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[is] to be paid to the said Step" Johnson their Father, for and towards the mainten-
ance and Education of such of them who shall be under Age, until he, she, or they,
shall be Intitled to and do receive their respective Share and Shares, and, in case of his
Death, then to his, her, or their. Guardian or Guardians respectively for the like pur-
pose. And whereas Esme Clarke, late of Kensington, but now of Bartlett's Build-
ings, Holborn, Attorney at Law, is indebted to me on Bond Condition'd for the
payment of ^200. and Interest, Now I do hereby freely remit the said sum of ^200.
and all Interest that shall be due thereon at the Time of my Decease, and likewise
the Penalty of the said Bond, and all other Sum and Sums of Money which he may
be indebted to me at the Time of my Decease by Bond or otherwise. Item, I give
unto the said Esme Clarke the sum of three hundred Pounds, but, if he shou'd happen
to die before me, then I give and bequeath the said sum of ;i^3oo. to all his Children,
to be divided equally among them. Share and Share alike, to be plac'd out in some of
the Publick Funds, and Paid them, or their Survivor, at their respective ages of 21
years, the Interest and Proceed in the meantime to be applied for and towards their
maintenance and Education ;
but, in Case any of them die under the age of 21 years,
then the Share of him, her, or them, so dying is to be paid to and among such as shall
survive and Attain that age, and I consider this as a full Legacy of ^500. to the said
Mr. Clarke and his Family. Item, I give, devise and bequeath unto Dorothy Clarke,
Widow, Mother of the said Esme Clarke, all those my 2 several Annuities or yearly
sums of ^10. payable to me by Virtue of two several orders or Tallies, issuing out
of his Majesty's Exchequer, for and during her natural life; and after her Decease I
give and bequeath the said Annuities or Yearly Sums of ^^lo. unto Dorothy Clarke,
Spinster, her Daughter, for and during her natural life ; and
after the Decease of
both Dorothy Clarke the Mother and Dorothy Clarke the Daughter, then I give,
devise and bequeath the aforesaid annuities or Yearly Sums of ;^io. unto Esme
Clarke Jun', Eldest Son of the aforesaid Esme Clarke, who is my Godson, and his
Assigns. I give and bequeath unto Mary the wife of John Spencer Colepeper of the
Charter h° London, Esq", and unto Fran" Webb Esq''^ her Brother, the sum of ^{^300.
in Trust, to pay the same unto Mary the Daughter of the said John Spencer Cole-
peper and Mary his Wife, at her age of 21 years or day of Marriage which shall
first happen ; and in case the said Mary the Daughter shall not live to be Intitled to
the same, then I give and bequeath the said sum of ^300. unto Mary the Wife of the
said John Spencer Colepeper, and my Will and meaning is, and I hereby direct
the Interest and Proceed of the said ^^300. shall in the meantime, and until the said
Mary Colepeper the younger shall be Intitled to receive the Principle, in manner
aforesaid, [is] to be paid to and retain'd by her said Mother. I give unto the said
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