This is the last Will and Testament of me Edmund Yalden of Godalming in 
the County of Surrey Gentleman made Signed Sealed Published and 
declared this thirty first day of December in the Year of our Lord One 
thousand eight hundred and ten ffirst I desire and direct that all my Just 
debts ffuneral Expenses and Testamentary Charges to be fully paid satisfied 
and discharged by my Executors hereinafter named out of the residue of my 
Personal Estate Also I give & bequeath unto my housekeeper Ann Blunt 
Wife of Thomas Blunt now or late of Liss in the County of Southampton for 
and during the term of her natural life all my Share Dividend and Interest of & 
in the Annuity Stock called the Consolidated Long Annuities And I do hereby 
direct that the said Dividend & Interest in the said Annuity Stock shall be for 
the sole separate and peculiar use and benefit of the said Ann Blunt and that 
the same shall not be Subject or liable to the Debts Management or Controul 
of the said Thomas Blunt or any subsequent husband of the said Ann Blunt 
but that the Receipt of the said Ann Blunt from time to time for the same 
without the concurrence of the said Thomas Blunt or any subsequent 
husband shall be a good discharge to my Executors for the same And from 
and immediately after the decease of the said Ann Blunt I give & bequeath 
the said Dividend & Interest in the said Annuity Stock unto between and 
equally amongst all and every the Daughters of my nephew Edmund 
Woods of Shopwick Esquire who shall be living at the time of my decease 
to and for their own use and benefit Also I do hereby give and bequeath unto 
the said Ann Blunt the Legacy or Sum of Ten Pounds to be paid to her within 
one month next after my decease And I do hereby declare that her Receipt 
alone without the concurrence of the said Thomas Blunt or any subsequent 
husband shall be a good and sufficient discharge to my Executors for the 
same Also I give and bequeath unto my servant James Cox the Legacy or 
Sum of ten Pounds to be paid to him within one month next after my decease 
Also I give and bequeath unto each of my two ffemale Servants who shall be 
living with me at the time of my decease the Legacy or Sum of five Pounds to 
be paid to them within one month after my decease Also I give and bequeath 
unto my late Servant Sarah Smith the Legacy or Sum of five Pounds to be 
paid to her within one month next after my decease Also I give and bequeath 
unto the said Ann Blunt the little working Table in the little Parlour and all the 
Goods & other things which I bought of Mr John Parrott at the late Miss 
Yalden?s sale and which are mentioned in his Inventory and subject to the 
said several Legacies I give devise & bequeath unto my sd nephew Edmund 
Woods his Heirs Exors Admors and Assigns All my messuages Lands 
Tenements and real Estate And also all my residuary & Personal Estate and 
Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever the 
same may be which I may happen to be possessed of or interested in at the 
time of my decease To hold the same unto my said nephew Edmund Woods 
his Heirs Exors Admors and Assigns absolutely and for ever And I do hereby 
constitute & appoint my good ffriends John Leech of Lea in the Parish 
of Witley in the County of Surrey Esquire and John Hawkins of 
Cosford in the Paris of Thursley in the said County of Surrey Esquire 
joint Exors In trust of this my Will hereby revoking all former wills by me 
made and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament And Lastly I do 
hereby declare & direct that my said Executors shall not be answerable or 
accountable for any involuntary loss or misfortune that may happen to my 
said Trust Estate nor the one of them for the other of them or for the Acts 
Deeds Receipts or Defaults of the other of the other of them for his own wilful 
defaults only and that it shall & may be lawful for them and each of them to 
deduct retain & reimburse themselves & himself all such Costs Charges 
damages & Expenses as they or either of them shall or may sustain or be put 
unto in or about the Execution or management of the Trusts reposed in them 
In Testimony whereof I the said Edmund Yalden the Testator have hereunto 
set my hand and seal the day and Year first above written Edmd Yalden

Thomas Haines
William Young
Geo Potter

Proved at London 10 May 1814
PCC
Prob11/1557