Will of Jonathan Phillips, 1856

Date: 1856 [unknown]
Location: London, England
Surname/tag: Phillips

Will of Jonathan PHILLIPS

I JONATHAN PHILLIPS of Oxford Street in the parish of Saint James Westminster in the County of Middlesex Dealer in China do hereby revoke all wills codicils and other testamentary dispositions / made by me at any time heretofore and declare this to be my last Will and Testament I give to my dear Wife Elizabeth PHILLIPS the sum of one hundred pounds to be paid to her within one calendar month next after my decease for her immediate purposes I give to my said Wife all that my leasehold messuage or dwellinghouse at Hampstead in the said County of Middlesex together with all the furniture plate linen china books pictures wines liquors and all other household and other effects in and about the same at the time of my decease (ready monies and securities for money only excepted) for her own absolute use and benefit But subject to the rent and covenants thenceforth to be paid and observed for or in respect of the same leasehold premises I give to my brother Jacob PHILLIPS the sum of two hundred pounds and I declare that all accounts and pecuniary transactions between me and the said Jacob PHILLIPS shall be deemed and considered to have been fully settled paid and satisfied to and up to the time of my decease and to be finally closed and discharged and that nothing remains or at the time of my decease shall be considered to remain due and owing to me from my said Brother And I further declare that all policies of Assurance which I hold on the life of my said brother Jacob PHILLIPS and also all bonuses or additions thereto are my own absolute property I give to each of my Executors hereinafter named fifty pounds as a slight remuneration for their trouble in the performance of the trusts and executorship of this my Will And I give to my Son in Law Richard Rogers PERRY of Hampstead aforesaid Surgeon the like sum of fifty pounds And whereas I am seized or possessed of two freehold messuages being number 358 and 359 in Oxford Street aforesaid with freehold warerooms stables and lofts (which I lately purchased in Blenheim Mews in the rear thereof) all now in my own occupation and I am possessed of a leasehold messuage and premises in Old Bond Street in the same County and in which messuages I now carry on the trade or business of a Dealer in China Now I give devise and bequeath the said several freehold and leasehold messuages and premises in Oxford Street and Old Bond Street aforesaid with their appurtenances and all my stock in trade which shall be in the said several messuages at the time of my decease and all trade fixtures in and about the said messuages and premises and all my book debts which at the time of my decease shall be owing to me on account of any of my said trades or businesses or in respect thereof unto and to the use of my son George PHILLIPS and my son in Law Chistopher CHESHIRE of Northwich in the County of Chester Solicitor their heirs executors administrators and assigns Upon the trusts hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say Upon trust that they my said trustees and the survivor of them and the executors or administrators of such survivor do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after my decease collect and get in all my outstanding book debts and do and shall stand and be possessed of the said several freehold and leasehold messuages and premises in Oxford Street and Old Bond Street so devised and bequeathed to them as aforesaid and the Goodwill of the Trades and businesses and the stock in trade then in the same and the trade fixtures Upon Trust that they my said trustees or trustee do and shall assign transfer and make over my said leasehold messuage and premises in Old Bond Street aforesaid for all the residue of the term of years then subsisting therein and the said trades or businesses and stock in trade (but not including book debts) in the said messuages and premises in Oxford Street and Old Bond Street aforesaid and the trade fixtures in and about the said messuage and premises in Old Bond Street aforesaid unto my eldest son William Phillips PHILLIPS and George PHILLIPS their executors and administrators absolutely in equal shares as tenants in common And I declare that my said sons shall enter into a bond with the said Christopher CHESHIRE to indemnify my estate and effects from the rent and covenants reserved and contained in the lease of the said messuage and premises in Old Bond Street and I further declare that the said Christopher CHESHIRE do and shall grant to the said William / Phillips PHILLIPS and George PHILLIPS a lease of the said two messuages Nos 358 and 359 Oxford Street and the premises in the rear thereof now belonging thereto and the trade fixtures and household furniture in and about the same to take effect from the usual quarter day which shall appear next after my decease for the term of twenty-one years commencing from such quarter day at the yearly rent of one thousand pounds payable quarterly clear of all deductions up to and until the twenty fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight and at the yearly rent of six hundred pounds payable quarterly clear of all deductions thenceforth during the residue of the said term and which said lease shall contain the usual covenants and in particular a covenant by the lessees to insure the said messuages and premises in their full value and not to assign or underlet the said premises And the said lessees shall execute