In
the Name of God Amen
I
Abraham Burnell of Lawrence
Street in the parish of Chelsea Middlesex being in perfect health and
of sound
mind memory and understanding do make this my last Will and Testament
in manner
following (that is to say) Inprimis I do resign my Soul to God who gave
it
hoping for remission of all my sins through the alone merits and
mediation of
my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ and in full confidence of a
Resurrection again
to life and Judgement by Him, and as I do desire to rest in peace until
that
awfull Day comes I beg my Body may be Buryed in the same grave with my
dear
Wife deceased in as plain and decent a manner as may be and as to my
Temporal
Effects which it has pleased God to Bless me with I do Dispose of them
as
follows First I give and bequeath to my two Brothers Timothy and
Benjamin
Burnell one hundred pounds both (in case they survive me) and to my own
Nephews
that is to say Peter Burnell, Robert Burnell, James Burnell, Abraham
Burnell,
Caleb Burnell and Benjamin Burnell and to my Nieces Elizabeth Nichols,
Isabella
Prockter, Ann Dixon and Elizabeth Griffin Three hundred and Seventy
five pounds
Each and to my little Nephew Thomas Griffin two hundred and fifty
pounds and if
any of these Nephews or Nieces dye before me and leave any Children
such Child
or Children to have that same Legacy as the parent originally divided
but not
to go to the wife or husband of such deceased Nephew or Niece but to
the
Children in Blood. I also give to my Nephews in Law John Cousins Esq
and his
Wife Ten pounds both and to his Brother William Cousins and his wife
Ten pounds
both, and to William Crawshaw Esq and
his wife Ten pounds both I also give to
the Treasurer and Governors of Saint George’s Hospital near
Hyde Park Corner
the Sum of Fifty pounds towards the Support of that Hospital
Also to the Treasurer and Governors of
Sunday School and School of Industry in Lawrence Street where I live
twenty pounds
towards Supporting that Charity the
Rest and Residue of my Effects of all kinds wheresoever the same may be
or of
whatsoever it may Consist at the time of my decease after discharging
all my
Lawful Debts Funeral Expenses and finishing any Business I may have
undertaken
or begun in my life time and not completed I give and bequeath to my
Four
Nephews, Peter, Robert, James and Abraham Burnell equally between them
and I do
appoint them or any two of them to be Executors of this my will with
full power
to order what decent Mourning they may Judge proper to give my Servant
or Servants or any other Gratuity they shall
think Due to any person who may attend me at the time of my decease
without
being called to account for the same therefore revoking all former
wills by me before made I do declare this to be my last Will and
Testament written
with my
own hand and Signed and Sealed this fourth day of September 1801
Abm Burnell Signed Sealed and
Witnessed as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us
and of
each other as witnesses thereto A. Durham and Thos
Wooley China
Walk.
 Whereas Since
the making and
Executing my
Last Will and testament bearing date the fourth Day of September 1801 I
have
purchased a Small Freehold Estate at Bramley Grange in the Township of
Grewelthorp near Ripon in the West Riding of the County of York I do
give
Devise and bequeath the said Freehold Estate to my two Nephews James
Burnell
and Abraham Burnell equally to be divided between them to have and to
hold the
said Freehold Estate together with all Rights Tenements and
appurtenances
thereto belonging and to their living Executors or assigns for Ever as
Tenants
in Common they paying nevertheless out of the said Estate One thousand
pounds
to the Children of their Brother Peter Burnell and sister Elizabeth
Nichols
equally divided among the said Children to those that are of age within
one
year after my decease and those under the age of 21 when they arrive at
that
age, or day of Marriage if Daughter with Interest from and
after one year next after my decease and I do
hereby ratify and confirm my said Will in every respect with this
addition that
if my Nephew Robert Burnell should die before me that his Brother
Benjamin
Burnell be my Executor and the Residuary Legatee with one other of my
Country
Nephews mentioned in my Will provided there be any residue to divide
and I do
declare this writing to be a Codicil to my said Will and annexed
thereto as
part thereof In Witness whereof I
have hereto set my hand and seal this fourth day of May in the year of
our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and two. Abm Burnell
Signed Sealed and Declared by
the said Abm Burnell as a codicil to his
last
Will and Testament in
the presence of us each other as witness thereto James Howell
Robert
Barth David Eggleton Church Lane Manor Street
Chelsea
This Will was proved at
London with a
Codicil the first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight
hundred and four before the Worshipful Charles Cook Doctor of Laws and
Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of
Laws
Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by the oaths of Peter Burnell and Robert Burnell the
Nephews and
two of the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was
granted
of all and Singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said Deceased
having
been first sworn duly to adminr power reserved
of making the like
grant to James Burnell and Abraham Burnell the Nephews also and the
other
Executors named in the said Will when they shall apply for the same.
This Will was proved at
London with a
Codicil the Eighteenth Day of March in the year of our Lord One
thousand Eight
hundred and Five before the Worshipful Charles Cook Doctor of Laws and
Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of
Laws
Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by the oaths of Peter Burnell and Robert Burnell the
Nephews of the
Deceased and two of the Executors named in the said Will to whom
Administration
was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the
said
deceased they having been first sworn duly to administer power reserved
of
making the like grant to James Burnell and Abraham Burnell the Nephews
also and
the other Executors when they or either of them shall apply for the
same
The probate of the Will of the said
Deceased granted in the month of June last to the said Peter Burnell
and Robert
Burnell under the sum of five thousand
pounds having been first bought in voluntarily and declared null and
void as by
arts of court circular.
£7500
The
original copy of Abraham Burnell’s will is held in the
National
Archives in London
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