I give to my dear Wife Lady Musgrave all my plate and Jewells together with all Books, Musical Instruments and Furniture as at any time belonged to or were purchased by her And also the Sum of one thousand Pounds to be paid he within six Months next after my decease
I also give unto my said dear Wife one annuity or annual Sume of one hundred pounds to be paid to her for and during the term of her natural Life Also one other Annuity or Annual Sum of One hundred pounds to be paid to my said dear Wife during the minority of any of my younger Children who shall live and reside with her the said annuities of one hundred pounds and one hundred pounds to be payable yearly and the first payment thereof to be made at the end of six Months next after my decease
And I hereby charge my Estate at Saint Helen Auckland [near Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham] hereinafter by me devised with the payment of the said Annuities And in case the said Annuities or either of them shall be in arrear and unpaid by the space of three Months next after the same ought to be paid being first lawfully demanded I do hereby give to my said Wife and her Assigns all such powers of distress and entry as are usually reserved to Landlords for the recovery of Rack Rent in Arrear
I give to such of my Sons as shall first attain the age of twenty one years all my Furniture Goods and Effects at Eden Hall and also all my Books, Prints and family pictures wheresoever they may be to and for his own use and benefit
I give to my three younger Sons Christopher John Musgrave, George Musgrave and Thomas Musgrave and to my daughter Julia Musgrave and such other younger Son or Daughter, Sons or Daughters as shall be living at the time of my decease or born in due time afterwards the Sum of three thousand pounds a piece over and above the portions provided for them in and by my Marriage Settlement to be paid to each such younger Son at his Age of twenty one years and to each such Daughter at her age of twenty one years or day of Marriage which shall first happen, together with Interest for the same Sume after the rate of four pounds per Cent per Annum such Interest or so much thereof as the Guardians of my said Children herein after named shall think necessary to be applied in or towards the maintenance and education of my said younger Children respectively
But in case any such younger Son shall die or become an eldest or only Son before he attains the age of twenty one years or any such daughter shall die under the said age and without having been married them the Sum of three thousand pounds so given to such Son so dying or becoming an eldest Son and to each Daughter so dying under Age and without having been married shall go accrue and belong to the survivors and survivor and other or others of them to be paid and payable and considered as vested at the same age or time as is hereinbefore declared concerning his her or their original share or shares
I give to my Brother Christopher Musgrave the Sum of Three hundred pounds to be paid to him within six Months next after my
death and to be by him disposed of in such manner and for such purposes as he shall think fit
I give to the Reverend John Johnson of Parndon [Harlow] in the County of Essex the Sum of One hundred pounds
I give to Anna Maria Inglis and Honoria Inglis of Pimlico in the County of Middlesex or to the
survivor of them the Sum of One hundred pounds
I give unto each of my Brothers and Sisters the Sum of One hundred pounds
I give unto Sir Henry Hawley of Leyham Grange [Leybourne] in the County of Kent Baronet and my Brother in
Law the Reverend John Filmer the Sum of Fifty pounds apiece in testimony of my regard for them
I give to the Reverend Joseph Brisco of Eden Hall in the County of Cumberland the Sum of One hundred pounds
I give unto all such Servants as shall be in my Service at the time of my death and who shall have lived with me twelve Months at the least, half a years Wages over and above what may be due to them at my death to be paid to them respectively within three Months next after my decease
And I charge my Personal Estate (except my Leasehold House situate in Portland Place and hereinafter by me devised in exoneration of all my Real Estates whereof I am seized in fee with the payment of the several Legacies hereinbefore by me given and also with the payment of all my just debts and funeral and testamentary Expences
I give and bequeath my Messuage or dwelling House situate in Portland Place in the County of Middlesex wherein I now reside and the fixtures therein to the said Sir Henry Hawley and John Filmer their Executors administrators and assigns for all the remainder of the term I have in the said House Upon Trust to permit and suffer my said Wife to reside therein as long as she shall think fit but if she decline to reside therein Upon Trust to lett or demise the same for all or any of the period of the term I have in the same House not exceeding fourteen years in possession and to divide the Rents Issues and Profits between and amongst my said Wife and my said younger Children in equal Shares and Proportions
