This is the last Will and Testament of me William Pack of Ashwell in the
County of Hertford yeoman. I Give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth
Pack for ever and at her own disposal All that Principal Sum of One Hundred
Pounds due to me upon bond or otherwise now in the hands of Mr Fowler of Saint
Neots in the County of Huntingdon Common Brewer and all Interest thereon due at
the time of my decease. Also I give and bequeath unto my said wife Elizabeth in
the same manner and for the same Purpose as I have bequeathed the above
mentioned Sum of one hundred Pounds and interest All that Principal Sum of One
Hundred Pounds due to me as above now in the hands of Mr Robert Christy of
Ashwell aforesaid Shopkeeper and all Interest due thereon at the time of my
decease. As to the Sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds Principal and Interest
due to me as above now in the hands of John Fordham of Odsey in the County of
Cambridge Gentleman I give unto my said wife for her Use for and during her life
only, that is to say, all and so much of the Interest thereof as shall from time
to time arise and become due upon the said Principal and Interest after the
Deductions hereinafter expressed to be made. And further As to the said Sum of
one hundred and fifty Pounds in the hands of the said John Fordham I hereby give
thereout and therefrom the Sum of Fifteen Pounds of lawful money unto my Brother
Valentine Pack of Bourne in the County of Cambridge Yeoman and his Heirs, to be
paid to him at the End of four months after my decease. And as to the remaining
Sum out of the said one hundred and fifty Pounds above mentioned viz one hundred
and thirty five Pounds, I given the sum unto my said Wife for her Life, and from
and after her decease I bequeath the said sum of one hundred and thirty five
Pounds unto my three Nephews Thomas Pack John Pack and James Pack of Ashwell
aforesaid Blacksmiths and to their respective Heirs for ever equally to be
divided among them Excepting out of the said sum of one hundred and thirty five
Pounds the Payment of my Funeral Expences and the Expences attending the
Execution of this my Will which I do hereby charge with the said several
Payments And I do hereby authorize and empower my Executors hereinafter named to
Call in and receive such Sum and Sums of money only from the said John Fordham
out of the said Principal and Interest in his hands at the time of my decease as
shall be sufficient to discharge the above Legacy of Fifteen Pounds and also for
defraying all my funeral and testamentary Expences as aforesaid And I hereby
declare that the joint Receipt or Receipts of my Executors shall be good and
sufficient discharge or discharges for the same And it is my Will that the
abovementioned sums now in the hands of Mr Fowler, Mr Christy and Mr Fordham or
some of each of them as are hereby not otherwise disposed of do and shall remain
out at Interest for the use of my said Wife and in the hands of the said
Gentleman Unless just occasion and real necessity shall demand a transfer or
removal of either of them or any part of either of them for the sole use and
benefit of my said wife (Except as hereinafter excepted) at the option of my
Executors jointly. All my household Goods Chattels Plate Linen Furniture Stock
and all other my Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and Debts to me owing I
bequeath unto my said wife Elizabeth for ever for her own use and at her own
disposal And I do hereby nominate and appoint Mr Thomas Kirbyshire and Mr Samuel
Bowman of Ashwell aforesaid joint Executors of this my Will.
William his X mark Pack
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the above named William Pack the
Testator as and for his last Will and Testament this Twentieth day of June in
the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Nine in the Presence of us
who in his presence and in the Presence of each other have hereunto subscribed
our Names as Witnesses thereto, the words "out of the said" being
first interlined.
John Pettengell
Ann her X mark Gilby
Wm Peacock
15th Decr 1809
Thomas Kirbyshire one of the Executors within named was duly
sworn to the execution of the within written Will & that the Effects of the
deceased are not of the value of Four hundred and fifty pounds, Power being
reserved for Samuel Bowman the other Executor when &c Before me, Joseph
Parsons Surrogate