Cowper Family

This is the last Will and Testament of me John Cowper of Wantage in the County of Berks Ironmonger I give and bequeath unto my dear Wife Fanny the sum of Five hundred pounds sterling and also all my stock in trade household goods and furniture plate linen china glass wines liquors and all other my household requisites cash bank notes and money which shall be in my dwelling house at the time of my decease and also all debts due and owing to me in the way of my trade or business (but not those which are secured to me by Mortgage Bond Note of Hand or any other Security) to and for her own use and benefit (but subject nevertheless and charged and chargeable with and to the payment of all debts and sums of money that maybe due and owing from me at the time of my decease and which I direct my said Wife to pay and discharge as soon after my decease as conveniently may be I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Murry the sum of One hundred pounds sterling to and for her own use and benefit to be paid to her as soon as conveniently may be after my decease And I give and bequeath unto my Sons James Cowper and George Cowper and my Son in Law James Keene of Garlick Hill in the City of London Mustard Manufacturer all my Securities for money And All the Rest and Residue of my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever not herein before by me disposed of and over which I have a disposing power To hold the same unto the said James Cowper George Cowper and James Keene their Executors administrators and assigns upon the Trusts following (that is to say) Upon Trust as soon as conveniently may be after my decease in the discretion and absolute authority of the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will to sell and dispose of collect get in and convert into money the whole of my said residuary Personal Estate and do and shall stand possessed thereof when so collected got in and converted as aforesaid upon Trust by with and out of the same monies to pay satisfy or retain my funeral and testamentary expenses and all expenses incident to the Trusts hereby created and the pecuniary legacies hereinbefore bequeathed as and when the same shall become payable and to stand possessed of the residue thereof upon the Trusts and for the ends intents and purposes hereinafter limited expressed and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say) Upon Trust as to for and concerning six seventh parts or shares thereof (the whole into seven equal parts or shares to be considered as divided) to pay and distribute the same unto between and amongst my six children next hereinafter named (that is to say) Sarah the Wife of the said James Keene Mary the Wife of [Orig.^l so] Belcher Robert Cowper Martha Cowper the said James Cowper and the said George Cowper in equal shares and proportions as Tenants in common their respective executors administrators and assigns and as to one moiety or half part of the remaining one seventh part or share thereof (the whole into seven equal parts or shares to be considered as divided) In trust to pay the same unto my daughter the said Elizabeth Murry her executors administrators or assigns for her own use and benefit And as to the remaining moiety or half part of the said seventh part or share thereof Upon trust to lay out and invest the same in the names or name of my said Trustees or Trustee in or upon the public stocks or funds or other Government Securities of the United Kingdom or on Mortgage or any other real security in England with power for my said Trustees or Trustee to vary and transpose the stocks funds and securities wherein such Investment shall be made as aforesaid from time to time as often as occasion shall require or as shall be found expedient and to pay the Interest dividends and annual produce thereof unto my daughter the said Elizabeth Murry and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life for her own sole and separate use independent of any Husband she may hereafter happen to marry and free from his control debts or engagements and so that every receipt signed by her alone notwithstanding any future Coverture shall be good and effectual discharges to my said Trustees or Trustee for so much money as in such receipts shall be expressed or acknowledged to be or to have been received And from and immediately after her decease then upon trust to pay and distribute the same Trust monies stocks funds and securities and the Interest dividends and annual produce thereof to grow due after her decease unto and amongst my said six children the said Sarah Keene Mary Belcher Robert Cowper Martha Cowper James Cowper and George Cowper in equal shares and proportions as Tenants in Common their respective Executors adm[inistrat]ors and assigns I give devise limit and appoint unto the said James Cowper George Cowper and James Keene their heirs and assigns all the Freehold and Copyhold Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in possession reversion remainder or expectancy whereof or wherein I am or any person or persons in Trust for me is or are seized or interested or over which I have a disposing power with their & every of their rights members and appurtenances To hold the same unto and to the use of the said James Cowper George Cowper and James Keene their heirs and assigns Upon trust that they my said Trustees and the survivors and survivor of them and the heirs and assigns of such survivor do and shall pay to or otherwise authorize and empower my said Wife and her assigns to receive and take the rents issues and annual profits thereof to and for her own use and benefit for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after the decease of my said Wife then Upon trust that they the said James Cowper George Cowper and James Keene and the survivors and survivor of them and the heirs and assigns of such survivor or the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after the decease or during the life of my said