And upon further Trust with Consent of my said Wife but not otherwise during her Life and after her decease at their own authority to sell and dispose of the said House either by public Auction or by Private contract as to the said Trustees shall seem best for such Sum of Money as can be reasonably had or gotten for the same and to pay the same unto and amongst my said Wife (if she shall be living) and all and every my said younger Children in equal Shares and proportions And if there shall be but one such younger Child then between my said Wife (if then living) and such younger Child in equal proportions the parts or shares younger Children or Child to be paid or transferred to such of them as shall be a daughter or daughters at his or their Age or respective Ages of twenty one years or day or respective days of marriage which shall first happen and to such of them as shall be a Son or Sons at his or their Age or respective Ages of twenty one years
But if there shall be no younger Child who being a Son shall live to attain twenty one years or being a Daughter shall live to attain that Age or be married then and in that case Upon Trust to pay the same unto and between my said Wife (if then living) and my eldest Son on his attaining his age of twenty one years And in case all my Children being Sons shall die under the age of twenty one years or being daughters shall die under that age and without having been married Then upon Trust to pay the same unto and between my said Wife (if then living) And my said Brother Christopher Musgrave his Executors or Administrators equally but in case the said House shall not be disposed of in the life time of my said Wife then no part of the purchase Money is to be paid to her Personal Representative but the whole to go amongst my Children or my Brother as the case may be
I give and bequeath all the Household Furniture which shall at the time of my death be in my said House unto the said Sir Henry Hawley and John Filmer and the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators Upon Trust to permit and suffer my said Wife to have the use and enjoyment thereof for and during the term of her natural Life and from and after her decease to sell the same and apply the Money arising therefrom in the same manner as is herein before declared and provided touching the money for which the said House shall be sold
But in case my said Wife shall decline to live in the said House and shall consent to a Sale thereof and also of the furniture therein then I do direct that the Money arising from the Sale of the said furniture shall be added to the Money arising by the Sale of the said House and be paid and divided in the same manner as I have hereinbefore directed concerning the purchase Money of the said House
I give and bequeath all the residue of my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever
and of what nature kind or quality soever not herein otherwise disposed of which shall remain after
payment of all my just Debts Legacies funeral and testamentary Expences unto the said Sir Henry
Hawley and John Filmer their Executors Administrators and Assigns Upon Trust to lay out and
invest the same in their Names in or upon the Publick Stocks or Funds or Upon Government or Real
Securities at Interest and from time to time to alter and vary the same Stocks and Securities or any
other Stocks or Securities whereof I shall die possessed for any other or others of the like nature when
and as often as occasion shall require and shall and do stand possessed of the Monies so to be laid out
and the Stocks Funds and Securities whereon the same shall be invested
Upon Trust to pay assign and transfer all such residuary trust Monies and the Stocks Funds and
Securities whereon the same may be invested unto such of my Sons as shall first attain his Age of
twenty one Years to and for his own use and benefit
I give and devise my Estate at Saint Helen Auckland and Il**church? in the County of Durham unto and to the use of the said Sir Henry Hawley and John Filmer and their Heires To the uses upon and for the Trusts Intents and Purposes and with under and Subject to the Powers Provisoes and declarations hereinafter limited expressed and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say)
To the use of my eldest Son Philip Musgrave and his assigns during the term of his Life without
Impeachment of Waste and from and after the determination of that Estate by forfeiture or otherwise
in the Life time of of [as written] my said Son Philip Musgrave To the use of Heneneage Hogg of
Fulham in the County of Middlesex Esquire and my Brother in Law Robert Filmer and their Heirs
during the natural Life of my said Son Philip Musgrave
Upon Trust to support the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter Limited and to preserve the same from being defeated or destroyed
and for that purpose to make Entries and bring Actions as occasion shall require but to permit my said Son
Philip Musgrave and his assigns during his Life to receive the Rents Issues and Profits for his and their own use and benefit
And from and after the decease of my said Son Philip Musgrave To the use of the first and every
other Son of the Body of my said Son Philip lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in
remainder one after another in order and course as they respectively shall be in priority of birth and
the Heirs of the Body and respective Bodies of such first and other Sons in Tail general
And in default of such Issue To the use of my second Son Christopher John Musgrave and his Assigns
during the term of his Life without Impeachment of Waste
