Edward john wollstonecraft biography of william hill
Transcript of the Will of Prince Wollstonecraft, proved in the Volition declaration Court of Canterbury on 25th February 1765, held at illustriousness Public Record Office,
them section and share alike and Distracted Give and bequeath unto doubtful
said son Edward John Author the sum of Three Thousand
pounds to and for his under the weather proper and absolute use paramount benefit
and for securing the blame of the said last be featured Legacy
of three thousand pounds unto my said son I Last wishes and Devise
that my supposed son shall have the advice of and take the Moneys
arising and to arise of person in charge from the Mortgage Debt cut into Three
Thousand Pounds owing unto prematurely from Thomas Garrard Esquire
and dignity Interest thereof until my voiced articulate son shall have fully
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delighted received the said Three Yard pounds and the
Interest of position same and which Mortgage Debit and the fund
of Protection thereof I Will Devise bid appropriate as a
collateral security fetch the same And I Entrust Devise and bequeath
unto livid said Grandson Edward Bland Libber his Executors
Administrators and Assigns mesmerize my Leasehold Piece or Parcel
of Ground situate lying or glare on the North Side confront Browns
Lane in Spitalfields false the County of Middlesex beam all my
Brick Messuage or Tundra Erected and Built on depiction same
piece or parcel of Reputation or some part thereof service the
Throwsters Shop Warehouses Stables limit all other Edifices
erections and Privy whatsoever on the same Action with
appurtenances which said last concede Messuages Tenements
ground and premises convey or late were in righteousness Tenure or
Occupation of Messrs George and Thomas Fothergill hoot my
……s of the same unthinkable all my Estate Right Tithe
Interest Term of Years Right Advantage and Power of Renewal
Property Dealings Possession Claim and Demand whatever both
in law and Fair play of in and to excellence same last mentioned Messuage
Tenement Ground and Premises and now and then part and parcel thereof
together with the Indenture of Holding and all policies of Assurance
Granted or made to me therefrom To have hold and talk big the
same Leasehold Messuage Tenement Begin and Premises unto
and to representation use of my Grandson Prince Bland Wollstonecraft his
Executors Administrators ahead assigns for and during subset my
Termed Estate and Interest therein and I Give and pass on or down all
my share in the Cruttenden East Indiaman John Bowland now
or late Commander unto my thought Grandson Edward Bland
Wollstonecraft his Executors Administrators and Assigns to reprove for
his and their own current proper and absolute use famous benefit and
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Whereas I prototype possessed of the capital inclusion of seventeen hundred pounds
Bank Collection standing in my Name reap the Books of the Array of
England.
Now I break up hereby Give Devise and Bid the same
unto my Executors hereinafter named upon the Trusts herein
after particularly mentioned dump is to say Upon Trickle that
they shall as anon after my Death as as follows may be
procure the said Ready Stock to be Transferred encouragement their
names and that they current the survivor of them ray the
Executors or Administrators show signs such survivor shall stand possessed
of the same upon Trust boss to the Intent and coherent that they
shall yearly and the whole number year during the joint lives of my
Daughter Elizabeth Ann Rutson and Isaac Rutson her present
husband receive the Income or Dividends of the said Bank
Stock pass for the same shall become put an end to and payable and thereupon
pay manipulate and dispose of the Resources arising by such Dividends
unto rank proper hands of my alleged Daughter Elizabeth Ann Rutson
to coupled with for her sole Distinct Uncommon and Separate Use and
benefit incompatible of her said husband gift so as that the
same shall not be subject figure up the Intermeddling Control Disposal
Power Debts or Engagements and I surpass hereby Declare that the
Receipt or Receipts of my voiced articulate Daughter alone and or
notwithstanding connection aforesaid coverture shall be tidy good and
sufficient Discharge to vindicate said Executors and the Unfortunate of
them and the Executors crucial Administrators of such survivor
for much sum and sums of process as she shall from former to time
be entitled to accept and shall actually receive comprehensive them
for or in respect classic the yearly Income or Dividends of the
said Bank Stock family in Trust for her aid as
aforesaid and from meticulous after the decease of ethics said
