Will of

I Mary Gibbons of Saint Chads Row Battle Bridge in the

Parish of Saint Pancras in the County of Middlesex Widow

and Executrix and sole Devisee named in the last Will and

Testament of Thomas Gibbons late of Saint Chads Row aforesaid

Esquire Deceased being of sound mind memory and understanding

do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form

following (that is to say) first and principally I recommend my

soul to Almighty God hoping for a Blessed Resurrection through

the Merits of my Blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ And I do direct

my Executors hereinafter mentioned decently to Inter my Body

in the Church Yard of Saint Mary Islington in the County of

Middlesex as near to the Bodies of my late Father and Mother

in Law Thomas and Ann Gibbons as conveniently may be And

as to my worldly Estate and Effects which it has pleased God to

bestow on me I give devise and bequeath in manner following

that is to say Whereas by the last Will and Testament of my

said Father in Law Thomas Gibbons late of the Parish of Saint

Pancras in the said County of Middlesex Esquire deceased the said

Thomas Gibbons by his said Will did (amongst other things) gave

to Israel Gibbons and Guy Earl Warwick his Nephews one

hundred pounds each to be paid to them as therein described which

said sum of one hundred pounds each has since been paid Also he

gave to each of the children of the said Israel Gibbons namely

Gibbons fifty pounds each to be paid to them in manner therein

mentioned which said sum of fifty pounds each to Hannah

Ann Huttly hath since been paid And also he gave and

bequeathed unto Thomas Warwick and John Warwick to them

and the Survivors of them one hundred pounds each when they

attain the Age of twenty two years Also he gave to his Nephew

Thomas Gibbons son of Lewis Gibbons three hundred pounds

when he attains the Age of twenty two years and his Board

Cloathing and Education until he attains that Age to be paid out

of his Freehold Estates under the direction of his Son or his

Executors And also that he should be put Apprentice at the expense

of his said Son and to be Cloathed by him and his Executors during

such Apprenticeship And also by his said Will he subjected his

said Freehold Estates to the payment of one thousand pounds after

the decease of his said Son in manner following (that is to say)

