In the Name of God Amen I Aaron Carter of the Old Kings Head Inn in the Parish of 
Saint Saviour in the Borough of Southwark in the County of Surrey Licensed Vituallor 
being of sound and disposing mind memory understanding praised be Almighty God for 
the same do make publish and dictate this my last Will and Testament in mannor and 
form following that is to say I desire to be buried in the Burial Ground of the parish of 
Saint Saviour in the Borough of Southwark aforesaid or in the Parish Burial Ground of 
the Town or place in which I may die in a frugal mannor at the Discretion of my 
Executrix and Executors hereinafter named and that the funeral may be a [wailrug?] one 
if convenient and possible I desire that all my just Debts funeral and testamentary 
expenses may in the first place be paid and discharged and as soon as possible after 
my decease and subject thereto I give devise and bequeath all my household goods 
and furniture plate linen china books ready money securities for money whether bonds 
bills notes money out at interest or standing in my name in the books of the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England or in any other stock or funds whatsoever and all 
my wines spirits stock in trade and implements of trade of whatever nature or kind 
soever of which I may die possessed unto by dear Wife Frances Carter my brother in 
law Mr. Samuel Bouton of Kilburn in the County of Middlesex Inspector of the Bow 
Street Horse Patrol and my friend John Wells of the Borough High Street in the said 
parish of St. Saviour Further my executrix and executors hereinafter named upon trust 
in the first place as soon as conveniently can be after my demise to raise two full and 
true Inventories and Appraisements to be made thereof the first of which to be of all my 
said household Goods and furniture plate linen china Books and effects wheresoever in 
and about my place of Residence at the time of my decease and the second of which to 
be of all my wines Spirits stock in trade of a Licenced Vituallor Book Debts ready money 
securities for money bounds bill notes money of at interest wooks[?] in the funds goods 
and effects whatsoever by two such skillful persons as they my said dear wife and the 
said James Bouton and John Wells or the survivors or survivor of them their heir or his 
executors or administrators shall appoint within said inventories or appraisements it is 
my will and desire shall be reduced into writing and subscribed by the said two persons 
so to be appointed and upon further trust immediately afterwards there upon to permit 
and suffer my said dear wife to continue to use the said household Goods and furniture 
plate linen china implements of Trade Books and other Effects and to sell and consume 
all the Wines Spirits and Stock in Trade of which I may die possessed and to collect get 
in and receive all my good debts and all other monies which may be owing to me at the 
time of my decease and to receive all interest due or to accrue due on all or any Bonds 
Bills Notes and securities for money stocks or funds standing in my name in the books 
of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or any other public stock or funds 
whatsoever and to apply the same respectively or the proceeds thereof as and when 
they may be gotten in sold or received in the Discretion during the term or her natural 
life nevertheless with a view to the furterince and accumulation thereof for the useful 
and advantage of my four children Jane William Catherine and George after her 
decease and to be sold and disposed of gotten in and applied for their joint and equal 
benefit as and when they shall respectively attain their ages of twenty one years or days 
of marriage if the same shall happen after the decease of my said dear wife is is my 
express will and desire that all my said household goods and furniture plate linen china 
stock in trade books debts monies of which I may die possessed book debts and all 
other monies which may be then owing to me when received as well as the interest of 
all monies owing to me on any security or securities whatsoever and the interest of all 
monies or stock in the Bank of England or any other stocks or funds whatsoever may be 
had received gotten in used and applied by my said dear wife in her discretion until the 
time of her decease giving unto her nevertheless which I do hereby do the power and 
authority to apply for the benefit of all or any or either of my said children any sum of 
money for or towards their advancement in life respectively no exceeding one third part 
of the amount to which any or either of them may become entitled after the decease of 
my said wife and upon this her or their attaining their respective ages of twenty one 
