Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 31 August 1816
 










This is the last Will and Testament of me DOROTHY CORNER wife of JOHN CORNER late of the Hamlet of Hammersmith but now of North End in the parish of Fulham in the County of Middlesex Esquire

Whereas in a Court Baron held in and for the Manor of Fulham in the said County of Middlesex on or about the twenty ninth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER then of North End aforesaid Gentlemen were admitted to all those five acres of land be the same more or less together with two small Erections Buildings or Hovels then or then late erected and built thereon situate lying and being at Hammersmith in the parish of Fulham aforesaid being part of a certain Field commonly called or known by the name of Ashleys Field and bounded on the North by a Common Field called Bradmore on the South by land then or then late in the tenure of MATTHEW BOWDEN on the East by lands then or then late in the several tenures of the said MATTHEW BOWDEN and SAMUEL CLARKE and on the West by lands then or then late in the tenure or occupation of [ ] LEWIS together with free liberty of ingress, egress and [ ] with horses carts and carriages into and from the said [premises] into through and over all that piece or parcel of land [containing] one acre or thereabouts then late in the tenure or occupation of JAMES SCOTT deceased which had been commonly used as a Cartway to the said land and also all those three acres of land lying in Bradmore aforesaid then used as an [lyte] or [Ozier] Ground and then in the tenure or occupation of the said MATTHEW BOWDEN with their and every of their [appints] on the surrender of JOHN SCOTT to hold the same premises unto the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER their heirs and assigns to the use and behoof of the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER and their heirs according to the Custom of the said Manor in trust for the separate use of me the said DOROTHY CORNER independent of the said JOHN CORNER my husband

Now therefore I the said DOROTHY CORNER do by my last Will and Testament signed sealed and published in the presence of the three credible persons whose names are hereunder written as Witnesses thereto I give devise direct limit and appoint all and singular the said lands and premises with their and every of their [appints] and all my Estate right title trust and interest therein unto the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER and the Survivor of them the Heirs and Assigns of such Survivor and do hereby declare direct and limit and appoint that he and they shall from and after my decease stand remain and be seized and possessed thereof and of every part and parcel thereof upon trust for the only proper use and behoof of my Nephew the Reverend FRANCIS RIVERS of North End aforesaid Clerk his heirs and assigns for ever according to the Custom of the said Manor and to convey Surrender and assure the same as he or they shall direct or appoint and whereas at a certain other Court Baron held in and for the said Manor of Fulham on or about the ninth day of April in the year of our Lord 1798 the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER were admitted to all that one acre of land more or less lying in Great Bradmore with an acre of Freehold conveyed by SIR HENRY THOMAS COTT Knight to HARRY HOUSE Esquire abutting on the Common [ ] North and the Wharple South in Winterbrook Shot and lying between the lands theretofore of ROBERT KIRK and then of JOHN [DERHAMMS] on the East and land theretofore of [DOCTOR] HUTCHINSON and then of the said HARRY HOUSE or his assigns on the West with the Appints and all his Estate right Title and Interest of in to or out of the said Acre of Copyhold Ground and every part thereof to the use and behoof of the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER their Heirs and Assigns according to the Custom of the said Manor in trust for the separate use of me the said DOROTHY CORNER independent of the said JOHN CORNER my said husband and whereas by a certain Indenture bearing date on or about the seventh day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight made between the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER on the first part HARRY HOUSE then of Hammersmith aforesaid Esquire since deceased of the second part and me the said DOROTHY CORNER of the third part after reciting the said last mentioned surrender and also reciting as therein is recited [it is] Witnessed and the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER for the Considerations therein mentioned did Covenant declare and agree that they the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER and their Heirs would from thenceforth stand seized of the said Copyhold Heredits therein and last mentioned and of the Rents Issues and profits thereof and of every part thereof in trust for such person and persons for such Estate and Estates and charged and chargeable in such manner and for such intents and purposes and with under and subject to such powers provisoes declarations limitations conditions and agreements and from time to time should make or cause to be made such surrender or surrenders of the said last mentioned Copyhold Heredits and premises or any part thereof of as I the said DOROTHY CORNER