Date of Will: 14 August May 1834
Proved on 23 March 1840 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury

 










This is the last Will and Testament of me JOHN GUTTRIDGE of Thorpe Mandeville in the County of Northampton yeoman Whereas I have already in part provided for my only Son JOHN GUTTRIDGE and am desirous of disposing of the property I may die possessed of in manner hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) First I direct that all my just debts and Funeral and Testamentary expenses be fully paid and satisfied by my Executors hereinafter named with all convenient speed after my decease out of my Residuary Personal Estate I give and devise all and every my messuages orchards closes lands tenements and heredits with their Appurts situate standing lying and being at Warmington in the County of Warwick and now in the occupation of EDWARD WARD unto my dear Wife SUSANNA GUTTRIDGE and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life And from and immediately after her decease I give and devise the same unto my said son JOHN GUTTRIDGE and his assigns for and during the term of his natural life And from and immediately after the several deceases of my said wife and Son and the decease of the survivor of them I give and devise my said Messuages orchards closes lands tenements and heredits with their Appurtenances unto and to the use of the first Son of the body of my said Son lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the heirs male of the body of such Son and for default of Issue Male of such first Son I give and devise the same heredits and premises unto and to the use of the second third fourth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the body of my said Son lawfully begotten or to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they shall be in seniority of age and priority of birth and the heirs male of the body and bodies of all and every such son and sons the elder of such son and the heirs male of his and their body and bodies being always preferred and to take before the youngest of such Sons and the heirs male of his and their body and bodies and in default of Issue male of any or either of such Son and Sons I give and devise the same messuages orchards closes lands tenements and the heredits with their Appurtenances unto and to the use of all and every the Daughter and Daughters of the body of my said Son lawfully begotten or to be begotten equally to be divided between or amongst them if more than one share and share alike and to take as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants and to their heirs and assigns for ever And in case there shall be but one Daughter of the body of my said Son then I give and devise the same heredits and Premises unto and to the use of such one only Daughter and to her heirs and assigns for ever I give and bequeath all and every my household Goods and Furniture Plate Linen China Brewing utensils and every other Article of Domestic use unto my said wife SUSANNA GUTTRIDGE for and during the term of her natural life and after her decease I give my Silver Tankard unto my Grandson GEORGE GUTTRIDGE and to my Daughter ANN REBECCA GUTTRIDGE I give such and so many of my said Household Goods and Furniture Plate Linen China and other Effects and of the same description and value as near as can be to those I have already given to my said Son and my Daughter SUSANNA HIRONS and then I give all the residue thereof unto and between my said two Daughters SUSANNA HIRONS and ANN REBECCA GUTTRIDGE in equal shares and proportions to and for their own use and benefit I give and bequeath unto my said Son JOHN GUTTRIDGE the legacy or sum of two hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to him by my Exors hereinafter named within six Calendar Months next after my decease I give and bequeath unto my Brother in Law THOMAS GEORGE of Farthinghoe in the said County of Northampton yeoman my Nephew DANIEL GOLBY GUTTRIDGE of Wooton Underwood in the County of Buckingham yeoman and my friend RICHARD PAGE of Culworth in the said County of Northampton yeoman their Exors and Admors the sum of one thousand pounds of lawful money of Great Britain upon Trust that the said THOMAS GEORGE DANIEL GOLBY GUTTRIDGE and RICHARD PAGE or the survivors or survivor of them or the exors or admors of such survivor do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after my decease lay out and invest the same in their or his own name or names in some or one of the Public Stocks or Funds of Great Britain or upon other Government or Real Securities at Interest and do and shall pay over the dividends interest and annual proceeds of the said Stocks Funds and Securities as the same shall from time to time become due and be received by them or him unto my said wife SUSANNA GUTTRIDGE for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease Then upon further Trust that they my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being do and shall pay over the dividends interest and annual proceeds of the said Stocks Funds and Securities into the proper hands of my said Daughter SUSANNA HIRONS the wife of Mr JOHN HIRONS HIRONS of Wardington in the County of Oxford for and during the term of her natural life for her sole separate personal and peculiar use and benefit or to such person or persons and for such uses ends intents and purposes as she my said Daughter shall by any Note or Notes in writing under her hand notwithstanding her present or any future coverture direct or appoint And I do expressly declare and direct that the said dividends interest and annual proceeds of the said Stocks Funds and Securities or any part thereof shall not be subject or liable to the power control debts engagements or incumbrances of the said JOHN HIRONS HIRONS her present or any future husband with whom my said Daughter may happen to intermarry in any manner or upon any account whatsoever And that the receipt and receipts of her my said Daughter alone and without the said JOHN HIRONS HIRONS or any future husband or of such person or persons as she shall in manner aforesaid appoint to receive the same shall be a good and sufficient discharge and good and sufficient discharges to my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being for the dividends interest and annual proceeds of the said Stocks Funds and Securities or for so much thereof as in such receipt or receipts shall be acknowledged or expressed to be received And from and after the decease of my said Daughter SUSANNAH HIRONS Then upon further Trust that they my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being so and shall pay over the dividends interest and annual proceeds of the said Stocks Funds and Securities unto the said JOHN HIRONS HIRONS for and during the term of his natural life and from and immediately after his decease Then that they my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being do and shall stand and be possessed of and interested in the said Stocks Funds and Securities In Trust for all and every the Child and Children of the body of my said