of the Haymarket in the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields, Middlesex
of The Cottage, Buntingford, Hertfordshire
of Corney Bury, near Buntingford, Hertfordshire

Will dated 16-Apr-1805
Codicil dated 14-Jan-1807
proved 15-Apr-1813 London PCC
administration granted 29-Nov-1816

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Robert Wogdon
Esq[ir]^e
62

This is the last Will and Testament of me Robert Wogdon of Buntingford in the County of Hertford Esq[uire] first and principally I commend my soul to its all merciful Creator in humble hope of everlasting happiness and my body to be interred at the discretion of my executrix hereafter named and as to such worldly Estate and Effects as I may die possessed of  I give and dispose thereof as follows. I give & devise unto John Grindle of Pall Mall in the County of Midd[lese]x Chymist and Robert Faulder of New Bond Street in the said County of Midd[lese]x Bookseller and their heirs all that my messuage or Tenement Garden or Yard Land and premises thereto belonging & held in my own occupation called the Cottage at Buntingford afores[ai]^d in the said County of Hertford and all other my messuages lands Tenements heredit[ament]s & premises in the said County of Hertford to have and to hold the messuage or Tenement Land heredit[ament]s & premises hereby devised and every part thereof unto the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder their heirs and assigns for ever to the several uses upon the Trusts & for the several ends intents & purposes hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of & concerning the same that is to say to the use & behoof of the said John Grindle & Robert Faulder their heirs & assigns for and during the natural life of my daughter Ann the wife of William Butt the younger of lower Grosvenor Street in the said County of Midd[lesex]x Esq in trust nevertheless & to & for the end intent and purpose hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of concerning the same and from & immediately after the determination of that Estate to the use and behoof of the said John Grindle & Robert Faulder their heirs and assigns during the natural life of the said William Butt upon trust to pay over to or otherwise permit & suffer the said William Butt & his assigns to have receive & take & enjoy the rents issues and profits thereof during his natural life & from & after the determination of that Estate for the use & behoof of Ann Butt and Jane Butt the children of my said daughter and to their respective heirs & assigns as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants and in case either of them shall happen to die without leaving lawful issue to the use & behoof of the survivor & her heirs & assigns and in case both the said daughters of the said Ann Butt shall happen to die without lawful issue to the use and behoof of all and every other the children as well sons as daughters of the body of my said daughter Ann lawfully begotten or to be begotten to be equally divided between or amongst them share and share alike to hold as Tenants in Common & not as joint Tenants and of the several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all & every such child and children & in case one or more of such children shall happen to die without issue of his her or their body or bodies then as to the part or share parts or shares of him her or them so dying without issue to the use and behoof of the survivors or others of them to be equally divided between or amongst them share & share alike to take as Tenants in Common & not as joint Tenants and of the several & respective

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heirs of the bodies of such survivors or others of them and in case all such children but one shall happen die without issue of his her or their body or bodies lawfully issuing or if there shall be but one such child then to the use and behoof of such surv[iv]ing or only child and of the heirs of his or her body lawfully issuing and for want or in default of all such issue then to the use & behoof of them the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder & their heirs in trust for such person or persons & for such Estate & Estates as my said daughter Ann notwithstanding her coverture and whether covert or sole by any deed or instrument in writing or by her last will and Testament in writing executed in the presence of & attested by three or more Credible Witnesses shall give devise direct limit or appoint and I do hereby will and declare that the Estate and interest of and in the said messuage Land heredit[ament]s & premises at Buntingford aforesaid so hereinbefore devised or limited in use to the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder their heirs & assigns for and during the natural life of my said daughter Ann the wife of the said William Butt as aforesaid is so devised or limited in use to them upon this special trust and confidence that they the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder or the survivor of them or the heirs or assigns of such survivor shall and do from time to time and at all times during the natural life of her my said daughter Ann pay on or all and every the clear yearly rents issues and profits of the said messuage or Tenement Land heredit[ament]s and all and singular other the premises so devised or limited in use to them during the natural life of her my said daughter Ann as aforesaid and every part and parcel thereof as the same shall come to their or any of their hands or possession unto and into the proper hands of her my said daughter Ann or to such other person or persons only as she shall from time to time notwithstanding her present or any future coverture and whether she shall for the time being be covert or sole in writing under her hand for that purpose direct or appoint to and for her own sole and separate use and benefit independent of and not to be subject or liable to the Controul debts or Engagements of her said present or any future husband in any wise howsoever but to be at her own disposal only notwithstanding her said present or any future Coverture to all intents construct and purposes whatsoever and it is my will and mind and I do hereby declare that the receipt or receipts of her my said daughter Ann or of such other person or persons as she shall from time to time in writing under her hand for that purpose direct or appoint for such yearly rents issues and profits shall notwithstanding her said present or any future Coverture and whether she shall for the time being be Covert or sole be a good and sufficient and the only proper discharge to my said Trustees for the same or for so much thereof as the same shall be respectively given for or as shall be therein respectively specified to have been received as aforesaid also I give and devise unto the said John Grindle & Robert Faulter and their heirs all those my two several Closes or pieces or parcels of Land known by the name of East Clay