by myself alone notwithstanding my Coverture or whether I should be Covert or Sole from time to time and at any time or times either with or without power of Revocation by any Deed or Deeds Writing or Writings or any Instrument or Instruments in Writing to be by me signed sealed and delivered in the presence of and attested by two or more credible Witnesses or by my last Will and Testament in writing or any writing in the nature or purporting to be my last Will and Testament to be by me executed in the presence of and attested by three or more credible Witnesses should direct limit or appoint and upon further Trust from and after my decease and subject to any such appointment as should be made by me as therein mentioned on Trust for him the said JOHN CORNER his heirs Executors Admons and Assigns

Now therefore I the said DOROTHY CORNER do hereby give and devise the said last mentioned one acre of land and premises and all my Estate right Title trust and Interest therein with their and every of their Appoints unto [ ] do hereby declare direct limit and appoint that the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER and the Survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of such Survivor shall from and after my decease stand remain and be seized and possessed thereof upon trust to convey surrender and assure the same unto or to the only proper use and behoof of my said Nephew FRANCIS RIVERS his Heirs and Assigns for ever according to the Custom of the said Manor and whereas at a certain other General Court Baron held in and for the said Manor of Fulham on or about the third day of September in the said year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER were admitted to all that piece or parcel of Arable or pasture land containing by Estimation one acre more or less lying in Hammersmith aforesaid within the said Manor in Great Bradmore abutting upon the Common [ ] North upon the Wharple South on Land formerly of EDWARD HAMETT and late of MARY TAYLOR West and on Land formerly of RICHARD HAMETT and late of BENJAMIN HAWES East with the Appints held under the yearly quit Rent of eight pence theretofore purchased by ISAAC TAYLOR since deceased of PETER [CALMOL] Esquire and also all that piece or parcel of land lying in Great Bradmore Field within the said Manor with the Messuage Barn and outhouses thereupon containing two acres more or less and also all that one acre of Customary land lying in Bradmore Field formerly in the occupation of RICHARD HAMETT and also that Customary half acre of land lying and being in Great Bradmore field aforesaid between the lands formerly of FRANCIS [PREUD] Esquire West on lands of RICHARD HAMETT the Elder East abutting upon the Wharple South and the Common [ ] North formerly purchased by the said ISAAC TAYLOR of BENJAMIN HAWES and ELIZABETH his wife and also a parcel of land called the [Brisk] place containing one acre and a half of land more or less formerly in the occupation of JAMES SMITH and RICHARD HAMETT or their Assigns being part of the premises formerly purchased by JONATHAN BOULTER of ALICE BURTON and also all those three Customary Cottages or Tenements and the lands to the same belonging that is to say once acre and a half of land sometime since inclosed out of the Fields called Great Bradmore lying before the lands late of JOHN [PORVLETT] deceased East and the Garden or Orchard in the occupation of CHRISTOPHER HAMETT West upon the Wharple South and the Common [ ] North with the Appints situate and being in Hammersmith within the said Manor heretofore the premises of EDWARD HAMETT and purchased by JONATHAN BOULTER of THOMAS HAMETT and held by the yearly quit Rent of two shillings and sixpence and also all those two Cottages or Tenements and one acre and a half of land more or less with the Appints in Hammersmith within the said Manor abutting upon the Common [ ] North upon Frog Lane West upon the Wharple lying near Bradmore South and upon the land heretofore of the said EDWARD HAMETT and afterwards of the said JONATHAN BOULTER of EDWARD HAMETT and held by the yearly quit Rent of one shilling and sixpence together with the several Messuages or Tenements Barns Stables Sheds and other erections and buildings then erected and built on the said several pieces or parcels of land and every of them or any part or parcel thereof and all which said last mentioned premises were purchased by the said JAMES TAYLOR of MARY [ROFFEE] and JAMES [WALDON] all which premises late were in the occupation of ROBERT PATERSON THOMAS HARRIS THOMAS [GROOM] JAMES [AXBOL] SARAH HENRY JUNE BOUNDS and SAMUEL SMITH or one of them their or some or one of their undertenants or assigns to hold the same premises unto the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER their heirs and assigns to the use and behoof of the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER their heirs and assigns according to the Custom of the said Manor in trust for the separate use of me the said DOROTHY CORNER independent of the said JOHN CORNER my husband and from and after my decease to such person or persons and for such Estate or Estates as I the said DOROTHY CORNER notwithstanding Coverture should in and by my last Will and Testament or by my Deed or Instrument in Writing give devise limit declare or appoint the same on my part thereof and whereas