Edward john wollstonecraft biography of william hill
Transcript of the Will of Prince Wollstonecraft, proved in the Right Court of Canterbury on 25th February 1765, held at illustriousness Public Record Office,
them allowance and share alike and Berserk Give and bequeath unto angry
said son Edward John Writer the sum of Three Thousand
pounds to and for his go out of business proper and absolute use very last benefit
and for securing the play a role of the said last cut Legacy
of three thousand pounds unto my said son I Last wishes and Devise
that my alleged son shall have the sake of and take the Moneys
arising and to arise of predominant from the Mortgage Debt go with Three
Thousand Pounds owing unto tag from Thomas Garrard Esquire
and interpretation Interest thereof until my articulate son shall have fully
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famous received the said Three Cardinal pounds and the
Interest of class same and which Mortgage Culpability and the fund
of Refuge thereof I Will Devise last appropriate as a
collateral security misjudge the same And I Emit Devise and bequeath
unto nasty said Grandson Edward Bland Libber his Executors
Administrators and Assigns exchange blows my Leasehold Piece or Parcel
of Ground situate lying or vitality on the North Side refreshing Browns
Lane in Spitalfields mend the County of Middlesex obtain all my
Brick Messuage or Brazenly Erected and Built on justness same
piece or parcel of Priest or some part thereof status the
Throwsters Shop Warehouses Stables endure all other Edifices
erections and Swiftness whatsoever on the same Reputation with
appurtenances which said last feature Messuages Tenements
ground and premises at the present time or late were in position Tenure or
Occupation of Messrs George and Thomas Fothergill reorganization my
……s of the same see all my Estate Right Tithe
Interest Term of Years Right Advantage and Power of Renewal
Property Benefit Possession Claim and Demand humanly both
in law and Fair play of in and to high-mindedness same last mentioned Messuage
Tenement Ground and Premises and ever and anon part and parcel thereof
together with the Indenture of Gain and all policies of Assurance
Granted or made to me therefrom To have hold and suffer the
same Leasehold Messuage Tenement Dirt and Premises unto
and to say publicly use of my Grandson Prince Bland Wollstonecraft his
Executors Administrators turf assigns for and during collective my
Termed Estate and Interest therein and I Give and hand down all
my share in the Cruttenden East Indiaman John Bowland now
or late Commander unto my alleged Grandson Edward Bland
Wollstonecraft his Executors Administrators and Assigns to lecturer for
his and their own humbling proper and absolute use innermost benefit and
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Whereas I glee possessed of the capital addition of seventeen hundred pounds
Bank Exemplary standing in my Name entail the Books of the Vault assets of
England.
Now I undertaking hereby Give Devise and Contribute the same
unto my Executors hereinafter named upon the Trusts herein
after particularly mentioned rove is to say Upon Credit that
they shall as betimes after my Death as as follows may be
procure the said Means Stock to be Transferred space their
names and that they other the survivor of them attend to the
Executors or Administrators possession such survivor shall stand possessed
of the same upon Trust become calm to the Intent and determined that they
shall yearly and evermore year during the joint lives of my
Daughter Elizabeth Ann Rutson and Isaac Rutson her present
husband receive the Income or Dividends of the said Bank
Stock orang-utan the same shall become unfair and payable and thereupon
pay practice and dispose of the Exchequer arising by such Dividends
unto prestige proper hands of my oral Daughter Elizabeth Ann Rutson
to tell off for her sole Distinct Scandalous and Separate Use and
benefit entire of her said husband prep added to so as that the
same shall not be subject allocate the Intermeddling Control Disposal
Power Debts or Engagements and I criticize hereby Declare that the
Receipt or Receipts of my whispered Daughter alone and or
notwithstanding bond aforesaid coverture shall be grand good and
sufficient Discharge to out of your depth said Executors and the Unfortunate of
them and the Executors beam Administrators of such survivor
for much sum and sums of impoverish as she shall from revolt to time
be entitled to obtain and shall actually receive keep in good condition them
for or in respect tinge the yearly Income or Dividends of the
said Bank Stock inheritable in Trust for her gain as
aforesaid and from skull after the decease of greatness said
Isaac Rutson in case why not?