Wife by and with her consent and approbation in writing first obtained for that purpose to make sale and absolutely dispose thereof either altogether or in parcels and either by Public Auction or Private Sale or partly in one mode and partly in the other and at such price or prices as my Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall think proper with liberty if deemed expedient for such Trustees or Trustee from time to time to buy in all or any part or parts of the Hereditaments which shall be offered for Sale by Public Auction and upon trust to sell and absolutely dispose of the premises so bought in at any future Auction or Auctions or by Private Sale or Sales or partly in one mode and partly in the other with all such powers as are hereinbefore given in regard to any Original Sale or Sales Auction or auctions without being liable for any loss or diminution in price in consequence thereof and also upon trust from time to time to make do and execute all proper acts contracts deeds and assurances for carrying such Sale or Sales into complete effect with full power for the said Trustees or Trustee to consent to any variation in the terms of such Contract and to commence prosecute abandon defend or submit to arbitration any Action suit or proceeding at Law or in Equity for compelling a specific performance of every or any such Contract or to abandon & rescind the same and release the purchaser or purchasers therefrom and at any time or times thereafter proceed with all his or their Original powers to a resale or resales of the premises as the said Trustees or Trustee shall think advisable without being answerable for any loss or diminution in price or for any other damage which shall be produced by the exercise of all any or either of the discretionary powers given to them or him by this my Will and I do hereby declare that the person or persons who shall become the purchaser or purchasers of the said Freehold and Copyhold Hereditaments and premises or any part thereof and pay his her or their purchase money or respective monies or any of them or any part or parts thereof to the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will or to any other person or persons under their or his direction shall not be obliged to see to the application of the purchase money or purchase monies so paid nor be accountable for the misapplication or nonapplication of the same but that all receipts for purchase monies which shall be given by the said Trustees or Trustee or by any other person or persons to whom the same shall be paid under their or his direction shall be sufficient discharges for the monies therein or thereby acknowledged to be or to have been received and I do hereby declare that the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will shall stand possessed of the monies which shall arise from the Sale or Sales hereinbefore directed to be made of my said Freehold and Copyhold Hereditaments and premises Upon Trust in the first place to deduct and retain all costs and expenses which they or he shall have disbursed or incurred in the performance of the aforesaid Trusts or in relation thereto and as to the residue thereof and the rents and profits of my said Real Estate (if any) which shall become due after the decease of my said Wife and in the mean time and until my said real and copyhold hereditaments and premises shall be sold as aforesaid and the dividends interest and income to arise therefrom upon trust as to for and concerning six seventh parts or shares thereof (the whole into seven equal parts or shares to be considered as divided) to pay and distribute the same unto between and amongst my said six children the said Sarah Keene Mary Belcher Robert Cowper Martha Cowper James Cowper and George Cowper in equal shares and proportions as Tenants in Common their respective executors administrators and assigns and as to one moiety or half part of the remaining one seventh part or share thereof (the whole into seven equal parts or shares to be considered as divided) In trust to pay the same unto my daughter the said Elizabeth Murry her Executors administrators or Assigns for her own use and benefit and as to the remaining moiety or half part of the said seventh part or share thereof upon trust to lay out and invest the same in the names or name of my said Trustees or Trustee in or upon the public stocks or funds or other Government Securities of the United Kingdom or on Mortgage or any other real Security in England with power for my said Trustees or Trustee to vary and transpose the stocks funds and securities wherein such Investment shall be made as aforesaid from time to time as often as occasion shall require or as shall be found expedient and to pay the interest dividends & annual produce thereof unto my daughter the said Elizabeth Murry and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life for her own sole and separate use independent of any husband she may hereafter happen to marry and free from his control debts and engagements and so that every receipt signed by her alone notwithstanding any future Coverture shall be good and effectual discharges to my said Trustees or Trustee for so much money as in such receipts shall be expressed or acknowledged to be or to have been received and from and immediately after her decease then upon Trust to pay and distribute the same trust monies stocks funds and securities and the interest dividends and annual produce thereof to grow due after her decease unto and amongst my said six children the said Sarah Keene Mary Belcher Robert Cooper Martha Cowper James Cowper and George Cowper in equal shares and proportions as Tenants in Common their Executors Administrators and Assigns Provided nevertheless and it is my Will that in case any or either of my children shall depart this life in my lifetime leaving lawful issue living at his her or their decease or respective deceases then and in such case I direct and declare that the issue of the child or