she be living or if she be dead of the said Mrs. Martha Clayton then the estate for life of my said daughter in my said estates shall not be general as before mentioned but shall be in all respects for the sole and separate use of my said daughter independent of any husband of her so that no part of the income of my estates shall be subject to the disposition or control debts or engagements of any such husband. And if my said daughter shall marry in the life time of my said wife with the previous consent in writing of my wife I in such case give to my daughter £10,000 to be then paid, and I give my said daughter £300 a year clear from the time of my death till her marriage either with or without such consent as aforesaid or till the death of my said wife which shall first happen, to be paid to her quarterly out of the income of my estates.

And I give to the said Mrs. Martha Clayton one hundred guineas for a ring in remembrance of me, and I give to Mrs. Ann Newcombe an annuity of £20 clear of all taxes for her life, and to my servant Thomas Jupp if living with me at the time of my death an annuity of £10 for his life clear of all taxes and I direct that both the said annuities shall be paid out of my farms in Surrey in the occupation of William Dean and William Peters by quarterly payments. And I give to each of my other servants who shall be living with me at my death and shall have lived with me a year £10 besides their wages. And I give £20 to poor persons of the Parish of Titsey and the like sum to the poor of the Parish of Tatsfield and of Lympsfield to be distributed by my said wife at her own discretion and for which she shall not be accountable.

And I direct that all the pecuniary legacies (except the said annuities) shall be paid out of the principal or capital money in any public stocks or funds and also the charges of making such settlement of my real estate as aforesaid, and that all such principal or capital money in any public stocks or funds which shall be remaining after payment of the said legacies shall be laid out in the purchase of freehold lands of inheritance (with liberty to purchase copyhold lands for convenience only) and that such lands shall be settled to the same uses as my real estate. And I direct that until such purchases shall be made the interest of the capital money due on such securities shall be received by the same person as would have been intituled to the rents and profits of the lands to be so purchased. And I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever which shall remain after payment of my debts and the expenses of my funeral and the probate of this my will unto my said dear wife Dame Henrietta Maria Gresham for her own proper use and benefit absolutely and for ever whom I constitute and appoint sole Executrix of this my last Will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day of May 1796. Signed sealed declared and published in the presence of Henry Slack Hatter South Audley St-Jas Chavasse Stationer Dorset St Portman Square-D1 Minchin Butler to Mrs. Clayton Tylney St.

This is a Codicil to the Will of me Sir John Gresham of Titsey Bart. Having by my said Will given the residue of my personal estates not specially bequeathed after payment of my debts and funeral expenses unto my dear wife Dame Henrietta Maria Gresham for her own absolute use, and I being indebted unto my sister Ann Osborne widow in a large sum or Bond I hereby declare my meaning to be that the money due in respect of such debt be paid out of my personal estate. And I give to my said sister £1000 over and above such debt.

And I direct that in the settlement by my Will directed to be made of my real estate there shall be inserted the following limitation that is to say a limitation to a Trustee or Trustees for a term of 500 years in trust in the first place by and out of the rents and profits of such estates to raise during the life of my said sister the yearly sum of £600 to be paid to her quarterly clear of all deductions, and on further trust as soon as conveniently may be after the said term shall take effect in possession by and out of the rents and profits of such estate or by sale and mortgage thereof to raise or levy so many sums of £500 each as shall be equal to the number of immediate children of my said sister for their own proper and absolute

use and benefit. And having lately agreed for the purchase of the Land Tax payable in respect of some of my real estates I declare my meaning to be that such my real estates shall go according to my Will and this my Codicil free of all land

tax.

And I appoint William Ainge of Gloucester St Queen Square joint Executor with my said dear wife and I give him one hundred guineas for his trouble and he to be paid every article of expense, and in all other respects I confirm my said Will meaning that the annuity to Thomas Jupp shall have effect tho he has left my service. Witness my hand and seal this 17 day of September 1799.

Signed sealed and delivered by the said Sir John Gresham as a Codicil to his Will in the presence of Richard Shearman-William Peters-William Outtrim.

