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The last Will and Testament of me Jeffery
Michelmore of Ashburton in the County of Devon Gentleman ffirst I
will and direct my body to be interred at Buckfastleigh and that a
tomb be erected and properly called out I give and bequeath to my
brother Henry Michelmore the sum of two thousand pounds Also I give
to my Cousin Ann Michelmore now residing with me the sum of one
thousand two hundred pounds Also I give and bequeath to my Cousin
Mary ffitze the sum of two hundred pounds Also I give to each of my
other brothers and sisters and to each of my brothers in law and
sisters in law the sum of ten pounds for mourning Also I give to my
Servant Elizabeth Irish if living with me at the time of my decease
the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds Also I give to Joseph Bowden
my coachman the sum of four hundred pounds and if he should die in
my lifetime then I give the said sum of four hundred pounds to his
wife and such of his children as shall be living at my decease in
equal shares Also I give the said Joseph Bowden a suit of mourning
and to my servant Elizabeth Irish I also give a suit of mourning if
she should be residing with me at my decease Also I give and
bequeath to my Executors In trust hereinafter named the sum of two
hundred pounds to be by them invested in the funds and the dividends
thereof to be paid to Charlotte Taprell the daughter of Clare
Jacobson for her life for her separate use and benefit and
independent of her present and any future husband and her receipt
alone to be a sufficient discharge and from and after the decease of
the said Charlotte Taprell I give and bequeath the sum of two
hundred pounds funds and securities unto and equally between the
children of the said Charlotte Taprell that may be living at her
decease and in the event of no child surviving her then I give the
said sum funds and securities unto her executors and administrators
And it is my Will and I hereby direct all the before mentioned
legacies to be paid within six calendar months after my decease Also
I give and devise unto my nephew Charles Michelmore of Totnes
Attorney at Law All that my dwelling house with the garden and
premises thereto belonging situate at Ashburton and in which I now
reside To hold the same unto my said nephew and his assigns during
the term of his natural life and from and after his decease I give
and devise the same dwelling house and premises unto his son Jeffery
John Michelmore his heirs and assigns for ever Also I give and
bequeath unto my said nephew Charles Michelmore for his own use and
benefit all my plate linen china household goods and furniture
pictures goods and chattels of every description Also I give and
bequeath unto my nephews Thomas Michelmore of Sparkwill Thomas
Michelmore of Berry Pomeroy and Charles Michelmore all my funded
money and securities for money upon trust to call in and collect the
same immediately after my decease and in the first place thereout to
pay all such just debts as I may owe and my funeral and testamentary
expences and also the expence of erecting a tomb over my grave and
railing the same and in the next place to pay thereout the several
legacies hereinbefore mentioned and then upon trust to divide the
residue in equal shares between themselves and my other nephews and
nieces who shall be living at my decease and the issue of such of my
nephews and nieces as have already departed this life or shall
depart this life during my lifetime leaving issue such issue to be
entitled to the share which their deceased parents would have taken
if living And it is my Will and I hereby direct that the before
mentioned division of my property shall take place within nine
months of my decease Also it is my Will that my Executors in trust
hereinafter named shall not be answerable or accountable for any
more of the trust monies than they shall respectively actually
receive nor shall one of them be answerable for the other of them
nor for any loss which may happen except the same happen through his
or their wilful neglect or default And I hereby nominate and appoint
the said Thomas Michelmore of Sparkwill Thomas Michelmore of Berry
Pomeroy and Charles Michelmore to be the Executors in trust of this
my Will hereby revoking every other Will be me at any time
heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and
seal this twenty fifth day of July in the year one thousand eight
hundred and thirty eight Jeffery Michelmore
(Attestation Clause) (Witnesses illegible)
This is a Codicil to be added to my Will I
give to my present servant Maria Perrinan if in my service at the
time of my decease the sum of two hundred pounds sterling to be paid
to her within six months after my decease free of legacy duty I also
give to her a decent suit of mourning if then living with me Whereas
in and by my Will I have given to Joseph Bowden four hundred pounds
and if he died in my lifetime I have directed that sum to be paid to
his wife and children now by this Codicil I direct that if Joseph
dies in my life time that then the said sum of four hundred pounds
shall be paid to his son Thomas Bowden for his own use and in that
event I also give to Thomas a suit of mourning and it is my Wil that
the legacies bequeathed to my brother Henry and to my cousins Ann
Michelmore and Mary ffitz and to or in trust for Charlotte Taprell
shall all be paid free of Legacy Duty and that the legacy of four
hundred pounds shall be paid to Joseph Bowden or his son Thomas free
of legacy duty also I revoke the legacy of £150 and the suit of
mourning given to Elizabeth Irish by my said Will I give and
