Roger Manners of Goadby Marwood 1849 will
National Archives PROB 11/2103/98
I Roger Manners of Goadby Marwood in the County of Leicester Esquire do make this my last will and testament
I hereby revoke all former wills by me at any time heretofore made
I give and devise all my real estates situate lying and being in the Townships of Boltby and Thirlby in the Parish of Felixkirk in the County of York and also all my real estates called Bumper and Easterside situate lying and being in the Parish of Hawnby in the said County of York unto my natural daughter Lucretia Ann Verity the wife of Robert Verity of number nine Place de Madeline in the City of Paris in the Republic of France Doctor of Medicine her heirs and assigns for ever subject nevertheless to the payment of my just debts and subject also to the payment of the annuity and legacies hereinafter bequeathed in manner hereinafter mentioned
I give and bequeath unto Harriet Wilkinson Widow the daughter of the late Reverend John Thoroton one annuity or clear yearly sum of thirty pounds free from legacy duty and all other charges whatsoever to be paid to her by half yearly payments for and during the term of her natural life for her sole and separate use and not subject to the debts power or control of any husband she may hereafter marry and I hereby charge all my said real estates with the payment of the said annuity but in the event of the said Harriet Wilkinson anticipating or charging the said annuity then I direct that the same or any part thereof shall not be raised or paid out of or charged or chargeable on my said real estates but such annuity shall be and enure for the benefit of the person or persons who shall be entitled to my said real estates and the same shall be enjoyed wholly freed and discharged therefrom
I give and bequeath to William Littler of Stathern in the County of Leicester Farmer the sum of fifty pounds free of legacy duty and all other charges whatsoever
I give and bequeath to Eliza Walton of Newark in the County of Lincoln Spinster and niece to the said William Littler the sum of six hundred pounds free from legacy duty and all other charges whatsoever
And I direct that such legacies shall be paid out of my personal estate but in the event of my personal estate being insufficient for that purpose then I hereby charge all my said real estates in aid of my said personal estate with the payment thereof
I give all my wines [?] to my brother the Reverend Edward Manners of Goadby Marwood aforesaid
And as to all the rest and residue of my real and personal estates I give devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof to my said daughter Lucretia her heirs executors administrators and assigns
And I hereby appoint the said Robert Verity sole Executor of this my will
In witness whereof I have to this my last will and testament contained in two sheets of paper to the first sheet and second sheet set my hand this fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
Roger Manners
Signed published and declared by the testator Roger Manners as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other present at the same time have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
Bentley McLeod 3 Paper Buildings Temple London Solicitor
William Parker Clerk to Messrs Williams & McLeod 3 Paper Buildings Temple
Proved at London 19th Novr 1849 before the Worshipful Alfred Waddilove Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of Robert Verity Doctor of Medicine the sole executor to whom admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer