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This is my last Will and Testament. I
William Toye of the parish of Thurlestone in the County of
Devon do make this my last Will and first I give unto my Son
Henry Anlaby Toye All my Stock Such as Bullocks Sheep Horses and
Pigs and also all implements in husbandry and also the furniture
in his bed room and the Clock in the Staircase and also the
Estate called Court Parks by paying the Debt thereon And my Will
is that my two daughters Elizabeth Mary Shepherd Toye and
Susan Ellen Toye shall have at their mothers death One hundred
pounds each now insured in the AKas (?) Office, J . H. Square
Esqr. of Kingsbridge Solicitor Agent for the same to be divided
at their Mothers death between them share and share alike and
altho the Policie of Insurance is now in the hands of the
Mortgage of Court Parks it is not to remain there as there is
Five hundred pounds insured on H. A. Toye's life for a security
for the same but should not the policie be taken from him by law
my Will is that my Son Henry Anlaby Toye shall sell Cort [sic]
Parks to pay the Debt taking the remaing [sic] part for himself
by paying his two Sisters One hundred pounds each And my Will is
that at there [sic] Mothers death my two Daughters above
mentioned shall have All the household furniture and plate to be
divided between them share and share alike And my Will is that
my two Grand Children Fredrick William Stokes and Ellen Stokes
shall h ave Twenty five pounds each of the remaining part of the
policie above mentioned for their sole use to be put in some
Fund for them by their Uncle H. A. Toye untill they arrive to
they [sic] age of twenty one years And if either of them should
happen to die before the [sic] arrive to that age the remaining
one to have the whole for his or her use alone And my Will is
that my Son Francis Shepherd Toye shall have twenty five
pounds And my Son in law Frederick John Stockes [sic] shall have
Ten pounds from the Hundred pounds that is due from the
Insurance to be paid to them within twelve months after their
Mothers death And my Will is that my wife Elizabeth Margretta
Toye shall have the residue and do make her my sole
Executrix and to have at her disposal All the Corn growing or in
ricks or barns for the first year after my death to pay the
debts that may be demanded of her and to pay my funerall
expences. This is my Will written with my own hand this twenty
fourth day of January: One thousand eight hundred and sixty
two_William Toye (Seal)
Signed by me in
presence of the said undermentioned names by my request and in
presence of each other have subscribed there [sic] names as
Witnesses hereunto
John Snowdon (Seal) Bettsey
Whidon (Seal)
In Her Majesty's Court
of Probate The District Registry at Exeter In the Goods of
William Toye deceased. I John Snowdon of Thurlestone in the
County of Devon Carpenter make Cam [claim?] and say that I am
one of the subscribing Witnesses to the last Will and Testament
of the said William Toye late of Thurlestone in the County of
Devon Yeoman deceased the said Will being now Produced to me and
now hereunto annexed bearing date the twenty fourth day of
January One Thousand eight hundred and sixty two and that the
said deceased executed the said Will on the day of the date
thereof by signing his name at the foot or end thereof as the
same now appears thereon in the presence of me and of Bettsey
Whidon of Thurleston aforesaid Widow the other subscribed
Witness thereto, both of us being present at the same time, and
we thereupon attested and subscribed the said Will in the
presence of the said Testator and of each other
John Snowdon_Sworn at
Newton Abbott in the County of Devon on the twenty eighth day of
February 1863 before me_W. F. D’Arcy a Commissioner to
administer Oaths in Chancery in England.
On the 25th day of
March 1863 the Will of William Toye late of Thurlestone in the
County of Devon, Yeoman, deceased, was proved by the Oath of
Elizabeth Margretta Toye, Widow, the Relict of the deceased, the
sole Executrix, she having been first sworn duly to administer
Effects under 1000.
Extracted by F. R. Carter, Solicitor
Torquay
I Certify that the aforegoing are correct
Copies of the
original Will of William Toye, deceased,
and of the
affidavit of John Snowdon, filed therewith |