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Will of Charles Ashley Stubbs Tinling, Esquire
This is the last Will and Testament of me Charles Ashley Stubbs Tinling
of the Town and County of Southampton, Rear Admiral in Her Majesty’s
Navy[.] I give and devise unto my sons
Charles Stubbs Tinling and Edward Douglas Tinling and my son in law Adolphus
Latimer Widdrington their heirs and assigns my messuage at Southampton
aforesaid and the stables and premises thereto belonging and all other my real
estate (if any) upon trust to permit my dear wife Sarah Tinling to occupy the
same rent free during her life in case she shall wish so to do and from after
her decease or during her life in case she shall so direct by any writing under
her hand upon trust to sell and dispose of the same in any manner which shall
appear to them most advisable with a direction if it shall appear desirable to
them so to do to let the same from time to time until sold either during the
life of my said wife or afterwards for any term or terms of years upon fair and
usual terms and I declare that my said trustees shall stand possessed of the
monies to arise by sure sale and of the rents and profits of the said premises
until sold[.] Upon the trusts after
declared with respect to the residue of my personal estate I give my watch to
my Grandson Charles Tinling trusting he will value it as having belonged to his
Grandmother[sic -.] I give and bequeath
to my daughter Charlotte Phipps Widdrington my policy of Insurance for three
hundred pounds and all monies to be credited by virtue thereof for her own use
and benefit[.] I give and bequeath unto
the said Charles Stubbs Tinling[,] Edward Douglas Tinling and Adolphus Latimer
Widdrington their executors and administrators all my household furniture[,]
plate and other household goods and all the rest and residue of my personal
estate and effects subject to the payment of any sums which may be required to
be made up under my covenant contained in the settlement made on my marriage
with my said wife[.] Upon trust to
permit my said Wife Sarah Tinling to have the use of such furniture[,] plate
and goods during her life and upon trust to invest all such part of my said
personal estate as shall consist of money in their names on Government or real
securities and to pay the dividends and interest thereof to my said Wife during
her life and upon trust from and after her decease to sell and convert into
money the said furniture[,] plate and goods and to stand possessed of the
monies thereby arising and of all the said residue upon trust for my said sons
Charles Stubbs Tinling and Edward Douglas Tinling and my said daughter
Charlotte Phipps Widdrington in equal shares and in case any or either of my
said children shall have departed this life at the time of the distribution of
the said trust monies leaving lawful issue[,] them[,] him or her surviving
then[,] I declare my will be that said issue shall take the share or shares
which their parent or parents would have taken if then living[.] I declare my will to be that the receipts or
receipt in writing of any trustees or trustee for the time being acting in the
execution of the trusts of this my will shall be an effectual discharge for any
monies payable to them or him by virtue hereof and that no purchaser or other
person taking said receipts or receipt shall be bound to see to the application
of the monies therein acknowledged to be received[.] And I declare that my trustees or any of them or their heirs[,]
executors or administrators shall not be accountable for any involuntary loss
or losses which may happen in the execution of the aforesaid trusts or in
relation thereto[.] In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of September in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine---------- Charles Ashley
Stubbs Tinling---Signed by the said Testator Charles Ashley Stubbs Tinling in
the presence of us present at the same time and who in his presence and that of
each other have subscribed our names as witnesses------Henry Woodcock D.D.[,]
Michelmarsh------Margaret Woodcock[,] Michelmarsh.
On the 26th January 1841 Admon [?] with the Will annexed of the
Goods[,] Chattels and Credits of Charles Ashley Stubbs Tinling[,] Esquire late
of the Towne County of Southampton[,] Rear Admiral in Her Majesty’s Navy[,]
deceased[,] was granted to Charles Stubbs Tinling[,] the son and one of the
Residuary Legatees in trust named in the said will[,] having been first sworn
duly to Administer [illegible word] Executor named in the said Will.