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Location: London, England
Surnames/tags: Fuller England
Testator: Stephen Fuller of Saint Clement Danes, London, Merchant Date of the Will: 28 May 1796 Proved: 19 September 1799
Persons mentioned
- Stephen Fuller, Testator
- Thomas Fuller, late brother
- Phillippa Dickinson, daughter
- Elizabeth Fuller, daughter already deceased and without issue
- John Trayton Fuller, son-in-law
- Hans Sloane, son-in-law
- William Dickinson, son-in-law
- William Dickinson, the Younger: grandson
- Frances Dickinson, granddaughter
- William Sloane, grandson
- Stephen Sloane, grandson
- Maria Sloane, granddaughter
- Rose Fuller, nephew and business partner
- Ann Spencer of Grays Walk, Lambeth, friend
- Elizabeth Tidey, former servant
- William Randall, current servant
- John Regeant, current servant
- John Thomas Batt, Esquire, Barrister, unknown relationship
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- Text between square brackets was a later addition annotated between the lines
- This is the last Will and testament of Mr Stephen Fuller of Saint
- Clements Lane London Merchant I Give to John
- Trayton Fuller of Ashdown Place in Sussex Esquire
- who was the husband of my Daughter Elizabeth now
- dead without issue the sum of five hundred Pounds
- and I direct the same to be paid to him as if he
- was not indebted to me my will being that if he
- desires it he shall have at least four years for
- payment of the pricipal sums of five hundred pounds
- and five hundred pounds due to me on two Bonds
- from him and that in the mean time he shall be
- called upon only for the Interest of the said two principal
- Sums Also I give five hundred to my Nephew and
- Partner Rose Fuller Esquire and my Will is that the said
- five hundred Pounds shall be paid to the said Rose
- Fuller as if he was not indebted to me on the partnership
- Amount between us the payment of such Debt Geing
- to be regulated in manner hereinafter directed I give
- to Ann Spencer of Grays Walk Lambeth Spinster five
- Guineas a year during her life to be paid without
- deduction on Easter Monday in every year that being
- the day in which I am in the habit of making a
- Yearly present to her of the same Amount and the
- first payment to be made on the first Easter Monday
- after my decease and my Worthy friend Mr Samuel
- Istead gives to her a life yearly sum of five Guineas
- and has promised me to continue it I desire my Executors
- to put Aim in mind of it accordingly Also I Give five
- pounds a year to Elizabeth Tidey Spinster my Old
- servant during her life to be paid to her by such
- yearly payments in every year and the first such
- payment to be made on the first Easter
- after my decease And I desire my (deletion)
- Executors to secure the said Annuities of five Guineas
- and five pounds by such Appropriation of Stocks in
- the public funds as they shall think fit And I Give
- to my Servants William Randall and John Regeant
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- Ten Pounds a piece if they shall be living with
- me at my decease And I Give to my Grandson
- William Dickinson Esquire Ten thousand Pounds And
- I also give to him my Books and Book Cases or Shelves
- And my Writing Table and the two sets of Drawers
- under it and my small writting Desk and my great
- Mahogany Wardrobe And in regard to my Silver plate
- many parts of which I have melted down and
- converted into useful Plate I leave the Tureen and
- its appurtenances presented to me by the Coffee Planters
- of Jamaica to my Daughter Philippa Dickinson for her
- sole and separate use notwithstanding any coverture as
- being equivalent to the plate melted down and given
- by me to my Son in Law Hans Sloane Esquire And I
- Give one half of the remainder of my plate to my said
- Grandson William Dickinson and the other half of such
- remainder equally between my two Grand Sons William
- Sloane and Stephen Sloane And I Give to my Grand
- Daughter Frances Dickinson five thousand Pounds
- I Give to my Grandaughter Maria Sloane five thousand
- And I give to John Thomas Batt Esquire Barrister at
- Law my said Son in Law Hans Sloane my Son in Law
- William Dickinson Esquire and my said Grand Son
- William Dickinson Ten thousand Pounds upon trust
- that they or the survivors or survivor of them or the
- Executors or Administrators of the survivor of them
- do and shall place out the same ten thousand pounds
- in Government Stocks or Parliamentary funds or Bank
- Stock or East India Stock or on such real securities in
- England and Wales as shall appear to them or him
- advisable And my Will is that the said John Thomas
- Batt my said Son in Law Hans Sloane my said Son in
- Law William Dickinson and my said Grandson William