children respectively so dying shall if and when such issue respectively shall live to attain the age of twenty one years take and be entitled to (if more than one equally among them) the share or respective shares in the said trust premises which his her or their parent or respective parents would have taken under the trusts aforesaid if she he or they were living at the time of my decease Provided also and I hereby declare that in case any part of my said real Estate shall be sold in the lifetime of my said Wife then my said Trustees or Trustee or the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will do and shall lay out and invest the money arising therefrom either in the Public stocks or funds of Great Britain or in real Securities in England with power from time to time as he or they shall think fit to vary alter and transpose such stocks funds and securities for others of the like nature and do and shall pay the interest dividends and annual produce thereof as and when the same shall become due and payable unto my said Wife and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease do and shall stand possessed of the principal of the said Trust monies stocks funds and securities together with any interest or dividends that may have accrued due thereon after the decease of my said Wife Upon trust for my said children in such and the same parts shares and proportions manner and form as is hereinbefore expressed with respect to the produce of my said real and copyhold estates if the same were not sold until after the decease of my said Wife in manner herein before mentioned Provided always and I hereby declare that in case the said James Cowper George Cowper and James Keene or any or either of them or any Trustee or Trustees to be appointed under this present provision in their or either of their place shall depart this life go to reside beyond Seas or neglect or refuse or become incapable to act in the said Trusts before the same shall be fully performed then and as often as the same shall happen it shall and may be lawful to and for the said James Cowper George Cowper and James Keene or the survivors or survivor of them or the heirs executors or administrators of such survivor or the acting Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will to nominate any fit person or persons to supply the place of the Trustee or Trustees respectively so dying going to reside beyond Seas or refusing or neglecting to Act as aforesaid and that immediately after such appointment the several Trusts Estates Monies Effects and Interests shall be conveyed assigned and transferred so and in such manner that the same may vest in such new Trustee or Trustees jointly with the surviving or continuing Trustee or Trustees or in such new Trustee or Trustees solely as the case may require and that every such new Trustee or Trustees either before or after such conveyance or transfer shall have and be capable of exercising all the powers and authorities whatsoever hereinbefore contained in the same manner to all intents and purposes as if he or they had been appointed a Trustee or Trustees by this my Will Provided also that the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will shall be charged and chargeable with such sums only as they respectively shall actually receive by virtue of the Trusts hereby reposed in them notwithstanding their joining in any receipt or receipts or doing any other act for the sake of conformity and that they or any or either of them shall not be answerable or accountable for involuntary misfortune loss or damage which may happen in the execution of the aforesaid Trusts or in relation thereto And I hereby nominate ??? and appoint the said James Cowper George Cowper and James Keene Executors in Trust of this my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me before made In Witness whereof I the said John Cowper the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in seven sheets of paper set my hand and affixed my seal (that is to say) to the first six sheets thereof set my hand and to this seventh and last sheet set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty six John Cowper LS Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Cowper the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto the words "and survivor" having been first interlined between the third and fourth lines of the third sheet
W^m [William] Ormond Sol^r [Solicitor] Wantage — Robert Clement — William Irving
This is a Codicil to be added to the last Will and Testament of me John Cowper of Wantage in the County of Berks Ironmonger hereunto annexed Whereas I have advanced to my daughter Mrs. Keene Two hundred pounds for which I have no acknowledgement and I have also advanced to my said daughter and other of my children certain sums of money which will appear by Memorandums and Documents which I now hold Now I hereby declare that none of my children shall have or be entitled to any of the provisions made for them by my said Will unless they respectively account for all such sums received and to be received by them which shall be deducted from their respective shares and brought into Hotchpot and in all other respects I confirm my said Will In Witness whereof I the said John Cowper the Testator have to this Codicil which I direct may be taken as part of my Will set my hand and affixed my Seal this sixteenth day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty six John Cowper LS Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Cowper the Testator as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto W^m [William] Ormond — Ja^s [James] Ormond Sol^rs [Solicitors] Wantage
Proved at London (with a Codicil) 24^th May 1837 before the Judge by the Oaths of James Cowper and George Cowper the Sons two of the Executors to whom admon [administration] was granted having been first sworn (by Commission) duly to administer Power reserved of making the like Grant to James Keene the other Executor.