years or day or days of marriage And I hereby will and direct that the share or shares of 
my said daughters Jane and Catherine shall not be subject to the Debts engagements 
or control of any husband or husbands with whom they or either of them shall happen to 
intermarry but that the receipt and receipts of my said Daughters only shall be good and 
sufficient discharges to my said wife and the said Samuel Bouton and John Wells their 
her or his executors or administrators for so much money as they or either of them may 
be entitled to and receive under and by virtue of this my will And in case any or either of 
my said Children shall happen to they depart this life in the lifetime of my Wife and 
before her she or they shall attain the age of twenty on years or day or days of marriage 
then my mind and will is and I do hereby direct that share or shares of her him or them 
so dying shall go divided and applied among the survivors and survivor of them in equal 
shares and proportions and share and share alike but in case all or any of my said 
children shall die in the lifetime of my said dear Wife having attained the age or ages of 
twenty one years or day or days of marriage leaving issue of their her or his bodies 
lawfully begotten then my mind and will is that the child or children of hem her or him so 
dying as would have been entitled to a share of and in my said Estate and Effects upon 
the decease of my dear Wife shall be paid to the issue of such my deceased child or 
children as and when duch issue shall respectively attain the age or ages of twenty one 
years or day or days of marriage in like mannor as the share of their deceased parent or 
parents would have gone and been paid and applied and the interest and dividends 
thereof to be used in the meantime for and towards the maintenance education and 
advancement in life of such issue in the meantime in the discretion of my said dear Wife 
and the said Samuel Bouton and John Wells her his or their executors and 
administrators provided always nevertheless that in case any Bond or Bonds and Bills 
of Exchange Promisary notes or other securities or securities whatsoever shall or 
maybe found at the time of my decease which shall or may have been executed given 
indorsed to or deposited with me by any or either of my said children or on their or any 
or either of their amount as an acknowledgment or security for any sum or sums of 
money whatsoever shich shall or may have been advanced or lent to or for the 
advancement in life of any or either of my said children or for putting any or either of 
them into any Trade or Business or in the purchase of any lease or goodwill of Trade or 
otherwise howsoever it is my mind and will and I do hereby direct my said dear Wife 
and my good friends the said Samuel Bouton and John Wells or the survivors or 
survivor of them her his or their executors and administrators to deduct and retain the 
amount thereof and lawful interest from the time of the date of such load or advance 
from the part or share to which any or either of my said children or grand children may 
become entitled under this my will provided always nevertheless that in case any Bond 
or Bond Bill of Exchange Promissary Notes or other security or securities whatsoever 
shall or may be found at the time of my decease which shall or may have been 
executed or given or indorsed to me by any or either of my said children for the security 
of any sum or sums of money whatsoever which shall or may have been executed given 
indorsed to or deposited with me by any or either of my said children or on their or any 
or either of them amount as an acknowledgment or securities or any sum or sums of 
money whatsoever which shall or may have been advanced of lent to or for the 
advancement in life of any or either of my said children or for putting any or either of 
them into any Trade or Business or in the purchase of any lease or Goodwill of Trade or 
otherwise howsoever it is my mind and will and I do hereby direct my dear Wife and my 
good friends the said Samuel Bouton and John Wells or the survivors or survivor of 
them her his or their executors and administrators to deduct and retain the amount 
hereof and lawful interest from the time of the date or dates of such loan or loans or 
advances from the part or share to which an or either of my said children may become 
entitled under this my will if the same or any of them shall remain in the hands or 
custody of my said dear Wife and the said Samuel Bouton and John Wells or the 
survivors or survivor of them that her or his executors or administrators at the time when 
they may so become entitled as aforesaid but if the same shall be previously redeemed 
then to the time of such Redemption only Provided further that in case my said dear 
