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Will of Selina Hamley dated 30 November 1863
 

(Document 1)
THIS IS THE WILL of me SELINA HAMLEY of Bodmin Widow I give and bequeath unto the 3 daughters of my sister Jane Manley the sum of £200 each To Jodeph Hamley son of Edmund Gilbert Hamley the sum of £50 the picture of his grandfather and my plated forks and spoons To Joseph Osbertus Hamley son of my late husband I give the plate and silver articles which were his late fathers To Flora and Louisa Hamley and to Francis Hamley son of Francis Gilbert Hamley I give the sum of £5 each To Melloney and Ellen Collins daughters of my nephew John Basset Collins I give £25 each and to the said John Basset Collins I give my timepiece as an affectionate remembrance of me To my kind friends Mary and Sarah Childs of Liskeard I give £5 each ALL the residue of my property money securities for money personal to my estate and effects whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my dear sister Jane Manley and I appoint her sole Executrix of this my will Dated 30th November 1863
Selina Hamley
Signed and published by the said Selina Hamley as and for her will in the presence of us present at the same time who in her presence and presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses
Bessey Scobell Collins
Thomas Q Couch
 
THIS IS A CODICIL to my WILL I give my nephew William Courtney Wriford the sum of £50 of lawful money and I direct the same and also the legacies given by my will to be paid at the end of 6 months after my decease and I hereby confirm my within Will in all other respects Dated 12th February 1864
Selina Hamley
SIGNED and acknowledged by the said Selina Hamley as a codicil to her will in the presence of us present at the same time who in her presence and the the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses
Jno Basset Collins
Hannah Osborne

(Document 2)
THE DISTRICT REGISTRY AT BODMIN
IN HER MAJESTIES COURT OF PROBATE
BE IT KNOW, that on the 4th day of April 1864, the Last will and testament with one codicil, hereunto annexed (N.B. annexed documents not found), of Selina Hamley late of Bodmin Widow deceased, who died on the 18th March 1864 who at the time of her death had a fixed place of abode at Bodmin aforesaid within the District of the County of Cornwall, was proved, and registered in the District Registry attached to Her Majesties Court of Probate at Bodmin, and that administration of all and singular the personal estate and effects of the said deceased, was granted by the aforesaid Court to Jane Manley widow her sister and sole Executrix named in the said will, she having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same by paying the just debts of the deceased and legacies contained in her Will and Codicil and to exhibit a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said estate and effects, and to render a just and true account thereof whenever required by the law so to do Given at Bodmin under the seal of my office
Jno Basset Collins District Registrar
Extracted by the Executrix in person
Sworn under £1500 and that the Testatrix died on the 18th March 1864

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Transcribed from a document in the Malcolm McCarthy Collection