by a certain Indenture date the tenth day of September in the said year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight and made between the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER on the first part the said HARRY HOUSE of the second part and me the said DOROTHY CORNER of the third part after reciting or taking Notice of the said last mentioned admission as or to the effect hereinbefore set forth and also reciting that the said Copyhold Heredits and premises therein before mentioned to be surrendered to the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER were sometime since purchased by the said HARRY HOUSE from FRANCIS EDWARDS of Symonds Inn in the County of Middlesex Gentleman and the consideration money for the purchase of the said Heredits and premises was accordingly paid by the said HARRY HOUSE with his now proper monies unto the said FRANCIS EDWARDS and such purchase was made by the said HARRY HOUSE and the said Copyhold Heredits and premises were afterwards duly surrendered by him the said HARRY HOUSE to the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER to the intent to make a separate provision for me the said DOROTHY CORNER his daughter and the said surrender and admission were made to the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER their heirs and assigns that they should stand seized of the same Copyhold Heredits and premises In Trust for me the said DOROTHY CORNER in the manner thereinbefore and thereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same premises it is by the said Indenture witnessed and the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER for the considerations therein mentioned did Covenant promise declare and agree to and with the said HARRY HOUSE his Executors and Admons that the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER and their heirs should and would from thenceforth stand seized of the said last mentioned Copyhold Heredits and premises and of the Rents issues and profits thereof and every part thereof in trust for such person or persons for such Estate and Estates and charged and chargeable in such manner and from and for such intents and with under and subject to such powers provisos declarations limitations conditions and agreements and from time to time should and would make or cause to be made such surrender or surrenders of all and singular the said last mentioned Copyhold Heredits and premises or any part thereof as I the said DOROTHY CORNER by myself alone notwithstanding my Coverture and whether I should be covert or Sole from time to time or at any time or times either with or without power of Revocation by my Deed or Deeds Writing or Writings or any Instrument of instruments in Writing to be by me signed sealed and delivered in the presence of and attested by two or more credible Witnesses or by my last Will and Testament in writing or any writing in the nature of or purporting to be my last Will and Testament in Writing to be by me executed in the presence of and attested by three or more credible Witnesses should direct limit or appoint and upon this further Trust that in default of such direction limitation or appointment and in the meantime until such direction limitation or appointment as aforesaid should be made by me the said DOROTHY CORNER and subject to such direction limitation or appointment as should be made by me the said DOROTHY CORNER in manner aforesaid in trust to pay unto or otherwise permit or suffer or authorise or impower me the said DOROTHY CORNER myself to receive and take the Rents issues profits and produce thereof to and for my sole and separate use and from and after my decease and subject to any such appointment as should be made by me as aforesaid In Trust for him the said JOHN CORNER his Heirs Executors Admons and Assigns

Now therefore I the said DOROTHY CORNER do hereby give and devise the said several last mentioned pieces or parcels of land Messuages Barn Cottages or Tenements and premises with their and every of their Appurtances unto the said JOHN CORNER and ROBERT CORNER and the Survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of such Survivor and do hereby declare direct limit and appoint that he and they shall from and after my decease stand remain and be seized and possessed thereof and of every part or parcel thereof upon trust to convey surrender and assure the same unto or to the only proper use and behoof of my said Nephew FRANCIS RIVERS his heirs and assigns for ever according to the Custom of the said Manor and whereas the said HARRY HOUSE duly made and published his last Will and Testament in Writing bearing date on or about the fourteenth day of March which was in the year 1795 whereby amongst other Heredits he gave devised and bequeathed all and every his Freehold Land Messuages or Tenements and Heredits situate lying and being at Knightsbridge in the parish of St Margaret Westminster and also all his Freehold Lands Tenements and Heredits situate in the parish of Mitcham in the County of Surrey and all his Estate right Title and Interest therein respectively unto and to the use of WILLIAM DEVAYUES of Dover Street in the parish of St George Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex Esquire and the Reverend JOHN LOGGETT in the Hamlet of Hammersmith aforesaid Clerk their heirs and Assigns