This is the last Will and Testament of me George Gosden of the Parish 
of Bisley in  the County of Surrey Farmer as follows (that is to say) 
In the first place I direct that  all such debts as I shall justly owe 
at the time of my decease together with my funeral  and testamentary 
charges and expenses be fully paid and satisfied by my Executors  
hereinafter named   I give and bequeath the sum of Two hundred pounds 
now due to  me from my Son James Gosden on a mortgage of certain 
Copyhold hereditaments  situate in the Parish of Chobham in the said 
County of Surrey unto my Son George  Gosden and James Try the younger 
of the said Parish of Chobham Farmer their  executors administrators 
and assigns  Upon Trust that the said George Gosden and  James Try and 
the survivor of them and the executors administrators and assigns of  
such survivor do and shall permit and suffer the same to remain in its 
present actual  state of investment or at their or his absolute 
discretion call in and receive the same   And do and shall lay out and 
invest the same 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  And do and shall from time to 
time alter vary and transpose the  same stocks funds and securities 
into or for other stocks funds or securities of the like  nature as to 
them or him shall seem meet  And do and shall stand and be possessed 
of  and interested in the said Sum of Two hundred pounds and the 
stocks funds and  securities whereon the same shall be laid out or 
invested Upon trust that they my said  Trustees and the survivor of 
them and the  executors administrators and assigns of  such survivor 
do and shall pay the interest dividends and annual produce thereof 
unto  or permit the same to be received by my Wife Elizabeth Gosden 
and her assigns for  and during the term of her natural life and from 
and immediately after her decease I  direct that they the said George 
Gosden and James Try and the  survivor of them and  the executors 
administrators and assigns of such survivor do and shall stand 
possessed  of the said sum of Two hundred pounds and of the stocks 
funds and securities  whereon the same shall be laid out or invested  
In trust for my said son James Gosden  his executors administrators 
and assigns for his absolute use and benefit and subject  thereto and 
to the payment of my said debts funeral and testamentary expences  I 
give  and bequeath All and singular the rest residue and remainder of 
my personal estate  and effects whatsoever (and wheresoever unto my 
said Wife Elizabeth Gosden her executors administrators and assigns 
for her absolute use and benefit  I give and  devise unto my said wife 
Elizabeth Gosden  All and singular my Messuages or  Tenements Lands 
hereditaments and real estate whatsoever and wheresoever  To hold  the 
same with their appurtenances unto my said wife Elizabeth Gosden and 
her  assigns for and during the term of her natural life and from and 
immediately after her  decease  I give and devise unto my said son 
George Gosden and his heirs All that my  Messuage or Tenement (called 
New Bridge house) with the garden ground yard Barn  Stable and 
Outbuildings thereto belonging  And also all those two pieces or 
parcels of  Arable and Meadow land thereunto adjoining and belonging 
situate lying and being in  the said parish of Bisley and now in my 
own occupation Together with all other my  real estate situate in the 
said Parish of Bisley And also all that my piece or parcel of  
Freehold and Tithe free Meadow land commonly called or known by the 
name of Old  House Meadow containing by estimation two acres one rood 
and fifteen perches  (more or less) situate lying and being in the 
said Parish of Chobham and now in my  own occupation with all and 
singular the rights members and appurtenances unto and  to the use of 
my said Son George Gosden his heirs and assigns for ever and from and  
immediately after the decease of my said wife I give and devise unto 
my said Son  James Gosden and his heirs  All that my piece or parcel 
of Freehold and Tithefree  meadow land commonly called or known by the 
name of Trully Mead containing by  estimation one acre two roods and 
four perches (more or less) situate lying and being  in the said 
Parish of Chobham and now in my own occupation with the rights member  
and apputenances unto and to the use of my said Son James Gosden his 
heirs and  assigns forever 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  survivng 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 
Trustees and that upon every such appointment All the Trust  premises 
shall be conveyed assigned and transferred 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 the 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 Son George Gosden and the said James try 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 three sheets of paper set my 
hand this twenty Seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one  
thousand eight hundred and forty six.  George Gosden Signed by the 
Testator George 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.   St John John 
Mears,   Swan Downer Dean Clerks to Mr John Mears Solicitor Bagshot 
Surrey

In the Goods of George Gosden deceased Appeared personally Saint John 
John Mears of Bagshot in the County of Surrey Clerk to John Mears of 
the same place Solicitor, made Oath that he is one of the subscribed 
Witnesses to the last Will and Testament of George Gosden late of the 
Parish of Bisley in the County of Surrey Farmer deceased bearing date 
the twenty seventh day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty 
six and now hereunto annexed.  And he further made Oath that having 
now particularly referred to the word "three" in the date of the said 
Will which is obliterated or struck through with a pen in the last 
line thereof and the word six written after the same this deponent 
saith that the said word three was so obliterated or struck through 
and the said word Six written after the same previously to the 
execution of the said Will the same being executed on the said twenty 
seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty six. St John 
John Mears On the Seventh day of March 1847 the said Saint John John 
Mears was duly sworn to the truth of this Affidavit. Before me James 
Jerram Surrogate

The Twenty third day of February One thousand eight hundred and forty 
seven. George Gosden and James Try the younger the Executors named in 
this Will were duly sworn to the due performance of the trusts hereof 
as usual Also that the whole of the deceased's Personal Estate does 
not amount in value to the sum of Three hundred pounds  and that he 
died on or about the thirteenth day of October One thousand eight 
hundred and forty six.  Before me James Jerram Surrogate

This Will of George Gosden late of the Parish of Bisley in the County 
of Surrey Farmer deceased was proved on the thirteenth day of March 
1847 before the Reverend James Jerram Clerk & Surrogate by the Oaths 
of George Gosden the Son and James Try the younger the Executors to 
whom Administration was granted they having been first sworn duly to 
administer.