
Transcript of Public Record Office ref. PROB11/1556 Dame Anastasia Mannock 99
Transcribed July 1994 by Tony Hadland from photocopies
[Transcriber's notes shown thus]
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This is the last Will and Testament of me Dame
Anastasia Mannock of Windsor in the
County of Berks Widow and relict of Sir Thomas Mannock late of Giffords
Hall in the County of
Suffolk Baronet decd in manner following that is to say I do hereby
give & devise all that my
Manor or Lordship or reputed Manor or Lordship of Metlyns [near
Maxstoke Castle, Coleshill]
in the County of Warwick with the Manor house Farms land tenements
& heredits thereunto
belonging And also all singular other the Messuages Farms Lands
tenements and heredits which I am
seized of or entitled to either at Law or in Equity in possession
remainder or Expectancy in or
within the several towns Fields Parishes or Precincts of Fillingly [Fillongley]
Thustock
[Shustoke] overfleet Hampstead [now part
of Birmingham] & Stonely
[Stoneleigh] in the said County of Warwick or
elsewhere in Great Britain (excepting the
Estates vested in me upon trust or by way of Mortgage) together with
their & every of their
rights members & appurts unto Nicholas Tuite Selby of Henrietta
Street Covent Garden in the
City & Liberty of Westminster Banker & John Wright of
Henrietta Street aforesaid Banker
their heirs To for & upon the several uses trusts interests
& purposes & under and
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subject to the several powers provisions limitations and declarations
hereinafter
mentioned expressed & declared of & concerning the same
that is to say To the use of my
Nephew Andrew Du Moulin An Officer in His Majesty's first Somerset
Regiment of Militia & his
Assigns for and during the term of his natural life And from &
after the determination of that
Estate by Forfeiture or otherwise in his life time To the use of the
said Nicholas Tuite Selby
& John Wright & their heirs during the natural life of
the said Andrew Du Moulin upon trust
in the usual manner to support & preserve the rentingout uses
& Estates herein after
limited from being defeated or destroyed but nevertheless to permit
& suffer the said Andrew Du
Moulin & his Assigns during his life to have receive &
take the rents issues & profits
of the said heredits & premises & every part thereof to
& for his & their own use
& benefit And from & after the decease of the said
Andrew Du Moulin To the use of the first
& every other Son of the said AndrewDu Moulin lawfully begotten
or to be begotten severally
successively & in remainder one after another in order
& course as they shall respectively
be in priority of birth & the heirs male of the body and
respective bodies of such Son &
Sons issuing the Elder of such Sons & the heirs male of his
body issuing being always preferred
& to take before the younger of such Sons & the heirs
male of his & their body &
respective bodies issuing And in default of such issue to the use of my
Great Niece Elizabeth Du
Moulin my God daughter daughter of the said Andrew Du Moulin in case
the said Elizabeth Du Moulin
shall be living at the time of the Failure or determination of the uses
& Estates herein before
limited precedent to the use or Estate so limited to her the said
Elizabeth Du Moulin but not
otherwise & her heirs & assigns for ever but in case
the said Elizabeth Du Moulin shall be
dead at the time of the Failure or determination of the uses or Estates
precedent to the Estate so
limited to her as aforesaid then & n such case the said Manor
& other heredits hereinbefore
devised shall from thenceforth remain & be to the only proper
use & behest of my own right
heirs for ever provided always & I do hereby declare &
direct that it shall & may be
lawful to & for the said Andrew Du Moulin at any time or times
during his natural life And from
and after his decease during the minority or respective minorities of
any of the Sons of the said
Andrew Du Moulin or of the issue male of any of such Sons for the time
being entitled by virtue of
the limitations aforesaid to the said Manor & other heredits in
possession or to the rents
& profits thereof To & for the Guardian or Guardians
for the time being of any such Son or
issue Male entitled as aforesaid by any Deed or Deeds indented sealed
& delivered in the
presence of two or more credible Witnesses to demise or let all or any
part or parts of the said
Manor & heredits to any person or persons for any term or
number of years not exceeding seven
years in possession but not in
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reversion remainder or expectancy or by way of future Interest
& so as upon every of
such leases there be reserved & made payable during the
continuance thereof to be interest to
& go along with the reversion expectant thereon respectively
the best & most improved
yearly rent or rents that can be reasonably had or obtained for the
same without taking any Sum or
Sums of money or other thing by way of Fine or premium for or in
respect of any such loans & so
as such lessees respectively their respective Exors Admors or assigns
be not made dispunishable of
waste by any express words therein & so as in every such case
there be contained a clause of
reentry for non payment of the rent or rents to be thereby respectively
received by the space of
twenty eight days after the same or any part thereof shall become due
& so as the respective
