Manners Edward 1811 of Goadby Marwood Will

Edward Manners of Goadby Marwood 1811 will

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This is the last Will and Testament of me Edward Manners of Goadby otherwise Goadby Marwood in the County of Leicester Esquire of which I have caused two parts to be … both of the same tenor and in the same words & form

First I will that all my just debts and funeral expences and the charges of proving this my will shall be paid and discharged by my Executrix hereinafter named

I give and bequeath unto Ann the wife of Mr Hanson of Brompton in the County of Middlesex heretofore Ann Lorrington Spinster daughter of Edward Lorrington of Windsor in the County of Berks Staymaker for and during the term of her natural life One Annuity or yearly Sum of two hundred Pounds free & clear of all taxes and other deductions to be issuing and payable out of all my messuages farms lands tenements & hereditaments in Goadby otherwise Goadby Marwood aforesaid & in Kirby Bellars otherwise Kirkby Bellars in the said County of Leicester and out of all my messuages farms lands tenements & hereditaments in the County of York and to be paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments the first payment thereof to begin and be made at the end of Six calendar months next after my decease

I also give & bequeath unto Mrs Spike now the wife of Robert Spike of Ranelagh Street Pimlico in the County of Middlesex Gentleman one Annuity or yearly Sum of One hundred pounds free and clear of all taxes & other deductions to be issuing & payable out of all my said messuages farms lands tenements and hereditaments in Goadby otherwise Goadly Marwood and Kirby Bellars otherwise Kirkby Bellars aforesaid and within the said County of York to be paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments the first payment thereof to begin and be made at the End of six calendar months next after my decease

And my mind And Will is that the said several Annuities of two hundred Pounds and one hundred pounds so given by me to the said Ann the wife of the said Mr Hanson & Mrs Spike the wife of the said Robert Spike shall from time to time be paid to them to and for their sole and separate use and benefit notwithstanding their Coverture with their present or any after taken husband & that the same shall not be subject to the Controul debts or Engagements of their present or any after taken husband and that the receipts of the said Ann Hanson and Mrs Spike and each of them shall from time to time be good & sufficient discharges to the person or persons liable to pay the same

I also give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Manners late the Wife of the Revd John Thoroton Rector of Bottestford in the said County of Leicester for and during the term of her natural life one Annuity or yearly Sum of one hundred pounds free and clear of all taxes & other deductions to be issuing and payable out of all my said messuages lands tenements and hereditaments in Goadby otherwise Goadby Marwood & Kirby Bellars otherwise Kirkby Bellars aforesaid and within the said County of York to be paid and payable by two half yearly payments the first payment thereof to begin and be made at the end of six calendar months next after my decease

I also give and bequeath unto my Servant [?] Richard Gash [?] for and during the term of his natural life one Annuity or yearly sum of forty pounds free and clear of all taxes and other deductions to be issuing and payable out of all my said messuages farms lands tenements and hereditaments in Goadby otherwise Goadby Marwood Kirby Bellars otherwise Kirkby Bellars aforesaid and within the said County of York to be paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments the first payment thereof to begin and be made at the and of six calendar months next after my decease

And I do hereby charge and make subject all my said messuages farms lands tenements & hereditaments in Goadby otherwise Goadby Marwood Kirby Bellars otherwise Kirkby Bellars aforesaid with the payment of the said several Annuities of two hundred pounds One hundred pounds and One hundred Pounds and forty pounds hereby given to the said Ann Hanson Mrs Spike Elizabeth Manners and Richard Gash as aforesaid and my will is that in case either or any of the said Annuities or any part or parts thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of twenty eight days next over or after either of the said days of Payment whereon the same are hereinbefore directed to be paid as aforesaid then and so often it shall & may be lawful to and for the said Ann Hanson Mrs Spike Elizabeth Manners and Richard Gash or any of them their or any of their Assigns to enter upon all or any part of the said Premises charged with the payment of the said several and respective Annuities as aforesaid and to distrain for the same or so much as shall be so in Arrear and all costs & charges occasioned by nonpayment thereof

