In the Name of God Amen I John Biggin of Belvedere House in the Parish of St Mary Lambeth in the County of Surrey Esq do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say first and principally I commend my soul to Go trusting for salvation through the merits and mediation of my Blessed Saviour and Redeemer and as to such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I do dispose thereof as follows whereas on the marriage of my daughter Mary Anne Mansel with her present husband John Mansel Esq I did give and advance to the said John Mansel a marriage portion with my said daughter Mary Anne Mansel to the amount or value of two thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds and have since advanced and lent to my son in law John Mansel several considerable sums of money Now I do release the said John Mansel from all such sum and sums of money which he hath from time to time borrowed of me And I do give devise and bequeath unto the right honourable Thomas Lord Durie and George Ward of Wandworth in the County of Surrey their heirs executors administrators and assigns the sum of three thousand pounds In Trust nevertheless and subject to the several Uses interests and purposes hereafter mentioned that is to say In Trust to invest the same in the public funds in the joint names of them the said Thomas Lord Durie and George Ward and also of the said John Mansel and Mary Anne Mansel his wife and to permit and suffer the said John Mansel to have take and enjoy the interest due and to grow due from time to time on the said stock so to be purchased with the said sum of three thousand pounds as the same shall become payable for his own proper use during the term of his natural life and from and immediately after the decease of the said John Mansel in case he shall die in the lifetime of the said Mary Anne Mansel his wife in Trust to permit and suffer the said Mary Anne Mansel to take and enjoy the interest from time to time to grow due on the said stock so to be purchased as the same shall become payable for her own proper use and benefit during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after the decease of the survivor of them the said John Mansel and Mary Anne Mansel his wife in Trust to assign over all the said stock unto and among all and every the children of the said John Mansel on the body of the said Mary Anne Mansel begotten or to be begotten equally share and ane share alike to such of them as shall be a son or sons on his or their attaining his or their age or respective ages of twentyone years and not before and to such of them as shall be a daughter or daughters on her or their attaining her or their age or respective ages of twentyone years or being married and not before and in case there shall happen to be only one child of them the said John Mansel and Mary Anne Mansel his wife who shall live to attain the said age of twentyone years being a son or to twentyone years to be married being a daughter then in Trust to assign over the said stock so to be purchased and the interest then due thereon to such only child being a son at the age of twentyone years and being a daughter at the age of twentyone years or day of marriage to and for the only proper use and benefit of such only child his or her executors administrators and assigns and upon the decease of the survivor of them the said John Mansel and Mary Anne Mansel his wife leaving behind them more child or children I do hereby direct and empower the said Thomas Lord Durie and George Ward their heirs executors administrators and assigns to apply and expend from time to time the interest to grow due and to be received from the said stock so to be purchased or such part thereof as they shall think proper for and towards the maintenance and education of such child or children until his her or their share or shares thereof shall respectively become due and payable as aforesaid and in case it shall happen that there shall not be any child of the said John Mansel and Mary Anne Mansel his wife who shall live until he or she as aforesaid become entitled into the said Trust estate as aforesaid then and in such case the said Trustees shall assign over all the said Trust estate unto the survivor of them the said John Mansel and May Anne Mansel his wife to and for the only proper use and benefit of such survivor and his or her executors administrators and assigns and as for all the rest residue and remainder of my real and personal estate I do give devise and bequeath the same unto and amongst my dear wife Eleanor Biggin and my two sons Robert Biggin and George Biggin equally share and share alike to hold as tenants in common and not as joint tenants provided nevertheless and it is my intent and meaning that my said wife shall have and enjoy the third part or share of the residue of my real and personal estate hereby bequeathed to her during the term of her natural life only and shall not be at liberty by will otherwise to dispose of more than one moiety thereof and I do direct that the other moiety of what is bequeathed to her shall on the decease of my sais wife immediately revert to and be divided between my said two sons Robert Biggin and George Biggin in manner following that is to say two thirds of the said moiety to my oldest son Robert Biggin and the other third thereof to my said son George Biggin but in case only one of my said sons shall survive my said wife then and in such case the said moiety shall revert to such surviving son and I do further order and direct that the part or share of my said estate bequeathed to my sons shall be paid to them on their respectively attaining their respective ages of twentyone years and in case either of my said sons shall die before he shall have attained his said age of twentyone years without lawful issue then and in such case I do give devise and bequeath the part or share of my said son so dying unto my said surviving son his heirs executors administrators and assigns and I do appoint my said wife Eleanor Biggin to be guardian of my sons during their respective minorities and do nominate and appoint her my said wife and my said oldest son Robert Biggin to be joint executors of this my will and I do lastly revoke and make void all former and other wills by me at any time heretofor made and do declare this to stand and be as and for my only last Will and Testament in witness whereof I the said John Biggin have to this my last Will and Testament (Contained in four sheets of paper) set my hand and seal (that is to say) to the three first thereof my hand and to this fourth and last my hand and seal this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three John Biggin signed sealed published and declared by the said John Biggin the Testator and as for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have severally subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto Richard Heaviside, Thomas Nash, Robert Bargrave.

De Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me John Biggin now of Abington Street in the parish of St Margaret Westminster in the County of Middlesex Esquire whereas in and by my said last will and Testament in writing bearing date the fourth day of January one thousand seven hundred and seven three it is entered that on the marriage of my daughter Mary Anne Mansel with her present husband John Mansel Esq I did give and advance to the said John Mansel a marriage portion with my said daughter Mary Ann Mansell to the amount or value of two thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds and whereas I have and by my said will given and bequeathed unto the Right honourable Thomas Lord Ducie and George Ward of Wandworth in the County of Surrey their heirs executors administrators and assigns the sum of three thousand pounds in interest to invest in the same the public funds and suffer the said John Mansel to receive the interest for his life and after his death to suffer the said Mary Anne Mansell to receive the interest for her life and from and after the decease of the survivor of them the said John Mansell and Mary Anne Mansell his wife in Trust to assign over all the stock to be purchased with the said sum of three thousand pounds unto and amongst all and every the children of the said John Mansell by his said wife Mary Anne Mansell in manner as in my said will is particularly mentioned concerning the same and whereas since the date of my said will I have and by one deed or Instrument in writing bearing date the twentyfourth day of June one thousand seven hundred and seventy four assigned and conveyed to Sir Joseph Ayloffe of Whartons in the parish of Framfield in the County of Sussex Baronet Sir George Cooke of Wheatley in the County of York Baronet the Rev Pulter Forester of Cosgrave in the county of Northampton Doctor in Divinity and Thomas Astle of South Lambeth in the County of Surrey Esq the principal sum of five thousand pounds of lawful money of Great Britain in Trust as a further provision for the said John Mansell and Mary Anne Mansell and the survivor of them and from and after the death of such survivor for the benefit of the children of the said John Mansell and Mary Anne Mansell and for the other uses in the said deed particularly mentioned and expressed Now I do therefore hereby revoke annul and make absolutely void the aforesaid legacy or bequest of the said sum of three thousand pounds so by me given and bequeathed by my said will to the said Lord Ducie and George Ward in Trust for the said John Mansell and Mary Anne Mansell his wife and their children or child any or either of them and all and every Trust clause devise and bequest relating thereto and I give and bequeath to my sister Mary Coverdale wife of Morison Coverdale one annuity or yearly rent charge of ten pounds payable and to be paid to her yearly and every year during the term of her natural life by half yearly payments at Midsummer and Christmas in every year the first year of the said payments to begin and be made on the first of the said days that shall happen after my decease and I do hereby charge and make liable the subject all my real and personal estates with the payment thereof and in all other respects I ratify and confirm my said will and direct that this writing may be revised and taken as a codicil thereto and as part and parcel thereof in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentyseventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy four John Biggin signed sealed published and declared by the said John Biggin Esq the Testator as a for a codicil to his last will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the day and year above written the word third having been first struck out in the first sheet hereof and the word fourth wrote over the same M Gumersall Christr Bell C Alexander Crickett

This Will was proved at London with a codicil the nineteeth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five before the worshipful Arthur Collier Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Sir George Hay Knight Doctor of Laws Master Receiver or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Eleanor Biggin widow the relict of the deceased and one of the executors named in the said will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the deceased being first sworn duly to administer power reserved of making the like grant to Robert Biggin the son of the said deceased and other executor named in the said will when he shall apply for the same

This Will was proved at London with a codicil the seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six before the Worshipful Francis Simpson Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the right Worshipful George Hay Knight Doctor of Laws Master Receiver or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Robert Biggin Esq the son of the deceased and the other executor named in the said will to whom administration was granted of all and singular  the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased having been first sworn duly to administer.