a counterpart of such lease And I hereby declare that during the interval after my decease and until the said quarter day when the said lease shall take effect in possession my said trustees shall permit my said Sons William Phillips PHILLIPS and George PHILLIPS to use and occupy my said two messuages at Nos 358 and 359 Oxford Street aforesaid and the premises trade fixtures and furniture belonging thereto for the purpose of carrying on my said trade or business therein without paying any rent for the same and I request my said trustees or trustee to keep up my stock in trade until the same shall be transferred by them or him to my said sons as aforesaid to the same value as the same shall be at the time of my decease or as nearly thereto as may be And I hereby declare my will and mind to be that it shall be obligatory on my sons to accept the said lease of my said two messuages at Nos 358 and 359 Oxford Street and hereditaments in the rear thereof at the rent and upon the conditions herein before mentioned and that the several gifts and bequests herein before made to or in trust for my said sons are conditional upon the acceptance by them of the said lease and the execution by them of a counterpart thereof in manner hereinbefore directed and that in case they shall refuse to accept such lease at the rent and manner aforesaid or to execute a counterpart thereof then and after such refusal I direct that the said messuage and premises in Old Bond Street stock in trade trade fixtures effects and premises and the Goodwill of my said trades and businesses shall be forthwith sold as hereinafter mentioned and I hereby direct that the said lease and counterpart and all assignments assurances bonds and instruments requisite for carrying into effect the arrangements and dispositions hereinbefore contained shall be prepared by the firm now known as Messieurs Hedges and Stedman, Carey Street, Lincolns Inn in the County of Middlesex who are my present Solicitors or by their successors in business as the Solicitors for and on behalf of my said Trustees or Trustee but the costs attending the same shall be paid by the said William Phillips PHILLIPS and George PHILLIPS Provided always and I hereby declare that in case both my said Sons William Phillips PHILLIPS and George PHILLIPS shall die in my lifetime the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will shall as soon as conveniently may be make sale and absolutely dispose of the said messuage in Old Bond Street and the stock in trade trade fixtures and furniture and the goodwill of my said trades or businesses either altogether or in parcels and either by public auction or private contract or partly by public auction and partly by private contract with full power to purchase in the same at any auction or to rescind any contract or contracts without liability for any loss to be incurred thereby and at such price or prices and subject to such conditions and generally in such manner as to my said Trustees or Trustee shall seem advisable and proper And I declare that my said Trustees or Trustee do and shall stand possessed of the monies to arise and be produced from such sale or sales (after payment of all the costs charges and expenses attending the same) upon the trusts hereinafter declared and expressed and concerning my residuary estate Provided always and I declare that it shall be lawful for my said / trustees or trustee if they or he shall think it advantageous so to do to defer making sale of all or any part of the said messuage and premises or other estate hereinbefore and thereinafter directed to be sold for such period as they in their discretion shall think fit without personal responsibility for any loss to be incurred thereby Provided also that until the goodwill of my said trades or businesses shall have been sold under the trusts last hereinbefore contained it shall be lawful for my said Trustees or Trustee to carry on my said trades or businesses under such management and superintendance and in such manner as they or he shall think fit and to stand possessed of the net profits to arise therefrom upon the trusts hereinafter declared of and concerning the same And I hereby authorize and empower my said Trustees or Trustee whensoever they or he shall undertake the management of my said trades or businesses under the trusts and powers hereinbefore contained to use and employ for that purpose any monies which may come into their or his hands or hand by virtue of this my Will as to my said Trustees or Trustee may seem necessary or expedient I give and devise unto the said George PHILLIPS and Christopher CHESHIRE their heirs and assigns my two freehold messuages Nos 356 and 357 in Oxford Street aforesaid with the outbuildings yards and appurtenances thereunto belonging And also my Copyhold estate at Sheriton in the county of Stafford with the appurtenances To hold the same unto and to the use of the said George PHILLIPS and Christopher CHESHIRE their heirs and assigns upon the trusts hereinafter declared and I direct my said Trustees to procure themselves to be admitted tenants of the said Copyhold estate and to pay the fines and expenses attending such an admissions out of my residuary estate And I declare that my said Trustees shall stand seized and be possessed of the said freehold messuages Nos 356 and 357 Oxford Street aforesaid and of the said Copyhold hereditaments and also of the said freehold messuages Nos 358 and 359 Oxford Street aforesaid and of the other hereditaments in the rear thereof (subject as to