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The following wills are under copyright with the Gloucestershire Record Office (GRO), Gloucester, England. The original documents are part of the Gloucester Diocesan Archives held at the Gloucestershire Record Office, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, GLOUCESTER GL1 3DW, UK. Copies of the original documents were purchased and transcribed. Permission to display the transcriptions on my website was granted 8 May 2002, by Mrs J V Thorpe, Archivist & Record Agent, Gloucestershire Record Office. Note: No attempt has been made to change grammar or spelling. |
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Robert Hanks 1816 ( GRO Reference: Robert Hanks Lower Slaughter 1816 / 42 ) |
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Hanks of Slaughter Farm in the County of Gls. Gent. First I direct all my just Debts Funeral & Testy expences to be fully paid and satisfied I give & bequeath unto my dear wife Emma all the Househ d Furniture plate Linen China & Books of which I shall die possessed and also the sum of £100 of lawful English money to be pd to her within one month after my decease And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate & Effects both real and personal whether in possession ---version? remainder or expectancy I give devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said Dear Wife and John Beale and Jhn North Wilkins both of Bourton on the Water Gentlemen To Hold the same unto them and the survivor of them and the heirs Exors & Admors of such survivor according to the nature tenure or quality thereof respectively Upon Trust to take an Inventory of my property and to carry on the business of Farming (if it shall be thought by them advisable ) but to sell and dispose in such manner as my sd Trustees shall think best of every thing which shall not be requisite for the purpose and to lay out the money arising there from upon government or other good security (But if my sd Trustees shall not carry on the Farm I direct them to dispose of the whole & to lay out the monies in like manner ) Upon Trust to pay the Interest Dividends & Annual proceeds of such monies as shall be laid out or invested and also the profits to arise from the Farm ( if the same shall be carried on ) unto my sd Dear Wife for her own use and for the maintenance and Education of my children independent of any future Husband with whom she may intermarry and for which her Receipt above shall be a suffict Discharge for her life (except such sums of money as are here in after directed to be paid or advanced to or for the Benefit of my Children ) and after the Decease of my said Dear Wife Upon Trust to pay and divide all principal monies and Interest thereon then due unto my children who shall be then living in equal proportions when they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years (provided my sd dear wife shall have departed this life) and from the time of her decease until my sd childrn shares of the sd Trust property shall become payable I direct my sd Trustees to apply the Interest & Divds there of for their maintenance and Education And I hereby empower my sd Trustees to advance a Sum not exceeding £500 for the Benefit of my son or sons previous to the time of his or their shares becoming payable for his or their advancement in the world and also a sum not exceeding £500 such of my Daurs as shall marry on the day of her marriage? provided such marriage is with the Consent of my Wife (if living) and that such sum or sums of money so to be advanced to my children shall be considered as part of the share of the principal monies to which they will respectively become intitled? under the Trusts afsd? But in case my son Jhn or any other son who shall become an oldest son shall come into possession of the share to which my sd dear wife will become intitled as one of the 3 Daurs & coheiresses of her sd mother of the property settled on her sd mothers marriage I direct him within 6? mos after he shall so come into possession to refund & to divide in equal proportions unto all my sd childn who shall be then living & the representatives of such as shall be dead so much money as he shall have received or which shall have been advanced for his Benefit or to which he wi- become intitled of my property under the Trusts above mentioned
( GRO Reference: Robert Hanks Lower Slaughter 1816 / 42 )
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