John Glanvill
23 Dec 1724
I John Glanvill now of the
parish of St German in the County of Cornwall Efqz make this my laft
Will and Teftament in Writing of which laft will and Teftament I make
and consistute my Nephew John Glanvill of London Citizen and apothiecary
full and sole Executor ne'te my Burial if I leave any order relating
to it in writing or by word of Mouth in my last Sicknefs I hereby
appoint such orders to be observed othewise I leave it wholly to the
case and discretion of my said Executor and in case he shall be at a
diftance from the place where I dye to any officer my Relation or
Relations who shall live with or near me at that time define how-
ever it may be with no little expense as decency will admitt I appoint
a Monuement to be Erected in the Chancel of the Church of Broadhinton
in the county of Wilts (if it be not done in my lifetime) for my
Grandmother the Lady Glanvill which would have be at Least as
good as that which she caufed to be Erected for her husband St John
Glanvill and as this is not my own Summons but purfuant to the
defize and long continues intention of my aunt Elizabeth Glanville (as
she declared it to my dear Sifter Winifred Glanvill and my said Sifter to
me I command that such her defire should be exxprefsed in the Infcription
I give and bequeath to each of my Servants living with me at the time
of my decease and who have have don for one whole Twelve month
before Twenty shillinga a piece as also the like sume to my constant
workman John Vivafls I give to the poor of the several parifhses
and places where the different part of my Scattred Eftate lye as
followeth viz. to the poor of the parisfh of St German aforesaid ffive
pounds to the poor of the parifh of Taviftock in the County of Devon ffive
pounds to the poor of the parifh of hilmarton in the County of Wils
five pounds to the poor of the parifh of Bradhinton in the same County
five pound and to the ppor of the hamletts of Ham and Hatch in
the parifh of Kingston upon Thames in the County of Surry fforty Shillings
All these to be diftributed not in money but in wheat or Malt or Bread
at the difrection of my Executor * Give to my Neice Anne now the
wife of one William Hancock of the parifh of St Germans aforesaid Twenty
pounds and no more as having not only discharged all that I my
ways owed or had been given to her But also given her and that in
a Time of Difficulty Two hundred pounds upon the marriage before
mentioned I Give and bequeath to my Neices Martha Glanvill
Elizabeth Glanvill and Mary Glanvill Twenty pounds apiece partly
for Mourning and partly for their removall to such places where they
may incline to live and that they may have some thing to Subsist on
till the Revenue hereinafter appointed for them shall come in and my
will is that such of the laft named three neices as shall be livin or with
me at the time of my decease shall be subfisted after it a thte place of my
habitation for one whole calendar month upon ffre coft I give to my
Nephew Walter Glanvill thirteen pounds in Recompense of so much
which he lent to and laft by his Brother Julius I also give to my said
Nephew Walter Twenty pounds more And for any farther help I leave
and Recommend him (if not married which I am sure must be
ffoolifhly if at all) to the discret kindnefs of his Brother John Glanvill
my Executor I give my my Nephew Julius Glanvill seventeen pounds
And in case his Brother Walter Glanvill shall dye before me thirteen
pounds more and he having very justly incurred my displeasure this
is all that I defi*yne for him. All the rest of my Teftamentary Eftate
whether Goods (not bequeathed by word of mouth in my last Sicknefs
and such bequeft of bequefts reduced to writing by some witnefses
prefent at the making therefo in one day after my death / money
Credits Chattels perfonal or real I Give and bequeath all (after the
juft performance of this will Teftament and payment of my debts)
to my Before named Executor and Nephew John Glanvill as to my
Estate of Inheritance I Give and devise my house with all and every
the Appurtenances therein to belonging or on occupyes therewith at home
in the parifh of Kingston upon Thames in the County of Surrey to my
Nephew John Glanville aforesaid and to his heirs forever I Give
and devife my neice Martha Glanvill (if she neither is nor ever
hath been marryed at the time of my deceafe) one annuity or
yearly Rent Charge of ffifteen pouns of lawfull Britifh money
and to my neice Elizabeth Glanville (if she neither is nor ever hath
been marryed at the time of my decease) one other annuity or yearly
Rent thereof of fifteen pounds of like money (besides the annuitys or
Rents which I have already granted them by deed) and to my
neice Mary Glanville (if she neither is nor ever hath been
married at the time of my decease) one other annuity or yearly
Rent thereof of Twenty and five pounds of like money the said
severall Annuitys or yearly Rents to be Afsining out of and charged
upon my Captial Mefsuages and benefice Lands of my Manor and
Lands of and at Celveancy in the parifh of Hilmarton in the County
of Wilts To have hold receive and take the said Severall Annuitys
or Rents Charge of ffifteen pounds ffifteen pounds and twenty and
five pounds unto the said Martha Glanvill, Elizabeth Glanvill and
Mary Glanvill serverally and refpectively for and during the severall
and respective terms of nNinety and Nine years from the time of my
