Estate Duty Office Will of Robert Gamon, Yeoman of Braunton, Devon (4th August 1855)

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Devon Record Office 1078/IRW/G/44

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Copy of the Will and codicil of Robert Gamon late of Braunton in the County of Devon Yeoman deceased

Executrixes: Betty Gamon and Jane Gamon

Proved in the Peculiar Court of Braunton on the 4th day of August 1855

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Peculiar of Braunton

Appeared personally Betty Gamon and Jane Gamon Spinsters both of Braunton named in the last will and testament of Robert Gamon late of Braunton in the County of Devon Yeoman deceased who died on the sixth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty five and made oath that they have made diligent search and due enquiry after and in respect of the Personal Estate and Effects of the said deceased in order to ascertain the full amount and value thereof and that to the beast of their knowledge information and belief the whole of the Goods Chattels and Effects of which the said deceased died possessed within the peculiar of Braunton exclusive of what the deceased may have been possesses of or entitled to as a Trustee for any other person of persons but including the household Estates for years of the deceased whether absolute of determinable on lives and without deducting anything on account of the debts due and owing from the deceased are under the value of Two hundred pounds to the best of the deponents knowledge information and belief

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I Robert Gamon of Braunton in the County of Devon yeoman do make my last will as follows I give and devise unto my son Thomas Gamon and his heirs all that field or close of land called or commonly known by the name of the Little Barton Lane Close being part of a Tenement called Lampreys situate in or near the Village of Braunton aforesaid and now in the occupation of George Cousins subject nevertheless to the payment of one moiety of the Principal money and Interest which at the time of my decease may be due or owing in respect of a mortgage lately made by me of the said Tenement called Lampreys for securing Four hundred and Forty pounds and interest And I do hereby declare and direct that the said field or close shall be primarily liable for the payment of the said moiety of the said principal money and interest and that my said son Thomas Gamon shall immediately after my decease indemnify my Executrix hereinafter named against the said moiety of the said principal money and interest and all subsequent interest to become due on the same moiety and in default of his so doing I do hereby authorize my said Executrixes or the survivor of them to sell and dispose of the said field or close and to apply the proceeds of such sale after payment of the Expenses attending the same sale in payment and discharge of the said Moiety of the said mortgage debt paying over the residue (if any) of the money arising by such sale unto the said Thomas Gamon his heirs and assigns
I give and devise unto my two daughters Betty Gamon and Jane Gamon as Tenants in Common in Fee Simple all that field or close of land called Great Barton Lane Close also all that piece or parcel of Land situate in Braunton Great Field called the Marsh Also all my lands in Braunton Down all which said [......] parts and parcels of the said tenement called Lampreys and are now in the occupation of George Cousins and others And I hereby charge the said Fields and Closes pieces or parcels of land heriditaments and premises with the payment of the remaining moiety of the said Principal money and Interest I give and devise unto my said daughters Betty Gamon and Jane Gamon and their heirs the dwelling house outhouses Gardens Orchards Mow Plot and the Close called Well Close other parts of my said Tenement called Lampreys situate in Braunton aforesaid To hold the same unto the said Betty Gamon and Jane Gamon and their Heirs to the uses and upon the Trusts hereinafter declared (that is to say) to the use of the said Betty Gamon and Jane Gamon their Executors Administrators and Assigns for and during the term of twenty one years for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and after the expiration or sooner determination of the said term and subject thereto to the use of my said son Thomas Gamon during his life and for and immediately after his decease then to the use of Robert Gamon son of the said Thomas Gamon his heirs and assigns for ever but if the said Robert Gamon (my grandson) shall happen to die in the lifetime of his said father without leaving lawful issue him surviving then to the use of the second son of my said son Thomas Gamon his heirs and assigns forever Provided always and I do hereby declare that the said Dwelling house Gardens Orchards Closes and Premises lastly hereinbefore described shall from the time of the decease of my said son Thomas be charged with the sum of Ten Pounds for the benefit of each of the younger children of my said son Thomas Gamon who shall then be living And I do hereby give the sum of ten pounds out of the said premises unto each of the said younger children accordingly and direct the same to be paid within six calendar months from my said son's decease And whereas I am possessed of a moiety a Tenement called Gooles Tenement situate in Braunton aforesaid for the residue of a term of years determinable on the decease of my daughter Ann Webber and have insured the life of the said Ann Webber in the York and London Insurance Company in the sum of one hundred pounds Now I do hereby give my said moiety of the said Tenement and the said Policy unto my said daughters the said Betty Gamon and Jane Gamon upon the Trust hereinafter declared (that is to say) upon Trust to receive the rents of the said Moiety and thereof in the first place to pay the annual premium to become due on the said Policy and in the next place pay the sum of seven pounds per annum by

