Mary Glanville
13 Nov 1809
In the Name of God Amen
I Mary Glanville of Kingsland in the parish of Saint
John at Hackney in the County of Middlesex widow
being of sound and disposing mind and understanding do make
and publish my last will and testament in manner and
form following that is to say first I will and direct that
all my just debts funderal and testamentary expenses be fully
paid and satisfied and I give and bequeath unto my niece
Elizabeth Carter the eldest daughter of my late brother Benjamin
Spony of the parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch the sum of
nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and to my nephew Wm Spony
eldest surviving son of my deceased brother William
Spony of Shoreditch aforesaid the sum of one shilling and to my
niece Mary Sanders sista to the above mentioned Wm Spony
the sum of ten pounds and to my niece Ann Loif widow another
sister of the said William Spony the like sum of ten pounds and
to my nephew John Bignall oldest son of my late sister Anne
Bignall widow of John Bignall of the parish of Saint
Leonard Shoreditchy the sum of one hundred pounds and ten
pounds for mourning and to my niece Elizabeth Bignall the
second daughter of my last sister Anne Bignall the sum of one
hundred pounds and to my great niece Helena Anne Bignall
eldest daughter of my nephew William Bignall of Tothill Street
Westminster each master one of my executors herein after named
the sum of fifty pounds four percent Consolidated Bank
Annuities and the like sum of fifty pounds in the three per
cent annuities and to my great niece Mary Rose Bignall
youngest daughter of my said nephew William Bignall
the like sum of fifty pounds in the four per cent annuities
and the like sum of fifty pounds in the three per cent
annuities and to my great niece Charlotte Bignall oldest
daughter of my nephew Charles Bignall of Half Moon St
in the parish of Saint Botolph Bishopsgate coal dealer my
other executor hereinafter named the like sum of fifty pounds
three per cent Consolidated Bank Annuities and to my great
niece Ceila Bignall second daughter of my said nephew Charles
Bignall the like sum of fifty pounds in the same annuities
and to my great niece Mary Anne Bignall third daughter of my
said nephew Charles Bignall the like sum of fifty pounds
the said annuities and to my great niece Ann Maria
Bignall third daughter of my said nephew Charles Bignall
the like sum of fifty pounds in the same annuities and to my
great niece Anne Maria Bignall fourth daughter of my said
nephew Charles Bignall the like sum of fifty pounds same
annuities but in case of the death of either of them the said
four daughters of my said nephew Charles Bignall before they
shall attain the age of twenty one years and unmarried then the
share of them so dying shall go and be divided amongst
the survivors or survivor or them in equal shares and
proportions and I give and bequeath unto my said nephew
William Bignall and Charles Bignall and the survivor
of them his executors and admons all those my five several
annuity bonds of five pounds each granted by five of the
trustees appointed to put in execution an act of Parliament made
and passed in the thirtieth year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the
Third intitled an Act for taking down the Church and Tower
belonging to the parish of Saint John Hackney in the County
of Middx and building another Church and Tower for the use of
the parish and for making an additional Cemitry of Church
Yard and also an act of Parliament made and paassed in the
thirty fifth year of the reign of his said Majesty intitled An Act
for amending the said Act of the 30th for the remainder of the
term of eighty years to come thereinupon trust to pay
and apply the monies arising therefrom as they shall
become due and payable for and towards the maintenance
and education of my great nephew Charles Bignall son of
my said nephew Charles Bignall during his minority and
who I desire may be in the mean time placed out at a proper
school till the age of fourteen years or till such time as my
executors may find an eligible opportunity of putting him
out apprentice and I give and bequeath to my niece Sarah
Bignall wife of my nephew William Bignall the sum of
one hundred pounds four per cent annuities and to my niece
Charlotte Bignall the wife of my nephew Charles Bignall
the sum of one hundred pounds like annuities and to my said
great nephew Charles Bignall over and above what is hereinbefore
given to and provided for him the like sum of one hundred
pounds four per cent annuities and I give and bequeath
unto my nephew William Bignall and Charles Bignall
the sum of five hundred pounds apiece for pounds per
cent Consolidated Bank Annuities also I give to the said
William Bignall and Charles Bignall the sum of one
hundred pounds upon trust to apply the same to and for the
benefit of my two nieces Ann Basset and Mary Marshall
as they my said executors shall think fit and I give and
bequeath unto Miss Dorothy Routagne the sum of twenty
pounds for mourning and all my French books thereof of my
books I give to my nephew William Bignall and I give
and bequeath unto Frederick Glanville great nephew of my
late husband Thomas Glanville the sum of ten pounds fore
mourning and a mourning ring and to Mr Caleb Glanville
nephew of my said late husband and to his wife Mary Glanville
each a mourning ring and to Mr Joseph Savage of Kingsland
aforesaid apothecary and his wife each a mourning ring And also
Mr Willis of Hoxton Square in the County of Middlesex gentleman
and to Mrs Willis his wife each a mourning ring and my
will and desire is to be buried in Bunshill Fields Burying Ground
in the same grave with my late husband and my will and
desire also is that the lease of my dwelling house at Kingsland
aforesaid together with the small tenement at the end of my
garden the ground rent of which is eight pounds per annum
should be valued by some indifferent person and that my nephew
William Bignall shall have the Liberty of purchasing the
same at such valuation and in case of his refusal that
then my nephew Charles Bignall shall have the like
Liberty and in the event of his refusal to sell and dispose of the
same either by public sale or private *** as to them shall
seem best and my will and desire is that the furniture in my
said dwelling house may be disposed of in any way my executors may think best
but not by public sale and lastly as to all the rest and residue of my
estate and effects whatsoever and wheresover and of what nature kind
or sort soever I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto
my said nephews William Bignall and Charles Bignall equally
between them share and share alike as tenants in common
and I appoint them the said Wm Bignall and Charles Bignall
executors of this my will hereby revoking disannulling and make
void all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore
made this only so I establish and confirm as and for my last
will and testament In witness whereof I have to this my
will written and contained in three sheets of paper set my
hand the two first sheets and my hand and seal to the third
and last sheet thereof this thirteenth day of November one
thousand eight hundred and nine - Mary Glanville - LJ -
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Mary Glanvill
the testatrix as and for her last will and testament in the presence
of us who in her presence at her request and in the presence of
each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto
John Pomeroy - Sanl Fryott Millank St Westm
Proved at London the 6th of June 1810 before the
worshipful John Danberry Dr of Laws and Surrg by the oaths
of William Bignall and Charles Bignall the nephews and
executors having been first sworn duly to admin