Yes, definitely, that is a very useful webpage! Thanks! I agree that it is “Stranger”, e.g. compare the "Stra" to the "Ste" in Stevenson in the executors box at the top - very similar.
The National Archives guide also identifies one of the abbreviations in the "What deemed" column, abswp = absolute legacy with a proviso (conditional grant).
My reading of the death duties record for Thomas Wilson is now as follows…
Thomas Wilson of Coggery [Cogry], Co Antrim.
Died Dec. 1831.
Will dated 27th May 1831.
Proved 17th Sep 1832, Down.
Sworn under £276.
Executors:
Robert Wilson of Coggery.
James Stevenson of Four Mill [Mile] Burn.
Legacies:
1. £200 (absolute) charged on testator’s lands in Drains (bequeathed to Robert Wilson) as well as on the personal property. To Robert Wilson, a natural child.
2. £10 (annuity) charged on testator’s lands in Drains (bequeathed to Robert Wilson) as well as on the personal property. To Anne Kirkwood, a natural child. For life, provided she does not return to Ireland during the life of her husband.
3. £50 each (absolute, with proviso) charged on testator’s lands in Drains (bequeathed to Robert Wilson) as well as on the personal property. To John Kirkwood, Anne Kirkwood, and Thomas Kirkwood, “stranger’s in blood” [probably children of testator’s illegitimate daughter]. Death duties only liable should two of the three die. Should all three die under the age of 21, then the legacy is to go to Thomas Wilson (relationship not stated).
4. Residue in legacies not liable to duty.
Inventory:
House goods = £12-10-0
Securities = £133-16-6
Stock = £88-0-0
Other property = £39-0-0
Total = £273-6-6
Am I reading it correctly that the legacies were charged on land which had been bequeathed to Robert Wilson? Does it make sense that Robert Wilson’s legacy of £200 would be charged on land already owned by him? If not, does this show that there were two Robert Wilsons who were beneficiaries of Thomas Wilson’s will?
The stipulation that Anne Kirkwood is not to return to Ireland during her husband’s lifetime is an unusual one. Often a legacy for a child abroad is only offered on the condition that they do return. I wonder what the story was in this case.