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Will of William Samwell,
dated 12 May 1735
Lanlivery
9th May 1737
The Will and bond upon the admion of the Goods and so
forth of William SAMWELL, Gent deced Granted to Rebecca
SAMWELL, one of the Trustees in this Will named (a power
being reserve’d of Granting the Like admion to John
TRUEBODY Gent anoer Trustee in this Will also named:
whenever he shall think fit to take the Same upon
himself) John HONEY Gent, the other trustee in the said
Will named being prsent
in Court first Renouncing) She being first in due form
of Law Sworne) Saving and so forth.
The admix & was Sworne
before Mr Daniel BANDRIS
Clerk, Surrogate & Soe forth.
Know all men by these presents that we Rebecca SAM[WELL]
of the pish of Lanlivery in the County of Cornwall Widow
Anthony SPERNON of Lostwithiell Gent and John HUET of
the pish of Warleggan in the Said County Yeoman are held
& firmly bound to the worshipfull Charles FLEETWOOD
Doctor of Laws Archdeacon of Archdeaconry of Cornwall
Lawfully Constituted in the Sume of one Thousand pounds
of Good & Lawfull money of Geat Brittain to be paid to
ye Said Charles FLEETWOOD or his Certain Attorney his
Execrs Admrs or assigns, to which payment well and Truly
to be made we oblige our Selves & Each of us by himselfe
for ye whole our & Each & every of our Heirs Execrs &
Admrs joyntly & Severally firmly by these presents
Sealed with our Seales Dated the Ninth day of May in ye
Fouth year of ye reign of our Soveraign Lord George the
Second by ye Grace of God of Great Brittain France &
Ireland King Defender of ye faith and soe forth, and in
the
Year of our Lord 1737.
The Condition of this Obion is Such that if ye
abovebounden Rebecca SAMWELL being admitted to ye
administration of all and Singular the Goods, Rights,
Creditts & Chattles of one William SAMWELL Late of ye
pish of Lanlivery within ye Archdeaconry of Cornwall
Deced with his Will annexed Doe make or Cause to be made
a now & perfect Inventory of all & Singular the Goods,
Rights, Creditts, & Chattles of ye Said Deced, which
have Come to the Hands possion or knowledge of her the
Said Rebecca SAMWELL or into ye Hands & possesion of any
other Person or pson[s]
for her and ye Same So made doe Exhibite or Cause to be
Exhibited into the Registry of ye Archdry Court of
Cornwall at or before ye Last day of August next
Ensueing and ye Same Goods Rights, Creditts & Chattles &
all other the Goods, Rights, Creditts & Chattles of the
Said Deced, which at anytime hereafter Shall Come to ye
hands possession or Knowledge of ye Said Rebecca SAMWELL
or into ye Hands & possion of any other pson or Psons
for her doe well & Truly administrator according to Law
& the Tenor & Contents of the Said Will. And further doe
make or Cause to be made a true, perfect & Just account
of her Said Admion at Such times as She the Said Rebecca
SAMWELL shall be there unto Lawfully required ; Then
this obion to be void and of none Effect, or Else to
remain in full force and virtue
Signe of Rebecca SAMWELL
Sealed and Delivered in presence of
Willm SLADE
Autho: SPERNON
John HUETT
In the Name of God Amen I William SAMWELL of the Paraish
of Lanlivery in the County of Cornwall Gent being sick &
weak of Body but of a Sound & Disposeing Mind & Memory &
Calling to mind the uncertainty of this life doe make &
ordain this my last Will & Testament In Manner
following.
Imprimis I give Devise Bequeath & Confirm unto my Dear
Wife Rebecca SAMWELL The annuity of fifty Pounds pr
annum setled on her by the Articles of Agreement entred
into before our Marriage bearing date the Twentieth day
of February year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred
and sixteen and I likewise give & Devise unto her one
Guinea, and the Horse she usualy Rides upon, The Bed she
lieth in performed and all such Houshold Goods &
Houshold Furniture & Linnen as she my said wife shall
think fitting necessary & Convenient for her own use to
be after my Decease by her made Choice of.
Item I Give Devise & Bequeath unto my Neice Martha
COLLIER the Sum of Ten Shillings to be by her Paid out
in a Morning Ring to be worn in Remembrance of me and I
likewise give & Bequeath unto my Servant William PEAWDEN
the sum of five shillings if he shall be living with me
at the Time of my Death.
