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Will of Henry Brenton, dated 24 September 1880

I Henry Brenton of Cristoe in the parish of Saint Columb Major in the county of Cornwall Farmer do declare this to be my last Will I direct that my Debts may be paid as may be after my decease All my real and personal Estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature a tenure Soever I give devise and bequeath unto my wife Sophia Brenton and my son Francis Brenton their Heirs Executors Administrators and assigns respectively in equal Shares and proportions as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and I appoint my said wife and son Executors of this my said Will In Witness whereof I the said Henry Brenton the Testator have to this my last Will Set my hand this twenty fourth day of September one thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty

Henry Brenton

Signed by the Testator in the joint presence of us who thereupon Signed and
named in his and each other presence as witnesses.
(signed) Wm Moorman Surgeon (signed) Gertrude Barry
 
Probate
The District registry at BODMIN.
In Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice
BE IT KNOWN, that the date hereunder written, the last Will and
Testaments --------------------(a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed)
of Henry Brenton, late of the parish of Saint Columb Major in the County of Cornwall Farmer deceased who died on the 29th day of September 1880,
at Saint Columb Major aforesaid
and
who at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode at Saint Columb
Major aforesaid
within the District
of the County of Cornwall
was proved and registered in the District registry attached to the Probate Division
of Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice at Bodmin and that Administration of the personal estate of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Sophia Brenton, Widow, the Relict and Francis Brenton the Son
the Executors
named in the said Will they having been first sworn well and
faithfully to administer the same.
(signed) Jno. Basset Collins
District Registrar

Dated the 13th day of January 1881
 
(In far left margin)
(Stamp) CHIEF OFFICE 3-12-80 (seal)
 
Personal estate under
£ 200

(In left margin)
Extracted by Whitford & Sons Solicitors St Columb

 
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Transcribed by Philip Green from a document in the Malcolm McCarthy Collection