This is the last Will and Testament of me Isaac Gosden of the Parish of Bisley in 
the County of Surrey Farmer as follows (that is to say)  I give and devise unto my 
Son Isaac Gosden and his heirs all those my copyhold pieces or parcels of land 
containing about nine acres situate lying and being within and held of the Manor of 
Bisley in the said county of Surrey and now in my own occupation To hold the same 
with the appurtenances unto my said Son Isaac Gosden his heirs and assigns for ever 
at the Will of the Lord and according to the custom of the said manor of Bisley 
subject nevertheless to the payment of the Mortgage debt or sum of One hundred and 
fifty pounds  now due and owing from me to James Lipscomb on a mortgage thereof 
together with all interest which may be due thereon at my death and I direct that the 
said sum of one hundred and fifty pounds and interest shall be charged on my said 
Copyhold Estate exclusively and in exoneration of my personal and all other my 
Estates  And also subject to and I do hereby charge the same with the payment of one 
annuity or clear yearly sum of Four pounds and ten shillings unto my Wife Sarah 
Gosden and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life by two equal half 
yearly payments the first payment thereof to commence and be made at the end of six 
calendar Months next after my decease and a proportionate part thereof to be paid up 
to the day of her death and I give devise and bequeath the said annuity or yearly sum 
of four pounds and ten shillings unto my said Wife Sarah Gosden and her assigns for 
and during the term of her natural life accordingly  I give and devise unto my Son 
William Gosden and his heirs all that my freehold Messuage or tenement garden and 
orchard with about one acre and a half of land and premises thereunto belonging 
called or known by the name of Drew England situate lying and being in the Parish of 
Chobham in the said county of Surrey and now in the occupation of my said Son 
William Gosden and James Gibbons to hold the same with the appurtenances unto 
my said Son William Gosden his heirs and assigns for ever subject nevertheless to and 
I do hereby charge the same with the payment of one annuity or clear yearly sum of 
four pounds unto my said Wife Sarah Gosden and her assigns for and during the term 
of her natural life by two equal half yearly payments the first payment thereof to 
commence and be made at the end of six calendar Months next after my decease and a 
proportionate part thereof to be paid up to the day of her death and I also give devise 
and bequeath the said annuity or yearly sum of four pounds unto my said Wife Sarah 
Gosden and her assigns accordingly  I give and devise all that my Freehold messuage 
or Tenement Barn Garden and Orchard with about one acre and an half of Land and 
premises thereunto belonging situate lying and being in the said Parish of Chobham 
and now in the occupation of my Son in Law George Noakes and to the use of my 
said Sons Isaac Gosden and William Gosden their heirs and assigns Upon Trust that 
they the said Isaac Gosden and William Gosden and the survivor of them and the 
heirs and assigns of such survivor do and shall by and out of the rents and profits 
thereof or some part thereof raise the clear annual sum of six pounds for the life of my 
said Wife Sarah Gosden and do and shall pay the same unto unto my said Wife Sarah 
Gosden and her assigns during the term of her natural life by two equal half yearly 
payments the first payment thereof to commence and be made at the end of six 
calendar Months next after my decease and a proportionate part thereof to be paid up 
to the day of her death and subject to the said annuity and to the payment of all costs 
charges and expenses attending the raising and paying of the same Upon trust to pay 
the rents issues and profits thereof unto or permit the same to be received by my 
daughter Elizabeth the Wife of the said George Nokes and her assigns during the 
term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease I declare that they 
the said Isaac Gosden and William Gosden and the Survivor of them and the heirs and 
assigns of such Survivor shall stand seized of the said hereditaments and premises 
subject nevertheless to the payment of the said annuity  In trust for all and every the 
child and children of my said daughter Elizabeth Noakes who being a Son or Sons 
shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain 
that age or marry their heirs or assigns for ever as Tenants in common and not as joint 
tenants if more than one and if there shall be but one such child then in trust for such 
one Child his or her heirs and assigns for ever and if there shall be no such Child then 
upon trust that they the said Isaac Gosden and William Gosden and the Survivor of 
them and the heirs and assigns of such Survivor do and shall stand possessed of the 
said Messuage or Tenement Barn Garden Orchard Land and premises with the 
appurtenances upon trust that they the said Isaac Gosden and William Gosden and the 
Survivor of them and the heirs and assigns of such Survivor shall and do as soon as 
