In the name of God Amen I James Stevens of Farnham in the County of Surrey 
Esquire late Banker being of sound and disposing mind and memory do hereby 
revoke all former Wills by me made and declare this to be my last Will and 
Testament Whereby I humbly commend my soul to God Father Son and Holy Spirit 
rejoicing in his insouciant mercy exhibiting a Salvation fini?? as everlasting and free 
this is the foundation of my hope of Eternal life through Jesus Christ my blessed 
Saviour and I dispose of each temporal estate as I am blessed withal in manner 
following (that is to say) I bequeath all my household goods and furniture plate linen 
china books prints and pictures stock of provisions wine beer liquors and firing which 
at the time of my decease may respectively be in or about my dwellinghouse unto 
my dear daughter Louisa Stevens spinster and direct that the same be respectively 
delivered to her within fourteen days from the day of my decease But it is my wish 
and I request her to give to care of her brothers any part thereof which they may 
particularly wish to possess and I devise to my son The Reverend William Henry 
Stevens all that freehold plot or parcel of meadow land situate in or near East Street 
in Farnham aforesaid containing by estimation three acres more or less and now in 
the respective occupations of Edmund Stevens and Charles Stevens and of William 
Mason to hold with the appurtenances unto my said son William Henry Stevens his 
heirs and assigns for ever And I do bequeath to my said son William Henry Stevens 
the several sums of Twenty thousand pounds part of the stocks now standing in my 
name in the three pounds and five shilling per centum reduced annuities at the Bank 
of England and Seven thousand pounds Bank stock and I direct that the same be 
respectively transferred to him within three calendar months from the day of my 
decease And I devise and bequeath unto my son Alfred Stevens all that messuage 
or dwellinghouse wherein I now reside with the buildings yard garden and 
appurtenances thereto belonging adjoining the last mentioned messuage on the 
south side thereof and now in the occupation of my sister Elizabeth Stevens spinster 
and also all that messuage or tenement and garden now in the occupation of 
Elizabeth Burrell and also all that cottage or tenement and garden now in the 
occupation of Henry Cooper And also all that plot or parcel of land being freehold 
and containing by estimation half an acre (more or less) now in my own occupation 
all which messuages or tenements buildings gardens land and premises are lying 
together in East Street and in Bear Lane otherwise Park Lane in Farnham aforesaid 
And also all that piece or parcel of meadow land situate in Farnham aforesaid called 
the Gost eye Meadow containing by estimation Three acres (more or less) And also 
four cuts of Grass in South Mead containing by estimation Two acres and a quarter 
(more or less) both now in the occupation of John Andrews And also a piece of land 
situate in Farnham aforesaid called Watermans containing by estimation one acre 
and a half (more or less) and now in the occupation of David Edwards And also all 
those two pieces or parcels of hop ground situate and lying on the North east side of 
Bear Lane other wise Park Lane in Farnham aforesaid containing respectively by 
estimation three acres and three quarters and one acre and three quarters or 
thereabouts adjoining the land of Edward Stovold and Richard John Stovold and also 
all that my hop field situate in Bear Lane other wise Park Lane aforesaid And also all 
that my freehold messuage or tenement situate in East Street in Farnham aforesaid 
now in the occupation of Hannah Hope And also all that piece or parcel of land 
called Sheephouse containing by estimation seven acres (more or less) late in the 
occupation of Henry Nash and now of my said son Alfred situate in the Parish of 
Farnham aforesaid And also all that my undivided part or share of and in the land 
called B?????? Holt ???? with the buildings and appurtenances at Weyhill in the 
parish of Wey in the County of Southampton and also all and singular my freehold 
copyhold and leasehold messuages buildings lands tithes tenements and 
hereditaments situate and being or arising in the parish of Ash and Tithing of 
Tongham in the County of Surrey with the rights members and appurtenances And 
also all that my farm and land with the messuage and buildings thereto situate and 
being in the several parishes of Long Sutton Crondall and Odiham in the County of 
Southampton containing in the whole by estimation one hundred and fifty acres more 
or less and now in the occupation of James Basham with the rights members and 
appurtenances thereto belonging To hold all and singular the said messuages lands 
tenements and hereditaments and every part thereof unto my said son Alfred 
Stevens his heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the terms 
thereof respectively And I ?? ?? ?? bequeath the sum of One thousand pounds India 
Stock to my said son Alfred Stevens and direct that the same be transferred to him 
within three calendar months from the day of my decease And I devise unto my said 
daughter Louisa Stevens all that messuage or tenement with the yard garden and 
appurtenances thereto belonging situate in Castle Street in Farnham aforesaid late 
in the occupation of Mr James Knight and now unoccupied to hold the same unto my 
said daughter Louisa and her assigns during her life and from and after the decease 
of my said daughter Louisa I devise the said messuage yard garden and 
appurtenances unto my said son Alfred Stevens his heirs and assigns for ever And I 
bequeath to my said daughter Louisa Stevens the sum of Ten thousand pounds 
being part of the stock now standing in my name in the said three pounds and five 
shillings per centum reduced annuities and I direct that the same be transferred to 
her within three calendar months from the day of my decease And that the legacy 
duty in respect thereof be paid by my Executors hereinafter named out of the residue 
