Anne Lowndes 1817

I Anne Lowndes of Cosgrove in the County of Northampton spinster do hereby revoke all Wills and Testamentary dispositions made by me at any time heretofore and declare this to be my last Will and Testament I give to my dear Brother William Selby the sum of Five Guineas for a Mourning Ring to my Nephew William Lowndes the like sum of Five Guineas for a Mourning ring and all my Family pictures to my Nephew the Reverend Richard Lowndes the sum of one hundred pounds to Maria Lowndes daughter of the said William Lowndes my gold repeating Watch to my servant Patricia Church if living with me at the time of my decease the sum of fifty pounds and to my servant William Goode if living with me at the time of my decease the like sum of Fifty pounds and to each of my other servants who shall be living with me at the time of my decease the amount of one Year’s Wages over and above the wages then due to them respectively and I direct the said several legacies to be respectively paid within three months after my decease I give devise and bequeath all the messuages lands Tenements and Hereditaments of or to which I or any person or persons In trust for me am is or are seized or entitles either in possession reversion remainder or Expectancy or which in Exercise of any special power I am authorised or enabled to appoint by this my will with their appurtenances and also all the rest and residue of my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever unto and to the use of my said Nephew Richard Lowndes his Heirs and Executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and quality thereof respectively upon trust that he the said Richard Lowndes his heirs and Executors administrators and assigns do and shall with all convenient speed after my decease sell dispose of call in and convert into money all my said residuary personal Estate and Effects or as much  thereof that shall not consist of money and also do and shall with like convenient speed shall absolutely sell and dispose of the said messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments hereinbefore devised either in one Lot or in several Lots by public auction or private Contract to any person or persons willing to purchase the same and for such price or prices as to the said Trustees or Trustees for the time being shall soon reasonable and for promoting and facilitating such sale or sales do and shall enter into make and Execute all such Contracts conveyances surrenders assurances acts and deeds as the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators or assigns shall think proper and I do hereby declare that the said Richard Lowndes his heirs and Executors administrators and assigns shall with and out of the monies to arise from my said residuary personal Estate and Effects pay satisfy and discharge all my Just debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses and the several pecuniary Legacies hereinbefore given and the legacies which I shall give by my Codicil to this my Will, or any Testamentary Writing whatsoever and shall divide the residue of the said monies into nine equal parts and shall pay two of the said nine equal parts to my Nephew Robert Lowndes for his own use and benefit and one other of the said Nine equal parts to the said Richard Lowndes for his own use and benefit and one other of the said nine equal parts to my Nephew Thomas Lowndes for his own use and benefit and shall stand and be possessed of the remaining five equal nine parts upon and for the trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to the powers provisions and declarations hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same and I do hereby further declare that the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators or assigns shall divide the monies to arise from the Sale of the said Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments hereinbefore devised into Eight equal parts and shall pay one of the said equal parts to the said Robert Lowndes for his own use and benefit and one other of the said eight equal parts to the said Richard Lowndes for his own use and benefit and one other of the said Eight equal parts to the said Thomas Lowndes for his own use and benefit and shall stand and be possessed of the remaining  five equal Eight parts upon and for the trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to the powers provisions and declarations hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same and I do hereby further declare that the said Richard Lowndes shall lay out and invest the remaining five equal nine parts of the residue of the monies to arise from my said residentiary personal Estate and Effects and also the said remaining five equal Eight parts of the monies to arise from the Sale of the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments hereinbefore devised in his or their  name or names in parliamentary Stocks or public Funds of Great Britain or at Interest on Government or local Securities in England or Wales and shall and may from time to time alter vary and transpose the said trust monies so to be laid out and invested as aforesaid and the Stocks Funds and Securities in which the same shall be laid out and invested for or into other Stocks Funds and Securities in which the same shall be laid out and invested for or into other Stocks Funds and Securities of the like nature at his or their discretion and I do hereby further declare that the said Richard Lowndes his heirs and Executors administrators or assigns shall stand and be possession of the said trust monies so to be laid out and invested as aforesaid and the Stocks Funds and Securities in which the same shall from time to time be laid out and invested and the Interest and dividends thereof upon and for the trust intents and purposes and with under and subject to the powers provisions and declarations hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say as to one equal fifth part of the said trust monies Stocks Funds and Securities and the Interest and dividends thereof upon trust that he