for ever upon Trust to pay apply and dispose of all and every the Rents issues and profits of the said premises to accrue and become due from and after his decease to and for the separate use and benefit of me the said DOROTHY CORNER therein described as his the said Testator’s Eldest Daughter DOROTHY CORNER for and during the term of my natural life separate and apart from the said JOHN CORNER my then present and also separate and from any future husband I might happen to Marry next after his decease and not to be subject or liable to the debts control or engagements of my said husband or husbands and from and after my decease upon trust to convey the same to the use of such person or persons for such Estate and estates intents and purposes and in such manner as I the said DOROTHY CORNER in and by my last Will and Testament in writing or any writing purporting to be my last Will and Testament duly executed by me in the presence of three or more credible Witnesses should whether covert or sole and notwithstanding my Coverture limit direct or appointment as in and by the said Will reference being thereunto [had] may appear and whereas the said HARRY HOUSE afterwards departed this life without revoking or altering his said Will

Now I the said DOROTHY CORNER do by this my last Will and Testament executed by me in the presence of the three credible persons whose names are hereunder written as Witnesses thereto give devise limit direct and appoint unto and to the use of JAMES PERRY late of Merton in the said County of Surrey but now of the Strand in the County of Middlesex aforesaid Esquire and WILLIAM [GILLIES] now or late of Throgmorton Street in the City of London Esquire their Heirs and Assigns all that piece or parcel of Meadow land contain by Estimation one acre and six perches or thereabouts situate in the parish of Mitcham in the said County of Surrey formerly in the occupation of JOHN MUNFETT or his assigns afterwards PETER SAINT ELOY his undertenants or assigns and now or late of the said JAMES PERRY or his undertenants abutting on the lands formerly of PERCIVAL LEWIS Esquire and afterwards of THOMAS SKINNER Esquire now deceased on the North and North East parts on the South and South East part on the Kings Highway leading from Merton aforesaid towards Tooting and on the Land together with a Brook which divides the said land from the Land now or late of WILLIAM SURAS Esquire and now or late also in the possession of the said JAMES PERRY on the West part and also all that piece or parcel of land situate in a certain Meadow called Bygrove Mead otherwise Biggery Mead in the parish of Mitcham aforesaid containing three roods and twenty poles or thereabouts formerly in the occupation of the said PETER ST ELOY afterwards of JOHN GARROOD such of JOHN GULLIER then of [ ] Parkinson afterwards of [ ] Smith and now or late of the said JAMES PERRY their respective undertenants or Assigns and also all that other piece or parcel of land lying in the said Meadow called Bygrove Mead otherwise Biggery Mead containing two acres one Rood and seven perches or thereabouts formerly in the occupation of the said PETER ST ELOY afterwards of the said JOHN GARROOD since of THOMAS [CHALKLIN] afterwards of the said [ ] PARKINSON then of the said [ ] SMITH and now or late of the said JAMES PERRY their respective Undertenants or Assigns and also all that other piece or parcel of land lying in the said Meadow called Bygrove Mead otherwise Biggery Mead containing three Roods and five poles or thereabouts formerly in the occupation of the said PETER ST ELOY afterwards of the said JOHN GARROOD since of ROBERT NETTLETON afterwards of the said [ ] PARKINSON then of the said [ ] SMITH and now or late of the said JAMES PERRY their respective Undertenants or Assigns and also all that other piece or parcel of land lying in the said Meadow called Bygrove Mead otherwise Biggery Mead containing three Roods and thirty eight poles or thereabouts little more or less formerly in the occupation of the said PETER ST ELOY afterwards of the said JOHN GARROOD and since of [ ] HALL their respective Undertenants or Assigns and also all that other piece or parcel of land lying in the said Meadow called Bygrove Mead containing two Roods and twenty eight poles or thereabouts formerly in the occupation of the said PETER ST ELOY afterwards of the said JOHN GARROOD and since of [ ] BLAKE their respective undertenants or Assigns and also all that other piece or parcel of land lying in the said Meadow called Bygrove Meadow containing three acres and twelve perches or thereabouts formerly in the occupation of the said PETER ST ELOY afterwards of the said JOHN GARROOD since of the said JOHN GULLIER and now or late of the said JAMES PERRY their respective undertenants or Assigns and also all that other piece or parcel of land lying in Upper Holmes Mead to the North of and adjoining the Meadow called Bygrove Mead containing two acres three Roods and thirty five perches or thereabouts formerly in the occupation of the said PETER ST ELOY afterwards of [ ] WATSON and since of [ ] NASH [ ] one part of which said last piece or parcel of land containing one acre two Roods and thirty seven perches was late in the tenure or occupation of BENJAMIN PATTERSON and the other part thereof containing by estimation one acre and thirty eight perches