I John Willis of Greatford in the County of Lincoln Doctor of Medicine do declare this to be my last Will and Testament I appoint the Reverend Peregrine Curtois of Longhills in the County of Lincoln and the Reverend Atwill Lake of West Walton in the County of Norfolk Executors of this my last Will and Testament I give and devised unto my Nephew Doctor Francis Willis of Shillingthorpe in the County of Lincoln and his heirs all my Manner or Lordship of Braceborough in the County of Lincoln with the Appurtenances And also all my messuages lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever situate in Braceborough aforesaid And also all my messuages lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever situate in Shillingthorpe aforesaid with their Appurtenances and also all my messuages lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever situate in Baston in the County of Lincoln with their Appurtenances to hold the same unto my said Nephew Francis Willis his heirs and assigns for ever And I give and devise unto my said Nephew Francis Willis all messuages lands tenements and hereditaments of or to which I or any person or persons in Trust for me am is or are seized or entitled for any Estate of freehold and inheritance or of Freehold only in possession reversion remainder or expectancy or for any term or terms of years which I have power to dispose of or appoint by this my Will and which are not herein otherwise to by me devised and bequeathed with their appurtenances (other than such estates as are vested in me upon any Trusts whatsoever or by way of Mortgage) To hold the said messuages lands tenements and hereditaments lastly hereinbefore expressed to be devised and bequeathed with the Appurtenances unto and to the use of my said Nephew Francis Willis his heirs executors and administrators according to the nature of the same Estates And I give to my said Nephew Francis Willis all the live and dead Stock upon my Farm at Shillingthorpe aforesaid I give to my said Nephew Francis Willis all my Right and Interest in a certain Lease of the House Buildings Lands and hereditaments in Greatford aforesaid now in my occupation from the Honourable Charles Compton Cavendish granted to me for a term of fourteen years five of which will have expired at Lady Day next And I also give to my said Nephew Francis Willis all my Carriages Horses Implements and my live and dead Stock and Chattels in and about the house and Premises I so occupy under the said Charles Compton Cavendish and also my household goods and furniture Pictures Plate Linen China Liquors of all sorts and Brewing Vessels and likewise my Watches and Personal Ornaments I also give unto my said Nephew Francis Willis all and every the Books in and about my House in Tenterden Street next hereinafter devised I give and devise all that my messuage or Tenements hereditaments and premises situate in Tenterden Street in the City of Westminster and County of Middlesex unto and to the use of the said Peregrine Curtois and Atwill Lake and their heirs upon Trust as soon as convenient after my decease either by Public Auction or Private Contract to make Sale and absolutely dispose of the said hereditaments for the best price that can be reasonably obtained for the same and to? the same to the purchase or purchases thereof or in such manner as he or the shall direct But with power to the Trustees or Trustee for the time being from time to time to buy in the hereditaments offered for Sale by Auction And also to vary or rescind any Contract for the Sale of the said Hereditaments or any part of the of and to resell by Public Auction or Private Contract the hereditaments which shall be so bought in or of which the Contract for Sale shall be so rescinded without responsibility to be occasioned thereby And I declare that the receipt or receipts in writing of the Trustees or trustee for the time being shall exonerate the purchaser or purchasers from seeing to the application of the money therein acknowledged to be received And I direct and declare that the monies to arise from the said Sale or Sales shall sink into and become part of the Residue of my Personal Estate I direct the said Peregrine Curtois and Atwill Lake and the survivor of the is executors or administrators to stand possessed of so much Stock of the three per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities (being part of my Property in that Stock) the annual Dividends whereof shall amount to the sum of eighty one pounds clear of all deductions Upon Trust to pay and apply the said sum of eighty one in a manner following that is to say the sum of thirty one pounds (part thereof) as an Annuity to and for the benefit of my Cousin Richard Willis who is a Lunatic and the sum of fifty Pounds (remainder thereof) as an Annuity to and for the benefit of Mary Crowther of Lark Lane Barking during their respective lives the same Annuities respectively to be paid by equal half yearly payments the first payments to be made on such of the dividends days for the same Stock as shall next happen