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Close and West Clay Close situate and being in the fields of Newark upon Trent in the County of Nottingham and also all that my piece or parcel of Land situate in Land Pitt Corner in the middle of Land Field at Balderton in the said County of Nottingham and which said ^{^three} several pieces or parcels of Land were purchased by me of Samuel Twentyman of Newark upon trust aforesaid Esq and are now in the tenure or occupation of (empty space) Parker & also all and singular other my messuages Lands Tenements & heredit[ament]s whatsoever and wheresoever to have & to hold the said several pieces or parcels of Land heredit[ament]s & premises hereby devised and every part thereof unto the said John Grindle & Robert Faulder their heirs and assigns for ever to the several uses upon the trusts and to and for the several ends intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say to the use and behoof of them the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder their heirs and assigns for and during the natural life of my said daughter Ann Butt in trust nevertheless and to and for the end intent & purpose hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same and from and after the determination of that Estate to the use & behoof of the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder their heirs and assigns for and during the natural life of the said William Butt ^{^ upon trust to pay over to or otherwise to permit & suffer the said William Butt} and his assigns to have receive take and enjoy the rents issues and profits thereof during his natural life and from & after the determination of that Estate to the use & Behoof of all and every the children as well sons as daughters of the body of her my said daughter Ann lawfully begotten or to be begotten to be equally divided between or amongst them share & share alike ^{^to take} as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants & of the several & respective heirs of the body & bodies of all and every such child and children and in Case one or more shall happen to die without issue of his her or their body or bodies then as to the part or share parts or shares of him her or them so dying without issue to the use and behoof of the survivors or others of them to be equally divided between or amongst them share & share alike to take as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants and of the several and respective heirs of the bodies of such survivors or others of them and in case all such children but one shall happen to die without issue of his her or their body or bodies lawfully issuing or if there shall be but one such child to the use and behoof of such surviving or only child and of the heirs of his or her body lawfully issuing and for want or in default of all such issue then to the use & behoof of them the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder and their heirs in trust for such person or persons and for such Estate & Estates as my said daughter Ann notwithstanding her Coverture and whether Covert or sole by any deed or instrument in writing or by her last Will and Testament in writing executed in the presence of three or more Credible Witnesses shall give direct limit or appoint & I do hereby will & declare that this Estate & interest of any in the said several pieces or parcels of Land herdit[ament]s and all other the premises so lastly hereinbefore declared

