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 should have ¾ of what he leaves, and my daughter, Anne, the rest; if Henry dye, I would that what he leaves may be equally divided between Charles and Anne; and if Anne dyes, that her share be equally divided between Charles and Henry. Memorandum.—That I think fitt to rate the 30 thousand pound desperate debts at one thousand pounds only, and to give it my daughter, to make her abovem~ 10m and 9m to be full twenty thousand pounds, which is much short of what I have given her younger brother; and the elder brother may have £3800 per ann. 9m in money, worth good more £2000 by improvements, and £1300 by marriage, to make up the whole to £8000 per ann., which is very well for the eldest son, as 20 thousand pounds for the daughter. I think, to make a codicill to my will, when I shall find myself sick or decaying, whereby to dispose of severall small legacies, with my funerall charges not exceeding one thousand pounds, I desire may be born by my wife and 3 children as near as may be, according to the proportions above-mentioned. Now, whereas, I have made deeds of settlement, dated.... for my wife and two sons. And, whereas I have hereby made my yearly income to be £6700, my present will that my wife shall have, besides the provision made by Sr Maurice Fenton, £637 per ann. out of my said £6700, and that what by the said settlement is short thereof shall be made up out of the said £6700, and what is too much shall be abated out of £9000. By the aforemade computation, my eldest son, Charles, when his mother's provision of £850 and £637 is taken out the sd £6700, will have £3400 per ann.; whereof if the settlement be short, it must be supplied out of the rest of £6700; if too much, his share of the £9000 must be retrencht; the like I order concerning my son Henry. As my daughter Anne, not medling with the £3200 at interest, which is part of the £6700 per ann., I give and bequeath to her of the £6600 in chest, and £1251 in Mr Cog's hands, £2149 out of my plate and Jewells, the full sume—ten thousand pounds—to be paid her at the age of eighteen years; and I intend that if I shall see cause to dispose otherways of the said effects, to charge the said ten thousand pounds on some other reall security. I hereby make Elizabeth, my beloved wife, sole Executrix of this my will during her widowhood; but if she marry, I make her brother, James Waller, and Thomas Dance, Exors in her room, in trust for my children. I also make my said wife Guardian of my children during her widowhood, but when she marrys, I appoint the said James Waller and Tho Dance Guardians in her room. I recommend to my Exors and the Guardians of my children to use the same servants and instruments for management of the estates, as were in my life time, vizt— the said James Waller,