- Dickinson and the survivors and survivor of them and
- the Executors and Administrators of such survivor do
- and shall stand possessed of the stocks funds and
- securities in which the said ten thousand pounds shall
- be so placed out upon the trusts following (that is to
- say) In trust for my said Gradsons William Sloane
- and Stephen Sloane in such shares and at such times
- with such benefit of survivorship and Accrues and in
- such manner as the said Hans Sloane by any writing
- or writings with or without power of Revocation to
- be by him Sealed and delivered in the presence of two
- or more credible witnesses or by his last Will and
- Testament or any writing of a Testamentary kind
- to be by him signed and published in the presence
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- of the same number of witnesses shall from time to
- time limit direct and appoint and until such
- limitation direction or appointment shall be made
- and in case of any such limitation direction or
- appointment then so far as the same shall not
- extend In Trust for my said Grand Sons William
- Sloane and Hans Sloane equally and their several
- and respective Executors and Administrators But
- my Will is that my said Son in Law Hans Sloane
- besides the power of Appointment hereinbefore
- entrusted to him and subject to his execution
- thereof from time to time shall during his life have
- the power of applying the Yearly Dividends Interest
- and Income of and from the Stocks funds and
- Securities in which the said Ten thousand Pounds or
- any part thereof shall for the time being be
- invested for the Maintenance Education or other
- benefit or Advantage of my said Grandsons William
- and Stephen Sloane respectively in such proportions
- and in such manner as to the said Hans Sloane shall
- from time to time seem most suitable and proper my
- intent being that he shall have the fullest discretion
- in this respect and that it shall not be necessary to
- resort to the Court of Chancery ot any Court
- whatever to Warrant such Discretional Application
- by him in any manner whatever. And my Will also
- is that the said John Thomas Batt my said Son in
- Law William Dickinson and said Grandson William
- Dickinson and the survivors and survivor of them
- and the Executors and Administrators of such survivor
- shall at all times during the life of the said Hans
- Sloane when he shall request it join with him in
- selling or otherwise Disposing of any of the Stocks
- funds and Securities in which the said Ten thousand
- Pounds or any part thereof shall for the time being
- be placed out and in converting the same into
- Money and in applying such money for the advancement
- promotion Maintenance Education Improvement or
- other benefit or Advantage of the said William Sloane
- and Stephen Sloane respectively or of either of them
- as to the said Hans Sloane shall from time to time
- appear most advisable and in the same manner as
- if such money consisted of Yearly Dividends Interest
- and produce of the Stocks funds and Securities in
- which the said Ten thousand Pounds shall be
- invested And my Will further is that at all times
- During the life [of my said Son in Law Hans Sloane] the said John Thomas Batt [my said Son in Law] Hans
- Sloane my said Son in Law William Dickinson and my
- said Grand Son William Dickinson and the Survivors
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- and Survivor of them and the Executor and Administrators
- of such survivor shall have full power of selling and
- Disposing of the Stocks funds and Securities in which the
- said Ten thousand Pounds or any part thereof shall for
- the time being be invested and of investing the manner
- which shall arise from any such Sale or Disposition in
- any other such Stocks funds or Securities [as aforesaid other Stocks funds and Securities] to be upon the
- same Trusts and shall have the same power over such
- other Stocks funds and Securities and so from tiem to time
- as often as they or he shalll think a change of stocks [funds] or
- Securities convenient And Whereas it may happen
- that my said Grandsons William Sloane and Stephen
- Sloane the Eldest of whom is only about fifteen Years
- of age may offens(?) their father the said Hans Sloane
- by misconduct I therefore do hereby Authorize and
- Empower the said Hans Sloane at any time or times
- during his life by any writing or writings with or
- without power of Revocation to be by him Sealed and
- delivered in the presence of two or more credible (deletion)
- witnesses or by his Last Will and Testament or any
- Testamentary writing to be by him Signed and Published
- in the presence of two such witnesses to appoint the
- said Ten thousand Pounds or any part thereof unto my
- said Grand Daughter Maria Sloane or in case of her