lessees to whom such loans shall be made do seal and deliver
Counterparts thereof respectively
Provided always & I do hereby further declare & direct
that it shall & may be lawful t
& for the said Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright or
the Survivor of them or the Exors or
Admors of such Survivor at any time or times hereafter at the request
& by the direction of the
said Andrew Du Moulin testified by some writing under his hand
& seal & attested by two or
more credible witnesses / to dispose of & convey either by way
of absolute sale or in exchange
for or in lieu of other heredits to be situate somewhere in that part
of Great Britain called
England all or any part of the said Manor or Lordship & other
heredits respectively & the
Inheritance thereof in fee simple to any person or persons whomsoever
for such price or prices in
money or for such equivalent or recompence [sic] in
Manors Lands or heredits & with or
without paying or receiving any Sum of money for equality of Exchange
as to the said Nicholas Tuite
Selby & John Wright or the Survivor of them his Exors or Admors
shall seem reasonable And that
for the purpose of effecting such dispositions or conveyances (but not
for any other purpose) it
shall and may be lawful to & for the said Nicholas Tuite Selby
& John Wright or the
Survivor of them his Exors or Admors / with such consent &
approbation as aforesaid by any Deed
or Deeds Instrument or Instruments in writing sealed &
delivered by him or them in the presence
of & attested by two or more credible Witnesses absolutely to
revoke determine & make void
all & every or any of the uses trusts powers revisions
limitations and declarations hereby
limitted [sic] declared & expressed of and
concerning the said Manor & other
heredits or any part or parts thereof And by the same or any other Deed
or Deeds Instrument or
Instruments in Writing to limit and appoint any use or uses estate or
estates trust or trusts of
the said Manor & other heredits or any part or parts thereof
which it shall be thought
necessary or expedient to limit or appoint in order effectuate such
sales dispositions &
conveyances as aforesaid And also that upon payment of the monies
arising by the sale of the said
Manor & other heredits or of any monies to be received for
equality of Exchange or any part
thereof it shall & may be lawful to & for the said
Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright
or the Survivor of them his Exors or Admors to give & sign
receipts for the money for which
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the same shall be sold or which shall be received for equality of
Exchange & that such
receipts shall be sufficient discharges to any purchasers or purchaser
or person or persons paying
such monies for equality of Exchange for the purchase monies for which
the same shall be sold or
for such monies so to be paid for equality of Exchange or for so much
thereof as in such receipts
shall be acknowledged or expressed to be received & that
purchaser or purchasers or person or
persons paying such monies for equality of exchange his her or their
heirs Exors Admors or assigns
shall not be accountable or answerable for any loss misapplication or
nonapplication of such
purchase or other money or any part thereof or be obliged or concerned
to see to the applon
[sic] thereof And I do hereby declare &
direct that when all or any part of the said
Manor & other heredits hereby limited shall be sold for a
valuable consideration in money or
any monies shall be received for equality of exchange as aforesaid the
said Nicholas Tuite Selby
& John Wright or the Survivor of them his Exors or Admors shall
with all convenient speed with
the consent & approbation + [insert from margin
incomplete on photocopy from which this
transcript was made] of the person for the time being
entitled in possession to the said Manor
& other heredits such person being of full age but if under age
then with the consent of the
Guardian or Guardians lay out & invest the monies to arise by
such sale or sales Exchange or
Exchanges as aforesaid in the purchase of other Manors Lands or
Heredits in Fee simple in
possession to be situate somewhere in that part of Great Britain called
England of a clear
& indefeasible Estate of Inheritance & either with or
without Leasehold Copyhold or Customary Lands or Tenements lying
contiguous to & convenient to
be held with the heredits hereby limited or with any of the said Manors
Lands or Heredits so to be
purchased as aforesaid But so as such Leasehold Copyhold &
Customary Lands or tenements do not
exceed in the whole one third part in value of the lands tenements or
heredits so to be purchased
at any one time And I hereby further direct that the said Nicholas
Tuite Selby & John Wright or
the Survivor of them his Exors & Admors do & hall
settle & assure or cause to be
settled & assured as well the heredits so to be purchased as
the heredits so to be received in
Exchange as hereinbefore is mentioned to such & the same uses
upon such & the same trusts
& for such & the same intents & purposes
& with under & subject to such &
the same powers provisions conditions & declarations as are in
& by this my Will limited
expressed declared & contained of & concerning such of
the said Manor & other heredits
hereinbefore devised as aforesaid as shall be so sold or given in
Exchange or as near thereto as
the deaths of parties & other intervening incidents will then
