1739 WILL OF SARAH WILMOT OF DOWNEND
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Proved: 1739/40 March 17 Written:
1735 December 22
Transcribed by Reg Harris
In the name of God Amen I Sarah WILMOT of Downend in the parish of
Mangotsfield in the county of Gloucester widow do hereby make my last will and
testament in manner following (that is to say) First I recommend my soul to God
Almighty who gave it me and my body to the earth to be decently buried in the
parish church of St. Werburgh in the city of Bristol as was my father and
mother as may be at the discretion of my executor and executrix hereinafter
named
Whereas my son Robert WILLMOTT is at the hind of making this my last
will and testament confused by being disordered in his senses and not of sound
mind memory or understanding nor capable of managing himself or his affairs and
is by law entitled to such estate as I shall leave behind in intail therefore
that my said son should at any time hereafter recover his said senses and come
to his right understanding so as to be capable of managing himself and his own
affairs I hereby give devise and
bequeath unto my said son Robert WILLMOTT all my estate whatsoever and
wheresoever and hereby make him sole executor of this my last will
and I give ten pounds to my sister Mary DAY hereinafter mentioned to buy
her mourning
And I also give to my brother Robert (EARLE?) esquire to buy him
mourning
But in case my said son Robert shall continue in the disordered
condition he is now in and not recover to his
right senses I request and desire and I hereby declare it to be my will
intent and .... that my sister Mary DAY widow late wife of John DAY of the city of Bristol esquire deceased and Revd. Dr. Samuel CRESWICKE now dean of Bristol and Mr. Samuel ADAMS of the same city grocer shall
be trustees to and guardians of my said son during such his disorder and
confinement
And it is my will and .... and I do hereby appoint my said sister Mary DAY in the first place to have and take upon her .... the custodyship and
guardianship of my said son during her life and to find and provide for him all
manner of necessaries fit and correct for a person in his condition out of my
estate so far as aforsaid hereby given bequeathed to my said son
And in case my said son shall die in the lifetime of my said sister Mary DAY .... I hereby give devise and bequeath unto my said sister Mary DAY all
such my said estate hereinbefore given devised and bequeathed to my said ....
to be at her own disposal
And I hereby make and appoint her to be executrix of this my said last will and
testament she my said sister Mary DAY pay my .... legacies out of my
said estate and wherewith I .... hereby .... my said estate to such person
persons as are hereinafter .... as legatees but in case my said sister Mary
DAY shall die and my said son shall survive then my will and .... is and I
hereby appoint the said Mr. Dean CRESWICKE and Mr. Samuel ADAMS and the survivor of them to be trustees and guardians of my said son Robert
WILLMOTT and out of the interest income and produce of my said estate so
bequeathed to my said son as aforesaid to find and provide for him all manner
of necessaries fit and proper for him in such his condition and I herby direct
that the said Mr. Dean CRESWICKE and the said Mr. ADAMS shall out
of my said estate pay and reimburse to the .... all .... or sums of money as he
or they shall have laid out or expended for and on the behalf of my said son
And if my said son shall die whilst he shall be under the guardianship of the
said Mr. Dean CRESWICKE and the said Mr. ADAMS it is my will that
they shall have and receive to themselves out of my said estate the sum of
fifty pounds .... for their care and trouble in and about my said son
And my further will is that in case my said son should not survive or die and
my said sister Mary DAY should have and enjoy my said estate .... I
herby give devise and bequeath to my niece Mrs Sarah HUTTON widow
daughter of Dr. Richard MORETON by Elizabeth my sister deceased
the sum of one hundred pounds
Item I give and bequeath to Miss Katherine JACKSON daughter of Nicholas
JACKSON esq the sum of fifty pounds
I also give and bequeath to the said Miss Katherine JACKSON a
quilt and two pillowcases of my own working which I promised to leave her
Item whereas I have for some few years past taken care of and promised to take
care of Hemry HOLFORD son of William HOLFORD of Downend aforesaid
taylor in pursuance of such promise I will and devise my said sister Mary
DAY to lay out and expend forty shillings every year for clothes and
schooling for the said boy as long as he properly should go to school and when
he is fit to be bound out and apprenticed and shall be apprenticed to his said
father I then will that the payment of
the said forty shillings a year shall cease and that my said sister DAY pay the said boy only twenty shillings a year during such his apprenticeship to
his said father
But in case the said Henry HOLFORD shall not be inclined to take to or
like his fathers trade then I give him the sum of twenty pounds to put him
apprentice to any master of any trade he shall like better and not to be used
otherwise And if the said Henry
HOLFORD shall be apprenticed to his said father and shall faithfully serve
out his said apprenticeship and afterwards marry then I give him the said
twenty pounds to set up his trade withall and not to be applied otherwise
Item In case the said Henry HOLFORD shall die and have no benefit from
this my legacy of twenty pounds then I give and bequeath to Mary HOLFORD his mother the sum of five pounds
Lastly I revoke all former wills by me made and declare what is contained and
written these three sides of this one sheet of paper to be my last will and
testament In witness thereof I have to
the last side set my hand and seal this two and twentieth day of December in
the ninth year of the reign of our sovereign lord King George the second and in
the year of our Lord 1735
Signed sealed published and declared by the testatrix to be her last will and
testament in the presence of use who subscribed our names as witnesses in her
presence
Thomas OLDFIELD; Edward STEVENS of Downend shoemaker
28th May 1739
Paid to Mary HOLFORD five pounds that I gave to her son Henry HOLFORD in my will and to her (childerns?) and all my .... (?)arting cloths woollen and
linen all my household good (signed) Sarah WILMOTT
17th March 1739/40
Proved at Bristol before the Revd. John SUTTON clerk MA lawful surrogate
of the Revd. Carew REYNELL DD vicar general upon the oath of Mary DAY widow fiduary executrix named in the said will to whom.. and so forth
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