- decease during the life of the said Hans Sloane to any
- Child or Children the said Maria Sloane may have by
- any person she shall marry as he the said Hans Sloane
- shall think (deletion) most proper and as to all the residue
- of my Goods Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever
- I Give and Bequeath the same unto the said john
- Thomas Batt my said Son in Law Hans Sloane my said
- Son in Law William Dickinson and my said Grand Son
- William Dickinson their Executors and Administrators
- but upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned And my
- Will is that the said John Thomas Batt my said Son
- in Law Hans Sloane my said Son in Law William Dickinson
- and my said Grandson William Dickinson or the survivors
- or survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators
- of such survivor do and shall with all convenient speed
- after my decease convert so much of the said residue
- as shall not consist of Government Stocks or Parliamentary
- funds or Bank Stock or East India Stock or shall not be
- placed out on real securities in England or Wales into
- Money and invest such Money [and also as (...) of the said residue as (...) consist of Money] in such Stocks and funds and
- on such real Securities as aforesaid in the Names of them
- the said John Thomas Batt my said Son in Law Hans
- Sloane my said son in Law William Dickinson and my
- said Grandson William Dickinson or of the survivors or
- survivor of them or of the Executors or Administrators of
- such survivor as to them or him shall seem most expedient
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- And my Will also is that the said John Thomas Batt
- my said Son in Law Hans Sloane my said Son in law
- William Dickinson and my said Grandson William
- Dickinson and the survivors and survivor of them and
- the Executors and Administrators of the survivor
- and shall stand and be possessed and interested of
- and in the Stocks funds and securities in while any
- part of the said residue shall be invested in pursuant
- of the discretion aforesaid and also of and in such Stocks
- funds and securities of the description aforesaid as
- shall compose the other part of the said residue in
- upon the Trusts hereinafter declared And [as] to for and
- concerning one Moiety of the Stocks funds and
- securities while shall compose or arise from the said
- residue of my Personal Estate in manner aforesaid
- I do hereby will and declare that the said john
- Thomas Batt my said son in Law Hans Sloane my
- said Son in Law William Dickinson and my said Grand
- Son William Dickinson and the survivors and survivor
- of them and the Executors and Administrator of
- such survivor do and shall stand possessed of and
- Interested in the said Moiety of the said Stocks funds
- and securities so composing or arising from the said
- residue of my Personal Estate Upon the Trusts following
- (that is to say) Upon Trust out of the Yearly Interest
- Dividends and Income of and from the said Moiety
- of the said Stocks funds and Securities to pay or cause
- to be paid the year annuity or yearly sum of Six
- hundred and thirty pounds unto my said Daughter
- Philippa Dickinson during her natural Life the said
- Annuity or year sum of six hundred and thirty
- pounds to be paid half year by two equal portions
- in every year and the first half yearly payment to
- be made at the end of a Month from the day of
- my decease and the said Annuity or yearly sum of
- six hundred and thirty pounds to be for her sole and
- separate use notwithstanding her present or any
- future coverture and not to be liable to the Debts
- or Control of her present or any future Husband
- and her receipt or the receipt of such person or persons
- as she notwithstanding any coverture shall appoint
- to receive the said Annuity or Yearly sum to be from
- time to time a sufficient Discharge And subject to the
- said Annuity or Yearly sum of six hundred and
- thirty pounds In trust for my said Grandson William
- Dickinson and said Grand Daughter Frances Dickinson
- in such shares and proportions at such times with
- such benefit of survivorship and accrues and in such
- manner as my said Daughter Philippa Dickinson
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- notwithstanding her present or any future Coverture
- shall by any writing or writings with or without power
- of Revocation to be by her sealed and delivered in the
- presence of two or more Credible Witnesses or by her
- last Will and Testament or any Intrument in writing
- in the nature of a last Will and Testament to be by her
- signed and published in the presence of two or more
- such witnesses from time to time limit direct and appoint
- and in default of such limitation direction and appointment
- and in the mean time until such limitation direction and
- Appointment shall be made and in case of any such
- subject to the same upon Trust during the natural Life
- of my said Daughter Philippa Dickinson to pay to my
- said Grandson William Dickinson and his Assings three
- full and equal fourth parts of the Yearly Dividends
- Interest and produce of the said Moiety of the said
- Stocks funds and Securities after payment of the said
- Annuity or Yearly sum of six hundred and thirty Pounds
- And to pay to my said Grand Daughter Frances
- Dickinson and her Assigns the remaining full and equal
- fourth part of the said Yearly Dividends Interest and
- Produce of the said Moiety of the same Stocks funds
- and securities after such payment of the same Annuity
- And from and immediately after the decease of my said
- Daughter Philippa Dickinson then as to (deletion) three
- fourth parts of the said Moiety of the same Stocks
- funds and securities and of the Yearly Interest
- Dividends and produce thereof In Trust for my said
- Grandson William Dickinson his Executoers Administrators
- and Assigns and as to the remaning fourth part
- of the same Moiety In Trust for my said Grand
- Daughter Frances Dickinson her Executors Administrators
- and Assigns and my Will is that it shall and may
- be careful for the said John Thomas Batt my said
- Son in law Hans Sloane my said Son in law William
- Dickinson and my said Grandson William Dickinson
- and the survivors and survivor of them and the
- Executors and Administrators of such survivor at any
- time or times during the natural life of my said
- Daughter Philippa Dickinson with her consent
- notwithstanding any Coverture to be testified in
- writing under her hand to sell and dispose of the
- said Moiety of the said Stocks funds and Securities
- or any part of the said Moiety and with the like
- consent to lay out and invest the money arising
- from any such sale or disposition in any otehr such
- Stocks funds and securities as aforesaid such other stocks
- funds and securities to be upon the same Trusts as
- aforesaid and again with the same consent and in
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- like manner to change and alter such other Stocks
- funds and securities and so from time to time during
- the natural life of the said Philippa Dickinson as
- often as she shall think fit to Approve And as to
- for and concerning the other Moiety of the said
- Stocks funds and securities which shall so compose
- or arise from the said residue of my Personal Estate
- I do will and declare that the said John Thomas
- Batt my said Son in law Hans Sloane my said Son in
- Law William Dickinson and my said Grandson William
- Dickinson and the survivors and survivor of them
- and the Executors and Administrators of such survivor
- do and shall stand and be possessed of and Interested
- in the said last mentioned Moiety of the said Stocks
- funds and securities Upon the Trusts following (that is
- to say) In Trust for my said Grand Daughter Maria
- Sloane and my said Grand Sons William Sloane and
- Stephen Sloane or any of them in such shares and
- proportions or for either of them singly and wholly
- and at such time and times and with such benefit
- of survivorship and accrues and in such manner as
- my said Son in Law Hans Sloane by any writing
- with or without power of Revocation to be by him
- Sealed and Delivered in the presence of two or more
- Credible Witnesses or by his last Will and Testament
- or any Instrument in writing of a Testamentary
- kind to be by him signed and publisehd in the
- presence of two or more such Witnesses shall from
- time to time limit direct and Appoint And in
- default of such limitation Direction or Appointment
- and in the mean time until such limitation direction or
- Appointment shall be made and in case of any such
- subject to the same Upon Trust from time to time
- during the natural life of him the said Hans Sloane
- to suffer him to receive the Yearly Dividends Interest
- and produce of the said last mentioned Moiety of
- the said Stocks funds and securities in order that he the
- said Hans Sloane may apply the same Dividends Interest
- and produce for the Maintenance Education Advancement
- Promotion or other benefit or Advantage of my said
- Grand Daughter Maria Sloane and my said Grand
- Sons William Sloane and Stephen Sloane respectively
- or of any of them in such shares and proportions or of
- either of them singly and wholly and in such manner
- and (...) as to him the said Hans Sloane shall appear
- most Proper and Advisable and their respective Conduct
- shall appear to him to require my intent being that
- he shall have the fullest discretions in this respect and
- Shall be intitled to exercise such discretion without