I give and devise all that my Capital messuage or Mansion house with the Outbuildings Coach houses Stables Offices Gardens and Closes thereunto adjoining with their and every of their appurts situate standing lying and being in Knightsbridge in the parish of Saint Margaret Westminster as the same are now in my own possession And also all that my Capital messuage or Mansion house with the Coach houses barns Stables Granaries and other Offices Yards Gardens Orchard Fish Ponds and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging situate standing lying and being in Goadby otherwise Goadby Marwood aforesaid as the same is now in my own possession & also all that my Manor of Goadby otherwise Goadby Marwood aforesaid with the royalty rights privileges & appurtenances thereunto belonging and also the perpetual Advowson of the Rectory of Goadby otherwise Goadby Marwood aforesaid And also all and every my messuages Cottages farms Closes of meadow or Pasture Ground lands tenements & hereditaments whatsoever with their and every of their Appurtenances situate lying & being within the Parish of Goadby otherwise Goadby Marwood aforesaid within the fields liberties Precincts or territories thereof and also all that my manor of Kirby Bellars otherwise Kirkby Bellars in the said County of Leicester & all & every my messuages Cottages farms Closes lands tenements tithes & hereditaments with their and every of their Appurtenances situate lying and being in Kirby Bellars otherwise Kirkby Bellars aforesaid which I sometime since purchased of the late Sir Charles …dley Baronet deceased and also all my messuages lands tenements and hereditaments situate lying and being in Stonesby in the said County of Leicester and also all my manors messuages cottages farms lands tenements & hereditaments with their & every of their Appurts situate lying & being within the County of York which were given & devised to me in & by the said last Will & Testament of the late Most Noble John Duke of Rutland deceased & all other my Manors messuages lands tenements and hereditaments mines of coal lead or copper or shares of mines of Coal lead or copper whatsoever and wheresoever in the kingdom of Great Britain whereof or wherein I have any Estate of Inheritance in possession reversion remainder or expectancy unto Ann Stafford Spinster (Daughter of Edward Stafford late of Knipton in the said County of Leicester deceased) and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life without Impeachment of Waste subject nevertheless to the payment of the several Annuities hereinbefore charged upon my said Estates in Goadby otherwise Goadby Marwood in Kirby Bellars otherwise Kirkby Bellars aforesd and in the said County of York

But in case the said Ann Stafford hereafter marry then & in such case only I give and bequeath unto all & every of my ten children Laura Manners Fursan Manners Arthur Manners Alithea Manners Mary Ann Manners Edward Manners Roger Manners Emma Manners Walter Manners and Otho Manners and to each and every of them an Annuity or yearly Sum of two hundred pounds apiece free and clear of all deductions whatsoever for and during the term of their several and respective natural lives for their support and maintenance to be issuing and payable out of all my manors messuages cottages farms lands tithes mines and hereditaments hereinbefore devised to the said Ann Stafford for life as aforesaid and to be paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments the first payment thereof to begin and be made at the end of six calendar months from the day of the marriage of the said Ann Stafford and I do hereby charge and make subject all my manors messuages cottages farms lands tithes mines & hereditaments with the payment of the said Annuities of two hundred pounds apiece hereby given to my said ten children as aforesaid with the like powers of Entry Seizure and distress in case of nonpayment as are hereinbefore given to the other Annuitants in this my Will

& from & immediately after the decease of the said Ann Stafford I give and devise all and every my said Capital messuages or mansion houses manors advowson messuages cottages farms lands tenements tithes mines of Coal Lead and Copper and shares of mines of Coal lead and Copper hereditaments and premises and real Estates whatsoever with their and every of their Appurtenances unto my said ten children Laura Manners Fursan Manners Arthur Manners Alithea Manners Mary Ann Manners Edward Manners Roger Manners Emma Manners Walter Manners and Otho Manners their heirs & assigns for ever to hold as tenants in common & not as joint tenants subject nevertheless to the payment of the several and respective Annuities hereby given to the said Ann Hanson Mrs Spike Elizabeth Manners & Richard Gash and also subject to the payment of the Sum of twelve thousand pounds hereinafter by me given & bequeathed unto Roosilia Thoroton and Harriott Thoroton the children of the said Revd John Thoroton

But if either or any of them the said Laura Manner Fursan Manners Arthur Manners Alithea Manners Mary Ann Manners Edward Manners Roger Manners Emma Manners Walter Manners & Otho Manners shall happen to die before he she or they shall attain the age of twenty one years and without issue then I do hereby give and devise the share or shares of him her or them so dying of and in the said Capital messuages or mansion houses manors advowson messuages cottages farms lands tenements tithes mines and hereditaments unto the Survivors or Survivor of them the said Laura Manners Fursan Manners Arthur Manners Alithea Manners Mary Ann Manners Edward Manners Roger Manners Emma Manners Walter Manners & Otho Manners their heirs and Assigns for ever if more than one to hold as tenants in common and not as joint tenants

& in case the said Laura Manners Fursan Manners Arthur Manners Alithea Manners Mary Ann Manners Edward Manners Roger Manners Emma Manners Walter Manners & Otho Manners shall all of them happen to die before they shall severally and respectively attain the Age of twenty one Years without issue then and in such Chase I do give and devise all and every my said Capital messuages or mansion houses manors advowson messuages cottages farms lands tenements tithes mines of Coal lead & Copper and shares of mines of Coal lead and Copper hereditaments and premises and real Estates whatsoever with their and every of their Appurtenances unto the said Roosilia Thoroton & Harriot Thoroton the children of the said John Thoroton their heirs and Assigns for ever To hold as tenants in common and not as joint tenants subject nevertheless to the payment of the several and respective Annuities herein before by me given to the said Ann Hanson Mrs Spike Elizabeth Manners and Richard Gash but if either of them the said Roosilia Thoroton & Harriot Thoroton shall happen to die before she shall attain the Age of twenty one Years and without issue then I do hereby give and devise the share of her so dying of and in the said Capital messuages or mansion houses manors advowson messuages Cottages Farms lands tenements tithes mines and hereditaments unto the Survivor of them the said Roosilia Thoroton and Harriot Thoroton her heirs and Assigns for ever

