Christopher Richardson (1780)

Born 1780 in Limehouse, London, England

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WILL DESIGNATION FROM HIS FATHER cHRISTOPHER The Remainder of my property and effects of every description whether freehold ____hold or leasehold estates the goodwill and business of the Timber and Bonding yards, furniture, wines, spirits, horses and carriages ( with the ______ of plate and other articles mentioned in a ______ ________ _____ ) I give and bequeath to my son Christopher Richardson and in no special manner my Freehold estate at Limehouse in the County of Middlesex formerly called or known by the name of the Saw Mill Yard and now denominated Richardsonʼs Timber and Bonding yard together with the works, warehouses, dwelling house, stables, sheds, saw pits and every other appertenance hereinto belonging for his sole use and benefit subject nevertheless to the following annuity to be ____ _______ to my daughters Harriet Richardson to whom I give and bequeath the same two hundred pounds per annum ( she being the widow of my deceased son Peter) and to my niece Rebecca Arkroyd the sum of fifty pounds per annum during their respective lives, the first half yearly payments to be made six months after my decease and so ________ to be paid every succeeding six months during their respective natural lives likewise (in case of need ) subject to the payment of all my just gifts, funeral expenses, Government Stamps and duties of proving my Will and other necessary charges, hereby contituting ___ sole residuary legator in consequence of the confidence I repose in a ________ of that harmony , love and affection I have happily witnessed to exist between each and every individual of my family I do hereby ___stitute and appoint in my sons Christopher and John Dingley Richardson EXECUTORS and Trustees of this my last Will and Testament in which I have endeavoured to express ( perhaps with too much tautology ) my intentions as clear as possible but should unhappily a difference of opinion arise on any point between them I earnestly intent by the love they have ____ ____ to our not to apply to the law to determine the case, but to submit the same to be decided by some disinterested Friends as Arbitrators. Given under my hand and soul this thirtieth day of February in the year ou Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight by CHRISTr RICHARDSON

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