admit of Yet so that if any Lands
so to be purchased as last is hereinbefore mentioned shall be held for
any term or terms of years
the same shall not vest absolutely for the purpose of transmission in
any Son of the said Andrew Du
Moulin who shall depart this life under the age of twenty one years
without leaving issue male of
his body living at the time of his decease or born in due time
fterwards And also until the money arising by such sale or sales so to
be received for equality of Exchange as aforesaid
shall be disposed of in the manner hereinbefore mentioned it shall
& may be lawful to & for
the said Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright or the Survivor of
them his Exors & Admors by
& with such consent & approbation as aforesaid to place
out such Sum or Sums of money at
Interest
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either in the Parliamentary Stocks or Public Funds of Great Britain or
upon real
Securities in England or in the principality of Wales in the names or
name of such trustees or
trustee for the time being & to alter vary transfer &
dispose of the said Stocks Funds
& Securities as occasion shall be thought to require And I do
hereby declare & direct that
the Interest dividends & annual product arising or accruing
from such Stocks Funds or
Securities shall go & be paid to such person or persons
& be applied to & for such uses
intents and purposes & in such manner as the rents &
profits of the heredits so to be
purchased would be payable in case such purchases were then actually
made [& I do hereby give
bequeath & dispose of all my monies securities for money Goods
Chattels Personal Estate &
Effects whatsoever and wheresoever in manner following that is to say]
I give all my Gold &
Silver Plate unto the said Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright
their Exors Admors & assigns
upon trust to permit & suffer my Niece Barara Louise Baronne De
Fages of Windsor in the County
of Berks to have the use & enjoyment thereof for &
during the term of her natural life for
her own sole & separate use & benefit & free
from the debts disposition or controul
[sic] of her present or any future husband &
from & after her decease In trust for
such person or persons from time to time as for the time being shall be
entitled in possession to
my said Manor & other heredits hereinbefore devised provided
that if any such person whomay
[sic] become entitled in possession to all Estate in
tail male in the said Manor &
heredits by virtue of the limitations aforesaid shall happen to die
under the age of twenty one
years without leaving Issue male of his body living at his decease or
born in due time afterwards
then & so often as the same shall happen within the period of
time in which Executory powers
are allowed by Law to take place the same plate hereinbefore bequeathed
shall go over to the next
taker of my said Manor and other heredits according to the aforesaid
limitations subject always to
this proviso And I direct that a schedule or Inventory shall be taken
of such plate & a
duplicate made thereof & that the schedule & Duplicate
shall be signed by the person for
the time being entitled to such plate by virtue of this my will And
that one part thereof shall be
kept by the said Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright or the
Survivor of them his Exors or Admors
& the other by the person for the time being so entitled to the
same as aforesaid And I gve to
the said Barbara De Fages my Gold Enamelled Snuff Box & also
all my Diamonds & other Jewels
excepting the Star given to me by my cousin Barbara Rook of Charles
Street Manchester Square which
I hereby direct to be restored to the said Barbara Rook I give to the
said Barbara Rook my
unenamelled Gold Snuff Box And I give all my laces & table
linen to my said Niece Barbara De
Fages and Elizabeth Du Moulin now the Wife of the said Andrew Du Moulin
to be divided between them
in equal shares as tenants in Common And I give my common wearing
apparel to Rachael Hedgenton my
Cook & Mary Osborne my Servant or such of them as shall be
living with me
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at the time of my decease in equal shares if more than one [And I give
& bequeath all
my household furniture unto the said Nicholas Tulte Selby &
John Wright their Exors &
Admors & assigns upon trust as soon as conveniently may be
after my decease to sell &
dispose of the same by Public Auction or Private Contract & to
stand possessed of the monies
therefrom arising after payment of the necessary Expenses attending
such sale In trust to place out
or invest the same in or upon Government or real Securitys [sic]
at Interest in his or their
name or names And upon further trust to pay the dividends Interest or
annual product thereof into
the proper hands of the said last mentioned Elizabeth Du Moulin the
Wife of the said Andrew Du
Moulin or to the hands of such person or persons as she shall by any
writing under her hand but not
by way of anticipation appoint to receive the same during her life the
receipts of the said
Elisabeth [sic] Du Moulin or of such person or
persons as she shall appoint as aforesaid to
be alone sufficient discharges for the same To the interest that the
same may be for her separate
use independent [sic] of the said Andrew Du Moulin
or any future husband And from &
after her decease the said Monies hereinbefore directed to be placed
out at Interest shall be In
