The last Will and Testament of me William Hart of Wokeing in the County of 
Surry Surgeon and Apothecary Whereas I am intitled to a Copyhold Messuage 
Farm and Land held of the Manor of Wokeing for my Life with Remainder to 
my Wife for Life with Remainder to such Uses as I shall direct by my Will with 
Remainder to the Right Heirs of the Survivor of me and my Wife I am also 
seized in Fee of a Messuage with the Appurtenances in Ripley now in the 
Occupation of the Reverend Charles Bartholomew And I am likewise 
possessed of a Personal Estate consisting of the Goods in my Shop Household 
and other Goods and Chattles Money lent and due to me in my Business And 
also an Exchequer Order or Tally on which I receive Annually ten Pounds And it 
is my intent that my dear and loving Wife shall have and enjoy my whole Real 
and Personal Estate during her natural life And that one Year after her Death 
five hundred Pounds should be paid to my said Wife's sister Dorothy Williams 
in manner hereinafter mentioned out of my said Copyhold Estate in Wokeing  
And at my said Wife's Death subject thereto and the security by me directed to 
be made by her for the Payment thereof I direct that the said Copyhold 
Premises with their Appurtenances shall go to my Brother James Hart his Heirs 
and Assigns And I devise the same accordingly and that my Wife's sister Ann 
Peckham shall within one year after my said Wife's Decease be paid five 
hundred Pounds out of my said Freehold Estate and personal Estate Except the  
said Annuity and that the residue thereof shall go to my Brother John Hart his 
Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns respectively in manner hereinafter 
mentioned And that my said ten Pounds Annuity shall go and be paid after the 
Decease of my said Wife to my [said] Sister Ayres for so long of the Time 
during which the same is Payable as she shall live And that the same shall be 
had received and taken to her own Sole and separate Use not withstanding her 
Coverture and shall not be liable to the Debts or Controul of her [????] 
Husband And that her sole and separate Receipt Order or Direction concerning 
the Payment thereof shall be as good and effectual as if she was Sole and 
unmarried  And after her Decease I give the same to her Daughter her 
Executors Administrators and Assigns  And for carrying into execution these my 
Intentions my Orders and Directions are as follows (That is to say) that the said 
Copyhold Premises shall so far survive to my said Wife her Heirs and Assigns 
notwithstanding any Directions hereinbefore by me given as to enable her 
immediately after my Decease to Surrender the same into the Hands of the 
Lord of the said Manor To the Use of my said Wife's Sister Dorothy Williams 
her Heirs and Assigns under and subject to a Proviso for making the same void 
if my said Brother James Hart his Heirs or Assigns do pay to my said Sister 
Dorothy Williams her Executors Administrators and Assigns the sum of five 
hundred Pounds within twelve months after the Decease of my said Wife  And 
as to the moneys which will be due and owing to me at my Decease that an 
Account thereof be taken as soon as conveniently may be after my Decease  
And that an Inventory be taken of all my Shop Goods Household Goods and 
other Goods and Chattles and the same duly and fairly appraized by two 
indifferent Persons one to be chosen by my said Wife the other by my said 
Brother John Hart And that in such Appraizement my Household Goods be 
valued at such a Sum of Money only as they may be thought to sell for at my 
said Wife's Decease and That the reasonable use and wear in the mean Time 
be considered in such Valuation  That my Debts and funeral Expenses be paid 
with all convenient speed And that an Account be made up and stated in such 
manner as to fix what shall be the real residue of my Personal Estate after 
Payment of my Debts funeral Expenses the expences of proving my Will and 
other Incident Charges  And in case any Difference or Disputes shall arise 
between my said Brother John Hart and my said Wife touching the Quantum of 
such residue that the same be left to two Indifferent Persons to determine  
One to be chosen by each Party  And in case they can't Agree the said two 
Persons to choose a third Person in order to determine such Difference or 
Dispute  And that as soon after my Decease as the same can be conveniently 
Done and not exceeding one Year my said Wife do acknowledge what the 
Amount of such Residue and secure the same to be paid after her Decease by 
Entering into a Bond with the usual Penalty to be void on Condition that her 
Heirs Executors or Administrators Do within one Year after her Decease pay or 
cause to be paid to my said Sister Ann Peckham her Executors Administrators 
or Assigns the said Sum of five hundred Pounds or so much thereof as the 
residue of my Personal Estate will amount unto  And in Case my Personal 
Estate shall fall short of that sum Then I charge my said Freehold Estate with so 
much as the said residue shall fall short of the said Sum of five hundred Pounds 
payable to my said Sister Ann Peckham her Executors Administrators or 
Assigns in the very same manner and at the same Time as the money secured 
by my said Wife's Bond shall be payable And in Case such residue as aforesaid 
Do exceed the said Sum of five hundred Pounds that then my said Wife do 
enter into a Bond with the usual Penalty conditions to be void in Case the Heirs 
Executors Administrators or Assigns of my said Wife Do pay the same which 
such Surplus amount unto after securing to the said Ann Peckham the said five 
hundred Pounds unto my said Brother John Hart his Executors Administrators 
or Assigns within one year after my said Wife's Decease  And as to the said ten 
Pounds Exchequer Annuity that my said Wife Do after my Decease re assign or 
Devise the same so As for such Assignment or Devise to take Place after my 
said Wife's decease in such manner that my said Sister Ayres and her Daughter 
respectively may have the Benefit thereof in the same manner before by me 
directed  And In Order to enable my said Wife to have and enjoy the Use and 
Benefit of my Personal Estate for her Life and to perform the Trusts in my said 
Will so far as relates to her I give and Devise to my said Dear and loving Wife all 
my Goods Chattles and Personal Estate whatsoever and make her Sole 
Executrix of this my last Will and Testament  But yet nevertheless with this 
Restriction that the said Power or either of them Do not extend to any after 
taken Husband or be liable to his Control Debts or Incumbrances But for the 
sole and separate Use and Benefit of my said Wife in the very same manner as 
th“ she was unmarried and that every Act Deed Matter and Thing by me 
hereby directed to be Done or Performed by my said Wife (th“ Covert or 
Married) shall be Acted Executed Directed or Done by her Solely and 
separately from any Husband and be of as full force and Effect to all Intents 
and Purposes as th“ she was Discovert or Unmarried  But nevertheless In Case 
I shall happen to Die leaving a Child or Children or my Wife Ensient with a Child 
or Children which shall be born after my Decease my Will and meaning is and I 
do so declare that every Devise Order or Direction herein by me given with 
regard to my Freehold Copyhold or Personal Estate in favour of my said 
Brothers James and John Hart And my said Sisters Dorothy Williams and Ann 
Peckham shall be null and void to all Intents and Purposes  And in that Case all 
Benefit which would have arisen from such Devises Orders or Directions to 
them my said Brothers or Sisters shall be in favour and for the Benefit of such 
Child or Children if more than one in such manner and in such Proportion as 
my said Wife shall by Deed or Will Executed in the Presence of two or more 
credible Witnesses direct or Appoint and for want of such Directions or 
Appointment equally between them  And my Will is that all Benefit and 
Advantages by me given or directed for the benefit in favour or accruing to my 
said Wife by this my Will shall be upon Terms and Conditions only that she in a 
proper suitable and Decent Manner bring up Maintain and Educate such Child 
or Children as aforesaid in Case there shall be any such  I Revoke all former and 
other Wills and direct this only to be my last Will and Testament  In Witness 
whereof I the said William Hart the Testator have to this  my last Will and 
Testament contained in two Sheets of Paper set my Hand to the first Sheet and 
my Hand and Seal to the last sheet this Thirty first day of October in the year of 
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven.
Wm Hart
Declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the 
presence of us who have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in the 
Presence of the said Testator 
J Chatfield 
Pickering Green 
Jn.o Poynter Jun.r

The 7th day of Sept.r 1759
Sarah Hart The Executrix within named was sworn ...

This Will of William Hart late of Woking in the County of Surry Deceased was 
proved on the Seventh day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand 
seven hundred and Fifty Nine before the Reverend Cornelius Jeale a Surrogate 
by the oath of Sarah Hart Widow the Relict and sole the Executrix named in 
the said Will to whom Administration was granted being first sworn faithfully 
to administer.

On the twenty first day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven 
hundred and Sixty two a Commission issued to John Hart the natural and 
lawfull Brother and substituted Residuary Legatee named in the last Will and 
Testament of William Hart late of Wookeing in the County of Surrey deceased 
to administer the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said Deceased (according 
to the tenour and effect of the said Will) left unadministered by Sarah Hart 
Widow deceased the Relict sole Executrix and Residuary Legatee for Life 
named in the said Will before first sworne faithfully to administer.

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