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or limited in use to them the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder their heirs and assigns for and during the natural life of of my said daughter Ann is so devised or limited in use to them upon this special trust and confidence that they the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder or the survivor of them or the heirs or assigns of such survivor shall and do from time to time and at all times during the natural life of her my said daughter Ann pay over all and every the clear yearly rents issues and profits of the said several pieces or parcels of land heredi[ament]s and all and singular other the premises so lastly above devised or limited in use to them during the natural life of her my said daughter Ann as aforesaid and every part and parcel thereof as the same shall come to their or any of their hands or possession unto and into that proper hands of her my said daughter Ann or to such other person or persons only as she shall from time to time notwithstanding her present or any future Coverture and whether she shall for the time being be covert or sole in writing under her hand for that purpose direct or appoint to and for her own sole and separate use and benefit independent of & not to be subject or liable to the controul debts Engagements or intermeddling of her said present or any future husband in any wise howsoever but to be at her own disposal only notwithstanding the said present or any future Coverture to all intents constructions & purposes whatsoever and it is my will and mind and I do hereby declare that the receipt or receipts of her my said daughter Ann or of such other person or persons as she shall from time to time in writing under her hand for that purpose direct or appoint for such yearly rents issues and profits shall notwithstanding her said present or any future Coverture and whether she shall for the time being be covert or sole be a good and sufficient discharge and the only proper discharge to my said Trustees for the same or for so much thereof as the same shall be respectively given for or as shall be therein respectively specified to have been received as aforesaid provided always and it is my will and mind that it shall & may be lawful to and for the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder or the survivor of them or the heirs or assigns of such survivor with the consent in writing of my said daughter Ann notwithstanding her said present or any future Coverture & whether she shall for the time being be covert or sole from time to time and at all times during the natural life of her my said daughter Ann & from & after her decease to & for the said William Butt and such other person or persons as shall for the time being be intitled in possession to the said messuage or tenement three several pieces or parcels of land heredit[ament]s and all and singular other the premises hereinbefore devised or to receive have or take the rents issues & profits thereof or any part thereof under or by virtue of this my will by any deed or deeds writing or writings under their or his hand and seal or respective hands and seals for that purpose to demise & lease the said messuages or Tenements and several pieces or parcels or Land heredit[ament]s and premises so herein before devised or any part or parts thereof with the appurt[enant]s to

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any person or persons for any term or number of years not exceeding twenty one years in possession and not in reversion remainder or expectancy so as upon every such lease there be received and made payable during the continuance thereof respectively the best and most improved yearly rent that can or may be reasonably had or gotten for the same without taking any sum or sums of money or other thing by way of fine income or premium for or in respect of such lease or leases and so as none of the lessees therein ^{^to be} named be made dispunishable for waste and so as in such lease there be contained a Clause of security for non payment of the rent or rents to be thereby respectively reseived and so as the lessee or lessees to whom such lease or leases shall be made do seal and deliver a counterpart or counterparts of such lease or leases respectively. I give & bequeath unto my nephew John Wogdon of Grantham in the County of Lincoln Collar Maker and to my to nieces Mary Wogdon and Elizabeth Wogdon the Sum of twenty pounds each to be paid to them respectively at the expiration of one year next after my decease also I give and bequeath unto the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder their Executors and adm[inistrat]ors all and every the stock in the public funds and sum and sums of money at interest on Government real bond Judgment or specialty securities which at the time of my decease may be possessed of interested in or intitled unto in trust nevertheless and to & for the several ends intents & purposes hereinafter mentioned expressed or declared of or concerning the same that is to say upon this special trust and confidence that they the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder or the survivor of them or the Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of such survivor shall and do forthwith or as soon as conveniently may be after my decease get in collect & receive all such sum and sums of money if any as shall or may be then invested on bond Judgment or other specialty securities not being Government or real securities and shall and do forthwith or as soon as conveniently may be invest the same with the consent in writing of my said dau[ghte]r Ann notwithstanding her said present or any future Coverture and whether she shall for the time being be covert or sole and after her decease with the consent of the said William Butt and such other person or persons as shall for the time being be intitled to the dividends interest proceeds or profits thereof under or by virtue of the several trusts hereinafter declared in the purchase of stock in the public Funds or upon Government or real securities at interest in their names or in the name or names of the survivor of them his Executors or adm[inistrato]rs and upon the further special trust and confidence that they the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder or the survivor of them or the Ex[ecut]ors or adm[inistrat]ors of such survivor shall and do from time to time and at all times for and during the natural life of my said daughter Ann pay over all and every the dividends interest profit and proceeds of all such trust Funds and securities as well those in which the said sum or sums of money or any part thereof may have stood or been invested at the time of my decease as those in which the same or any part or parts thereof may be afterwards invested and until the same shall be invested by them the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder or the survivor of them or the Ex[ecut]ors or adm[inistrat]ors of such survivor as aforesaid ^as the same shall come into their or any or either of their hands or possession unto and into the proper hands of my said dau[ghte]r or to such person or persons only as she shall from time to time

