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| Margaret Slade wrote: [366] "When I found the will of Thomas Tunstall senior I also found the will in Herefordshire Record Office of William Tunstall of Wootton in Stanton Lacy – the William referred to in the will of Thomas. This proved to be very interesting in itself and also proved that the William in High Offley was indeed the brother of Thomas of Stokesay and of John of Canon Pyon. All the family names mentioned in that will matched the information gleaned from in and around High Offley - see later. William was evidently enormously wealthy and the most fascinating fact to us about his will is his address – Wootton in Stanton Lacey in Shropshire was the home of the Slade family from the last decades of the fifteenth century when they became the tenants of Sir John Savage. Onibury and Stanton Lacy, the Shropshire manors connected with the Slade family, were granted to Sir John Savage as part of the spoils after the battle of Bosworth in 1485 for his belated but decisive support for Henry Tudor (Henry VII) in that battle. Sir John handed these two manors on to a John Slade, presumably for outstanding services rendered to Sir John in that battle, and they remained in the hands of the Shropshire branch until the early eighteenth century. The Herefordshire branch of the Slades to which Don belongs is descended from this family through a grandson Richard of John Slade of Wootton. The will of William follows. On 10 February 1820 The Will and Codicil of William Tunstall late of the Parish of Stanton Lacy in the County of Salop and Diocese of Hereford deceased was proved by John Dawson, one of the Executors (William Neville the other Executor under his hand and seal having renounced the Execution thereof). This was sworn at under �7000. This is an enormous sum for the period and an indication that as Emmie says the Tunstall family was extremely wealthy. 4TH May 1816 THE WILL OF MR WILLIAM TUNSTALL LATE OF THE PARISH OF STANTON LACY IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP GENT. DECEASED WITH THREE CODICILS AND AFFID(AVI)T ...... WILL AND CODICILS OF WM. TUNSTALL LATE OF STANTON LACY DECD. SUM �7000 10 FEBRUARY 1820 This is the last Will and Testament of me William Tunstall of Wotton in the Parish of Stanton Lacy in the County of Salop Gentleman as follows In the first Place I direct payment of my just Debts Funeral and Testamentary expenses and I make it my particular request to my Friend Mr John Hill of Stanton Lacy that he will from time to time during his life see that the Palisades or Fencing round the tomb in Stanton Lacy Church yard erected for my late Wife (and in which it is my desire to be interred) be preserved and left in decent order and I give to the said John Hill the Sum of Ten Pounds for his own use I give and bequeath to Charles Tunstall the younger son of my Brother Charles Tunstall who is now abroad in parts beyond the seas the Sum of One hundred Pounds to be paid him without interest at any time within the space of seven years from the time of my decease in case he shall return to England within that period and personally tender to my Executors a legal release and discharge for the same and in case he shall not return and tender such release and discharge within that period then it is my Will that such Legacy shall fall into and form part of the residue of my Personal Estate And I give and bequeath to my brother Charles Tunstall of Rudgley in the County of Stafford Farmer Three hundred Pounds to my sister Mary Blakemore of Newport in the said County of Salop Widow the sum of Five hundred Pounds to my Sister Martha the Wife of George Dawson now residing near Horsham in the County of Sussex Farmer the Sum of Five hundred Pounds To my Sister Ann Wife of William Neville of Walsall in the said County of Stafford Builder the Sum of Five hundred Pounds and also direct the said Legacies to Three hundred Pounds to my said Brother Charles and of Five hundred Pounds each to my said Sisters, Mary, Martha and Ann to be paid to them by my Executors at the end of twelve months next after my decease And if it shall happen that my said Brother Charles Tunstall shall depart this Life in my Lifetime then it is my Will that the said Legacy of Three hundred Pounds herein before given to him shall not lapse but go and be paid equally into between and among all and every his child and children and the issue of any deceased child or children of my said Brother (other than and except the said Charles Tunstall the younger and his issue it being my will and intention to exclude the said Charles Tunstall the Son of my said Brother from all further legacies or bequest under this my Will other than the said Sum of one hundred Pounds herein before bequeathed to him as shall be living at the time of my decease but such issue of any such deceased child or children (other than and except the said Charles Tunstall) to have and take such other only of the said Legacy of Three hundred Pounds as his her or their deceased Parent or Parents would by this my Will in the .. aforesaid have taken if living at my decease and to be paid to such child and children and issues of any such deceased child or children of my said Brother as aforesaid at such ages days and times and in such manner and form and with such Interest in the meantime as is hereinafter by me directed ..... the payment of the share and interest shares and interests of such Child and Children and Issue of any such deceased Child and Children of my said Brother than and except the said Charles Tunstall the younger and his Issue as aforesaid of an in the clear