bequeath to my nephew Charles Michelmore his executors &
administrators all my right and interest of an in the leasehold
houses and premises in Ashburton which I purchased of Mr Abraham In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixth day
of ffebruary 1845 _ Jeffery Michelmore
(Attestation Clause)
John Pearse _ G Pearse
This is a second Codicil to be added to and
taken as part of the last Will and Testament of me Jeffery
Michelmore of Ashburton in the County of Devon Whereas by my said
Will I gave and bequeathed to my cousin Mary ffitze the sum of two
hundred pounds and she has since departed this life Therefore I do
hereby give the said sum of two hundred pounds so bequeathed to her
husband George ffitze of Totnes Grocer for his own absolute use and
benefit And I hereby will and delare that in case the said George
ffitze shall die in my lifetime then I give the said sum of two
hundred pounds unto and among the children of the said George ffitze
by my said cousin Mary ffitze equally between them share and share
alike and in case in case the children of the said George ffitze
shall become entitled to receive such legacy the receipts of such of
them as shall be daughters only shall be good discharges for the
same And whereas my nephew Charles Michelmore of Totnes aforesaid
Attorney at Law has departed this life whereby the devise and
bequest respectively made in his favor by my said Will have become
defeated and inoperative now I do therefore give and devise and
confirm unto his son Jeffery John Michelmore his heirs and assigns
for ever all that my dwelling house with the garden and premises
thereto belonging situate at Ashburton and in which I now reside To
hold the same unto the said Jeffery John Michelmore his heirs and
assigns for ever for his absolute use and benefit and inasmuch as
the said Jeffery John Michelmore is now a minor I do hereby order
and direct my executors in trust Thomas Michelmore of Sparkwill and
Thomas Michelmore of Berry Pomeroy in case the said Jeffery John
Michelmore shall not have attained his age of twenty one years at my
decease to set and let the said premises during his minority and by
and out of the rents in the first place to repair maintain and
uphold the said premises in all manner of needful and necessary
reparations and then to pay apply and dispose of the surplus rents
and profits for and towards the maintenance benefit and preferment
of the said Jeffery John Michelmore as they my said executors in
their discretion shall think proper and most advisable And I hereby
give and bequeath unto the said Thomas Michelmore of Sparkwill and
Thomas Michelmore of Berry Pomeroy all my plate linen china
household goods and furniture goods and chattels of every
description to hold to them the said Thomas Michelmore of Sparkwill
and Thomas Michelmore of Berry Pomeroy their executors
administrators and assigns for their own absolute use and benefit in
equal shares and proportions And I hereby confirm and appoint the
said Thomas Michelmore of Sparkwill and Thomas Michelmore of Berry
Pomeroy Executors in trust of my Will In Witness whereof I the said
Jeffery Michelmore have to this Codicil contained in two sheets of
paper set my hand this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty Jeffery Michelmore
(Attestation Clause)
James Matthews Chapple Mary Ann Mortimore
June 10 1850
It is my wish that my Executors shall give the
two paintings of myself and my brother Henry to Mrs Michelmore of
High ffield Widow of my late Nephew Charles Michelmore to be held by
her during her life and after her decease to go to her son Jeffery
John Michelmore his heirs and assigns I also give unto my servant
Mary Ann Cerrierman in case she is living with me at my decease
nineteen pounds and nineteen shillings to be paid within six
calendar months after my decease and I publish and declare this as a
third Codicil to be added and taken as part of my Will
James Matthews Chapple Mary Ann Mortimore
This is a third Codicil to be added to and
taken as part of the last Will and Testament of me Jeffery
Michelmore of Ashburton in the County of Devon Whereas my niece
Harriet Blackaller of Paignton in the County of Devon the wife of
James Bartlett Blackaller has lately departed this life and it is my
Will that the share and proportion of my residuary estate which
would have belonged to her had she survived me shall go and belong
to my great nephew Philip Michelmore of Beaston in the Parish of
Broadhempslow Gentleman Now therefore I do hereby will give and
bequeath unto the said Philip Michelmore of Beaston aforesaid an
equal share in all respects in my residuary estate with my nephews
and nieces for his own absolute use and benefit and in case of his
decease in my lifetimehaving lawful issue such issue to be entitled
in equal shares to the shares of my residuary estate to which the
said Philip Michelmore would have been entitled and taken in case he
had been living at my decease And it is also my will that in case my
servant Anna Maria Cerrieman shall die in my lifetime whereby the
legacy I have given her by my first Codicil will lapse then I give
to her sisters Laetitia Steer now with me and Caroline Dunsfold of
Alford the sum of nineteen pounds and nineteen shillings each the
said two last mentioned to be paid within three calendar months
after my decease In Witness whereof I the said Jeffery Michelmore
have to this third Codicil set my hand this twenty first day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty one _ Jeffery Michelmore
(Attestation Clause)
(Witnesses illegible)
Proved at London
PCC Prob11/2149
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