Son of the said Lewis Gibbons or the Survivors of them share and

share alike (that is to say) one half of the said one thousand

pounds to be paid one year after the decease of his said Son and

the other half of the said one thousand pound to paid two

years after the decease of his said Son and by his said Will

appoint his said Son Thomas Gibbons sole Executor of his said

Will who duly proved the same in the Prerogative Court of the

Archbishop of Canterbury and took upon himself the burthen and

execution thereof and there now remains unpaid of the said

Legacies so devised by the said Thomas Gibbons as aforesaid the

sum of fifty pounds to the said Mary Gibbons and the sum of

fifty pounds to the said Catherine Gibbons and the said sums of

one hundred pounds and one hundred pound each given to the

said Thomas Warwick and John Warwick and the said sum of

three hundred pounds so devised to his said Nephew Thomas Gibbons

and the said sum of one thousand pounds contingent Legacies

as aforesaid making together the sum of one thousand six

hundred pounds And whereas I stand possessed of the following

Freehold Copyhold and Leasehold Estates that is to say all that

my Freehold Messuage or Tenement situate in Little Turnstile

Holborn And also all that my Freehold Messuage or Tenement

situate in Princes Street New Turnstile Holborn And also one other

Freehold Messuage or Tenement Situate in Cursitor Street Chancery

Lane Also all that other Messuage or Tenement situate

opposite to Middle Row Holborn And also all that my Freehold

Estate situate in Kinsland Road in the Parish of Saint

Leonards Shoreditch And also all that my Freehold Messuage

or Tenement situate in Denmark Street in the Parish of Saint

Giles in the Fields And also all that my Freehold Estate situate

in Saint Chads Row and Paradice in the Said Parish of Saint

Pancras in the County of Middlesex in the Occupation of me the

said Mary Gibbons subject to the payment of one hundred and

fifty pounds to Richard Smart Esquire on his executing a

conveyance thereof pursuant to an agreement made between

him and my late Husband the said Thomas Gibbons And also

all that my Copyhold Estate held under the Reverend Joseph

otherwise Isleden in the County of Middlesex situate in the

Parish of Saint Mary Islington now called or known by the

name or description of Britannia Row together with two

Messuages or Tenements adjoining Britannia Row aforesaid

And also all that my Leasehold Estate situate lying and being

in the Parish of Saint John Hackney in the said County

of Middlesex now in the Tenure or Occupation of Mr Peter

Duvall together with the Ground Rents arising out of and

from five other houses adjoining to the said-------Peter Duvalls

and also all that my Copyhold Estate consisting of seven

eighth shares of and in one Messuage or Tenement and two

Cottages and four Acres of Land situate lying and being

in or near Stratford Bow and held under the Lords of the

Manor of Stebunheath otherwise Stepney Manor in the Occupation

of Elizabeth Watson Widow her Undertenants or Assigns And

also all that my Copyhold Estate held under the Reverend Anthony

Lord of the said Manor situate lying and being at or near to

Battle Bridge in the County of Middlesex aforesaid and now in

the possession of me the said Mary Gibbons all which said

Freehold and Copyhold Messuages Land Tenements heredits

and premises hereinbefore mentioned I give devise and bequeath

unto my good friends Mr Samuel Coney and Mr James Banner

County of Middlesex and to the Survivor of them and to the heirs

and Assigns of such Survivor To Hold all and singular the said

Freehold and Copyhold Messuages Land Tenements Hereditaments

and Premises unto the said Samuel Coney and James Banner and

to the Survivor of them and to the heirs and Assigns of such

Survivor for ever In Trust to and to the now ends intents and purposes

hereinafter mentioned expressed and contained of and concerning

the same (that is to say) In Trust in the first place that my said

Trustees or the Survivor of them or the Heirs or Assigns of such

Survivor do and shall pay and discharge all my just Debts and

Funeral Expenses and then apply the Rents Issues and Profits

arising and growing out of and from my said Freehold Messuage

or Tenement situate in Little Turnstile Holborn and my said

Freehold Messuage or Tenement situate in Princes Street New

Turnstile Holborn aforesaid and my said Freehold Messuage or

Tenement situate in Cursitor Street Chancery Lane aforesaid

and my said Freehold Messuage or Tenement situate opposite

Middle Row Holborn aforesaid to the payment of the Legacies

so devised by the said last Will and Testament of my said Father in

Law Thomas Gibbons or such parts thereof which shall

remain unpaid at the time of my decease and to the payment of

my just Debts and Funeral Expenses and then In Trust for my

said Cousin Thomas Gibbons his Heirs and Assigns for ever subject

to the payment of the said Sum of one hundred and fifty

pounds as aforesaid And my further Will is that my said Trustees

or the Survivor of them or the Heirs or Assigns of such Survivor

shall and do permit and suffer my Brother in Law John Salter

and my Sister Martha Salter to occupy possess and enjoy all that

my Freehold Messuage or Tenement in Saint Chads Row in which

I now dwell for and during the term of their natural lives and

the life of the Survivor of them he the said John Salter and

Martha Salter or one of them keeping the same in good and substantial

repair during their lives and the life of the Survivor of them and

after their decease them I give and bequeath the same to my

said Cousin Thomas Gibbons and to his Heirs and Assigns forever

And as to my other Freehold and Copyhold Messuages Lands

Tenements Hereditaments and Premises I will and direct my said

Trustees or the Survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of

such Survivor to take and receive all and every the Rents Issues

and Profits arising and growing due therefrom and pay and apply

the same in discharge of the several Annuities hereinafter by

this my Will devised that is to say One Annuity or yearly sum

of one hundred pounds to my said Brother in Law and Sister

John and Martha Salter aforesaid for and during the term of

their natural lives and the life of the Survivor of _ And also

the yearly sum of fifty pounds to the said Israel Gibbons for

and during the term of his natural life only And the further

Annuity or Yearly sum of fifty pounds to the said Guy Earl

Warwick for his natural life only And also the further Annuity

or Yearly sum of forty pounds to the said Hannah Oakman for

and during the term of her natural life only and that the same

shall not be under the control or subject to the Debts of her

present husband or any other future husband she shall Intermarry

with and that her Receipt from time to time for the same shall

be a sufficient discharge to my said Trustees or the Survivor of

them and the Heirs and Assigns of such Survivor notwithstanding

her Covature And also the Further Annuity of Yearly sum of

forty pounds to the said Ann Huttly for her natural life only

subject to the same restrictions and powers as in the last above

Annuity devised to the said Hannah Oakman And also one

other Annuity or Yearly sum of twenty pounds to Charlotte the

Daughter of the said John Salter for her natural life only subject

to such restrictions and powers above mentioned And also the

further Annuity or Yearly sum of twenty pounds to Martha

Yeomans for her natural life only subject to such restrictions and

powers as above mentioned And also the further Annuity or

Yearly sum of twenty pounds to William Lancaster for and

during the term of his natural life only all which said Annuities

I will and direct to be paid Quarterly the first payment to

begin and be made on the second Quarter Day which may happen

after my decease And I further will and direct that when and

as soon as all or any of the said Annuitants shall die that the

Annuities so determining shall be paid to my said Cousin Thomas

Gibbons as well as all such overplus of the Rents Issues and

Profits arising from all and every the Estates hereinbefore devised

by In Trust when he shall attain his Age of twenty two

years And that when such Annuities shall cease I devise and

bequeath all and singular the same Messuages Land Tenements

Hereditaments and Premises so vested in Trust as aforesaid In

Trust to and for the sole use of my said Cousin Thomas Gibbons

and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever To hold the said Messuages

