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1822 Will of Thomas Quantrill
Servant of Colonel Prowse
This is the last Will
and Testament of
me
Thomas Quantrill
a Servant of
Colonel Prowse
of Yeovil
Somerset
Imprimis
Out of the whole
property I die
possessed of I
give and
bequeath in
manner & form
following - Viz
- In the first
place thirty
pounds p[e]r Annum
arising as
Interest of the
principal of
what I die
possessed
provided it
amounts to that
Sum, to my dear
Wife for her
life and also my
metal Watch &
Seal and after
her decease the
principal to be
divided between
my four Nephews
and four [word
illegible]
equally from the
property I die
possessed of
either in the
funds or
elsewhere [word
illegible]
I
bequeath to my
Sister Jane
Kerridge thirty
pounds to be
paid her
immediately
after my decease
from the Saving
Bank Southampton
Row Russel
Square London
and also I
bequeath my
Silver Watch &
Gold Seal to Mrs
Simms of No 1
Fitzroy Square
London [two
words illegible]
I desire may be
given to George
Pilcher
I hereby
appoint Thomas
Ireland Esq[ui]re
of Staple Inn
London my sole
Executor &
Trustee to this
my last Will &
Testament
In
Witness whereof
I hereby set my
hand & seal this
the twenty sixth
day of August in
the Year of Our
Lord One
Thousand
eighteen hundred
& twenty two
Thos Quantrill
his X mark
Signed sealed &
delivered in the
presence of
JH Hunt
GB Prowse
Hubert
Day
Dated Compton
Pauncefoot in
the County of
Somerset August
ye 26th 1822
Proved at London 2nd December 1822 before the Worshipful Charles
Coote Doctor of
Laws and
Surrogate by the
Oath of Thomas
Ireland Esquire
the sole
Executor to whom
Adm[inistrati]on
was granted
having been
first sworn duly
to Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
