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A
This is the last Will
and Testament of me
Gardiner Henry Guion Captain
in the Royal Navy being in sound health of body
and mind I do hereby (annulling
and cancelling all former wills and testaments at any
time made) appoint
and constitute my dear Sister in law Sarah Guion my sole Executrix
and
residuary legatee giving and bequeathing to her all my Estates real and
personal of which
I may be possessed or may be entitled to as residuary
legatee under the will of my late
wife Harriet Grindal Guion together
with all arrears of interest due to me under my
marriage settlement
whereof Mr Richard Holt and Mr John Holt are trustees and who I
hope
will do justice and consider that I have been deprived during my life of
my wifes
legacy to me and the sum settled on me by my mother which was
disposed of for the
benefit of my late wife under a promise from the trustee
that it should be replaced by the
house at Frensham I consider as the
property of my said Executrix Sarah Guion she having
lent me a sum of
money more than equal to the purchase of it and as it is my
Intention to
sell it and place the said purchase money in the funds in her name this
is to notify that the said house at Frensham is already her property
though not legally
conveyed to her in consequence of its being on sale
but in case of my death before
the said house be disposed of I bequeath
it to her and all property of every sort at my
disposal. -Signed and seal with my seal this 10th day of March 1822
Gardiner
Henry Guion - Seal.
B
Being in treaty with Mr Richard and John Holt for an arrangement with
the
legatees under the will of my deceased wife Harriet Grindal Guion
and having accepted their
offer of paying half the principal sums
bequeathed to them at my decease which agreement
when completed will
leave at my disposal the remainder I hereby confirm and by this
codicil
to give all the proceeds and residue of my property to my said Sister in
law
Sarah Guion in consideration of her great kindness in giving me all
her plate linen and
the furniture of the Tribune I consider myself her
debtor for the whole of my fit out
and as I shall desire my agents to
insure my property on board the Tribune for three
hundred pounds in the
event of any accident to that ship she is to recover the same and is to
have the same for her use.
Written and signed at Chatham the 20th February 1823- GH.Guion
Witness W.Payne - W.R.PayneJunior
-
I republish and declare this to be my last will
and testament dated at
Chatham in the County of Middlesex this 23rd day of February 1823.
G.H.Guion
- Witness F.I.Hartwell Bart. - Louisa Hartwell - James Dobson.
Proved at London as contained in paper writings marked A and B - 14th
May 1833
before the
worshipful William Robinson Doctor of Law and Surrogate by the oath of
Sarah Guion widow the sole Executrix to whom admon
was granted being
first sworn duly to admr.-
Signed 1867 |