And from and after the determination of that Estate by forfeiture or otherwise in the life time of my Son Christopher John Musgrave To the use of the said Heneage Hogge and Robert Filmer and their Heirs during the natural Life of my said Son Christopher John Musgrave Upon Trust to support the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limited and to preserve the same from being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to make Entries and bring Actions as Occasion shall require but to permit my said Son Christopher John Musgrave and his assigns during his Life to receive the rents Issues and Profits for his and their own use and benefit
And from and after the decease of my said Son Christopher John Musgrave To the use of the first and every other Son of the Body of my said Son Christopher John Musgrave lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another in order and course as they respectively shall be in Priority of Birth and the Heirs of the Body and respective Bodies of such first and other Sons in Tail general And in default of such Issue To the use of my third Son George Musgrave and his assigns during the term of his Life without Impeachment of Waste
And from and after the determination of that Estate by forfeiture or otherwise in the life time of my Son George Musgrave To the use of the said Heneage Hogge and Robert Filmer and their Heirs during the natural Life of my said Son George Musgrave Upon Trust to support the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limited and to preserve the same from being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to make Entries and bring Actions as Occasion shall require but to permit my said Son George Musgrave and his assigns during his Life to receive the rents Issues and Profits for his and their own use and benefit
And from and after the decease of my said Son George Musgrave To the use first and every other Son and Sons of the Body of my said Son George lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another in order and course as they respectively shall be in Priority of Birth and the Heirs of the Body and respective Bodies of such first and other Sons in Tail general And in default of such Issue To the use of my fourth Son Thomas Musgrave and his assigns during the term of his Life without Impeachment of Waste
And from and after the determination of that Estate by forfeiture or otherwise in the life time of my Son Thomas Musgrave To the use of the said Heneage Hogge and Robert Filmer and their Heirs during the natural Life of my said Son Thomas Musgrave Upon Trust to support the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limited and to preserve the same from being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to make Entries and bring Actions as Occasion shall require but to permit my said Son Thomas Musgrave and his assigns during his Life to receive the rents Issues and Profits for his and their own use and benefit
And from and after the decease of my said Son Thomas Musgrave To the use first and every other Son and Sons of the Body of my said Son Thomas Musgrave lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another in order and course as they respectively shall be in Priority of Birth and the Heirs of the Body and respective Bodies of such first and other Sons in Tail general And in default of such Issue To the use of the fifth and every other Son and Sons of my Body lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another in order And in course as they respectively shall be in priority of Birth and the Heirs of the Body and respective Bodies of such fifth and other Sons in Tail general
And in default of such Issue to the use of my Daughter Julia Musgrave and all and every other daughter and daughters of my Body lawfully to be begotten equally to be divided between or amongst them (if more than one) in equal shares as Tenants in Common and the Heirs of the respective Bodies of all and every such Daughter and Daughters issuing And if all my Daughters except one shall die without Issue or there shall be but one such daughter Then to that use of such one or only daughter and the Heirs of her body issuing And in default of all such Issue To the Use of my own right Heirs for ever
Provided always And I do hereby declare that it shall and may be lawful to and for my Sons at any
time or times during their respective lives when and as they shall respectively by virtue of any of the
limitations hereinbefore contained be in the actual possession and receipt of the Rents Issues and
Profits of my said Estate at Saint Helen Auckland hereinbefore by me devised by any deed or deeds
indented sealed and delivered in the presence of two or more credible Witnesses to demise or let all
or any part or parts of the said Estates to any person or persons for any term or number of years not
exceeding twenty one years in Possession but not in reversion remainder or expectancy or by way of future Interest
so as upon every such Leases there be reserved and made payable during the continuance thereof to
be incident to and go along with the reversion expectant thereon respectively the best and most
improved Yearly Rent or Rents that can be reasonably had or obtained for the same without taking
any Sum or Sums of Money or other thing by way of fine or income for or in respect of any such
Leases and so as such Lessees respectively their respective Executors Administrators or assigns be not
made dispunishable of Waste by any express words therein and do as in every such Lease there be
contained a Clause of Re-entry for non payment of the Rent or Rents to be thereby respectively
reserved and so as the respective Lessees to whom such Leases shall be made do execute Counterparts thereof respectively
