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John Newman

Signed Sealed Published and declared by the above named John Newman as and for his lasrt Will and Testament in the presence of us who have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other

C Parsons     Thomas Hobbs     Tho[ma]s Shorland

This Will was proved at London the Tenth day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine before the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of John Newman the natural and lawful and only Son of the said Deceased the sole Executor named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn (by Commission) duly to administer

NOTE: : In its edition of 29 December 1785, the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, in a list of the county's gamekeepers, listed Nathaniel Ricketts as John Newman's gamekeeper.

(Mary Newman was the widow of John Newman the youngest).

This is the last Will and Testament of me Mary Newman of Barwick House Yeovil in the County of Somerset the widow of John Newman Esq deceased Whereas by an Indenture of Release of the twenty ninth say of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty nine one undivided moiety or equal half part of an Estate comprising a Farm house outbuildings and lands situate in the several Parishes of Rimpton and Marston Magna in the said County of Somerset now respectively in the occupation of John Stroud with the appurtenances now stand limited to such uses as I shall by deed or Will appoint Now in exercise of the said power and of every other power hereunto enabling me I do hereby direct limit and appoint the said undivided moiety or equal half part of the said Estate (subject to the charges on the entirety of the said estate of two legacies of five hundred pounds each in favor of my late husband and of the Right Honourable James late Lord Talbot de Malahide under my late fathers Will to the use of my nephews The Right Honourable James present Lord Talbot de Malahide and Thomas Messiter Barrister at Law their heirs and assigns Upon trust forthwith after my decease to sell the said undivided moiety or equal half part and premises in such way and manner in all respects as they shall think fit with liberty to concur with the parties interested in the other moiety or equal half part of the said Estate in the Sale of the entirety of the said Estate, with power to [them ?] and give and to concur in giving effectual receipts for the purchase money for the said premises and to stand possessed of the purchase money In trust to invest the same in their or his names or name in or upon some or one of the Public Stocks or Funds or at interest on Government or real Security in England (but not in Ireland) with power to vary the investment for the time being at their of his discretion for any other or others of the kind prescribed and by and out of the annual income thereof to pay an annuity or clear yearly sum (free of legacy duty) of Ten pounds [word illegible] the wife of Joseph Dimmock (before her marriage Ann Robins Spinster) for her life for her separate use and for which her receipt shall be a sufficient discharge and to pay the residue of the said annual income and the entirety thereof after the death of the said Ann Dimmock to my Sister The Right Honourable Anne Sarah Dowager Lady Talbot de Malahide for her life and after her decease to pay transfer and divide the said purchase money and the Stocks funds and Securities for the same for the time being (subject to the said annuity of ten pounds to the said Ann Dimmock during her life) unto and equally between my Nephews and Nieces the Hon[oura]ble Richard Gilbert Talbot George Talbot Harriett Mary Everard Airey Edward Plantagenet Airey Talbot Mary Anne Flora Napier Charlotte [Etruria ?] Hobhouse and William Leopold [Porseuna ?] Talbot in equal shares and proportions as Tenants in common and so that the shares of my said nieces shall be for their separate use and for which their respective receipts shall be a sufficient discharge and whereas I am entitled to the Stock purchases in the names of my said late husband and the said Thomas Messiter with the sum of Six hundred pounds paid to me or for my use by George Thomas Williams Esquire Now I do hereby direct that after my death such Stock shall be sold and the clear produce thereof applied in paying off the legacy of five hundred pounds left to my said late husband by the will of my late father in exoneration of the property and persons liable to the payment thereof and I direct that the residue (if any) of the clear produce of the said Stok shall form part of my residuary Estate hereinafter disposed of and I bequeath to my said dear Sister the following articles (that is to say) My Silver [word illegible] Silver dishes and all other articles of plate to which I became entitled under the Will of my late father To hold the same Articles for her life and after her decease I bequeath the same Articles of plate to my said Nephew James Lord Talbot de Malahide absolutely and I bequeath to my said Sister all my jewel and trinkets watches rings and ornaments of the person to which I shall be entitled at my death and not hereby otherwise disposed of and I request my said Sister at her death to give each of my dear nieces Margaret Jones Harriett Airey Mary Anne Flora Napier and Charlotte [Etruria ?] Hobhouse one of my four diamond rings as a remembrance of me and to my said niece Margaret Jones I give the Diamond and Emerald ring given to me by my dear departed friend Mrs Day and to my said Sister I give the disposition of my wearing apparel from which I beg her to select for her own use whatsoever she pleases and the residue I give to the said Ann Dimmock and to my Lady's Maid (if any) to divide between them. And I bequeath to my said nephew James Lord Talbot de Malahide all the books Portraits and Prints which belonged to my late father and which are distinguished by a Crest on the back or some other part thereof respectively I give a Suit of mourning to each of the Domestic Servants who shall be in my Service at my death and also to the said Ann Dimmock and I appoint the said James Lord Talbot and Thomas Messiter Executors of this my Will and I request their acceptance of Nineteen Guineas each in consideration of the trouble they will have in executing this my Will And I bequeath all the residue of my personal Estate to the said James Lord Talbot and Thomas Messiter upon trust to sell and convert the same into money and to hold invest and apply the same and the income thereof in like manner for the benefit of my said Sister and such of her Children as under this my Will shall become entitled to the purchase money of my moiety of the said Estate at Rimpton and Marston Magna aforesaid as is hereinbefore declared of such purchase money and the Securities for the same and the income thereof and I devise the two Closes of ground commonly called Durcham and Meoley to which I am entitled under a Codicil to my late husbands Will and which Closes are situate in the Parish of Evercreech in the said County of Somerset to my said nephew James Lord Talbot his heirs and assigns for ever and I direct that in case my said nephew Richard Gilbert Talbot shall at any time hereafter come into possession in his own right of the settled Estates of his late Uncle William Talbot and also become entitled to any benefit under any deed Will or Testamentary appointment of his Aunt now the Widow of Ellis Cunliffe Lister Kaye Esquire deceased in which event he will be amply provided for then I direct that if he shall not have been paid he shall give up (but if he shall have been paid it is my intention he shall not refund the monies and benefits to which he would otherwise have been entitled under this my Will and I empower my Trustees o postpone the Sale and conversion of any part of my Estate for such period as they may think expedient and I declare that my unsold and unconverted Estate shall be considered as converted into money from my death and the income thereof shall be applied accordingly And I desire to be buried by the side of my late husband And in lead And I hereby revoke all former Wills and Testamentary Dispositions and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty second day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty five

The mark X of Mary Newman