This is the Last Will and Testament of me TIMOTHY WOOSTER of Backham in the parish of Wendover in the County of Bucks Yeoman as followeth First I give and devise unto my Son WILLIAM WOOSTER All that my Wood called Sermons otherwise Bockley Wood situate in the parish of Wendover aforesaid containing by estimation twenty two acres or thereabouts together with the Trees hedges and hedgerows growing thereon and the ground and soil thereof and other appurtenances thereunto belonging To hold to him my said son WILLIAM WOOSTER his heirs and assigns forever

Also I give and devise unto my daughter FRANCES the Wife of JOHN BIRCH of Chalfont St Giles in the said County of Bucks Baker All that my plot piece or parcel of Freehold arable Land called Grub Ground situate in the parish of Wendover aforesaid containing by ad measurement Eighteen acres or thereabouts together with the Trees Hedge Rows and other appurtenances thereunto belonging and also such Crops of Corn Grain Grass turnips and other vegetables which shall be growing thereon or any part thereof at the time of my decease To hold to her my said daughter FRANCES BIRCH her heirs Executors Administrators and assigns respectively forever  Also I give and devise unto my daughter ANN ALLEN Widow All that my plot piece or parcel of freehold arable Land called Mill Piece situate in the parish of Wendover aforesaid containing by ad measurement twelve acres or thereabouts together with all the rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging And also all such Crops of Corn Grain Grass turnips and other vegetables which shall be growing thereon or on any part thereof at the time of my decease To hold to her my said daughter ANN ALLEN her heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively forever  Also I Give and devise unto WILLIAM FLEET of the parish of Stoke Mandeville in the said County of Bucks Carpenter All that my freehold Estate called Road Farm situate in the parish of Wendover aforesaid containing by ad measurement thirty acres or thereabouts together with the Cottage Barns Stables Cowhouses and other appurtenances thereunto belonging And also all that my Wood called Bosleys Wood situate in the parish of Wendover aforesaid containing  by ad measurement ten acres or thereabouts together with the tree hedges and hedgerows growing thereon and the ground and soil thereof and other appurtenances thereunto belonging To hold unto the said WILLIAM FLEET and his heirs Upon such Trusts and to and for such uses ends intents and purposes as are hereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say) Upon trust to let and set the same or to permit and suffer my Sons THOMAS WOOSTER  JOB WOOSTER and JOSEPH WOOSTER respectively to occupy the same in such manner which I shall hereinafter mention and prescribe for the occupation of my other Farms and to receive the Rents issues and profits thereof or to permit my said Son THOMAS WOOSTER and also my said son JOB WOOSTER when he shall attain his age of twenty one years to retain such rents issues and profits for the purposes hereinafter expressed for and during the minority of all my children and when and immediately after the youngest of them then living shall have attained the age of twenty one years Then I direct the same Hereditaments and premises so devised upon trust as aforesaid shall go and be to the use and behoof of them my said sons THOMAS WOOSTER  JOB WOOSTER and JOSEPH WOOSTER and their respective heirs and assigns forever to be equally divided between them share and share alike as Tenants in Common and not as joint tenants And I hereby give and devise the same to them their heirs and assigns forever accordingly And in case either or any of my said Sons THOMAS WOOSTER  JOB WOOSTER and JOSEPH WOOSTER should die before they should become seized in possession of the said trust premises by virtue of this my Will leaving lawful issue him or them surviving then I direct that the part or share or respective parts or shares of him or them so dying aforesaid or which he or they would have succeeded to or have been entitled to if living shall go to his or their respective lawful issue as aforesaid and to his or their respective heirs and assigns forever to be equally divided between them as tenants in common and not as joint tenants (if more than one) but such issue respectively to receive only such part or share parts or shares which his her or their deceased father or fathers would have been entitled to if living And in case either or any of my said sons THOMAS  JOB and JOSEPH should marry and afterwards die without such issue before the time that they my said sons in case he or they had been living would have become seized in possession of the said trust premises as aforesaid and leave a wife or respective wives Then I hereby give and devise the part or share or respective parts or shares of the said trust premises so devised unto my said sons so respectively deceased as aforesaid unto his or their wife or respective wives to hold the same respectively in fee simple and also any other part or share parts or shares which he or they would have succeeded to or be entitled to (if living) under this my Will to hold to his or their respective wife or wives in like manner And in case either or any of my said Sons THOMAS  JOB or JOSEPH should die before he or they should become so seized as aforesaid without leaving lawful issue or wife or respective wives as aforesaid Then my Will is that the Survivors or Survivor of my said Sons THOMAS  JOB and JOSEPH shall be entitled to the said trust premises in fee simple to be equally divided between them as Tenants in common and not as joint tenants (if more than one) Subject never the less and I do hereby charge my said Estate called Road Farm with the payment of the sum of Five hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain which I hereby give and bequeath unto my daughter MARY WOOSTER her Executors Administrators and assigns to be paid to her her Executors administrators and assigns within six months from such time as my said sons shall become seized of the said trust premises by virtue of this my Will together with lawful interest for the same to be computed from the time my said sons should become so seized  And I do hereby also charge my said Estate called Besseys Wood with the payment of the sum of Two hundred pounds of like lawful money which I hereby give and bequeath unto my two Grandsons JAMES WOOSTER and WILLIAM WOOSTER the sons of my late Son JOHN WOOSTER deceased to be severally paid to them when and as they shall severally attain their respective ages of twenty one years And in case either of my said grandsons JAMES WOOSTER and WILLIAM WOOSTER should die a Minor or Minors without leaving lawful issue then I direct that such legacy or legacies or the sum of One hundred pounds each of him or them my said Grandsons so dying as aforesaid shall lapse and not be raised  And I direct my said Sons THOMAS WOOSTER  JOB WOOSTER and JOSEPH WOOSTER their heirs or assigns or their respective issue or wife or respective wives as aforesaid to pay the same Legacies or sums of Five hundred pounds and Two hundred pounds or such part which shall become due in equal shares according  to and in proportion to such shares or parts of the said trust premises which they he or she shall respectively become entitled to And in case of the Minority of either or any of the lawful issue of them my said Sons THOMAS  JOB and JOSEPH so entitled as aforesaid Then I hereby authorise and direct the said WILLIAM FLEET and his heirs and the Survivors or Survivor of them my said Sons THOMAS  JOB and JOSEPH or the respective wife or wives of such as should be dead (if any) to raise my Mortgage on such part of the said Estate belonging to such Minor or Minors (the issue so entitled as aforesaid) and to charge the same with the repayment of such sum or sums of money which will be necessary for the payment of their respective shares of the said Legacies so charged thereon as aforesaid and all incidental costs And I direct that the receipt or receipts of such Mortgagors shall be a legal discharge or legal discharges for such mortgage money without the Mortgagee seeing to the application thereof  Also I desire that my said Son THOMAS WOOSTER may (if he shall think fit) occupy and conduct the business of the Road Farm and also of the several farms which I now rent of THOMAS HEARN Esquire called Backham and also of the Reverend CHARLES TURNER called Well head farm both situate in the parish of Wendover aforesaid for the purpose hereinafter expressed  And I also desire that my said sons JOB WOOSTER and JOSEPH WOOSTER may if they shall think fit and when they severally come of age be permitted to jointly occupy with my said Son THOMAS WOOSTER all the said farms and conduct the farming business thereof they paying all rents rates taxes charges and expenses for and in respect of the same in equal portions with my said son THOMAS WOOSTER And I direct that the profits of all the said farms may be applied during the respective times which my said Son THOMAS may occupy the same or any part thereof and afterwards which he jointly with my said Son JOB may occupy for the maintenance clothing support and education respectively of them my said sons THOMAS  JOB and JOSEPH and also of my said daughter MARY until the youngest of them then living shall have attained the age of twenty one years  Also I give and bequeath unto my said Son THOMAS WOOSTER all and singular my money and securities for money stock of cattle corn grain Hay poultry husbandry utensils household goods plate linen and china rights credits chattels and other personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and also my growing crops (Except such which may be growing on the several lands I have hereinbefore devised respectively to my said daughters FRANCES BIRCH and ANN ALLEN as aforesaid) from and after payment of my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and also the legacies hereinafter given by me to my Kinsman TIMOTHY WOOSTER and WILLIAM FLEET In Trust nevertheless for the intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned and until my said son JOB shall attain his age of twenty one years and when he shall have attained the said age Then I give and bequeath such trust personal property unto them my said Sons THOMAS and JOB In trust that they my said son or sons so severally becoming possessed thereof may apply the same in the occupation of the said Farms or to sell and dispose of the said trust personal property (not consisting of money) or such part thereof which may be deemed necessary and the money thereby arising to put and place out at interest on Government or other good security and to sell out and replace the same from time to time as occasion shall require and the interest dividends and produce thereof and also of what may be applied in the occupation of the said farms to go in aid with the net produce of my said farms or other personal trust property for the maintenance clothing education and support of all them my said Sons THOMAS  JOB and JOSEPH and my said daughter MARY until the youngest of them then living should have attained the age of twenty one years as aforesaid  And from and immediately after the youngest of them should have attained the said age then for the residue of such personal trust property or the value thereof to be equally divided between them my said Sons THOMAS  JOB and JOSEPH share and share alike And in case either of my said Sons should die a minor or minors without leaving lawful issue or a wife or respective wives him or them surviving then I direct that