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Letters of Administration with Will Annexed of Samuel Whitbread of Southill, esquire
to dear wife Lady Elizabeth an annuity of £900, in addition to the sums of £600 and £1,000 per annum
already secured to her, to be charged on my real and personal estate
my wife and her brother Earl Grey are to be guardians of my children during their minority
the contents of my house in Dover Street or any house in London I may occupy at the time of my death to my wife for life;
an inventory is to be made
to my wife, my garden chairs and 2 of my carriages and 4 of my horses as she shall choose
the £30,000 under the terms of my marriage settlement is to be equally divided among my younger son Samuel Charles and my 2 daughters Elizabeth and Emma Laura, at 21, or for my daughters marriage; the interest thereon is to be used for their maintenance during their minority
my executors are to provide for my wife and my children during their minority a town house at a rent of not more than £400, and for no longer a lease than the end of the minority of my youngest child
executors- Robert Sangster, one of my partners in the brewing trade, and
William Wilshere of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, esquire
- all my freehold and leasehold estate to be held by them in trust, with my personal estate
- the brewhouse in St. Luke, Middlesex, and St. Giles without Cripplegate, London with all houses, cooperage, buildings etc., and my shares in the trade and stock thereof, to executors to carry on the trade with power to sell rest of estate to be held with powers to sell, exchange and purchase; all proceeds and income to make one fund with the personal estate
if I die while carrying on my business of lime works at Purfleet, Essex, then the business is to be continued, and John Clarkson, esquire,
to have management of the works
all the furniture etc., in my Southill house, subject to bequests to my wife, to my eldest son William Henry Whitbread
£500 per annum for the maintenance and education of William Henry Whitbread until he is 16, and then he is to have £700 per annum during his minority, and if he wishes to travel abroad he may have more
my Southill house is to be kept in repair, and my wife and children may live there, during their minority
the Park, land and plantations about the house, including the kitchen garden to be let during the minority of my eldest son or my heir
the house buildings and land now managed by my bailiff Thomas Barns to be offered to him as tenant at a fair rent
the plantations, nursery and wood ground under care of William Ireland to be offered to him
the kitchen gardens and gardeners house to be offered to my present gardener James Grant with reasonable allowance for keeping up the flower gardens and grass walks
the house in Southill occupied by James Lilburne to be reserved for the residence of the steward of the estate,
and James Lilburne and his son Thomas Lilburne if they choose to continue in the stewardship
the house called the Barns in Cardington with buildings and land is to be let
the house and garden I hold of Mr Howard Charming [?Channing] in Cardington, re-let to George Curtis, esquire,
is to be held by my executors
if Thomas Barns takes the farm the stock thereof to be sold to him
my son Samuel Charles is to have up to £100 during his minority, in addition to the interest on his portion at the age of 19
each of my unmarried daughters is to have £300 per annum for life, until they marry, in addition to their portions
my son Samuel Charles Whitbread at 21 is to have £500 per annum for life, and £5,000 to be invested for him, and he to have the interest during the lives of him and John Howard Charming [?Channing]: if when John Howard Charming dies Samuel Charles Whitbread inherits the estate under the will of John Howard, then said £5,000 to revert to the residual estate
if Samuel Charles Whitbread takes holy orders he is to have the next presentation of the parishes of Southill and Old Warden;
and if he does not have it then he may claim £5,000 from the elder son's estate
annuity of £300 to Lord Robert Spencer for which I have received payment
I have paid to Richard Holden, esquire, in respect of a bond debt of £8,000 a portion of my profits from the brewhouse in lieu of interest; such sums to be retained by him
annuity of £200 to Thomas Adkin, esquire, for which I have given a bond now held by Thomas Wilkinson of Durham
£200 to Mr. Mortlock of Cambridge for a debt due to him from Mr. Adkin
to my sister Lady St. John £100
to my executors £500 each
£200 to Mr. Abraham Harman and he is to continue to superintend the private accounts of my family
to Mr. James Lilburne and Mr. Thomas Lilburne £100 each
to John Hutchins £100
to my servants Sarah Hall, John Weir, Thomas Barns, William Ireland and James Grant £100 each
