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The Will of Nancy Langdon, dated 11 May 1860

This is the Last Will and testament of me Nancy Langdon of Camelford in the County of Cornwall Widow. I give devise and bequeath all my real and personal Estate Money and securities for Money unto Richard Rowe and Elijah Rowe both of the parish of Lanteglos by Camelford in the said County Yeomen their heirs executors administrators and assigns. Upon Trust in the first place to pay and discharge out of my personal estate my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and also to discharge the sum of Two hundred and fifty Pounds and interest now charged on my real estate. And should my personal estate prove insufficient for that purpose I hereby authorise my said Trustees to sell and dispose of my right and interest in the lands of Kings Down or any of my messuages lands and hereditaments in the parishes of Tintagel Saint Teath and Lanteglos by Camelford and out of the proceeds of such sale or sales (if any) first to pay off and discharge the sum of four hundred and fifty pounds and interest or such part thereof as shall remain unpaid and to execute any deed or deeds of the conveyance of the property so sold and to give receipts for the purchase money or moneys shall be a sufficient discharge in the purchase or purchases for their respective purchase Moneys And next to pay the surplus (if any) unto my second son Richard Jolliffe Langdon I devise my estate call Pethicks situate in the parish of Tremaine in the said County unto my Son John Langdon and his heirs and should he die without issue lawfully begotten then I devise the same unto my said second Son Richard Jolliffe Langdon and his assigns during his natural life and after his decease I give and devise the same unto my four Grandchildren Richard Rowe Elisabeth Rowe Elijah Rowe and Anna Maria Rowe (sons and Daughters of John Bawden Rowe now in the Colony of New Zealand and to their respective heirs and assigns as tenants in common and not as joint tenants. And I also give and bequeath unto my said four Grandchildren and the survivors or survivor of them a legacy of twenty Pounds sterling share and share alike. And I direct my said Trustee to hold the same sum in trust for them until they respectively shall attain the age of twenty one years or shall marry. I give devise and bequeath the remainder of my real and personal estate unto my said Son Richard Jolliffe Langdon and his heirs. And should he die without issue lawfully begotten then I devise and bequeath the same unto my said four Grandchildren Richard Rowe Elizabeth Rowe Elijah Rowe and Anna Maria Rowe their respective heirs and assigns as tenants in common and not as joint tenants. Provided always And I hereby declare that if my said son Richard Jolliffe Langdon shall at any time require a sum of Money for advancement in his Business then I empower my said Trustees upon receiving reasonable Notice in writing from him of his requiring Money for that purpose to sell the residue of my real estate situate in the parishes of Tintagel Saint Teath and Lanteglos by Camelford and to execute any deed or deeds thereof and to give receipts as aforeseaid. And the Money to arise from such sale or sales (if any) after paying all expenses attending the same to be paid unto my said Son Richard Jolliffe Langdon for his use as aforesaid An I hereby further declare that my said Trustees shall be chargeable only with such Moneys as they or he respectively shall actually receive and shall not be answerable the one for the other of them nor for any Banker Broker or other person in whose hand any of the Trust Moneys shall be place or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any Stocks Funds Shares or securities or otherwise for involuntary losses And my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being may reimburse themselves or himself out of the Moneys which shall come by their or his hands or hand under the trusts aforesaid all expenses to be incurred in or about the aforesaid Trusts And I appoint the said Richard Rowe and Elijah Rowe executors of this my last will.
In Witness whereof I the said Nancy Langdon the Testatrix have hereafter set my hand this eleventh day of May One thousand eight hundred and sixty
 
Witnessed by the said Testatrix as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us both present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses
Gerrance Pethick of Camelford Accountant
Thomas Symons of Tintagel

 
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Transcribed by Tina Russell from a document in the Malcolm McCarthy Collection