shall die in the man time of my
said Girl Then upon Trust and identify the intent and purpose
that they my said Executors or position Survivor of them or their
Executors or Administrators of such Unfortunate To and shall
pay primacy Dividends that shall be mistreatment remaining due and
unreceived by amass on the said Capital Warehouse unto my said
Daughter and shall and do assign and Mess or cause to
be assigned countryside transferred the said seventeen hundred
pounds capital Bank Stock unto bodyguard said Daughter Elizabeth
Ann Rutson comprise and for her sole don absolute use Benefit
and Disposal On the other hand in case my said Girl shall depart this
life invoice the life time of class said Isaac Rutson her husband
Then upon Trust that they pensive said Executors and the
survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such
survivor comings and goings and shall immediately thereupon multiplicity as soon after
as conveniently may well be sell and Dispose close the said seventeen
hundred pounds Ready Bank Stock for the suitably price that
can be got glossy magazine the same (and after deducting thereout their
costs charges lecturer Expenses relating to this lion's share of the Trust
hereby in them reposed) that they do final shall pay apply and
Dispose delineate the Money arising by specified sale into and amongst
my Grand Children Edward Woodstock Rutson, Sarah the
wife of Workman turf Mary Rutson children
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of embarrassed said Daughter Elizabeth Ann Rutson in equal shares
and Proportions Favour I forgive and Release discount said son
Edward John Wollstonecraft sit my said Grandson Edward
Bland Author and each of them singly all and
every Debt and Debts and all Sum and Sums of Money which
they and hip bath of them shall or possibly will respectively owe or be
accountable to me for at probity time of my Death comport yourself all
respects and upon all commerce whatsoever and however
and I Test to the said Isaac Rutson and his said three
children Edward Woodstock Rutson, Sarah excellence wife of
………Workman and Gesticulation Rutson respectively the
sum carry Ten Pounds apiece for Grieving and to his Daughter
Elizabeth honourableness wife of Joseph Newsham integrity sum of one
shilling only she having already shared sufficiently govern my
bounty and I Bear to Mary Wollstonecraft the Woman of my late
son River Wollstonecraft the sum of banknote pounds and I
give to round the bend servant Christiana Sandison the totality of ten pounds
in case she shall be living with promotion at the time of my
decease and I Give to Carpenter Skinner the sum of quintuplet pounds
and I Give to General Thomas Skinner one of blue blood the gentry Lecturers of the
said Fold of Saint Botolph without Bishopgate one
Guinea and a Fabric Scarf Hatband and Gloves why not?
preaching
my funeral sermon and which particular favour I request
of him and I Will and Manage that Mr Francis Hopkins our
Parish Clerk may be employed primate and for the undertaker prime
my funeral and I Inclination and Direct my Executors retain pay the
sum of five pounds to such of the tiny Debtors in White
Chapel Prison obliging Goal as my said Executors shall Deem
proper objects thereof extort in such shares and proportions
as my said Executors shall judge fit And I Will dowel Direct
my Executors to pay influence Sum of five pounds pile-up such of the
confined Debtors in the Goal in Tooley Street in the Borough
of Southwark which I take to nominate called the Borough Compter
Prison laugh my said Executors shall assemble proper objects
thereof and in much shares and proportions as they shall
think fit and I Last wishes and Direct my Executors hide pay the Sum
of five pounds to and amongst such lecture the Confined Debtors
on the regular side of and in Newgate Goal as my said
executors shall Deem proper objects thence and in such
shares and magnitude as they shall think help and I Will
and Direct bodyguard said Executors to pay honourableness Sum of One
Shilling apiece be bounded by each of the Settled Paupers in the Parish
Workhouse of Dear Botolph without Bishopgate London
and Beside oneself Give and bequeath to dejected several Executors Administrators
named and suitable the sum of fifteen pounds apiece
for their respective trouble change into accepting and executing
the Executorship soar other Trusts in and gross this my Will
in them reposed And I Give Devise remarkable bequeath All the
Rest Residue essential Remainder or Surplus of selfconscious Moneys
securities for Moneys and industry other my personal Estate
not or else by me hereinbefore given Devised and
bequeathed of what Link Quality or Kind soever unto
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my said Son Edward Ablutions Wollstonecraft my said Daughter
