William Shuttlewood of Scalford 1805 Will
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives PR/T/1805/150
This is the last Will and Testament of me William Shuttlewood of Scalford in the County of Leicester Grazier as follows
I Give and Devise All that my Reversion expectant on the death of Alice Kirk the Wife of Matthew Kirk of Scalford aforesaid Butcher Of and in All that Messuage or Tenement with the Outbuildings Homestead and other Appurtenances thereunto adjoining and belonging situate at Scalford aforesaid and now in the several Tenures of William Kirk and the said Matthew Kirk And of and in All that Close or Ground inclosed situate lying and being in a certain place in the Lordship of Scalford aforesaid called the Old field containing twenty nine Acres or thereabouts and now or late in the tenures of John Shuttlewood and John Forster with the Rights Members and Appurtenances And Also all that my Messuage or Tenement situated and being in Scalford aforesaid late in the occupation of William Kirk but now of John Shuttlewood with the Homestead Stable Barn Outbuildings and Appurtenances thereto belonging (except the Hovel in the tenure of Sarah Dunsmore) And also all that part of the Garden adjoining to the said Homestead as it is now divided by a Row of Gooseberry Trees from the other part thereof and which said Messuage or Tenement Homestead part of Garden and Appurtenances I lately purchased of Elizabeth Draper And also All those several Closes or Grounds inclosed in the Lordship of Scalford aforesaid containing together Fifty eight Acres or thereabouts now in my own occupation and which I some time since purchased of George Bettison with the Rights members and Appurtenances thereto belonging unto my Son John Shuttlewood his Heirs and Assigns To hold the same unto my said Son John Shuttlewood his Heirs and Assigns for ever Subject nevertheless to and chargeable with the payment of all the Legacies or Sums of money hereinafter by me given and bequeathed
I Give and bequeath unto my Son William Shuttlewood the Sum of Two hundred pounds Unto my Son Joel Shuttlewood the Sum of Fifty pounds Unto my Son Robert Shuttlewood the Sum of Fifty pounds Unto my Daughter Sarah Dunsmore the Sum of One hundred pounds Unto my Daughter Anne Wilford the Sum of One Shilling Unto my Grandson William Hinde the Sum of Forty pounds Unto my Granddaughter Dorothy Hinde the Sum of Thirty pounds Unto my Granddaughter Elizabeth Hinde the sum of Thirty pounds Unto each of the Children of John Forster of Scalford aforesaid Grazier by my daughter Dorothy Deceased the Sum of Ten pounds apiece when and so soon as they respectively attain their respective Age and ages of twenty one years But in case any of the said Children of the said John Forster shall happen to die before he she or they shall attain their age and ages of twenty one years as aforesaid Then I Will that the share or shares of him her or them so dying shall go and be paid amongst the Survivors and Survivor of them in equal proportions
I Give and bequeath unto William Gould of Scalford aforesaid Grazier and John Shilock of Long Clawson in the County of Leicester Grazier the Sum of One hundred pounds Upon Trust Nevertheless that they or the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators do and shall place out the same at Interest upon Real or Government Security and shall continue the same out at Interest during the natural life of my Daughter Mary Caunt And my Will is that the Interest thereof shall from time to time as the same shall become due be paid by my said Trustees into the Hands of my said Daughter Mary Caunt during her natural life for her own peculiar use and benefit And that the same shall not be subject in any manner to her present or any after taken Husband or his Debts or Engagements and that the Receipt and Receipts of the said Mary Caunt under her own hand shall notwithstanding her Coverture be a sufficient discharge and discharges from time to time to my said Trustees for the same
And from and after the decease of my said Daughter Mary Caunt, I do hereby Give unto my Grandson Edward Caunt Forty pounds part thereof and Unto my Granddaughter Ann Caunt the Sum of Thirty pounds other part thereof and unto my Granddaughter Arabella Caunt the Sum of Thirty pounds Remainder thereof
All which said Legacies hereinbefore by me given (except the legacies to the Children of the said John Forster which shall be paid as they become due) shall be payable within twelve Calendar months next after my decease
I Give and Devise All that Messuage or Tenement situate in Scalford aforesaid and now in the tenure of Sarah Dunsmore with that part of the aforementioned Garden next and adjoining the said Messuage or Tenement which I purchased of Charles Roberts And also the before mentioned House in the possession of Sarah Dunsmore with the rights members and appurtenances thereto belonging unto my said Daughter Sarah Dunsmore for and during the term of her natural life in case she shall so long continue to occupy the same (Subject nevertheless to the right of my said Son John Shuttlewood and his Family to the joint use of the Privy now standing thereon) and from and immediately after her decease or her giving up the possession thereof to any person or persons whatsoever Then I Give and Devise the said Messuage or Tenement part of Garden and Hovel with the Appurtenances unto her daughter Elizabeth Dunsmore her Heirs and Assigns for ever
Also I Give all the rest residue and reminder of my Household Goods Plate Linen China Stock Crop Implements of Husbandry ready money Securities for money Credits Goods Cattle Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever subject to the payment of my Debts Legacies Funeral and Testamentary Expences unto my said Son John Shuttlewood his Executors and Administrators And I do hereby constitute and appoint him Sole Executor of his my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me made
And my Will further is that the said William Gould and John Shilcock or the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall deduct and reimburse themselves all necessary Charges and Expences which they or either of them shall be put unto in the Execution of the Trust hereby in them reposed And that they shall not be answerable or accountable for any of the said Trust money that may be lost unless it happen through his or their wilful neglect or default nor be answerable the one for the other or for the Acts Receipts neglects or defaults of the other of them but each of them only for his own proper Acts Receipts neglects or defaults
In Witness whereof I the said William Shuttlewood the Testator have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fourteenth day of April One thousand eight hundred and five
The mark of William Shuttlewood
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said William Shuttlewood the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who have at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other set our names as Witnesses to the due Execution thereof, the words “by my Daughter Dorothy deceased” between the Ninth and tenth lines from the bottom of the first Sheet, being first written and the words “her Daughter Elizabeth Dunsmore her” in the body of the second sheet being first written on Erasure
Thos. Waite
Chris Heaselwood
Tho: Clarke
April 26 1805
Let probate be granted to John Shuttlewood, the Sole Executor within named, who was duly sworn to the execution of this will: & also made oath, that the whole personal Estate of the Testator, at the time of his death, did not amount to the Sum of One hundred pounds
Sworn before me, Tho: Ford, Surrogate