death if she the said Martha the said Elizabeth and she the
said Mary Glanvill severally and respectively so long shall live
unmarried The said several Annuitys or Rents to be paid yearly
and every year during the several terms aforesaid at the ffeaft of
the annunciation of the Virgin Mary and the ffeaft of St Michael the
Archangel by even and equal portions and that ffree and Clear of
all Rates Taxes and impofitions laid or to be charged either upon the Annuitys
or Rents themselves or the Mefsuage and Lands out of which they
are to Ifsue the ffirft payment to be made on such of the said ffeafts which
shall firft happen after my decease and if the said annnuitys or Rents
or either of them shall be behind and unpaid in all or in part at either
or any of the days on which they ought to be paid and by the spare
of Twenty Eight days after and demand be made thereof at the
Capital Mefsuage of Cleveancy aforesaid or on my part of the premifses
charged with the said Rents and the same be no paid then it shall
and my be lawfull for the said Martha Elizabeth and Mary
Glanvill or such of them whose annuity or Rent or any part thereof
shall be so in arrear not only to distrain for the same upon the premifses
charged with the Rent aforesaid and such diftrefs and difrefsed to
drive away impound and detain untill satiffaction and payment be
made of the said arrears and of all charges relating to the said
difrefs or diftrefses but also into the said premifses wholly to enter
pofsefs and to take the profits of the same untill such refpective arrears
shall be satisfyed together with all cofts that may anyways happen
And further I do hereby authorize and impower and if need shall
be require all and every immemdiate tenant or tenants occupant
occupants of the premifses to pay from time to time not only the annuitys
or Rents herein before devized but to also the annuity or yearly rent of
ten pounds granted by me by deed Indenets to my aforesaid Neice
Martha Glanvill and one other Annuity or yearly Rent Charge
of seven pounds and ten shillings granted by the same deed to
my aforesaid neice Elizabeth Glanvill and the sums so paid to deduct
out of any Rent or Rents of and for the premifses which shall be
due to any perfon or perfons claiming the premifses by from or under
me. My manor and Lands of and at Cleveancy aforesaid charged
with all the Rents aforesaid I Give and Devise to my Nephew John
Glanvill aforesaid to have and hold to him and his afsigns for and
during the term of ninety and nine years if he the said John so long
shall happen to live ffree from any Impeachment of Waste in cutting
down an Timber Trees growing or whcih shall grow thereupon
provided the trees so cut down be and shall be employed for the
repairing of the premifses or the buildings or making any thing new
for the bettering of the same and from and after any
determination of that Eftate Then to Sr Thomas Pope Blount
now or late of Twickenham in the County of Middlefex baron
and Thomas Bonet of Salthrop of the County of Wilts Esqz and
their heirs for and during the natural life of the said John
upon Trust only for preferving the continuent Estate hereinfafter
limited and for making Entry and bringing actions and doing
anything necefsary for that purpofe it occasion shall be and from
and immediately after the death of the said John Glanvill To the first
son of the Body of the said John Glanvill lawfully to be begotten and
to the heirs Males of the Body of such firft son lawfully to be
begotten and for default of such Ifsue To the second son of the
said John Glanvill so to be begotten and to the heirs males of the
body of such second son lawfully to be begotton and for default of
such Ifsue to the third ffourth ffifth and every other son of the
said John Glanvill so to be begotten succefsively and to the severall
heirs males of the bodys of such refpective sons lawfully to be
begotten every elder son and the heirs males of his body being preferred
before any younger son and the heirs males of his body and for
default of such Ifsue to Richard Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe in
the County of Devon Efqr and to the heirs males of the Body of the
said Richard lawfully beggotten or to be begotten And for default of
such Ifsue To Arthur Hide of Spinton Danebeery in the parifh o
Katerington in the County of Southton Esqr and to the heirs Males of
his body lawfully begotten or to be begotten And for default of
such Ifsue to Richard Baskerville Eldeft son and heir of Thomas
Baskerville late of Richardstone in the parifh of Winterbourn in the
county of Wilts Egqz and to the heirs males of the of th Body of Margaret
Baskerville deceased (Grandmother of the said Richard and one of
the daughters of Sir John Glanville) lawfully begotten and for
default of such Ifsue to my aforesaid Nephew John Glanville and
his heirs for ever providing and always that if I in my liftime or my
said Nephew after my death shall buy in all or any of the Tenemente
hold of me as of my said Mannor or Cleveancy in such manner
that the Chattel or Copyhold Interefts in the said tenements shall be
mortged or drowned in the ffreehold and Inheritance of the said
Mannor and if the said John my Nephew shall leave no heire
or heirs male of his Body which shall arrive at the age of Twenty
one years then I do hereby impower and authorize the said John