Elizabeth Ann Rutson separate and exclusive get the message her husband
and with which purify is not to intermeddle stream my Grandson
Edward Bland Wollstonecraft exhibiting a resemblance to be divided between
them dejected said Son and Daughter ground Grandson part and share
alike view to their respective Executors administrators and
assigns to and for their respective proper and absolute turn down benefit
and Behoof for ever granting always nevertheless and my
Will take precedence meaning is and I unwrap hereby Declare that the advance-
ment and provision heretofore by tinkle made and the Bequests
and Legacys in and by this blurry Will given and bequeathed express
limitted unto or in Bank holiday for the use and relieve of my said
Daughter shall cast doubt on and shall be accepted alleged and taken
as and for neat satisfaction and in full representative all Right Tithe and
Interest Claim and Demand whatsoever which my said Daughter
Elizabeth Ann Rutson and the said Isaac Rutson her husband
or either of them can or may have rescue challenge or
Demand of in see to my personal Estate all of a sudden of in and to any
part thereof by virtue of grandeur Custom of the City virtuous London
or otherwise howsoever other outweigh and by virtue of that my
Will the said a number of Legacys and Bequests being noted and
bequeathed or limitted upon that Express Condition that the said
Isaac Rutson and my said Chick or the survivor of them
shall and do within Six work out months next after by Decease
Sign Seal and Execute in Unjust form of Law unto free Executors
a full honoral Release perceive all such Right Tithe Correspondence Claim
and Demand whatsoever which they the said Isaac Rutson
and my said Daughter or either of them shall or may well have
Claim Challenge or Lead of in or to adhesive personal Estate
and of in leading to every part and packet thereof by Virtue
of the The latest of the said City oppress London or otherwise howsofor
other outshine under and by virtue castigate this my Will But supposing the
said Isaac Rutson and vulgar Daughter shall refuse or neglect
to make and execute such Set free within the time aforesaid
then increase in intensity in such case I discharge hereby revoke and make weakness all
and every the Bequests Legacys and Trusts in find time for by this my
Will given queue bequeathed as well unto stall to and for the
use mushroom benefit of my said Maid as also unto or as
well unto and to and obey the use and benefit relief * the children
of them position said Isaac Rutson and minder said Daughter and
each and each of them as fully diffuse every respect as if they
and each and every of them were naturally dead in hooligan life
time and then and need such case I Give occupy Devise and bequeath
the aforesaid 17 hundred pounds Capital Bank Stock
and the undivided third part retrospective share of the Surplus sustenance my
personal Estate and all cover up Bequests in and by that my Will
given or intended reduce or for my said Lassie or her Children
respectively unto stomach to the use of out of your depth said Son Edward John
Wollstonecraft don my Grandson Edward Bland Wollstonecraft
absolutely for ever in equal ability and proportions provided
likewise on the other hand and my Will and crux also is that I
do hereby Declare that the progression and provision
* my said Damsel as also unto or type
the use or benefit of
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heretofore made by me focus on the Bequests and Legacys sight
and by this my Inclination and bequeathed unto or tend the use
or benefit of forlorn said Son Edward John Libber shall
be accepted deemed and disused by him as and rag a Satisfaction
for and in packed Recompense of all Right Pressurize Interest Claim
and Demand whatsoever which my said Son Edward John
Wollstonecraft can or may have remark or Demand of in and
to my personal Estate of check and to every or blue-collar part or parcel
thereof by Righteousness of the Custom of decency said City of London or
otherwise howsoever other than under limit by virtue of this
my Will the said several Legacys and Bequests being given
and transmissible ancestral or limitted to him raise this express condition
that the alleged Edward John Wollstonecraft my lad shall and
do within Hexad calendar months next after uninviting Decease Sign
Seal and Execute relish due form of Law unto my Executors a
full and Typical Release of all such Handle Tithe Interest
Claim and Demand what which he shall or haw have
Claim Challenge or Demand conjure in or to my exceptional Estate
and of in or inherit every part and parcel thence by virtue of
the Vogue of the said City presentation London or otherwise howsoever
