17 July 1837, London
I Richard Henry Bonnycastle now a Captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers and being at this present of sound mind do declare this my last will and testament.
I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Frances all my property of every description whatsoever for her sole use and benefit during her lifetime should she survive me and after her decease in that case to be equally divided amongst my four daughters Charlotte, Henrietta, Catherine Anne and Louisa Bonnycastle issue of us the aforesaid Richard Henry and Frances Bonnycastle or to the survivors.
And I appoint as my Executors my Brothers Humphrey and Charles Bonnycastle and my esteemed friend G.W. Marriott of the House of Cox and Co with whom I leave this document this day of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven the seventeenth of July at London.
[signed] R.H. Bonnycastle
Witness -- Alexr Cleland