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Will of Mary Elizabeth Price, dated 28 January 1876

THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

Of me MARY ELIZABETH PRICE of number 70 LEMON STREET in the Borough of Truro in the county of Cornwall Spinster, first I direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses shall be paid and satisfied out of my personal Estate by my Executors hereinafter mentioned I give and bequeath unto my Aunt Jane Reynolds now of Woodleigh in the town of Newton in the County of Devon Widow the two worked Brackets and a Green Easy Chair new kept in my Drawing Room at Number 70 Lemon Street aforesaid for her lifetime and on and after her decease I give and bequeath the same unto Cousin Catherine Mary Commins the wife of Edward Commins of Bodmin in the said County of Cornwall I give and bequeath unto my cousin Charles William Reynolds of Trevenson in the parish of Illogan in the said County of Cornwall Esquire as a trifling remembrance the two small Brackets with the China Ornaments which are on the same and which are now in my Dining room, I give and bequeath unto the said Catherine Mary Commins my Dressing Case together with all my jewellery save and except what I have otherwise disposed of under this my said Will my antique Silver Tea Pot Silver Sugar Tongs four ancient Salt Spoons Six large Silver Prongs, Silver Punch Ladle, A large China Bowl kept nearest to the fire place in my Dining room my Cheval worked Screen and a framed worked Picture the subject being "Returning from the Hay field" two Jars on my drawing room Chimney Piece and two China Cups and saucers on the Bracket between the Drawing Room Windows, I give and bequeath unto my Cousin William Reynolds now of 10 Moor View Terrace Mutley Plymouth in the said County of Devon Esquire All my Bed and Table Linen which may be in my said house at the time of my decease A large Salver and plated inkstand now in my drawing Room Four silver Table spoons and four silver Salt spoons I give and bequeath unto Georgiana Maria Martha Reynolds the Wife of the above named William Reynolds all my dresses and Jackets A Tartlet Scoop, A Marmalade Stand and Scoop my Devotional Chair Cushion with Amber at the back and the two Japanese Cups and Saucers on my drawing room Mantle piece, I give and bequeath unto Ethel Lucy Reynolds daughter of the above named William and Georgiana Maria Martha Reynolds the sum of Ten pounds to be paid by my Executors within Six Calendar Months after my decease to the said William Reynolds for the purpose of his purchasing a Watch for the said Ethel Lucy Reynolds to be kept in remembrance of me also my Silver Cream Jug with a Crest on it, I give and bequeath unto my friend Dr Henry Spry Leverton of Truro aforesaid a small Table in my Drawing room and a China Bowl nearest the door in the Dining room. I give and bequeath unto my dear and faithful friend Ann Spry of 81 Lemon Street in Truro aforesaid Widow my bird Cage and birds that may be therein at my decease also two Stools in my Drawing room with a Cat and Dog worked thereon, I give and bequeath unto my Godson William Lewellyn Pryce Bevan son of John Williams Bevan of Bond Street in Redruth in the said County of Cornwall my Gold Watch, I give and bequeath unto my Servant Mary Ann Harris Gill of Truro aforesaid my small Silver Milk Cup and the square Mahogany Table in my dining room, I give devise and bequeath unto Mary Elizabeth Aunger Thistle of the parish of Illogan aforesaid daughter of my late brother George Aunger Pryce All those two Messuages or Tenements hereditaments and premises situate in East Charles Street in Camborne in the said County of Cornwall being numbered respectively 5 and 6 to hold to her, her Executors and administrators assigns I also give her the sum of Ten pounds in order that she may be enabled to pay the Heriot putting up her own life on the said premises, I further will and direct that immediately after my decease my said Executors hereinafter named shall sell and dispose of or otherwise collect all my personal Estate All the rest residue and remainder of my said personal Estate not hereinbefore provided for I give and bequeath unto my two brothers Samuel Vincent Pryce of Heathcote, Victoria Australia and William Reynolds Pryce of Sandhurst Victoria Australia to be divided between them save and except that the said Samuel Vincent Pryce shall receive the sum of Two hundred pounds more than his brother the said
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William Reynolds Pryce, I nominate and constitute and appoint the said Charles William Reynolds and Edward Commins ---- EXECUTORS of this my Will hereby revoking all former Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this to be my last Will and Testament IN WITNESS whereof I the said Mary Elizabeth Pryce the Testatrix have to this my last Will and Testament written on three sheets of Paper set my hand in manner following that this is to say, my hand to each of the first two sheets and my hand to this third and last sheet hereof this Twenty eighth day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy six. _______________________________ ________
Mary Elizth Pryce __________________________

__________ Signed published and declared by the said Mary Elizabeth Pryce the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses.

____________ J. Fitz. Richards 12 Prospect Place Truro ________Tho. A. Pellow

Clerk to Messrs Commins & Son Solicitors Bodmin _______________________ ________________________


Annexet hereto -

Probate

The District Registry at BODMIN

(Top left corner) Blue wax seal stamped with crown and BODMIN 20.3.76 28
(Middle left side) Personal estate under 2,000- Pounds
(Top to bottom left side) Extracted by Commins Hon Solicitors Bodmin

IN HER MAJESTY´S HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.

BE IT KNOWN, that at the date hereunder written, the last Will and Testament _______ (a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed). Of Mary Elizabeth Pryce late of Truro in the County of Cornwall Spinster____________ ______________________________________
Deceased, who died on the 19th day of February 1876, at Truro aforesaid ____________
Who at the time of her death had a fixed place of abode at Truro, and aforesaid _______
Within the District of the County of Cornwall ___________________________
was proved and registered in the District Registry attached to the Probate Division of Her Majesty´s Court of Justice at Bodmin and that Administration of the personal estate of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Charles William Reynolds Esquire and Edward Commins the Executors _______________________________________
named in the said Will ________ they having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same.
Signed : John Basset Collins. District Registrar
Dated the 3rd day of April 1876

 
N.B. Words in both italics and brackets are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)

Transcribed by Jane Hasenbeck from a document in the Malcolm McCarthy Collection

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