Nat Gould

Will of William Gould 1738-1787

In the Name of God Amen I William Gould of Ashbourne in the County of Derby Gentleman do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say, First I do give and devise unto my godson Thomas Blore of Derby in the County of Derby Gentleman my Brother in Law Thomas Gould of Ashbourne aforesaid Mercer and my Cousin William Gould of Hanson Grange in the said County of Derby Gentleman and their heirs All and singular my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments situate and being at Staden in the parish of Bakewell and at Buxton and Buxton le Green in the Parish of Hartington and said County of Derby And also all and singular my Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments situate and being at Brownhill in the parish of Alstonfield and County of Stafford And all other my Messuages Lands Tenements hereditaments and real Estate as well Freehold as Copyhold (such part thereof as is Copyhold having been surrendered to the uses of my Will) situate and being in the said Parishes of Bakewell Hartington and Alstonfield or elsewhere as well in possession as in reversion remainder expectancy or otherwise howsoever And all Equity of Redemption thereof respectively To hold the same unto and to the use of the said Thomas Blore Thomas Gould and William Gould and their Heirs for ever Upon the several Trusts nevertheless and to and for the several ends intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same, that is to say, In Trust that they my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor shall and do forthwith or as soon as conveniently may be after my decease sell and absolutely dispose of All and singular my said Messuages Lands Tenements hereditaments and real Estate to any person or persons whomsoever for the most Money and best price and prices that can or may reasonably be obtained for the same And upon further Trust by with and out of the Monies arising from the Sale of my said Estates fully to pay off and satisfy as well all Debts Charges and Incumbrances affecting the same or any part thereof as also all the Debts and sum and sums of money which shall be owing by me at the time of my death with the Interest which shall grow due thereupon respectively until such payment together with my Funeral Expences and the Expences of proving this my Will And from and immediately after payment of my said Debts and Funeral Expences and the Expences of proving this my Will then In Trust to pay the sum of one thousand pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain unto my Dear Wife Mary Gould her executors Administrators or Assigns then In Trust that they my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the heirs executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do with all convenient speed put and place out all the rest residue and remainder of the Monies arising from the Sale of my said Estates at the best rate of Interest that can reasonably be gotten for the same upon one or more Mortgage or Mortgages Security or Securities of Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments in that part of Great Britain called England and from time to time to call in and receive the Monies so to be put and placed out or any part thereof and put and place the same out upon any other Real Security or Securities in England as they my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the heirs executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall think fit and proper And upon further Trust that they my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the heirs executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do pay the Interest and produce of the monies so to be put and placed out as aforesaid as such interest and produce shall from time to time become due and be received unto my said Dear Wife Mary Gould or her Assigns for and during the term of her natural Life and from and immediately after the Decease of my said Dear Wife Mary Gould then In Trust that they my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the heirs executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do buy with and out of the Monies so to be put and placed out as aforesaid or then being in their hands by virtue of this my Will pay the several sums of money hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the sum of Three hundred pounds to my said Brother in Law Thomas Gould his Executors Administrators or Assigns the sum of Three hundred pounds to my Sister in Law Mrs. Sarah Brookes her heirs executors Administrators or Assigns the sum of One hundred pounds unto Margaret the wife of the said Thomas Blore her executors Administrators or Assigns and the Sum of One hundred pounds unto John Blore (one of the Sons of my Brother in Law Robert Blore) his Executors administrators or Assigns without any manner of preference whatsoever And as for and concerning all the rest residue and remainder of the Monies then remayning in the Hands of or vested in my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs executors or Administrators of such Survivor by virtue of this my Will In Trust that they my said Trustees the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do pay the Interest of One full Moiety or half part thereof as such Interest shall from time to time become due and be received unto my Sister Mrs. Mary Salt if she shall be living at the death of my said Wife for and during the term of her natural life and from and after the death of my said Sister Mary Salt if she shall be living at the death of my said Wife or if she shall be then dead then and from after the death of my said wife In Trust to pay the said Moiety of the residue of the said Monies unto and equally amongst All and every the Child and Children of my said Sister Mary Salt their respective Executors Administrators or Assigns And upon further Trust that they my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do pay the Interest of the other Moiety or half part of the residue of the said Monies as such Interest shall from time to time become due and be received unto my Sister Mrs. Rebecca Hodgson (if she shall be living at the