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Will of Thomas Harris dated 22 April 1818

Stamp Office Copy of the Will of Thomas Harris late of Calstock in the County of Cornwall deceased
 
Executor (acting) William Harris of Calstock in the County of Cornwall Yeoman
 
Proved in the Principal Registry of the Lord Bishop of Exeter the 3d. July 1818
 
Effects sworn under £450.

FORMS of AFFIDAVITS to be required and received from Persons, applying for Probates of Wills and Letters of Administration, of the value of the Personal Estate and Effects of the Deceased

No. 1. For Executors

William Harris of Calstock in the County of Cornwall yeoman one of the Executors named in the last Will and Testament of Thomas Harris late of the same place yeoman deceased who died on the 22nd.Day of April 1818 maketh Oath and saith that he hath made diligent searchand due enquiry after and in respect of the Personal Estate and Effects of the said Deceased, in order to ascertain the full amount and value thereof; and that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, the whole of the Goods, Chattles, and Credits, of which the said Deceased died possessed within the Diocese of Exeter (exclusive of what the Deceased may heave been possessed of, or intitled to as a Trustee for any other Person or Persons, and not beneficially, but including the Leasehold Estates for years of the Deceased, whether absolute ordeterminable on Lives, and without deducting any thing on account of the Debts due and owing from the Deceased), are under the Value of £450 And this Deponent further saith that the said Deceased had no Personal Estate and Effects at the time of his decease within the province of York to which this Deponent need to Adminster.

Sworn on the third Day of July 1818 before me		William Harris (signed)
	Wm.Elford a Commr. (signed)

Every such Affidavit to be exempt from Stamp Duty, and to be transmitted to the Commissioners of Stamps, together with the Copy of the Will, to which it shall relate, under a Penalty of £50.

N.B. Hand-written insertions (shown in italics) in a pre-printed form. Words in both italics and brackets are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)

Will (Hand-written)

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Harris of Calstock being now in a sound mind but as I believe in dyeing state give unto my dear wife till my Children are of age the Interest of my Effects if she remains a Widow, but if she marrieys for to be divided between my Children as follows, that is I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Marria Sixty Pounds and to come in beside equal share alike with the rest of the Children that may Survive till they are all of age and if either dies to come to the Survivors, All my Goods and Effects I Give unto my Brother William Harris and Mr. John Proctor as Trusts for my Children to see it divided between them as above and if my wife gets married to have nothing to do with Interest or principal, the Bed that I lie on I Give to my Daughter Marria besides what is mentioned above, and after my decease my desire is to be carried home and Interred in the parish yard at Calstock as near to my Son as possible and to have a head stone included both on it with the Inscription of an Industrious Father, and all my Effects to be put out on good Security
 
Sign'd Sealed and Deliver'd this 22d. day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen

Exd. Thos:Wilcock

N.B. Words in both italics and brackets are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:- LDS film number 2276068

 
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