residue of my personal Estate and Effects hereinafter bequeathed to them And if it shall happen that my said Sister Mary Blakemore shall die in Lifetime then it is my Will that the said Legacy or Sum of Five hundred Pounds so given or intended for her as aforesaid shall not lapse but go and be paid unto between and among all and every the child and children and Issue of any deceased child or children of my Sister Mary as shall be living at my death (except only such one of the Sons of my said Sister who some years ago went abroad to parts beyond the Seas and the Issue of that Son whom I will and direct shall no share thereof) at such ages days and times and in such parts shares and proportions manner and form and with such Interest in the meantime for maintenance and support is is by this my will directed touching the payment of the shares and portions of the child and children and Issue of any deceased child or children of my said Brother Charles Tunstall (other than and except his said Son Charles Tunstall and his Issue) of and in the said Legacy or Sum of Three hundred Pounds herein before given or intended for them in the event of his death in my Lifetime And if it shall happen that my said Sister Martha Dawson shall die in my Lifetime then it is my Will that the said Legacy or Sum of Five hundred Pounds so given or intended for her as aforesaid shall not lapse but go and be paid unto between and among all and every the child and children and Issue of any decease child or children of my said Sister Martha as shall be living at my death at such ages days and times and in such parts shares and proportions manner and form and with such Interest in the meantime for maintenance and support as is by this my Will directed touching the payment of the shares and portions of the Child and Children and Issue of any deceased child or children of my said Brother Charles Tunstall (other than the said Charles Tunstall the Son and his Issue) of and in the said Legacy or Sum of Three hundred Pounds herein before given or intended for them in the event of his death in my Lifetime and if it shall happen that my said Sister Ann Neville shall die in my Lifetime then it is my will that the said Legacy of the Five Hundred Pounds so given or intended for her as aforesaid shall not lapse but go and be paid unto between and among and all and every the child and children and Issue of any deceased Child or Children of may said Sister Ann as shall be living at my death at such ages days and times and in such parts shares and proportions manner and form and with such Interest in the meantime for maintenance and support as is by this my Will directed touching payment of the shares and portions of the child and children and Issue of any deceased child or children of may said Brother Charles Tunstall (other than the said Charles Tunstall the son and his Issue) of and in the said Legacy or Sum of Three hundred Pounds Hereinbefore given or intended for them in the event of his death in my Lifetime And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my personal Estate and Effects of what nature or kind soever and hereinbefore bequeathed and disposed of which I shall die possessed of or entitled to at the time of my decease I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my Brother in Law the said William Neville my Nephew John Blakemore late of Brymore Castle near Bridgwater Somersetshire but now of the City of Bristol Son of my said Sister Mary Blakemore and my Nephew John Dawson son of my said Sister Martha Dawson their Executors Administrators and Assigns Upon the Trusts nevertheless and for the ends intents and purposes herein after expressed and declared concerning the same (that is to say) Upon Trust that they my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or their or his Executors or Administrators do and shall immediately or as son as conveniently may be after my decease make sale and absolutely disposes of and convert into Money all such part of such Residue of my said personal Estate and Effects as bequeathed to them as shall not consist of Money and as in its nature shall be saleable and also compel payment of collect and get in all and singular the Debts Sum and Sums of Money which shall be due and owing to me at the time of my decease And after payment thereof of the Costs Charges and Expences of converting collecting and getting in the same and of my just Debts Then In Trust that they my said trustees William Neville, John Blakemore and John Dawson or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor do and shall pay apply and dispose of such clear Residue of my said Personal Estate and Trust Monies aforesaid unto between and among all and every the child and children of my said Brother Charles Tunstall (other than and except his said Son the said Charles Tunstall the younger) and of my said Sisters Mary Blackemore, Martha Dawson and Ann Neville including my said Trustees John Blakemore and John Dawson and such Son of the said Mary Blakemore who went abroad and the Issue of any deceased Child or Children of my said Brother (Except the Issue of the said Charles Tunstall the younger) and Sisters respectively (such Issue of any such deceased child or children to take only such Share or Shares as is or are hereby intended for his her and their respective Parent or Parents in case he she or they be living at my death) as shall be living at the time of my decease in equal parts shares and proportions, the same to be a vested Interest in and be paid to such Child or Children respectively and Issue of any such deceased Child or Children respectively as aforesaid at the