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and difcharging from time to time the jointures and provifions made for my dear wife, and also the yearly allowances for maintenance and education of my fon C. and my other faid younger children, in manner herein before directed, and all neceffary expenfes relating thereto, that the faid trustees or trustee do from time to time place out the refidue and remainder of the rents and profits of my faid real estates, and alfo the increasing and lay out the intereft, dividends, and profits of my personal estates, upon mortgage,at intereft, or upon fuch real fecurities as they fhall think proper; except nevertheless, and I hereby direct, that none of my truft-monies fhall on any account be placed in the publie stocks or funds, or on any other government fecurities: And after having raised a sufficient fund for payment of younger children's portions, it is my will and defire that they will still in like manner continue improving my eftates for the benefit of the perfons entitled thereto. AND in order that this part of my will may be the better carried into execution, I defire that the trustees of tling accounts. the faid term of years, for the time being, will meet my dear wife as long as fhe fhall be a joint trustee of my eftátes, and afterwards that they may meet together without my dear wife, at my manfion house at aforefaid, once in

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every year, until the trufts of this my will fhall be fully performed and carried into execution; and that they do at fuch meetings audit my steward's accounts, and the yearly income and produce of my eftates real and perfonal, and give proper directions for placing out the overplus thereof at intereft, as hereinbefore mentioned, and alfo to give advice to my dear wife (fo long as fhe fhall continue a trustee,) and otherwife give directions relative to the proper management of my eftates as they fhall think moft advantageous and neceffary. AND I give and bequeath to my

faid dear wife, and the faid G. B. H. P. and E. P. the fum of each, as an acknowledgment for the trouble they may have in the execution of this my will, provided they take upon themselves the burthen and trouble thereof; but I give fuch legacy only to fuch of them refpectively as fhall take upon themselves fuch burthen and trouble, the fame to be paid to them refpectively when and as foon as any fon or daughter of mine, or the iffue of any of them, fhall become entitled to the poffeffion, or the rents and profits of my faid devised estates, under the limitations aforefaid; (trustees to be only chargeable for what they receive, not for each other, nor for loffes, &c. and to have liberty to reimburse themselves.) [Provifo for changing truflees, &c.] AND I do hereby request and defire, that my faid trustees will employ Mr. H. V. my present bailiff, as bailiff, inspector and affistant, in the management of my faid eftates, fo long as he fhall behave with care, faithfulness, and diligence in fuch employ; and that he be paid the salary or yearly fum of during fuch his employment, by four equal quarterly payments, to commence from the day of my death; and I also give to the faid H. V. the legacy of £, to be paid him within one year after my deceafe. AND I do hereby nominate and appoint Nomination of my faid dear wife during her widowhood, and the executors, faid G. B. H. P. and E. P. executors of this my laft will and teftament, thereby revoking all former wills; I hereby declare this to be my last will and teftament. In witness, &c.

Will of Freebold and Copyhold Estates to be fold, and the Money applied as herein directed to Daughters, &c. not fubject to the Demands of their Hufbands.

THIS is the last will and teftament of me R. I. of in the county of, gent. My foul I recommend to God, and in his infinite mercy, and the merit of his bleffed Son, my Redeemer, Chrift, I truft to find my falvation; my body I commit to the earth, to be decently interred, at near, in the county aforefaid, at the difcretion of my executors hereinafter named; and I direct my funeral expenses and debts to be paid with all convenient speed after my decease. Devife of free-give and bequeath unto my friends G. I. of the hold and copy- parifh of

hold premifes

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efq. and in the parish of --, in the

liberty of
and county of --, surveyor,
or their heirs, executors, adminiftrators and af-
figns, all that my freehold meffuage or tenement,
farm, lands and hereditaments, fituate at --, in
the county of, now in the occupation of
S. L. and all that my fmall freehold or clofe,
fituate at -- near aforefaid, in the occu-
pation of the faid S. L. with their appurtenances,
and alfo all those the cuftomary copyhold mef-
fuages and hereditaments fituate in the parish of
and held of the manor of
of which
I am feifed, to me and my heirs, at the will of
the lord, by copy of court-roll, according to the
cuftom of the faid manor, and which I have furren-
dered to the ufe of this my will, with their ap-
purtenances, to have and to hold fuch of the faid
meffuages and hereditaments as are freehold, to
the ufe of them the faid G. F. and T. M.
and their heirs, and to hold fuch of the said mes-
fuages and hereditaments as are cuftomary or co-