Daughter SUSANNA HIRONS lawfully begotten or to be begotten to be equally divided between or amongst them if more than one share and share alike and if there shall be but one such Child upon Trust for such one Child to be a vested interest in and transferred or paid to such Child or Children as his her or their age or respective ages of twenty one years unless such respective time shall happen in the lifetime of my said Wife or my said Daughter SUSANNA HIRONS or the said JOHN HIRONS HIRONS her Husband or of either of them in which case such share or shares shall be transferred immediately after the decease of the survivor of them my said Wife and Daughter and her Husband nevertheless the same shall be considered as vested and transmissible in such Child or Children at his her or their age or respective ages of twenty one years then the part or share of such Child so dying shall go and accrue and be disposed of to or for the benefit of the other Child or Children in such and the like manner to all intents and purposes as if such Child so dying had never existed And if any other or others of the said Children shall depart this life under the age of twenty one years then as well the original as any accruing share or shares of such other Child or Children so dying shall go and accrue and be disposed of to or for the benefit of the other Child or Children in such and the like manner to all intents and purposes as if such other Child or Children so dying had never existed And upon this further Trust that they my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being do and shall in the mean time after the decease of the survivor of them my said wife and Daughter and her said Husband pay apply and dispose of the dividends interest and annual proceeds of the said Stocks Funds and Securities in for and towards the maintenance education and support or otherwise for the benefit and advantage of such Child or Children until their respective shares of the capital or principal shall become transferable and payable to them and in proportion to their respective shares and interests therein I also give and bequeath unto the said THOMAS GEORGE DANIEL GOLBY GUTTRIDGE and RICHARD PAGE their exors and admors the further sum of one thousand pounds of like lawful money Upon Trust that they the said THOMAS GEORGE DANIEL GOLBY GUTTRIDGE and RICHARD PAGE or the survivors or survivor of them or the exors or admors of such survivor do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after my decease lay out and invest the same in their or his own names or name in some or one of the public Stocks or Funds of Great Britain or upon other Government or Real Securities at Interest and do and shall also pay over the dividends interests and annual proceeds of the said Stocks Funds and Securities as the same shall from time to time become due and be received by them or him unto my said wife SUSANNA GUTTRIDGE for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease Then my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall stand and be possessed and interested of and in the said Stocks Funds and Securities In Trust for my said Daughter ANN REBECCA GUTTRIDGE her exors and admors to and for her and their own absolute use and benefit and to whom I do hereby give and bequeath the same Provided always and I do hereby declare my will to be that in case my said Daughter ANN REBECCA GUTTRIDGE shall happen to marry in the lifetime of my said Wife Then my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being do and shall with and out of the said last mentioned Stocks Funds and Securities levy and raise the sum of two hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain and pay over the same unto my said Daughter for her absolute use and benefit And as to for and concerning all and every my messuages Lands Tenements Heredits and Real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever not by me otherwise already disposed of and also as to for and concerning all and every my Stocks Funds monies mortgages and Securities for money policies of Insurance Farming Stock Corn Grain Hay Horses Cattle Implements in Husbandry Dairy utensils and generally all the Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature kind or quality soever the same may be not by me otherwise already disposed of (after and subject to the payment of my just debts and Funeral and Testamentary expenses and the said legacy or sum of two hundred pounds hereinbefore bequeathed to my said Son and the two several sums of one thousand pounds each hereinbefore directed to be invested) I give devise and bequeath the same and every of them and every part thereof unto and to the use of my said Wife SUSANNA GUTTRIDGE her heirs exors admors and assigns for her and their own benefit and disposal And I nominate constitute and appoint the said THOMAS GEORGE DANIEL GOLBY GUTTRIDGE and RICHARD PAGE joint Executors of this my will provided also and I do hereby further declare my will and mind to be that they my said Trustees and executors or either or any of them their or either or any of their exors or admors shall not be charged or chargeable with or accountable for any more of the aforesaid Trust monies and premises than they respectively shall actually receive or shall come to their respective hands by virtue of this my Will nor with or for any loss which shall happen of the same monies and premises or any part thereof so as such loss happen without their wilful default nor any one of them for the other or others of them or for the acts deeds receipts or disbursements of the other or others of them but each of them only for his own acts deeds receipts and disbursements And also that it shall and may be lawful for them my said Trustees and Exors and each of them their and each of their executors and admors in the first place by and out of the aforesaid Trust monies and premises to deduct to and reimburse themselves respectively and also to pay or allow to each other all such loss costs charges and expenses as they or [either or any] of them shall sustain expend or be put unto by reason of the said several Trusts hereby in them reposed in relation to the same monies and premises or the management or execution thereof or any other thing in anywise relating thereunto In Witness whereof I the said JOHN GUTTRIDGE the Testator have to the first four sheets of this my last Will and Testament contained in five sheets of paper set hand and to the fifth and last sheet thereof my hand and seal the fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four – JOHN GUTTRIDGE – Signed sealed published and declared by the said JOHN GUTTRIDGE the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in his presence as his request and in the presence of each other – [KEZIA] HUMFREY ROBERT PARGITER HUMFREYR. WESTON

Proved at London 23rd March 1840 before the Judge by the Oaths of THOMAS GEORGE DANIEL GOLBY GUTTRIDGE and RICHARD PAGE the Executors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn by Comon. duly to admin.

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