the two last mentioned messuages and hereditaments to the lease if any hereinbefore by me directed to be granted) Upon trust that they my said Trustees or Trustee do and shall receive the rents and profits of the same freehold and copyhold hereditaments and premises (including the said rent of one thousand ponds or six hundred pounds as the rate may be in case the same shall become payable in the event aforesaid) and do and shall stand possessed of the said freehold and copyhold messuages and hereditaments and the rents and profits thereof Upon the trusts hereinafter declared of and concerning the same I give and bequeath unto the said George PHILLIPS and Christopher CHESHIRE their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively the several policies of Assurance effected on the life of the said Jacob PHILLIPS my Brother and of which I am now possessed and the monies to become payable under or by virtue of the same and all and singular the freehold copyhold and leasehold messuages lands and hereditaments of or to which I or any person or persons In trust for me shall be seized or possessed at the time of my deceaseand not hereinbefore devised (other than and except such estates as may be vested in me upon Trust or by way of mortgage) and all my ready monies securities for money book and other debts surplus profits of trade and OTHER PERSONAL ESTATE not hereinbefore specifically bequeathed Upon Trust that they my said Trustees or Trustee do and shall demand and receive the monies assured or to become due by or under the said Policies of Assurance when the same shall become payable and sell and absolutely dispose of all my said residuary real estate by public auction or private contract and call in and convert into money all such parts of my residuary personal estate as shall not consist of money and stand possessed of the said monies to be received under or by virtue of the said Policies when the same shall be received and of the monies to arise by the sale of my residuary real estate or from calling in converting into money and collecting my said residuary personal estate and ready / monies of which I shall die possessed and of the said book debts and surplus profits Upon Trust that they my said Trustees or Trustee do and shall by with and out of the same pay satisfy and discharge all my just debts including the trade debts due from and in respect of my said trades or businesses at the time of my decease and a mortgage debt of four thousand pounds now due from me to Dr Collier if the same shall still be due and unpaid at the time of my decease and also all my funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacies given by this my Will or which I shall give by any Codicil or Codicils thereto and do and shall stand and be possessed of all the residue or surplus which shall remain of the said trust monies after answering the several trusts and purposes aforesaid Upon Trust that they my said Trustees or Trustee do and shall lay out and invest the same from time to time in their or his names or name in the purchase of a competent share of some or one of the Parliamentary stocks or public funds of Great Britain or at interest upon Government or real securities in england or Wales and from time to time alter vary and transpose the same for into or upon other stocks funds and securities of a like nature and do and shall stand and be possessed of the said trust monies stocks funds and securities and the interest dividends and annual produce thereof upon the trusts hereinafter declared of and concerning the same And I declare that my said Trustees their heirs executors administrators and assigns do and shall by with and out of the rents and profits of my said freehold messuages or tenements Nos 356 357 358 and 359 Oxford Street and hereditaments in Blenheim Mews in the rear thereof and my said copyhold estate and the interest dividends and annual produce of the said trust monies stocks funds and securities levy raise and pay one annuity or yearly sum of four hundred pounds to my said Wife Elizabeth PHILLIPS during her life in addition to the other provision made for her by this my Will and also levy raise and pay unto or for the benefit of each of my two daughters Maria PHILLIPS and Elizabeth PHILLIPS an annuity [of] one hundred pounds during her respective life the said several annuities of four hundred pounds one hundred pounds and one hundred pounds to be paid by equal quarterly payments in every year and the first quarterly payment thereof to be made at the expiration of three calendar months next after my decease and I declare that the same respective annuities shall be for the sole and separate use of my said Wife and two daughters respectively and shall not be liable to the debts control or engagements of any husband with whom they respectively may intermarry and to be without power of anticipation and their respective receipts to be good discharges for the same and a proportionate part of each such respective annuities to be payable up to the time of the determination of the same And I declare that subject to the payment of the said three several annuities of four hundred pounds one hundred pounds and one hundred pounds my said Trustees or Trustee do and shall stand and be seized and possessed of one equal third part or share of my said freehold messuages Nos 356 357 358 and 359 in Oxford Street aforesaid and of the hereditaments in the rear thereof and of my said copyhold hereditaments and of the said trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual produce thereof Upon Trust that they my said Trustees their heirs executors administrators and assigns do and shall from time to time during the life of my daughter Francesnow the Wife of the said Christopher CHESHIRE pay the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual pduce of the said undivided third part or share of the said hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities into the proper hands of her the said Frances CHESHIRE or unto such person or persons and for such trusts interests and purposes as I[sic] the said Frances CHESHIRE notwithstanding her present or any future coverture and as if she were sole and unmarried shall by any writing or writings under her hand direct or appoint But not so as to deprive herself of the benefit thereof by sale mortgage charge / or other deeds[?] of anticipation and to be for her sole separate and peculiar use and benefit independently and exclusively of the said Christopher CHESHIRE or any after taken husband and so as not to be in anywise subject or liable to his debts control interference or engagements and her receipt or receipts in writing alone notwithstanding her coverture to be good and sufficient discharges for the same and from and after her decease do and shall stand and be seized and possessed of the said one equal undivided third part of the said freehold and copyhold messuages lands and hereditaments trust monies funds and securities and the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual produce thereof In trust for all and every the children of the said Frances CHESHIRE now born or hereafter to be born and who being sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters shall attain that age or be married whichever shall first happen and to be divided between such children if more than one in equal shares as tenants in common and their respective heirs executors administrators and assigns and if there shall be but one such child then In trust for that one child his or her heirs executors administrators and assigns and if there shall be no such child In trust as to one moiety of the said undivided third part of the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues and profits thereof Upon the like trusts as hereinafter declared of and concerning the secondly herein mentioned undivided third part of the said freehold and copyhold messuages lands and hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual produce thereof And as to the other moiety of the said first mentioned third part of the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits and annual produce thereof Upon the like trusts as are hereinafter declared of and concerning the third hereinafter mentioned equal third part of the said freehold and copyhold messuages and hereditaments and trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual produce thereof And I declare that subject to the payment of the said three several annuities of four hundred pounds one hundred pounds and one hundred pounds my said Trustees or Trustee do and shall stand and be seized and possessed of one equal third part or share of my said freehold messuages Nos 356 357 358 and 359 in Oxford Street aforesaid and of the said hereditaments in the rear thereof and of my said Copyhold hereditaments and of the said trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual produce thereof Upon the like trusts for the benefit of my daughter Marianne now the Wife of the said Richard Rogers PERRY during her life and after her decease Upon the like trusts for the benefit of the children of the said Marianne PERRY now born or hereafter to be born and their respective heirs executors administrators and assigns as herein before declared in respect of the first mentioned undivided third part of the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues and profits thereof in favor or for the benefit of my said daughter Frances CHESHIRE and her children and their respective heirs executors administrators or assigns And if there shall be no child of my said daughter Marianne PERRY entitled under the trusts aforesaid then as to one moiety of the said undivided third part of the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues and profits thereof Upon the like trusts as are hereinbefore declared of and concerning the first herein mentioned undivided third part of the said freehold and copyhold messuages lands and hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual produce thereof And as to the other moiety of the said secondly herein mentioned third part of the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits and annual produce thereof Upon the like trusts as are hereinafter declared of and concerning the third hereinafter mentioned equal part of the said freehold / and copyhold messuages lands and hereditaments and trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual produce thereof And I declare that subject to the payment of the said three several annuities of four hundred pounds one hundred pounds and one hundred pounds my said Trustees or Trustee do and shall stand and be seized and possessed of the remaining other one equal third part or share of my said freehold messuages Nos 356 357 358 and 359 in Oxford Street aforesaid and of the hereditaments in the rear thereof and of my said copyhold hereditaments and of the said trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual produce thereof Upon the like trusts for the benefit of my daughter Louisa PHILLIPS during her life and from and after her decease Upon