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The Will of Simon Slade, dated 1 May 1776
St Michael Carhayes
21st June 1776
The Will of one Simon
Slade lately Deced Proved
in Common form before
the Revd Mr Edmund Powell
Clerk Bachelor of Arts
Surrogate Etc
And Admion of
the Goods etc of the said Deced &
of all things howsoever
Concerning the said Will was
Granted to William Slade
Esqr. Peter Thomas & William
Jacob Three of the Executors in
Trust named in the said Will
(A Power being Reserved &
Granting the like Admion to
Isabella Slade the Widow of the
said Deced & the other Execr in
Trust also named in the said Will
when ever she shod think Proper
to take the same upon herself)
/being first Sworn etc./ Saving
etc
No Inventry
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN
I Simon Slade of the parish of St. Michael Carhayse in
the County of
Cornwall being weak in Body but of sound and perfect Mind Memory and
Understanding Thanks be to God for the same do make and Ordain this my
last
Will and Testament in manner and form following First I resign my Soul
into
the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body to the Earth to be decently
buried at the Discretion of my Executors hereinafter Named. And as to
the Worldly
Goods and Effects which the Lord has been pleased to bless me with I
give and
dispose of them as follows
Imprimus I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved Wife Isabella
five Guineas to be
paid her at my decease; the further Sum of fifty Pounds to be paid her
by my
eldest son Simon at the End of Six Months after my
decease, and twenty five Pounds
pr Year, to commence at my Death, and to be paid Quarterly out of
Treberricks so long
as she lives.
Also I give and devise to my Son Simon All that my
Messuage and Tenement situate
lying and being in the Parish of St. Ewe call'd or known by the Name of
Bulsue
formerly in the Possession of Joseph Seccombe, to hold to him my said
Son
Simon and his Assigns until he becomes posses'd of the
Lands of Levessick in the
Parish of St. Austle by the Death of Mrs Mary Carkeet Widow, and from
and
after the Death of the said Mary Carkeet, and he becomes possessed of
the said Lands
of Levessick aforesaid he shall hold the said Tenement call'd Bulsue for
the
space of one whole Year and no longer and from and after the Expiration
of one
Year, I give and devise the same to my younger Son Peter
his Heirs and Assigns
for ever.
Also I give and bequeath to my said Son Simon All that
my Messuage and Tenement
call'd by the Name of Trelissick, and all those my Messuages and
Tenements
calld by the Name of the two Polgraines, to hold unto my said Son
Simon so long
as the lives shall live, charged and chargeable however with the Payment
of such
Legacyes and Annuities as is herein mentioned. Also I give and bequeath
to my
said Son Simon one half of all my Corn Cattle and
Implements of Husbandry
(except one Sorrel Horse which is to be the Sole Property of my Son
Peter) to hold to
him and his Assigns for ever.
Also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ann the Wife of
William Ricket eight Pounds
Pr Year so long as She lives; but if She becomes a Widow eighteen Pounds
a year
during her Widowhood, to be paid her by my Son Simon
out of the Estates to
him bequeathed as aforesaid.
Also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth
eighteen Pounds a Year until she
shall attain the Age of twenty one Years, to be paid by my Executors out
of my
Estate called Betty's Govily in the Parish of Cuby: and when she attains
the Age of
twenty one Years, I give and bequeath to her my said Estate called
Betty's Govily
to hold to her and her Assigns so long as the lives shall live, and one
hundred
and fifty Pounds in Money, one half to be paid by my Son Simon, and
the other half by my Executors hereinafter named.
Lastly All the Rest, Residue and Remainder of my Personal Estate Goods
and Chattles of what Nature kind or Quality soever (not herein before
given and bequeathed) I give and bequeath the same to Isabella
my Wife,
William Slade Esqr of Gorran, Peter Thomas
of Ruanlanihorne Gent.
and William Jacob of the Borough of Tregony
Schoolmaster (in trust
for my younger Son Peter) whom I doe nominate constitute and appoint
joint Executors in trust for my said Son Peter of this
my last Will and Testament.
And if it shall happen that either of my Sons shall die before the Age
of
twenty one Years then his part of my Effects herein given and bequeathed
shall become the sole Property of the Survivor; and I do hereby revoke
all
former and other Wills by me at any Time heretofore made.
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my Hand
and Seal, and have published and declared this to be my last Will
and Testament this first day of May 1776
SIGNED sealed published and declared
by the within named Simon Slade to be his
last Will and testament in the Presence of
us who have hereunto subscribed our Names
as Witnesses in the Presence of the
said Simon Slade and of each other
Elizabeth Slade (her mark) |
the sign of
Simon Slade |
Ester Pearce (signed)
William Stanway (signed) |
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