trust for all & every the Child & Children of the said
last mentioned Elizabeth Du Moulin
by the said Andrew Du Moulin living at the time of her decease who
being a Son or Sons shall attain
the age of twenty one years or being a Daughter or Daughters shall
attain that age or marry to be
divided between or among them if more than one in equal shares And if
there shall be but one such
Child living at her decease who being a Son shall attain the age of
twenty one years or being a
Daughter shall attain that age or marry the whole to be In trust for
that one Child Provided always
& I declare my Will to be that after the decease of the said
last mentioned Elizabeth Du Moulin
& in the mean time & until the vesting of the portions
hereinbefore provided for her said
Children respectively as aforesaid it shall & may be lawful to
& for the said Nicholas
Tuite Seby & John Wright or the Survivor of them his Exors
Admors or assigns at his or their
discretion to pay & apply all or any part of the Interest
Dividends & annual product of the
portion or portions to which any such Child or Children may be entitled
in expectancy for &
towards his her or their maintenance & education & also
to advance the whole or any part of
such the expectant portion or portions of any such Child or Children
for or towards his her or
their preferment Establishment or advancement in the World] And in case
there shall be no Child of
the same Elizabeth Du Moulin by the said Andrew Du Moulin living at her
decease who being a Son
shall attain + [addition in margin not complete on photocopy,
but probably "the age of
twenty one years or being a Daughter shall attain"] that age
or marry the said monies
hereinbefore directed to be placed out at Interest shall be upon trust
for such person or persons
of any blood or kindred living at my decease as
would by virtue of the statute of
distribution have become entitled to my personal Estate in case I had
died unmarried and Intestate
& in such shares as they respectively would have been entitled
to of & in the same And I
direct that my Coach shall be sold by my Exors hereinafter named
& the monies arising by such
sale distributed amongst the poor in such manner as my Exors shall
think proper [And I direct that
within the space of six Calendar months after
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my decease the Sum of Five thousand pounds four percent Bank Annuities
shall be purchased
or transferred by and out of my personal Estate & invested in
the name or names of the said
Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright or the survivor of them his
Exors Admors or assigns who
shall stand & be possessed & interested of & in
the same upon trust to pay the
dividends & annual proceeds thereof into the proper hands of my
said Niece Barbara Louise
Baronne De Fages or to the hands of such person or persons excepting
her present or any future
husband as she shall from time to time by any writing under her hand
but not by way of anticipation
appoint to receive the same during her life the receipts of the said
Barbara Louise De Fages or of
such person or persons as she shall appoint as aforesaid to be alone
sufficient discharges for the
same to the intent that the same may be for her separate use
independant [sic] of her
present or any future husband And from & after her decease the
said Five thousand pounds four
per Cent Bank Annuities shall be In trust for all & every the
Child & Children of the said
Barbara Louise De Fages living at her decease who being a Son or Sons
shall attain the age of
twenty one years or being a Daughter or Daughters shall attain that age
or marry to be divided
between or among them (if more than one) in equal shares And if there
shall be but one such Child
living at her decease who being a Son shall attain the age of twenty
one
years or being a Daughter shall attain that age or marry the whole to
be In trust for that one
Child Provided always & I declare my Will to be that after the
decease of my said Niece Barbara
Louise De Fages & in the mean time & until the vesting
of the portions hereby provided for
her said Children respectively as aforesaid it shall & may be
lawful for the said Nicholas
Tuite Selby & John Wright or the Survivor of them his Exors
Admors or assigns at his or their
disretion to pay & apply all or any part of the Interest
dividends & annual product of the
portion or portions to which any such Child or Children may be entitled
in expectancy for &
towards his her or their maintenance & education & also
to advance the whole or any part of
such the expectant portion or portions of any such Child or Children
for or towards his her or
their preferment establishment or advancement in the world And in case
there shall be no Child of
the said Barbara Louise De Fages living at her decease who being a Son
shall attain the age of
twenty one years or being a Daughter shall attain that age or marry
then the said Sum of Five
thousand pounds four per Cent Bank Annuities shall be upon trust for
Nicholas Selby Du Moulin the
eldest son of the said Andrew Du Moulin in case he shall be living at
the time of the determination
of the proceeding [sic] trusts of the said Five
thousand pounds four per Cent Bank Annuities
but not their use & for his Exors Admors & assigns to
& for his & their own use
& benefit But in case the said Nicholas Selby Du Moulin shall
be then dead leaving issue of his
body one or more Child or Children then living upon trust for such