the like trusts for the benefit of the children of the said Louisa PHILLIPS and their respective heirs executors administrators and assigns as are herein before declared in respect of the said first mentioned undivided third part of the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues and profits thereof in favor or for the benefit of my said daughter Frances CHESHIRE and her children and their respective heirs executors administrators and assigns as aforesaid and if there shall be no child of my said daughter Louisa entitled under the trusts aforesaid Then as to one moiety of the same undivided third part of the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues and profits thereof Upon the like trusts as are hereinbefore declared of and concerning the first herein mentioned undivided third part of the said freehold and copyhold messuages lands and hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual produce thereof and as to the other moiety of the said thirdly herein mentioned third part of the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits and annual produce thereof Upon the trusts as are hereinbefore declared of and concerning the second herein mentioned equal part of the said freehold / and copyhold messuages lands and hereditaments and trust monies stocks funds and securities and the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual produce thereof Provided always and I hereby declare that after the respective deceases of any one of my said daughters my said Trustees or Trustee shall during the suspense of vesting of the share of any child of such deceased daughter in such respective undivided third part or share of and in the said freehold and copyhold messuages lands and hereditaments trust monies stocks funds and securities as aforesaid pay and apply all or any part of the rents issues profits interest dividends and annual produce of the presumptive or expectant share of any child for or towards his or her respective maintenance and education and accumulate the surplus of such rents issues profits interest dividends and annual income in any of the Parliamentary stocks or public funds of Great Britain and stand possessed thereof In trust for the person or persons who under the trusts aforesaid shall ultimately become entitled to the share from which such surplus income shall have proceeded Provided also and I further declare that without prejudice to the annuities hereinbefore given it shall be lawful for my said Trustees or Trustee after the decease of either of my said daughters Frances CHESHIRE Marianne PERRY and Louisa PHILLIPS or in her lifetime if she shall so request by any writing under her hand to levy and raise any part not exceeding one third of the share which is[?] vested[?] or presumptive of any son of such daughter of and in the aforesaid [illegible] of monies stocks funds and securities and apply the same for or towards his respective advancement in the world and I hereby declare my will to be that the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments shall not become partible so long as any one of my said three daughters Frances CHESHIRE Marianne PERRY and Louisa PHILLIPS shall be living and that in the meantime my said Trustees or Trustee shall receive the rents and profits thereof and pay the same to the / person or persons entitled thereto under the trusts herein contained And I hereby declare that without prejudice to the annuities hereinbefore given after the decease of the survivor of my said three daughters Frances CHESHIRE Marianne PERRY and Louisa PHILLIPS I authorize and empower the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my will if they or he shall deem the same advisable to make partition of the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments between the persons entitled thereto or to sell the same by public auction or by private contract or partly by public auction and partly by private contract and either together or separately and in parcels absolutely for the best price that can be reasonably obtained for the same and to convey surrender and assure the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof and to devise the monies to arise from any such sale or sales as last aforesaid among the persons entitled thereto Provided also and I further declare that it shall be lawful for the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will from time to time until the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments shall be divided or sold under the power last hereinbefore contained (subject nevertheless to the provisions hereinbefore contained as to the said two messuages Nos 358 and 359 Oxford Street and the hereditaments in the rear thereof) to demise and lease all or any part or the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments for any term not exceeding twenty one years to take effect in possession and so that the best annual rent be reserved thereon that can be reasonably obtained for the same and so that no premium be taken in any respect of any such leases and that the lessor or lessees do execute counterparts of such lease or leases and do not by any clause or clauses therein contained made dispunishable of waste Provided always and I hereby expressly declare that notwithstanding any of the trusts herein contained it shall be lawful for my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being when and in case they or he shall make over to my said two sons William Phillips PHILLIPS and George PHILLIPS my said Trades or businesses