the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators or assigns so and shall during the life of my Niece Mary Howard the wife of the Reverend Thomas Howard of Hoggeston in the County of Bucks pay apply and dispose of the Interest and dividends of the said one equal fifth part of the trust monies Stocks Funds and Securities to such portion or portions only and for such intents and purposes only as the said Mary Howard whether Covert or sole shall from time to time by any writing or writings signed by her with her own hand divert or appoint and in default of and until such direction or appointment into the proper hands of her the said Mary Howard for her sole and separate use and benefit exclusively of her present or any future husband and without being subject to his debts control or interference or Engagements and the receipt or receipts of the said Mary Howard or of such person or persons as she shall from time to time direct or appoint to receive the said Interest and dividends or any part thereof shall whether she shall be covert or sole be an effectual discharge or effectual discharges for the money therein mentioned and acknowledged to be received and immediately after the decease of the said Mary Howard the said one equal fifth part of the said trust monies Stocks Funds and Securities and the Interest and dividends thereof shall remain and be In Trust for all and every or such one or more exclusively of the others or other of the Child or Children of the said Mary Howard  with such provisions for their respective maintenance Education and advancement and at such age day or time or respective ages days or times and if more than one in such parts shares and proportions and with such restrictions and in such manner as the said Mary Howard shall whether Covert or sole by any deed or deeds Writing or Writings with or without power of revocation and new appointment to be by her sealed and delivered in the presence of and to be attested by two or more Witnesses or by her last will and Testament in Writing or any Codicil thereto or any writing in the nature of a will to be by her Signed and published in the presence of and assisted by two or more Witnesses from time to time direct or appoint and by default of and until such direction or appointment and so far as any such direction or appointment if incomplete shall not extend In trust for all and every the Children or Child of the said Mary Howard who being a son or sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry under that age with the consent of her or their parent or parents or Guardian or Guardians and for the time being and shall be divided between or amongst them if more than one in equal shares as Tenants in Common and if then shall be but one such Child then the whole of the said one equal fifth part of the said trust monies Stocks Funds and Securities and the Interest and dividends thereof shall be in Trust for that one or only Child but no Child taking under any appointment to be made an Executor of the aforesaid power shall be entitled to any share of the unappointed part of the said trust monies Stocks Funds and Securities without bringing his or her appointed share into the Soo.chpot and accounting  for the same accordingly and if there shall be no Child of the said Mary Howard who shall become entitled  to the aforesaid one equal fifth of the trust monies Stocks Funds and Securities under the trusts hereinbefore declared concerning the same then after the decease of the said Mary Howard and such failure of her issue as aforesaid the said one equal fifth part of the said trust monies Stocks Funds and Securities and the Interest and dividends thereof shall remain and be upon and for such trusts interest and purposes and with under and subject to such powers provisions and declarations as the said Mary Howard whether covert or sole shall from time to time by any good deed or deeds Writing or Writings with or without power of revocation and new appointment to be by her sealed and delivered in the presence of and to be attested by two or more Witnesses or by her last Will and Testament in Writing or any Codicil thereto or any Writings under the nature of a Will to be by her signed and published in the presence of and attested by two or more Witnesses direct or appoint and in default of and until such direction or appointment and so far as any such direction or appointment if incomplete and shall not extend Intrust for the said Mary Howard her Executors administrators and assigns for her and their own absolute use and benefit provided always and I do hereby further declare that after the decease of the said Mary Howard and in the meantime and until the vesting of the portion or portions hereinbefore provided for her said Child or Children as aforesaid the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators or assigns shall receive the Interest and dividends of the portion or portions to which such Child or Children shall be entitled in expectancy or so much of the said portion or portions as shall from time to time remain after such advancement as hereinafter is mentioned and apply the same or a competent part thereof for or towards his her or their maintenance and Education and shall accumulate  in the Parliamentary Stocks or Public Funds of Great Britain or on Government or real securities in England or Wales the surplus or residue if any of the Interest and dividends so to be received as aforesaid and shall and may from time to time alter and vary the said Stocks Funds and Securities for or into other Stocks Funds and Securities or the like nature at his or their discretion and the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators and assigns shall have and be possessed of the said accumulations so to be made as aforesaid and in the stocks Funds and Securities in which the same shall be invested and the Interest and dividends thereof upon and for such and the same trusts interests and purposes and with under and subject to such other same powers provisos and declarations as are in and by this my will