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notwithstanding her present or any future Coverture and whether she shall for the time being be covert or sole in writing under her hand for that purpose direct or appoint to and for her own sole and separate use benefit and advantage and I direct that the said trust funds and securities dividends interest and produce or any part thereof shall not be subject or liable to the Controul debts Engagements or intermeddling of her said present or any future husband in any wise howsoever but to be altogether independant thereof and subject to her own disposal only notwithstanding her said present or any future Coverture and whether she shall for the time being be covert or sole to all intents constitutions and purposes whatsoever and it is my will & mind and I do hereby declare that the receipt or receipts of her my said daughter Ann and of such other person or persons as she shall from time to time in writing under her hand for that purpose direct or appoint for such yearly dividends interests proceeds and profits shall notwithstanding her said present or any future Coverture and whether she shall for the time being be covert or sole be a good and sufficient and the only proper discharge to my said Trustees for the same or for so much thereof as the same shall be respectively given for or as shall be therein respectively specified to have been received as af[oresai]d and from and immediately after the decease of my said dau[ghte]r Ann upon further trust to pay unto or otherwise ^{^to} permit the said William Butt and his assigns to have receive and take during his natural life the interest of nine hundred & fifty pounds now secured to me by a Judgment obtained in the Court of Kings Bench at Westminster against Mr John Barton & the dividends interest and produce of such sum of nine hundred and fifty pounds when the same shall be paid off and invested by my said Trustees in the funds or other security and also the further clear yearly sum of fifty pounds out of the dividends interest and produce of the general trust funds ^{^ & as to the residue & remainder of the said dividends interest & produce of the s[ai]d trust Funds} upon trust to pay apply and dispose of the same unto and amongst the children lawfully begotten of my said daughter Ann in equal shares and proportions when & as soon as they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years and if only one child then to such only child and from and immediately after the decease of the said William Butt upon this further special trust & confidence that they the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder or the survivor of them or the Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of such survivor shall and do assign transfer pay apply and dispose of all and every the said trust Funds and securities & all & every the sum & sums of money as well principal as interest therein invested or thereby secured unto such children or child of my said daughter Ann the wife of the said William Butt as shall be living at the time of the decease of the Survivor of them the said William Butt and my said dau[ghte]r Ann in equal shares & proportions as ^{^they} be or she shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years and in default of such Issue then to such person or persons in such parts shares and proportions manner and form and to for and upon such ^{^uses} trusts ^{^ends} intents & purposes as my said daughter shall from time to time notwithstanding her present or any future Coverture and whether she shall for the time being be covert or sole by any deed or deeds writing or writings to be by her signed sealed & delivered in the presence of two or more Credible Witnesses or by her

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last Will and Testament in writing or any writing or writings purporting to be or in the nature of her last Will and Testament to be by her signed sealed and published in the presence of two or more Credible Witnesses direct or appoint / and in default of such direction or appointment to the Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of her my said daughter and it is my will and mind and I do hereby further direct and declare that it shall & may be lawful to & for the said John Grindle and Robert Faulder or the Survivor of them or the Executors or adm[inistrat]ors of such survivor from time to time during the natural life of my said daughter Ann to manage and improve the said trust monies and premises hereby bequeathed to them in trust for the purposes aforesaid and for that purpose with the consent and approbation of my said daughter Ann notwithstanding her Coverture from time to time to call in the said several sum and sums of money which shall or may from time to time be lent or placed out on Government or real securities as aforesaid or to sell and dispose of the funds or stocks wherein they or any of them may from time to time be invested and again with the like consent & approbation to lend place out or invest the same in or upon any other Government or real securities or stock in the Public Funds in their names or the name or names of the survivor of them his Exe[cuto]rs or adm[inistrat]ors as aforesaid upon the several trusts and to and for the several uses ends intents & purposes hereinbefore after mentioned expressed & declared or & concerning the same and as to all the rest residue & remainder of my Goods Chattels ready money Credits & securities for money household furniture plate linen China & all & singular other my personal Estate & Effects whatsoever and wheresoever & of what nature or kind sort or quality soever the same may be or consist of which at the time of my decease I may be possessed of interested in or intitled unto & which is not hereinbefore disposed of I give & bequeath the same & every part thereof after payment of all my just debts funeral Expences & legacies & the Charges of proving this my will & all other incidental Charges & Expences unto my said daughter Ann to & for her own proper use & benefit & I hereby invoke name ordain constitute depute? & appoint my said daughter Ann sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament & I revoke annul & make void all former & other Will and Wills & other Testamentary Dispositions by me at any time or times heretofore made & declare this only to be my last Will & Testament In witness whereof I the said Robert Wogdon have to each of the first seven sheets of this my last Will & Testament contained in eight sheets of paper set my hand & to the eight & last sheet hereof my hand & seal the sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & five -- Rob^t Wogdon -- (Seal) Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have at his request hereunder set and subscribed our names as witnesses to the due execution thereof  --  John Barton Haymarket Gun Maker  -- J Matthews  Castle St[reet] Holborn Att[orne]^y at Law Fitzj^ms Wade  his Clerk

