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1803 will of Hannah Donn
Widow
This is the last Will
and Testament of
me Hannah Donn
of Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset Widow I
give and devise
all my Estate
Lands and
Hereditaments
situate in the
Parish of Sutton
Montis in the
said County to
Robert Donn of
the City of
Exeter
Gent[leman] and
Henry Penny of
Yeovil aforesaid
Glover To hold
to them the said
Robert Donn and
Henry Penny
their Heirs and
Assigns forever
upon Trust that
they the said
Robert Donn and
Henry Penny and
the Survivor of
them and the
Heirs and
Assigns of such
Survivor do and
shall (until my
great Nephew
William Henry
Lewis Son of my
Nephew George
Lewis late of
the City of
London Linen
Draper deceased
by Sarah his
Wife shall
attain the age
of Twenty one
Years) receive
the Rents Issues
and Profits of
the same
Premises and
place the same
out at Interest
to the intent
that the same
may accrue at
for the benefit
of the said
William Henry
Lewis until the
said William
Henry Lewis
shall attain the
said Age of
Twenty one Years
and on his
attaining that
Age hereby give
and bequeath
such Rents
Issues and
Profits together
with the
accumulated
Interest therein
to the said
William Henry
Lewis his
Executors
Administrators
and Assigns but
in case the said
William Henry
Lewis shall
happen to die
under the said
Age of Twenty
one Years I give
and bequeath the
same Rents
Issues and
Profits with the
accumulated
Interest thereon
unto the said
Henry Penny and
his Sister
Elizabeth Penny
of Yeovil
aforesaid
Spinster and it
is my Will and I
do hereby
declare and
direct that the
said Robert Donn
and Henry Penny
their Heirs and
Assigns shall
stand seized of
the said Estate
Lands and
Hereditaments to
for and upon the
uses Trusts
intents and
purposes herein
after mentioned
and expressed
that is to say
To the use and
behoof of the
said William
Henry Lewis
and his
Assigns for and
during the term
of his natural
life without
impeachment of
Waste and from
and after the
determination of
that Estate To
the use of the
said Robert Donn
and Henry Penny
and their Heirs
during the life
of the said
William Henry
Lewis In trust
to preserve the
contingent Uses
and Estates
hereinafter
limited from
being defeated
or destroyed and
for that purpose
to make
[entries?] and
bring Actions as
occasion shall
require yet
nevertheless to
permit and
suffer the Rents
and Profits of
the same
Premises to be
received by the
said William
Henry Lewis
and his
Assigns for and
during the Term
of his natural
life and from
and immediately
after the
decease of the
said William
Henry Lewis To
the use and
behoof of the
first Son of the
Body of the said
William Henry
Lewis
lawfully
to be begotten
and the Heirs of
such first Son
lawfully
begotten if
[words
illegible] in
default of such
Issue To the use
and behoof of
the second third
fourth and all
and every other
Son and Sons of
the Body of the
said William
Henry Lewis
lawfully
to be begotten
severally
successively and
in remainder one
after another in
order and in
course as they
and each of them
shall be in
Seniority of Age
and Priority of
Birth and the
several and
respective Heirs
of the Body and
Bodies of all
and every such
Sons and Son
lawfully issuing
the [elder?] of
such Son and
Sons and the
Heirs of his and
their Body and
Bodies lawfully
issuing being
always to be
preferred and to
take before the
Younger of such
Son and Sons and
the Heirs of his
and their Body
and Bodies
lawfully issuing
and in default
of such Issue to
the use and
behoof of all
and every the
Daughters and
Daughter of the
Body of the said
William Henry
Lewis
lawfully
to be begotten
equally to be
divided between
them or amongst
them if more
than one share
and share alike
and they to take
as Tenants in
Common and not
as joint Tenants
and the Heirs of
the Body and
Bodies of all
and every such
Daughter and
Daughters
issuing and if
there shall be a
failure of Issue
in any such
Daughter and
Daughters then
as to the Part
or Share or
Parts or Shares
of such Daughter
and Daughters
whose Issue
shall so fail To
the use of the
remaining or
other of the
said Daughters
equally to be
divided between
them (if more
than one) share
and share alike
and they to take
as Tenants in
common and not
as joint Tenants
and the Heirs of
their respective
Bodies issuing
and in case
there shall be a
failure of Issue
of all such
Daughters but
one or if there
shall be but one
such Daughter
there to the use
of such
remaining or
only Daughter
and the Heirs of
her Body and in
default of such
Issue Then to
the use of the
said Henry Penny
and Elizabeth
Penny their
Heirs and
Assigns for ever
as Tenants in
Common and not
as joint Tenants
I give and
bequeath to my
Servant Maid
Mary Thorn One
annuity or clear
Yearly Sum of
Twenty Pounds to
be paid her by