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- resorting to the Court of Chancery or any Court whatsoever
- and from and immediately after the decease of my said
- Son in Law Hans Sloane and in the mean time subject
- to the Trust aforesaid In Trust As to for and concerning
- one fourth part of the said last mentioned Moiety of
- the said Stocks funds and Securities for my said Grand
- Daughter Maria Sloane her Executors and Administrators
- And In Trust As to for and concerning the three
- other fourth parts of the said (deletion) last mentioned
- Moiety of the [said] stocks funds and securities In Trust
- for my said Grand Sons William Sloane and Stephen
- Sloane [...] and their respective Executors and Administrators
- And my Will further is that the said John Thomas
- Batt my said Son in law William Dickinson and my
- said Grandson William Dickinson and the survivors and
- survivor of them and the Executors And Administrators
- of such survivor do and shall from time to time during
- the natural life of the said Hans Sloane when he
- shall request it join with him in selling and disposing
- of the said last mentioned Moiety of the Stocks funds
- and securities so composing or arising from the said
- residue of my personal Estate or any part of the
- said last mentioned Moiety and with the like consent
- to lay out and invest the Monies arising from any
- such sale or disposition in any other such Stocks funds
- or securities as aforesaid such other Stocks funds or
- securities to be upon the same Trusts and so from
- time to [time] change the said last mentioned Moiety of the
- said Stocks funds and securities or of any part of the said
- last mentioned Moiety as often as to my said Son in
- law Hans Sloane it shall seem meet and proper and
- my Will further is that the said John Thomas Batt
- my said Son in law William Dickinson and my said
- Granson William Dickinson and the survivors and
- survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators
- of such survivor do and shall from time to time during
- the natural life of my said Son in law Hans Sloane
- when he shall request it to joins with him in selling
- and disposing of the said last mentioned Moiety of
- the Stocks funds and securities so composing or arising
- from the residue of my Personal Estate or of any part
- of the said last mentioned Moiety and in laying
- out the Monies which shall arise from such sale
- and disposition in the purchase of such Lands
- Tenements and Hereditaments within England or Wales
- wheter Freehold Copyhold or Leasehold as to the
- said Hans Sloane shall from time to time deem
- proper and Rigible And my Will is that as often as
- any such purchase shall be made the Lands Tenements
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- and Hereditaments which shall be so purchased and all
- the legal Estate and Interest therein shall be duly
- converted to and vested in the said John Thomas Batt
- my said Son in law Hans Sloane my said Son in Law
- William Dickinson and my said Grandson William
- Dickinson or the survivors or survivor of them and the
- heirs Executors or Administrators of them or such
- survivors or survivor of them according to the nature
- and quality of the legal Estate and Interest in such
- Lands Tenements and Hereditaments respectively but as
- to the Equitable Estate and Interest in the same Lands
- Tenements and Hereditaments In Trust for the same
- person and persons in the same proportions and shares
- and at the same time and times and to and for the
- same intents and purposes and in the same manner
- and form and subject to the same powers of aplication
- limitation direction and appointment as if the Lands
- Tenements and Hereditaments which shall be so purchased
- were the Stocks funds or securities by sale or disposition
- whereof the purchase of the same Lands Tenements and
- Hereditaments shall be effected and whereas it may
- be convenient that the stocks funds and securities which
- shall in manner and under the direction aforesaid
- compose or arise from the residue of my Personal Estate
- should be divided into two equal parts for the
- respective purposes of the several Trusts hereinbefore
- declared Now my Will is that my Executors or the
- survivors or survivor do (deletion) [of (...) or the Executors or Administrators of such survivors] shall with all convenient
- speed after my decease and from time to time as
- there shall be an opportunity by writing under their
- or his hands or hand make a Division of the said stocks
- funds and securities respectively into two equal parts
- and do and shall by the same writing under their or
- his hands or hand allot one of such Equal parts for
- the Moiety of which I have hereinbefore declared Trusts
