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WHEREAS by a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, bearing date the 17th day of December 1825, made in a cause wherein James Inglis and another are plainti?s, and Henry Smith and others are defendants, it was referred to James William Farrer, Esq, one of the Masters of the said Court, to inquire and state to the Court who was or were the heir or heirs at law of Eleanor Andrews, in the pleadings named, at the time of her death, and who are or is now such heirs or heir at law. - The heir or heirs at law of the said Eleanor Andrews, formerly Elkins, late Housekeeper to Samuel Yew, late of Leigh, in the Parish of Westbury, in the County of Wilts, Esq. deceased (who was the daughter of William Ilkince and Mary his wife, formerly Mary Ball, Spinster, was married to Richard Andrews, Widower, late of Amesbury, in the County of Wilts, on the 23d of November 1758, and was buried on the 5th of April 1769, at Westbury, in the County of Wilts), at the time of her death, and who are or is now such heirs or heir at law, are, on or before the 2d day of May next, to come in before the said Master, at his Cham- bers, in Southampton-Buildings, Chancery-Lane, London, and prove their heirship and make out their claims, or in de- fault thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree.

WHEREAS by a Decree in the High Court of Chancery, bearing date the 17th day of December 1825, made in a cause wherein James Inglis and another are plaintiffs, and Henry Smith and others are defendants, it was referred to James William Farrer, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, to inquire and state to the Court who was or were the heir or heirs at law of Elizabeth Elkins, otherwise Yew, other- wise Edwards, in the pleadings named, at the time of her death, and who are or is now such heirs or heir at law. - The heir or heirs at law of the said Elizabeth Elkins (who was the natural daughter of Samuel Yew, late of Leigh, in the Parish of Westbury, in the county of Wilts, Esq. deceased, on the body of Eleanor Andrews, formerly Elkins, late Housekeeper to the said Samuel Yew, and who afterwards was married, about the month of October 1769, to John Edwards, formerly of Saint-Mary-le-Bone, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. now deceased, after which marriage, when publicly known, the said Elizabeth Elkins went by the name of Elizabeth Edwards, and many years afterwards assumed the name of Elkins, in- stead of Edwards, and was buried on the 15th of January 1819, in the Independent Burying-Ground, in the Parish of Walcot, in the county of Somerset), living at the time of her death, are, on or before the 2d day of May next, to come in before the said Master, at his Chambers, in Southampton-Buildings, Chancery-Lane, London, and prove their heirship and make out their claims, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree.