of my personal estate hereinafter bequeathed And I bequeath to my said sons 
William Henry Stevens and Alfred Stevens the sum of Ten thousand pounds Three 
pounds per centum Consolidated Annuities at the Bank of England upon the 
following trusts ( that is to say) Upon trust to pay the dividends and annual produce 
thereof to Charlotta Stevens the Widow of my late son James Stevens until her 
daughter and only surviving child Elizabeth Charlotta Stevens shall attain the age of 
Twenty one years And upon that event happening Upon trust to transfer the sum of 
Six thousand pounds part of the last mentioned Capital sum unto the said Elizabeth 
Charlotta Stevens absolutely and the remaining sum of Four thousand pounds to the 
said Charlotta Stevens absolutely But in case the said Elizabeth Charlotta Stevens 
shall depart this life under the said age of Twenty one years Then upon such her 
decease Upon trust to transfer the said Capital sum of Four thousand pounds stock 
to the said Charlotta Stevens and to retain and transfer the remaining Capital sum of 
Six thousand pounds unto and equally between all my Children who may be then 
living And if there shall be but one such Child then the whole to him or her And in 
case the said Charlotta Stevens shall depart this life during the minority of her 
daughter Then Upon trust to apply the whole or such part of the dividends and 
annual produce of the said Capital sum of Ten thousand pounds as in the discretion 
of my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being may be necessary unto or for the 
maintenance education and clothing of the said Elizabeth Charlotta Stevens until she 
shall attain the said age of Twenty one years or otherwise at the discretion of the 
same Trustees or Trustee from time to time lay out and invest at interest the whole 
or any part of such dividends and annual produce in order that the same may 
accumulate at compound interest for the benefit of the person or persons who may 
respectively become ultimately entitled to the said Capital sum And upon trust to 
transfer the said Capital sum of Ten thousand pounds to the said Elizabeth Charlotta 
Stevens on her attaining the said age of Twenty one years in case she shall die 
under the said age Then upon such her decease as last mentioned Upon trust to 
retain and transfer the said Capital sum of Ten thousand pounds unto and equally 
between all my Children who may be then living And if there shall be but one such 
Child then the whole to him or her And I bequeath the same accordingly And I direct 
that all the Legacy duty in respect of the said sum of Ten thousand pounds Three 
pounds per centum Consolidated Annuities and the Annual produce thereon be paid 
by my Executors hereinafter named out of the residue of my personal estate 
hereinafter bequeathed And all the residue of my freehold copyhold and leasehold 
messuages buildings lands tenements appurtenances and chattels real And also all 
the residue of my goods chattels securities for money rights credits and personal 
estate whatsoever and wheresoever I devise and bequeath unto and equally 
between my said two sons William Henry Stevens and Alfred Stevens their heirs 
executors and administrators absolutely as tenants in common subject nevertheless 
to the payment thereout of my funeral and testamentary expenses and all my just 
debts and also of the said Legacy duty And I appoint my said sons William Henry 
Stevens and Alfred Stevens Executors of this my Will and I declare that it shall be 
lawful for them and the survivor of them and for the Trustees or Trustee for the time 
being of this my Will and for the executors or administrators of any surviving Trustee 
from time to time as often as there may be occasion to appoint any person or 
persons to occupy the place of any present or future Trustee of this my Will who may 
die or become unwilling or unable to act in the execution of the trusts hereinbefore 
declared before the same shall be fully performed And that upon every such 
appointment the same monies stocks funds and securities which shall then be 
subject to the trusts of this my Will shall be respectively assigned and transferred so 
and in such manner as that they may rest jointly in any new and old Trustees or 
solely in the new Trustees as executors may require And that the said new Trustees 
shall be entitled to all such powers and authorities as are hereby given to the 
Trustees here by appointed provided And I further declare that the Trustees hereby 
appointed and to be appointed in manner aforesaid respectively and their respective 
executors or administrators shall in nowise be answerable for the acts or receipts of 
each other nor for any loss or damage which may happen in the execution of the 
aforesaid trusts without their own default and that it shall be lawful for the said 
Trustees respectively and their respective executors and administrators to deduct 
and retain out of the monies which may come to their hands under the trusts 
aforesaid all costs charges and expenses which they may sustain or be put unto in 
or about the execution of the aforesaid trusts And I devise and bequeath all the 
estates vested in me upon any trusts or by way of mortgage and which I have power 
to dispose of by this my Will with their appurtenances unto and to the use of my said 
sons William Henry Stevens and Alfred Stevens their heirs executors administrators 
and assigns according to the nature thereof subject to the equities and trusts 
affecting the same respectively Witness my hand to the two previous sheets and this 
sheet the twenty fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and forty nine ~ Jas Stevens ~ Signed by the said James Stevens in the 
joint presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have 
subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto ~ Jas Shotter ~ Geo Montagu Evans.
Proved at London 6th May 1850 before the judge by the oath of The Reverend 
William Henry Stevens Rer?s and Alfred Stevens the Sons the Executors to whom 
Admon was granted having been first sworn by commission duly to administer.