times and in manner following (that is to say) the share or shares of such of them as shall be a Son or Sons to vest in and be paid to him or them at his or their respective age or ages of twenty one years and the share or shares of such of them as shall be a Daughter or Daughters to vest in be paid to her or them at her or their respective age or ages of twenty one years or day or days of Marriage which shall first happen and in case of the death of any such Child being a Son before attaining the age of twenty one years or of any such daughter before attaining the like age of twenty one years or being married as aforesaid without having lawful issue living at the time of his her or their decease or deceases then my Will is that the share or shares of him her or them so dying as aforesaid of and in the clear residue of the said Trust Monies shall go and ... in equal parts and shares to and among the Survivors and Survivor and others or other of the said Children of my said Brother Charles Tunstall (other than and except the said Charles Tunstall the younger and his Issue) and of my said Sisters, Mary Blakemore, Martha Dawson and Ann Neville and the Issue of any such child or children of my said Brother (except as aforesa9d) and three Sisters as shall die in my Lifetime (save that Issue of any such deceased child or children respectively shall have and take such share or shares only as it or and hereby intended for and would have accrued to his her or their deceased Parent or Parents in case such Parent or Parents had survived me and the same to be paid at such respective Ages Days and Times and to go in the same manner to such surviving and other Child and Children and the Issue of any such deceased Child or Child then in being as are herein before provided and declared touching his her or their original share and shares and such accruer or Survivorship shall extend as well to the accruing and surviving as to the original Shares and I direct that the Interest of each Child's share shall be applied for and provide his her and their maintenance and support in the meantime until the same shall become payable And Whereas as I have before stated in this my Will that one of the Sons of my said Sister Mary Blakemore some considerable time since went abroad to parts beyond the Seas and has not been heard of for some years Now I do hereby declare it to be my Will that in case such Son of my said Sister Mary shall happen to be now dead or shall die in My Lifetime and in either event shall have lawful Issue which shall be living at my decease then the share or portion of such Son of my said sister of and in my said residuary Personal Estate shall bot lapse but go and be paid to and amongst such his Issue in equal parts share and proportions the share or shares of such of them as shall be a son or Sons to vest in and be paid to him or them on attaining the age of Twenty one years and the share or shares of such of them as shall be a Daughter or Daughters to be paid to her or them on attaining the age of twenty one years or day or days of Marriage which shall first happen with Interest in the meantime for maintenance and if there shall be but one such child then to such only child And I do hereby further declare it to be my Will that in case such Son of my said Sister Mary Blakemore shall happen to survive me and shall not claim and tender a legal and effectual discharge to my Executors for the share and Interest hereby bequeathed to him of and in the Residue of my said Personal Estate and Effects within four years from the day or my decease or in case such Son shall be now dead or happen to die in my Lifetime and in either event leaving lawful Issue which shall be living at my decease then if such Issue or any of them shall not within the like term of four years from the day of my decease claim and also tender an effectual release and discharge to my Executors or the Survivor of them for his her or their share or Interest shares or Interests of and in the share or portion of the residue of my said Personal Estate hereinbefore bequeathed to his her or their Father then such share share or Portion Shares or Portions of and in the said Residue of my said Personal Estate last mentioned for which such claim or claims and discharge or discharges shall not be tendered within the Time aforesaid shall go and be paid to all the other children and the issue of any deceased child or children of my said Sister Mary Blakemore as aforesaid at such times and in such parts shares and proportions and in such manner and form as I have herein before directed touching the original Share and Shares herein before bequeathed to .... ..... child and children and the Issue of any said deceased Child and children of an in such clear residue of my said personal Estate I also give and devise unto my said Brother in Law William Neville and Nephew Dawson their heirs and assigns All legal and Trust Estates which be vested in me at the time of my decease as Trustee or Mortgagee or otherwise in any Manors Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever To hold the same unto my said trustees their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns according to the natures or qualities thereof respectively Upon the Trusts and for the same Estates Intents Interests and purposes as the same are now vested in me Provided always and I do hereby declare that my said Trustees or either of them or their or either of their Executors Administrators or Assigns shall not be charge or chargeable with or accountable for any m.... of my personal Estate and Effects hereinbefore given and bequeathed to them upon the several Trusts aforesaid than they shall respectively actually receive or then shall come in to their his or her Hands or Hand respectively notwithstanding their joining in and giving any receipt or Receipts for the sake of conformity nor shall they or any of them be answerable or accountable for the others or other of them nor for the Acts Receipts Neglects or defaults of the others or other of them but each of them for his own Acts Receipts Neglects or defaults only nor for any involuntary loss or damage which shall or may happen in the Execution of the Trusts of this my Will nor for any Banker or Security to or upon which the same or any part thereof may be lent placed our or invested so that the same happen without or his or their wilful neglect or default And that they and each of them shall be entitled to deduct and reimburse himself and themselves out of the said Trust Monies which shall come to their his or her Hands or Hand by virtue of the Trusts aforesaid all such loss costs charges damages and Expenses as they or either of them shall pay suffer pe put unto or sustain in the Execution of the several Trusts aforesaid or in any wise relating thereto And lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Brother in Law William Neville and Nephew John Dawson Executors of this my Will and do bereby revoke any former and other Will by me at any time heretofore made and declare this to be may last Will In Witness whereof I have to this my will contained in six Sheets of Paer to the first sive sheets set my Hand and to this the sixth and last Sheet thereof my Hand and Seal the Fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. WILLIAM TUNSTALL His Seal Signed Sealed Published and declared by the Said Testator William Tunstall as and for his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us Who in h is presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto WILLIAM LLOYD PRISCILLA POWELL JAMES EVANS This Will with three Codicils.... was proved 10 July 1820 before the ....... by the Oath of John Dawson one of the Executors with named, William Neville the other Executor having under his hand and Seal renounced the Execution thereby, He being first sworn in due form of Law before ..... by of a Commission to whom etc. GOODS (1st Codicil) Mr Hill to have a .... Legacy .... Miss Blakeway to have a ... and sett of China the Best 19 February 1819 (2nd Codicil) I William Tunstall of Wootton in the parish of Stanton Lacy in the County of Salop Being of sound mind Wish my Servants to have etc Wm Tunstall Witness John Dawson In the Consistory Court of the diocese of Hereford John Dawson of Wootton in the Parish of Stanton Lacy in the County of Salop Gentleman maketh Oath and Saith that the paper writing hereto annexed purporting to be a Codicil to to be added to the last Will and as a Testament of William Tunstall late of the Parish of Stanton Lacy aforesaid and Diocese of Hereford Gentleman deceased does contain the Words and direction given by the said Testator to this deponent and the the same was reduced into writing also by this deponent from the directions so given by the said Testator JOHN DAWSON The said John Dawson Was duly Sworn to the Above Affidavit before me Thos. Wellings SURROGATE Twenty fourth November 1819 3rd Codicil Whereas I William Tunstall of Wootton in the parish of Stanton Lacy in the County of Salop Esquire have made and duly executed my last Will and Testament in writing bearing date the fourth day of May One Thousand Eight hundred and Sixteen Now I do hereby declare this to be a codicil to my said Will and direct the same be ?added thereto and taken as a part thereof And Whereas I did intend by my said Will give and bequeath unto my Brother Charles Tunstall the Sum of Three Hundred pounds Now I do hereby revoke the said Legacy and declare the same may form part of the residue of my Estate and I do in like manner revoke a Legacy of Ten pounds ..... by my said Will to John Hill of Stanton Lacy aforesaid And Whereas in and by my said Will I did give and bequeath unto Charles Tunstall the younger son of my said Brother the Sum of One Hundred Pounds Now I do hereby revoke the said Legacy and do give unto him the said Charles Tunstall the sum of Fifty pounds and .. Now I do give and bequeath unto Martha (family Martha Tunstall ...) the Wife of Samuel Bitnade of ...cot near Nettlebed in the County of Oxford the Sum of One Hundred Pounds and I do testify and confirm my said Will in all other particulars thereof In Witness whereof I the said William Tunstall have to this Codicil set my Hand and Seal this Twenty-Sixth day of June 1819. Wm TUNSTALL His seal Signed Sealed published And declared by the said Testator William Tunstall as and for a Codicil to be annexed to his last Will and Testament and to be taken as part therefor in the presence of MARY BRADSHAW MARY EVANS Dated 7 Day Feby 1820 Re Tunstall deced. Renunciation of Mr Nevill (sic) as one of the Executors appointed under the Will of Willm. Tunstall Esquire This package also contains the renunciation of William Nevill (sic) and the Oath taken by John Dawson as Executor, together with his bond. 18 November 1819. The father of the William Tunstall of this will is William, the brother of Thomas Tunstall of Stokesay and John Tunstall of Canon Pyon. He was the eldest son of William and Margaret Tunstall and was baptised in Wolstanton in Staffordshire in 1708. William Tunstall married an Elizabeth although I have not yet found the marriage. The following entries are taken from the register of High Offley in Staffordshire." | ||||||||
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