This is the Last Will and Testament of me James Manning of Hanslope in the County of Buckingham Butcher   ffirst I will and direct that all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses shall be fully paid and satisfied And I nominate and appoint my friends Thomas Higgins and William Woodward both of Hanslope aforesaid farmers Executors of this my Will   I give and devise all estates which shall at the time of my decease be vested in me upon trust or by way of mortgage unto and to the use of the said Thomas Higgins and William Woodward their heirs and assigns Upon and subject to the trusts and equity of redemption affecting the same respectively I give and devise all that messuage or tenement yard garden outbuildings and close of land thereto adjoining situate and being in Hanslope aforesaid now in my own occupation with all and every the rights member and appurtenances thereto belonging unto and to the use of the said Thomas Higgins and William Woodward their heirs and assigns for ever Upon trust to let the same for the best rents that can fairly be obtained for the same and under and subject to such stipulations and agreements as by my trustees or trustee for the time being shall be thought proper giving the first refusal thereof unto my nephew James Payne and out of the rents thereof to deduct and pay all expenses which may be incurred by my said trustees or trustee for repairs and insurance and to pay the residue of such rents unto and equally between my brother Joseph Manning and Elizabeth the wife of William Cockerill of Gayton in the County of Northampton ffarmer and Mary Ann the wife of Joseph Girton of the Town of Northampton Currier daughters of my late wife during their joint natural lives And upon the death of any one of them the said Joseph Manning  Elizabeth Cockerill and Mary Ann Girton then unto and equally between the survivors of them during the joint natural lives of such survivors And upon the death of either of such survivors then unto the survivor of them the said Joseph Manning Elizabeth Cockerill and Mary Ann Girton during his or her natural life   And I expressly direct and declare that the receipt of the said Joseph Manning Elizabeth Cockerill and Mary Ann Girton shall alone be a sufficient discharge for their respective shares of the rents of the said premises and that my said trustees or trustee shall not be compelled or compellable to accept the receipt of any other person or persons To the intent that the said Joseph Manning may not sell dispose of or anticipate his interest in the said rents and that the shares or interests of the said Elizabeth Cockerill and Mary Ann Girton respectively may be for their respective separate use and not subject to the debts controll or disposition of their respective husbands or disposable of by anticipation and from and after the decease of the survivor of them the said Joseph Manning Elizabeth Cockerill and Mary Ann Girton Then upon trust that my said trustees or trustee do forthwith convey and assure all the said premises unto and to the use of my great nephew         Payne the eldest son of William Payne the younger of Gayton aforesaid ffarmer his heirs and assigns for ever   I give and devise all such estate and interest to which I am or may become entitled of an in all those two cottages or tenements with the gardens and appurtenances thereto respectively belonging situate in Long Street in the parish of Hanslope aforesaid in the occupations of James Neale and        
and of and in all that those of pasture land or ground adjoining the said Cottages and now in my own occupation unto Elizabeth Shrieve Widow the sister of my said late wife during her natural life and from and immediately after her decease Then I give and devise all my estate and interest of an in the said last mentioned cottages close and premises unto and to the use of my nieces Ann Payne and Lucy Payne the daughters of my late sister Ann their heirs and assigns for ever as tenants in common And I give and bequeath all my wearing apparel unto my said brother Joseph Manning absolutely And all my furniture and household effect (but not my horse and cart farming stock stock in trade trade utensils or implements) unto the said Elizabeth Cockerill May Ann Girton  Ann Payne and Lucy Payne  equally to be divided between them share and share alike And I give and bequeath unto my said nieces Ann Payne and Lucy Payne the sum of one hundred pounds apiece to be paid within twelve calendar months next after my decease And I give and bequeath all my monies securities for money book and other debts stock in trade and other personal estate not hereinbefore specifically bequeathed after and subject to the payment of my debts and funeral and testamentary expenses and the aforesaid two legacies of one hundred pounds unto and equally between my nephews James Payne and Thomas Payne the sons of William Payne the elder of Gayton aforesaid ffarmer share and share alike And I revoke all former Wills by me made In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine – James Manning – Signed and declared by the said testator James Manning 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 (the interlineations and alterations opposite to which our initials are placed having been first made – John Parrott Stony Stratford – William Sharp his Clerk

This is a Codicil to the Will to the Will of me James Manning of Hanslope in the County of Buckingham Butcher dated the tenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty nine I revoke the appointment of Executors contained in my said Will And I appoint Elizabeth Shrieve widow the sister of my late Wife and Thomas Higgins and William Woodward in the said Will respectively named joint Executrix and Executors of my Will and of this Codicil   I direct and desire that the said Elizabeth Shrieve shall be allowed to use and occupy the messuage and other hereditaments by my said Will devised to the said Thomas Higgins and William Woodward upon trust as therein mentioned for the space of one year next after my decease without paying any rent for the same and subject to such use and occupation I confirm the devise of the said messuage and other hereditaments to the said Thomas Higgins and William Woodward Upon the trusts in my said Will contained respecting the same And I bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Shrieve Thomas Higgins and William Woodward the sum of one hundred pounds to be retained by them within twelve months next after my decease Upon trust to invest the same upon security and during the natural life of my brother Joseph Manning to apply the annual income  for his benefit in such manner as my said trustees shall in their uncontrolled discretion think fit   And from and immediately after his decease Upon trust to pay and divide the said sum of one hundred pounds or the securities of which the same may consist unto and equally between my nieces Ann Payne and Lucy Payne daughters of my late sister Ann share and share alike And I revoke the devise in my said Will contained of my estate and interest of and in two cottages or tenements with the gardens and appurtenances situate in Long Street in the parish of Hanslope aforesaid and of and in the Close of Land thereto adjoining in my said Will respectively mentioned so far only as relates to the devise thereof from and after the decease of the said Elizabeth Shrieve And I confirm the life estate therein by my said Will devised to the said Elizabeth Shrieve and I devise all my estate and interest of and in the said Cottages or tenements close and other hereditaments situate in Long Street in the parish Hanslope aforesaid from and after the decease of the said Elizabeth Shrieve unto and to the use of Elizabeth Cockerill and Mary Ann Girton the daughters of my said late Wife their heirs and assigns forever as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and save as hereby altered I confirm my said Will in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty nine – James Manning – Signed and declared by the said James Manning the testator as and for a Codicil to 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 – John Parrott Stony Stratford – William Sharp his Clerk

This is a second Codicil to my Will I bequeath ten pounds apiece to Thomas Higgins and William Woodward two of my Executors as a remuneration for the trouble they will have in the execution of the trusts of this my Will dated this 16th day of October 1849 James Manning – Signed and declared by James Manning the testator as and for a second Codicil to his Will 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 – John Parrott Stony Stratford – William Sharp his Clerk

Proved at London with two Codicils the 14th October 1850