- for my said Daughter Philippa Dickinson and my said
- Grand Children William Dickinson and Frances Dickinson
- in manner hereinbefore expressed and do also allot the
- other of such equal parts for the Moiety of which I have
- hereinbefore declared Trusts for my said Grand Daughter
- Maria Sloane and my said Grandsons William Sloane
- and Stephen Sloane respectively in manner aforesaid
- And my Will is that from and immediately after every
- such Division and Allotment the stocks funds and
- securities which shall be so repectively Alloted shall
- be deamed and considered as vested in my said Executors
- or the survivors or survivor of them and the Executors
- and Administrators of such survivor upon the several
- and respective Trusts accordingly (that is to say) the
- stocks funds and Securities which shall be so alloted
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- and Hereditaments which shall be so purchase and all
- the legal Estate and Interest therein shall be duly
- concerned to and vested in the said John Thomas Batt
- my said Son in law Hans Sloane my said Son in Law
- William Dickinson and my said Grandson William
- Dickinson or the survivors or survivor of them and the
- heirs Executors or Administrators of them or such
- survivors or survivor of them according to the nature
- and quality of the legal Estate and Interest in such
- Lands Tenements and Hereditaments respectively but as
- to the equitable Estate and Interest in the same Lands
- tenements and Hereditaments In Trust for the same
- person and persons in the same proportions and shares
- and at the same time and times and to and for the
- same intents and purposes and in the same manner
- and form and subject to the same powers of application
- limitation direction and appointment as if the Lands
- Tenements and Hereditaments which shall be so purchased
- were the stocks funds or securities by sale or disposition
- whereof the purchase of the same Lands Tenements and
- Hereditamentsshall be effected and whereas it may
- be convenient that the stocks funds and securities which
- shall in manner and under the direction aforesaid
- compose or arise from the residue of my Personal Estate
- should be divided into two equal parts for the
- respective purposes of the several Trusts hereinbefore
- declared Now my Will is that my Executors or the
- survivors or survivor do [of (...) of the Executors or Admors. of such survivor] shall with all convenient
- speed after my decease and from time to time as
- there shall be an opportunity by writing under their
- or his hands or hand make a Division of the said stocks
- funds and securities respectively into two Equal parts
- and do and shall by the same writing under their or
- his hands or hand allot one of such Equal parts for
- the Moiety of which I have hereinbefore declared Trusts
- for my said Daughter Philippa Dickinson and my said
- Grand Children William Dickinson and Frances Dickinson
- in manner hereinbefore expressed and do also allot the
- other of such equal parts for the Moiety of which I have
- hereinbefore declared Trusts for my said Grand Daughter
- Maria Sloane and my said Grandsons William Sloane
- and Stephen Sloane respectively in manner aforesaid
- And my Will is that from and immediately after every
- such Division and Allotment the stocks funds and
- securities which shall be so repectively Alloted shall
- be deemed and considered as vested in my said Executors
- or the survivors or survivor of them and the Executors
- and Administrators of such survivor upon the several
- and respective Trusts accordingly (that is to say) the
- stocks funds and Securities which shall be so alloted
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- for the Moiety of my said Daughter Philippa
- Dickinson and my said Grand Children William
- Dickinson and Frances Dickinson shall be upon to and
- for the Trusts Intents and purposes hereinbefore
- declared of and concerning that Moiety and upon
- to and for those Trusts Intents or purposes only
- and the stocks funds and securities which shall be
- so alloted for the Moiety of my said Grand Daughter
- Maria Sloane and my said Gradsons William Sloane
- and Stephen Sloane shall be upon to and for the Trusts
- Intents and Purposes hereinbefore declared of and
- concerning that Moiety and upon to and for those
- Trusts Intents and Purposes only And I do hereby
- constitute and appoint the said John Thomas Batt my
- said Son in Law Hans Sloane my said Son in Law Williams
- Dickinson and my said Grandson William Dickinson Executor
- of this my last Will and Testament And my Will is
- that my said Executors and Also their respective heirs
- Executors or Administrators shall not be accountable
- or Answerable one for the other or for the Acts Deeds
