| In the Name of God Amen I Timothy Cockshutt of London Gentleman do make and publish This my last Will and Testament in manner following first I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named And as to such worldly Estate as it hath or shall please God to bless me with at the time of my decease I dispose thereof as follows(viz.)I give and bequeath to Daniel Danvers of the City of Bath - - Gentleman John Danvers of London hosier and Thomas Smalwood of the South Sea House Gentleman and to the survivors and – survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such survivor three thousand pounds Bank Stock now standing in my name in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England Upon this special Trust and confidence that they the said Daniel Danvers John Danvers and Thomas Smallwood and the Survivors and Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators do pay out of the Dividends Interest and produce thereof unto my beloved Wife Sarah Cockshutt and her Assigns during her – natural life the clear Annuity or yearly Sum of one hundred and twenty pounds by equal half yearly payments the first of the said payments to begin and be made on the first usual day for payment of the half yearly Dividends on Bank Stock that shall happen next after my death I also give to my said wife all my household linen and the furniture of her Bed Chamber and all such my plate as hath her crest on it and one hundred pounds in Money to be paid her immediately after my decease for her present support And I do hereby declare that this – provision hereinbefore made for my said Wife is in full for what she may or can claim for her Dower of thirds or upon any other account out of my real and personal Estate or any part thereof Item I give and bequeath unto Catherine Aspinwall Spinster Daughter of my late Uncle Richard Aspinwall of Spring Gardens Charing Cross the sum of one thousand pounds To Mr. Prince and his Wife the Daughter of my said late Uncle Richard Aspinwall twenty pounds a piece for Mourning To my Cousin Frances Southby Widow of Captain Southby two hundred pounds To my Aunt Anyon of Poulton in Lancashire fifty pounds To my Cousins Jane and Frances Wormisham of Liverpool – Spinsters fifty pounds a piece To my Cousin Margaret Eastam Widow fifty pounds To my Cousin Thomas Aspinwall fifty pounds To my Cousin Stanhope Aspinwall five hundred pounds to Doctor Angier of Liverpool ten Guineas for Mourning To my friend the Reverend Mr Thomas Cockshutt of Retford in Nottinghamshire ten Guineas for Mourning To the said Daniel Danvers John – Danvers and Thomas Smalwood my three Trustees for the said three thousand pounds Bank Stock fifty pounds a piece To Captain Samuel Poi er of London and Nathaniel Basnet of Walthamstow ten Guineas a piece for Mourning to Anorgan Morse of Queen Street London Gentleman ten Guineas for Mourning To Thomas Meares of Liverpool ten Guineas for <mourning To my Cousins Timothy Anyon and Thomas Carter fifty pounds a piece Item to William Bowden Esquire Treasurer of St. Thomas’s Hospital and to the Infirmary at Liverpool fifty pounds And I order and desire my Executors after named to give and distribute forty or fifty Gold Rings of the value of One Guinea each to as many of my friends and acquaintance Item I give to each and every of my servants that shall be living with me at the time of my decease and shall have lived in my Service one year or upwards and under two years next before my death one years wages and to each of my Servants who shall at the time of such my decease be living with me and shall have so lived two years or upwards and less than three years next before my death the sum of ten pounds and to each of my Servants who shall at the time of my decease be so living and shall have lived in my Service three years or upwards next before my decease the sum of twenty pounds Item I give and devise unto my two Cousins Thomas Cockshutt Twisleton of Quorndon near Loughborough in the County of Leicester clerk and Josiah Cockshutt of Christ College Cambridge the two Sons of my late Cousin Josiah Cockshutt late Rector of Kegworth in the said County of Leicester deceased all my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and all my Parts and Shares of any Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments both freehold and Copyhold and all other my real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever to hold to them their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants And Lastly I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my Estate of what nature kind or quality soever the same is or may be at the time of my death after – payment of the several Legacies aforesaid and my just Debts and Funeral Expenses together with the said three thousand pounds Bank Stock after the Death of my said Wife Sarah Cockshutt and the Surplus of the Interest or Dividends thereof over and above the said Annuity of one hundred and twenty pounds a year so given to her as aforesaid unto my said two cousins the said Thomas Cockshutt Twisleton and Josiah – Cockshutt their Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for their own use and benefit equally to be divided between them share and share alike And I make ordain constitute and appoint my said two Cousins Thomas Cockshutt Twisleton and Josiah Cockshutt Joint Executors of this my Will and do hereby revoke annul and make void all former and other Will or Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this only to be and contain my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Testator Timothy Cockshutt have to this my last Will and Testament contained in two sheets of Paper set my hand and seal (that is to say) my hand to the first of the said sheets and my hand and seal to the second sheet thereof this seventh day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven – hundred and sixty four Tim Cockshutt (TS)/- Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request and also in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Hen.y Brooks in Princes Street Wm. Bradley George Fish Monger Lane/- Mich.l Swan clerk to Mr Morse Queen Street/-/ I the within named Timothy Cockshutt do make and publish this present codicil which I order and direct shall be taken as and for part of my within written last Will and Testament and which said Will as to all and every of the noes Limitations Trusts Gifts Conditions Legacies Bequests Directions and Appointments therein mentioned devised given and contained of and concerning my real and personal Estate therein mentioned I do by this my Codicil ratify and confirm save and except as to such Gifts Bequests and Legacies as may have lapsed since the making of my said within written last Will and Testament And I do by this my Codicil further give and bequeath unto William Warrington now or late of the City of Chester Esquire the sum of fifty pounds And whereas in and by my said within written last Will and Testament I have given and bequeathed unto Ann Place who now lives with me the sum of twenty pounds I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said Ann Place the further sum of fifty pounds And I do hereby also give and bequeath unto Thomas Sherwood of Cheapside London Linen Draper the sum of twenty one pounds which said several sums of fifty pounds fifty pounds and twenty one pounds I do hereby order and direct shall be charged upon my personal Estate and payable thereout in manner as the other Legacies my said within written last Will and Testament are ordered and directed In Witness whereof I have to this my Codicil set my hand and seal this Third day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and seventy seven Tim Cockshutt(TS)-/Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Timothy Cockshutt (the word ‘to’ in the fifth line the word ‘with’ in the ninth line and the word ‘further’ in the tenth line being first Interlined) as and for a Codicil to his said within written last Will and Testament 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 hereto Jerome Knapp/-/ W Wilson /-/. This Will was proved at London with a Codicil the twenty ninth day of March in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty before the Worshipful Andrew Coltes Durard Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Josias Cockshutt by mistake in the Will called Josiah Cockshutt the Surviving Executor named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased he having been first sworn duly to Administer./----- With thanks to Janice Wood |