death of my said Wife) for and during the Term of her natural life to and for her own sole and separate use whose receipt alone notwithstanding her Coverture shall from time to time be a sufficient discharge for the same and I do direct that the same shall not be subject or liable to the controul or payment of any of the Debts of her Husband Richard Hodgson And from and after the death of my said Sister Rebecca Hodgson if she shall be living at the death of my said Wife or if she shall be then dead then from and after the death of my said Wife In Trust to pay the last mentioned Moiety of the residue of the said Monies unto and equally amongst all and every the Child and Children of my said Sister Rebecca Hodgson their respective Executors Administrators or Assigns And my Will and mind is and I do hereby direct that the receipt or receipts of my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs Executors or Administrators of such Survivor to be given to any Purchaser or Purchasers of all or any part of my said Estates shall be a full absolute and sufficient discharge or discharges to such Purchasers for so much money as they my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the heirs executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall respectively actually receive And that after all or any part or parts of my said Estates shall be sold to any person or persons whomsoever for a valuable Consideration in Money and the purchase money for the same shall be paid to my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs executors or Administrators of such Survivor the same Estates shall for ever from thenceforth remain continue and be To the Use and behoof of such Purchaser or Purchasers his her or their Heirs and Assigns for ever without such Purchaser or Purchasers having occasion to see to the Application of such Purchase money or being answerable or accountable for the misapplication of Nonapplication thereof or any part thereof And my further will and mind is and I do hereby direct that my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall respectively from time to time deduct out of the principal monies arising by such Sale or Sales and reimburse themselves and himself all Costs charges and expences which shall be sustained by them and each of them in the execution and performance of the Trusts of this my Will And I do further will and direct that my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall not be answerable or accountable for any loss which shall happen of the Monies hereby directed to be put and placed out at Interest by reason of any unforseen defect in the Title to any Messuages Lands Tenements or hereditaments on which the same shall be received or by the failure of any Banker in whose hands the same shall be lodged for safe Custody till real Custody can be procured for the same or for any other Loss which shall happen without their or his wilful Neglect or default nor shall any of my said Trustees their respective heirs executors or Administrators be answerable or accountable for any more monies than he or they shall respectively actually receive or give receipts for nor shall any of them or his heirs executors or administrators be answerable or accountable for the other of them or for the heirs executors or administrators Acts Deeds receipts payments or disbursements of the other of them but each of them for himself his heirs executors and administrators and his and their acts deeds receipts payments and disbursements only And my will and mind is And I do further direct that my said Trustees and the Survivors or Survivor of them or the heirs executors or administrators of such Survivor shall receive the rents and profits of my Estates until the same shall be sold and apply such rents and profits to the keeping down the Interest of any charges or incumbrances thereupon And I do direct that the overplus of such rents and profits after keeping down such Interest as aforesaid shall be paid to my said Dear Wife Mary Gould as the same shall from time to time be received And that in case my said Dear wife Mary Gould shall happen to die before the Sale of my said Estates then that the overplus of such Rents and profits shall after her death and until sale of my Estates be applied in discharging my other Debts And I do Give devise and bequeath unto my said Dear Wife Mary Gould All that my Seat or pew in Ashbourne Church in the Gallery over the Schollar Loft with all the rights members and appurtenances to same Seat belonging (and which said Seat or pew I do expressly except out of the Devise hereinbefore made to my said Trustees) To hold the same unto my said Dear Wife her Heirs and Assigns for ever And I do give and bequeath unto my said Dear Wife Mary Gould her executors administrators and Assigns All my Household Goods and Furniture Plate Linen China and other the personal Estate whereof I shall be possessed at the time of my death And I do will and declare the several bequests hereinbefore made to my said Dear Wife Mary Gould to be in lieu bar and full Compensation and satisfaction of and for all Dower and thirds at the Common Law or by Custom which she my said Dear Wife can or may claim out of all or any part of my Real or personal estate And I do desire to be decently buried under the direction and at the discretion of my said Dear Wife if she shall be living or if she shall be dead then under the direction and at the discretion of my said Trustees And Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Dear Wife Mary Gould sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Will and Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do Publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Testator William Gould have to this my Last Will and Testament set and put my hand and Seal this Twenty sixth day of June in the Twenty seventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the Faith &c and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty seven

Signed sealed Published and declared by the said Testator William Gould as and for his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto Robert Longden, Henry Buckston Joseph Bradley