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Will of Harry Hocken, dated 26 December 1842
In the name of God Amen
I Harry Hocken of Trenarlet in the parish of St Tudy in the county of
Cornwall Gentleman being of sound and disposing
mind memory and understanding do make and publish this to be my last
Will and Testament in manner and form following
that is to say I direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary
expenses shall be paid out of my personal Estate
by my Executrix hereinafter named I give devise and bequeath all those
my Estates of Trenarlet and Wingford which I
hold under the Duchy of Cornwall unto my son William Hocken his heirs
executors administrators and assigns I also give
and bequeath to the said William Hocken his executors administrators and
assigns Seven shares in the Bodmin and
Wadebridge Railway I give and bequeath unto my two sons William Hocken
and Harry Hocken the sum of one thousand
pounds Sterling money now standing in my name in the Three per cent
Consolidated Bank annuities to hold to there in equal
Moieties payable on their attaining the age of twenty one years and in
case of the death of either of my said sons before
he shall arrive at the age of twenty one years then I direct the Moiety
of him so dying shall go to the Survivors the interest
Dividends and annual proceeds thereof to be applied in the meantime
towards their maintenance and duration by any
Executrix herinafter named I give and bequeath all my real Estates
whatsoever and wheresoever situate unto my Son Harry
Hocken his heirs and assigns for ever. All the rent residue and
remainder of my personal Estate and Effects of what nature of kind
soever and whatsoever situate lying and being I give devise and bequeath
my wife Caroline Hocken her Executors
Administrators and assigns and I hereby nominate nominate and appoint my
said wife whole and sole Executrix of this
my will and Guardian of my said children during their respective
minorities and I hereby direct my said wife to let all my
said Estates at Rack Rent within twelve months my decease for any term
or number of years not exceeding Seven years
and to apply the Rents issues and profits of the same toward the
maintenance and duration of my children during their respective
Minorities and that she shall also be at liberty and I do hereby empower
her wherewithstanding the bequest herein before made
to make use of any part of the said sum of One thousand pounds
hereinbefore bequeathed to my said two children for and
towards the advancement in life of both or either of them provided
always that such part or portion of the said sum of one
thousand pounds as may to be made use of for the advancement in life of
either of my said two children shall be considered as a
so hereinbefore bequeathed to them under this my Will and I do hereby
revoke and make void all former wills and codicils by
use at any time heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and
Testament. In Witness whereof I have to this my last
Will and Testament contained in this and the preceding sheet of paper
set my hand and seal (to wit) my hand to and at the
bottom of the first sheet and my hand and seal to this last sheet and my
seal at the top of the said sheets where both the
said sheets are fixed together this twenty sixth day of December one
thousand eight hundred and forty two.
Harry Hocken (SS) Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said
Testator Harry Hocken as and for this
last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his
request and in the presence of each other have here
unto subscribed our names as witnesses Thomas Cummins Junior
__________Hugh Bawden
Extracted by John VJH Bayford
Proctors Doctors’ Commons
Annexed to
William by Divine Providence, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of
all England, and Metropolitan, do by these presents make known to all
Men that on the
25th Day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Forty three at London, before the Right Honorable Sir
Herbert Jenner First Knight……………………………………….
Doctor of Laws, Master, Keeper of Commissary of our Prerogrative Court
of Canterbury, law-
Fully constituted last Will and Testament of Harry Hocken late
of the Parish of St Tudy in the County of
Cornwall Gentleman deceased
here unto annexed, was proved, approved, and registered; the said
Deceased having whilst
living, and at the Time of his Death, Goods, Chattels, or Credits, in
divers Dioceses, or
Jurisdictions, by reason whereof the proving and registering the said
Will, and the granting
Administration of all and singular the said Goods, Chattels, and
Credits, and also the auditing,
allowing and final discharging the final Account thereof, are well known
to appertain only and wholly
to us, and not to any inferior Judge; and that Administration of all and
singular the Goods,
Chattels, and Credits of the said Deceased, and in any Way concerning
his Will was granted to
Caroline Hocken Widow the Relief of the said
Deceased the sole Executrix
named in the said Will she having already been sworn by Commission well
and faithfully
to administer the same, and to make a true and perfect Inventory of all
and singular the said
Goods, Chattels, and Credits, and to exhibit the same into the Registry
of our said Court, on
or before the last Day of October next ensuing, and also to render a
just and true Account
thereof . Given at the time and place above written and in
the fifteenth Year of Our Translation
Charles Dynely
John Aggulden
Gostling Deputy Registers
(In the left margin) Extracted by J& Bayford
Proctors Doctors’ Commons
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