The Will of

Lady Anna Maria LAWFORD (nee HOLDEN) circa 1758-1853

 

 Notes on reading this transcript. 

I have tried to transcribe this will as accurately as possible, that is to say I have not corrected any of the spelling. Here are some examples:

mopies = moneys

expences = expenses

favor = favour

controul = control

holden = held

cesser = cease ?

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This is the last Will and Testament
of me Dame Anna Maria Lawford of Grove End Road Saint Johns Wood
in the County of Middlesex Relict of the late Admiral Sir John Lawford K.C.B. I
bequeath the following Legacies that is to say that To my great Nephew Edward Missenden
Love one thousand pounds To such of my great Nieces daughter of my Nephews The
Reverend William Pearse and The Reverend Edward Love as shall be living at my death
one thousand pounds to be equally divided between them as tenants in common if more
than one To my Great Nephews Charles Holden Love Thomas Pearse Edward Octavius
Pearse Vincent Pearse and Arthur Pearse one hundred pounds each To my great Niece
and God daughter Maria Reeve a further Legacy of Fifty pounds to my friend Miss Bell
Stables of Park Street Grosvenor Square Fifty pounds To my friends Miss MacLeod of
Consult Vale Blackheath Miss Adelaide Clausson of Walmer Miss Flora Hutchins Belassis
of No31 Grove End Road Saint Johns Wood Twenty five pounds each To Miss Adelaide
Clausson my Diamond Broach To Mrs Belassis of No31 Grove End Road my plated cheese
Toaster To Mrs Cockburn wife of the Dean of York fifty pounds and my Print of the Pilgrimage
to Canterbury and Picture of the Town of Amiens To my Coachman William Arnold my
Cook Mary Gay my Housemaid Honor Nixon my Lady's Maid Sopia Cooley my
Butler William Holland and my Footman John Austin one hundred pounds each And to
my Gardener James Burgess thirty pounds And I bequeath to such of them the said
Mary Gay Honer Nixon and Sophia Cooley as shall be living at my death all my
clothes and wearing apparel except the portion thereof hereby otherwise disposed of to
be divided between them in equal proportions if more than one Also I bequeath to the
said Sophia Cooley the sum of Fifty on the condition that she takes care of my Dog
Prince during its life I further bequeath unto the said Honor Nixon an annuity of
Twenty pounds for her life And I direct that such annuity shall be paid quarterly and
that the first quarterly payment shall be made at the expiration of three Calendar
months next after my decease and that a proportionable part of the said annuity
shall be payable up to and inclusive of the day of the cesser thereof I give and bequeath
the Prints or Engravings in Frames descriptive of "Babington's Conspiracy against Queen
Elizabeth The Archbishop of Canterbury reading Magna Charta to the Barons" Queen
Carolines Trial Bolton Abbey" Trial of William Lord Russell Offering of the Crown to Lady
Jane Grey and the "Landing of Mary Queen of Scots together with the books descriptive of
some of them to my friend Sir James Hamilton Baronet I give the two large China
Jars on Brackets in my Drawing Room and two large China Dishes standing in my
 
