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Probate Copy Will of Stephen Giles, dated 8 October
1747
In the Name of God Amen. I Stephen Giles of the
Parish of Roach in the County of Cornwall yeoman being somewhat
indisposed in Body but of Sound mind and memory (praised be God for it)
Do constitute ordain and make this my last Will and Testament in manner
and form following hereby revoking all former Wills and Testaments by me
at any time heretofore made.
Imprimis I do with all humble Submission to the divine pleasure resine
my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God my Creator in full hopes of
receiving pardon of all my Sins and being made partaker of Eternal Bliss
by all the Sufficient merits and powerfull intercession of my Blessed
Saviour Christ Jesus
Item I bequeath my Body to the Earth to be decently interred at the
Charge of my Executor hereinafter named
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my son Stephen this my dwelling house I
now live in, Oxen House and the Garden the three Bootsions, the higher
meadow, the little meadow in Lowertown, three acres in the Higher End of
the Great Close, the one park and the little furse Brake under after my
decease, and liberty to take out of the Ground all the potatoes that
shall be in it at my decease and all places above the Court gate for
making Dung, and all the Lumber Stuff alike Between Stephen and my son
Richard, all outgoing to be paid alike and Equal. And likewise to
Stephen the Bee Garden.
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my son Cornelius the Sum of three pounds
at the end of one year after my decease to be paid by my Executor
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my son William the sum of Forty Shillings
to be paid by my Executor Twelve months after my decease
Item I Give unto my son Richard all the rest of my Estate in Colebiggan
that have not been Bequeathed to Stephen but not to be sold without the
consent of Stephen after my decease and all my Estate in Griglands after
my decease
Item I Give to my Daughter Prudence Forty shillings to be paid by my
Executor at the End of Twelve months after my decease
Item all the rest and residue of my Goods and Chattels and personal
Estate not before Given I devise unto my son John whom I make and
appoint my whole and sole Executor Excepting the two fields in Withiel
called by the name of Catergates after his decease unto Cornelius and
William so equal in and throughout
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Eighth day
of October One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty and Seven and likewise all
the .... I acknowledge and the easier Stephen and Richard
Signed Sealed Published and
declared by the
said Testator to be his last Will and Testament
in our presence and by us as witnesses in
his presence |
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The Sign of Stephen Giles (sealed) |
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Josias Phillipps
Witness by me Thomas Hore |
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The within written Will of the within named Stephen
Giles was Proved in common Forme Before the Reverend Mr Jonathan Baron
Clk Surrogate etc 18 Decr 1747 and admion of the Goods etc of the said
Decd and of all things howsoever concerning the said Will was Granted to
the Exor. therein named being first Sworn etc Saveing etc. No Inventry
Exhibited
| The within written Will is a true Copy Examined
and Compared with the Original |
| this Twentyeth Day of December 1747 by
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John Bennett |
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John Blight |
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