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Will of Peter Body, dated 26 May 1790
St Stephen in Branwell
25th June 1791
The will of one Peter Body,
lately Deced Proved in
Common form before the
Revd Mr John Fisher
Clerk Bachelor of Arts
Surrogate etc.
Peter Body
And admon
of all and singular the
Goods and soforth of the said
Deced and of all things
howsoever Concerning his
said Will was Granted
to the Executor therein
Named being first Sworn
def Saving etc
No Invenry
Stamp 10s
This is the last Will and Testament of me Peter Body of the
parish of St Stephens in Branwell
in the County of Cornwall Yeoman
Whereas my Son Thomas Body is now in the possession of a Dwelling
House and field or
Meadow in the parish of St Mewan in the said County part and parcel of a
certain Tenement called Polyear in
the parish of St Mewan aforesaid, which I hold by Lease from Lord
Arundell, now I do give devise and bequeath the
said Dwelling House and field or Meadow to my said son Thomas Body
during all my Right and Title therein,
He keeping the said premisses in good Repair and paying and discharging
one fifth part of all Rates Taxes and
Outgoings payable out of the whole of my said Tenement of Polyear.
And Whereas I did lately take a new Lease of Lord Trelonouth af All that
Tenement in St Stephens in
Brannwell aforesaid formerly called the Down Close wherein I now reside
for the Term of 99 years determinable on
the Death of three Lives, but which Lease is drawn in the name of my son
William Body, now I do give devise and
bequeath the said Tenement called the Down Close and every part thereof
to him my said son William Body during
the Remainder of my Right and Title, And I do likewise give him the Sum
of ten Shillings and six pence to be
paid by my Executor herein after named, Altho he my said son William
has not lately behaved to me as a good and dutiful Son
I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Jane the Sum of
six pounds a year to be
paid by my Executor herein after named by quarterly payments during her
Life, And do hereby make All that
my Estate called Higher Trelowith in the parish of St Mewan aforesaid
which I hold by Virtue of a Lease from
Lord Arundell subject to the payment of the said Annuity
I give my Son in Law Thomas Yelland the Sum of five pounds and
five shillings, to my Son in
Law William Vian five pounds and five shillings, to my Son in Law
Nathaniel Ball the Sum of five
pounds and five shillings, and to my daughter Susanna Body
Spinster the Sum of five pounds and five
shillings the whole to be paid within twelve Months after my Decease
All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Goods Chattels Lands and
Tenements of what Nature
or Sortsoever, I give devise and bequeath unto my son Peter Body
the younger and do hereby make nominate
and appoint him whole and sole Executor of this my last Will and
Testament, In Witness whereof I have
hereto put my Hand and Seal this twenty sixth Day of May One thousand
seven hundred and ninety.
Signed Sealed published and declared by
the Testator as and for his
Will and Testament this twenty sixth Day of May 1790 in
…sence of us, who at his request in his presence and in the
…….ce of each other have hereto subscribed our Names
witnesses thereto |
Peter Body (signed) |
Elizth Carthew (signed)
Jn Carthew (signed)
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