to grant or by his laft will to devise the Manor and Lands of and
at Cheveancy aforesaid to such perfons as he shall think fit for the
term of ffive hundred years In trust only for the raising of such
sume or sumes as shall have been laid out in the buying in of such
Tenement or Tenements such term to commence from the ffailing
of Ifsue male of the Body of the said John and the money arifing
thereby to be difpofed amongft the daughter or other ffemale
defrondents of the said John and for want of any such to such
perfon or perfons as the said John shall in his discretion think fit
and I now having made this provifion and settlement as fairly land
discretly as I could without regaring who will or will nto be satisfyed
therewith In Witnefs of all this I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this three and twentieth day of December in the year of Lord
seventeen hundred and twenty and four. John Glanvill - Signed, Sealed
publifhed and declared to be the last will and Teftament of the Teftator
John Glanvill in the prefenced of us who in his prefence have incfribed
our Names. Andr Philips, Wm Croher, Geo: fford
I John Glanvill of the parifh of St
Germans in the County of Cornwall Efqr make this codicil to my laft
Will and Teftament of which I appoint it to be taken as part and
hereby confirm the said laft will and Teftament as far as it is not
changed by this Codicil or Rendered in effectual by the death of any
perfon or perfons since the maing there of the Legacy of Twenty pounds
which I gave to my heirs Anne Hancock deceased I give to her Daughter
and my Godddaughter Anne Handock if she shall attain the age of
Twenty one years to be then paid her together with Intereft after the
Rate of ffive per cent to commence from the Twenty second of August
next following my decease my Capital Mefsuage Barton and Lands
of and in or commonly known by the name of Catchfrench in the parifh
and County before mentioned I Give and devife to my Nephew John
Glanvill and to his heirs for ever provided always and upon
condition that he shall in the compafs of two years after my death
Redeem and pay off amy Mortage or Mortages from any summ
or summs of money not exceeding in the whole or together the
sum of two thousand pounds that is or shall be made of my Mannor
and Lands of and at Cloveancy in the County of Wilts And to hereas
I have in my laft will and teftament aforesaid devifsed contain
annuities or annual Rent Charged to my neices Martha Glanvill
Elizabeth Glanvill and Mary Glanvill Ifsueing and to Ifsue out of my
aforesaid Manner and Lands of and at Cleveancy now my Will is
and I do Give and devise and appoint that the said annuities or
annual Rent Charged under the same Limitations and with the
like powers and privileges as in and by my said will and Teftament
is specified shall Ifsue out of and be charged on my Capital Mefsuage
Barton and Lands of and in Catchfrench aforesaid as well as out of the
Mannor and Lands of and at the Cleveancy before mentioed untill
my said Mannor and Lands of and at Cleveancy shall be difcharged
of all Mortgages made or to be made of and any Incumbrances affording
the same and then and from thence to Ifsue out of and be charged on
the Mannor And Lands of and at Cleveancy only as in and by my
said Will and Teftament had been appointed In Witnefs whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this ffifteenth day of June in the year
of our Lord 1726 John Glanvill - Signed sealed and published by
the withing named John Glanvill in the prefence of us who in
his prefence have subscribed our names - Jno Clarke, henry Smart
Clerk to Mr Clarke Samuel Gregory Servt to Mr Clarke.
I John Glanvill now of Catchfrench in the
parish of St German in the County of Cornwall Esqr make this second
Codicil to my last will and Testament of which Will & Teftament (bearing date on about about the
28th day of December in the year of our Lord 1724) I order this codicil
to be one additional part Imprimis as to my Mannors Lands of and
at Cleveancy in the County of Wilts I confirm the disposal and Devifes
thereof made in my will aforsaid to my Nephew John Glanvill and to
his several sons Refpectively and Succefsively as in and by the said
Will (reference being thereunto had it doth may appear and now for want
of such Ifsue I hereby give and devife my said Mannor and Lands to
my aforsaid Nephew John Glanvill and to his heirs for ever provided
always that if the said John shall happen to dye without Ifsue in the
Lifetime of his Brother Walter so that he should come to be heir at Law
to the said Manner and Lands and if my said Nephew John shall make
no such Gift or Difpofal of the same as to prevent their coming to the said
Walter or any pitiful defcondant that may Ifsue or be pretended to to Ifsue
from thim then I give and devife my Mannor and Lands aforesaid to my
Kinsman Richard Edgcumb of MountEdgcumb Land in the County of Devon Esqr to the heirs males
of his body begotten and if he should happen to dye before me then to Richard
Edgcumb Eldeft son of the aforesaid Richard and the heirs males of his Body
Befotten and for want of such Ifsue to George Edgcumb second son of the first
mentioned Richard and to the heirs males of his body begotten and for
want of such Ifsue to the Lady Anne Carew wife of Sr William
Carew of Antony in the County of Cornwall Bart. and to the heirs
males of her body begotten and for want of such Ifsue to Arthur