This is the last Will and Testament of me Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Elizabeth Edwards of the Parish of Walcot in the County of Somerset Christened at the Parish Church of North Bradley in the County of Wilts as Elizabeth the daughter of Eleanor Elkins and married at the age of seventeen at Mary le bone Chapel in the County of Middlesex by the name of Elizabeth Yew Spinster to John Edwards formerly of London but afterwards of Chalcot House in the said County of Wilts Esquire deceased but which marriage never having been consummated and being in Law void I have adopted and gone by the name of Elizabeth Elkins Whereas under and by virtue of the last Will and Testam't of Samuel Yew late of Westbury Leigh in the Parish of Westbury in the said County of Wilts Esquire deceased I became entitled to a considerable Real and Personal Estate And whereas Articles of Separation were duly ???ted between me and the said John Edwards by which the said John Edwards released all title and claim to the Real and Personal Estate to which I became so entitled as aforesaid so that the same with the Savings Increase (?) and Accumulations thereof for many Years remains subject to my disposition And whereas I am desirous to dispose of such the Real and Personal Estate devised to me or for my benefit by the said Samuel Yew and of a Sum of Stock in the Bank three PerCent Consolidated Annuities belonging to me which was many Years now invested in the Name of William Andrews late of the City of London C???mist deceased and of the Rents of the said Real Estate and of all the Savings Increase and Accumulations of the same respectively and of all my real and personal Estate whatsoever in manner hereinafter mentioned yet nevertheless my intention is not to include in this my Will the little Property I have in Bath which being of no great value I mean to give or deliver over in my lifetime to the persons who have been attentive to me in my illness and to whom it will be a considerable benefit Now I the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Elizabeth Edwards do by this my last Will and Testament signed published and declared by me in the presence of the three credible persons whose names are hereunder written as Witnesses then to give and devise limit and appoint all such Real Estate whatsoever given or devised to me or for my benefit by the Will of the said Samuel Yew and which under the said Will or the said Articles of Separation or any power therein contained (?) respectively I have any right or title to give or dispose of and of all other my Real Estate whatsoever unto Henry Smith of Drapers Hall in the City of London Esquire To hold to him his heirs and assigns for ever upon Trust that he or his heirs do and shall as soon after my death as conveniently may be absolutely sell and dispose of the same Real Estate either together or in Parcels by Public Sale or Private Contract and for the best Price or Prices they can reasonably obtain...
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... and to pay and satisfy to the Representatives of Jemima Brotinam late of Bath Spinster deceased the Sum of thirty Pounds borrowed of her on my note of hand with all interest that shall be due thereon And also to pay to Maria Davis Harriet Jane Davis and Elizabeth Mary Davis the three daughters of my late esteemed friend Elizabeth Davis deceased the Sum of one thousand Pounds and do and shall stand (?) possessed of and interested in the residue of the money to arise and be obtained as aforesaid upon the Trusts and to and for the intents and purposes following that is to say As to three thousand Pounds part thereof for the Society called the British and Foreign Bible Society As to three thousand Pounds other part thereof for the Society called the Sub??? Society for establishing Schools and ???lating the Holy Scriptures in ??? As to two hundred Pounds other part thereof for the Society called the Sick Mans Friend Society belonging to Argyle Chapel As to two hundred Pounds other part thereof for the Society called the Sick Mans Friend Society belonging to Lady Huntingdons Chapel As to four hundred Pounds other part thereof for the Society called the Strangers Friend Society belonging to the Chapel of the Wesleyan pursuasion in ??? King Street in Bath Yet nevertheless as to the said three several Legacies of Two Hundred Pounds ^two hundred pounds^ and four hundred Pounds subject as hereinafter mentioned As to five thousand Pounds other part thereof for the Society called the Society for Promoting Christian knowledge ...
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... And lastly I hereby revoke all former Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Elizabeth Edwards have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal the twentieth day of February One thousand eight hundred and eighteen |-| E. Elkins |-| SS |-| Signed sealed published and declared by the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Elizabeth Edwards the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testam't in the presence of us who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto |-| H. P. Ridpath of Bath Attorney |-| R. Slocombe Jno Turner his Clerks
Proved at London 2nd May 1820 before the Worshipful Augustus Gostling (?) Doctor of Lauws and Surrogate by the Oath of Henry Smith Esq'r the sole Executor to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer //

I Samuel Yew of Leigh in the Parish of Westbury in the County of Wilts Esquire do hereby revoke all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare and make this my last Will and Testament to be as follows that is to say first of all I give to Joseph Gilbert of Maddington in the County of Wilts Gentleman the sum of ten Pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to buy him Mourning and I give to such of his Children as are hereinafter mentioned namely his sons William and Joseph and to his Daughters Sarah and Ann ten Pounds a Peice of like lawful money to be Paid to them respectively within twelve Months next after my Decease also I give to my Kinsman Thomas Gilbert of Bathweek in the County of Somerset Gentleman the Sum of ten Pounds of like money to buy him Mourning and to each of his children namely Ann Mary and Thomas the Sum of Fifty ...ounds a Peice of like Money to be Paid to them within twelve Months next after my decease also I give and bequeath ...to Robert Penny ??? Penny and Elizabeth Millgrove Sons and Daughter of Robert Penny and late of Beckington in the County of Somerset Clothier Deceased five Pounds a Peice ... be Paid to them within Six Months next after my decease ...lso I give and devise unto Martha Ann and Mary Daurs ... Samuel Glass late of Battersea Shoemaker deceased the ...um of five Pounds and to his Son John the Sum of Twenty ...unds of like money to be Paid within twelve Months next ...fter my decease also I give to Joseph Glass my Kinsman ...ve Pounds and to his Daughter Ann the Sum of five Pounds ...lso I give unto my Servant Elianor Elkins the Sum of Seven ...undred Pounds of like lawfull money to be Paid to her ...in twelve Months next after my decease and the Bed ...edstead Curtains Vallens with its appurtenances in the Room ... the kitchen to hold to her forever also I give to my ...vant Stephen Bodmall (?) an Annuity or Yearly Sum of five ...nds to be paid to him Quarterly for and during the Term
Term of his natural Life also I give and devise unto the said Elianor Elkins and the said Thomas Gilbert the Father all the residue and remainder of my Goods Chattells money Jewells Plate and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and I give to them and their Heirs for ever all the Messuages Lands and Hereditaments whereof and wherein I have any Estate Trust or Interest of Freehold in Possession Reversion remainder or expectancy upon and under the Trusts Intents and Purposes hereinafter declared concerning the same real and Personal Estate that is to say In Trust and to the use of Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew Daughter of the said Elianor Elkins above named until her Death or until her Marriage which first happens and I desire the said Elianor Elkins and Thomas Gilbert or the Survivor of them not to consent to the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yews Marriage before a settlement be made of Messuages Lands and Hereditaments scituate in England of an Estate in Fee Simple in Possession of the Value of Ten thousand pounds or more of lawful money of Great Britain to and upon the Uses Trusts Intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to say To the use of the Husband of the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew during his natural Life without Impeachment of Waste and from and after the death of her Husband To the use of the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew during her natural Life for her Joniture [sic] and in lieu and in full satisfaction and recompence of all such Dower or Title of Dower as she shall or may have or claim in out of or to any Messuages Lands or Hereditz
whereof her said Husband shall be Seized in Deed or in Law of any Dowable (?) Estate and from and after the Determination of the said Estates so to be limitted on the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew and her Husband respectively to the use of them the said Elianor Elkins and Thomas Gilbert and their Heirs during the natural Life of the Survivor of them the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew and her Husband and for so long time after as shall be necessary to Support and Preserve the Contingent Uses and Estates hereinafter mentioned by Trust to Preserve the same Contingent Uses and Estates by Entry or otherwise and to Permit the Husband during his natural Life to receive have and enjoy the Rents Issues and Profits of the said Messuages Lands and Hereditaments and from and after his decease to Permit the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew to receive have and Enjoy the Rents and Profits of the same Messuages Lands and Hereditaments and from and after the death of the Survivor of the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew and her Husband and the determination of the Estate so to be l???itted to Preserve the same contingent Uses and Estates to the use of the first Son of the Body of such Husband on the Body of the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body of the same first Son and for default of such Issue to the use of the second son ...
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... and in Case it shall happen that the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew shall happen to dye a Minor and unmarried In Trust as for and concerning my Personal Estate so given upon Trust as aforesaid the same Personal Estate shall go to the Executors and Administrators of the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew and as for and concerning my real Estate given in Trust as aforesaid the same shall go to and in Trust for Thomas Gilbert Son of the said Thomas Gilbert of Bathweek aforesaid Gentleman his Heirs and Assigns forever and to for and upon no other use trust intent or Purpose whatsoever and I do hereby appoint the said Elianor Elkins and the said Thomas Gilbert the Father Guardians of and over the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew during her Minority or until her Marriage and lastly I give to the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew all my real Estate not hereinbefore given To hold to the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew ...er Heirs and Assigns forever and all my Personal Estate not hereinbefore given I give unto the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew her Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever and I hereby Constitute and appoint the said Elianor Elkins and Thomas Gilbert the Father Executors in Trust of this my last Will and Testament until the said Elizabeth Elkins otherwise Yew shall attain the age of Twenty one Years and then I constitute her Executrix thereof in Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament Set my hand and Seal the Eighteenth Day of August in the year of our Lord 1757. Sam'l Yew. This Writing contained in two Sheets or Peices of Paper was by the Testator Samuel Yew Signed Sealed Published and declared in our Presence to be his last Will and Testament and immediately afterwards this Writing was Subscribed and attested by us as witnesses thereto and to his Signing and Sealing both Sheets in the Presence of the said Testator and of each other the Words of

Proved at London the 11.th day of August 1769 before the Judge by the Oath of Elizabeth Edwards formerly Elkins otherwise Yew (Wife of John Edwards) the Executrix she having been first Sworn by Com'con (?) duly to admster The Probate of the said Will ??? to Eleanor Elkins Spinster since Eleanor Andrews Widow ^???^ deced (?) and Thomas Gilbert the Executors In Trust named in the said Will being ceased (?) and Expired by reason the said Elizabeth Edwards formerly Elkins otherwise Yew hath attained her Age of twenty one Years

Bathweek in the County of Somerset Gentleman" between the Seventh and eighth Lines from the Top downwards in the first Sheet hereof as also the Words "the Father" between the Twenty first and Twenty Second Lines in the same Sheet from the Top downwards being first interlined Thos Phipps W.m Phipps Edm'd Eyres Step'n Palmer
Proved at London the fifteenth day of April 1762 before the Right Worshipful Sir Edward Simpson Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Thomas Gilbert the other Extor to whom adm'on was granted having been first Sworn by comc'on duly to admister
This Will was Proved at London the twenty Sixth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty Seven before the Worshipful Arthur Col?er Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Honorable Sir George E Lee Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Eleanor Elkins Spinster one of the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattells and Credits of the Deceased having been first sworn duly to administer Power reserved of making the like Grant to Thomas Gilbert the other Executor when he shall apply for the Same. Ex'd: