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I give and bequeath to Sarah Wyburd neice of my former wife Sarah Linter late Sarah Stotesbury ten pounds and to Peter Stotesbury and Mary Stotesbury son and daughter of John Stotesbury nephew of my
said wife five pounds each the same to be paid to them at their respective ages of one and twenty years but in case any of them the said Sarah Wyburd Peter and Mary Stotesbury shall happen to dye before
they shall have attained their said ageof twenty one years that then my said executors do pay the legacy or sum of money so given to him her or them so dying to the survivor or survivors of them share
and share alike at their said ages of twenty one years.
I give to William Owen son of William Owen brother in law of my late wife Mary Linter deceased formerly Mary Churchman one hundred ounds to be paid to him within twelve months after my decease but in case
of his death before the end of the said twelve months then I give the said sum of one hundred pounds so given to him to and amongst the child or children of him the said William Owen which shall be
living at the time of his decease but in case he shall leave no child or childen then I give the same to his brother and sister Rowland and Mary Owen equally to be divided between them share and share
alike.
I give to Mary Smith wife of Edward Smith and her brother and sister Peter and Elizabeth three children of my brother Peter Linter deceased twenty pounds each to be paid to them within twelve months after
my decease but in case of the death of all or any of them the said Mary Peter and Elizabeth before the end of the said twelve months then I give the said sum of twenty pounds so given to each of him her
or them so dying to and amongst the child or children of him her or them so dying equally share and share alike but in case such of them so dying shall leave no child or children then I give the same
together with all other survivorship interest or shares which he she or they may at the time of their respective deaths have become intitled unto by survivorship under and by virtue of this my will to
and amongst the survivor or survivors of them the said Mary Peter and Elizabeth share and share alike.
I give to Henry William Ann and John children of my sister Anne Goodeve twenty pounds each to be paid to them withn twelve months after my decease but in case of the death of all or any of them the said
Henry William Ann and John before the end of the said twelve months then I give the said sum of twenty ponds so given to each of him her or them so dying to and amongst the child or children of him her
or them so dying equally share and share alike but in case of such of them so dying shall leave no child or children then I give the same together with all other survivorship interest or shares which he
she or they may at the time of their respective deaths have become intitled unto by survivorship under and by virtue of this my will to and amongst the survivor or survivors of them the said Henry
William Ann and John share and share alike.
I give to my sister Elizabeth Budd wife of Thomas Budd twenty pounds the same to be paid to her within twelve months after my decease but in the case of the death of the said Elizabeth before that time
then I give the same to her son Thomas Budd to be paid to him at his age of twenty one years.
I give to Ann Pratt daughter of my sister Mary Pratt twenty pounds the same to be paid to her within twelve months after my decease and to her brother and sister John and Mary two other children of my
sister Mary Pratt twenty pounds each the same to be paid at their respective ages of twenty one years but in case my said neice Ann Pratt shall happen to dye before the end of the said twelve months and
leave no children then I give the said sum of twenty pounds so given to her as aforesaid to her brother and sister John and Mary Pratt to be paid to them at their said age of twenty one years equally
share and share alike and in case both or either of them the said John and Mary Pratt shall happen to dye before he or she attain their said age of twenty one years then I give the legacy or sum of money
given to him and her the said John and Mary so dying equally to be divided to the survivor or survivors of them the said Ann John and Mary Pratt.
I give to Hester Linter daughter of my brother William Linter one hundred pounds the same to be paid to her at her age of twenty one years but in case the said Hester Linter shall happen to dye before she
attain her sad age of twenty one years then I give the same to her sister Sarah Linter to be paid to her at her age of twenty one years.
I give to the three children of my brother Henry Linter five pounds each the same to be paid to them at their respective ages of twenty one years and in case of the death of any of them before such age
then I give the legacy and share of him her or them so dying to the survivor or survivors of them.
I give to (my) brother William Linter ten guineas for mourning.