Child or Children of the said
Nicholas Selby Du Moulin living at the time of
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the determination of the proceeding [sic] trusts as
being a Son or Sons shall
attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters
shall attain that age or marry
to be divided between or among them if more than one in equal shares
& if there shall be but
one such Child then living who being a Son shall attain the age of
twenty one years or being a
daughter shall attain that age or marry the whole to be In trust for
that one Child Provided always
& I declare my will to be that after the determination of the
trusts preceding the trust last
herein before declared in favor [sic] of the
children of the said Nicholas Selby Du Moulin
& in the mean time & until the vesting of the portions
hereinbefore provided for his said
Children respectively as aforesaid it shall & may be lawful for
the said Nicholas Tuite Selby
& John Wright or the Survivor of them his Exors Admors or
assigns at his or their discretion to
pay & apply all or any part of the Interest dividends &
annual product of the portion or
portions to which any such Child or Children may be entitled in
expectancy for & towards his
her or their maintenance and education And also to advance the whole or
any part of such the
expectant portion or portions of any such child or children for or
towards his her or their
preferment establishment or advancement in the world But in case the
said Nicholas Selby Du Moulin
shall be dead at the time of the determination of the trusts preceding
the trust so limited to him
as aforesaid without leaving any Child or Children living at the time
of such determination as
aforesaid or in case all & evry the child & children
then living shall die before any of
them being a Son shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a
Daughter shall attain that age
or marry then & in either of such cases the said Five thousand
pounds four per Cent Bank
Annuities shall be upon trust for all & every such Daughter or
Daughters of the said Andrew Du
Moulin living at the time of the failure or determination of the trusts
thereof herein before
limited preceding the trust hereby declared for the benefit of such
Daughter as shall attain the
age of twenty one years or marry to be divided between or amongst them
if more than one in equal
shares & in case there shall be but one such Daughter then
living who shall attain the age of
twenty one years or marry then the whole to be upon trust for such one
Daughter with power for the
said Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright or the Survivor of them
his Exors Admors or assigns
after the failure or determination of the preceding trusts & in
the mean time until the
absolute vesting o the portions hereinbefore provided for such
Daughters respectively as aforesaid
to pay & apply all or any part of the expectant portion or
portions of such Daughter or
Daughters for & towards her or their maintenance &
education And also to advance the whole
or any part of such expectant portion or portions for or towards his
her or their preferment
establishment or advancement But in case all & singular the
trusts hereinbefore declared of and
concerning the said Sum of Five thousand pounds four per Cent Bank
Annuities shall fail to take
effect or shall determine then in such case the said Five thousand
pounds four per Cent Bank
Annuities shall from & aftersuch failure or determination
remain & be upon trust for my
said Great Niece Elizabeth Du Moulin God daughter her Exors
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Admors & assigns And I direct that within the space of six
calendar Months after my
decease the Sum of two thousand pounds four pr. Cent Bank Annuities
shall in like manner be
purchased or transferred by & out of my personal Estate
& invested in the name or names of
the said Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright or the Survivor of
them his Exors Admors or assigns
who shall stand be possessed & interested of & in the
same Upon trust to pay the dividends
& annual proceeds thereof unto the said Andrew Du Moulin
& his assigns for and during the
term of his natural life & from & after his decease
upon trust for all & every the
child & children of the said Andrew Du Moulin living at the
time of his decease or born in due
time afterwards who being a Son or Sons shall attain the age of twenty
one years or being a
Daughter or Daughters shall attain that age or marry to be divided
between or among them if more
than one in equal shares And if there shall be but one such Child
living at his decease or born in
due time aftewards who being a Son shall attain the age of twenty one
years or being a Daughter
shall attain that age or marry the whole to be In trust for that Child]
Provided always & I
declare my Will to be that after the decease of the said Andrew Du
Moulin & in the mean time
& until the vesting of the portions hereinbefore provided for
his said Children respectively as
aforesaid it shall & may be lawful for the said Nicholas Tulte
Selby & John Wright or the
Survivor of them his Exors Admors & assigns at his or their
discretion to pay & apply all
or any part of the Interest Dividends & annual product of the
portion or portions to which any
such Child or Children may be entitled in expectancy for &
towards his her or their maintenance
& education & also to advance the whole or any part of