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equal quarterly payments to or apply the same as they the said Trustees or the survivor of them shall think fit for the maintenance education or benefit of my Grandson William Gamon son of my late son William Gamon during his minority The said annuity to commence on the day of my decease and to determine on the day of Ann Webber's decease or when the said William Gamon (my grandson) shall attain the age of twenty one years which shall first happen and if my said Grandson William Gamon shall die in the lifetime of my said daughter Ann Webber under the age of twenty one years then his brother and sister Richard Gamon and Eliza Ann Gamon or the survivor of them shall take such parts of the said annuity as the said William would have received if he had lived to the age of twenty one years And I direct that the said Trustees shall pay the residue of the said rents unto my said daughter Ann Webber for her separate use so that her receipt alone notwithstanding coverture may be a sufficient discharge for the same And I declare that my said Trustees and the survivor of them her Executors and Administrators shall stand possessed of the said policy and all monies bonuses benefits and advantages to be derived therefrom upon Trust for my grandchildren George Webber, Robert Webber, John Webber, Jane Webber and Mary Webber children of the said Ann Webber and my said grandchildren William Gamon, Richard Gamon and Eliza Ann Gamon share and share alike and I declare that the share of each of the Grand children shall [......] at the age of twenty one And in case any one or more of them shall die under that age the survivor shall take the original as well as accruing share or shares of the grandchild or grandchildren so dying I direct my Executrixes hereinafter named to pay the sum of twenty eight pounds into the Devon and Exeter Savings Bank to accumulate for the benefit of my Grandchildren Mary Ann Gamon, Elizabeth Gamon, John Gamon and Fanny Gamon daughters and son of my late son John Gamon deceased until the twenty fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty two when the said sum of Twenty Eight pounds with the

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Accumulations thereof shall be paid to my said last mentioned Grandchildren or such of them as shall then be living Provided always that my said Trustees shall be at liberty to advance the share of any such Grandchildren for her or his education or advancement if they shall see any great necessity to so doing notwithstanding the period of accumulation may not have elapsed And I declare and direct that the said Betty Gamon and Jane Gamon shall stand possessed of the dwelling house gardens orchards close and premises hereinbefore devised to them for the term of twenty one years upon trust to receive the rents and profits thereof and thereout[?] In the first place pay and apply the sum of six pounds per annum unto or for the benefit of my grandson William Gamon during his minority the said annuity to commence on the day of my decease and to determine when my said grandson attains the age of twenty one years And in the next place Upon Trust to retain or pay and apply the residue of the said rents for or towards payment and satisfaction of one moiety of the expenses of my Funeral and the proving of this my will and the said legacy of twenty eight pounds or of so much of the said Expenses and Legacy respectively as the rents owing at my decease and my moneys and securities for money shall be insufficient to pay and after payment of the said annuity of six pounds and of the said moiety of the Expenses and Legacy and subject only thereto and to the repayments of any sums which my said daughters may be obliged to pay in consequence of my having joined as a security for my said son Thomas Gamon in the Lease of Harford in Landkey Then upon Trust for my said son during his life and to attend on the inheritance
I give unto my said son Thomas the following: Books A Bible Prayer Book and Blairs Sermons I give all my household Goods and Furniture and other my Personal Estate unto my said daughters Betty Gamon and Jane Gamon to be equally divided between them as Tenants in Common and Appoint them Executrixes of this my Will and I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made

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In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this fourteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty seven

Signed by the said Robert Gamon the Testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses

George Peard, Solicitor, Barnstaple
Rebecca Peard

Codicil

I the above named Robert Gamon do declare this to be a Codicil to my Will

I revoke the bequest of the sum of twenty eight pounds directed to be paid into the Devon and Exeter Savings Bank and in lieu thereof I direct my Executrixes to stand possessed of the sum of twenty eight pounds upon Trust to apply the same when and as she shall think proper for the benefit of all or any of either of my said grandchildren Mary Ann Gamon, Elizabeth Gamon, John Gamon and Fanny Gamon daughters and son of my late son John Gamon during their her or his minority but in case any part of the said sum shall remain unexpended at the time of the said Fanny Gamon attaining the age of twenty one years then I direct such parts to be equally divided between my said grandchildren and I also direct that such part of the said sum as shall from time to time be unexpended shall bear interest at the rate of three pounds per centum per annum from the day of my decease And I also direct that all monies which I may expend in my lifetime for Wearing Apparel Education and Maintenance or any or either of my said Grandchildren shall be deemed as part payment of the said sum of Twenty Eight pounds
Dated this second day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty one

Signed by the said Robert Gamon as a Codicil to his Will in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses

Geo Peard, Solicitor, Barnstaple
Rebecca Peard