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The Will of John Richards, dated 4 January 1780
Sithney
15th August 1780
The Will of One
John Richards lately
Deced, Proved in Common
form before the Revd
Mr John Fisher Clerk
Bachelor of Arts Surrogate
Etc
And Admion
of the Goods etc of the said
Deced and of all things
howsoever Concerning
the said Will was
Granted to the Executor
therein named being
first Sworn etc Saving
etc
No Inventory
In the Name of God Amen I John Richards of the Parish
of Sithney in the County of
Cornwall Yeoman being weak in Body but of sound and disposing Mind
Memory and Understanding Do make
ordain and publish this to be my last Will and Testament in Manner and
form following (that is to say)
First I give devise and bequeath unto William Symons
the younger the Son of William Symons of the Parish of
Breage in
the said County Tinner the Sum of forty six Pounds In Trust and to and
for the separate Use and behoof of
my Sister Mary Symons his Mother without the Control of
the said William Symons her Husband and that the said
William Symons the younger shall support and maintain
his said Mother with the same which if he refuses to do
my Will is that the said Mary Symons shall be at
Liberty to recover of him the said Sum of forty six Pounds and
shall dispose of the same as she shall think proper And farther my Will
is that after the Death of the said
Mary Symons I give the said Sum of forty six Pounds to
the said William Symons the younger if he shall
outlive his said Mother Mary Symons and maintain her
during her Life the said Sum of forty six Pounds to be
payd to the said William Symons the younger by my
Executor hereafter named in three Months after my death with Interest
for the same
Also I give devise and bequeath unto my sister Elizabeth Ripper
of the said Parish of Breage Widow of John Ripper
deceased the Sum of thirty Pounds to be paid herein three Months after
my Death with the Interest by my Executor hereafter named
Also I give devise and bequeath unto Elizabeth Ripper
the Daughter of the said Elizabeth Ripper the Sum of
twenty
Shillings to be paid her immediately after my Death by my Executor
hereafter named
Also I give devise and bequeath unto the four daughters of my Sister
Mary Symons Margaret, Mary, Joan
and Elizabeth the Sum of twenty Shillings each to be paid each
of them immediately after my Death by my
Executor hereafter named.
Also I give devise and bequeath unto Thomas Symons and
John Symons two of the Sons of my Sister Mary
Symons the Sum of twenty shillings each to be paid each of them
immediately after my Death by my Executor hereafter
named
Also I give devise and bequeath unto my Son in Law John Rowe
of Portlevan in the Parish of Sithney in the said
County Cooper and John his Son All that Part of Fenton
Vedna in the said Parish of Sithney with the Appurtenances
To hold the same to them jointly immediately after my Decease for the
Remainder of the Term then to come
and expire therein with Liberty to dispose thereof as they shall think
proper but under a Proviso that they shall pay
unto John Webb of the said Parish of Sithney Fisherman
the Money due to him from the said John Rowe the Father
and my Will is that the said John Webb shall receive
the Rents and Profits of the said Tenement of Fenton Vedna
till the said Debt shall be discharged
Also I give devise and bequeath unto Mary Rowe the
Daughter of the said John Rowe the Elder the Sum of
twenty
Shillings to be paid her immediately after my Decease by my Executor
hereafter named
Also I give devise and bequeath unto Mary Hammill the
Wife of Peter Hammill of the Parish of Sithney in the
said County Yeoman the sum of fifty Pounds to and for her sole and only
Use and Behoof notwithstanding her
Coverture to be paid to her in three Months after my Death with Interest
for the same by my Executor hereafter named
Also I give devise and bequeath unto Peter Hammill the younger son of
the said Peter Hammill the Sum of fifteen
Pounds to be paid him in three years after my Decease by my Executor
hereafter named.
Also I give devise and bequeath unto my Servant Elizabeth
Penrose the Sum of two Pounds and two shillings if she shall
be living with me at the time of my Death to be paid to her by my
Executor hereafter named immediately after
my Decease
John Richards (signed end page 1)
Also I give devise and bequeath unto the three sons
of my sister Mary Symons - Thomas, John and
William
All my wearing Apparel that I shall die possessed of except my second
best Suit which I give unto the said Elizabeth
Ripper to be delivered to them by my Executor hereafter named
in one Month after my Decease
Also I give devise and bequeath unto Thomas Symons one
of the Sons of my said Sister Mary Symons the feather
Lye that is now in the Chamber over the Entry to be delivered to him
immediately after my Death
Lastly All the Rest Residue and Remainder of all my Estate Goods
Chattles Rights Credits and Effects whatsoever
and wheresoever lying and being and of what Nature kind and Quality
soever the same may be and not
herein before disposed of (after Payment of my Debts Legacies and
funeral Expenses) I do give devise and
bequeath unto John Hammill Son of the aforesaid
Peter Hammill and Mary his Wife his Executors
Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own Use and Benefit
absolutely And I do hereby
make ordain nominate constitute and appoint the said John
Hammill whole and sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former
and other Wills by me at any
time heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have to each of those two
Sheets of Paper containing
my last Will and Testament set my Hand and Seal this fourth Day of
January One Thousand
seven Hundred and Eighty
John Richards (signed)
Signed sealed published and declared by the said
Testator as and for his last Will and Testament written on two
Sheets of Paper and each of them subscribed by the said Testator
in Presence of us who, at his Request, in his Presence and in
the Presence of each other have subscribed our Names as
Witnesses hereto
Jas. Richards Junr. (signed)
William Harris (signed)
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