William Glanville

16 Apr 1842

Extracted from the Registry of the Prerogative Cout of York
I William Glanville of Doncaster in the County of York
gentleman do make and publish my last will and testament as follows first I direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and also the two sums of ten pounds each herein after bequeathed to my daughter Eliza Percy and my son Edward Glanville shall be paid and discharged by my dear wife out of the rents issues profits proceeds and annual income of my real and personal estates I give and bequeath to my said daughter Eliza Percy the sum of ten pounds for the purpose of buying mourning for herself and family which I direct shall be paid to her by my said wife immediately after my decease And I give and bequeath to my said son Edward Glanville the sum of ten pounds which I also direct shall be paid to him by my said wife in manner hereinafter mentioned within six calendar months after my deceased I appoint Thomas Walker of Doncsater aforesaid esquire and George Clark Walker the younger of the same place chemist and druggist to be executors and trustees of my will I give and bequeath all such sum and sums of money belonging to me at my decease as shall then be in the hands of my bankers in Doncaster aforesaid unto my said trustees their executors administrators and assigns upon trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do and shall from time to time when and as occasion shall require pay thereof or out of the interest thereof such sum and sums of money as they or he shall think necessary for properly educating my grandson William Glanville Percy at the Doncaster Grammar School or any other school which may be deemed suitable for him until he attains the age of sixteen years And upon my said grandson attaining such age then upon further trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do and shall place out my said grandson William Glanville Percy as an articled clerk to be instructed in the profession of the law with and by some respectable attorney or solicitor or to such other profession or business as he my said grandson may prefer And my said executors and trustees shall approved of and do and shall by with and out of such monies and interest as aforesaid pay such premium or premiums with my said grandson as they or he my said trustees or trustee for the time being shall think proper together with the stamp duties and other expenses attendant upon the articleing or binding of my said grandson to any profession or business as aforesaid and after the several payments aforesaid then upon trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do and shall pay the residue of such monies and of the interst thereof unto such person or persons and in such manner as my wife whether covert or sole shall appoint and in default of such appointment the same shall be paid to my said grandson William Glanville Percy absolutely I give and bequeath all such sum and sums of money belonging to me at the time of my decease as shall stand in my name or which may then be invested for my benefit in the public stocks or funds called the new three and a half per cents or in any of the other public stocks of funds unto my said trustees their executors administrators and assigns upon trust to pay the interest dividends and annual produce thereof unto my said wife during her life if she shall so long continue my widow with a proportion to part thereof up to the day of her decease or marriage And from and immediately after the decease or marriage of my said wife whichever event shall first happen upon trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do or shall pay or transfer the said stocks in the new three and half per cents and other stocks aforesaid unto my said grandson William Glanville Percy absolutely in case he shall then have attained the age of twenty one years subject nevertheless to the payment thereout of the sum of nineteen guineas unto messieurs Fox and Company of Craigs Court Charing Cross London my Agents which I give and bequeath to them as a mark of my esteem for their kind and considerate conduct to me during a series of years but without interest in the meantime and to be a vested interest in them at the time of my decease But if my said grandson William Glanville Percy shall not have attained his age of twenty one years at the decease or marriage of my said wife Then upon trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do and shall pay the interest dividends and annual produce of my said stocks or funds or such part of parts thereof as they or he shall deem proper in the maintenance education and bringing up of my said grandson William Glanville Percy during his minority and shall accumilate the unapplied interest thereof and dividends thereof and add such accumulations to the principal from whence the same shall have arison And up my said grandson attaining his age of twenty one years then upon trust to pay and transfer all my said stocks and funds and all accumulations thereof unto my said grandson William Glanville Percy absolutely subject nevertheless to the payment of the said sum of nineteen guineas hereinbefore given to messieurs Fox and Company provided that if my said grandson William Glanville Percy shall die during the widowhood of my said wife without leaving issue living at the time of his decease then upon trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do and shall pay or transfer all my said stocks and funds and all accumulations thereof (subject as aforesaid) unto and amongst such of the children of my daughter Eliza Percy of my son Edward Glanville and of my nephew William Glanville Boyre and of my wife's sister Jane Barratt as shall be living at the time of the decease of my said grandson William Glanville Percy without issue aforesaid in the event of his death during the widowhood of my said wife equally to be divided between them as tenants in common and not as joint tenants provided always and I do hereby declare that if my said wife's sister Jane Barratt shall happen to be living on the decease of my said grandson William Glanville Percy without issue as last aforesaid that then and in such case she shall take a share of and in my said stock and funds in the same manner as if she were on of her own issue