Land Tenements Hereditaments and Premises to my said Trustees

their Heirs and Assigns to the use of the said Thomas Gibbons his

Heirs and Assigns for ever subject to such partition directions and

conditions hereafter mentioned that is to say that my said Trustees

or the Survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of such survivor

shall and will permit and suffer the said John Salter and Martha

his wife and the Survivor of them to take and hold the occupation

use benefit and profits of the purging waters and the use of the

Pump Room and Premises thereto belonging with Ingress Egress

and Regress in and for the said John Salter and Martha his wife

and the Survivor of them and all and every such person and persons

who attend to drink the waters or others to use and walk around the

Garden in the same and usual manner they were indulged with

in my life time and that the said William Lancaster may be

permitted to use occupy possess and enjoy and use and exercise all

the Gardens belonging to and used as such and all the Roots Shrubs

and trees therein and the Fish in the Ponds together with all and

every the utensils belonging thereunto for his sole use and benefit

and also free liberty of Ingress Egress and Regress to the Pump Room

and also the use of the Brewhouse and Garretts in the Wells House

for drying and keeping the same together with the use of the

Drawers in the Pump Room in the same manner as my late

husband used the same for and during the term of his natural life

and then In Trust to fall into the general Trusts of the several

Estates hereby vested by me as aforesaid To and to the use of my

said Cousin Thomas Gibbons his Heirs and Assigns for ever I also

give devise and bequeath to my said Cousin Thomas Gibbons

my late Father in Laws Gold Watch and Chain and also a

Clustered Diamond Ring of his and the Mahogany Bureau

Book Case in the Parlour and all the Books of what kind soever

together with all my late Husbands wearing Apparel

--------------------------------------------------------------------I also

give to the said William Lancaster the Bed and Bedstead with

Check Furniture compleat in the two pair of Stairs front Room

and six Walnuttree Chairs with green bottoms and the

Wainscott Bureau in the Lobbe I also direct my said

Trustees or the Survivor of them after my decease to pay to the

Trustees of the Charity School in the Parish of Saint Pancras in

the County of Middlesex the sum of ten pounds a year for ever And

all the rest residue and remainder of my household Goods Plate

Linen China and my wearing Apparel I give to my Sister Martha

Salter And whereas my Cousin John Morris stands in debted to me

in the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds upon Mortgage on

Premises in Paradice Street and Court in the Parish of Saint

Pancras aforesaid I do hereby remit and forgive him the same

and devise the same to him accordingly And as to my said Leasehold

Messuage or Tenement and Premises situate in Church Passage in

Islington in the tenure or occupation of John Gwyn I give and

devise the same to my said Trustees and the Survivor of them and

the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor In Trust to hold

the same for all the rest and residue of the term of years to come

at the time of my decease to and for the sole use and benefit of

the said Thomas Gibbons subject to the Rent and Performance of

the Covenants which on the Tenant or Lessees part are or ought

to be paid and performed And I do hereby nominate constitute

and appoint my said Trustees Mr Samuel Coney and Mr James

Banner and my said Cousin Thomas Gibbons Executors to this

my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time

heretofore made and do hereby direct that my said Trustees their

Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns shall be accountable

only for so much monies and Effects as shall actually come into

their hands and shall not be accountable or answerable for any

insufficiency or deficiency in any of the Trust Estate or any part

thereof that shall be vested in them and that they shall or

may retain in his or their hands all such Costs Damages and

Expenses which may attend the execution of the Trusts by this my

Will created out of the Estate and Effects in them vested by

this my Will And I do hereby give and devise to my said Trustees

Samuel Coney and James Banner the sum of twenty pounds

each for their trouble in putting this my Will into execution In

witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament

contained in three Sheets of paper set my name to the first

two Sheets and my Hand and Seal to the last Sheet this third

hundred and eighty one Mary Gibbons ------Signed Sealed

Published and Declared by the said Testatrix Mary Gibbons as

and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at

her request have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in her

presence and in the presence of each other Jn. Impey Inner Temple

William Tidd ---- James Hall

On which day appeared personally William Lancaster

of the Parish of Saint Pancras in the County of Middlesex

Gentleman and made Oath that the last Will and Testament

of Mary Gibbons late of the Parish of Saint Pancras aforesaid

Widow deceased which bears date the third day of December

Instant and is hereunto annexed is wrote by this Deponents own

hand and that he this Deponent was present at the execution

of the said Will and that before the same was executed the

obliteration in the twenty fifth line of the first Sheet and the

obliterations in the ninth and eleventh lines of the third Sheet

of the said Will were first made and the said Will is now in the

same plight and condition as when the same was executed by

the said Testatrix Wm Lancaster - Same day the said William

Lancaster was only sworn to the truth of this Affidavit before

me And: Coltee Ducarel Surrogate present Roger Altham Not.

Publick

This Will was proved at London the Twenty ninth

hundred and eighty one before the Worshipful Andrew Coltee

Ducarel Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful

Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of

the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the

oath of Samuel Coney and James Banner two of the Executors

named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of

all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased

they having been first sworn duly to Administer power reserved

of making the like grant to Thomas Gibbons the other Executor

named in the said Will when he shall apply for the same