And in case the said Roosilia Thoroton and Harriot Thoroton shall both of them happen to die before they shall several [sic] attain the Age of twenty one years and without issue then and in such case I do hereby give and devise all and every my said Capital messuages or mansion houses Manors Advowson messuages Cottages farms lands Tythes mines hereditaments and premises with their and every of their Appurtenances unto Thomas Chawton Esquire The Revd John Thoroton The Revd Peter Thoroton Edward Thoroton The Revd Charles Roose Thoroton Roosilia the wife of Admiral Sutton Mary the wife of The Right Revd Charles Lord Bishop of Norwich Catherine the wife of Francis Dawson Esquire Charlotte Thoroton and Isabella Thoroton then of the children of my Sister Roosilia Thoroton of Screveton in the County of Nottingham Widow their heirs & Assigns for ever To hold as tenants in common and not as joint tenants

I also give and bequeath unto the said Roosilia Thoroton and Harriot Thoroton Children of the said John Thoroton the Sum of twelve thousand pounds to be equally divided between them share and share alike And in case either of them the said Roosilia Thoroton and Harriot Thoroton shall happen to die before they shall attain the age of twenty one years and unmarried then my mind and will is that the share of her so dying shall go and be paid to the Survivor of them the said Roosilia Thoroton and Harriott Thoroton And I do hereby charge all my messuages farms lands tenements & hereditaments in Goadby otherwise Goadby Marwood Kirby Bellars otherwise Kirkby Bellars aforesaid and in the said County of York after the decease of the said Ann Stafford with the payment of the said Sum of twelve thousand pounds herein before by me given and bequeathed unto the said Roosilia Thoroton & Harriot Thoroton but in case the said Roosilia Thoroton & Harriot Thoroton shall both die before they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years & unmarried then my mind & Will is that the said Sum of twelve thousand pounds shall not be raised but the same shall sink into the Inheritance of the lands & hereditaments charged therewith for the benefit of such person or persons as shall hereafter be intitled thereto

I also give & bequeath all my Coaches and other Carriages Implements of husbandry horses harnesses bridles saddles Corn Grain & hay & all the live & dead Stock which shall be upon the farms & lands which shall be in my own occupation at the time of my decease unto the said Ann Stafford to & for her own use & benefit

I also give and bequeath unto all & every my Servants which shall be living with me at the time of my decease 2 year’s wages over and above what shall be due to them

And as to for & concerning all the rest and residue of my goods chattels ready money securities for money Arrears of rent Stock in any of the Public Companies or Funds & all my shares in the Erewash Canal in the County of Derby & in the Melton Canal in the County of Leicester Jewels Plate Pictures linen china household goods & furniture & all other my personal estate whatsoever & wheresoever not by me herein before otherwise disposed of I give & bequeath the same & every part thereof unto the said Ann Stafford for & during the term of her natural life & from & immediately after her decease I give and bequeath the same & every part & parcel thereof unto my children the said Laura Manners Furstan [sic] Manners Arthur Manners Alithea Manners Mary Ann Manners Edward Manners Roger Manners Emma Manners Walter Manners & Otho Manners to be equally divided between them share & share alike and to be paid to them as & when they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years but in case any of them shall happen to die before the age of twenty one Years and unmarried then and in such Case my mind and Will is that the share of him her or them so dying under the Age of twenty one Years and unmarried shall go & be paid to the Survivors or Survivor of them when and at such time as his her or their original share or shares shall become due and payable by virtue of this my Will

And I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Ann Stafford Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and also Guardians [sic] for such of my children as shall happen to be under the age of twenty one Years at the time of my decease

And I do hereby revoke all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made

In Witness whereof I the said Edward Manners (the Testator) to two parts of this my last Will & Testament (both in the same Words tenor and form) contained in seven sheets of Paper to the six first sheets have set my hand and to the seventh and last my hand and seal this fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one

                                                                                                                E Manners

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Edward Manners the Testator as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto in his presence and in the presence of each other

Ja Garnar of Grantham

Jos Robert Clerk to Mr Garnar

Thos Brown of Goadby

Proved at London 15 July 1811 before the worshipful Dodson Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Ann Stafford Spinster the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer

From the parish registers for Goadby Marwood

Edward Manners Senr Esqr died Feby 19 and was buried March 22nd 1811