And I do hereby give devise and bequeath all that my cottage or tenement situate at Tickhill in the County of York called Glanville Cottage with the household furniture implements utensils plate linen and china books prints and pictures which shall be therein at the time of my decease and also all other my real estate situate at Tickhill aforesaid unto and to the use of my said trustees their heirs executors administrators and assigns upon trust to permit such household furniture implements utensils plate line and china books print and pictures to be used and occupied along with the said cottage called Glanville Cottage during the widowhood of my said wife and do and shall pay the rents and profits of the said cottage and of the said articles of furniture therein and of all other my real estate situate at Tickhill aforesaid unto my said wife during her life if she shall so long continue my widow And up the decease or marriage of my said wife whichever event shall first happen upon trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do and shall permit and suffer my said daughter Eliza Percy from time to time and at all times during her life to have the use and enjoyment of the last mentioned household furniture utensils plate linen and china books prints and pictures to and for her own sole use and benefit either in the said cottage or elsewhere exclusively of her present or any future husband or husbands and without being in any manner subject or liable to the debts control forfeitures disposal or engagements of the present or any future husband or husbands and to and shall pay the rents issued and profits of my said cottage and other real estate situate at Tickhill aforesaid to my said daughter Eliza Percy during her life to and for her own sole and separate use and benefit independent of the debts control or engagements of her present or any future husband or husbands and so as she may not anticipate the same and for which rents issues and profits the receipt or receipts of my said daughter Eliza Percy shall notwithstanding her present or any future Coverture be good discharge to my trustees for the time being and upon the decease of my said daughter Eliza Percy then upon trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do and shall convey assign and assure my said cottage and real estate situate at Tickhill aforesaid and the said articles of furniture above mentioned until the youngest child of my said daughter Eliza Percy who shall be living and his or her heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the different nature and tenure thereof respectively And I direct my said cottage and other real estate situate at Tickhill aforesaid shall by with and out of the rents issues and profits thereof be kept in good and tenantable repair during the widowhood of my said wife and the life of my said daughter Eliza Percy and adequately insured against fire to the satisfaction of my trustees or trustee for life time being I devise and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my real estate whatsoever and wheresover of or to which I shall die seized possessed or entitled And also the residue of my personal estate and effects unto and to the use of my said trustees their heirs executors administrators and assigns upon the trusts following (namely) upon trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do and shall permit and suffer my said wife during her life if she shall so long continue my widow to have the use possession and enjoyment of the household furniture implements utensils plate linen china books prints and pictues which shall be in or about any messuage situate in Doncaster aforesaid wherein I may reside at the time of my decease and also permit and suffer her during the period aforesaid if she shall so long continue my widow to occupy any part of my real estate situate at Doncaster aforesaid And upon further trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after my decease convert and get in the residue of my said residuary personal estate and place out the money arising therefrom in their or his names or name in real of government securities at interest with power to vary and transpose the same as occasion may require And upon further trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do and shall permit and suffer my said wife during her life if she shall so long continue my widow to have receive and take or otherwise pay to her the rents issues and profits dividends and annual produce of my said residuary real and personal estates however constituted with a proportionable part thereof up to the day of her decease or marriage she keeping my said real estate in a good tenatable repair and adequately insured against fire to the satisfaction of my trustees or trustee for the time being and from and immediately after the decease of marriage of my said wife whichever event shall first happen then upon trust that my trustees or trustee for the time being do and shall sell my said residuary real estate and my said last mentioned household furniture implements utensils plate linen china and glass books print and pictures and call in the rent monies which shall have arisen from my said residuary personal estate and do and shall stand possessed of the monies arising from my said residuary real and personal esate upon trust in the first place to pay and retain thereout unto each of them my said trustees the sum of nineteen guineas as a slight acknowledgment for their kindness in carrifing into effect the trusts of this my will and do and shall stand possessed of the residue or surplus of the said monies upon the trusts following namely as to for and concerning one equal fourth part thereof upon trust to place out and invest the same in their or his names or name on government or real security at interest with power to vary and transpose the same as occasion may require and do and shall pay the interest of the same fourth part or the capital thereof unto my daughter Eliza Percy during her life and for the own sole and separate use and benefit in such and the same manner in every respect and under the same restrictions as the issues and profits of my real estate situate at Tickhill aforesaid are hereinbefore directed to be paid to her and from and immediately after the decease of my said daughter then as to the same fourth part or the capital thereof upon trust for such child and children of my said daughter Eliza Percy (except my said grandson William Glanville Percy) then living and such issue then living of such child or children of my said daughter then dead (except as aforesaid) as tenants in common such issue if any deceased chidl to take amongst them only the share or shares which their deceased parent or parents would have been entitled to if living as to for and concerning one other fourth part thereof upon trust to pay to or retain the same in trust for the benefit of my said son Edward Glanville in manner hereinafter mentioned and as to for and concerning one other fourth part thereof in trust for my nephew William Glanville Boyre his executor administrators and assigns And as to for and concerning the remaining fourth part thereof in trust for such child or children of my said daughter Eliza Percy living at the decease or marriage of my said wife (whichever event first happen except my said grandson William Glanville Percy) and such issue living of any child or children of my said daughter then dead as tenants in common the issue of any deceased child to take amongst them the share only which their deceased parent or parents would have been entitled to if living and I direct that the fourth part or share of my said trust monies and also the said sum of ten pounds hereinbefore give to my said son Edward Glanville shall be paid to him in small sums of money not exceeding the sum of two pounds at one payment and that four weeks shall intervene between each payment provided and I declare that if my said trustees or trustee for the time being shall at any time or time during the widowhood of my said wife consider that the rents interest income and annual produce hereinbefore bequeathed to her of my real and personal estates are inadequate for her comfortable maintenance and support and for payment of my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the expenses of keeping my said real estates in good and tenantable repair and adequately insured against fire then and in such case and so often as the same shall happen I empower my trustees or trustee for the time being (notwithstanding the trusts hereinbefore contained) to raise any such sum or sums of money which they or he shall deem requisite by selling mortgaging or calling in any part of my said residuary real and personal estate (except my money in the funds) or any part or parts thereof by all or any of those means as to my trustees or trustee shall seem expedient and to pay the money so raised or such part of parts thereof as they or he shall from time to time think requisite to or for the beneft of my said wife or in payments of my said debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the expenses of keeping my said real estate in good and tenantable repair and adequately insured against fide and I declare that any mortgage which may be made during the life of my said wife by my said trustees or trustee for the time being under the provision last aforesaid shall not invalidated any of the powers of sale hereinbefore give to my said trustees but such powers shall and may be exercised in such and the same manner as if no such mortgage had been made or created and I declare that the receipts or receipt of my said trustees or trustee for the time being shall be sufficient discharges for the same and from all liability to see to the application thereof and I declare that no purchaser or mortgagee shall be obliged to ascertain the occurrance or existance of any event or purpose in or for which a sale mortgage or charge as hereinbefore directed to be made nor to enquire into or take notice of any matter connected with the propriety or regularity of any sale mortgage or charge I devise to my said trustees and their heirs all the estates vested in me as mortgage or trustee subject to the equities and upon the trusts affecting the same and in case my said trustees or either of them shall die in my lifetime or shall on my decease renounce the trusts of my will or in case any trustee for the time being shall die or become unwilling or unable to act or shall cease to reside in England then I empower my said wife during her widowhood after her death or marriage then the surviving or continuing trustee or in default of any such then the retiring trustee or the executors or administrators of the deceased trustee as the case may be by any writing to nominate a new trustee or new trustees for the purpose of filling such vacancy or vacancies and such new trustree or trustees hereby appointed And I direct that the respective trustees for the time being of this my will shall be responsible only for much money as shall come to the respective hands and they they shall not be answerable for the involuntary losses for the the acts deeds or defaults of each other and I empower my trustees to reain and allow to each other the costs and expenses incurred in the execution of the trusts of this my will or in relation thereto and I revoke all former and other wills by me made In witness I the said William Glanville the testator have to this my last will and testament contained in ten sheets of paper set my hand to each and every sheet thereof thus sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two - William Glanville - Signed published and declared by the said William Glanville the testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who present at the same time in his presence at his request in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses the interlineations in the first firth seventh eighth and ninth sheets being first made John Collinson - John Noyner

This will was proved at York the 29th day of July in the year of our Lord 1842 before the reverend John Sharpe LD surrogate of the right worshipful Granville Harpours Vernon Master of Acts Commissary and Keeper General of the Exchequer and prerogative Court of York lawfully constituted by the oaths of Thomas Waker esquire and George Clark Walker the younger the executors in the said will named to whom administration was granted of all and singular the good chattels and credits of the said deceased they having been first sworn duly to administer - Joseph Buckle - Dep Regr