such expectant portion or portions
of any such Child or Children for or towards his her or their
preferment establishment &
advancement in the world And in case there shall be no Child of the
said Andrew Du Moulin living at
the time f his decease or born in due time afterwards who being a Son
shall attain the age of
twenty one years or being a daughter shall attain that age or marry
then the said two thousand
pounds four per Cent Bank Annuities shall be upon trust for such person
or persons of my blood or
kindred living at my decease as would by virtue of the statute of
distributions have become
entitled to my personal Estate in case I had died unmarried and
Intestate & in such shares as
they respectively would have been entitled to of & in the same
And I do further direct that
within the space of six calendar months after my decease a life Sum of
two thousand pounds four per
Cent Bank Annuities shall be purchased or transferred out of my
personal Estate & invested in
the names or name of the said Nicholas Tuite Selby & John
Wright or the Survivor of them his
Exors Admors or assigns who shall be possessed & interested of
& in the same
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upon trust to pay the dividends & annual proceeds thereof unto
my Nephew James Du
Moulin now in America or his assigns for & during the term of
his natural life & from &
after his decease upon trust for George Du Moulin the second Son of my
said Nephew Andrew Du Moulin
his Exors Admors & assigns for his & their own use
& benefit [And I do hereby also
direct that the Sum of two thousand five hundred pounds five per Cent
Bank Annuities shall within
the space of six calendar months after my decease be purchased or
transferred out of my personal
Estate & invested in the names or name of the said Nicholas
Tuite Selby & John Wright or
the Survivor of them his Exors Admors or assigns who shall stand
& be possessed &
interested of & in the same upon trust for all & every
the Daughter & Daughters of the
said Andrew Du Moulin living at the time of his decease who shall
attain the age of twenty one
years or marry to be divided between or amongst them in equal shares if
more than one & if
there shall be but one such dauhter living at his decease who shall
attain that age or marry then
the whole to be upon trust for such one Daughter Provided always
& I declare my Will to be that
in the mean time until such Daughters respectively shall attain the age
of twenty one years or
marry it shall be lawful for the said Nicholas Tuite Selby &
John Wright or the Survivor of
them his Exors Admors or assigns at his or their discretion to pay
& apply all or any part of
the Interest & annual proceeds of the portion or portions to
which any such Daughter or
Daughters may be entitled in expectancy for and towards her &
their maintenance & education
& also to advance the whole or any part of such the expectant
portion or portions of any such
Daughter or Daughters for or towards her or their preferment
establishment or advancement in the
world And in case there shall be no Daughter of the said Andrew Du
Moulin living at his decease who
shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry the said two thousand
five hundred pounds five per Cent Bank Annuities shall be upon trust
for such
person or persons of my blood or kindred living at my decease as would
by virtue of the statute of
distributions have become entitled to my personal Estate in case I had
died unmarried &
intestate & in such shares as they respectively would have been
entitled to of & in the
same] And I do hereby further direct that my Exors or the Exors for the
time being of this my Will
shall within the space of six calendar months after my decease by
& out of my personal Estate
purchase & transfer or cause to be transferred to the several
Legatees hereinafter named the
several legacies or proportions of Four per Cent Bank Annuities
following that is to say To my
Cousin Miss Barbara Rooke of Charles Street Manchester Square Spinster
one thousand five hundred
pounds four per Cent Bank Annuities To Francis Archdekin of Charles
Street Manchester Square Nephew
of the said Barbara Rooke five hundred pounds life Annuities to Mrs
Agnes Wright of Llanherne House
St. Columb's in the County of Cornwall three hundred pounds
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life Annuities To Mrs Swinbourne Daughter of the late Sir John
Swinbourne Baronet deceased
late residing at Montargis in France but now at Heath in the County of
York two hundred pounds life
Annuities To Mrs Augustine De Chabaune of Snape Hill near Wimbourne in
the County of Dorset two
hundred pounds life Annuities To the said Nicholas Tuite Selby
& John Wright for the trouble
they will have in the execution of the trusts of this my Will two
hundred pounds life Annuities
equally to be divided between them To Louis Baron De Fages of Windsor
in the County of Berks my
Nephew in law one hundred pounds life Annuities To Mary Minter my late
Servant one hundred pounds
life Annuities To my God daughter Constantia Slaughter of Bellevue
Reading in the County of Berks
one hundred pounds life Annuities To the Reverend Doctor Collingridge
of Chepstow in the County of
Monmouth one hundred pounds life Annuities To the Revd Mr Anthony
Cocket of Burton Green near
Ringwood Hants one hundred pounds life Annuities To my Godson loysius
Last of (blank) Street near
Manchester Square London Fifty pounds life Annuities To the Revd. Mr.
