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Will of Richard NICOLL of Bodicote
Will 25 Feb 1800 Codicil 26 Sep 1810 Probate 25 Jun 1813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon: Testator: father of John (1834 qv); wife Vere was nee WICKHAM or WYKHAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
... me Richard Nicoll of Boddicott ... Doctor in Divinity ...
Codicil 26 Sep 1810
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As transcribed from a copy of the original document. Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Rev'd Richard Nicoll DD This is the last Will and Testament of me Richard Nicoll of Boddicott in the County of Oxford Doctor in Divinity ffirst I confirm the Settlement made on and previous to my marriage with my dear wife Vere and the charge therein made for the benefit of our younger children And I give and bequeath unto my eldest son John Nicoll all my gold and silver plate and also all my household goods linen and implements of household I give the same to my said wife and son John in equal share Also I give and devise unto my son Thomas Vere Richard Nicoll his heirs and assigns the advowson of Cherrington in the County of Warwick Also I give and bequeath unto my said son John and my said son Thomas Vere Richard to be equally divided my study of books Also I give and bequeath unto Thomas Clare Doctor in Divinity of Bilton in the County of Warwick Charles ffox of Chalcomb? in the County of Northampton Esquire my brother in law Richard Wykham and William Walford of Banbury Gentleman the sum of twenty pounds apiece and to my servants who shall be living with me at the time of my decease one years wages each over and above what shall be due to them And as to all the rest and residue of my personal estate and all my messuages lands tenements and hereditaments in Boddicot aforesaid Horley and Hornton in the said County of Oxford Littleborough and Warkworth in the County of Northampton and in the City of London not settled by me on my said wife or which have come to me since my marriage and all other my real estate which I have a power to dispose of I give devise and bequeath the same unto the said William Walford his heirs ex'ors and adm'ors Upon trust that he the said William Walford his heirs ex'ors or adm'ors do and shall sell and dispose of the same or any part thereof and do and shall by and out of the monies which shall arise therefrom and by and out of the rents profits of my said real estate devised to him in the mean time pay all my debts as well those affecting my said real estates as others it being my express desire that all my debts shall be fully paid and satisfied And from and after payment thereof I give and bequeath all such money that shall remain in the hands of my said trustee his heirs executors or adm'ors and all such part of my said real Estate as shall remain unsold for the purposes aforesaid unto my said sons John and Thomas Vere Richard their heirs Executors and Adm'ors as tenants in common And I do direct that the receipt or receipts of my said trustee his heirs ex'ors and adm'ors for the money for which my said real estate devised to him or any part thereof shall be sold shall be a sufficient discharge & discharges to the person or persons paying the same respectively for the money for which the same shall be so given or for so much thereof as in such receipt or receipts shall be respectively acknowledged or expressed to be thereby received and that the person or persons paying the same respectively and taking such receipt or receipts for the same as aforesaid shall not afterwards be obliged to see to the application or be in any wise answerable or accountable for any loss misapplication or nonapplication of such money or any part thereof And I do hereby declare that my said trustee his heirs executors or adm'ors shall not be answerable or accountable for the loss of any monies which he or they shall place in the hands of any person or persons for safe custody nor for any loss or damage which may happen in the Execution of the aforesaid trusts or in relation thereunto except the same shall happen by or through through his her or their own wilful neglect or default And also that my said trustee his heirs Executors Adm'ors and Assigns shall and may by and out of the monies which shall come to his or their hands by virtue of the trusts aforesaid retain and reimburse himself and themselves all such loss costs charges damages and expences which he or they shall or may suffer sustain expend disburse be at or be put unto or which shall or may be to him occasioned for or on Account or by reason or means of the trusts hereby in him reposed or the management or execution thereof or otherwise howsoever relating thereto And lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said wife and son John Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In Testimony whereof I the said Richard Nicoll the Testator have to this my said last Will and Testament contained in two sheets of paper to the first sheet thereof set my hand and to this last sheet thereof my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of ffebruary One thousand eight hundred Richard Nicoll O Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Richard Nicoll the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his sight and presence and in the sight and presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses - Chas Wyatt J W Golby - Will'm Apletree Jun'r Proved at London with a Codicil 25th June 1813 before the Worshipful Samuel Pearce Parson Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of John Nicoll Esq'r the son and surviving Ex'or to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to adm'r. This is a Codicil to be taken as part of the last Will and Testament of me the Rev'd Richard Nicoll of Bodicott in the County of Oxford Doctor in Divinity I give and bequeath unto my friend William Walford of Banbury in the said County of Oxford Gentleman the sum of One hundred pounds in lieu of the legacy of twenty pounds given him in and by my last Will and Testament In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of September One thousand eight hundred and ten - Rich'd Nicoll O - Signed sealed published & declared by the above named Richard Nicoll as and for a Codicil to be taken as part of his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his sight and in the presence and sight of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses J W Golby - Jno Munford - George Kerby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||