Memorandum Sep. 9th 1801.-It is my wish and request that Miss Gresham have in addition to the £300 a year settled on her by my Will £100 a year on the same terms and conditions. I also mean to settle on Mr. Robert Humphry senior of Hayes House in the Parish of Tatsfield Co. Surrey £20 a year for his life to commence payment as soon as he may be dismissed from attending at Titsey Place. I also give to Mrs. Mary Marson £20 in addition to what I have left her in my Will. Witness my hand this 10th day of September 1801.-John Gresham.- Witnesses Martha Clayton-E. Adams-Susannah Chavasse.

Proved on the 3rd Oct. 1801 by Dame Henrietta Maria Gresham and William Ainge.

In the name of God Amen. This is the Will of me Dame Henrietta Maria Gresham of Titsey Place in the County of Surrey widow relict of Sir John Gresham late of the same place Baronet deceased. Whereas the said Sir John Gresham by his last Will and Testament etc. (here follows the Will of Sir John Gresham at length) and he departed this life on or about the 20th day of September 1801 without having revoked or altered his said Will or any part thereof leaving me the said Dame Henrietta Maria Gresham his widow and our said daughter his only child and heir at law. And soon after his death I and William Ainge duly proved his said will and I have possessed part of his personal estate and he left personal estate to a considerable amount of the kind which he directed to be laid out in the purchase of

land all which remains as yet wholly uninvested in the purchase of land and I have not yet made any settlement of his real estates or any part thereof to all or any of the uses directed by his will nor have made any appointment or declaration of or concerning any uses trusts or purposes to for or upon which his real estates or any part thereof shall be settled in remainder after those particularly directed by his Will pursuant to the power given to me.

Now therefore in pursuance of the trust and in exercise of the power reposed in me I do hereby devise and dispose of all the real estates of my late husband vested in me by his last will unto the Rt Honble John Earl of Egmont in the late kingdom of Ireland and Baron Lovell and Holland in the kingdom of Gt Britain and to his heirs upon the uses and trusts hereinafter mentioned (that is to say). As concerning the said farms which at the date of my late husband's Will were in the occupation of William Dean and William Peters to the use and intent that Ann Newcombe and her assigns shall during her natural life receive out of the rents and profits thereof for her and their own use and benefit an annuity of £20. And that Thomas Jupp and his assigns shall during his natural life receive thereout an annuity of £10 both such annuities to be paid free from any deduction by quarterly payments as expressed by my late husband's Will.

And as for and concerning the said farms occupied by William Dean and William Peters subject to the said two annuities, and also all and every other the real estates of my late husband from and immediately after my death to the use and behoof of my dear daughter Katherine Maria Gresham and her assigns for her natural life without impeachment of waste and from and after the determination of that estate by forfeiture or otherwise in the lifetime of my said daughter to the use of John Earl of Egmont his heirs and assigns during the remainder of the life of my daughter upon trust to preserve the contingent remainders hereinafter created from being defeated but to permit my daughter and her assigns during her life to receive the rents issues and profits thereof for her and their own use and benefit. And from and after the death of my said daughter to the use of the first son of her body and the heirs male of such son, and for default of such issue to the second third fourth and every other son of my said daughter and their heirs male successively in tail male and for default of such issue to the use of all and every the daughter and daughters of my said daughter equally to be divided between them share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and the heirs of the respective bodies of such daughter or daughters and if there shall be only one such daughter of my said daughter then to the use of such only daughter and the heirs of her body.