expressed and declared of and containing the Funds from which such accumulations shall have respectively proceeded and the Interest and dividends of such Funds or as near thereto as circumstances will then admit of provided always and I do hereby further declare that after the decease of the said Mary Howard and until the portion or portions hereinbefore provided for her said Child or Children as aforesaid shall become payable or in her lifetime with her consent in Writing it shall be lawful for the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators and assigns to advance the whole or any part of the portion or portions to which any such Child or Children may then be entitled for or towards his her or their preferment advancement or establishment in the World and as to one other equal fifth part of the said Trust monies Stocks Funds and Securities and the Interest and dividends thereof I do hereby declare that the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators and assigns shall stand and be possessed of the same upon and for such the same trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to such and the same powers provisos and declarations in favor or for the benefit of my Niece Ann Lowndes and her Child or Children respectively as are hereinbefore expressed and declared of and containing the firstly hereinbefore mentioned fifth part of the said trust monies stocks Funds and Securities and the Interest and dividends thereof in favour of for the benefit of the said Mary Howard and her Child or Children respectively and as to the one other equal fifth part of the said trust monies stocks Funds and Securities and the Interest and dividends thereof I do hereby declare that the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators and assigns shall stand and be possessed of the same such other same trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to such other same powers provisos and declarations in favour for the benefit of my Niece Essex Humphrys the wife of Robert Humphrys of Chippenham in the county of Wilts Esquire and her Child or Children respectively as are herein before Expressed and declared of and containing the firstly herein before mentioned fifth part of the said trust monies stocks Funds and Securities and the Interests and dividends thereof in favour or for the benefit of the said Mary Howard and her Child or Children respectively and as to one other equal fifth part of the said trust monies stocks Funds and Securities and the Interest and dividends thereof  I do hereby declare that the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators and assigns shall stand and be possessed of the same upon and for such and the same trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to such other same powers provisions and declarations in favor or for the benefit of my Niece Elizabeth Harman the wife of Bernard Harman of Monk[ton] House[Monkton Farleigh] in the County of Wilts Esquire and her Child or Children respectively as are herein before expressed and declared of and concerning  the firstly hereinbefore mentioned fifth part of the said Trust monies Stocks Funds and securities and the interests and dividends thereof in favor or for the benefit of the said Mary Howard and her Child or Children respectively and as to the remaining equal fifth part of the said trust monies stocks Funds and securities others Interest and dividends thereof I do hereby declare that the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators and assigns shall stand and be possessed of the same upon and for such and the same trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to such and the same powers provisos and declarations in favor for the benefit of my Niece Lydia Lowndes and the Child or Children respectively as are herein before Expressed and declared of and containing the firstly herein before mentioned fifth part of the said trust monies Stocks Funds and Securities others Interest and dividends thereof in favor or for the benefit of the said Mary Howard and her Child or Children respectively provided always and I do hereby further declare that if any one or more of my said Nephews or Nieces Robert Lowndes Richard Lowndes Thomas Lowndes Mary Howard Anne Lowndes Essex Humphrys Elizabeth Harman and Lydia Lowndes shall die in my lifetime and shall leave no Child or Children of his her or their body or respective bodies who being a Son or Sons shall attain the age of twenty one Years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry under that age with the consent of the her or their parent or parents or Guardian or Guardians for the time being  then and in every such case the legacies hereinbefore provided for each such Nephew and Niece who shall so die without leaving such issue as aforesaid shall be added to the legacies hereinbefore originally provided for the other of my said Nephews and Nieces and increase the same in equal portions and the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators and assigns shall stand and be possessed of the addition which shall be made to the legacies of each Nephew and Niece who shall so die without leaving such issue as aforesaid upon and for such and the same trusts intents and purpose and with under and subject to such and the same powers and provisos and declarations as are hereinbefore expressed and declared of and concerning  the legacies to which such additions shall be made or as near  there to as circumstances will admit of provided always and I do hereby further declare  that if any one or more of my said Nephews Robert Lowndes Richard Lowndes and Thomas Lowndes shall die in my lifetime and shall leave any Child or Children of his or their body or respective bodies him or them surviving then and in every such case the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators and assigns shall lay out and invest the legacies hereinbefore provided for each Nephew so dying so dying as last aforesaid in their or his names or name in any of the said stocks Funds and Securities hereinbefore mentioned and shall