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Will of Thomas Hooper, dated August 1850
St Cleer 30 December 1850
Will of Thomas Hooper Blacksmith deceased proved in common form before
John Wallis Clerk A M Official &c
And Admin of all and singular the Goods &c of the said deceased and any
way concerning the said Will was granted to Mary Hooper the Widow of the
said deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will, Being first
sworn Saving &c.
Effects sworn under £200 Died 10 September 1850
Stamp £2
Preston Wallis
by Registrar
This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Hooper of the Parish of
Saint Cleer in the County of Cornwall Blacksmith I give and devise All
that piece or parcel of Land enclosed containing one acre and four Poles
or thereabouts be the same more or less formerly part of Common Moor
situate and lying in the said Parish of Saint Cleer which I lately
mortgaged to Ann Roskilly Broad for securing Fifty Pounds and Interest
together with the dwelling Houses Erections and buildings erected and
made on the said piece or parcel of Land I also give devise and bequeath
All my Dwelling Houses Smiths Shop Outhouses and Garden situate in the
said Parish of Saint Cleer in the occupation of John Hooper and all
other my Leasehold Premises in the said Parish Unto and to the use of
John Daniel of the Parish of Saint Cleer Butcher
his Executors Administrators and Assigns Upon the Trusts hereinafter
declared that is to say Upon Trust as to for and concerning the said
Piece of Land situate and formerly part of Common Moor with all the
Erections Dwelling Houses and buildings thereon (subject to and charged
with the payment of the Mortgage Money and Interest due thereon and to
the payment of ten Pounds which I owe Mr Thomas Kelly and the Interest
thereon and to the payment of Thirty Pounds to my son William Hooper at
the end of Seven years without Interest But in case of a Sale as
hereinafter mentioned the said Sum of Thirty Pounds to be paid when the
Purchase Money is settled) Unto my Son Thomas Hooper his Heirs and
Assigns forever And as to the Dwelling Houses Smiths Shop Outhouses and
Garden situate in the said Parish of Saint Cleer Upon Trust to let the
same (save the Dwelling House in my possession which I give to my Wife
during my Interest therein) to my Son John Hooper or to any other person
or persons for a Term not exceeding Seven Years to commence from the
first quarter day next after my death at such Rent as my said Trustee
his Executors or Administrators may think reasonable and after paying
thereout the Conventionary Rent and the expences of keeping the same in
repair and other incidental Expences do and shall pay two third parts of
such surplus Rents towards reducing the Mortgage debt thereon and the
remaining thirdpart of such surplus Rents I direct shall be paid to my
Wife during her Life If my Interest therein shall so long continue And
after the Mortgage debt thereon has been paid I give the said two third
parts of the Surplus Rent aforesaid to Samuel Hooper his Executors
Administrators and Assigns Provided always and I hereby authorize my
said Trustee his Executors administrators or assigns to sell all the
said Freehold and Leasehold hereditaments and Premises and to join in
making and Transfer of the Mortgages thereon for the purpose of paying
off All Incumbrances thereon and in that case as to my Freehold
hereditaments situate in Common Moor after payment of the mortgage Money
and Interest and the Sum of Ten Pounds and Interest to the said Thomas
Kelly and Thirty Pounds to my son William as aforesaid to pay the
remainder Unto my son Thomas Hooper his Executors administrators and
Assigns And as to my Leasehold dwelling Houses Outhouses and Garden save
the House given to my said Wife I direct my said Trustee to pay out of
the proceeds of the Sale thereof the Mortgage Money and Interest due
thereon And subject thereto Upon trust to pay to my Wife One third of
the Surplus Money and to pay to my Son the said Samuel Hooper the
remaining two thirds of such Surplus Money All the residue of my
Property I give to my said Wife subject to the payment of such debts as
I may owe (save the debts before mentioned) funeral and testamentary
Expenses And I appoint my said Wife Sole Executrix of this my Will And
for all the purposes of this my Will I declare that the Receipt of my
said Trustee shall be good and sufficient discharges for the Money in
such Receipt expressed and that the person paying the same shall not be
afterwards answerable for the misapplication thereof or liable to see to
the application thereof or to enquire If any sale of transfer of
Mortgage is necessary In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this day of August one thousand Eight
hundred and fifty
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Testator in the
presence of us present at the same time who at his request and in his
presence have subscribed our names as Witnesses
Wm Clark
Richard G Ellery |
The Mark of Thomas
Hooper |
In the Archdeaconry Court of Cornwall
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In the Goods, &c. of Thomas Hooper late of the Parish
of St Cleer
Blacksmith deceased |
Appeared personally Richard Gibbings Ellery
of the Borough of Liskeard in the County of Cornwall,
Accountant and made oath that he is one of the subscribed Witnesses
to the last Will and Testament of Thomas Hooper late of the
Parish of St Cleer Blacksmith deceased, now hereunto annexed,
beginning thus, - " This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas
Hooper of the Parish of Saint Cleer in the County of Cornwall blacksmith
"
ending thus, - "In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal this day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty"
and thus subscribed, - "The mark of Thomas Hooper"
And that this deponent and William Clark and
the other subscribed
Witness to the same Will, were present at the same time when the said
deceased, on the twenty ninth day of August I850 wrote and subscribed
his name mark to the said Will, and this
Deponent and the said William Clark and subscribed their names thereto,
in the presence of the said Testator and of each other, as Witnesses
thereof.
Richard G Ellery
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