The Will of Admiral Arthur Phillip

[RobinBClay]

Bravo !

I'm VERY impressed !

[horselydown86]

First ten lines of the last image:

180  ...happen to die be rendered incapable or shall decline to act in the

181  execution of the trusts of this my will then and in every such case I do

182  direct that it shall and may be lawful to and for the surviving and

183  continuing trustees or trustee with the consent of my said wife during her

184  life and after her decease then of their or his own Authority to appoint

185  such person or persons as they shall think fit to be a trustee or trustees

186  in the place and Stead of the person or persons [remainder of line crossed out]

187  [crossed out]

188  happening to die being rendered incapable or declining to act in the said

189  trusts and that upon every such appointment all such Acts deeds matters...

[goldie61]

190 and things shall be executed and preformed as shall be necessary for
191 the effectually vesting the said trust estate and premises in such ?
192 trustee or trustees together with the surviving or continuing trustee or
193 trustees upon such and the same trusts as ^ are ^ herein before declared or such
194 of them as shall be then capable of taking effect And I hereby nominate
195 and appoint my said wife Isabella Philips the said John Lane Osborne
196 Standert Thomas Sutton and James Potter Executors of this my will
197 And lastly I hereby revoke all former and other wills by me made and



Writing's getting worse! 
Nearly there! 

[horselydown86]

The word missing from the end of line 191 is:  new

[goldie61]

Thanks HD. 

[RobinBClay]

Thank you ! 

And I'll bet you were glad to see that word "lastly" in the bottom line !

Well - here it is, the last tranche !

[goldie61]

198 do declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof
199 I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in four sheets of paper
200 set my hand and seal vix to the three first sheets thereof my hand only
201 and to this fourth and last sheet my hand and seal this twentieth day
202 of May in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fourteen
203 A Phillip O signed sealed published and declared by the above
204 named Arthur Phillip the testator as and for his last will and
205 Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and
206 in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses
207 thereto as also a duplicate thereof Hen^r Mant Sol: Bath
208 Wm Hodges Hen^r David Haverfield Clerks to Mr(?) Brant (?)

209 Proved at London 14th October 1814 before the judge by the oath of
210 Isabella Phillip widow the Relict John Lane Osborne (in the will
211 written Osborn) Standert and James Potter four of the Exors to whom
212 Admon was granted being first sworn duly to admi(nister) Power reserved to
213 Thomas Sutton Esq the other



I would have thought the Latin term to be 'viz', but certainly looks like 'vix' here.

The 'seal' after his signing looks like an H inside it? Not his actual signature.

This is a copy (did it come from the PCC?). If you dig around in the information given about the wills there, there should be the original with the actual signatures and seal on.

[horselydown86]

The 'seal' after his signing looks like an H inside it? Not his actual signature.

We have discussed before on this board a similar circle surrounding the letters L.S., which appears on some PCC wills in about the same place.  (Locus Sigilli = place of the seal.)

I suspect this H is for Hand and indicates he signed the original of the will in his own hand.

I'm pretty sure the end of the witness section is:  ...Clerks to Mr: Mant

There are some Ms in the smaller image on page 5.

[Ruskie]

This has been an interesting thread and a great effort by all transcribers. 

Robin, may I ask if you are a descendant of Arthur Phillip? If not, what are your plans for the transcription of the will?