This is the last Will & Testament of me Anthony Harding of Dulwich 
in the County of Surrey Esquire  I give and bequeath unto my niece 
Miss Eliza Shaw of Hammersmith the Legacy or sum of one hundred 
pounds  Unto my Niece Mrs James Macdougall the like Legacy or 
sum of one hundred pounds Unto my Niece Mrs Caroline Tetlow the 
Legacy or sum of fifty pounds  unto my Gardener John Marsh if in 
my service at the time of my decease the Legacy or sum of nineteen 
pounds nineteen shillings And unto each of the servants living with 
me at the time of my decease and whom shall have been in my 
service for more than two years the sum of Ten pounds and to all my 
servants a suit of mourning  Also I give and bequeath unto my kind 
friend William Joseph Meyers of Liverpool Esquire the sum of 
nineteen guineas for the purchase of a Ring to be kept by him in 
remembrance of me  And I direct that the said several Legacies shall 
be paid within three Calendar months after my decease  I give and 
devise all my manor farm and lands called Thurrock Hall in the parish 
of Thurrock near Grays in the County of Essex and all other  my lands 
in the said County and also my farm and lands called New Close Farm 
in the parish of Etwall in the County of Derby and all other my lands 
in the said last mentioned County and all other my messuages lands 
tenements hereditaments and real estate whatsoever and 
wheresoever whether in possession reversion remainder or 
expectancy which I may be seized of or entitled to at the time of my 
decease with all the appurtenances thereof unto and to the use of 
my daughter Elizabeth Withington the Widow of the late Thomas 
Scholes Withington deceased her heirs and assigns for ever  I give 
and bequeath all my leasehold messuages and premises in Pall Mall 
in the County of Middlesex or elsewhere with the appurtenances 
thereof unto my said daughter Elizabeth Withington her executors 
administrators and assigns for and during all my estate and interest 
therein  Also I give and  bequeath all my household goods and 
furniture plate linen china glass books wines and other liquors and all 
my monies and securities for money and all my Capital and stock in 
trade debts goods chattels rights credits and all other my personal 
estate whatsoever and wheresoever (subject nevertheless to the 
payment thereout of all my just debts funeral and testamentary 
expences and the Legacies hereinbefore bequeathed) unto my said 
daughter Elizabeth Withington her executors administrators and 
assigns for her and their own absolute use and benefit  And I appoint 
her sole Executrix of this my will and in case my said daughter should 
experience any difficulty or require any advice or assistance in 
converting my estate and effects or in winding up my affairs or in 
connection with her Executrixship in any way whatsoever I 
recommend her to consult with my said friend William Joseph 
Meyers and be guided by his counsel and advice feeling persuaded 
that his assistance will be of the greatest value and that he will be 
happy to render it whenever required  And my will further is and I 
declare that if my said daughter shall die in my lifetime all and every 
my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever (subject 
nevertheless to the payment thereout of all my just debts funeral 
and testamentary expences and the Legacies hereinbefore 
bequeathed) shall go and belong to all and every the children of my 
said daughter who shall be living at my death in equal shares and 
proportions if more than one and to the issue of any child or children 
of my said daughter who may have died in my lifetime leaving issue 
living at the time of my decease such issue taking the share or shares 
which his her or their parent or parents would have taken if living 
And I do hereby give devise and bequeath my said real and personal 
estate unto the said Child children and issue (in the event aforesaid) 
and their heirs executors administrators and assigns accordingly  And 
lastly I revoke all former will and wills by me at any time made In 
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Twenty second 
day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty eight _Anthy 
Harding
Signed and declared by the said Anthony Harding as and for his last 
Will and Testament in the presence of us (both of us being present at 
the same time) who in his presence at his request and in the 
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as 
witnesses _ Joseph Maynard 57 Coleman Street _ William Roper 
Maynard 57 Coleman Street.
Proved at London 15th March 1852 before the Worshipful William 
Calverley Curteis Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of 
Elizabeth Withington Widow the daughter the sole Executrix to 
whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to 
Administer

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