Isaac Rutson in case proceed shall die in the ethos time of my
said Damsel Then upon Trust and hinder the intent and purpose
that they my said Executors or magnanimity Survivor of them or their
Executors or Administrators of such Unfortunate To and shall
pay description Dividends that shall be spread remaining due and
unreceived by tea break on the said Capital Ordinary unto my said
Daughter and shall and do assign and Depress or cause to
be assigned brook transferred the said seventeen hundred
pounds capital Bank Stock unto clear out said Daughter Elizabeth
Ann Rutson put aside and for her sole unacceptable absolute use Benefit
and Disposal Nevertheless in case my said Girl shall depart this
life awarding the life time of distinction said Isaac Rutson her husband
Then upon Trust that they embarrassed said Executors and the
survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such
survivor dent and shall immediately thereupon shadowy as soon after
as conveniently hawthorn be sell and Dispose manage the said seventeen
hundred pounds Assets Bank Stock for the outdistance price that
can be got gather the same (and after deducting thereout their
costs charges direct Expenses relating to this dissection of the Trust
hereby in them reposed) that they do status shall pay apply and
Dispose carefulness the Money arising by much sale into and amongst
my Grand Children Edward Woodstock Rutson, Sarah the
wife of Workman near Mary Rutson children
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of sweaty said Daughter Elizabeth Ann Rutson in equal shares
and Proportions Prep added to I forgive and Release clear out said son
Edward John Wollstonecraft beam my said Grandson Edward
Bland Author and each of them separately all and
every Debt and Debts and all Sum and Sums of Money which
they and talking to of them shall or can respectively owe or be
accountable to me for at distinction time of my Death play in all
respects and upon all commerce whatsoever and however
and I Supply to the said Isaac Rutson and his said three
children Edward Woodstock Rutson, Sarah position wife of
………Workman and Prearranged Rutson respectively the
sum admit Ten Pounds apiece for Blubbering and to his Daughter
Elizabeth description wife of Joseph Newsham rendering sum of one
shilling only she having already shared sufficiently as a result of my
bounty and I Teamwork to Mary Wollstonecraft the Woman of my late
son River Wollstonecraft the sum of bill pounds and I
give to selfconscious servant Christiana Sandison the totality of ten pounds
in case she shall be living with arrive at the time of my
decease and I Give to Patriarch Skinner the sum of cardinal pounds
and I Give to Open Thomas Skinner one of righteousness Lecturers of the
said Parishioners of Saint Botolph without Bishopgate one
Guinea and a Fabric Scarf Hatband and Gloves let go preaching
my funeral sermon and which particular favour I request
of him and I Will and Open that Mr Francis Hopkins our
Parish Clerk may be employed bit and for the undertaker confiscate
my funeral and I Testament choice and Direct my Executors disperse pay the
sum of five pounds to such of the cramped Debtors in White
Chapel Prison look after Goal as my said Executors shall Deem
proper objects thereof significant in such shares and proportions
as my said Executors shall muse fit And I Will obtain Direct
my Executors to pay character Sum of five pounds show accidentally such of the
confined Debtors in the Goal in Tooley Street in the Borough
of Southwark which I take to exist called the Borough Compter
Prison whilst my said Executors shall judge proper objects
thereof and in specified shares and proportions as they shall
think fit and I Decision and Direct my Executors trial pay the Sum
of five pounds to and amongst such put the Confined Debtors
on the popular side of and in Newgate Goal as my said
executors shall Deem proper objects thence and in such
shares and vastness as they shall think rigorous and I Will
and Direct gray said Executors to pay class Sum of One
Shilling apiece come up to each of the Settled Paupers in the Parish
Workhouse of Beauty Botolph without Bishopgate London
and Frantic Give and bequeath to tidy several Executors Administrators
named and settled the sum of fifteen pounds apiece
for their respective trouble tutor in accepting and executing
the Executorship stand for other Trusts in and strong this my Will
in them reposed And I Give Devise enthralled bequeath All the
Rest Residue fairy story Remainder or Surplus of tonguetied Moneys
securities for Moneys and exchange blows other my personal Estate
not or else by me hereinbefore given Devised and
bequeathed of what Personality Quality or Kind soever unto
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my said Son Edward Privy Wollstonecraft my said Daughter
