This is the last Will and Testament of  me Christopher Bishop the elder of Hanslope in the County of Bucks Maltster which I make in manner following (that is to say)   First I Will and direct that all my legal Debts and Funeral expences shall be fully paid and discharged by my Executrix and Executor hereinafter named   Next I Give and Bequeath the following Legacies that is to say To my Son Christopher Bishop One Hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain and to my Grandson Henry Bishop Son of my late Son Harry Bishop Ten Pounds of like lawful money to be respectively paid within Twelve Months next after my Decease and subject and liable thereto I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Son James Bishop All and singular my Messuages Cottages Closes Lands Tenements Hereditaments and real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever with their Appurtenances And also all and singular my Goods Chattels Cattle Household Furniture Stock in Trade Ready Money Securities for Money and personal Estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever To hold all and singular my said Real and Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever above mentioned unto my said Son James Bishop his Heirs Executors and Administrators Upon special Trust and Confidence that he my said Son James Bishop his Heirs Executors or Administrators do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after my Decease ascertain the value and amount of my said Personal Estate and after payment thereout or out of my said Real Estate of the Legacies above mentioned do and shall retain to his and their Use One Moiety or equal half part of the clear Rents of all my said Real Estate and the Interest Dividends and Produce of my said personal Estate and do and shall pay to or permit and suffer my dear wife Elizabeth Bishop and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural life to have and receive and take the other Moiety or equal half part of the said clear Rents of my said Real Estate and of the Interest Dividends and Produce of my said personal Estate and from and immediately after her Decease I Give devise and bequeath the whole of my said real and personal Estates and Effects above mentioned discharged of the Trust aforesaid unto my said Son James Bishop his Heirs Executors and Administrators to and for his and their own Use absolutely for ever he and they paying thereout unto my Son Charles Bishop One hundred Pounds of like lawful Money within twelve Months next after the decease of my said wife and permitting him at all times from the time of my decease to lodge in the Dwelling house which I now live in and occupy so long as he the said Charles Bishop shall continue unmarried And I do hereby charge all my said Real and Personal Estates above mentioned with the payment of the same accordingly   And if it shall at any time happen that my said Son James Bishop shall neglect or refuse to pay to my said wife the said Moiety of the said Rents of my said Real Estate or of the Interest or Dividends  of my said Personal Estate half yearly as the same shall become due Then and in such case I do hereby fully authorize and Impower my said wife to enter and distrain upon my said real Estate above mentioned or any part thereof and to sell such Distress and pay herself all Ancars and Costs from time to time as fully and effectively as if the said Real and personal Estates above mentioned were given and devised to her absolutely   And Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my said wife Elizabeth Bishop and my said Son James Bishop joint Executrix ands Executor of this my last Will and Testament and revoking hereby all former and other Wills I do declare this only to be my last Will and Testament  In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and Seven  Christopher Bishop (LS) Signed sealed Published and Declared by the said Christopher Bishop the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have attested the same in the presence of each other – Thomas Kitelee – John Holloway – W Singleton

Proved the 7th day of October 1808