And after failure of all such issue of my said daughter to the use and behoof of Clement Samuel Strong of Pancras Lane London Esqre his Executors Administrators and Assigns for the term of 500 years upon trust nevertheless (that is to say) to the use and behoof of my sister Martha Clayton and her assigns during her natural life, and after her death to the use of Charles Legh Hoskins Master Esq. only son of the Rev. Legh Hoskins Master Clerk Rector of Lympsfield Co. Surrey (which Legh Hoskins Master is second cousin of my said daughter) and his assigns during his life, and from and after his death to the use of the first son of his body and the heirs male of the body of such son and for default of such issue to the use of the second third and every other son of him the said Charles Legh Hoskins Master and the heirs male of the body of such sons respectively in tail male. And for default of such issue to all and every the daughter and daughters of the said Charles Legh Hoskins Master as tenants in common, and the heirs of the bodies of such daughter or daughters. And from and after the failure of all such issue of the said Charles Legh Hoskins Master to the use and behoof of the Rev. Legh Hoskins Master Rector of Lympsfield for the term of his natural life with remainder to his issue male and their heirs. And for default of such issue to the use of Katherine Master spinster only sister of the Rev. Legh Hoskins Master and her assigns for her natural life with like remainder, and for default of such issue to the use of Mary Ann Master spinster now only daughter of the Rev. Legh Hoskins Master and her

assigns for her life with remainder to each and every of her sons successively and their heirs and for default of such issue to each and every of her daughters equally to be divided among them as tenants in common and not as joint tenants.

And after failure of all such issue of Mary Ann Master to the use of all and every the daughters of the Rev. Legh Hoskins Master equally to be divided between them and of their heirs respectively. And after failure of all the issue of the Rev. Legh Hoskins Master to the use of Katherine Master widow mother of the Rev. Legh Hoskins Master and first cousin of my late husband Sir John Gresham and her assigns for her natural life and after the determination of all the estates aforesaid to the use of the right heirs of the said Sir John Gresham for ever. And my will and meaning is that it shall be lawful for any person or persons being in actual possession of the said estates to lease all or any part thereof except the said Mansion House of Titsey Place and the offices gardens and pleasure grounds thereto belonging for any term not exceeding 21 years in possession and not in reversion.

Provided also and it is my will and meaning that if my said daughter shall have married in my lifetime without my consent and after my death without the consent of my sister Martha Clayton that then the said John Earl of Egmont and his heirs shall be seized of the said estates before to her limited in trust to receive the rents and profits for her sole and separate use and benefit exclusive of her husband and so as to be free from his control.

And I declare my will and meaning to be with regard to the limitation hereinbefore made of the said estates in remainder to Clement Samuel Strong for the term of 500 years, that the said Clement Samuel Strong shall stand and be possessed of all the said estates for the said term upon trust that if the beforementioned Ann Osborne widow sister of my said husband shall be living at the time when such estate and term shall come into possession that then the said Clement Samuel Strong shall out of the ordinary rents and profits of the said estate as long as the said Ann Osborne shall live raise an annuity of £600 free from any deduction for land tax or any other abatement and shall pay the same unto the said Ann Osborne or her assigns by four equal quarterly payments over and above any money which may be owing to her in respect of any debt from the said Sir John Gresham at his death or any legacy given to her by the Will or any Codicil of the said Sir John Gresham, and also over and above any sum in any public fund standing in the name of Sir John Gresham in trust for the said Ann Osborne. And to the further intent and purpose that the said Clement Samuel Strong his Executors Administrators and Assigns shall as soon as conveniently may be after the said term of 500 years shall vest in possession, by demise or lease sale or mortgage of the estates or any part thereof for all or any part of the said term (except the two farms subjected to the payment of the two annuities of £20 and £10 to Ann Newcombe and Thomas Jupp and except the said Mansion House and the offices gardens and pleasure grounds thereto belonging), or by felling and selling the timber thereon and by and out of the ordinary rents and profits of the said estates shall raise and levy so many sums of £500 as shall be equal to the number of immediate children of the said Ann Osborne to and for their own proper use and benefit.