All the rest residue and remainder of my estate and effects of what nature or kind soever whatsoever wich I shall dye seized possessed off interested in or intitled unto except such part thereof as I
shall hereby after disposed of I give devise and bequeath the same to my good friends Charles Hoole of the said parish of St Brides stuff printer and Thomas Coles of the same place colourman in trust
nevertheless and to and for thje several uses intents and purposes hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say in trust that 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 sell and dispose of all my estate and effects whatsoever to the best purchasor and for the
most money that can be gotten for the same and that they put out and place at interest the money ariseing thereby or otherwise best and lay out the same in or on some government publick or real stock
funds or securities and that they pay apply dispose of and appropriate the income interest and produce thereof for and towards the maintenance and education of my neice Sarah Linter daughter of my said
brother William Linter until she shall attain the age of twenty one years or be married provided such marriage be with the consent and approbation of my said trustees or the survivor of them or the
executors or administrators of such survivor at either of which times my will and meaning is that my said trustees or the survivor of them or the excutors or administrators of such survivor do and shall
pay transfer assign deliver up and convey unto my said neice Sarah Linter her heirs executors administrators and assigns all the said residue of my estate and all the interest income and produce thereof
except such part thereof as shall have been applyed to and for the maintenance and education of the said Sarah Linter as aforesaid.
And my further will and meaning is that my said trustees may sell or dispose of all or any the stocks or securities he or they shall be intrusted with by reason of this my will and vest and lay out the
money thereby ariseing in any government publick or real funds stocks or securities and so from time to time sell the same again and vest and lay out the moneys ariseing therby in any other such funds
stocks or securities so as such stocks and securities in which the same shall be vested or layd out and the interest dividends or produce thereof shall and may be appropriated ordered and disposed of to
and for the same person and persons as the stock or securities so to be sold or disposed of would or ought to be otherwise appropriated ordered and disposed of according to the true intent and meaning
hereof and that neither of them my said trustees or either of their executors or administrators shall be chargeable with or lyable to make good any loss or damage which shall or may happen by putting or
placing out at interest or vesting or laying out or disposing giving up or altering any moneys or securities as aforesaid by compounding or prolonging the time or times of payment of any debt or debts
owing to me or otherwise arising in the execution of this my will or any trust herein contained without his or their wilfull neglect default or collusion respectively or shall be answerable for any
others or other of them or for any payment or to the act deed or default of the others or other of them for or relating to any trust moneys effects or securities as aforesaid but each of them for his own
act and deed only and also that my said trustees and the survivor of them his executors and administrators shall and may deduct and retaint to himself and themselves respectively all such moneys out of
the said trust moneys and securities respectively as he or they shall expend lay out or be put unto in or about the execution of any trust hereby in them reposed.
And I do hereby give to my said two trustees the said two trustees the said Charles Hoole and Thomas Coles the sum of five guineas each for the trouble and care they will have in and about the execution
of this my will and order that when the time of payment of the several legacys or sums of one hundred pounds by me before given to the above named William Owen and Hester Linter shall come and the same
be due and payable and the price of New Southsea Annuities shall be then under par that then my said trustees do transfer unto them the said William Owen and Hester Linter severally or to such other
person or persons as shall be intitled to the same by this my last will one hundred pounds principal New Southsea Annuities exclusive of the interest that may then be due thereon.
But in case the said New Southsea Annuities shall be above par that then my said trustees do pay to them the said William Owen and Hester Linter or to such other person or persons as shall be intitled to
the same as aforesaid the several sums of one hundred pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain as by me before first above willed and directed.
And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Charles Hoole and Thomas Coles executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all will and wills and codicils by me at any time
heretofore made declareing this only to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and forty eight.
John Linter
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 pesence and at his request and in the presence of each other of us have
subscribed our names as witnesses hereto:
Wm. Gason, Johnsons Court, Fleet Street
Joseph Woodward, Geo. Bishop, clerks to the said Mr. Gason
This will was proved at London the twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty before the worshipfull Robert Chapman doctor of laws
and surrogate of the right worshipfull John Bettesworth doctor of laws master keeper or commissary of the prerogative court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths of Charles Hoole and Thomas
Coles the executors named in the said will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the goods chatels and credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer the same.
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