This is the last Will and Testament of me James Keen of Garlick Hill in the City of London Blue Manufacturer made the sixth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty nine First I direct that all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses shall be paid as soon as conveniently may be after my decease I give unto my dear Wife Sarah the sum of One hundred pounds sterling to be paid to her immediately after my decease I give and bequeath unto my said dear Wife for her own use and benefit such part of my household furniture plate linen china glass pictures books and other domestic effects except such as are or otherwise may be specifically bequeathed by this my Will or any Codicil thereto as she within three calendar months next after my decease may choose to select but the same are not to exceed in value the sum of four hundred pounds in the whole And I direct that the part she shall so select shall be appraised by two indifferent persons one to be chosen by my said dear Wife and the other by my four Executors hereinafter named or by an umpire to be chosen in the usual way and in case of difference and if such appraisement shall not amount to the sum of four hundred pounds the difference shall be made up in money it being my intention that my said dear Wife in addition to the beforementioned legacy of one hundred pounds shall have in money or household goods a further legacy of four hundred pounds I give to my Son John Keen the Tortoise shell snuff box which formerly belonged to John Winchmore commonly called "Jack of Newbury" also the Card case and Counters with my initials and the case of knives given me by my Nephews the Alexanders And also my Library Books the same to be delivered to him on his attaining twenty one years of age And I request my Executors to allow my dear Wife to have the use of them during my Sons minority if she shall think fit and so long lives and continues my Widow And in the event of my said Son dying under the age of twenty one years then I give the case of knives unto my dear Wife and the snuff box to one of my two daughters Martha and Isabella and the said case and counters to the other as they may agree between themselves and also my Library of Books to be equally divided between them but if one of my said daughters be then dead I give the whole of such articles to the surviving daughter And my will is that in case my said Son shall die under the age of twenty one years my dear Wife shall have the possession of the whole of the said last mentioned articles if she think fit during her Widowhood And I appoint my said dear Wife and my Nephew William Alexander of Hungerford in the County of Berks Ironmonger my Nephew William Keen of the same place Grocer and my Clerk John Thomas Cox of Garlick Hill aforesaid Executrix and Executors and also Trustees of this my Will And I give unto my said Wife unto the said William Alexander and unto the said William Keen respectively the sum of ten pounds for a ring and unto the said John Thomas Cox the sum of fifty pounds I give devise and bequeath unto the said Sarah Keen, William Alexander William Keen and John Thomas Cox their heirs and assigns all my freehold messuages tenements lands and hereditaments to whatsoever and wheresoever whereof or whereto I or any person or persons In trust for me shall at the time of my decease be possessed of or entitled or over which I may have power of disposition by will and not hereinbefore or hereinafter by me otherwise disposed of Upon trust to sell and dispose of all my said Freehold messuages tenements lands and hereditaments either by public sale or private contract as to them shall seem most advisable and to invest such part of my Personal Estate as shall not consist of money to be placed out at interest in the public funds or on real securities in England into money with all convenient speed after my decease and after payment of all my just debts funeral expenses and charges of proving this my Will the legacies by me given and all incidental expenses whatsoever to lay out the net residue thereof in the names of them the said Sarah Keen William Alexander William Keen and John Thomas Cox or the other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will on Government or real securities in England at interest and do and shall stand possessed of the entire Residue of my estate and effects and all securities for the same Upon trust in the first place in case Ann Keen the widow of my deceased Brother Benjamin Keen shall be living to set apart so much of the said stocks funds and securities as will be sufficient with the interest dividends and annual produce thereof to produce the clear sum of thirty one pounds two shillings per annum to pay the same to the said Ann Keen for her life in satisfaction of the covenant I have entered into with her so to the said sum of thirty one pounds two shillings to be paid to her by half yearly payments on the sixth day of January and the sixth day of July in every year the first payment to be made on such of the said days as shall happen next after my decease And from and after the decease of the said Ann Keen I direct that the said stocks funds and securities so directed to be set apart to answer the said annual payment shall fall into and