Mortuaire residing at Stonor
Park Fifty pounds life annuities To the Revd. William Barnes of Fisbury
1 [= Tisbury] near
Wardour Castle in the County of Wilts Fifty pounds life annuities To
the Revd. Philip Becquet
lately residing with me Fifty pounds life Annuities And I give
& bequeath the several legacies
or Sums of lawful money of the United Kingdom as the same is current in
England to the several
persons herein after mentioned that is to say To six poor honest Men to
be chosen by my Exors as
Pall Bearers two Guineas apiece To Rachael Hedgenton my Cook Fifty
pounds if she shall be living +
[insert from margin "with me at my decease To Mary Osborne my
Servant fifty pounds if she
shall be living"] with me at my decease To the Revd. Mr.
D'Ollard of Fingest in the County
of Oxford for a ring Nineteen pounds nineteen shillings To John Favies
of Bury St. Edmunds in the
County of Suffolk Nineteen pounds Nineteen shillings To Louis Herode of
Rumsey in the County of
Hants commonly called Farge who was Servant to my late Uncle Sir Thomas
Moore Baronet deceased ten
pounds And I direct that the several above mentioned pecuniary Legacies
shall be paid as soon as
conveniently may be after my decease without Interest And I do hereby
further declare & direct
that the legacies hereinbefore bequeathed by me to the said Rachael
Hedgenton & Mary Osborne
shall be free & clear from all taxes & deductions
whatsoever and particularly from the tax
or duty on Legacies now payable or which shall or may become payable
upon or in respect of the same
respectively which said taxes or duties payable for or in respect
thereof shall be paid and
discharged by my Exors out of the residue of my personal Estate
& Effects [And I do herey
further declare & direct that in the event of my personal
Estate not being sufficient for the
payment of all the legacies Sums of money & stocks hereby
bequeathed or directed to be
purchased or transferred as aforesaid the same shall abate
proportionately without regard to the
order or precedency in which the same are given by this my Will And I
do hereby give & bequeath all my monies
securities
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for money Goods Chattels Estate & Effects whatsoever &
wheresoever not
hereinbefore specifically or otherwise disposed of after payment of all
my just debts Funeral &
testamentary Expenses & the several legacies Sums of money
& Stocks hereinbefore bequeathed
& directed to be purchased or transferred as aforesaid as well
as of the legacy Duties payable
upon the said two legacies to Rachael Hedgenton & Mary Osborne
respectively as aforesaid unto
the said Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright their Exors Admors
& assigns upon trust as soon
as conveniently may be after my decease to sell dispose of collect
& reinvest the same into
money & to place out or invest tile monies therefrom arising in
or upon Government or real
Securities at Interest & to stand & be possessed and
interested of & in the monies last
hereinbefore directed to be invested or laced out at Interest upon such
and the same trusts in
favor [sic] or for the benefit of the Daughters of
the said Andrew Du Moulin & with the
like powers & authorities as hereinbefore mentioned expressed
& declared of &
concerning the said two thousand five hundred pounds five per Cent Bank
Annuities herein before
directed to be invested upon divers trusts in favor [sic]
or for the benefit of such
Daughter or Daughters And in case there shall be no Daughter of the
said Andrew Du Moulin living at
his decease who shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry
thereupon trust for the said
George Du Moulin the second Son of the said Andrew Du Moulin his Exors
Admors & assigns to
& for his & their own use & benefit] Provided
always & I do hereby further declare
& direct that it shall be lawful for the said Nicholas Tuite
Selby & John Wright or the
Survivor of them his Exors Admors or assigns from time to time to alter
vary and transpose the
several Stocks Funds & Securities which shall for the time be
standing in his or their name or
names under or by virtue of this my Will until the same respectively
shall become transferrable by
