Will for Thomas Horton 1805

 

NRO Northants Wills

Thomas Horton 1805

This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Horton of Yardley Gobion in the County of Northampton Yeoman, being of sound Memory and Understanding First I Give and Devise unto my Son Henry Horton his Heirs and Assigns All that my Messuage or Tenement with the Maltkiln Yard Garden Home close and Premises thereunto adjoining and belonging with the appurtenances situate and being in Yardley aforesaid and now in my own occupation To Hold the same unto my said Son Henry Horton his Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I give and devise unto my son Francis Horton his Heirs and Assigns all those my three several Messuages Cottages or Tenements and Premises with their appurtenances situate and being in Yardley aforesaid in the respective occupation of Mary Dawks, Joseph Bonham and Thomas Stevens To Hold the said three Messuages Cottages or Tenements and Premises unto my said Son Francis Horton his Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I Give and Devise unto my son Charles Horton his Heirs and Assigns All those my three other Messuages Cottages or Tenements and Premises with their appurtenances situate and being in Yardley aforesaid one whereof is now occupied by John Smith and the other two are now standing empty To Hold the said last mentioned three several Messuages Cottages and Tenements and Premises unto my said son Charles Horton his Heirs and Assigns for ever also I Give and Devise All that my Messuage Tenement or Farmhouse and Premises in Yardley aforesaid wherein I now dwell And also all those my several Closes or inclosed Grounds situate lying and being in Yardley aforesaid and in Cosgrove and Morend in the said County of Northampton now in my own occupation And also all other my Real Estate whatsoever, not before disposed of, Unto my dear Wife Ann and her Assigns for and during the Term of her natural Life, without impeachment of waste, And from and after her decease I Give and Devise the same Premises and every part and parcel thereof unto my Son Thomas Horton his Heirs and Assigns for ever Subject nevertheless to and I do hereby subject and charge my said Messuage Tenement or Farmhouse several Closes or inclosed Grounds Real Estate and Premises last mentioned to and with the payment of my just Debts Funeral and Testamentary Expences, and the seven following Legacies or sums, within twelve Calendar Months next after my decease, that is to say, The sum of Three hundred Pounds to my son John Horton to and for his use and benefit the sum of Fifty Pounds to my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of James Lawrence the sum of Fifty Pounds to my Daughter Ann the wife of Charles Cowley the like sum of Fifty Pounds to my Daughter Alice Horton the like sum of Fifty Pounds to my Daughter Christian Horton the like sum of Fifty Pounds to my Daughter Mary Horton and the like sum of Fifty Pounds to my Daughter Lucy Horton And I Give and Bequeath All and singular my Goods Chattels Effects and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of whatever kind the same may be Unto my said Wife Ann her Executors Administrators and Assigns And Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Wife Ann and my said Son Thomas Executrix and Executor of this my Will and do hereby revoke all other Wills and Testamentary Instruments heretofore by me made In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Horton the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament, contained in two Sheets of Paper, and to each Sheet thereof, set my Hand and Seal the Nineteenth Day of February In the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and five

The mark of Thomas Horton

Signed sealed Published and Declared by the said Testator Thomas Horton as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us, who in his Presence, at his Request, and in the Presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses

Thomas Worley

William Clarke

George Harris

Probate On the twentieth day of March 1805, Ann Horton and Thomas Horton, the Executrix and Executor named in the within Will were then sworn well and faithfully to perform the same according to Law and that the deceased at the time of his death was not possessed of personal Estate to the amount of £400

Before me John Hellins B.D.

Surrogate