has been for a time claimed and occupied by the Master Fellows and Scholars of Emanuel College Cambridge their undertenants or Assigns and also all that other piece or parcel of land called Lower Holmes Mead containing three acres two Roods and thirty three perches or thereabouts formerly in the occupation of the said PETER ST ELOY afterwards of the said [ ] WATSON since of the said [ ] NASH and then of WILLIAM POTTER their respective undertenants or Assigns and also all that other piece or parcel of land lying in the said Meadow called Bygrove Mead containing by estimation half an acre formerly in the occupation of WILLIAM BESWELL his undertenants or Assigns and also all that other piece or parcel of land lying in the said Meadow called Bygrove Mead otherwise Biggery Mead formerly part of the Estates of PETER WALDO Esquire and by him sold and conveyed to the said HARRY HOUSE by Deed of [ ] bearing date the twenty seventh day of September in year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two and also all that other piece or parcel of Meadow land called [Sirland] Meadow situate in the parish of Mitcham aforesaid containing one acre two Roods and twenty perches or thereabouts formerly in the occupation of the said PETER ST ELOY and afterwards of [ ] HALL with their respective rights members and appurtenances all which said lands were the Estate of the said HARRY HOUSE at the time of his decease To hold the said several pieces or parcels of land Heredits and [ ] unto the said JAMES PERRY and WILLIAM GILLIES their heirs and Assigns for ever To the use of such person and persons for such Estate and Estates interest and interests and to and for such ends intents and purposes and upon such trusts and charged and chargeable in such manner and subject to such powers of Revocation and [new] appointment and such other powers provisoes Conditions limitations Declarations and Agreements as the said JAMES PERRY shall at any time or times and from to to time by any Deed or Deed Instrument or Instruments in Writing to be Sealed and delivered by him in the presence of two or more credible Witnesses or by his last Will and Testament in Writing or Writings in the nature of or purporting to be his last Will and Testament or any Codicil or Codicils thereto to be by him signed and published in the presence of and attested by three or more credible Witnesses direct limit or appoint and in default of and until such direction limitation or appointment or in case any such shall be made then subject thereto and when and as the Estate or Estates Interest or Interests thereby directed limited appointed or created shall respectively end and determine and in the meantime subject thereto and unto such part and parts of the same premises and all such Estate or Interest of which no such direction limitation or appointment shall be effectually made as aforesaid to the use and behoof of the said JAMES PERRY and his Assigns for and during the term of his natural life and from and after the determination of that Estate by any means in his lifetime to the use and behoof of the said WILLIAM GILLIES and his Heirs during the natual life of the said JAMES PERRY In Trust nevertheless to and for the only benefit of the said JAMES PERRY and his Assigns and from and after the determination of the Estate so devised and limited in use to the said WILLIAM GILLIES during the natural life of the said JAMES PERRY to the use and behoof of the said JAMES PERRY his Heirs and Assigns for ever and to for and upon no other use trust intent or purpose whatsoever subject nevertheless to the payment of the sum of eight hundred and two pounds ten shillings together with interest for the same secured to be paid to the said ROBERT CORNER and ROBERT HENRY PEART of Conway Street in the parish of Saint Marylebone in the County of Middlesex Esquire in and by a certain Indenture of Release bearing date on or about the fourth day of September in the year 1804 expressed to be made between the said JAMES PERRY of the first part the said JOHN CORNER and me the said DOROTHY CORNER of the second part and the said ROBERT CORNER and ROBERT HENRY PEART of the third part in case the said sum of eight hundred and two pounds ten shillings and the Interest to accrue due in respect thereof shall not be duly paid by the said JAMES PERRY previous to my decease

Also I give devise limit direct and appoint unto and to the use of WELLS ORTON of Grove Lodge Lower Tooting in the said County of Surrey Esquire his Heirs and Assigns all that piece or parcel of land containing by estimation three acres and fifteen perches little more or less situate on the South side of the Turnpike Road leading from Lower Tooting to Merton in the County of Surrey formerly in the occupation of [ ] SMITH but now or late of WILLIAM PONTIFEX and also all that Messuage or tenement with the offices and Buildings appertaining thereto sometime since erected and built by the said WILLIAM PONTIFEX on some part thereof and also all that other piece or parcel of Ground containing one acre one Rood and sixteen perches or thereabouts situate lying and being on the North side of the said Turnpike Road formerly in the occupation of [ ] PARKINSON but since of the said WILLIAM PONTIFEX and also all that other piece or parcel of ground containing two acres and thirteen poles situate lying