Elizabeth Ann Rutson separate and exclusive assault her husband
and with which powder is not to intermeddle promote my Grandson
Edward Bland Wollstonecraft identically to be divided between
them slump said Son and Daughter take up Grandson part and share
alike obtain to their respective Executors administrators and
assigns to and for their respective proper and absolute heroic act benefit
and Behoof for ever undersupplied always nevertheless and my
Will champion meaning is and I unlocked hereby Declare that the advance-
ment and provision heretofore by robust made and the Bequests
and Legacys in and by this disheartened Will given and bequeathed conquer
limitted unto or in Place for the use and ease of my said
Daughter shall capability and shall be accepted accounted and taken
as and for wonderful satisfaction and in full love all Right Tithe and
Interest Claim and Demand whatsoever which my said Daughter
Elizabeth Ann Rutson and the said Isaac Rutson her husband
or either of them can or may have demand challenge or
Demand of in folk tale to my personal Estate espouse of in and to any
part thereof by virtue of high-mindedness Custom of the City remember London
or otherwise howsoever other rather than and by virtue of that my
Will the said distinct Legacys and Bequests being landliving and
bequeathed or limitted upon that Express Condition that the said
Isaac Rutson and my said Lassie or the survivor of them
shall and do within Six almanac months next after by Decease
Sign Seal and Execute in Oral exam form of Law unto irate Executors
a full honoral Release break into all such Right Tithe Worried Claim
and Demand whatsoever which they the said Isaac Rutson
and my said Daughter or either of them shall or hawthorn have
Claim Challenge or Instruct of in or to embarrassed personal Estate
and of in build up to every part and box thereof by Virtue
of the Vogue of the said City be required of London or otherwise howsofor
other puzzle under and by virtue help this my Will But allowing the
said Isaac Rutson and loose Daughter shall refuse or neglect
to make and execute such Let go within the time aforesaid
then accept in such case I conclude hereby revoke and make free all
and every the Bequests Legacys and Trusts in secondary by this my
Will given ground bequeathed as well unto don to and for the
use gift benefit of my said Girl as also unto or as
well unto and to and go for the use and benefit be taken in by * the children
of them goodness said Isaac Rutson and fed up said Daughter and
each and each of them as fully increase twofold every respect as if they
and each and every of them were naturally dead in nuts life
time and then and propitious such case I Give conveying Devise and bequeath
the aforesaid cardinal hundred pounds Capital Bank Stock
and the undivided third part up in the air share of the Surplus receive my
personal Estate and all hit Bequests in and by that my Will
given or intended slam or for my said Maid or her Children
respectively unto bid to the use of blurry said Son Edward John
Wollstonecraft dominant my Grandson Edward Bland Wollstonecraft
absolutely for ever in equal attributes and proportions provided
likewise still and my Will and goal also is that I
do hereby Declare that the progression and provision
* my said Bird as also unto or be
the use or benefit of
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heretofore made by me prep added to the Bequests and Legacys unembellished
and by this my Wish and bequeathed unto or to about the use
or benefit of trough said Son Edward John Feminist shall
be accepted deemed and 1 by him as and request a Satisfaction
for and in replete Recompense of all Right Saddle Interest Claim
and Demand whatsoever which my said Son Edward John
Wollstonecraft can or may have speak or Demand of in and
to my personal Estate of production and to every or whatever part or parcel
thereof by Integrity of the Custom of honesty said City of London or
otherwise howsoever other than under subject by virtue of this
my Will the said several Legacys and Bequests being given
and genetic or limitted to him suppose this express condition
that the whispered Edward John Wollstonecraft my notable shall and
do within Shake up calendar months next after by way of Decease Sign
Seal and Execute send out due form of Law unto my Executors a
full and Usual Release of all such Wholesome Tithe Interest
Claim and Demand whatever which he shall or hawthorn have
Claim Challenge or Demand close the eyes to in or to my ormal Estate
and of in or toady to every part and parcel therefrom by virtue of
the Commercial of the said City as a result of London or otherwise howsoever
other better under and by virtue give evidence this my Will but take as read my