Wife shall at any time after my decease intermarry with any person whomsoever It is my 
mind and will and I do hereby direct that previous to the solemnization of such marriage 
two new Inventories shall be taken the first of which shall be of all the said household 
Goods and furniture plate linen things books and effects then in her possession custody 
or power and the other of which shall be of all the Wines Spirits stock in trade books 
Debts ready money securities for money bonds bills notes money our at interest stocks 
in the funds Goods and chattels whatsoever of which she may before the happening of 
such event be in possession without any undue sale or diminution thereof by two skillful 
persons which said new Inventories shall be respectively reduced into writing and 
subscribed as in mannor heretofore directed the amounts whereof respectively shall be 
immediately paid over into the hands of the said Samuel Bouton and John Wells or the 
survivor of them to be place out in Government security or securities at interest for the 
benefit of all or each of my said Children who shall attain their ages of twenty one years 
or day or days of marriage and who shall be living at the time of the decease of my said 
dear Wife or their issue therein before first directed upon Trust to permit and suffer my 
said dear Wife to waive the interest and annual proceeds thereof during the remainder 
of her then natural life and for the own use and benefit but which interest I do hereby 
direct shall not be subject to the ________ engagements or control of any such future 
husband with whom she may intermarry but her receipt or receipts alone shall be 
sufficient discharge or discharges to the said Samuel Bouton and John Wells or the 
survivor of them their or his executors and administrators for so much as may be 
received by her and from and after her decease I will and direct that the principal sum of 
money so to be invested ans aforesaid shall be divided paid and applied in like mannor 
and in the same shares and proportions as the proceeds of the Estate and Effects at the 
time of my decease are thereby first directed to go be applied and paid in case my dear 
Wife shall continue my Widow till the time of her decease And I hereby nominate and 
appoint my said dear Wife Frances Carter and my brother in law Samuel Bouton and 
my good friend John Wells joint Executrix and Executors of this my last Will and 
Testament and I give to my said dear Wife and to the said Samuel Bouton and John 
Wells the sum of Two Guineas each for a _____ and my further Will is that they my said 
Trustees and Executors or either of them their or either of their Executors or 
administrators shall not be charged or chargeable with or accountable for any more of 
the aforesaid Trust monies and premises than they respectively shall actually receive or 
shall come to their respective hands by virtue of this my Will nor shall they or either of 
them be answerable for any Banker or Bank or with whom any part of the said trust 
monies may be deposited or trusted for safe s\custody or otherwise not with or for any 
loss which may happen of the same monies and promises or any part thereof so as 
such loss happen without their wilful defaults not one of them for the other or others of 
them or for the acts and deeds of the other or others of them notwithstanding they any 
or either of them shall join in any receipt or receipts for conformity or otherwise But each 
of them only for her and his own acts deeds receipt receipts or willful defaults And also 
that it shall and may be lawful for them my said Trustees and Executors and each of 
them and each of their executors and administrators in the first place with and out of the 
aforesaid Trust monies and promises to deduct and reimburse themselves herself and 
himself respectively and also to allow to her their and his Trustee and Trustees all loss 
costs damages and expenses which they or either or any of them may sustain expend 
or e put unto in or about the execution of this my Will and of the several trusts hereby in 
them reposed or in relation thereto And lastly I revoke all former Wills by me at any time 
heretofore made In Testimony whereof I the said Aaron Carter the Testator have to two 
parts of this my last Will and Testament each part contained in five sheets of paper set 
my hand and seal namely to the first four sheets of each part thereof my hand and seal 
the seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty three.   [signed]) Aaron Carter     This writing contained in five sheets of paper was 
signed sealed published and declared by Aaron Carter the Testator above named 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 subscribed our names as Witnesses 
thereof as we have also done to each sheet of another part of the Will at the same time. 