and being on the North side of the said Turnpike Road leading from Lower Tooting to Merton aforesaid late in the occupation of [ ] PARKINSON and afterwards of the said WILLIAM PONTIFEX and also all that other piece or parcel of Ground containing five Acres one Rood and thirty six perches or thereabouts situate lying and being on the South side of the said Turnpike Road leading from Lower Tooting to Merton aforesaid late in the occupation of the said [ ] SMITH and afterwards of the said WILLIAM PONTIFEX and also all that other piece or parcel of ground lying in a certain Field called Tooting Common Fields commonly called three acres (be the same little more or less) as the same was late in the Tenure or occupation of [ ] DUFF and afterwards in the tenure of the said WILLIAM PONTIFEX and also all that other piece or parcel of Ground lying in the said Field called Tooting Common Field containing half an acre be the same little more or less abutting towards the North on the said piece or parcel of ground last hereinbefore mentioned and towards the East West and South on Tooting common Field aforesaid as the same was late in the occupation of [ ] since of the said [ ] DUFF and afterwards of the said WILLIAM PONTIFEX with their respective rights members and Appurts all which said Messuage lands and Heredits were late the Estate of the said HARRY HOUSE deceased To hold the said Messuage lands and Heredits last hereinbefore mentioned unto the said WELLS ORTON his Heirs and Assigns for ever and to be conveyed and assured as he or they shall direct limit or appoint

Also I give devise limit direct and appoint unto and to the use of [ ] EGG late of the Haymarket in the parish of St Martin in the Fields but afterwards of the Strand in the said County of Middlesex Gun Maker and JOHN BOOTH of Devonshire Street in the parish of St George the Martyr in the said County of Middlesex Surveyor and to their Heirs and Assigns all that piece or parcel of Ground situate on the South side of the Road leading from Knightsbridge to Kensington in the parish of Saint Margaret Westminster aforesaid fronting North on the said Road south in part on a Garden and premises late in the occupation of PHILIP MANNERS Esquire but now of the said [ ] EGG and in other part on a Messuage Ground and premises hereinafter mentioned East on vacant Ground called the Green and West on a Messuage and premises now or late in the occupation of [ ] which said piece or parcel of Ground contains in front next the said Road fifty nine feet or thereabouts and also all those three Messuages or Tenements and all other Erections and Buildings now standing and being upon the said Ground or any part thereof and also all that other piece or parcel of ground situate upon the West side of the Road leading from Knightsbridge to Brompton in the parish of St Margaret Westminster aforesaid fronting towards the East on the said vacant Ground called the Green West in part on the said piece or parcel of Ground first hereinbefore mentioned and in other part on ground belonging to the said [ ] EGG South on a Mansion house and Garden formerly belonging to the said PHILIP MANNERS Esquire and now in the occupation of the said [ ] EGG and North in part on the said piece or parcel of ground first hereinbefore mentioned and in other part on a Yard and Garden belonging to the said [ ] EGG now or late occupied with a certain other Messuage and premises known by the Name of the Rose and Crown Inn and also all those the six Messuages or Tenements and Rooms and all and singular other the Erections Buildings and premises standing and being upon and over the said last mentioned piece or parcel of ground or any part thereof which said last mentioned piece or parcel of ground contains in front next the said Green one hundred and nine feet and six inches or thereabouts with their respective rights members and appurtenances (all which said last mentioned Ground Messuages and premises were also late the Estate of the said HARRY HOUSE deceased) To hold the said Ground Messuages and premises last hereinbefore mentioned unto the said [ ] EGG and JOHN BOOTH their Heirs and Assigns for ever to the use of such person and persons for such Estate and Estates Interest and Interests and to and for such ends intents and purposes and upon such trusts and charged and chargeable in such manner and subject to such powers of Revocation and new Appointment and such other powers provisoes conditions limitations Declarations and Agreements as the said [ ] EGG shall at any time or times and from time to time by any Deed or Deeds Instrument or Instruments in Writing to be Sealed and delivered by him in the presence of two or more credible Witnesses or by his last Will and Testament in Writing or any Writing in the nature of or purporting to be his last Will and Testament or any Codicil or Codicils thereto to be by him signed and published in the presence of and attested by three or more credible Witnesses direct limit or appoint and in default of and until such direction limitation or appointment or in case any such shall be made then subject thereto and when and as the Estate or Estates interest or interests thereby directed limited appointed or created shall respectively end and determine and in the meantime subject thereto and unto such part or parts of the same premises and all