John Scott 1854

This is the last Will and Testament of me John Scott of Haversham in the County of Buckinghamshire Gentleman I bequeath to my dear Wife Sarah such parts of my household furniture plate linen china wines and spirits and other household effects as she may select for her own use I bequeath to my said Wife the sum of Two hundred pounds to be paid to her at any time after my decease that she may sustain the same I devise all that and those my Farm Lands and Estates situate at Maidsmorton in the county of Buckingham of whatsoever nature or tenure the same respectively may be unto my dear Son John and his heirs absolutely But if my said Son John shall die without leaving lawful issue him surviving Then I devise the said farm lands and Estate unto my dear Son William and his errors absolutely I bequeath the Greenhouse attach to my house at Haversham aforesaid and the apparatus belongings thereto and all the plants and flowers therein and in the garden adjoining to my said house unto my said Son John absolutely I bequeath the sum of Seven hundred pounds to said Son William absolutely to be paid to him within six calendar months next after my decease I bequeath all my ready money book and other debts money in my Bankers hands and the Securities for money unto and equally between my said Sons John and William share and share alike Subject nevertheless and I do hereby charge the same with the payment of my debts and funeral testamentary expenses and the legacies hereinbefore and also hereinafter bequeathed I give to my said Son William had the right of occupying the whole of the farm and lands now occupied by me situate at Haversham aforesaid and of taking at a valuation such part of my life and dead stock as he may consider necessary to enable him to carry on the said occupation All the rest of my farming stock both life and dead I direct shall be valued and disposed of as opportunities may occur and for any it shall be deemed most advantageous I direct that the amount of the Stock which shall be taken by my said Son William and the money to arise from the sale and disposition of the rest of my farming stock shall be added together and that one moiety thereof shall belong to my said Son John and the other moiety to my said Son William Any property belonging to me not herein before bequeathed I give and to my said Sons John and William equally to be divided between them then I direct that my said Sons shall in the valuations and divisions of any part of my property be bound in all things by the determination and division of Edmund Greaves of Haversham aforesaid Gentleman and John Wilmer of Gayhurst in the said county of Buckingham Gentleman and that each of my said sons shall us subject to such determination and division without questioning the same in any way whatsoever But I expressly declare that I do not hereby appoint the said Edmund Greaves and John Wilmer executors of this my will and Will so that they shall in any way be liable to see that my debts all liabilities are paid or satisfied I bequeath to the said Edmund Greaves and John Wilmer the sum of Nineteen pounds nineteen shillings each to be paid to them within six calendar months next after my decease I confirm so far as I have any power so to do the Settlement made on my marriage of money belonging to my said Wife and request her to make an equal division of the funds comprised in the said Settlement between my said two Sons I request that the sum of Nine hundred pounds for which as the surviving executor of Mr. Joseph Clare deceased I am accountable to Mrs Mary Hayward Chapman and her Children and which is now in the hands of James William Pattams Gentleman may be called in and invested on Government Securities so that my Estate may be exonerated with respect thereto I especially direct that a cup belonging to me and commonly known as the Christening Cup shall belong to and held by such of my sons or any issue of them or either of them who shall for the time being be in possession of my said Estate at Maidsmorton it being my wish that the said Cup shall so far as the Law will permit go as an heirloom with the said Estate I revoke all former Wills by me made In testimony where of I have here unto set my hand this twenty fourth day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty three John Scott Signed and declared by the said Testator John Scott as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses Charlotte Payne John Parrott

On the 4^th Sept 1854 Admon with the Will annexed of the Goods Chattels and Credits of John Scott late of Haversham in the County of Buckingham Gentleman deceased was granted to John Scott and William Scott the Sons and the Residuary Legatees named in the said Will having given first sworn by Commission duly to administer No Executor