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Will of Rebecca Barnard, Spinster

Proved 26 May 1769

© Crown Copyright

PROB 11/948/330, Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury

Transcribed by Ros Dunning

In the Name of God Amen I Rebecca Barnard of Great Torrington in the County of Devon Spinster being of Sound Mind Memory and Understanding do hereby make and Publish my last Will and Testament in manner and fform following that is to say ffirst I give and bequeath all my Moiety or half Part of one Brick House Coach House and Stables situate on the East Side of Hollis Street in the Parish of Saint Mary Le Bone abutting North on Miss Parsons South on Captain Stevens and late in Possession of Major Shassell and now of one Madam Bruton to my Sister Susanna Sweete the Wife of Hugh Sweete of Great Torrington aforesaid for and during her natural Life if my Term therein shall so long continue and immediately from and after her death I give and bequeath the said devised Premises unto Susanna Sweete her Daughter for and during the remainder of all my Right Interest and Term of Years which shall be then to come I also give all my Cloaths and Wearing Apparel of every kind and sort whatsoever unto my said Sister Susanna Sweete and to the said Susanna Sweete her Daughter to be equally divided between them as near as may be and my Will is that my said Sister shall on such Division Choose and take either of the Parts which she shall Please as and for her Part and Share of the said Cloaths and Apparel I also give unto the said Susanna Sweete the Daughter one Gold Ring Also I give unto my Nephew John Sweete forty Pounds to be paid him by my Executrix hereinafter named when he shall attain the age of twenty one Years I also give unto the said Hugh Sweete five Pounds to be Paid him by my Executrix hereafter named I also give to my Cousin Elizabeth Sweete Spinster one Gold Ring I also give unto my Nephew Hugh Sweete five Pounds to be Paid him by my Executrix hereinafter named I all the Rest of my Goods and Chattels Lands and Tenements not hereinbefore given and bequeathed I hereby give devise and bequeath unto my said Sister Susanna Sweete her Heirs and Assigns for ever and I hereby make and ordain her Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and hereby revoke all former Wills In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fourteenth day of June 1750 Witness my hand Rebecca BarnardIn the Name of God Amen I Rebecca Barnard of Great Torrington in the County of Devon Spinster being of Sound Mind Memory and Understanding do hereby make and Publish my last Will and Testament in manner and fform following that is to say ffirst I give and bequeath all my Moiety or half Part of one Brick House Coach House and Stables situate on the East Side of Hollis Street in the Parish of Saint Mary Le Bone abutting North on Miss Parsons South on Captain Stevens and late in Possession of Major Shassell and now of one Madam Bruton to my Sister Susanna Sweete the Wife of Hugh Sweete of Great Torrington aforesaid for and during her natural Life if my Term therein shall so long continue and immediately from and after her death I give and bequeath the said devised Premises unto Susanna Sweete her Daughter for and during the remainder of all my Right Interest and Term of Years which shall be then to come I also give all my Cloaths and Wearing Apparel of every kind and sort whatsoever unto my said Sister Susanna Sweete and to the said Susanna Sweete her Daughter to be equally divided between them as near as may be and my Will is that my said Sister shall on such Division Choose and take either of the Parts which she shall Please as and for her Part and Share of the said Cloaths and Apparel I also give unto the said Susanna Sweete the Daughter one Gold Ring Also I give unto my Nephew John Sweete forty Pounds to be paid him by my Executrix hereinafter named when he shall attain the age of twenty one Years I also give unto the said Hugh Sweete five Pounds to be Paid him by my Executrix hereafter named I also give to my Cousin Elizabeth Sweete Spinster one Gold Ring I also give unto my Nephew Hugh Sweete five Pounds to be Paid him by my Executrix hereinafter named I all the Rest of my Goods and Chattels Lands and Tenements not hereinbefore given and bequeathed I hereby give devise and bequeath unto my said Sister Susanna Sweete her Heirs and Assigns for ever and I hereby make and ordain her Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and hereby revoke all former Wills In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fourteenth day of June 1750 Witness my hand Rebecca Barnard

(Attestation Clause)
Tho: Belton _ Tho: Belton Jun

26 May 1769 Administration with Will annexed granted to Hugh Sweete the Nephew the Executrix Susannah Sweete having died in the life time of the Executrix

PCC Prob11/948/330