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husband died (Mr Jno Southgate an aged and venerable citizen of Norfolk.) and by his will duly admitted to probate he devised to Mrs Johns for life [[strikethrough]] subject to the terms of the marriage agreement [[/strikethrough]] the three houses in question as will appear from extract of will herewith the rents of which were from that time until the seizure received by me as Trustee under said deed.

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The marriage settlement expressly secured to Mrs Johns a separate Estate in the property to be subsequently acquired by her - and this provision was in fact suggested to me by a knowledge of the fact that Mr. Southgate had made a liberal bequest to her, and after his death Bishop Johns in compliance with a covernant of the deed, executed a more formal declaration of trust in reference to said acquired property for the better assuring thereof which I held, although there can be no doubt that under the deed itself she holds a separate Estate in the property and that I am vested with all the rights of Trustee therein prescribed in the deed, having the legal tittle thereto and possession thereof but accountable to Mrs Johns as if she were a fems sole for the [[strikethrough]] property [[/strikethrough]] profits thereof.

I would further state that the Tenement No. 5 had in it furniture belonging to Mrs Louisa Beall widow of Revd. Upton