the part or share parts or shares of him or them so dying as aforesaid shall go to the Survivors or Survivor of them and the issue of such of them who should be dead or in failure of such issue to his or their wife or wives respectively to be equally divided between them share and share alike but such issue or wife or wives respectively to receive only such part or share parts or shares which his or their deceased father or fathers or husband or husbands would have been entitled to if living  Also I give and bequeath to my Kinsman TIMOTHY WOOSTER the sum of Ten pounds and all my own individual wearing apparel  Also I give and bequeath unto my friend the said WILLIAM FLEET the sum of five pounds requesting him to accept the same as a small token of my regard for him which two last mentioned legacies I direct to be paid out of my personal Estate within three months next after my decease and Lastly I do hereby make constitute and appoint my said son THOMAS WOOSTER and WILLIAM FLEET joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament And I authorise the said WILLIAM FLEET to exercise his discretion in consenting for my said sons THOMAS and JOB and my said Son JOSEPH (after he shall come of age) or either of them to carry on the said Farms I now rent or either of them for the purposes aforesaid or to discontinue the business thereof And I declare that one of them my said Executors shall not be answerable for the other of them or for the acts deeds or defaults of the other of them but each for his own acts deeds or defaults only and that neither of them shall be accountable for any loss misapplication or non application of and in any of my said trust property so that the same happen not by their or either of their wilful neglect or default and that each of my said Executors shall repay himself out of my said trust personal property all costs charges and expenses which he shall expend or be put to in the execution of this my Will And I hereby revoke and make void all former Wills whatsoever by me made and published and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said TIMOTHY WOOSTER the Testator to this my last Will and Testament contained in six sheets of paper have to the five first sheets thereof set my Hand and to this sixth and last my Hand and seal the ninth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty two – TIMOTHY WOOSTER

Signed sealed published and declared by the within named TIMOTHY WOOSTER the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses in the presence of the said Testator and of each other (the names “WILLIAM FLEET” and the words “THOMAS” in the second line from the bottom of the fifth sheet and the several words “and” “JOSEPH” “or either of them” and a few other alterations being first made) – WILLIAM BULL Junr Clerk to MR BULL Solr Aylesbury – C BULL – SAMUEL GREEN  

I TIMOTHY WOOSTER of Backham in the parish of Wendover in the County of Bucks Yeoman having by my Will hereunto annexed given and devised unto my son WILLIAM WOOSTER his heirs and assigns for ever all that my Wood called Sermons otherwise Bockley Wood situate in the parish of Wendover aforesaid containing by estimation twenty two acres or thereabouts with the appurtenances thereunto belonging And Whereas my said son WILLIAM WOOSTER is since dead leaving three Children whereby the said devise is become lapsed and null and void Now I hereby give and devise the said Wood called Sermonds otherwise Bockley Wood with the timber and other trees hedgerows and hedges growing thereon and the ground and soil thereof and other appurtenances thereunto belonging unto my son THOMAS WOOSTER and unto WILLIAM FLEET of Stoke Mandeville in the said county of Bucks Carpenter To hold to them their heirs and assigns for ever In Trust nevertheless to sell and dispose of the same when they shall deem it proper for the most money that can be reasonably gotten either by public auction or private sale and I hereby direct my same Trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs or assigns of such survivor to convey the same Hereditaments unto and to the Use of the purchaser or purchasers thereof his her or their appointees heirs or assigns for ever and that the receipt or receipts of my same trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs or assigns of such survivor shall be good and a sufficient discharge or sufficient discharges for such purchaser money or any part thereof And upon Trust to receive such purchase money and thereout pay all necessary expenses of the sale and of making a title to the same premises and to invest the remainder of such purchase money either in government or other good security and to transfer and reinvest the same as occasion shall require and to receive the interest dividends and produce thereof and so pay the same for the maintenance and education of my three grandchildren being the said children of my said late son WILLIAM WOOSTER during and until such time as they severally shall attain their respective ages of twenty one years and as they severally shall attain that age to pay him or her one third part of the same principal money and in case either or any of my said three grandchildren shall die and leave lawful issue I then direct that such issue shall represent his her or their deceased parent or parents and be entitled to such part which he or she would have been entitled to if living And in case either or any of my said three grandchildren should die a Minor or Minors without leaving such issue then I direct that the survivors or survivor of my said three grandchildren shall be entitled to such share or shares of such deceased grandchild or grandchildren so dying without issue as aforesaid to be equally divided between them if more than one  And in case all my said three grandchildren should die Minors and without