such Estate or interest of which no such direction limitation or appointment shall be effectually made as aforesaid To the use and behoof of the said [ ] EGG and his Assigns for and during the term of his natural life and from and after the determination of that Estate by any means in his lifetime to the use and behoof of the said JOHN BOOTH and his Heirs during the natural life of the said [ ] EGG In Trust nevertheless to and for the only benefit of the said [ ] EGG and his Assigns and from and after the determination of the Estate so limited in use to the said JOHN BOOTH during the natural life of the said [ ] EGG to the use and behoof of the said [ ] EGG his Heirs and Assigns for ever and to for and upon no other use trust intent or purpose whatsoever and as to for and concerning the said principal sum of eight hundred and two pounds ten shillings of lawful money of Great Britain and Ireland as Current in England and the Interest thereof secured to be paid unto the said ROBERT CORNER and ROBERT HENRY PEART as Trustees for my separate use by the said Indenture of Release of the fourth day of September in the said year 1804 and as to for and concerning the principal sum of Two thousand three hundred and fifty pounds of like lawful money and the interest thereof in and by a certain Indenture bearing date on or about the twelfth day of December 1804 and made or mentioned to be made between my said husband JOHN CORNER and me the said DOROTHY CORNER of the one part and the said WILLIAM DEVAYUES and ROBERT CORNER as therein respectively described of the other part assigned or mentioned and intended to be assigned unto the said WILLIAM DEVAYUES and ROBERT CORNER their Executors Admons and Assigns upon such trusts and for such intents and purposes and subject to such powers provisoes and declarations as I the said DOROTHY CORNER notwithstanding my Coverture by my last Will and Testament in Writing or any Writing purporting to be or in the nature of my last Will and Testament to be by me signed and published as therein mentioned should direct or appoint and as to for and concerning the sum of Two thousand three hundred and fifty pounds together with Interest for the same secured to be paid to the said WILLIAM DEVAYUES and JOHN LOGGETT in and by a certain Indenture of Release bearing date the twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord 1808 and expressed to be made between the said WILLIAM DEVAYUES and JOHN LOGGETT of the first part the said JOHN CORNER and me the said DOROTHY his wife of the second part FRANCIS RIVERS Esquire since deceased and MARY his wife of the third part WILLIAM PONTIFEX of the fourth part the said ROBERT CORNER of the fifth part and DANIEL PONTIFEX therein described of the sixth part which said sum of two thousand three hundred and fifty pounds hath since been paid [ ] and discharged by the said WILLIAM PONTIFEX or by the said WELLS ORTON on his behalf and as to for and concerning all and every other sum and sums or money Stocks Funds and Securities for money wherein I the said DOROTHY CORNER or any other person or persons in trust for me or for my use or benefit am or are in any manner seized possessed interested or entitled or of in or to which I have or possess any right power or authority of gift bequest direction limitation appointment or disposition whatsoever I the said DOROTHY CORNER do hereby give bequeath direct limit appoint and dispose of the same and every part and parcel thereof respectively unto and to and for the only proper use benefit and behoof of my said husband JOHN CORNER his Executors Admons and Assigns and do order direct limit and appoint that the several Trustees thereof respectively shall from and immediately after my decease stand seized possessed of and interested in the said several sum and sums of money Stocks Funds and Securities and every part and parts thereof respectively unto and for the only proper use and behoof of my said husband JOHN CORNER his Executors Admons and Assigns and shall and do pay assign and transfer the same and every part thereof unto him or them accordingly to and for his and their only proper use benefit and behoof and of this my said Will I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said husband JOHN CORNER Executor and I do hereby revoke all former and other Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made and do make publish and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament

In Witness whereof I the said DOROTHY CORNER have to this my said Will contained in nineteen sheets of paper to the first eighteen sheets thereof set my hand and to the last sheet thereof my hand and seal the third day of May in the fifty sixth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen – DOROTHY CORNER

Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix DOROTHY CORNER as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto the several interlineations against which our respective names are subscribed having been previously made in several of the first eighteen sheets hereof – [ ] ROBT COCKER, JOHN COCKER, HENRY BRODERICK

Proved at London the 31st August 1816 before the Worshipful Richard Henry Cresswell Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of JOHN CORNER Esquire the husband the sole Executor to whom Admon was granted being first sworn duly to Administer