[signed] Jno Rippen [the rest mainly illegible]

 This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me Aaron Carter of the Old Kings 
Head Inn in the parish of Saint Saviour in the Borough of Southwark in the County of 
Surrey Licensed Vituallor Whereas since the execution of my said Will which bears the 
date the seventh day of December our thousand eight hundred and thirty three my 
daughter Jane therein named hath departed this life without having been married and 
my daughter Catherine therein also named hath become and now is the Wife of Mark 
Shattock and she and my sons William and George have respectively attained the age 
of twenty one years And Whereas I have paid to or for my said son William divers sums 
of money amounting altogether to the sum of seven hundred ad ten pounds by way of 
advancement and as and for his portion of fortune Now therefore it is my Will and I do 
thereby reaffirm the gift of the said several sums amounting to the said sum of seven 
hundred and ten pounds to my said son William and I hereby exonerate him his 
executors and administrators from all liability to me my Executors and administrators in 
respect thereof And it is further my Will that subject to the life interest in the bulk of my 
property by my said Will given to my dear Wife Frances Carter and to the discretionary 
powers by my said Will give to her which interest and which powers I hereby confirm the 
Trustees and executors for the time being of my said Will shall stand possessed of my 
estate In Trust for my said children Catherine Shattock and George Carter if they shall 
both be living at the time of my death in equal shares as Tenants in common and not as 
joint tenants and if only one of them shall then be living then to such one solely and as 
to the share of my said daughter Catherine Shattock I revoke the direction in my said 
Will giving the share she would have taken thereby to her separate use it being my Will 
and desire not to interfere with the marital rights of the said Mark Shattock Provided 
always that if the share of cach of them the said Catherine Shattock and George Carter 
or the share of the survivor of them if only one of them shall be living at my death shall 
exceed the sum of seven hundred and ten pounds then my said son William shall be 
entitled to share my estate with his said brother and sister or the survivor of them as the 
case may be he bringing the said sum of seven hundred and ten pounds so advanced 
to him as aforesaid into hottapot[?] and not otherwise And in case the said Catherine 
Shattock William Carter and George Carter or any of them shall die in my lifetime 
leaving a child or children then subject to the life interest and discretionary powers by 
my said Will given and hereinbefore confirmed unto my said Wife I bequeath the share 
of the said Catherine Shattock William Carter and George Carter respectively to her or 
his child or children respectively if and when such child or children respectively shall 
attain the age of  twenty one years the interest and dividends thereof to be applied 
during the minority of such child and children respectively for and towards their 
maintenance education and advancement in life in such manner and to such extent as 
_________ ______ Trustee for the time being of this my Will shall think fit And I hereby 
confirm my said Will except as aforesaid In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand this twenty first day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty two. [signed] 
Aaron Carter the Testator as a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of 
us both present at the same time who at his request in this presence and in the 
presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names as Witnesses [signed] 
Charles H __________ Eil_____ Bacon _______________

I Aaron Carter do this 29th day of December 1844 revoke the appointment of John Wells 
mentioned herein as one of my Executors and do appoint instead thereof Mark Shattock 
of St. Thomas Street Southwark the husband of my daughter Catherine [signed] Aaron 
Carter Witnesses to this last Codicil Mary Edmond

Appeared Personally Mary Edmond of the Kings Head Inn in the Borough of Southwark 
in the County of Surrey Spinster and made oath that she is one of the subscribed 
Witnesses to the second Codicil to the last Will and Testament of Aaron Carter late of 
the Old Kings Head Inn in the parish o St. Saviour in the Borough of Southwark in the 
County of Surrey licenced Vituallor deceased now hereunto now annexed bearing date 
the 29th day of December 1844 and that the said deceased signed the said Codicil at 
the foot or and thereof in the presence of this Deponent and William Bojeis[?] the other 
attesting Witness _______ who were both then present at the same time and thereupon 
attested and subscribed the said Codicil in the presence of the said Aaron Carter 
deceased [signed] Mary Edmund On the twenty third day of January 1845 the said Mary 
Edmund Spinster was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit Before me [illegible]

Proved at London with two Codicils the 25th January 1845 before the Worshipful 
Frederick Thomas Pratt Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of Frances Carter 
Widow the relic and Samuel Boulon the Executors names in the said Will and Mark 
Shattock in the second Codicil written Shattoch, the Executor named in the said second 
Codicil to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly so to administer.