The Document Chest
1836 will of Thomas Foot
Innholder
This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Foot of Yeovil
in the County of
Somerset
Innholder I give
and devise unto
William Bidder
of Yeovil
aforesaid
Schoolmaster all
that my Messuage
or dwelling
house (divided
into three
Tenements)
together with
the Garden and
Premises thereto
adjoining and
belonging
situate at the
bottom of Middle
Street in Yeovil
aforesaid and
now in the
possession of
John Pretty and
my Tenants which
I lately
purchased of
Samuel Goldring
also all other
my Freehold
Messuages
Tenements Lands
Hereditaments
and Premises
whatsoever and
wheresoever To
hold to him the
said William
Bidder his heirs
and assigns for
ever in Trust to
permit and
suffer my Wife
Susan Foot and
her Assigns to
occupy and enjoy
the same
premises or to
receive the
rents issues and
profits thereof
for and during
the term of her
natural life and
from and
immediately
after her
decease in Trust
to sell and
dispose of the
same premises
either by public
auction or
private contract
and either
altogether or in
separate parcels
or in such other
manner as he the
said William
Bidder his heirs
or assigns shall
in his or their
discretion think
proper and to
pay and divide
the money
ensuing from
such sale or
sales unto and
equally between
my two sons
George Foot and
Charles Foot
share and share
alike and their
respective
Executors adm[inistrat]ors
and assigns and
for facilitating
such sale or
sales I do
hereby direct
that the receipt
or receipts of
the said William
Bidder his heirs
or assigns shall
be sufficient
discharge or
discharges to
the purchaser or
purchasers of my
said real estate
and that suh
purchaser of
purchasers shall
not be
answerable for
the application
non application
or
misappropriation
of all or any
part of the
purchase money
for the same
Also I give and
bequeath the
possession and
use of all my
household
Furniture Plate
Linen Chana
Books pictures
and other Goods
and Effects of a
like sort of
kind which shall
be in my
Dwelling house
at the time of
my decease unto
my said Wife for
and during her
natural life and
from and
immediately
after her
decease I give &
bequeath the
same unto the
said William
Bidder his
Executors
Administrators
and Assigns upon
Trust for and to
be equally
divided between
my said two Sons
George Foot and
Charles Foot
share and share
alike and their
respective
Executors
Administrators
and Assigns Also
I give and
bequeath all my
wearing apparel
of every
description unto
my said son
George Foot for
his own use and
benefit and as
to all my live
and dead Stock
monies and
securities for
money and all
the
Rest Residue and
Remainder
of my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever the same shall
be at the time
of my decease I
give and
bequeath the
same unto the
said William
Bidder his
Executors
Administrators
and Assigns upon
Trust to sell
dispose of and
convert the same
respectively
into money as
soon as may be
convenient after
my decease in
such manner as
he or they shall
think proper and
stand possessed
of the money
arising
therefrom in
Trust in the
first place [thereout
?] to pay and
discharge all my
just debts and
funeral and
Testamentary
expences and
after payment
and discharge
thereof upon
Trust to place
out and invest
the residue of
the said money
on such security
or securities
and vary the
same from time
to time as he
the said William
Bidder his
Executors Adm[inistrat]ors
or Assigns shall
think proper and
pay the interest
dividends and
proceeds thereof
to my said Wife
for and during
the term of her
natural life and
from and
immediately
after her
decease upon
Trust to pay and
divide such
residue and the
Funds and
securities upon
which the same
may be then
invested unto
and equally
between my said
two Sons George
Foot and Charles
Foot share and
share alike and
their respective
Executors
Administrators
and Assigns And
I do hereby
direct that it
shall be lawful
for the aid
William Bidder
his heirs
Executors and
Administrators
by and out of
the monies which
shall come to
his or their
hands by virtue
of this my Will
to reimburse
himself and
themselves such
costs charges
and expences as
he or they shall
sustain or be
put unto in or
about the
execution of the
Trusts hereby in
him and them
reposed and that
the said William
Bidder his heirs
Executors or
Administrators
shall not be
chargeable for
more monies than
shall actually
come to his or
their hands by
virtue of this
my Will nor with
or for any loss
or damage which
may happen to
the same without
his or their
gross and wilful
default And
lastly I do
hereby nominate
and appoint the
said William
Bidder sole
Executor in Trust of this my last Will
and Testament In
Witness whereof
I the said
Thomas Foot the
Testator have to
each sheet of
this my last
Will and
Testament
contained in
three sheets of
paper set my
hand and to this
last sheet my
Seal also this
eighth day of
October One
thousand eight
hundred and
thirty six
Thomas Foot
Signed Sealed
Published and
declared by the
said Thomas Foot
the Testator as
and for his last
Will and
Testament in the
presence of us
who at his
request in his
presence and in
the presence of
each other have
hereunto
subscribed our
names as
Witnesses (the
word 'October'
having been
first written on
an [word
illegible]
H M Watts
Solicitor Yeovil
Willmott
Edwards
John
Bidder his Clerk
Proved at London 22nd February 1837 before the Judge by the Oath
of William
Bidder the sole
Executor to whom
Administration
was granted
having been
first sworn by
Commission duly
to Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
