Document Request: Will of Peter Thomas Richardson
Document Description: Will of Peter Thomas Richardson, so of Christopher Richardson of Limehouse
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Document Transcription:Be it Known to all whom those Presents may concern that
I Peter Thomas Richardson being in possession of all my reasonable
faculties do make this my last Will & Testament and in the first [place] I [commend]
my Soul into the hands of Almighty God whose great goodness I have experienced
thro’ the whole of my life trusting I may be seemed worthy thro’ the mediation of
my blessed Saviour to be admitted into his Holy Presence my earthly remains I
should wish to be deposited in the nearest Church or Church Yard to the place
where I may depart this world & that I may be carried on mens shoulders
without parade and with as little [exposure] as [ceremony] will allow. It is my
desire that all my debts shall be discharged as early as possible after my
death and that the remainder of my property (except household furniture
linen plate wine & all other domestic utensils) shall be made over in trust
to my well beloved brothers Christopher Richardson & John Dingley
Richardson who I hereby appoint as my Executors to carry my further
intentions into execution which are as follows in the first place I wish
the business to be closed on the 30th of January or 30th June next after my
decease and that whatever may appear due to me taking the shares of [ships]
now held or that may hereafter be held by Mr [Mungo] Gilmore & myself
or any other person [at] the valuation of any person chosen by my Executors
and Mr Gilmore for that purpose & for the payment for which shares twelve
months at least shall be allowed should Mr Gilmore wish to take them &
who is always to have a preference the whole interest of these proceeds I leave to my well
beloved Wife Harriet Richardson for her life provided she does not marry
and at her death the money be what it may shall be equally divided
between my children share & share alike but should either of those die prior
to their mother his or her share shall be equally divided between the
survivors but should my wife again marry the property shall be divided in equal shares between her and my children in the same manner as if she
was dead but the household furniture linen plate jewels wearing apparel
[ thes &] I leave to my wife for her exclusive use & appropriation I further
request my Executors to pay my wife two hundred pounds within One
month of my death for domestic purposes and a further sum of six hundred
pounds during the first year at such times as she may require it and which
eight hundred pounds is to be deducted from whatever sum I may leave
and all the remainder is to be placed at interest on such securities as my
Executors may think most to the advantage of the family. As it is impossible
for me to say what sum I may die possessed of it is out of my power to
leave any legacies but should I be fortunate in my worldly [concerns] my
dearest Harriet will I trust make such presents to our old & faithful
Servants as she may think they deserve – Limehouse the 27th February
1824 Peter T Richardson
Appeared Personally Edward Gibbon of
Watling Street London [Callico] Printer and Frederick George Richardson
of Limehouse in the County of Middlesex Gentleman and being sworn
to [depose] the truth [move] oath as follows that they knew and were well
aquainted with Peter Thomas Richardson late of Limehouse in the
County of Middlesex and of Leyton in the County of Essex Esquire
deceased for some years before and to the time of his death and also well
aquainted with his manner and character of hand writing and
subscription having frequently seen him write and write and subscribe
his name and having now with care and attention viewed and perused
the paper writing hereto annexed purporting to be and contain the last
Will and Testament of the now deceased beginning thus “Be it known to
all whom those presents may concern” ending thus “My dearest Harriet
will I trust make such presents to our old & faithful Servants as she may
think they deserve – Limehouse the 27th February 1824” and subscribed
“Peter T Richardson” and more particularly the interlineation of the
words “Interest of those” over the words “whole” which has been run
through with a pen in the third line from the bottom of the first side
of the said Will and having the initials TR written underneath they
verily and in their [consciences] believe the whole body serios and contents
of the said Will the subscription thereto and also the interlineation afore
said and the initial thereunder written to be all of the proper hand
writing and subscription of the said deceased.
[signed Edward Gibbon F G Richardson]
I [amt say] the said Edward Gibbon and
Fredereick George Richardson were duly sworn to the truth of this
Affidavit, Before me J Phillimore [Surrte Pst ] P G Moore Not Pub.
PROVED at London the 19th June 1829 before the worshipful Joseph Phillimore Doctor of Laws & Surrogate by the Oaths of Christopher Richardson the younger Esquire and John Dingley Richardson Esquire the brothers those Executors to whom Administration was granted having been first sworn duly to Administer.
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