Will of Charles SURMAN of Deddington
Will 2 Oct 1820 Probate 2 May 1821 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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... me Charles Surman of Deddington ... shopkeeper ...
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Surman Charles of Deddington This is the last Will and Testament of me Charles Surman of Deddington in the County of Oxford Shopkeeper I give devise and bequeath All that my Messuage or Tenement with the Outbuildings Yard Garden and appurtenances to the same belonging situate and being in Deddington aforesaid and now in my own Occupation and all other my real Estate and Furniture plate Linen China Stock in Trade Monies and Securities for Money Goods Chattels and generally all my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever the same may be unto my friends Thomas Walker of Aynho in County of Northampton Carpenter and John Martin Watson of Aynho aforesaid Gentleman To hold the same and every part thereof with the Appurtenances unto the said Thomas Walker and John Martin Watson their Heirs Executors and Administrators Upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) Upon Trust that they the said Thomas Walker and John Martin Watson & the Survivor of them and the Heirs Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after my Decease make sale and absolutely dispose of my said Messuage or Tenement and other my said real Estate and also my Household Goods Furniture Plate Linen China Stock in Trade and such other parts of my said personal Estate and Effects as shall not consist of Monies Debts or Securities for Money by public Auction or private contract unto any person or persons who shall be willing to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof for the most money that at the Time or respective times of such Sale or Sales can be reasonably had or gotten for the same and do and shall collect get in and receive all such parts of my said personal Estate and Effects as shall consist of Monies Debts and Securities for money so that the whole of my said real and personal Estate and Effects may be converted into ready Money and by and out of the Monies which shall arise and be produced from such sale or sales and be collected got in and received as aforesaid do and shall in the first place pay satisfy and discharge all my just Debts and my funeral and testamentary expenses and from and after full payment and satisfaction thereof and of all such Costs Charges and Expenses as they my said Trustees or Trustee shall be at or put unto in making such sale or sales and collecting and getting in such Monies as aforesaid Then Upon Trust that they the said Thomas Walker and John Martin Watson and the Survivor of them and the Heirs Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and shall stand and be possessed of and interested in all and every the then rest and residue of the Monies which shall arise and be produced and received from my said real and personal Estate and Effects and every part thereof Upon Trust for and for the sole and proper use and benefit of my dear Wife Susannah her Executors Administrators and Assigns To whom I do hereby give and bequeath and direct the same to be paid accordingly and I do hereby expressly declare and direct that the receipt and receipts of the said Thomas Walker and John Martin Watson and the Survivor of them his heirs Executors and Administrators shall be a good and sufficient discharge and good and sufficient discharges to the purchaser or purchasers of all or any part of my said real and personal Estate hereinbefore devised and bequeathed In Trust to be sold for his her or their purchase money or purchase monies and also to any other person for any monies to be received under the Trusts of this my Will and that after such receipt or receipts given such purchaser or purchasers or other person or persons his her or their Heirs Executors or Administrators shall not be answerable or accountable for his her or their purchase Money or other monies or any part thereof or for any loss Misapplication or Nonapplication thereof And I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Thomas Walker and John Martin Watson Executors of this my last Will and Testament Provided and I do hereby declare my Will to be that they my said Trustees and Executors or either of them their or either of their Heirs Executors or Administrators shall not be charged or chargeable with or accountable for any more of the aforesaid Trust Monies and premises than they shall actually receive or shall come to their respective hands by virtue of this my Will nor shall they or either of them be answerable or Accountable for the other of them nor for the Acts Receipts Neglects or Defaults of the other of them but each of them for his own Acts Receipts Neglects and wilful defaults only And also that it shall and may be lawful for them my said Trustees and Executors and each of them their and each of their heirs executors and administrators in the first place by and out of the said Trust Monies and Effects to deduct and reimburse themselves and himself and to pay or allow to his Cotrustee or Coexecutor all such Loss Costs charges and expenses as they shall respectively sustain expend or be put unto by reason or means of the several Trusts hereby in them reposed in relation to the same Trust Estate or the Management or execution thereof or any other thing in any wise relating thereto In Witness whereof I the said Charles Surman the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in three sheets of paper set my hand and Seal this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty Charles Surman O Signed Sealed published and Declared by the said Charles Surman the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto Joseph Symoth Ann Porgiter Will'm Last? This Will was proved at Oxford on the 2nd day of May in the year of our Lord 1821 Before The Reverend John Faulkner Clerk Master of Arts Surrogate of the Reverend GeorgeT___ Clerk Master of Arts Official principal of the Reverend the Archdeacon of Oxford lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Thomas Walker and John Martin Watson the Executors therein named to whom Adm'con was granted being first sworn duly to Administer |