In the name of God Amen I Collingwood Banks of Christ Church in [sic] being of sound mind though of weak body do make my last Will and Testament vizt. After the payment of my just debts funeral expenses and the legacies hereinafter bequeathed I give all my money and securities for money goods chattels and personal estate and whatsoever else I have power to dispose of unto my brother Robert Banks Hodgkinson Esqr and Thomas Wallis of Lincoln's Inn in the County of Middlesex Esqr their executors administrators and assigns Upon the trusts and for the purposes following vizt. In trust for my brother George Banks during his life and from and after his decease in trust for such child of the said George Banks lawfully begotten male or female as shall be living at the time of his death and shall first attain the age of 21 years and the executors and administrators of such child and in the meantime in trust to apply the interest and produce thereof from and after the decease of the said George Banks to and for the use and benefit of the eldest child of the said George Banks male or female until such child of the said George Banks shall attain his or her age of 21 years And in case the said George Banks shall leave no child lawfully begotten who shall live to attain the said age of 21 years then in trust for my sister Mrs Margaret Banks during her life and from and after her decease in trust for such daughter of the said Margaret Banks as shall be living at the time of her death and shall first attain the age of 21 years and the executors and administrators of such daughter and in the meantime to apply the interest and produce thereof from and after the decease of the said Margaret Banks to and for the use and benefit of the eldest daughter of the said Margaret Banks for the time being until some daughter of the said Margaret Banks shall attain her age of 21 years And in case no daughter of the said Margaret Banks shall attain the age of 21 years then in trust for such son of the said Margaret Banks as shall be living at the time of her death and shall first attain the age of 21 years and the executors and administrators of such son and in the meantime to apply the interest and produce thereof to and for the use and benefit of the eldest son of the said Margaret Banks for the time being until some son of the said Margaret Banks shall attain his age of 21 years And in case the said Margaret Banks shall leave no child who shall live to attain the age of 21 years then in trust for my sister Mrs Maria Letitia Banks during her life and from and after her decease then in trust for such daughter of the said Maria Letitia Banks as shall be living at the time of her death and shall first attain the age of 21 years and the executors and administrators of such daughter and in the meantime in trust to apply the interest and produce thereof from and after the decease of the said Maria Letitia Banks to and for the use and benefit of the eldest daughter of the said Maria Letitia Banks for the time being until some daughter of the said Maria Letitia Banks shall attain her age of 21 years and in case no daughter of the said Maria Letitia Banks shall attain the age of 21 years then in trust for such son of the said Maria Letitia Banks as shall be living at her death and shall first attain the age of 21 years and the executors and administrators of such son and in the meantime in trust to apply the interest and produce thereof to and for the use and benefit of the eldest son of the said Maria Letitia Banks for the time being until some son of the said Maria Letitia Banks shall attain the age of 21 years And in case the said Maria Letitia Banks shall leave no child who shall five to attain the age of 21 years then in trust for my brother William Banks Esqr during his life and from and after his decease in trust for such youngest child of the said William Banks male or female as shall be living at his death and shall attain the age of 21 years and in the meantime in trust to apply the interest and produce thereof to and for the use and benefit of the youngest child of the said William Banks male or female for the time being until the youngest child male or female of the said William Banks shall attain his or her age of 21 years Provided always and my will is in case such youngest child shall be a daughter and shall marry in the lifetime of the said William Banks without his consent or in case the said William Banks shall leave no youngest child who shall live to attain his or her age of 21 years then and in either of the said cases I give all my said money and securities for money goods chattels personal estate and whatsoever else I have power to dispose of (after payment of my just debts funeral expenses and the legacys hereinafter bequeathed as aforesaid) unto my said brother William Banks his executors administrators and assigns absolutely 1 further give to my said brother William Banks 30 guineas to buy a diamond ring and to my brothers Robert Banks Hodgkinson and Thomas Wallis 10 guineas apiece for the like purpose To my sisters Sarah Banks Maria Letitia Banks Mrs Hawley and Margaret Banks 5 guineas apiece for the like purpose To my uncle and aunt Collingwood and to Mr Joseph Banks 3 guineas apiece for the like purpose To Col William Hooke James Agar Esqr Joseph Musgrave Esqr Mr Pemberton and Mr Weston Students of Christs Church a common mourning ring apiece To my dear brother in law Doctor James Hawley 40 guineas to buy a piece of plate as a small acknowledgment of his great care and tenderness of me and as a testimony of my great regard and affection for him I likewise give a ring to the Reverend Mr Holliwell Student of Christ Church as a mark of my friendship and regard for him I direct my Trustees either to pay or secure unto Mrs Kirkham of Kirby in Lincolnshire Widow during her life the yearly sum of "12 free from all taxes and deductions by quarterly payments at the four usual feasts vizt Michaelmas Christmas Lady day and Midsummer day and that the first of the said payments shall begin and be made on such of the said quarter days as shall first happen next after my decease I make my said Trustees Robert Banks Hodgkinson Esqr and Thomas Wallis Esqr joint executors of this my last Will hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time heretofore made In case I die in Oxford I desire to be buried privately in Christ Church my will is that my said trustees out of my personal estate shall reimburse themselves such costs charges and expenses as they may respectively sustain by reason of the execution of the trusts hereby in them reposed And that my said trustees shall not be answerable for any loss that may happen in the execution of the said trusts so as the same happen without their wilful default and that the}' shall not be answerable one for another nor for the acts receipts or defaults of the other but each of them for his own acts receipts and defaults only In Witness whereof I the said Collingwood Banks have set my hand to this last sheet of my will which is contained on four sheets of paper this 5th day of April in the year of our Lord 1755 Collingwood Banks Signed published and declared by the said Testator Collingwood Banks as and for his last will and testament in the presence of Jas. Hume John Stevens Proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury by the said R. B. Hodgkinson and Thos Wallis the Executors the 5th July 1756.