after my decease And I declare that so long as my said Cousin Richard Willis shall continue in his present unfortunate situation a statement of such application and disposal of the said Annuity of thirty one pounds under the handwriting of my Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall be considered a full receipt and discharge for the payment of the said annuity and that the receipt or receipts alone of the said Mary Crowther whether sole or under coverture for her said annuity shall be a sufficient discharge for the same I give and bequeath unto the said Peregrine Curtois and Atwill Lake their executors administrators and assigns the sum of fifteen thousand pounds three Per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities (being other part of my Property in that Stock) Upon the Trusts nevertheless and to for and upon the several uses intents and purposes hereinafter expressed that is to say Upon Trust that they my said Trustees or the survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor shall stand and be possessed of the said sum of fifteen thousand pounds Three Per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities with full power and authority for them to change alter or transpose from time to time such Security as the in the judgement shall deem requisite and necessary and pay and apply the annual interest and produce unto my Nephew the Reverend Richard Willis Son of my late Brother Richard Willis for and during the term of his natural life to and for his own sole and separate use and benefit and from and after his decease Upon Trust to pay and divide the same sum of fifteen thousand pounds three per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities unto and equally amongst the Children as well Sons and Daughters of my said Nephew Richard Willis by his present or any future Wife and if but one Child then to pay the same to such Child and I hereby give and bequeath the same to such Issue accordingly And I direct that the same shall be a vested Interest in such Child or Children on his her or their respectively attaining the age of twenty one years and that the Interest thereof shall be applied toward such Childrens maintenance and education and in case my said Nephew Richard Willis shall happen to die without leaving Issue I hereby declare and direct that the said sum of fifteen thousand pounds three per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities shall sink into and become part of my Residuary Personal Estate I give to each of my Nephews and Nieces John Willis Thomas Willis Catherine Willis and Sophia Willis the said Sons and Daughters of my late Brother Thomas Willis the sum of twenty thousand pounds three per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities being other part of my Property in that Stock Provided always that in case I should not have so much Stock of three per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities at my death as is hereinbefore bequeathed by me I desire my Executors to invest a competent part of my Personal Estate in the purchase of that Stock to make good the deficiency I give unto the Reverend Robert Willis late Fellow of Caius College Cambridge but now residing within the said Town of Cambridge the sum of twenty thousand pounds I give unto Mary the wife of The Reverend William Clarke Doctor of Medicine Professor of Anatomy in the University of Cambridge the sum of twenty thousand pounds for her own sole and separate use and benefit and her receipt alone shall be a sufficient discharge for the same I give unto the said Atwill Lake the sum of one thousand pounds in consideration of the trouble he will have in the execution of this my Will and I direct my Executors to pay the Legacy Duty thereon I give unto Joseph Bowman of Shillingthorpe aforesaid Gentleman who has for so many years devoted his Services in and towards the management of my Establishment there for the care and treatment of Insane Persons the sum of ten thousand pounds and in case the said Joseph Bowman shall die in my lifetime then I give the said sum of ten thousand pounds unto and between his two Sons Frederick Bowman and Charles Bowman in equal shares and proportions I give unto my Valet James Gain the sum of one thousand and five hundred pounds I give unto my housekeeper Mary Clarke the sum of five hundred pounds I give unto each and every other of my Domestic Servants in case they remain in my Service at the time of my decease one years full wages over and above what may be then due to them And I do direct that the Legacies hereinbefore by me bequeathed shall be paid within twelve Months next after my decease and that all Legacy Duty payable in respect of those given to my said Servants shall be discharged by my Executors And as to for and concerning All the Residue of my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever after payment of my debts The funeral expenses and other expenses and of the Legacies given by this my Will I give and bequeath the same Residuary Personal Estate and Effects unto the said