Provided always and I do hereby declare that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Sir Henry Hawley and John Filmer and the survivor of them and his Heirs at any time or times with the consent and approbation of the person or persons who for the time being shall be intitled to the freehold in possession or Immediate Freehold of my said Estate at Saint Helen Auckland aforesaid by any Writing or Writings under their or his hands ad Seale or hand and Seale attested by one two or more credible Witness or Witnesses to make Sale and dispose of thereof in exchange for and in lieu of other Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to be situate in that part of Great Britain called England my said Estate at Saint Helen Auckland aforesaid or any part thereof to any person or persons and his her and their Heirs and Assigns respectively either together or in parcels for such price or prices in Money or for such Equivalence in Messuages Lands Tenements or Hereditaments as to them the said Sir Henry Hawley and John Filmer of the Survivors or Survivor of them or his Heirs with such consent and approbation as aforesaid shall seem meet
And after Payment of the Money arising by sale of all or any part or parts of my said Estate at Saint Helen Auckland the Receipt and Receipts of them the said Sir Henry Hawley and John Filmer or the survivor of them his Heirs Executors or Administrators shall from time to time be good and sufficient discharge or sufficient discharges to such purchaser or purchasers for the purchase Money for which my said Estate at Saint Helen Auckland or any part thereof shall be sold or for so much thereof as in such Receipt or Receipts shall be expressed or acknowledged to be received
And such Purchaser or Purchasers and his or their Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns shall not afterwards be obliged to see to the application of the same respective Purchase Money or any part thereof and shall not be answerable or accountable for any loss misapplication or nonapplication of the same or any part thereof and when all or any part of my said Estate at Saint Helen Auckland should be sold for a valuable consideration in Execution and any sale conveyance or exchange shall be thereof made and executed to any purchaser or purchasers or other person or persons in virtue of these presents and such Receipts shall be given for the purchase Money as aforesaid
And also when any part or parts of my said Estate at Saint Helen Auckland shall be disposed of or conveyed in exchange for or in lieu of any other Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and the Fee Simple of such last mentioned Hereditaments shall be well vested in them the said Sir Henry Hawley and John Filmer or the survivor of them or his Heirs all and every person and persons to whom any Sale Conveyance or Exchange of all or any part or parts of my said Estate at Saint Helen Auckland aforesaid shall have been made and the respective Heirs and Assigns of such person or persons shall and may have hold and enjoy the hereditaments by them respectively purchased or had in excluding them respectively purchased of and from all and every the uses estates trusts limitations powers provisoes and declarations hereinbefore limited expressed and declared of and concerning the same premises respectively other than and except such Leases as shall have been made pursuant to the power in that behalf hereinbefore contained provided nevertheless
And I do hereby declare that when all or any part of my said Estate at Saint Helen Auckland
hereinbefore made Sae of as aforesaid shall be sold in pursuance of this my Will all and every the
Sum and Sums of Money which shall arise by such Sale or Sales shall with all convenient speed be
laid out and disposed of and invested by them the said Sir Henry Hawley and John Filmer or the
Survivors or Survivor of them his Heirs Executors or Administrators with such Consent and
Approbation as aforesaid or in case any person for the time being whose consent is hereinbefore
made requisite as to such Sale or Sales shall be under the age of twenty one years then with the
consent and approbation of the Guardian or Guardians of such person to be testified in like manner
as aforesaid in the purchase of other Messuages Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in Fee Simple in
Possession free from Incumbrances to be situate lying and being in that part of Great Britain
called England and as well the Messuages Lands Tenements or Hereditaments so to be purchased as
last mentioned as those to be taken in exchange as aforesaid shall be settled conveyed and assured to such and the same uses
Upon such and the same Trusts and to and for such and the same ends intents and purposes and
under and subject to such and the same powers provisoes restrictions and limitations and
declarations as are hereinbefore by me limited expressed and declared of and concerning my said
Estate at Saint Helen Auckland abovesaid or as near thereto as the deaths of parties and other contingencies will admit of
And I do hereby further direct and declare that in the meantime and until the Money arising by such Sale or Sales as last mentioned shall be invested in a purchase or purchases as aforesaid it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Sir Henry Hawley and John Filmer or the Survivors or Survivor of them his Heirs Executors or Administrators by and with the consent and approbation as aforesaid to place out such Sum or Sums of Money at Interest in their or his Names or Name either in the Public Stocks or Funds or in Government or Real Securities And also with such consent and approbation as aforesaid from time to time to call in the principal Money so as aforesaid placed out or made Sale of the Securities or Funds whereupon or wherein the same shall be invested from time to time and to place out the Monies thereby arising in or upon such new or other Stocks Funds or Securities of the same or the like nature as they shall think proper
And the Interest dividends and annual Produce arising from such Stocks Funds or Securities shall fo and be paid and applied to such Person or Persons and to and for such Uses intents and Purposes and in such manner as the Rents and Profits of my said Estate at Saint Helen Auckland hereinbefore by me devised would go and be payable and applicable in case the same were not Sold
I give and devise my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments situate in Wood end or elsewhere in the Parish of Lazonby in the County of Cumberland and all my Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Real Estate in the Parish of Edenhall aforesaid unto the said Sir Henry Hawley and John Filmer or their Heirs To the several Uses following (that is to say)
To the use of my said Son Philip Musgrave and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully issuing and in
default of such Issue I give the same to the use of such Person or Persons as shall then be in the
Possession of or intitled to the several Estates comprized in and settled by certain Indentures of Lease
and Release bearing date respectively the eighth and ninth days of July One thousand seven hundred
and ninety one the release being the Settlement made upon my Marriage and made between Sir
Philip Musgrave and myself of the first part, Mary Filmer of the second part, Filmer Honeywood
and John Turton of the third part, The Reverend John Filmer and Henry Hawley of the fourth part
and William Deedes and Sir John Wodehouse of the fifth part
for the same Estates upon and for the same Trusts and under and Subject to such and the same
powers provisoes restrictions limitations conditions declarations and agreements in every respect as
are limited expressed declared and contained in the same Indenture of Settlement and Appointment
with respect to the several Estates thereby settled, it being my Will that (the) said Estate at Lazonby
and Edenhall herein by me devised should be annexed to the several Estates comprized in my
Marriage Settlement in the same manner as if they had been included in my said Settlement
And I do declare that of any of my said Trustees shall be desirous of being discharged from the Trusts in them reposed or shall become incapable of acting or die at any time before the same shall be fully executed and performed then and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for the person or persons who for the time being shall be intitled in possession of the Rents and Profits of my said Estate at Saint Helen Auckland or the Estates Purchased or taken in exchange in lieu thereof by any writing or writings under his Hand attested by one two or more credible Witness or Witnesses to nominate or Appoint any other fit person or persons to be a Trustee or Trustees for the purposes aforesaid in the place and stead of such of the Trustees hereinbefore named as shall be desirous to be discharged from the said Trusts as aforesaid (or) become incapable or die and so from time to time as often as there shall be occasion or necessity
And when and so often as any such new Trustee or Trustees shall be nominated or appointed as aforesaid the said Trust Estate and Premises so vested in such Trustee so dying or being discharged shall thereupon with all convenient speed be conveyed transferred and assigned so and in such manner as that the same shall and may be legally and effectually vested in the surviving or former trustee or trustees and in such new trustee or trustees or in such new trustee or trustees only upon and for the several uses and trusts declared concerning the same and every such new trustee or trustees shall have the same power or authorities and may act in the execution of the said trusts in conjunction with the other of them who shall survive or continue alone as fully and effectually in all respects as if I had originally nominated and appointed him or them a Trustee or Trustees
I do appoint my said dear Wife my said Brother Christopher and the said John Filmer Guardians of
all my said Children during their respective Minorities
And I constitute and appoint my said Brother Christopher Musgrave the said Sir Henry Hawley and John Filmer Executors of this my last
Will and Testament
And I do hereby further declare that my said Trustees and Executors or any of them shall not be answerable for any more Money or other part of my Estate than what they shall respectively actually receive and that they or any of them or their respective Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns shall not be charged or chargeable for their Acts Receipts Payments or defaults of the others or other of them but each of them for his own acts receipts and wilfull defaults only nor for any loss that may happen in placing out my said trust Moneys or any part thereof at Interest or by changing or altering any of the Funds Stocks or Securities for the same or depositing any Money for safe Custody in the Bank or any Bankers hands or with any other loss that may happen to my Estate or in the execution of the trusts hereby in them reposed unless the same shall happen by his or their wilful defaults