again become part of the residue of my Estate and Effects And upon trust in the next place in the event of my said dear Wife surviving me to set apart so much of the said stocks funds and securities as will be sufficient with the interest dividends and annual produce thereof to produce the sum of five hundred pounds per annum and stand possessed thereof Upon trust with the dividends interest and annual produce thereof to pay to my said dear wife during her life and so long as she remains my widow the sum of five hundred pounds per annum by equal half yearly payments on the sixth day of January and the sixth day of July in each year But in the event of my said dear wife marrying again I direct that the said annuity or annual sum of five hundred pounds shall cease and be no longer payable to her And in lieu thereof that my said Trustees on the aforesaid days in each year to pay to my said dear wife on her marrying again the annual sum of two hundred and fifty pounds being the interest and dividends to arise from one moiety of the said stocks funds and securities so to be set apart as last aforesaid during the then remainder of her natural life And my will is that the said sum of two hundred and fifty pounds per annum shall in the event of my said wife marrying again be paid into her own proper hands for her own sole and separate use it being my intention that the same shall not in any manner be subject to the control debts contracts or engagements of her husband and to that end I declare that the receipts of my said wife notwithstanding such coverture shall be good discharges to the Trustees for the time being of this my Will And from and immediately after the decease of my said dear Wife or her marrying again as the case may be I direct that the whole or one moiety of the said stocks funds and securities so to be set apart as aforesaid as the case may be shall fall into and again become part of the residue of my estate and effects And I authorize and direct my Trustees until permanent provision is made for the payment of the said annual sum of thirty one pounds two shillings to my said Brother's Widow and the said annuity to my said dear Wife to make good such payments out of my general estate so that the said Ann Keen may receive and be paid her said annual sum from the period of the last payment prior to my decease And that my said dear Wife may receive her annuity from the day of my decease And subject to the several trusts aforesaid I give and bequeath all and every the Residue of my Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever unto the said Sarah Keen William Alexander William Keen and John Thomas Cox and the survivors and survivor of them Upon Trust that they or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will shall stand possessed thereof for my daughter Martha the Wife of Mr Charles Henry White and my daughter Isabella the Wife of Thomas Keen and my son John Keen to be equally divided between them share and share alike as tenants in common the share of my Son John to be a vested and transmissible interest in him on his attaining the age of twenty one years And as to the shares of my daughters Martha and Isabella to be held by my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of my said Will Upon Trust to pay and apply the dividends interest and annual produce thereof into the respective hands of my said daughters respectively for and during the term of their respective natural lives exclusive and independent of their respective husbands or of any future husband their may respectively happen to marry so that the same shall not be in any way or manner subject to the debts control or engagements of their respective Husbands And I will and declare that the receipts of my said daughters respectively shall notwithstanding their present or any future coverture be good and effectual discharges for the same or for so much thereof as in such receipts shall be expressed to be received And from and after the decease of either of my said daughters upon trust to transfer assign and pay or stand possessed of the principal of the share of such daughter so dying and the stocks funds and securities upon which such share shall be invested unto and amongst or for on of the residue of such daughter if more than one in such parts shares and proportions as she at any time or times during her life by any deed or deeds writing or writings with or without power of revocation to be sealed and delivered by her in the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses shall direct or appoint and in default of such direction or appointment upon trust for the child if only one or if more than one all and every the children of such daughter so dying equally to be divided between them share and share alike to be and become vested interests in them respectively on their respectively attaining the age of twenty one years But in case of the death of any of them under that age without leaving lawful issue living at his or her death then the share as well original as accruing of such child who so dying shall go to the other or others of such children But if any of them shall die leaving lawful issue living at his or her death such issue shall have and be entitled to the share or shares of the said stocks