And it is my further meaning with regard to the trusts of the said term of 500 years that if the aforesaid Charles Legh Hoskins Master or any issue of him shall become entitled to the aforesaid estates in possession in the lifetime of the Rev. Legh Hoskins Master and also if the said Katherine Master widow the mother of the Rev. Legh Hoskins Master shall be then living that then the said Clement Samuel Strong his Executors Administrators and Assigns shall during all the remainder of the joint lives of the Rev. Legh Hoskins Master and his said mother by and out of the rents and ordinary profits of the said estates raise a further sum of £400 free from all deductions and pay the same unto the said Rev. Legh Hoskins Master by four equal quarterly payments. Provided always nevertheless that after raising and paying all the said sums of £500 each and after the death of the said Ann Osborne and also of either of the said Rev. Legh Hoskins

Master and his said mother and after all arrears of the said annuities or sums of £600 and £400 and all charges and expenses concerning the levying or paying the same shall be fully paid and satisfied the said estate and term of 500 years shall cease determine and become null and void, and in the meantime the said Clement Samuel Strong his Executors Administrators and Assigns shall stand and be possessed of the said estates subject to the performance of such of the aforesaid trusts as shall be unperformed, in trust for the person or persons who shall for the time being be entitled to such estates in remainder next after the determination of the said term and shall suffer them to receive the rents issues and profits for their own use and benefit. And my will further is that it shall be lawful for the said John Earl of Egmont with the consent of the person in actual possession of the estates to convey in exchange for or in lieu of other messuages lands tenements and hereditaments any part of the said estate (except the Mansion House of Titsey Place and the offices gardens and pleasure grounds thereto belonging) to any person or persons whatsoever for any recompence or equivalent in messuages or lands to be of value equal with or better than the said estates so exchanged and to be situate in some part of England and to be wholly freehold or having copyhold of inheritance for convenience only and not exceeding a tenth part in value, such estates so purchased to be settled to the same uses and subject to the same powers and provisoes as are hereinbefore expressed of the said estates hereby devised as aforesaid. And I direct that all and every the manors messuages advowsons farms and real estate whatsoever which shall be hereafter purchased out of any of the personal estate of my late husband. which were by his Will directed to be laid out in the purchase of real estates shall as soon as conveniently may be be settled to the uses and upon the trusts hereinbefore limited concerning the real estates of my late husband.

And I having thus performed the trusts and exercised the powers vested in me by the Will and Codicil of my said late husband with regard to his real estates and to the particulars of his personal estate which he directed to be laid out in the purchase of land in such a manner as according to the best of my judgment would be most agreeable to him I now proceed to dispose of my personal property which is my own absolutely. And first I give to my faithful and affectionate servant Mary Marston a clear annuity of £30 free from all deductions for her life if she shall be in my service at my death. And to my ever dear friend Mrs. Hannah Shelley a clear annuity of £20 for her life in addition to a clear annuity of £80 which I have in writing absolutely engaged to pay her for the same time. And I give to Mrs. Anne Turner a clear annuity of £10 for her life, all three annuities to be paid half yearly. And I beg of my much loved sister Martha Clayton and my dear friend Miss Streatfeild to accept of a legacy of £100 each. And I give the like sum of £100 to my maid servant Mary Marston if living with me at my death. And I give £10 each to all my domestic servants who shall be living with me at my death and shall then have lived a year with me. And I request that the said John Earl of Egmont will accept a legacy of £100 to buy a ring or anything else which may be more agreeable to him and that the said Clement Samuel Strong will accept a legacy of £50. And I give £100 to William Ainge; all these legacies to be paid within a month after my decease. And I give £20 to the poor of the Parish of Titsey to be distributed at the discretion of my daughter, and I desire that the small allowance of one shilling a week being £2 12s. a year to James Chitty a poor blind young man at Limpsfield may be continued during his life and that a further allowance of £10 a year may be also paid to him during his life. And I give to the said William Ainge my silver cup and cover which was the property of his friend Edmund Hoskins Esq. And I give all the rest of my personal estate and effects unto my said daughter for her use which makes it unnecessary for me to specify anything but it is my wish that she will preserve the watch which was usually worn by her affectionate and ever to be respected father the said Sir John Gresham.

And I desire my said daughter as soon as can be after my death to place out in