to all my domestic servants to whom I have not given other legacies and to William Woodcraft 1 years wages
John Thompson of Cardington is to have the use of the house and garden he now occupies for life, and to receive enough money as with the interest of his own money comes to the yearly sum equal to that spent on maintaining him and his 2 attendants, Robin Jones and Dinah Sawyer, on the average of the 2 years preceding my death, and keeping the mare he drives and his chaise cart; and if the mare survive her master she is to be shot
rings to such persons as my wife shall point out, and particularly to the clerks of the brewhouse
I remit to Samuel William Reynolds the debts he owes me at my death
to Mrs. Jane Reynolds his wife £100
100 guineas to place out Samuel Reynolds son of Samuel Reynolds and Jane Reynolds
the following annuities-
£100 to Mrs. Jane Reynolds
to John Hutchins in trust for Louis Denzell £25
to Elizabeth Griffiths £30
if Sarah Stone who is now confined because of insanity recover her intellect £25
to Robin Jones and Dinah Sawyer if they survive their master Mr. Thompson, £25 each
to Joshua Crockford and John Felts who take care of the late Mr. Howard's garden £10 each
residue to William Henry Whitbread at age of 21, and if he die before, then to Samuel Charles Whitbread
if executors die or refuse to act, then guardians of the children to replace them
powers to administer the estate
to be buried without pomp in the new burial vault prepared by my father in Cardington church, to be fitted up with plain and common stone and brick as the burial place of the Byng family in Southill church
witnesses. Edward Grey, Frederick Fitzroy, John Johnson
5 Oct 1810
codicils
1. if there be any further provision for my wife by my late father then her total annuities are to be £2,500 only
if son Samuel Charles Whitbread become entitled to £20,000 part of the said £30,000 then his bequests of £500 per annum and £5,000
to be void
witnesses. as before
5 Oct 1810
2. if I die without paying a debt to James Hare, esquire, of 3% Consols I owe him, then he is to receive the price of them as at 24 July 1802
5 Oct 1810
3. £100 to be added to the annuity of Mr. Adkin
to Mr. Charles Bailey of Bedford 100 guineas
to John Brothers if he is in my service at the time of my death £50 in addition to a year's wages
Robert Isherwood and [ ] Book, if in my employ at Southill at my death to be entitled to 1 year's wages each
to Elizabeth and Jane Reynolds the younger 25 guineas each
to my friend Mr. Charles Bailey of Bedford, adjutant to the 1st Regiment of Bedfordshire Local Militia £500
28 Jun 1813
4. advowson of Southill and Old Warden, and of Purfleet, Essex to my executors in trust for son Samuel Charles Whitbread if he take holy orders and wish to be presented thereto;
executors to take a bond from any incombent to vacate in favour of Samuel Charles Whitbread
witesses. Samuel W. Reynolds, John Weir, Samuel Reynolds
26 Aug 1813
5. to Samuel Charles Whitbread the choice of 3 horses in my stable, except those usually rode by his brother, or reserved for his mother; 1,000 guineas at age 24 and a further annuity of £200
to John Weir my butler an annuity of £75
to Thomas Barnes an annuity of £75
to William Ireland an annuity of £75
to James Grant an annuity of £75
annuities of £25 to widows surviving any of the above,
and of £25 to Sarah, daughter of John Ireland, if she survive him
31 Aug 1813
6. estate of Shefford Hardwick and other lands purchased or contracted for to be part of the estate which is charged with payment of purchase monies
witnesses. J. Strong, John Weir, Samuel Reynolds
3 Jan 1814
7. estate at Shefford Hardwick purchased for £27,000 to be paid for by sale of Potton estate, and in the meantime £25,000 has been borrowed of Messrs. Barnard & Co. bankers of Bedford; if this is unpaid, then Shefford Hardwick to executors with powers to mortgage it to raise said £25,000, unless it then forms part of the settled estate
witnesses. Peter Earnshaw, John Weir, Sarah Weir
17 Mar 1814
8. to cook Jane Haymark £50 and annuity of £60, and if a larger provision has been made for her in another codicil then the larger to stand
17 Mar 1814
9. debts of £20,000 to Robert Sangster,
£15,000 to Barnard and Co. and
10,300 3% Consols to William Waldegrave to be charged on the estate
to Samuel William Reynolds the younger residing with me and acting as my clerk £500
to Mr. Abraham Harman £1,000
Lancelot Holland, esquire of Dartmouth Street, Westminster is to be an executor
witnesses. Peter Earnshaw, Sarah Weir, John Weir
21 Jun 1815
sworn testimony of Samuel Sloper of Finsbury Street, Middlesex, gentleman, and Samuel Haswell of Chiswell Street, Middlesex, gentleman, as to unwitnessed codicils being in the hand of Samuel Whitbread
22 Dec 1815
granted to William Henry Whitbread; Prerogative Court of Canterbury
5 Mar 1816