funds and securities which their respective parent would otherwise have acquired either originally or by way of accruer under this my Will And my will is that in case my Son John shall die under the age of twenty one years without leaving lawful issue living at his death or in case either of my said daughters Martha or Isabella shall die without leaving lawful issue who live to take a vested interest then the share as well original as accruing of my said Son or of either of my said daughters so dying shall go to the survivors or survivor of them my said children and their issue respectively in the same manner and way in all respects as is declared with respect to his her or their original share But in case my said Son John shall so die leaving lawful issue living at his death then I declare that such issue shall have and take their parents share And I do hereby declare and direct that any sum or sums of money that I may have already advanced to my said daughters Martha and Isabella respectively on their respective marriages or to their respective husbands or which I may hereafter advance to their respective husbands and take a receipt for shall be considered as part of the portion or fortune intended for such daughter in the division of my residuary estate but no interest shall be computed thereon nor shall the same be required to be repaid And I direct my Will to be that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will without prejudice nevertheless to any present life interest during the minority of my Son John and also during the minority of any other person or persons who shall be presumptively entitled to a legacy or portion under the trusts of this my Will and until such portion shall become absolutely payable to pay and apply the interest and dividends of such legacy and portion or so much thereof as shall be considered necessary and expedient in and towards the maintenance clothing and education or other benefit and advantage of my said Son or other child children or issue And I also authorize and empower the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will to alter and vary the stocks funds and securities in or upon which any of the legacies or trust monies shall from time to time be invested for others of the like nature as often as they may deem necessary or expedient And also to lend or advance all or any part of such trust monies by way of mortgage on real estate in England And I do hereby further declare my Will to be that in case my said daughter Isabella shall by any writing under her hand request the Trustees or Trustee for the time being under this my Will to advance and pay to her in part of her portion or share out of my Estate any sum not exceeding in the whole the sum of three thousand pounds and my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall think it prudent and advisable so to do then and in such case I do hereby authorize and empower such Trustees or Trustee for the time being to advance and pay to my said daughter out of her portion or share of my estate (and notwithstanding the trusts hereinbefore declared concerning the same respectively) any sum not exceeding in the whole the sum of one thousand pounds for her absolute use and benefit And my will is that any such advance shall not exclude my said daughter from being entitled to receive the survivors interest and annual produce of the remainder of such share pursuant to the trusts hereinbefore declared And I do hereby further declare that the receipt of my said daughter Isabella notwithstanding her coverture shall be a good and sufficient discharge to the trustees or trustee thereof for the time being of my said Will for any monies so to be advanced to her And whereas the said Charles Henry White the Husband of my said daughter Martha some time since became in embarrassed circumstances being at the time indebted unto me in the sum of five hundred pounds principal money exclusive of interest for which sum I have his Note of Hand dated the twenty sixth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forth three and which was advanced by me as a part of the fortune to which my said daughter Martha would be entitled after my decease under the trusts aforesaid Now I do hereby therefore expressly prohibit the Trustees or Trustee of this my Will from advancing or paying in part of any a portion or share out of my estate any sum whatever which my said daughter Martha or any child or children of my said daughter Martha shall or may become entitled to under such trusts unto my said daughter Martha or for her use or benefit during the life of the said Charles Henry White or so as that he may in any manner have any control over the same And I do hereby direct that any loss which may accrue to my Estate from the said sum of five hundred pounds principal money only (but not for any interest thereon) due and owing to me from the said Charles Henry White shall be considered as part of the share of my said daughter Martha directed by my said Will to be settled for the benefit of herself and of any child or any children which she might have and the same shall be deducted therefrom accordingly Provided nevertheless that in case my said daughter Martha shall survive the said Charles Henry White that then it shall