- Receipt Neglects or defaults of the other of them but
- each of them for his own Acts Deeds Receipts Neglects
- and defaults only neitehr shall they or any of them
- be charged or chargeable with or accountable for any
- Trust Monies except such as shall actually be received
- by them or come to their Lands respectivelly nor for
- any Banker Broker Goldsmith or other person or persons
- with whom or in whose hands or custody any trust
- Monies shall at any time or times be placed or
- deposited for safe Custody or otherwise in the
- execution of the aforesaid Trusts or any of them
- neither shall they or any of them the said Executors
- and Trustees or their heirs Executors or Administrators
- be charged or chargeable with or accountable or
- Answerable for any loss or Damage which may
- Happen by reason of any insufficiency or deficiency
- either in point of Title or otherwise of any stocks
- funds or securities wherein or upon which any Trust
- Monies shall at any time or times be invested or
- or placed out in the execution of the Trusts hereof
- nor for any other Misfortune loss or damage whatsoever
- which may happen in the execution of the Trusts of
- this my Will unless the same shall happen by or
- through their own wilful default respectively And
- also they my said Executors and each of them
- and their several and respective Heirs Executors and
- Administrators may from time to time by and out
- of the said Trust Monies and promises retain to
- and reimburse themselves respectively and also allow
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- and pay to each other all such costs Charges and exposures
- as they or any of them shall at any time or times pay
- expend or be put unto in or about the execution of the
- Trusts of this my Will probably or of any them And whereas
- upon my decease there will probably be due to me from
- the House in which I was partner with my late Brother
- Thomas Fuller and in which I am now partner with
- my said Nephew Rose Fuller a considerable Balance
- of Money Now I do hereby direct my said Executors with
- all convenient speed after my decease to settle the said
- partnership Accounts with my said Nephew Rose Fuller
- and to ascertain the Balance of Money which shall be
- due to my Estate And my Will is that my Executors shall
- allow to my said Nephew Rose Fuller seven Years for
- Payment of such Balance with Interest for the same
- at the rate of five pounds for one hundred pounds by
- seven equal and Yearly Instalments And in manner following
- (that is to say) one seventh part of the principal sum of
- which the said Balance shall consist with Interest after
- the rate aforesaid for the whole principal due to be paid
- at the end of one Year from my Death and a like
- Instalment with Interest as aforesaid to paid at the end
- of each of the six succeeding Years And lastly hereby
- revoking all former Wills and Codicils heretofore made by
- me I publish and declare these presents to be my only
- last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have
- hereunto and also to another part hereof set my
- hand and Seal this twenty eighth day of May in
- the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
- ninety six -------- Stephen Fuller (his seal) -------- Signed Sealed
- Published and declared by the said Testator Stephen
- Fuller in the presence of us who at his request and in
- his presence and in the presence of each other have
- subscribed our Names as Witnesses ---------- Fra. Hargrave ---
- ----- Richd. Chambers (deletion) to Mr. Hargrave --------
- This Will was proved at London this
- nineteenth day of September in the Year of our Lord
- one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine before the
- Worshipful Christopher Robinson Doctor of Laws Surrogate
- of the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne Knight also
- Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commisary of the
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury Lawfully constituted
- by the Oaths of Hans Sloane and William Dickinson the
- Younger the Gransdon of the deceased Esquires two of
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- the Executors named in the said Will to whom
- Administration was granted of all and singular the
- Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased then
- having been first Sworn duly to Administer Power
- reserved of makinh the like grant to John Thomas
- Batt Esquire and William Dickinson Esquire the other
- Executors named in the said Will when they or either
- of them shall apply for the same --------[1]
Sources
- ↑ England, The National Archives. Will of Stephen Fuller, Merchant of Saint Clement Danes , Middlesex. 19 September 1799. PROB 11/1330/144.
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