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pyhold, to the use of them the faid G. I. and I. M. and their heirs, at the will of the lord,. according to the custom of the faid manor, but both as to the faid freehold, and as to the faid customary or copyhold lands and hereditaments, and alfo all my perfonal eftates, except what I fhall hereafter fpecifically difpofe of, ready money, ftocks, funds, and fecurities for money, upon trust, that they the faid G. I. and I. M. or the furvivor of them, or the heirs, executors, adminiftrators, or affigns of fuch furvivor, do and fhall, with all convenient speed after my decease, fell, difpofe of, and convey all and fingular my faid freehold and copyhold hereditaments and premifes, with the appurtenances, and the inheritance thereof in fee fimple, either entirely and together, or in parcels, by public fale or auction; or private contract, unto any perfon or perfons who fhall be willing to become and be the purchafer or purchafers of the fame hereditaments and premises, or any part thereof, for the most money that can be reasonably had for the fame, and do and fhall for that purpofe make and execute all fuch deeds, conveyances, furrenders and affurances, as they the faid G. F. and T. M. or the furvivor of them, or the heirs or affigns of fuch furvivor fhall think fit. AND I do hereby declare my will to be, that upon payment of my faid perfonal eftate, or any part thereof, and alfo upon payment of the money to arife by fuch fale or fales of the faid meffuages and hereditaments hereby made faleable, or any of them, or any part or parts thereof refpectively, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid G. F. and T. M. and the furvivor of them, and the heirs and affigns of fuch furvivor, to give and fign any receipt or receipts for the money to arise by fuch fale or fales, or any part thereof refpectively, which receipt or receipts fhall be a good and fufficient difcharge or

discharges to any purchafer or purchafers, his, her, or their refpective heirs, executors, admininistrators and affigns, for fo much of the faid purchase-money as fhall be therein expreffed or acknowledged to be received: And fuch purchafer or purchafers, his, her, or their respective heirs, executors, adminiftrators or affigns, fhall not afterwards be obliged to fee to the application of fuch purchase-money, or be answerable or accountable for any lofs, mifapplication, or nonapplication thereof, or of any part thereof refpectively. AND my will and mind is, and I do hereby direct that the faid G. F. and T. M. and the furvivor of them, and the executors, adminiftrators, and affigns of such survivor, fhall ftand poffeffed of and interested in the monies to arife by fuch fale or fales refpectively as aforefaid, upon the feveral trufts, and for the feveral ends, intents and purposes, and fubject to, with, and under the feveral powers, provifos, conditions, declarations and agreements hereinafter mentioned and contained, of and concerning the fame reProduce to be fpectively, (that is to fay): UPON truft that the

invested in

ftock,

faid G. F. and T. M. and the furvivor of them,' and the executors, adminiftrators, and affigns of fuch furvivor, do and fhall, of their own proper authority, and at their own discretion, lay out and inveft the fame, in the names or name of them the faid G. F. and T. M. or of the furvivor of them, or the executors, adminiftrators, or affigns of fuch furvivor, in the public ftocks or funds, or in government securities, of or in Great Britain, to be from time to time altered and varied as occafion shall require. AND upon this further trust, that they the faid G. F. and T. M. and the furvivor of them, and the executors, adminiftrators, and affigns of fuch furvivor, fhall stand poffeffed of and interested in all fuch ftocks, funds, and fecurities, and the monies to arife therefrom or

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