be lawful for the Trustees named in my said Will and the survivors and survivor of them or the Trustees or Trustee thereof for the time being to advance unto my said daughter Martha such sum of money under the same circumstances and with the the same discretion and subject to the same limitation and also to the deduction of the five hundred pounds aforesaid as the said Trustees are authorized to advance to my said daughter Isabella And that in such case my said daughter Martha shall have all such and the same powers benefits and advantages as are given to my said daughter Isabella under the Clauses last aforesaid And I do hereby further declare that the receipt of my said daughter Martha under such circumstances shall be a good and sufficient discharge to the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will for any money so to be advanced to her notwithstanding her future coverture And as it is my Will and desire that during the continuance of any of the trusts of this my Will there should be always four acting Trustees I request that if it shall happen that any or either of the Trustees of this my Will or any surviving or other Trustee or Trustee to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned shall die or desire to be discharged from or refuse or become incapable to act in the trusts of this my Will before the same shall be fully performed and executed that the then acting or continuing Trustees or Trustee (or the executors or administrators of the survivor of such acting or continuing Trustee in case my wish that the number should continually be kept up shall not have been complied with shall by some deed or instrument in writing under their or his hands and seals or hand and seal and to be attested by two or more credible witness or witnesses nominate and appoint one or more person or persons to be a trustee or trustees in the place and stead of such trustee or trustees so dying or desiring to be discharged or refusing or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid so as to make up the number of four acting Trustees at least and thereupon with all convenient speed all the then trust estate and premises shall be assigned transferred and assured according to the nature thereof respectively in such way and manner and so as that the same shall and may be legally and effectually vested in the newly appointed trustee or trustees jointly with the surviving or continuing Trustee or Trustees if any such there shall be upon the several trusts and to and for the several ends intents and purposes hereinbefore expressed declared and contained and concerning the same And I declare that every such new Trustee or Trustees shall and may in all things and in all respects act and assist in the management carrying on and executing the trusts of this my Will as fully and effectually and with the same power and powers authority and authorities as if such new trustee or trustees had been originally appointed by this my Will And I do hereby also declare that the receipt or receipts of the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will shall be a good and sufficient discharge or good and sufficient discharges to the purchaser or purchasers of any of my said Freehold messuages or tenement lands hereditaments and premises and also to all and every other person and persons whomsoever for all and every sum and sums of money that shall be received by them respectively under the trusts of this my Will and that the person or persons paying the same shall not be obliged or required to see to the application thereof or of any part or parts thereof or be answerable or accountable for the application misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof And I hereby declare that it shall and may be lawful for the trustees and trustee for the time being of this my Will to retain and reimburse themselves respectively all such costs charges and expenses as they or any or either of them shall be put to in the execution of the trusts hereby reposed in them or in any manner relating thereto And that the one of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the acts deeds or defaults of the others or other of them but each for his own acts deeds and defaults only And lastly I revoke all former wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said James Keen the Testator have to this my Will contained in this and the ten preceding pages set my hand the day and year first above written — James Keen — Signed published and declared by the said James Keen the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses attesting the execution thereof — S. T. Maling Westall 5 New Inn London Solicitor — Sam^l. Hestall 2 York Place Kentish Town.
Proved at London 22^nd December 1849 before the worshipful John Elliot Pasley Robertson Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oaths of Sarah Keen Widow the Relict also William Alexander and William Keen the Nephews and John Thomas Cox the Executors to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn duly to administer.

The Cowper Family

Elizabeth (Cowper) Murray

Esther Cowper

George Cowper

Gilbert Cowper

James Cowper

John Cowper

John Cowper

Martha Cowper

Mary Ann Cowper

Mary (Cowper) Belcher

Robert Cowper

Sarah (Cowper) Keen