Estate Duty Office Will of of Robert Pincombe, Yeoman, of Bishops Nympton (1827)

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Devon Record Office 1078/IRW/P/885

Transcribed by Elizabeth Kipp

Recorded: 19 Oct 2011
Source: Inland Revenue Wills - p 885
Place: Bishops Nympton, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 19 Apr 1827 (probated 27 Oct 1827)
Type: three pages - Original will (2 pages) and Probate (1 page)

1    In the name of God, Amen.  I Robert Pincombe of Bishopsnympton 
2    in the County of Devon, Yeoman, being infirm in Body but of Sound and disposing
3    Mind Memory and Understanding praised be God for the same do make and ordain
4    this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say, First
5    I give and Bequeath unto my Son Robert Pincombe the Sum four pound a year to be
6    paid to him within one year after my Decease, Also I give unto my Daughter Betsy
7    Pincombe the sum of Four pound a year, Also I give unto my son John Pincombe
8    the [sum] of five shillings, Also I give unto my Son Thomas Pincombe the sum of four Pounds a
9    year after he arrive to the Age of Twenty one, Also my Son George Pincombe the sum of four
10    Pounds a Year after he arrive to the Age of twenty one, Also I give unto my Son Richard
11    Pincombe the sum of four Pounds a year after he arrive to the Age of twenty one, Also I
12    give unto my Son Philip Pincombe the sum of four Pounds A year after he arrive to
13    to the age of twenty one my will is that if either of my Children should happen to
14    die under the Age of twenty one Years and unmarried then the Legacy or Legacies of him
15    or her so dying shall be equally Divided between them Survivors And also if my Son
16    Robert Pincombe should die and have a Widow and During her Widowhood to have her
17    husband share out of my Estate or Estates Also I give Devise and Bequeath unto my
    Brother John Pincombe of Molland and William Pincombe of Bishopsnympton and Phillip
18    Routtcliffe of Mary Ansley in this County, Yeomen. All that my said Moiety and Half
19    fendle of West Wood and my Tenement called East Wood also my Leasehold Estate called
20    Park with their and every of their Appurtenances thereto belonging And also my Goods
21    chattels Personal and Testamentary Estate Whatsoever and Wheresoever
22    Robert Pincombe [signed]
    [Page 2]
23    To hold the same unto the said John Pincombe William Pincombe and Phillip Routcliffe
24    their Executors Administrators and Assignes Subject and Charged and chargeable to and with the
25    Payment of all Just Debts and Legacies herebefore given, Also I authorize and Impower my
26    Trust or Trustees to Mortgage or Assigne over my Estate or Estates if required for the
27    better payment of my Debts Also my Will is that after my Debt is all paid that my Children
28    herein before named, that is to say, my son Robert Pincombe Betsy Pincombe Thomas
29    Pincombe George Pincombe Richard Pincombe and Philip Pincombe to have their equal share alike
30    out of my Estate or Estates And lastly I do hereby Nominate Constitute and appoint the said John
31    Pincombe W[illia] Pincombe and Philip Routcliffe Executors in Trust of this my last Will and Testament
32    and Jointly Guardians of my said Children And I do Declare this to be my last Will and
33    Testament In Wittness whereof I have to the first sheet of this my last Will and Testament I have
34    subscribed my name and At this last sheet I have sett my hand and Seal this nineteenth day of
35    April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven
36    Robert Pincombe [signed and sealed]
37    Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the above named
38    Robert Pincombe the Testator as and for his last will and testament
39    in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have
40    subscribed our Names as witnesses thereto
41    John Pincombe [signed]
42    The Mark of Jane X Arnell
43    The Mark of Ann X Arnell
44    W[itnesse]s sig[ned] as A true Copy
45    William Gray [signed and sealed]
    [Page 3]
46    For EXECUTORS
47    John Pincombe of Molland in
48    the County of Devon, Yeoman
49    and Philip Rowcliffe of
50    Mariansleigh in the same
51    County Yeoman
52    Executors in Trust named in the last Will and Testament of
53    Robert Pincombe late of Bishopsnympton
54    in the County of Devon Yeoman deceased
55    who died on the 23rd Day of April 1827
56    make Oath to say that they have made diligent search and
57    due enquiry after, and in respect of the Personal Estate and Effects of the
58    said Deceased, in order to ascertain the full Amount and Value thereof; and
59    that to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief, the whole of
60    the Goods, Chattles, and Credits, of which the said Deceased died, possessed
61    within the Peculiar Jurisdiction of the
62    Bishop of Exeter
63    (exclusive of what the Deceased may have been possessed of, or intitled to
64    as a Trustee for any other Person or Persons, and not beneficially, but
65    including the Leasehold Estates for Years of the Deceased, whether abso-
66    lute or determinable on Lives, and without deducting any thing on account
67    of the Debts due and owing from the Deceased,) are under the Value of 
68    One thousand and five hundred pounds
69    John Pincombe [signed]
70    Philip Rowcliffe [signed]
71    Sworn on the Twelfth
72    Day of October 1827 before me
73    Edward Chave Tunsgate