conveniently may be after the decease of my said Daughter Elizabeth Nokes and 
failure of such issue as aforesaid sell and absolutely dispose of the same either 
together or in parcels and either by public sale or private contract as to them or him 
shall sem best for the most money that can be reasonably obtained for the same  And I 
do hereby declare that it shall be lawful for the said Isaac Gosden and William 
Gosden and the Survivor of them and the heirs and assigns of such Survivor on any 
such sale or sales to make any stipulations as to the title to be produced to the same or 
any part thereof and to buy in the same or any part thereof and to alter or rescind any 
contract for the sale thereof or any part thereof and to resell the same without being 
liable for any loss to be occasioned thereby  And also do and shall make execute and 
prefest all necessary or proper Deeds Writings Contracts and assurances for the 
purpose of vesting the same in any purchase or purchases thereof or in such purchaser 
or purchasers thereof or in such person or persons as he she or they shall direct or 
appoint  And I hereby declare and direct that the receipt or receipts of the said Isaac 
Gosden and William Gosden or of the Survivor of them or of the heirs and assigns of 
such Survivor shall be a good valid and sufficient acquittance and discharge or good 
valid and sufficient acquittances and discharges for all or any monies payable to them 
or him under the trusts of this my Will and that no Purchaser or Purchasers or other 
person or persons after obtaining such receipt or receipts shall be obliged to see to the 
application or be answerable for the misappliaction or nonapplication of such 
purchase money or any part thereof  And I do hereby further will and direct that the 
said Isaac Gosden and William Gosden and the Survivor of them and the Executors 
and administrators of such Survivor do and shall stand possessed of and interested in 
the money to arise by such sale or Sales  In trust to pay retain and divide the sameunto 
amongst and between my Sons James Gosden Isaac Gosden William Gosden John 
Gosden and Daniel Gosden their Executors Administrators and Assigns in equal 
shares and proportions as tenants in common  I give and bequeath unto my said Wife 
Sarah Gosden the sum of twenty five pounds for her absolute use and benefit and I 
give and bequeath unto my said Wife Sarah Gosden the use and enjoyment of all my 
Household Goods and furniture Plate Linen and China which shall be in and about my 
dwellinghouse at the time of my death during the term of her natural life she signing 
an Inventory thereof to be deposited with my Executors hereinafter named and after 
her decease I direct the same to be disposed of as part of the residue of my Personal 
Estate  I give and bequeath unto my Son James Gosden Two Cows one cart horse and 
ten Lamb ??? which are now or are about to be placed by me on the farm in my 
occupation called Frees and also all my hay or straw growing and other crops stock 
implements of husbandry and other effects of the like sort and kind which shall be in 
upon or about the said Farm called Frees situate in the said Parish of Chobham and 
which I now rent of  Mr Henry Edmead  to and for his absolute use and benefit I also 
give and bequeath unto my said Son James Gosden the sum of one hundred pounds 
for his absolute use and benefit and I direct the same to be paid him by my Executors 
hereinafter named within six months next after my decease  I give and bequeath unto 
my said Son John Gosden all and singular my live and dead stock growing and other 
my Implements of husbandry and other effects of the like sort and kind being at my 
death in upon and about the farm in my occupation called Bullrouzen situate in the 
said Parishes of Bisley and Chobham and which I hold under Lease from Mr James 
Street to and for his absolute use and benefit  I give and bequeath unto my said Son 
Daniel Gosden the sum of one hundred pounds now due from him to me together with 
all interest which at my death shall be due thereon for his absolute use and benefit 
subject nevertheless to and I do hereby charge the same with the payment of one 
annuity or clear yearly sum of five pounds unto my said Wife Sarah Gosden and her 
assigns during the term of her natural life by two equal half yearly payments the first 
payment thereof to commence and be made at the end of six calendar months next 
after my decease and a proportionate part thereof to be paid up to her death and I give 
and bequeath the said annuity or yearly sum of five pounds unto my said Wife Sarah 
Gosden and her assigns accordingly  I give and bequeath all and singular the rest 
residue and remainder of my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever 
and of what nature or kind soever unto the said Isaac Gosden and William Gosden 
their executors administrators and assigns upon trust to convert into money the 
residue of my said personal estate or such parts thereof as shall not consist of money  
And I hereby declare and direct that the said Isaac Gosden and William Gosden and 
the Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such survivor shall 
stand and be possessed of the money to arise or be produced from that part of my said 
personal Estate which I have directed to be converted into money and of the monies I 
may be entitled to at the time of my decease  Upon trust that they the said Isaac 
Gosden and William Gosden and the Survivor of the and the Executors and 
Administrators of such survivor do and shall by with and out of the same pay my just 
debts (except the said mortgage debt of one hundred and fifty pounds and interest) 
together with my funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacies hereinbefore 
bequeathed  And do and shall lay out and invest the surplus or residue thereof in their 
or his names or name in the purchase of a competent share or competent shares of any 
of the Parliamentary Stocks or Public funds of Great Britain or at interest upon 
Government or real securities in England or Wales to be from time to time altered 
varied and transferred into or for other stocks funds or securities of the like nature at 
their or his discretion  And do and shall stand and be possessed of and interested in 
the said trust moneys stocks funds and securities  Upon a trust that they my said 
Trustees and the Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such 
survivor do and shall pay the interest dividends and annual produce thereof unto or 
permit the same to be received by my said Wife Sarah Gosden and her assigns for and 
during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease do and 
shall stand and be possessed of and interested in the said Trust moneys stocks funds 
and securities and the dividends interest and annual produce thereof  Upon trust to pay 
retain and divide the same unto amongst and between my said Sons James Gosden 
Isaac Gosden William Gosden John Gosden and Daniel Gosden and my said Daughter 
Elizabeth Nokes their heirs Executors administrators and assigns in equal shares and 
proportions as tenants in common  And I do hereby declare that the provision hereby 
made for my said Wife Sarah Gosden shall be by her taken in lieu and satisfaction of 
all dower and thirds at common law or by custom or otherwise which she might 
otherwise have claim or demand in or out of all or any of my Freehold or Copyhold 
hereditaments whatsoever of or to which I now am or may be seized or entitled and I 
direct that my said Wife shall upon the request and at the expense of the person 
requiring the same release all my Estates therefrom when thereunto required Provided 
always and I do hereby declare that if the Trustees hereby appointed or either of them 
or any future trustee of this my Will shall die or be desirous of being discharged from 
or refuse or become incapable to act in the trusts hereby created then and as often as 
the same shall happen it shall be lawful for the surviving or continuing trustees or 
trustee of this my Will or the Executors or Administrators of the last surviving or 
continuing  Trustee by any writing or writings to appoint a new trustee or new trustees 
and that upon every such appointment all the trust premises shall be conveyed and 
assigned respectively in such manner as that the same may be vested in such new 
trustee or trustees solely or jointly with the surviving or continuing trustee  And I 
hereby declare that the trustees or trustee for the time being under this my Will shall 
not be answerable the one for others or other of them and by no means for involuntary 
losses and that it shall be lawful for such trustees or trustee for the time being to 
reimburse themselves out of the monies which shall come to their hands by virtue of 
the trusts aforesaid all their costs and expenses in the execution of the said trusts  And 
lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Sons Isaac Gosden and William 
Gosden Executors of this my will hereby revoking and making void all former and 
other Will and Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this only to be 
my last Will and Testament  In Witness whereof I have to each sheet of this my Will 
contained in five sheets of Paper subscribed  my name this Tenth Day of February in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two  Isaac Gosden Signed 
by the Testator Isaac Gosden in the presence of us present at the same time who in his 
presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names 
as witnesses thereto Swan Downer Dean clerk to Mr Mears Solr. Bagshot Surrey  
John Field Bisley Surrey Farmer.

This Will of Isaac Gosden late of the Parish of Bisley in the County of Surrey Farmer 
deceased was  proved on the seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and forty two before the Reverend Thomas Snell Clerk Surrogate of the 
Worshipful John Dr??er Bachelor of Law Commissary in and for the parts of Surrey 
lawfully constituted pending the annual visitation by the Oaths of Isaac Gosden and 
William Gosden the Sons of the deceased the Executors named in the said Will to 
whom administration was granted having been first sworn duly to administer.