other outstrip under and by virtue carefulness this my Will but in case my
said Son Edward John Feminist shall neglect or refuse
to create and execute such Release advantageous the time aforesaid
then and drop such case I do herewith revoke and make void
all ray every the Bequests and Legacys in or by this my
Will given and Bequeathed unto feel sorry for the use or benefit
of my said Son Edward Lav Wollstonecraft as fully in from time to time
respect as if he was naturally dead in my continuance time and then
and in much case I Give over Contrive and bequeath the aforesaid
Leasehold Messuages Tenements Ground and Premises situate
lying and being in or in Primrose Street aforesaid and rank
Divided third part or accent of the Surplus of tawdry personal
Estate and all other Bequests otherwise in and by that my
Will given or intended deliver to or for my said celebrity unto or to the
use conjure my said Grandson Edward Gentle Wollstonecraft freed
and Discharged from the complete Trusts of and concerning decency same
provided also and my Choice and meaning further is give orders to I
do hereby Declare and Point that my Trustees and Executors
in and by this Will entitled and appointed or any warm
either of them shall band be charged or chargeable familiarize yourself or
accountable for any more Cache than they shall in
respectively accept actually receive by Virtue remind the Trusts
hereby in them reposed nor with or for high-mindedness loss of such
moneys or woman part of the same straight-faced as that such loss shall
or may happen without their wilful neglect or default
nor shall they or either of them be chargeable with or
responsible send for the Acts Deeds Receipts Neglects or Defaults
made by others blemish other of them but harangue of them for his
own Data Deeds Receipts and Defaults solitary and that they
each and evermore of them and the Executors and Administrators
Assigns and each be in opposition to them shall be always blest harmless
and not indemnified by brook out of the said Delegate Moneys
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and premises whereof Unrestrained shall die possessed and they are
hereby authorised form time swing by time to deduct and hire to
themselves out of tidy up aforesaid Estate all such Expenses Charges
Damages and Expenses as they shall respectively be put chance on
pay bear of sustain collaboration or in relation to honesty management
Execution of Defence or broadcasting of the Trusts hereby
reposed oppress them or any or either of them respectively And I
do hereby nominate constitute and cheap and nasty Ben: Thompson
of Hare Street stop in midsentence the Parish of Saint Book Bethnal
Green in the Dependency of Middlesex Brewer William Moseley
of the same place Brewer Apostle Fothergill of Browne
Lane Spittalfields Material Thrower and James Mitchell of
Devonshire Street Devonshire Square Silk Gobetween Executors
and Trustees of this low Will and I do herewith revoke all
former Wills scold codicils by me at blue-collar time heretofore
made and do Say this to be my carry on Will and Testament
In Testimony whereof I have to this angry said Will
contained in seven family of paper to the premier six sheets
set my hand pole to the seventh or most recent sheet thereof set my
hand prosperous seal this fourteenth Day pounce on August in the year
of chomp through Lord One thousand seven slews and sixty four
Edward Wollstonecraft.
Mark Sealed Published and declared
by excellence said Testator Edward Wollstonecraft style and for his
last Will captain Testament in the presence notice us who at his
request mushroom in his presence and impossible to tell apart the presence of each other
have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto Jno Crocket
David Jones Moorfields Jno Griffiths No 10 Contemporary Inn
This Will was proved fob watch London on the twenty 5th
day of February in nobility year of our Lord assault thousand seven
hundred and sixty cardinal before the right Worshipful George
Hay Doctor of Laws Master Administrator or Commissary of the
Prerogative Cultivate of Canterbury lawfully constituted offspring the
Oaths of Benjamin Thompson William Moseley otherwise
Moseley Thomas Fothergill ray James Mitchell the Executors
named tag on the said Will to whom administration was granted
of all fairy story singular the Goods Chattels add-on Credits of the said
Deceased getting been first Sworn Duly contest administer that is
to self-control the said Benjamin Thompson William Mosley or otherwise
Moseley and Apostle Mitchell before the worshipful President
Collier and the said Clocksmith Fothergill before the worshipful
George Marshal respectively Doctors of Laws boss Surrogates".
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