This is the last Will and Testament of me William JOYNER 
of the hamlet of Bellingdon in the parish of Chesham in the County of Bucks
Farmer which I publish and Declare as such in manner following (that is to say)
First I give and Devise unto my wife Sarah JOYNER All and singular my
Messuages Cottages Lands Tenements Tithes Hereditaments and Real Estate
situate and being in the Hamlet of Bellingdon aforesaid and in the Town of
Chesham in the said County and elsewhere in the Kingdom of Great Britain
and whether the same be Freehold or Copyhold with their and Every of
their Rights Members and Appurtenances To hold the same unto her my said 
Wife and her Assigns for and during the Term of her natural Life she keeping the
same in tenantable Repair and in of Committing or permitting any Waste therein or
thereto And from immediately after the Decease of her my said Wife Then
As to all that my Messuage Cottage or Tenement at Bellingdon aforesaid wherein
my son Joseph JOYNER doth now Dwell Together with the Close of Meadow Ground
adjoining thereto in my own Occupation the whole of which I purchased of Sarah
CORBY widow And the Tithes thereof which I purchased of the Duke of Bedford
I devise the same unto my Friend Joseph BIRCH of Pedner in the Parish of Chesham
aforesaid Yeoman and my Youngest son James JOYNER their heirs and Assigns
Upon the Trusts hereinafter Declared (that is to say) Upon Trust to receive and
take the Rents Issues and Profits thereof And after applying a sufficient Portion
thereof in keeping the Premises in Repair To pay the surplus during the life of 
my daughter Fanny JOYNER (but nevertheless allowing her the Privilege of
inhabiting the said Messuage Cottage or Tenement if she shall think proper)
unto her my said Daughter during her life And from and immediately after
the Death of her my said Daughter Upon Trust to receive and take the Rents
Issues and Profits thereof during the life of my grandchild Fanny Maria the
Wife of John BATCHELOR the Daughter of her my said Daughter And after applying
a sufficient Portion of such Rents Issues and Profits in Continuing the said premises
in Repair To pay the surplus to her my said Grand Daughter to and for her
own proper Use and Benefit And from and immediately after the Decease
of her my said Grand Daughter I give and Devise the same Hereditaments
and premises Unto such one or more of her Child or Children as shell then
be living And his her or their Heirs and Assigns for Ever And if more than
one to take as Tenants in Common And in case my said Grand Daughter
shall have no child living at her own decease I give and Devise the same 
Hereditaments and premises unto my Grandson William the Eldest son of my
Eldest son Jonathan JOYNER and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever And as
to all my other Real Estate not last hereinbefore Devised I give and devise the
same after the Decease of my said Wife Unto my said friend Joseph BIRCH and my
said son James JOYNER their Heirs and Assigns Upon the Trusts nevertheless herein
after declared (that is to say) Also upon Trust that they my said Trustees or the Survivor
of them or the Heirs of such survivors do and shall with all Convenient Speed that
may be after the Decease of my said Wife either by Public Auction or Private Contract
and either together or in parts or parcels as they or he shall think proper make
Sale sell and Dispose of the same Hereditaments and Premises Unto and Person or
Persons who shall be willing to become the Purchaser or Purchasers thereof for the
best Price or prices in Money that can or may be reasonably obtained for the same
And do and shall receive and take the Monies thereby made and therefrom arising
and pay and apply the same together with the Rents and Profits in the mean
time after Deducting the Costs and Charges of such Sale or Sales with and as
a Part of the Residuary Fund arising from my Personal Estate after the Decease
of my said Wife And to the intent that the Purchaser or Purchasers of my
said Real Estates so devised in trust for Sale as aforesaid may securely enjoy his
her or their purchase or purchases respectively I direct that the Receipt or Receipts
of my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor shall be
a good and effectual Discharge to such Purchaser or Purchasers for the purchase
Money which shall be actually paid for the said premises of for so much thereof as
in such Receipt or Receipts shall be aforesaid or acknowledged to be received so
that such Purchaser or Purchasers his her or their Heirs Executors or Administrators
shall not be obliged to see to or be Answerable for the Application of such Purchase
Money or any part thereof after the Payment thereof as aforesaid And as to all
and singular my Ready Monies Securities for Money Live and Dead Stock
Household Goods and Furniture and all other my Personal Estate whatsoever and 
wheresoever I direct that my Executors hereinafter named do and shall sell Dispose
of and Convert into Money all such parts thereof as at the time of my Decease shall
not Consist of Household Goods Furniture Ready Monies or Securities for Money And
do and shall after thereout paying satisfying and Discharging my Debts and Funeral
and Testamentary Expenses lay out and invest or Continue the whole surplus of my
said personal Estate except Household Goods and Furniture at Interest on Government
or Real Security during the Life of my said Wife The whole Dividends Interests and
Produce whereof together with such Household Goods and Furniture I direct shall be
received and taken Used and Enjoyed by her my said Wife to and for her own
proper Use and Benefit And from and immediately after the Decease of her my said
Wife Then as to the whole of my Personal Estate and the Monies arising from the Sales
and Rents and profits of my Real Estate I give bequeath and dispose of the same as 
follows (that is to say) I give to my Grandchildren the Children of my deceased
Daughter Sarah the Wife of William LIBERTY Betty the Wife of William LOVETT and Ann
the Wife of John BATES who shall be alive at the Death of my said Wife each Twenty
Pounds Sterling And all the residue I give to and equally between and amongst my
five sons Jonathan Thomas John Joseph and James and my Daughter Sarah the
Wife of Richard CRAWLEY share and share alike And I constitute and appoint my said
Wife my said Friend Joseph BIRCH and my said son James Joint Executors of this my
Will and I direct that my said Trustees and Executors their Heirs Executors and
Administrators respectively shall and lawfully may Deduct and retain out of the
Monies which shall come to their Hands by virtue of this my Will all Costs Charges
Damages and Expenses which they shall respectively pay sustain Expend of be put
unto in and about the Execution of the Trusts thereby in them respectively reposed And
that they or any or either of them shall not be answerable or accountable for any Loss
or Damage which may happen to my said Real or Personal Estate or the Monies arising
therefrom so as the same be and Occasioned by their or some or one of their wilful Neglect
or Default Neither shall one of them be answerable or accountable for the other or others
of them or for the Acts Receipts Neglects or Defaults of the other or others of them but
each of them for himself and herself and for his and her own Acts Receipts Neglects
and Defaults only In Witness whereof I the said William JOYNER the Testator have
to this my last Will and Testament contained in three sheets to the first and 
second sheets thereof set my Hand and to the Third and last my Hand and Seal
this ninth day of November In the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight
hundred at twenty.

Marked: William X Joyner

Witness: Samuel ?, W. Richmond both of Chesham

Proved: 09 Aug 1823 - Personal Estate under Eight Hundred Pounds.

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Sources:

1. Buckingham County Record Office, Aylesbury, BKM

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