Sealed will of Sir Francis Charlton of Ludford bart. He has settled by lease and...

Sealed will of Sir Francis Charlton of Ludford bart.

He has settled by lease and release of 3 and 4 March 1702/3 and a fine and recovery pursuant, his capital messuage in Bishop's Castle (formerly Thomas Crump and Margery Crump widow, now or late David Morris gentleman), other property in Bishop's Castle town and parish and Lydham parish (David Morris, Richard Woolaston, Thomas Whittcot, William Bright, Maurice Apugh senior and junior, and Keremiah Brown gentleman land called the Warren of Hucklemind als Hucclement near the town and within the parish of Bishop's Castle; a new erected messuage, backside, and garden on the east side of Broad Street, Ludlow; a cottage and barn new erected and now converted into a coach-house and stable with little garden, adjoining the other new-erected house on the S.; messuages in Bishop's Castle; to use of his wife Dame Mary as jointure and after to use of his sons in tail male, remainder to daughters as tenants in common.

By lease and release 9 and 10 March 1712/13 he settled tithes of corn, grain, and hay in Ludford (which he purchased of Mr John Baldwin gentleman) to use of his wife for life for increase of her jointure, remainder to his son Job Charlton in tail male, remainder to other sons in tail male, remainder to daughters as tenants in common.

He confirms these two settlements.

He has lately purchased from Thomas Powell of Park Hall esq, for £10.500 paid or secured to be paid, the capital messuage called Park Hall, the farm and demesne lands of Park Hall in the parish of Whittington, Smith's tenement near Park Hall, farm called Brin a Barra in Sallattin and Whittington, 8 tenements and land (Robert Davies, Richard Phillips, Lloyd widow, Richard Lewis, Edward Ja ndrel -1, Thomas Williams, David Berkley, and John Jones) in the township of Birghill, Whittington; lands (Gabriel Edwards) in Yfton als Upton in the parish of Oswestry; 3 water corn mills called Park Mills in Salattin; messuages in Oswestry (John Price, Gabriel Edwards butcher, William Price, William Howell, Lloyd widow, Jane Peters); 4 cottages without the gate of Oswestry (George Edwards, Thomas Higgins, John Mostin, Thomas Harris), quit rents in Oswestry amounting to 6s; property in Whittington, Porkington, Sallattin, and Oswestry; to use of Mary Came of Ludford widow and James Medlycott of Ven co Somerset their heirs and assigns, in trust to convey to uses to be appointed by Charlton by will or deed.

The trustees, pursuant to directions, 22 August last, have by lease and release of 15 and 16 Sept. instant settled the said messuages and conveyed them to drian Moor of New Inn, St Clements Danes, esq and John Huchings of Sherborne co Dorset gentleman and their heirs, to use of Sir Francis Charlton for life, after to use of Dame Mary and William Morris of Pentrinant co Mont gentleman, their executors, administrators and assigns, for 500 years in trust to raise £4000 to distribute among the testator's wife, Francis Edward Charlton and Emma Charlton, 2 of his children in shares and in the meantime to pay maintenance for them as he, Francis Charlton, should by writing appoint, remainder to Job Charlton his eldest son now living for his life, remainder to trustees to preservecontingent remainders, remainder to Job's sons in tail male, remainder to Francis Edward Charlton the testator's 2nd son now living for life, trustees, sons in tail male, remainder to testator's daughter Emma trustees, / and her sons in tail male, remainder to all daughters of Job, Francis Edward, and Emma, and heirs of their bodies as tenants in common, for want of issue, remainder to Dame Mary the testator's wife, her heirs and assigns

He gives the property purchased from Powell to these uses

Bequests - £6 to the poor of the parish of Ludford, £5 to the poor of Ludlow, £5 to the poor of Whittington £5 to the poor of the parish of Bishop's Castle to be distributed by the ministers, churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the respective parishes

To every servant living with him at the time of his death, a years wages above what is owing

To every workman employed at day labour about the house or grounds at Ludford in Charlton's actual occupation or management, one week's wages over and above what is owing

All his plate, jewels, household goods, furniture, pictures, books, coaches, chariots, chaises, horses, stock of cattle, utensils of husbandry, corn in the barn or on the ground, and other personal estate to his wife

His wife to be guardian of the children till age 21

The testator lately purchased of Richard Knight of Bringwood Forge co Hereford gentleman a capital messuage or orchard adjoining a garden late in the possession of Richard Knight and extending to the town wall of Ludlow - this was conveyed to Charlton, his wife, Job and Emma for residue of term of 965 years. He intended his wife and children to be joint purchasers and that the term should go by survivorship according to the law touching joint tenancies

Wife to be executrix

Signature of Francis Charlton

Witnesses:- Mary Came, James Medlycott, Charity

Gollop, James Marsh