This is the last Will and Testament of me John Hewer 
late of Emsworth in the County of Southampton 
but now residing at Chobham in the County of 
Surrey Clerk whereof I appoint my son Joseph 
Hewer of Chobham aforesaid Surgeon and Richard 
John Cole of Chertsey in the County of Surrey 
aforesaid Caulkman Executors  I give and bequeath 
unto my son Joseph Hewer the legacy or sum of one 
hundred and twenty pounds sterling and also my horse 
and chaise and harness furniture books plate clothes 
linen china and jewellery to and for his own use and 
benefit absolutely I having given to my son Thomas 
Jacob Hewer various sums of money at different 
times which I consider equivalent thereto And as to all 
the rest and residue of my worldly estate being all 
personal I give and bequeath the same (after payment 
of my funeral and testamentary expenses and the 
expence of proving this my Will and all my just debts) 
as after mentioned (namely)  I give and bequeath unto 
my son Joseph Hewer two fourth parts thereof to and 
for his own use and benefit absolutely And I give and 
bequeath unto my son Thomas Jacob Hewer one fourth 
part thereof to and for his own use and benefit 
absolutely I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph 
Hewer and the said Richard John Cole and the survivor 
of them and the executors and administrators of such 
survivor the remaining one fourth part thereof Upon 
trust to pay the dividends interest and annual income 
arising therefrom to my son Thomas Jacob Hewer for 
his own use and benefit during the term of his natural 
life and after his decease to pay and apply the said 
annual income towards the maintenance and bringing 
up of all the children of the said Thomas Jacob Hewer 
until his youngest or only child shall attain the age of 
twenty one years and my said son Thomas Jacob 
Hewer being dead to pay the whole of the said principal 
money in equal proportions amongst all the children of 
the said Thomas Jacob Hewer or if but one then to such 
only child And my will is that if any of the children of 
my said son Thomas Jacob Hewer shall die before 
receiving his or her share of the said trust moneys 
leaving lawful issue such child or children to take the 
part or share to which his her or their deceased parent 
would have been entitled (if living)  And I hereby 
empower my trustees from time to time to invest such 
trust property in the public funds of Great Britain or on 
real security and to alter and vary the same when and 
in such manner as they shall think fit  And 
notwithstanding the trusts aforesaid I hereby empower 
my said trustees at any time or times at the request in 
writing of my said son Thomas Jacob Hewer to 
absolutely pay to him a part or the whole of the 
principal of such trust property if my said trustees shall 
think that the same may be for the benefit and 
advancement in the world of my said son Thomas 
Jacob Hewer  And I hereby declare that the receipts of 
the said Thomas Jacob Hewer shall be sufficient 
discharge to my said trustees for the payment of such 
sum or sums of money  And I give devise and 
bequeath unto my said son Joseph Hewer his heirs and 
assigns all messuages lands tenements and 
hereditaments vested in me as trustee or mortgagee in 
fee To hold the same unto and to the use of my said 
son Joseph Hewer his heirs and assigns upon and 
subject to the several trusts and equities affecting the 
same hereditaments respectively Provided always and I 
do hereby declare and direct that if either of my 
trustees herein named or any succeeding or other 
trustee or trustees to be appointed as after mentioned 
shall die or desire to be discharged from or refuse or 
become incapable to act in the said trusts before the 
same trusts shall have been performed it shall be 
lawful for the trustee for the time being his executors 
or administrators to appoint a new trustee or trustees 
in his or their stead and the said trust estates funds 
monies and premises shall be conveyed transferred and 
assigned so as to vest in such new trustee or trustees 
jointly with the former trustee or trustees or solely as 
the case may require upon the subsisting trusts of this 
my will And I declare that and direct that every receipt 
which shall be given by the trustees or trustee for the 
time being acting in the execution of the trusts of this 
my will for any money to be received by them or him 
pursuant to the same trusts shall be a legal and 
conclusive discharge to the person or persons paying 
the same and fully and for ever release and exonerate 
such person or persons from all obligation of seeing to 
the application thereof and from all liability by reason 
of the misapplication or nonapplication thereof Provided 
also and I do declare that my said trustees and 
executors their heirs executors and administrators shall 
not be answerable for any more monies than shall 
actually be received by them by virtue of this my will 
and that each of them shall be answerable only for his 
own respective act deeds and defaults and not for any 
involuntary loss and that out of the trust monies which 
shall come to their respective hands they may severally 
reimburse themselves all costs and expences incurred 
by them relating to the trusts hereby in them reposed 
And hereby revoking all former Wills I do declare this 
to be my last Will and testament  In Witness whereof I 
the said John Hewer the testator have to this my last 
will and testament set my hand this fifteenth day of 
January one thousand eight hundred and forty five 
Mark X of John Hewer
Signed and declared by the said John Hewer the 
testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the 
presence of us present at the same time who in his 
presence and in the presence of each other have 
subscribed our names as Witnesses Samuel Mumford 
Chobham Gent _ B Hartland Chobham Surgeon 

Proved at London 7th March 1845 before the Worshipful 
Frederick Thomas Pratt Doctor of Laws and Surrogate 
by the Oaths of Joseph Hewer Esquire the son and 
Richard John Cole Esquire the Executors to whom 
admon was granted having been first sworn duly to 
administer.

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