This is the last Will and Testament of me John Brown of Hanslope in the County of Buckingham Victualler First I direct that all my just Debts and funeral and testamentary expences be fully paid and satisfied   I give devise and bequeath all and every the real and personal estate of or to and which I shall die possessed or entitled and whether in possession reversion remainder or expectancy unto my dear Wife Catherine and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life And from and immediately after her decease I give and devise all that my Messuages or Tenement hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances thereto belonging situate and being at Castlethorpe in the said County of Bucks now in the occupation of my Son William Brown unto and to the use of my said Son William Brown his heirs and assigns for ever And I give and devise All that Butcher’s Shop situate and being at Hanslope aforesaid now in the occupation of James Manning And also all those two Cottages or Tenements adjoining the said Butcher’s Shop also situate in Hanslope aforesaid now in the occupations Thomas Peach and Widow Chinner with the Yards Gardens Outbuildings and appurtenances thereto respectively adjoining and belonging Unto and to the use of my Son Thomas Brown his heirs and assigns for ever   And as to all my personal estate and the rest and residue of my said real estate from and after the decease of my said Wife Catherine I give devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof respectively unto and to the use of my said Son William Brown and William Golby the Younger  of Stony Stratford in the said County of Buckingham Maltster their heirs executors  administrators and assigns respectively according to the nature and tenure thereof respectively Upon the trusts hereinafter expressed (that is to say) Upon trust as soon as conveniently may be after the decease of my said Wife Catherine as to my said personal Estate to convert into money the same or such part thereof as shall not consist of ready money and as to the real estate hereinbefore devised to them my said Trustees to sell and dispose of the same by public Auction or private Contract and either together or in Lots for the best price or prices that can or may be reasonably obtained for the same with full power to buy in all or any part of the real estate so directed to be sold at any Auction thereof and to rescind any Contract for sale thereof and afterwards to sell the same by public Auction or private Contract without being responsible for any discrimination in price occasioned by such postponed Sale And I do hereby declare that the receipt of the persons or person for the time being acting in execution and by virtue of the power of or trust for Sale hereinbefore contained shall be an effectual discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of my said real Estate for the money in such receipt expressed to be received and fully exonerate such purchaser or purchasers and all parties claiming under him or them from all liability to see to the application or responsible on account of such money And I do hereby direct that the monies arising from my said real and personal estate shall be held by my said Trustees upon trust after payment of the funeral expenses of my said Wife Catherine and the expences attending the execution of the aforesaid trusts to pay and divide the same unto and equally between my Children Stephen, George, Elizabeth, Jonah, Henry, Catherine, Ann, Jane and Sarah share and share alike And I do hereby declare that in case any of my said Children shall at the time of the decease of my said Wife be under the age of twenty one years the shares of such Children shall be invested at Interest upon Government or real security and the interest and annual produce thereof applied towards the maintenance education and support of such Children respectively during their respective minorities And further that in case any of my said Children shall depart this life during the lifetime of my said Wife and leave lawful Issue him or her surviving the share of him or her so dying shall go to and be divided amongst such Issue equally share and share alike   But in case there shall be no such Issue the share of the Child so dying shall be divided equally amongst my surviving residuary legatees and the Issue of any who shall have died in the lifetime of my said Wife such Issue taking per stirpes and not per capita (sic) And I direct that my said Trustees shall be chargeable only for so much money as they shall respectively actually receive by virtue of or under the trusts of this my Will And that they shall not nor shall either of them be answerable for any misfortune loss or damage which may happen in the execution of the aforesaid trusts or otherwise in relation  thereto unless the same shall happen by or through their or his wilful default or neglect nor the one for the other of them but each for himself and his own acts deeds receipts neglects and defaults only notwithstanding their joining in receipts for the sake of conformity And also that it shall be lawful for my said Trustees to retain and reimburse themselves respectively out of the monies which shall come to their hands respectively under or by virtue of the trusts of this my Will all loss costs charges damages and expences which they shall respectively suffer sustain expend or be put unto in or about the execution of the aforesaid trusts or in relation thereto   And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Wife Catherine Brown sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament In testimony whereof I have to the first two sheets of this my last Will and Testament contained in three sheets of paper set my hand and to this third and last sheet thereof my hand and seal this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight – John Brown (LS) Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said John Brown the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us 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 E Worley John Parrott Stony Stratford James Bennett Clark to Mr Worley