 
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Library to his wife my friend Lady Hamilton I give to my friend Lady Agnes Buller the
ring usually worn by me set with four beautiful Stones my richly Carved Oak Book Tray
and my Portrait Engraving of her Ladyship in a frame And to my friend Lady Caroline
Melville my Brussels Lace - - - - - - - - I bequeath all the Family Portraits with the ex-
ception hereinafter named All the Portraits of the Royal Family and the Painting of a
Dog late my Brothers All the China and Glass and bed and table linen together with all
my plate and plated articles except such part or parts under any of these several de-
nominations as may be otherwise herein and hereby bequeathed Unto my said Great
Nephew Captain Edward Missenden Love and my Great Niece Mrs Latimer equally
for their own absolute use and benefit I give to my said Great Nephew Edward
Missenden Love the Portrait of myself lately painted by Carpenter the Prints in
frames of the Duke of Wellington Vice Admiral Sir A Mitchell Lord Sough Seymour
George Vance Esquire the Aqueduct at Lisbon The Foreign Shipping Painting the
Convent of Battalia Drawing Landscape with water Pencil Drawing of Show the
Prints of Alexander of Russia and of Blucher all hanging in the Library the Flemish
or Dutch Prints in Bed room and all Naval pictures whatever and my small Clock
And as to all my Books not hereby otherwise bequeathed I give and bequeath the
same to my Nephew the Reverend William Pearse except any on or in which I
may have written the names of any other persons and to whom I desire the said
Books may be given And I further desire that my executors will at my decease
provide mourning rings with a suitable Inscription to be exactly according to the
Pattern of the Ring now in my wearing and given to me by my valued friend
Lady Lee on account of the late Sir Richard Lee K.C.B. and deliver one to each of
my friends undernamed or such as may be living at my decease that is to say
To Lady Lee above named To Miss Atkinson To Mrs Downer her sister and to Mrs
Rashleigh daughter of the late Reverend Mr Rasheigh And I direct that the
annuity and all Legacies and bequests hereby given shall be paid and delivered
free from Legacy Duty and that the said Legacies and bequests shall be paid and
delivered within three Calendar months next after my death and that the annuity
Legacies and bequests to Servants shall be in addition to any wages that may be
due to them and that the annuity and all Legacies and bequests hereby given to any fe-
male shall be for the separate use of such female and that her receipt alone not-
withstanding Coverture shall be a full discharge for the same And as to all - - - - - -
- - - - - - - and remainder of my real and personal estate whatsoever and
wheresoever I give and bequeath the same to my said Nephews William Pearse
and Edward Love absolutely as Tenants in common I appoint John Gilliam Stilwell
and Thomas Stilwell of Arundel Street Strand in the County of Middlesex Es-
quires Executors of this my will and I give to each of them the sum of fifty pounds
free from Legacy Duty for their trouble in the execution of the trusts of this my Will
Lastly I revoke all former wills In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this eighteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
A. M. Lawford _(LS)_ Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Testatrix
as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us both present at the same
time who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have here
unto subscribed our names as witnesses the word annuity having been previously
interlined between the Twenty first and Twenty second lines of this page _ L Wynne
46 Lincolns Inn Fields Solr. _ Jas. Crispin Clerk to Messrs. Delmar L Wynne Solrs. 46
Lincolns Inn Fields :
This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me Dame
Anna Maria Lawford of Grove End Road Saint Johns Wood in the County
of Middlesex Relict of the late Admiral Sir John Lawford K.C.B. which will - - - - -
date on or about the eighteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and
fifty two I bequeath to my Great Niece and God daughter Mrs Reeve my Organ To
my Great Niece Mrs Latimer my Piano Forte And to my Great Nephew Edward
Missenden Love my Carriage and Horses and all the harness trappings and accout-
rements belonging to the same And I direct that the aforesaid Legacies shall be
 
 
 
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delivered free from Legacy Duty and that the Legacies to females shall be for their respective sep-
arate use free from marital control and their receipts alone a full discharge for the same And
whereas I have in and by my said will given the sum of Fifty pounds to my servant Sophia
Cooley on condition that she takes care of my dog Prince during its life Now I declare that in
case my said Dog Prince shall die in my lifetime or shall not belong to me at my death the
said Legacy of Fifty pounds shall not be payable to the said Sophia Cooley but shall lapse
and be void But in case my said Dog Prince shall be living at my decease and shall be-
long to me and the said Legacy of Fifty pounds shall become payable then I direct that
the same shall be paid to the said Sophia Cooley free from Legacy Duty for her separate
use free from marital control and her receipt alone notwithstanding Coverture shall
be a full discharge for the same In all other respects I confirm my said Will In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty ninth day of December one
thousand eight hundred and fifty two _ A. M. Lawford _(LS)_ Signed Sealed Publish-
ed and Declared by the said Testatrix as and for a Codicil to her last Will and Testament
in the presence of us both present at the same time who at her request in her presence
and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses _S. Y. Clark
Hanover Terrace Regents Park _L. Wynne 46 Lincolns Inn Fields Solr.
Proved at London with a Codicil 20th July 1853 before the Worshipful Robert
Joseph Phillimore Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of John Gillian Stilwell
and Thomas Stilwell Esquires the Executors to whom Admon was granted having been
first sworn duly to Administer.
 
 
 
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