virtue of the trusts & Directions herein before contained as
often as he or they shall think
proper provided that every such transposition be made with the consent
of the person or persons for
the time being entitled to the dividends interest & annul
proceeds of the Stocks Funds or
Securities respectively which shall be so altered varied or transposed
as aforesaid such person or
persons being of full age & during the minority or respective
minorities of every person or
persons for the time being entitled in expectancy as aforesaid with the
consent of his her or their
Guardian or Guardians for the time being And I do hereby give &
devise unto etc the use of the
said Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright their heirs &
assigns All such real Estates as are
vested in me by way of Mortgage in order to enable him and them with
the greater ease to collect
& get in the monies thereby named & to apply the same
upon the trusts of this my Will And I
give unto & to the use of the said Nicholas Tuite Selby
& John Wright their heirs &
assigns all such real Estates as are vested in me upon any trust or
trusts To hold the same upon
the trusts thereof respectively And I declare & direct that if
either of them the said
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Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright or any future trustee shall
die or refuse or
decline to act in the trusts of this my Will then a new trustee may be
appointed by the surviving
or continuing trustess And the said trust Estates monies &
premises shall in that case be
conveyed & assigned so as to be vested in such new trustee
& such surviving or continuing
trustee upon the same trusts & withon the same powers as are
hereinbefore mentioned &
declared & so from time to time as often as that case shall
happen And I appoint the said
Nicholas Tuite Selby & John Wright Executors of this my Will
And I declare that my said Exors
& trustess & the trustees or trustee for the time being
of this my Will shall not be
answerable for involuntary losses & that they shall be allowed
& may retain to &
reimburse themselves all their costs & Charges damages
& Expenses to be occasioned by the
due execution of the trusts hereby in them disposed And I hereby revoke
all my former Wills In
Witness whereof I the said Dame Anastasia Manock have to this my last
Will & testament
contained in Eighteen sheets of paper set my hand & seal that
is to say my hand to the first
seventeen sheets thereof & my hand & seal to this
Eighteenth & last sheet the seventh
day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
& fourteen Anastasia Mannock
(SS) Signed Sealed Published & declared by the said Testatrix
Dame Anastasia Mannock as &
for her last Will & testament in the presence of us who in her
presence at her request & in
the presence of each other have hereto subscribed our Names as
Witnesses Jno. Chapman Surgeon
Windsor James McBean Upholsterer Windsor John Secker Junr. Clerk to Mr.
Secker Solicitor Windsor
Windsor 23d Janu. 1814
Messrs Selby & John Wright Esqrs. this I declare you will look on a fair Godicil to my Will -male by Mr. Barrett & Co. towards the beginning of last year when at Henley Oxon & it is to rectify a mistake in the legacy concerning Mrs. Barbra. Rooke in wch. I leave her my Gold Snuff Box I had given her one some years ago & it was a Brilliant Star she had given me the other mistake is that I had left all my common apparel to be divided between Rachael my Cook & Mary Osborne since wch. I have a good Maid & will have her by name Elizabeth Barwell come in for her share in the above things & my Gold Box is for Barbara L. De Fages As Witness my hand Anastasia Mannock
I likewise Desire Messrs. Selby & John Wright to give to Mrs. Charlotte Stuard of Lanhurne Cornwall £300 Mrs. Agnes Wright to whom I had left a legacy is since dead but will that it goes to her above friend & successor Charlotte Stuard As Witness my hand this 14th. day of March 1814. Anastasia Mannock
9th May 1814
Appeared Personally William Last of South Street in the Parish of Saint Mary le bone in [Page ends here - presumably a further page describes the proving of the will.]