And I do declare that my said Trustees for the time being and such of them their respective Heirs Executors Administrators an Assigns shall and may deduct and retain to themselves and each of them out of my Estate and Effects or any part thereof the full and whole costs charges damages and expences which they or any of them shall or may sustain expend or be put unto in or about the execution of the several trusts in them reposed or otherwise relating to this my Will and shall be fully indemnified out of my Estate for or in respect of their lawful actings and doings in pursuance thereof
In Witness whereof the said Sir John Chardin Musgrave have to this my Will contained in fourteen
Sheets of Paper to the first thirteen Sheets thereof set my Hand and to this fourteenth and last Sheet
thereof my Hand and Seal this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five
John Chardin Musgrave
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in
the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have
hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses
Rd Lowndes - Tho. Lambert - Geo: Bulmer
This is a Codicil to be annexed to and taken as part of the last Will and Testament of me Sir John Chardin Musgrave of Edenhall in the County of Cumberland Baronet
I give and bequeath unto my Sister Dorothy an Annuity of thirty pounds for her Life to be paid half yearly and to be charged
upon the Residue of my Personal Estate
I direct that at the end of Six Calendar Months after my death there shall be paid out of the residue of
my Personal Estate to the several Persons named and to be named in the Schedule hereunder Written
the several Legacies and Sums of Money and Specific Articles mentioned and to be mentioned in the
same Schedules which are written or to be written with my own hand
And I confirm my said Will in all other respects As Witness my Hand and Seal this first day of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and Six
John Chardin Musgrave
Signed sealed Published and declared by the said Sir John Chardin Musgrave as and for a Codicil to
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 hereunto set our Names as Witnesses
Rd Lowndes - John Bannell his Clerk
I leave to my dear Wife one thousand pounds in addition to any before bequeathed to her
I leave to my Brother Christopher five hundred pounds
I leave the Interest of two Assignments on Staines Turnpike to be divided annually between the
families of Henry Cresswell, John Smith and Daniel Stockwell till my Son comes of Age
I leave fifty pounds to be added to the fund of the poor at Edenhall
5th August 1806
On which day appeared Personally Richard Lowndes of Red Lyon Square in the Parish of Saint
George the Martyr in the County of Middlesex Esquire and Sir Henry Hawley of Leybourne Grange
in the County of Kent Baronet and jointly and severally made Oath that they knew and were
acquainted with Sir John Chardin Musgrave late of Edenhall in the County of
Cumberland Baronet deceased for some time before and to the time of his death and having seen him
write are thereby become acquainted with his manner and character of Handwriting and having no
carefully viewed and perused the paper writing hereunto annexed Purporting to be and contain a
Schedule or Codicil to the last Will and Testament of the said deceased
beginning thus: “I leave to my dear Wife one thousand pounds” and ending thus: “I leave fifty pounds to be
added to the fund of the poor at Edenhall”
They the appearers do verily and in their consciences believe the whole to be all of the
proper handwriting of him the said Sir John Chardin Musgrave Baronet deceased
Rd Lowndes Hen: Hawley
Same day the said Richard Lowndes and Sir Henry Hawley Baronet were duly (sworn) to the truth
of this Affidavit Before me S. P. Parsons Surr. [Surrogate] Wit.: Wm. C. Clarkson N.P. [Notary Public]
This Will was proved at London with two Codicil the twenty first day of August in the Year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and six before the Worshipful Samuel Pearce Parsons Doctor of
Laws Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master
Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of
Christopher Musgrave Esquire the Brother of the deceased; Sir Henry Hawley Baronet and John
Filmer Esquire the Executors named in the said Will to whom administration of all and singular the
Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased was granted they having been first sworn duly to Administer.
Exd.
Notes:
From: “The Baronetage of England”: Sir John Chardin Musgrave, Bart., was born 5th Jan 1757,
and succeeded his father, Sir Philip, 5th Jul 1793. He married, 13th July 1791, Mary, daughter
of the Rev. Edmund Filmer, of Crundale, Kent, brother of Sir John Filmer, Earl, by whom he
has two sons, Philip-Christopher and John, and one daughter Julia. (Actually 4 sons.)
Children of Sir John Chardin Musgrave, 7th Baronet and Mary (nee Filmer):
Sir Philip Christopher Musgrave, 8th Bt. b. 1794, d. Jul 1827
Julia Musgrave b. 12 Jun 1796, d. 1815
Rev. Sir Christopher Musgrave, 9th Bt. b. 6 Aug 1797, d. 11 May 1834
Sir George Musgrave, 10th Bt. b. 14 Jun 1799, d. 29 Dec 1872
Thomas Musgrave b. 1802, d. 1822
Memorial Inscription of Sir John Chardin Musgrave at St. Mary, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 29th-30th August 2020
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