Peregrine Curtois for his own use absolutely And I devise and bequeath all hereditaments vested in me upon any Trusts or by way of Mortgage unto and to the use of the said Peregrine Curtois and Atwill Lake their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and quality there of subject to the several Trusts and equities of redemption which shall be subsisting or capable of taking effect therein at the time of my decease And further my Will is that in case of the death or declining to act of a Trustee it shall be lawful for the surviving or continuing Trustee all the executors or administrators of the surviving Trustee by any Deed to appoint a new Trustee or Trustees which Trustee or Trustees so to be appointed shall have as ample powers as the Trustee or Trustees in whose room he or they shall have been substituted And I direct that the Trustees appointed by this my Will or to be appointed as aforesaid shall not be chargeable with or accountable for more of the Trust monies than they respectively shall actually received by virtue of this my Will nor for any loss which may happen without their respective wilful default nor shall one of them be answerable for the other of them nor for the acts or defaults or disbursements of the other of them notwithstanding their joining in receipts for conformity and that it shall be lawful for the said several The trustees out of the Trust monies to deduct and reimburse themselves respectively all such costs charges and expenses as they respectively may sustain expend or be put unto by reason of the Trusts deposed in them or of any thing relating thereto In Witness whereof either said John Willis the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament written on six sheets of paper to each of the said sheets set my hand and to this last affixed my seal this sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five – J Willis – signed sealed published and declared by the said John Willis the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament written on six sheets of paper in the presence of others who have at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other set our names as witnesses to the execution of this his said Will. J. Forkington Solicitor of Stamford – James Francis of Braceborough Farmer – John Parkinson of Greatford Carpenter

To the Executors of my Will The Revd P Curtois and The Revd Atwill Lake I request that one hundred pounds may be given to the the poor of Dunston where I was born and distributed by the Clergyman of the Parish in the way he thinks most beneficial to them I give the same sum to the Parish of Greatford on the same condition I also give to my Servant Gane my Wearing Apparel. Greatford Feb 7 1835 - J. Willis

Appeared Personally James Shaddock of No. 3 Tenterden Street Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex Gentleman and Joseph Hearle Clerk to Messrs Drummond and Co of Charing Cross in the same County Banker and made oath that they knew and were well acquainted with John Willis late of Greatford in the County of Lincoln and of Tenterden Street in the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square In the County of Middlesex Esquire Doctor of Medicine deceased for some time before and to the time of his death and the said James Shaddock for himself a further made Oath that during such his knowledge of and acquaintance with the said deceased he had frequently seen him write and subscribe his name and the said Joseph Hearle for himself further made Oath that during such his knowledge of and acquaintance with the said deceased he has been in the habit of paying money for Cheques drawn by the said deceased upon his Bankers Messrs Drummond and Co. of Charing Cross aforesaid whereby they respectively say they have become well acquainted with the Manor and character of handwriting and subscription of the said deceased That having and now carefully reviewed and inspected the paper writing hereto annexed purporting to be and content in a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of the said deceased the said Will bearing date the sixth day of February last the said Codicil beginning thus "To the Executors of my will the Revd P. Curtois and the Revd Atwill Lake" ending thus "I also give to my Servant Gane my Wearing Apparel Greatford Feb 7 1835" and thus subscribed "J. Willis" they say they do verily and in their conscience believe the said names "J. Willis" set and subscribe to the said Codicil as aforesaid were and are of the proper handwriting and subscription of the said John Willis Esquire Doctor of Medicine deceased. James Shaddock – on the 12th Octob eighteen thirty-five the said James Shaddock was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit

Proved at London with Codicil fourteenth October eighteen thirty-five before the Worshipful John Daubeny Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oaths of The Revd. Peregrine Curtois Clerk and The Revd. Atwill Lake Clerk the Executors to whom administration was granted having been first sworn duly to administer.