leaving issue to attain the age of twenty one years I then direct that the said principal money and all interest then due for the same shall become as part of the rest and residue of my personal estate and go as I have disposed thereof in and by my said Will And Whereas in and by my said Will I have given and devised unto my daughter FRANCES the wife of JOHN BIRCH and her heirs and assigns All that my plot piece or parcel of freehold arable land called Grub ground situate in the parish of Wendover aforesaid containing my ad measurement eighteen acres or thereabouts with the appurtenances thereunto belonging And Whereas my said daughter FRANCES BIRCH is since dead whereby the said last mentioned devise is become lapsed and null and void now I do hereby give and devise my said plot piece or parcel of freehold arable land called Grub ground containing by ad measurement eighteen acres or thereabouts with the tree hedgerows and other appurtenances thereunto belonging unto my said son THOMAS WOOSTER and the said WILLIAM FLEET To Hold to them their heirs and assigns for ever In Trust nevertheless to sell and dispose of the same when they shall deem it proper for the most money that can reasonably be gotten either by public auction or private sale and I hereby direct my same Trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs or assigns of such survivor to convey the last mentioned hereditaments unto and to the use of the purchaser or purchasers thereof his her or their appointees heirs or assigns forever and that the receipt or receipts of my same trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs or assigns of such survivor shall be good and sufficient discharge or sufficient discharges for such purchase money or any part thereof And upon Trust to receive such purchase money and thereout pay all necessary expenses of the sale and of making a title to same premises and to invest the remainder of such purchase money either in government or other good security and to transfer and reinvest the same as occasion shall require and to receive the interest dividends and produce thereof and to pay the same for the maintenance and education of all and every the Child or Children of my said late daughter FRANCES BIRCH during and until such time as they severally shall attain their respective ages of twenty one years and as they severally shall attain that age to pay him her or them one equal part share or proportion of the same principal money and in case either or any of the said Children of my said late daughter FRANCES BIRCH shall die and leave lawful issue I then direct that such issue shall represent his her or their deceased parent or parents and be entitled to such part which he she or they would have been entitled to if living and in case either or any of the said Children of my said late daughter FRANCES BIRCH should die a Minor or Minors without leaving such issue I then direct that the survivor or survivors of the same children shall be entitled to such share or shares of such deceased child or children of the said FRANCES BIRCH so dying without issue as aforesaid to be equally divided between them if more than one And in case all the said Children of my said late daughter FRANCES BIRCH should die Minors and without leaving issue to attain the age of twenty one years I then direct that the said principal money and all interest then due for the same shall become as part of the rest and residue of my personal estate  and go as I have disposed thereof in and by my said Will And I hereby authorise my said trustees to have Timber and Wood cut in a regular way and to have the Grub ground occupied in a proper manner during and until the same shall be several sold and thereout or otherwise to advance any sum or sums of money which they may deem proper to all or any of the children of my late son WILLIAM WOOSTER and of my late daughter FRANCES BIRCH in order for the better maintenance education clothing and putting them put apprentice from the respective shares of the several children so intitled thereto And I hereby declare that one of them my said trustees shall not be answerable for the other of them or for the acts deeds or defaults of the other of them but each for his own acts deeds or defaults only and that neither of them shall be accountable for any loss misapplication or nonapplication of and in any of my said trust property so that the same happen not by their or either of their wilful neglect or default and that each of my said trustees shall repay himself out of my said trust property all costs charges and expenses which they or he shall expend or be put to in the execution of this codicil to my said Will In Witness whereof I the said TIMOTHY WOOSTER the testator to this paper writing which I direct shall be taken as a codicil to my said Will hereunto annexed and which said Will I confirm in every part thereof except where the Deaths of my said Son and Daughter hereinbefore mentioned and this codicil shall make an alteration  In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty second day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven – X – The Mark of TIMOTHY WOOSTER

Signed Sealed published and declared by the within named TIMOTHY WOOSTER the testator as and for a codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the said testator and of each other – WILLIAM BULL – CHARLES BULL – WILLIAM PRICKETT   Proved the 28^th day of September 1833 before The Reverend Charles Robert Ashfield  Clerk Surrogate by the oaths of THOMAS WOOSTER the natural and lawful Son and WILLIAM FLEET the joint Executors to whom administration was committed they being first sworn duly to administer  

1833 28^th September – The Executors within named were sworn as usual and that the personal Estate of the deceased is under the value of two thousand pounds