of a China dealer and if requested to so to do by my said sons with and out of my said residuary personal estate to raise any sum not exceeding two thousand pounds and lend the same to my said sons William Phillips PHILLIPS and George PHILLIPS for the purpose of enabling them more effectively to carry on the said trades or businesses and which loan may be made for any period my said sons may require not exceeding ten years and shall be secured together with interest thereon at the rate of five pounds per cent per annum by the bond of my said sons in favor of the said Christopher CHESHIRE his executors or administrators such a bond to be prepared and paid for in manner hereinbefore provided with respect to the documents transferring the said Trades or Businesses to my said Sons And I hereby declare that the said Christopher CHESHIRE his executors or administratorsshall stand possessed of the principal sum so to be advanced as aforesaid and the interest for the same upon the trusts herein before declared of my residuary estate I give devise and bequeath unto the said George PHILLIPS and Christopher CHESHIRE their heirs executors administrators and assigns all the estates which shall be vested in me upon any trusts or by way of a mortgage To hold the same unto the said George PHILLIPS and Christopher CHESHIRE their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively upon the several trusts and subject to the equity of redemption which at the time of my decease shall be subsisting therein respectively but the money secured by or upon any such mortgages shall be considered as part of my personal estate and I do hereby nominate and appoint the said George PHILLIPS and Christopher CHESHIRE the EXECUTORS of this my Will and I declare that no deduction shall be made from any of the legacies or annuitites given by this my Will or which I shall give by any Codicil or Codicils for the legacy or succession Duty or Stamp Tax or any other matter cause or thing whatsoever and I do hereby declare my will and mind to be that the receipts in wrting of the said George PHILLIPS and Christopher CHESHIRE or the survivor of them or the heirs executors administrators or assigns of such survivor or the Trustees / or Trustee for the time being of this my Will shall effectually discharge the person or persons to whom the same shall be given his her or their heirs executors administrators and assigns from all liability on account of the unapplications or nonapplications nor shall any such person or persons be concerned to see to the applications of the money therein respectively mentioned and acknowledged to be received or to inquire into the propriety expediency or necessity of any such sale or sales as aforesaid And I hereby authorize and empower my said Executors to pay any debts owing by me or claimed from me upon any evidence they shall think proper and to accept any securities real or personal for any debt or debts owing to me and also to compromise or compound any debt or debts owing to me and to allow such time for the payment thereof as to them or him shall appear reasonable And I hereby further declare that if the said Trustees of this my will or any future trustee or trustees to be appointed in their stead or place shall die or decline to act in the trusts hereby created then and in any such case it shall be lawful to and for the surviving or continuing trustee or the executors or adminstrators of the last surviving trustee by any deeds legally executed to nominate or appoint any other person or persons to be a trustee or trustees of this my will with all the same powers and authorities as if he or they had been originally in and by this my will nominated trustee or trustees for the purposes aforesaid And I hereby lastly declare that the said Trustees hereby appointed or to be appointed and their heirs executors administrators and assigns shall be charged and chargeable respectively only for such monies as they shall respectively actually receive by virtue of the trusts hereby in them reposed notwithstanding their giving or signing or joining in giving or signing any receipt or receipts for the sake of conformity and any one of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the other or others of them or for the acts receipts neglects or defaults of the other or others of them nor for any misfortune loss or damage which may happen in the execution of the aforesaid trusts or in relation thereto except the same shall happen by or through their own wilful default respectively and also that it shall be lawful for them the said Trustees by and out of the monies which shall come to their hands by virtue of the trusts aforesaid to retain to and reimburse themselves respectively and also to allow to their cotrustees all costs charges damages and expenses which they shall or may suffer sustain or disburse in or about the executionof the aforesaid trusts or in relation thereunto In Witness whereof I have to each of these fifteen sheets of paper subscribed my name this ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four - Jonathan Phillips - Signed published and declared by the said Jonathan Phillips as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses - H Hedges – Solicitor, Carey Street, Lincolns Inn - A Walker – High Street, Hampstead

PROVED at London 20th February 1856 before the Worshipful Frederic Thomas Pratt Doctor of Laws and surrogate by the oaths of George PHILLIPS the Son and Christopher CHESHIRE the Executors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer