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The Will of John Coad, dated 2 August 1787
In the Name of God Amen I John Coad of the Parish of
St Ive and County of Cornwall yeoman being not well in Bodily Health but
of Perfect Mind and Memory Praised be God do make and ordaine this my
Last Will and Testament in Manner and forme Following first I Bequeath
my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God hopeing for Salvation thereof by
and Through the Merrits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer and my Body I
Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in Decent Cristian Buriel at the
Discretion of my Executors and as touching such Goods Estates and
Chattels where with it hath Pleased God to Bless me with in this Life I
Give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following Manner.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Dearly Beloved Wife the Living in my
House and the two Little parks and Edmonds Park During Her Life if her
Lives in the House and my Little gray Mare and the Bed and Furniture
that I Lye on and half the Furniture in the House and the Best Cow and
an Estate called Bodway in the Parish of Menheniot in her Disposal and
Thirty Pounds in money
Item I Give and Bequeath to my three Sisters and my two Sisters Children
that are dead one Hundred Pounds to be Divided Equally between them
Share and Share Alike
Item I Give to John Mutton my old Servant Man one Ginie and my Market
Cote and to Mary Mutton My Servant Maide one Ginie and to my Servant Man
Richd Sowden two Ginies and my new Market Cote and to Richd Kelly one
Ginie all these above legacies are to be paid in Six Months after my
Decease.
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Brother Richd Coad Milland in the
Parish of St Ive and my Best sute of clothes
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my two Brothers Robert Coad and Rich Coad
and their Heirs or Assigns for ever my Estates called Cheraton and
Folemore in the parish of St Ive, Share and Share Alike Except that part
of Cheraton which I have Given to my wife before.
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my two Brothers Robert Coad and Rich Coad
all my Stock Corne and Impliments of Husbandry whome I make and ordaine
to be my Hole and Sole Executors Share and Share Alike and to pay my
onest Depts and legacies herein mentioned. I do hereby Revoke all Former
Wills by me Made, Witness my Hand and Seale this Second Day of August in
the year of Our Lord 1787.
Signed Sealed Published and Declared
By the said John Coad as his Last Will
and Testament in the Presents of us the
Subscribers |
(signed) John Coad (sealed) |
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(signed) James Bennicke
(signed) Robert Deeble
(signed) Edward Pearce |
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N.B. Words in italics within brackets are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
CRO Ref : AP/C/4157
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