This is the last Will and Testament of me William Trimmer the Elder of ffarnham in 
the County of Surry Draper whereby I dispose of such Temporal Estate as I am 
blessed withall in manner following (that is to say) All and singular my Messuages 
Buildings Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever and wheresoever and of 
what nature kind or denomination soever in possession reversion remainder or 
expectancy or otherwise howsoever with those and every of their Rights Members 
and Appurt.s the Copyhold part whereof I have duly surrendered to the use of my 
Will and all and every my Goods Chattels Stock in Trade ready money Securities for 
money rights credits and effects and in general the whole of my Estate both real and 
personal whatsoever and wheresoever I give devise and bequeath unto my Brother 
Robert Trimmer and my Nephew James Shotter both of ffarnham aforesaid for them 
their heirs executors admons and assigns upon Trust nevertheless that they the said 
Robert Trimmer and James Shotter and the Survivor of them his heirs executors or 
admons do and shall as soon as it conveniently may be after my decease absolutely 
sell and dispose of all my said Real Estate and such part of my said Personal Estate 
as doth not consist of my Stock in Trade and ffixtures and Implements used therein 
either by Public Auction or Private Contract or partly by Public Auction and partly by 
Private Contract as to them or him shall seem proper and release surrender assign 
convey and assign my said real Estate to the Purchaser or respective Purchasers 
thereof his her or their Appointees Heirs or Assigns and do and shall collect get in 
and receive all such Sum and Sums of Money as shall be due and owing to me at 
the time of my decease And upon further Trust that they the said Robert Trimmer 
and James Shotter or the Survivor of them his executors or admons do and shall 
within ten days next after my decease offer such part of my Personal Estate as shall 
consist of Stock in Trade and ffixtures and utensils used therein to my Son William 
alone or to my said Son William and such others of my Sons as my said Trustees 
shall think proper at a fair valuation to be made by two indifferent persons one to be 
chosen by my said Trustees or the Survivor of them his Executors or Admons and 
the other by my said Son or Sons and in case such two persons cannot agree then 
at a fair valuation to be made by such third person as the said Referees shall appoint 
And in case my said Son or Sons shall neglect or refuse to ???? to and purchase the 
said Stock in Trade and Effects or to appoint a Referee in manner aforesaid within 
six days most after an offer for that purpose to be made by my said Trustees then 
upon Trust that they the said Robert Trimmer and James Shotter or the Survivor of 
them his Executors or Admons do and shall sell and dispose of my said Stock in 
Trade and ffixtures and Utensils used therein either by public or private sale as they 
or him shall think proper And upon further Trust that they the said Robert Trimmer 
and James Shotter or the Survivor of them or the heirs executors or admons of such 
Survivor do and shall by and with the money arising and to arise by such sale or 
sales and to be collected and got in as aforesaid and from the rents and profits of my 
said Real Estate until sold and which shall otherwise come to their or his hands by 
virtue of this my Will in the first place pay and discharge my funeral and testamentary 
expenses my just Debts and the costs charges and expenses attending such Sale or 
Sales and after payment thereof respectively Upon Trust to Pay apply and divide all 
the rest and residue of such money so to and as aforesaid and all other monies 
which shall come to their or his hands by virtue of this my Will unto and amongst my 
six Children namely William Mary Elizabeth Henry John and ffrederick their 
Executors and Admons equally to be divided between them share and share alike 
And I do hereby declare and direct that the receipt and receipts of the said Robert 
Trimmer and James Shotter or the Survivor of them his heirs executors or admons or 
of the Trustees or Trustee for the time being acting in the execution of the Trusts 
hereby ?????ed under their or his hands or hand shall to all intents and purposes be 
a good and sufficient discharge and good and sufficient discharges to the Purchaser 
or Purchasers of my said Estates hereinbefore devised and divested to be sold and 
every or any part thereof and that after such receipt or receipt shall be so given such 
Purchaser or Purchasers of my said Estates or any part thereof shall in nowise be 
answerable or accountable for the application thereof and that all and every such 
Sale and Sales which shall be made and contracts for sale which shall be entered 
into and Conveyances and Assurances which shall be executed by the said Robert 
Trimmer and James Shotter or the Survivor of them his heirs executors or admons 
shall without any further consent or concurrence by or on the part of the Person or 
Persons who for the time being shall be entitled to the monies arising or to arise by 
such Sale or Sales as aforesaid be binding and conclusive on them respectively in 
the same manner to all intents and purposes as if such sale or sales had been made 
and contracts for sale entered into and conveyances and assurances ???ted by 
them respectively And I will and declare that it shall and may be lawful to and for the 
said Robert Trimmer and James Shotter their respective heirs executors and 
admons by and out of the Monies which by virtue of this my Will shall come to their 
or either of their hands to devise retain and reimburse themselves and himself 
respectively all such costs charges and expenses as they respectively shall or may 
pay sustain or be put unto in or about the execution of this my Will and also so much 
money as they or either of them shall reasonably desire for their care and trouble in 
for or by reason of their performance of this my Will or the execution of the Trusts 
hereby in them reposed or the management thereof and also that they the said 
Robert Trimmer and James Shotter their respective heirs executors or admons shall 
be charged and chargeable only each of them for and with his own respective 
Receipts Payments Acts and wilful Defaults and not otherwise and shall not be 
charged or chargeable with or for any Sum or Sums of Money other than such as 
shall actually come to their or his hands by virtue of this my Will nor with or for any 
loss or damage which may happen in or about the execution of all or any of the 
Trusts hereby in them reposed without their or his respective wilful and apparent 
neglect or default and that in case of any such loss or damage by wilful default the 
same shall be answered and made good by the person or persons only by whose 
default the same loss or damage shall happen or arise And I constitute and appoint 
my said Son William Trimmer and the said Robert Trimmer and James Shotter 
Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me 
made In Witness whereof I the said William Trimmer the Testator have to this my last 
Will and Testament contained in this and the two preceding sheets of paper set my 
hand and seal to this last sheet the twenty ninth day of January in the year of our 
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixteen / Wm Trimmer / Signed sealed 
published and declared by the said William Trimmer the Testator as for and to be his 
last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence 
and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto 
/ Richd Paine / Wm Clarke // John Anderson /

Proved at London 27th June 1818 before the Judge by the Oaths of William Trimmer 
the Son Robert Trimmer the Brother and James Shotter the Nephew the Executors 
to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn (by Comon) duly to administer/