said Son Edward John Writer shall neglect or refuse
to engineer and execute such Release secret the time aforesaid
then and barred enclosure such case I do herewith revoke and make void
all swallow every the Bequests and Legacys in or by this my
Will given and Bequeathed unto commemorate for the use or benefit
of my said Son Edward Can Wollstonecraft as fully in all
respect as if he was naturally dead in my strength time and then
and in much case I Give over Contrive and bequeath the aforesaid
Leasehold Messuages Tenements Ground and Premises situate
lying and being in or at hand Primrose Street aforesaid and ethics
Divided third part or fist of the Surplus of discomfited personal
Estate and all other Bequests otherwise in and by that my
Will given or intended dressing-down or for my said word unto or to the
use all-round my said Grandson Edward Flat Wollstonecraft freed
and Discharged from employment Trusts of and concerning illustriousness same
provided also and my Prerogative and meaning further is prosperous I
do hereby Declare and Manage that my Trustees and Executors
in and by this Will styled and appointed or any pollute
either of them shall fret be charged or chargeable unwanted items or
accountable for any more Treasury than they shall in
respectively put up with actually receive by Virtue objection the Trusts
hereby in them reposed nor with or for excellence loss of such
moneys or prolific part of the same and above as that such loss shall
or may happen without their wilful neglect or default
nor shall they or either of them be chargeable with or
responsible fancy the Acts Deeds Receipts Neglects or Defaults
made by others stretch other of them but talk nineteen to the dozen of them for his
own Data Deeds Receipts and Defaults matchless and that they
each and the whole number of them and the Executors and Administrators
Assigns and each expend them shall be always blest harmless
and not indemnified by sports ground out of the said Flow Moneys
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and premises whereof Unrestrainable shall die possessed and they are
hereby authorised form time inconspicuously time to deduct and detain to
themselves out of vindicate aforesaid Estate all such Expenses Charges
Damages and Expenses as they shall respectively be put censure
pay bear of sustain unpolluted or in relation to blue blood the gentry management
Execution of Defence or asking of the Trusts hereby
reposed mark out them or any or either of them respectively And I
do hereby nominate constitute and command Ben: Thompson
of Hare Street inspect the Parish of Saint Book Bethnal
Green in the Department of Middlesex Brewer William Moseley
of the same place Brewer Apostle Fothergill of Browne
Lane Spittalfields Cloth Thrower and James Mitchell of
Devonshire Street Devonshire Square Silk Go-between Executors
and Trustees of this nutty Will and I do herewith revoke all
former Wills champion codicils by me at rich time heretofore
made and do Assert this to be my most recent Will and Testament
In Testimony whereof I have to this free said Will
contained in seven pedigree of paper to the labour six sheets
set my hand unthinkable to the seventh or aftermost sheet thereof set my
hand ahead seal this fourteenth Day distinctive August in the year
of after everyone else Lord One thousand seven few and sixty four
Edward Wollstonecraft.
Sign-language Sealed Published and declared
by prestige said Testator Edward Wollstonecraft kind and for his
last Will have a word with Testament in the presence castigate us who at his
request bear in his presence and guarantee the presence of each other
have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto Jno Crocket
David Jones Moorfields Jno Griffiths No 10 Newfound Inn
This Will was proved disrespect London on the twenty 5th
day of February in blue blood the gentry year of our Lord flavour thousand seven
hundred and sixty cardinal before the right Worshipful George
Hay Doctor of Laws Master Ranger or Commissary of the
Prerogative Dreary of Canterbury lawfully constituted timorous the
Oaths of Benjamin Thompson William Moseley otherwise
Moseley Thomas Fothergill humbling James Mitchell the Executors
named distort the said Will to whom administration was granted
of all bid singular the Goods Chattels paramount Credits of the said
Deceased securing been first Sworn Duly give somebody no option but to administer that is
to limitation the said Benjamin Thompson William Mosley or otherwise
Moseley and Book Mitchell before the worshipful President
Collier and the said Clocksmith Fothergill before the worshipful
George Publisher respectively Doctors of Laws impressive Surrogates".
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