of the said premises and of the rents Issues and profitts thereof I will and direct that my said Trustees shall and do pay and apply the same towards the Maintenance Education and bringing up of my two Grand Children Ann Sparrow and Elizabeth Sparrow untill they shall attain their respective ages of One and twenty years or be marryed which shall first happen and then I will that the said Moiety shall be equally divided Between them (or their Lawfull Issue) Share and Share alike But if either of my said Grand Children Shall dye without such Issue before she attain unto the age of one and twenty years Then I give and bequeath the whole Moeity to the Survivor of them and as to the other Moiety of the rents Issues and profitts of the said fourth part of all and Singular the said premisses I will that my said Trustees their Extors Admtors and assigns shall permit and Suffer my Loving Daughter Susannah (now wife of Mr. William Standart to receive and take to and for her own Sole and Separate use and benefit and her receipt and receipts (Exclusive of her husband not withstanding her coverture) Shall from time to time be a Sufficient discharge for the same And my Will is that her said Husband shall in no wise Intermeddle thereforth Nor Shall the Same be liable to any of his debt or Engagements And my further Will and meaning is that if my said Daughter Sussannah shall happen to dye in he lef time of her said Husband Then my Will is that my said Trustees shall pay and apply the said last mentioned Moeity of the rents Issues and profitts of my said fourth part of the said Premisses towards the Maintenance Education and bringing up of my said Daughter Standarts Children or Child until they shall attain their respective ages of one and twenty years or be marryed and what shall remain shall be divided between them Share and Share alike Also I give and bequeath unto my Son Mr. William Porrott the Sum of One hundred pounds of Lawfull moeny of Great Britain and unto my Son Mr Benjamin Perrott the Sum of One hundred and ffifty pounds of Like Lawfull money To my Daughter Catherine Whitehall the like Sum of One Hundred and ffifty pounds of like Lawfull money And to my Daughter Jane the Wife of the said George Underwood the like Sum of one hundred and ffifty pounds of which said Legacies I will shall be paid within one year after my Decease Also I give and bequeath unto my two Grand Daughters Anne and Elizabeth Sparrow the Sum of ffifty pounds apiece of like Lawfull money to be put out to Interest for their Benefit untill they Shall attain their respective Ages of one and twenty years or be marryed And if either of them Shall dye before their said Legacies become due Then the Survivor of them shall have the whole Sum of one hundred pounds also I give unto my Maid Servant Sarah Pullin the Sum of ten pounds of like Lawfull moeny and also to her and to Each of my household Servants who shall be Living with me at the time of my decease and also to my Gardener Thomas Brookes the Sum of ffifty Shillings apiece of like Lawfull money over and above their respective wages that shall be respectively due to them the last? Quarter day after my decease Also I give to my said Daughter Standart the Sum of twenty pounds of Lawfull money for Mourning for her and her Children otherwise also I give to my Grand Daughters Ann and Elizabeth Sparrow the Sum of ten pounds apiece of like money for Mourning or otherwise Also I give to the poor of the parish of North Leigh the Sum of thirty pounds to be given to and distributed to such persons and in such portions and manner as my Executors or the Majority of them with the advise of the Minister of the said Parish shall soon meet Also I give to the poor of the Parish of North Hinksey in the County of Berks the like Sum of twenty pounds to be distributed in like manner as aforesaid And Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Son Benjamin Perrott my said Son in Law George Underwood my said Daughter Catherine Whitehall and Mr Edmund Palmer of North Leigh aforesaid Executors of this my last Will and Testament To whom also I give the Sum of ffive pounds apiece for their trouble or to such of them as shall take upon them the trust and Execution of this my Will over and above all their reasonable Costs Charges and Expenses that they shall be put unto by reason of the same And Whereas my Grand Daughters Ann and Elizabeth Sparrow have been to me a Greater Expense in their Maintenance and Education than the Income of their Estates could answer My Will is that they nor either of them shall be accountable for the same to any person or persons whatsoever And I do hereby Solemnly recommend to my Said Executors the Guardianship and Care of my Said Grandaughters Anne and Elizabeth Sparrow and their Estates for them untill they shall be marryed or Settled in the World provided always that if my Said Grandaughters Anne and Elizabeth Sparrow or either of them or any other person or persons Clayming under them or either of them Shall refuse to accept and agree to such an account as my Executors can fairly make of the trust I took upon me of them them and their Estates reall and personal She or they so refusing shall take no benefit of or by this my Will or any thing therein contained And Last of all (after my Debts and very reasonable ffuneral Expenses discharged) I do give devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my Personal Estate Goods and Chattells of what kind or nature soever (not in this my last Will before give or disposed of) unto my said Son Benjamin Perrott and to my said two Daughters Catherine Whitehall and Jane Underwood equally to be divided betwixt them Share and Share alike (which said Share of my said Daughter Jane Underwoods as also the said Sum of one hundred and ffifty pounds hereinbefore given to her my Will is shall be Settled on my said Daughter Jane Underwood to and for her own separate use and disposal In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in these three sheets of paper affixed together to Each of them sett my hand and Seal the first day of November in th year of our lord God one thousand Seven hundred thirty Eight - Cha: Perott — Signed Sealed published and delivered by the said Charles Perrott as and for this last Will and Testament these words following (and to my Daughter Jane now wife of the said George Underwood the like Sum of One hundred and ffifty pounds) being first Interlined in the Second Sheet of paper in the presence of us who Subscribed the same as Witnesses at the request and in the presence of the said Testator – William Davis William Braxpaer Tho: Rayner.

Whereas I have in my Will whereunto this Codicill is annexed I have made my Son Benjamin Perrott George Underwood and Katherine Whitehall and Edmund Palmer Joynt Executors to see my said Will duly Executed Now my Will and mind is that the said Benjamin George and Katherine and Edmund shall be answerable Every one for their own Act and Deed separately and not one for the other In Witness whereof I the said Testator have sett my hand and Seal this Eighteenth day of April 1739. Cha. Perrott Signed Sealed published and delivered in the presence of George Hart Deborah Waring Jane Busell her mark.

This Will was proved at London (with a Codicill annexed) the third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and thirty nine Before the Worshipful John Andrews Doctor of Laws Surrogate fo the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted By the Oaths of Benjamin Perrott George Underwood Catherine Whitehall otherwise Whitehall widow three of the Executors in the said Will named to whom administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattells and Creditts of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer – Power reserved of making the like Grant to Edmund Palmer the other Executor when he Shall apply for the same. Exd.

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