Item Whereas I am now Seised in Fee Simple or of some
other Indefeaziable Estate of Inheritance of and in
Several Messuages Lands & Tenements called by the Names
of Grediow and Hill Parkes Situate & lying within the
Parish of Lanlivery aforesaid and am likewise possessed
of & Interested in a Considerable Personal Estate
Consisting of Cattle, Corn in the Mowhay & in the Ground
Plaite Houshold Goods Debts Standing out & Securities
for money And whereas by the said Articles of Agreement
It was among Things Covenanted & Provided that the
Trustees in the said articles for that Purpose Named &
appointed were out of the Rents Issues & Profits or by
the Leaseing of Certain Lands called Pill & Blowhan [Bloughan]
in the said articles for that purpose Charged with the
same to raise the sum of six hundred pounds after the
death & decease of me and my said wife as a future
Maintainance & Provision for such Younger Children as I
should leave behind me at the Time of my death. I
Therefore give Devise assign and Bequeath unto John
TRUEBODY of Boscundle Gent. John HONY of Trenant Gent.
and To my said wife and to the Survivor and Survivors of
them and the Heirs Executors & administrators of them or
of such of them as shall respectively take upon them the
Burthen of the Execution of this my Will All and
Singular the said Lands & Tenements called Grediow and
Hill Parkes and all other my Personal Estate & Effects
whatsoever In Trust. Nevertheless & upon this Condition
and upon this Esposical Confidence that they the said
John TRUEBODY John HONY and my said Dear wife Rebecca
SAMWELL or such of them respectively as shall take upon
them the burthen of this Trust do and shall from Time To
Time during the Minority of William SAMUELL my Younger
Son & of Dinah my Daughter apply the Rents Issues &
Profits of the said Messuages Lands & Personal Estate
for & Toward the necessary Support Maintainance &
Education of them the said William & Dinah in such
manner & Ocopation as my said Trustees shall think fit &
Convenient untill the youngest of my said Children shall
attain the full age of one & Twenty Years which said
Maintanance & Education I do hereby declare my Intent &
meaning is to be made them as a satisfaction & in lieu
of the Sum of fifteen Pounds pr annum setled on & to be
paid them the said Dinah & William as my Younger
Children by the said Articles of Agreement And from &
after the said Children William & Dinah shall attain his
& her Respective age of one & Twenty Years that from
thence & upon this further Trust & Confidence that they
the said Trustees & the Survivor of them & the Heirs of
such Survivours do & shall either by Sale of or leasing
of the said Lands & Tenements called Grediow & Hill
Parkes raise for them my said Children at their said
respective ages the sum of Three Hundred Pounds each, or
so much money as with the sale of my Personal Effects
Estate shall be sufficient To make up that Sum My said
Children Dinah & William first of all respectively
Releaseing unto my son John SAMWELL and at his Expence
all his & her respective Right Title Interest and Claim
of in & unto the Sum of Six hundred Pounds Payable to
them by the said Marriage articles of Agreement out of
the said Lands of Pill & Blowhan But & if my sd son John
shall pay them respectively the said sum of three
hundred pounds that then my will & meaning is my said
son shall have the said Lands called Grediow & Hill
Parkes.
Item I give & Bequeath unto my said son John SAMWELL my
Seal Gold ring
Item Lastly I doe hereby further devise that they the
said John TRUEBODY John HONY & my said Dear wife whom I
make Executors of this my last Will and Testament In
Trust and for the several Purposes aforesaid do and
shall if they shall think the same necessary sell &
Dispose of my Stock Cattle Corn & Houshold Goods (my
said Dear wife first makeing her Election of what she
pleaseth to take & accept of) and Place the money
ariseing by Sale thereof out at Interest on the best
Security can be got for the same and apply the said
Interest and Produce thereof for & Toward the education
& maintanance of my said Younger Children William &
Dinah in such manner as the Rents Issues & Profits of
the said Lands of Grediow & Hill Parkes are herein
before directed to be applied & laid out In Witness
whereof to this my last Will & Testament being written
on Two Sheets of Paper I have Set my hand & Seal To the
bottom of each sheet the Twelfth day of May in the
eighth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King
George the second and in the Year of our Lord one
Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty five.
William SAMWELL
Sealed Published & Declared by the said William SAMWELL
the Testator to be his last Will & Testament In the
Presence of us who subscribed our Names as
witnesses thereto In the said Testators Presence and In
the Presence of each other of us
Anthony SPERNAN
William BOADEIL
& James HAWKEY
N.B. Words in italics within brackets are
inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source: CRO Ref AP/S/3924
Contributed by Grantley Hutchens
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