Loyde of Lointon Dansberry in the parifhh of Katerington in the County
of Southampton Esqr and the heirs Males of his body begotten and
for want of such Ifsue to the right heirs of the said Arthur Loyde
for ever Item Whereas I have in my aforesaid Will Giveni to my Nephew
Walter Glanvill Thirteen pounds in Lieu of so much he lent to and loft
by his Brother Julius I now confirm the said Gift for so much only as I
shall not have given him for that purpofe in my Life time and whereas
after another Legacy bequeathed to him I have for the Reft left him to the
Difrect care of his Brother John I neither did or do design or desire ye
his said Brother John should Indulge him in Eafe or maintain him
without doing his endeavours to get his own living but only that he should
rescaid (?) of him in Sicknefs or Informities Releive him in Miffortunes
and wants that happen to him not by own own ffault and make some decent
provifidu for him in case he should survive the said John All without
giving any Encouragement to Idlenefs or Extravegance Item whereas
I have by my last Will and Teftament aforesaid given and devifed to my
neice Martha Glanvill one annuity or yearly Rent Charge of ffifeen
pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain and to my neice Elizabeth
one other Annuity of yeary Rent Charge of ffifteen pounds of like
money now I Efteeming those annuities and Rents to be something
to small so hereby and devife to my said neices Martha and
Elizabeth the further Annuities or Rents Change of ffive pounds yearly
to each of them under the same Limitations and Restrictions and
with the same powers and priviledges and Ifsmists out of and Charged
upon all the same Lands in and by my said Will and Teftament or
by a fformer codicil to the same (which codicil bears date in the month
of June in thee year of our Lord 1726 and as I remember some day
between the 13th and 18th of that Month is or are exprefsed and
appointed as to the annuities or Rents of ffifteen pounds above
Recited to have been Given and devifsed to them Item I give and
bequeath to my Godson John Glanvill son of my Nephew and Executor
John Glanvill if he lives to be of the age to Twenty one years are
when she shall arrive at that age the summ of one hundred pounds
unless his ffather upon hope that he may may be take to Good Literature
may choofe to keep my collection of Books (only changing or selling out
such Books as may be lefs usefull and getting or bying in their stead such
as he shall efteem more so) and in such case if my said Godson has really
Good Capacity and an Inclination for Study I bequeath to him at his age
before mentioned my said collection of books his ffather during his
life Retaining for his own use so many of the same not being Law
Books not exceeding one third part of the whole as he shall think fit
in Lieu of the aforesaid hundred pounds Laftly if my Goddaughter Anne
Hancock shall be living with me at the Time of my Death I order
her to be put into handsome mourning (and otherwife compleaaaatly
cloathed (the expense of such mourning and cloathing in the shole
not exceeding ten pounds) and then returned to her ffather is he
defires it otherwife I recommend it to my Nephew and Executor John
Glanville in Consideration of what I have done for him (and I recommend
it in Expectation of its being willingly complyed with) to take the Mother life
Carefully Examined with the Original Wills
By me
Geo: Gosling
Infant into his care and to maintain at his own charge either
with himself or where it shall appear to him most convenient) till be each
to the age of one and twenty years if she and her ffather so long shall
joyntly live and she be not sooner married which I shope will will not
and defire may not be encouragged unlefs difrection shall find it necefsary
or very convenient I would have her bred plain and sonsreirely (?) so as
to be made an Ufefull woman rather than an Imagonary ffine creature
particularly I would have her taught to write and understand common
Arithmetick so as to be able to keep household and other Ordinary
Amounts But as this depends upon her ffathers confent if he beggles and
Kaifes (?) scruples if he arrongantly thinks that no kindness which all other
muft think confiderable out and shall not agree to let her stay out the
whole time Nothing against the heir In Gods name let him have his
daughter to breed her as he will and to leep her as he can without
being troubled with any ffather offer In Witnefs of all whcih I have
hereunto set my hand and seal with Sixteeeth day of June in the year
of our Lord 1732. John Glanvill - Signed Sealed and publifhed as a
Codicil to his laft will and Teftament by the Teftator in the prfence of us
who in he prefence have subfscrived our names - Stephen Doyle, John
Stephens, Thos Spackmanes
This Will was proved at London to Two codicils
annexed the sixteeth day of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred thirty five before the workshipfull Thomas
Walker Doctor of Laws surrogate to the Right Workshipfull John
Bettesworth Doctor also of Laws Mafter Keeper of Commifsary of
the prerogative court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the
oath of John Glanville the Nephew and Sole Executor named in the
said Will to whom adminstration was granted of all and singular the
the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being firft sworn
duly to Administon - Examined.