In the Name of God Amen I Edward Hammond of the Parish of Horsell in the County of Surrey Yeoman being sick & weak in body but of sound & disposing mind memory & understanding praised be god for the same do make & declare this my last will & Testament in manner & form following that is to say I direct that all my just debs & funeral & testamentary expences may be paid & discharged by my Exors hereinafter named & as to all my worldly Estate & Effects which It hath pleased God to bestow on me I dispose thereof as followeth Videlicet I give & bequeath unto my dear & loving Wife Ann Hammond all my Plate & also all my household Furniture in my best bed room & Parlour & also one half part of all my table & bed linen to be divided by my Exors hereinafter named to & for her own use & benefit & to be at her own absolute disposal And I give & devise unto my said Wife Ann Hammond all that my Freehold Messuage or Tenement with the Outhouses Garden Ground & Heredits situate lying and being in the Parish of Horsell in the County of Surry lately let to Thomas Pearson at ten guineas per Annum with their and every of their appurts & the fixtures therein for & during the term of her natural life & from & after her decease I give and devise the said Messuage or Tenement garden ground & premises & every part thereof unto my Son Henry Hammond in case he shall have attained his age of twenty one years his heirs & assigns for ever And in case my said Son Henry shall not have attained his said age of twenty one years at the decease of my said Wife then I direct that my trustees hereinafter named & the Survivors and Survivor of them do & shall in the meantime after the decease of my said Wife as aforesaid receive the rents issues & profits thereof until such time as my said Son Henry shall attain his age of twenty one years to be paid & applied in maintaining educating & bringing up of all & every my child & children which shall be living at the time of my decease in manner hereinafter mentioned And I give and bequeath unto my said Wife for & during the term of her natural life one annuity or clear yearly sum of eighty pounds of lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland free from all taxes & deductions whatsoever to be paid her for her own use and benefit by two equal half yearly payments which shall happen next after my decease But in case my said Wife should marry again after my decease then I direct that my Exors hereinafter named shall pay & apply & dispose of the said Annuity or yearly sum of eighty pounds unto such person or persons & for such uses & purposes as she my said Wife shall from time to time notwithstanding any future coverture by any Note or Notes under her hand direct or appoint during her life to the intent that the same may not be at the disposal of subject or liable to the debts control forfeitures or engagements of any future husband but only at her own sole & separate disposal & for her own sole use & her receipts from time to time notwithstanding any future coverture to be a good & sufficient discharge to the person or persons paying the same or so much thereof for which such receipts shall be given And I hereby direct that my said Exors hereinafter named shall as soon after my said decease as conveniently may be lay out & invest a sufficient part of my personal Estate in some or one of the Public Funds or else in government or other securities in their names to answer & secure the payment of the said annuity during the life of my said Wife as aforesaid & from & after her decease I give & bequeath the monies so to be invested & laid out in the said public funds and government securities as aforesaid unto & amongst all & every my children who shall be living at the decease of my said Wife equally between them share & share alike & the child & children of such of my children as may be then dead such child & children if any of my deceased children to have & take his her & their fathers or mothers share only & to their several & respective Exors & admors And it is my will & I hereby declare that the several bequests hereinbefore by me made to & for the benefit of my said Wife as aforesaid shall be in full satisfaction bar & discharge of all dower & thirds either by law or by custom which she my said Wife can or may have claim demand or be entitled to upon or out of any of my Freehold or copyhold Messuages Lands or Estates whatsoever I give & devise unto my said Son Henry Hammond all that my Messuage or Tenement Garden Land & Premises now in the occupation of Joel Spooner And also all those six acres of Land thereto belonging called Rowlinson Lake and also all those pieces or parcels of Land containing by estimation twelve acres more or less which I purchased of the trustees of the Widow Spong deceased & now in my own occupation all which said last mentioned Messuage or Tenements Lands Heredits & Premises are situate lying and being in the Parish of Horsell in the County of Surrey To hold the same & every part & parcel thereof unto my said Son Henry Hammond his heirs & assigns for ever as & when he shall attain his age of twenty one years & the rents & profits to be received applied and paid in the meantime toward the maintenance education & bringing up of all my children in manner hereafter directed Also I give & bequeath unto my said Son Henry the sum of two thousand pounds of lawful british money to be paid to him by my Exors hereinafter named on his attaining his age of twenty one years & in case my said Son Henry shall happen to die under his said age of twenty one years without Issue or shall come into possession of the residue & remainder of the Farm Lands heredits & Premises hereinafter mentioned & devised to my eldest son John Hammond Then & in such case I give & bequeath the said sum of two thousand pounds unto & amongst all & every my children which shall be living at the time of my decease equally to be divided between them share & share alike to be paid at their respective ages of twenty one years but in case my said Son Henry shall happen to die under his said age of twenty one years leaving two or more children of his body lawfully to be begotten living my said Son John Hammond [sic] Then I give & bequeath the said sum of two thousand pounds unto & amongst such two or more children equally to be divided between them share and share alike to be paid at their respective ages of twenty one years & the Interest dividends & proceed thereof to be applied for their maintenance education & support at the discretion of my Exors & trustees hereinafter named but in case my said Son shall leave but one child lawfully begotten living at his death Then I give & bequeath the said sum of two thousand pounds unto such one child to & for his or her own use & benefit when of the age of twenty one years & the Interest dividends & proceed thereof in the meantime to be applied for his or her maintenance education & support as aforesaid Also I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary the sum of one thousand seven hundred pounds of like lawful money to be paid to my said daughter Mary on her attaining her age of twenty one years & in case my said daughter Mary shall happen to depart this life under her said age of twenty one years without issue lawfully begotten Then I give & bequeath the said Sum of one thousand seven hundred pounds unto & amongst all & every my children which shall be living at the time of my decease equally to divided between them share & share alike to be paid at their respective ages of twenty one years & the Interest dividends & proceed thereof to be applied for their maintenance education & support at the discretion of my Exors & Trustees hereinafter named & in case my said daughter Mary shall happen to die under her said age of twenty one years leaving two or more children of her body lawfully to be begotten Then I give & bequeath the said sum of one thousand seven hundred pounds unto & amongst such two or more children equally to be divided between them share and share alike to be paid at their respective ages of twenty one years & the Interest dividends & proceed thereof to be applied for their maintenance education & support at the discretion of my Exors & Trustees hereinafter named & in case my said daughter shall leave but one child lawfully begotten living at her death Then I give & bequeath the said sum of one thousand seven hundred pounds unto such one child to & for his or her own use & benefit when of the age of twenty one years & the Interest dividends & proceed thereof in the meantime to be applied for his or her maintenance education & support provided that in case my said daughter Mary shall marry under her said age of twenty one years Then I direct that they my said trustees do and shall pay the Interest & dividends of the said sum of one thousand seven hundred pounds unto my said Daughter Mary until she shall attain her said age of twenty one years Also I give & bequeath unto my daughter Sophia the like sum of one thousand seven hundred pounds of like lawful money to be paid to my said daughter Sophia on her attaining her age of twenty one years & in case my said daughter Sophia shall happen to depart this life under her said age of twenty one years without issue lawfully begotten Then I give & bequeath the said Sum of one thousand seven hundred pounds unto & amongst all & every my children which shall be living at the time of my decease equally to divided between them share & share alike to be paid at their respective ages of twenty one years & the Interest dividends & proceed thereof to be applied for their maintenance education & support at the discretion of my Exors & Trustees hereinafter named & in case my said daughter Sophia shall happen to die under her said age of twenty one years leaving two or more children of her body lawfully to be begotten Then I give & bequeath the said sum of one thousand seven hundred pounds unto & amongst such two or more children equally to be divided between them share and share alike to be paid at their respective ages of twenty one years & the Interest dividends & proceed thereof to be applied for their maintenance education & support at the discretion of my Exors & Trustees hereinafter named & in case my said daughter shall leave but one child lawfully begotten living at her death Then I give & bequeath the said sum of one thousand seven hundred pounds unto such one child to & for his or her own use & benefit when of the age of twenty one years & the Interest dividends & proceed thereof in the meantime to be applied for his or her maintenance education & support provided that in case my said daughter Sophia shall marry under her said age of twenty one years Then I direct that they my said trustees do and shall pay the Interest & dividends of the said sum of one thousand seven hundred pounds unto my said Daughter Sophia until she shall attain her said age of twenty one years All the rest & remainder of my real & personal Estate and Effects whatsoever & wheresoever & of what nature kind or quality soever the same may be which I shall or may be seized possessed of or intitled unto at the time of my decease I give devise & bequeath the same & every part thereof with their & every of their rights members and appurts unto my friend William Fladgate of Crop Lane in the Parish of Woking in the County of Surrey Yeoman James Fladgate of Stanyards Hill in Chobham aforesaid Yeoman & my brother in Law William Collins upon trust nevertheless that they my said trustees do & shall conduct manage & carry on my business in Husbandry & do & shall receive the rents issues & profits Interest dividends & proceeds of all & singular the bequests & devises hereinbefore by me given & devised & do & shall pay layout & expend all or any part or parts of the profits arising from my said business in Husbandry & all other my business whatsoever & the rents issues & profits interest dividends & proceeds of the said bequests & devises as aforesaid except the said devise & bequest to my said Wife as aforesaid in maintaining educating & bringing up all & every my said children until such time as my Son John Hammond shall attain his age of twenty one years according to the discretion of my said trustees whom I hereby appoint guardians of all & every my said children And that they my said trustees do & shall convey & assure assign transfer & set over unto my said Son John Hammond his heirs & assigns Exors Admors & assigns respectively all such rest residue & remainder of my estate & effects as aforesaid when he shall attain his age of twenty one years subject nevertheless & charged & chargeable to & with the payment of the several & respective Legacies Sum & Sums of money hereinbefore by me given & bequeathed And also subject to the maintaining education and bringing up all & every my said children until they shall attain their several & respective ages of twenty one years And it is my will & meaning And I hereby direct that they my said trustees & the survivors & survivor of them do & shall in case my said Son John Hammond shall depart this life under the age of twenty one years without issue lawfully begotten convey & assure assign transfer & set over all the rest residue & remainder of my said Estate & Effects unto & to the use of my said Son Henry Hammond his heirs exors admors & assigns respectively subject nevertheless & charged & chargeable to & with the payment of the said several & respective Legacies Sum & Sums of money as hereinbefore by me given & bequeathed And also subject to the maintaining education and bringing up all & every my said children until they shall attain their several & respective ages of twenty one years but in case my said Son John Hammond shall depart this life leaving two or more children of his body lawfully begotten Then upon trust to convey & assure assign transfer & set over all the rest residue & remainder of my said Estate & Effects subject as aforesaid unto such two or more children their heirs & assigns equally between them share & share alike at their several & respective ages of twenty one years & in case my said Son John Hammond shall happen to die leaving only one child living at his decease then upon trust to convey & assure assign transfer & set over all the rest residue & remainder of my said Estate & Effects subject as aforesaid unto such one child his or her heirs And in case my said Sons John Hammond & Henry Hammond should both happen to die under their respective ages of twenty one years without issue then upon trust to convey & assure assign transfer & set over all the rest residue & remainder of my said Estate & Effects unto my said two daughters Mary & Sophia their Heirs or Exors admors & assigns for ever To hold my real Estates as tenants in common & not as joint tenants And my Will & meaning is that in case my Son Henry shall come into possession of the rest residue & remainder of my said Estate & Effects in case of the death of my said Son John or otherwise Then that my said Son Henry shall not be entitled to receive and I hereby revoke & make void his said Legacy of two thousand pounds hereinbefore by me given to him as aforesaid and in such case I give the said Legacy or sum of two thousand pounds to be equally divided amongst all & every my children which shall be living at the time of my decease respectively to be paid at their several & respective ages of twenty one years & I do hereby nominate constitute & appoint my said trustees Exors of this my last Will & Testament to whom I give the sum of ten pounds each as an acknowledgement for the trouble they may have in the execution of this my Will provided they take upon themselves the burthen & trouble thereof And I hereby declare will & direct that my said trustees & Exors or any or either of them their or any or either of their Exors or admors shall not be charged or chargeable with or accountable for any more of the aforesaid monies Estates or Effects than as he or they shall actually receive or shall come to his or their respective hands by virtue of this my Will nor for or with any loss which shall or may happen with the said monies estates or effects so as such loss happen without their wilful default nor one of them for the others or other of them nor for the acts Deeds Receipts defaults or disbursements of the others or other of them And also that it shall & may be lawful for them my said trustees & Exors respectively & their respective Exors & Admors in the first place by & out of the Premises respectively to deduct retain to & reimburse themselves & each other respectively all such costs charges & expenses as he they or any of them shall suffer sustain expend or be put to for or by reason of this my Will or the performance or execution thereof or the trust hereby in them reposed And lastly I do hereby revoke all former & other Wills by me at any time heretofore made & do declare this only to be my last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I the said Testator Edward Hammond have to this my last Will & Testament contained in seven sheets of Paper set my hand & Seal in manner following that is to say to the six first sheets thereof I have set my hand & to this seventh & last sheet my hand & seal this twenty seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & ten _ Edward Hammond Signed Sealed Published & declared by the said Testator as & for his last Will & Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request & in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses the words "Heirs & assigns" in the sixth sheet hereof being first interlined _ Henry Taylor Chobham Surrey Gent _ Henry Edmead of Chobham Surrey Farmer _ John Mears Windlesham Surrey Gent. Proved at London 19th March 1811 before the whpful Samuel Pearce Parson Dr of Laws & Surr: by the Oaths of William Fladgate James Fladgate & William Collins the Exors to whom admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer. Prob11/1520