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Whereas I have in and by my last Will and Testament bearing date the sixteenth day of April 1805 directed that the sum of nine hundred pounds and fifty pounds due to me from John Barton therein named shall be collected & received by my trustees therein also named & laid out & applied in manner therein mentioned and whereas I have reason to believe that the said John Bartons circumstances will not enable him to discharge the said debt without great inconvenience to him which I should be sorry to occasion now I do therefore by this present writing which I will & direct shall be taken & considered as a Codicil to and part of my said last Will and Testament direct & declare that my daughter Ann Butt therein named shall be at liberty if she shall think fit to release & discharge the said Debt or any part thereof & for that purpose to make give & execute such deed receipt or discharge notwithstanding her Coverture as she may think proper and in case my said daughter shall not in her life time release or discharge the said debt or any part thereof then I will & direct that the said John Barton his Ex[ecut]ors ^{^or} adm[inistrat]ors shall not be liable to pay to my said Trustees or my personal representative any further or other part of the said debt and interest than what my said daughter by her last Will and Testament in writing notwithstanding her Coverture shall direct limit or appoint it being my will and mind that my said daughter shall have the full power & discretion of determining the ability of the said John Barton to pay such debt or not or such part thereof as she in her Judgment shall think fit and at such times and in such manner as she may think proper dated this 14th day of January 1807 -- Rob^t Wogdon  -- Witness -- T Matthew --

9th April 1813

Appeared personally William Butt of Corney bury in the County of Hertford Esq and made oath that he knew and was well acquainted with Robert Wogdon formerly of the Haymarket in the parish of Saint Martin in the Fields in the C^o of Midd[lese]x afterwards of the Cottage Buntingford in the C^o of Hertford but late of Corneybury in the same C^o Esq de[ceas]ed & also with his manner & character of handwriting & subscription  having subscription  having seen him write & subscribe his name & having with Care & attention viewed and observed the name Rob^t Wogdon ect & subscribed to the paper writing hereunto annexed purporting to be & contain a Codicil to the last Will & Testament of the said dec[ease]d and which said Codicil bears date the fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord 1807 he this appearer doth say that he verily and in his Conscience believes the names Rob Wogdon etc etc and subscribed thereto to be all of the proper handwriting and subscription of the said Robert Wogdon dec[ease]d  -- Wm Butt --  same day the said William Butt Esq[uire] was duly sworn to the truth of this aff[idavi]t before me --  S Parson  Sur[rogate]  P_t  -- Wm C Clarkson  -- N[otary] P[ublic]

Proved at  London with a Codicil 15th April 1813 before the Worshipful Samuel Pearce Parson Doctor of Laws & surr[ogat]e by the oath of Ann Butt Wife of William Butt Esq[uire] the dau[ghte]r & sole Executrix to whom amn[inistrati]on was granted being sworn to adm[iniste]r Exo

In lower left margin of last folio (69verso) is:
On the 29th day of Nov 1816 Adm[inistrati]on (with the Will ^{^and Codicil} annexed ) of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Robert Wogdon formerly of the Haymarket in the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields in the County of Midd[lese]x afterwards of Buntingford in the County of Hertford but late of Corney Bury in the same County Esq dec[ease]^d left unad[ministere]^d  by Ann Butt dec[ease]^d whilst living the Daughter sole Ex[ecutri]x & Residuary Legatee named in the said Will was granted to William Butt Esq^r the Husband & Adm[inistrat]or with the Will annexed of the Goods of the said Ann Butt dec[ease]^d having been first sworn duly to adm[inister] - No Ex[ecut]or being named in the Will of the said Ann Butt]

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