Document Request: Last Will & Testament of Charlotte Walton
Document Description: Last Will & Testament of Charlotte Walton. This Will has not been retrieved from Probate Services but extracted from an Indenture of 20/11/1840 in the Durham Records Office.
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Document Transcription:Last Will & Testament of Charlotte Walton (died 29/07/1840)
This Will has not been retrieved from Probate Services but extracted from an Indenture of 20/11/1840 in the Durham Records Office. TR
This is the last Will and testament of me Charlotte Walton the wife of Lowis Walton of Gainford in the county of Durham Esquire before my marriage with him called Charlotte Richardson made the 20th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty by virtue of of the power or authority given or reserved to me in and by the settlement made previous to my marriage with my husband bearing date the eighth day of November one thousand eight hundred and by virtue of every other right authority enabling me in that behalf I do buy this my last Will and testament in writing by me signed and published in the presence of and attested by the three credible persons whose names are intended to be here unto subscribed as witnesses are testing with the execution thereof by me direct and appoint that Christopher Richardson of Limehouse in the county of Middlesex timber merchant John Leycester Adolphus of the inner Temple Esquire and Frederick George Richardson of Limehouse aforesaid timber merchant the trustees nominated and appointed in the Stead of Christopher Richardson and Theophilus Green both deceased the trustees named in the said settlement and the executor and administrator of the survivor of them the first named Christopher Richardson, John Leycester Adolphus and Frederick George Richardson do and shall immediately after my decease in case my husband Lowis also shall happen to survive me assign transfer and make over to him and his assigned the £2500 East India stock in the said settlement mentioned to be standing in the names of Christopher Richardson and Theophilus Green but now standing in the names of Christopher Richardson, John Leycester Adolphus and Frederick George Richardson my present trustees in the books kept at the East India house and all other my property in the funds and personal estate for his absolute use and benefit and I give and devise unto the said Lowis Walton all my real estate at Gainford or elsewhereto hold onto the said Lowis Walton his heirs and assigns for ever My intention being by this my will to live to my dear husband all I am or may be possessed of knowing that he will make a right use and disposition thereof in witness whereof I have to this my last Will and testament in my own writing set my hand and seal the day and year first within written.
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