I Mary Johnson of Woking in the County of Surrey Spinster  
do hereby revoke all former Wills by me heretofore mad And do 
declare these presents only to be and contain my Last Will and 
Testament I nominate constitute and appoint Stephen Woods of 
Woking aforesaid Carpenter and Richard Hodd of the same 
place Farmer to be Executors of this my Will And I do hereby 
authorise empower and direct my said Executors as soon as 
conveniently may be after my decease to sell & dispose of all 
my Copyhold Messuages Tenements Lands hereditaments 
situate (in Kingfield Green) lying and being within and held of 
the Manor of Woking in the County of Surrey (which I have 
duly surrendered to the use of my Last Will and Testament) with 
the appurtenances either by public  auction or by private 
contract for the most Money that can be reasonably gotten for 
the same And I do hereby direct my said Executors to pay and 
discharge out of the Monies gotten from the sale of my said 
Copyhold Messuage or Tenements all my just debts Funeral & 
Testamentary Charges and Expenses of such Sale and the 
residue after such payments I direct to be paid to my Natural 
daughter Mary Johnson  I give & bequeath unto James 
William Johnson Sailor son of William Johnson late of 
Lewisham in the county of Kent Carpenter the sum of Five 
shillings Sterling  I also give and bequeath unto my said 
daughter Mary Johnson all my household goods and furniture 
that shall be in about or belonging to my dwelling house at the 
time of my decease (except my clock) which clock I give and 
bequeath unto William Johnson Woods of Weybridge in the 
county of Surrey Carpenter  I give devise and bequeath unto 
Stephen Woods and the said Richard Hodd my Freehold House 
Garden and Buildings thereunto belonging now in my 
occupation also my Freehold Land now in the occupation of 
Henry Hersey consisting of Two Acres more or less and situate 
in Saunders Lane in the parish of Woking aforesaid and also the 
rest residue and remainder of my property whatsoever and 
wheresoever whether in possession reversion expectancy or 
otherwise howsoever To hold the same according to the nature 
and tenure thereof respectively unto the said Stephen Woods 
and Richard Hodd their heirs administrators and assigns upon 
Trust to pay and apply or otherwise permit and suffer my said 
daughter Mary Johnson to receive and take the rents issues and 
profits and annual produce thereof from time to time as the same 
shall become due & received for and during her life.  And upon 
her death again upon Trust to pay and apply or otherwise permit 
and suffer the said William Johnson to receive and take the rents 
issues and profits and annual produce of my said Freehold house 
Garden and Buildings (but not of Saunders Lane Land) from 
time to time as the same shall become due & received for and 
during his life.  And upon his death I give devise and bequeath 
the said Freehold house Garden and Buildings to his lawful 
issue  And also upon the decease of my said Daughter Mary 
Johnson the said Freehold Land in Saunders Lane again upon 
Trust to pay and apply or otherwise permit and suffer Samuel 
Woods of Weybridge aforesaid Carpenter to receive and take 
the rents issues and profits and annual produce from time to 
time as the same shall become due & received for and during his 
life.  And upon his death I give devise and bequeath the same 
unto his issue  And if the said William Johnson Woods shall 
happen to depart this life without lawful issue my will and 
meaning is that my Executors shall pay and apply or otherwise 
permit and suffer his Brother the said Samuel Woods to receive 
and take the rents issues and profits and annual produce of my 
said Freehold house Garden and Buildings from time to time as 
the same shall become due & received for and during his life.  
And upon his death I give devise and bequeath the same to his 
lawful issue.  And if the said William Johnson Woods and the 
said Samuel Woods shall happen to depart this life without 
lawful issue then and in that case I give devise and bequeath 
unto Amelia Mary Woods daughter of the aforesaid Stephen 
Woods the whole of my Messuages Tenements Lands and real 
and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto the said 
the said Amelia Mary Woods heir [sic] heirs Executors 
administrators and assigns absolutely and for ever  And also my 
will and meaning is that such of the aforesaid parties as shall 
become entitled to the rents profits issues & annual produce of 
my said Freehold House Buildings and Garden shall not occupy 
the same unless such occupation keeps the said House and 
Premises in such tenantable repair as my Executors shall deem 
sufficient and right And moreover such occupier shall not 
without the consent of my Executors pull down any Buildings or 
make any alterations in or about the said House & Premises  In 
witness whereof I the said Mary Johnson have hereunto set my 
hand this fifteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred 
and fifty four
The mark and X seal of Mary Johnson

Signed by the above said Testatrix in the presence of us present 
at the same time who in her presence and in the presence of each 
other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses 
Wm Wilson  Farmer Crastock, Woking   William Ross 
Schoolmaster Woking  

This Will of Mary Johnson late of Woking in the county of 
Surrey spinster deceased was proved at London on the 4th July 
in the year of our lord 1854 before the Reverend John Richards 
Clerk a Surrogate by the Oath of Stephen Woods one of the 
Executors named in the said will to whom Admon was granted 
he having been first sworn duly to administer  Power reserved of 
making the like grant to Richard Hodd the other Exor named in 
the said will when he shall apply for the same.

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