and may from time to time alter vary and transfer the Stocks Funds and Securities in which the same shall from time to time be laid out and invested for or into other Stocks Funds and Securities of the like nature at his or their discretion and shall stand and be possessed of the legacies of each Nephew so dying as last aforesaid and the Stocks Funds and Securities in which the same shall from time to time be laid out and invested upon  and for such and the same trusts intents and purposes and with  and subject to such and the same powers and provisos and declarations in favour of for the benefit of the Child or Children of the parent who would have been entitled to the said legacies if he had not died in my lifetime as are hereinbefore expressed and declared of and containing the firstly hereinbefore mentioned equal fifth part of the said trust monies stocks Funds and securities and the Interest and dividends thereof in favor or for the benefit of the Child or Children of the said Mary Howard and I so hereby declare that the rents issues profits Interests and dividends of the said Messuages Lands Hereditaments residuary Personal Estate and Effects hereinbefore devised and bequeathed or of so much or such part or parts thereof respectively as shall not from time to time in pursuance of the trusts hereinbefore declared have been sold and disposed of or otherwise converted into money shall until that same shall be so sold and disposed of otherwise converted into money be applied by the said Richard Lowndes his Executors administrators and assigns to the same purpose and in the same manner to and in which  the Interest and dividend of the monies to arise therefrom and hereinbefore directed to be applied and I appoint my said Nephew Richard Lowndes Executor of this my Will provided always and I do hereby declare that the receipts of my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being for any money payable to them or him under this my Will shall effectually discharge  the power or powers paying the same from being obliged to see to the application thereof or from being answerable or accountable for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof provided always and I do hereby further declare that if the trustee appointed in this my will and to be appointed as hereinafter is mentioned or any of them or their or any of their Executors administrators or assigns shall happen to die or be desirous of being discharged from or refuse or decline or become incapable to act in the trust  hereby in them respectively revoked  as aforesaid before the said trust shall be fully executed then and so often it shall be lawful for the said Richard Lowndes his Executors or administrators by any deed or deeds Writing or Writings to be by them him or her sealed and delivered in the presence  and attested by two or more Witnesses from time to time to appoint any other person or persons to be a Trustee or Trustees in the stead of the trustee or trustees so dying or desiring to be discharged or so refusing declining or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid and when and so often as do any now trustee shall be appointed as a aforesaid all the trust Estates and monies and provisos or such of them as shall then remain subject to the trusts aforesaid shall be thereupon with convenient speed conveyed assigned and transferred in such manner as and so as that the same shall and may be legally and effectually vested in the portion or portions so to be appointed as aforesaid either solely or jointly with the Surviving or continuing trustee or trustees as occasion shall require upon for the trusts intents and purposes hereinbefore Expressed and declared of and concerning  the said estates monies and provisos  or such of them as shall be then subsisting and effective?  and capable of taking Effect and every person so to be appointed aforesaid shall have all the powers and authorities  of the trustee in release whom? he shall be substituted provided always and I hereby further declare that the said several trustees hereby appointed and to be appointed as aforesaid and each and every of them the Heirs Executors Administrators  and Assigns of them each and every of them shall be declared and chargeable respectively only for such monies as they shall respectively actually receive by virtue of the trust hereby in them reposed notwithstanding their or any of their giving or signing or Joining in giving or signing any receipt or receipts for the sake of Conformity and any one or more of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the other or others of them or for involuntary losses and also that it shall be lawful for them with and out of the monies which shall come to their respective hands by virtue of the trust aforesaid to retain to and reimburse themselves respectively and also to allow to their respective Co Trustees or Co trustee all Costs Charges damages and Expences which they or any of them shall or may suffer sustain Expend disburse be at or be put unto or about the Execution of the aforesaid trust or in relation thereunto In Witness whereof I the said Ann Lowndes have to this my last will and testament contained in Eleven sheets of paper set my hand and seal in manner following that is to say to the first Ten sheets thereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal this seventeenth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twelve Anne Lowndes Signed sealed published and declared by the said Ann Lowndes the Testatrix as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us who in her presence and at her request and also in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto John Worley Stony Stratford Bucks John Cowley Winslow Bucks John Goodger Winslow Bucks

Proved at London 1st March 18VI before the Worshipful John Dodson Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of The Reverend Richard Lowndes Clerk the Nephew and sole Executor to whom admon was granted having been first sworn only to administer.


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