my Executors
hereinafter
named for and
during the term
of her natural
life by two
equal half
yearly payments
on the Twenty
fifth day of
March and the
Twenty ninth day
of September in
every year the
first payment to
be made on such
of the said days
as shall happen
next after my
decease And
whereas in and
by the last Will
and Testament of
my late Husband
Henry Donn
deceased he the
said Henry Donn
gave me the Sum
of One thousand
Pounds to
dispose of by
Will to his the
said Henry Donns
Relations Now I
the said Hannah
Donn in
pursuance of my
late Husbands
Will do give
bequeath and
dispose of the
said Sum of One
Thousand Pounds
amongst the
Relations
hereinafter next
mentioned of my
said late
Husband in
manner following
that is to say I
give and
bequeath unto
Charles Upton of
Yeovil aforesaid
Gentleman the
Sum of One
hundred Pounds
of lawful Money
of Great Britain
I give and
bequeath unto
Elizabeth Upton
of Yeovil
aforesaid
Spinster the
like Sum of One
hundred Pounds I
give and
bequeath to her
Sister Harriet
Upton the Sum of
One hundred and
Fifty Pounds I
give and
bequeath to
Unice Shorland
Daughter of
Thomas Shorland
of Yeovil
aforesaid
Surgeon the Sum
of One hundred
Pounds To
Elizabeth
Shorland her
Sister the like
Sum of One
hundred Pounds
To Thomas
Shorland the
Younger of
Yeovil aforesaid
Surgeon the like
Sum of One
hundred Pounds
and to his
Brother John
Shorland the Sum
of Fifty Pounds
I give and
bequeath to
Edward Boucher
(Son of William
Boucher of the
City of London
Gentleman) the
Sum of One
hundred Pounds
and to Newman
Hay Boucher
(another son of
the said William
Boucher) the
like Sum of One
hundred Pounds I
give and
bequeath to the
said Robert Donn
) the Sum of One
hundred Pounds
which said
several Legacies
(making together
the said Sum of
One thousand
Pounds so given
to me as
aforesaid by the
said Will of my
said late
Husband) I
hereby direct to
be paid to the
several Legatees
respectively by
my said
Executors in
twelve Months
next after my
decease I give
and bequeath to
my Cousin Ann
Uphill daughter
of John Uphill
of Charlton
Horethorne in
the said County
of Somerset
Yeoman the Sum
of One hundred
Pounds I give
and bequeath to
my Servants John
Hodges and Isaac
Lawrence the Sum
of Ten Pounds a
piece I also
give and
bequeath to such
other Maid
Servant as may
be living with
me at the time
of my decease
besides the said
Mary Thorn the
like Sum of Ten
Pounds which
said several
last mentioned
Legacies I
hereby direct to
be paid to the
said Legatees
respectively by
my said
Executors in Six
Months next
after my decease
All the rest
residue and
remainder of my
Goods Chattels
Monies and all
other my
Personal Estate
whatsoever and
wheresoever I
give and
bequeath to the
said Henry Penny
and Elizabeth
Penny their
Executors
Administrators
and Assigns to
be equally
divided between
them share and
share alike And
I appoint the
said Robert Donn
and Henry Penny
joint Executors
of this my Will
and I do revoke
and make void
all former Wills
by me at any
time heretofore
made and declare
this only to be
my last Will and
Testament and it
is my Will that
it shall and may
be lawful to and
for my said
Trustees or the
Survivor of them
or the Heirs of
such Survivor by
and out of any
of the Monies
which by virtue
of this my Will
or any Trust
therein declared
shall come to
their or any of
their hands to
deduct retain to
and reimburse
themselves all
such reasonable
Costs charges
and Expences as
they
respectively
shall or may
sustain expend
or be put unto
in and about the
execution of the
Trusts hereby in
them reposed and
that my said
Trustees and
their respective
Heirs Executors
and
Administrators
shall not be
responsible or
accountable for
any more Monies
than they shall
respectively
actually receive
not the one for
the other of
them but each of
them for his and
their own Acts
deeds and
defaults only In
Witness whereof
I the said
Hannah Donn the
Testatrix have
to this my last
Will and
testament
contained in
five Sheets of
paper to each of
such sheets
subscribed my
Name and to this
fifth and last
Sheet affixed my
Seal this Twenty
fourth day of
March in the
Year of our Lord
One thousand
eight hundred
and three
Hannah Donn
Signed Sealed
Published and
declared by the
Testatrix Hannah
Donn as and for
her last Will
and Testament in
the presence of
us who at her
request in her
presence and in
the presence of
each other have
hereunto
subscribed our
Names as
Witnesses
Tho[ma]s
Shorland
Philip
Hodges
W L White
This Will was proved at London on the
Twenty third day
of February in
the Year of our
Lord One
thousand Eight
hundred and four
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 Oaths of
Robert Donn and
Henry Penny 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 by
Commission duly
to Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
