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Will of Thomas Stephens, dated 4 November 1724
St Austle
10th May 1725
Thomas Stephens
In the name of God Amen I Thomas Stephens of the parish of St
Austell in the County of Cornwall
yeoman being of perfect mind and memory thanks be unto God and calling
to mind the uncertain Estate
of this transitory life doe make and ordaine and declare this my last
Will and Testament in manner and forme
following Revoking hereby all former Wills and Testaments by me made
either by word or in writing and
first being penitent and sorry for my sins past most humbly desiring
forgiveness for the same, I give and
remitt my Soule unto Almighty God in whom by the Merritts of my Saviour
Jesus Christ I trust and believe
assuredly to be saved and to have full remission of my sins, and my Body
I comitt to Christian Buryall to
be decently interred. I give and bequeath unto my dear wife
Temperance my best Bedd whereon I comonly
lodge with the Bedd stead & furniture to the same belonging, & also I
give & devise unto my said wife twenty
pounds to be payed unto her one Month after my Death by my Executor
hereafter named, Item I give and devise and
bequeath unto my sons Edward, Robert, Joseph and Benjamin ten
pounds Apiece to be payed unto them
Severally at the End of One yeare after my death by my Exorr hereafter
named, Item I give and bequeath unto my
youngest son John Stephens fifteen pounds to be also payed unto
him One yeare after my death by my
executor, Item I give & bequeath unto my four Grand- children the
children of my sons Thomas Stephens and Robert
Stephens twenty shillings apeice to bee payed them or to their
parents for their ............. Uses One yeare
After my death, I hereby give devise & bequeath unto my said Wife
Temperance the sum of Six pounds
yearly & every year during her normall Life by four equall Quarterly
payments every year from my death
free of all rates taxes & ............ whatsoever by my Exorr hereafter
named, and I do hereby subject &
make lyable All my messuages, Lands and Tenems to the payment of the
same, and I do charge my Exorr
to ............. the paymt of the same (Which he hath promised to doo)
to the good liking of Mr Henry Hawkins
within One Month after my death, Item All the rest of my Goods and
Chattells Lands & Tenems , rights
& Creditts not herein before given or bequeathed (my debts & Legacies
being first payed) I give devise & bequeath
unto my First Son Thomas Stephens & him & this my last Will &
Testament I nominate constitute & appoint
my whole & sole Executor, In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my
hand & Seale this fourth day
of November Anno Domini 1724
Signed Sealed published & declared
to bee his last Will & Testamt in our
prsence & by us attested in his prsence
& at his Request
Henry Hawkins (signed)
Walter Higman (signed)
Thomas Bond (signed) |
Thomas Stephens
(signed) |
A true & Just Inventory of all the Goods & Chatteles
of Thomas Stephens of the pish of St
Austell in the County of Cornwall yeoman who parted this life the 14th
Day of Aprill 1725 as follows
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d |
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| In primus his purse Girdle & wearing apparel |
04 |
00 |
00 |
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| Itm fourer oxen & two steers |
12 |
00 |
00 |
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| Fiffty sheepp & twenty Lambs |
07 |
10 |
00 |
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| Three cows three heifer & on mule on colt &
calfe |
07 |
10 |
00 |
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| three young hoggs |
00 |
04 |
00 |
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| fower bedds furnished on Dozen of pewter Dishes
& eleven pewter plates |
05 |
00 |
00 |
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| three brass panns & two milk panns fower brass
potts |
04 |
00 |
00 |
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| Two table boards & frames on press & six Chairs |
01 |
05 |
00 |
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| for Omplyments for oxen & Plow Stuff & things
not seen |
01 |
01 |
00 |
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| praysed by us the 28th Day of April 1725 |
42 |
10 |
00 |
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John Rosevare (signed)
the signe of
Henry Lewly
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