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1786 Will of Jane Daniell
of Yeovil
In the name of
God Amen
whereas I Jane Daniell daughter of William and Margaret
Daniell deceased
late of Yeovil
in the County of
Somerset being
by the blessing
of God in sound
mind and memory
do make this my
last Will and
Testament in
manner and form
following, that
is to say, I
desire that my
Executors
hereinafter
named will see
me decently
interred in the
burial place of
my dear Father
and Mother in
Yeovil and I do
hereby give
devise and
bequeath all my
Estates Lands
Tenements goods
Chattles
Hereditaments
and premises and
Effects whether
real or personal
unto my Cousins
the Rev Mr
William Blake of
Crewkerne and
John Moore Esq
of West Coker in
the County of
Somerset their
Heirs Executors
Administrators
and Assigns
whome I hereby
nominate and
appoint as my
Executors In
trust for ever
for the uses and
purposes
following First
I empower them
to call in any
money I may have
at interest
sufficient to
pay my funeral
expences or any
just demands any
one may have on
me which I
desire may be
paid in half a
year after my
decease or
sooner together
with mourning
for my Brothers
Two Guineas to
the Rev Mr
Howell and two
guineas to my
servant Mrs
Sarah Beaton if
living with me
then to be
bestowed by her
in mourning or
otherways as she
likes I likewise
give to my four
Nephews and to
my niece five
Guineas each to
be paid in
twelve months
after my decease
likewise to my
Niece Sarah
Daniell I give
all my wearing
apparal with all
my earrings and
desire her to
give such of it
as is not worth
her acceptance
to such of my
relations where
it may be
acceptable In
memory of my
Friendship I
give to Mrs Reed
Mrs Graham Mrs
Collins Mrs
Marshal Mrs
Baker & Miss
Moore one Guiney
each for a Ring
and also the
same to Miss
Susannah Ostler
I give to my
Nephew A'Court
Daniell my Watch
with all my
Household
furniture and
linen which I
have in my
Dwellinghouse in
Yeovil but it is
my Will that my
Brother Samuel
Daniell shall
have the use of
the same during
his natural life
or as long as he
shall have
occasion for it
there or
elsewhere and he
nor his heirs
shall not be
accountable to
the said A'Court
Daniell or his
Heirs or Assigns
for any wear or
waste thereof I
likewise give to
my said Nephew
and furniture I
may have
elsewhere but it
is my Will that
his Father and
Mother shall
enjoy the use of
it as long as
they shall have
occasion for it
and shall not be
accountable to
him his heirs or
Assigns for any
wear or waste
thereof I
likewise give to
my said Nephew
A'Court Daniell
all my plate,
China, Rings or
any other
valuable but it
is my Will that
my Brothers
George and
Samuel Daniell
shall enjoy the
use of it during
their lives or
as long as they
shall chuse to
keep it And I
desire my
aforesaid
Executors will
soon after my
decease divide
my said Plate &c
between my said
Brothers in
equal shares
between them and
I do hereby
authorize my
aforesaid
Executors the
Rev Will[ia]m
Blake and John
Moore Esq[ui]re
their Executors
Heirs
Administrators
or Assigns In
trust for ever
to let from time
to time all my
Lands and
Tenements what
and wheresoever
to such person
or persons for
such term not
exceeding Seven
and at such rent
as they shall
judge proper and
to pay the rents
issues and
profits thereof
after the
necessary
expenses for
repair &c are
deducted into
the hands of my
said Brothers
George and
Samuel Daniell
in equal shares
and proportions
or to apply the
same towards
their
maintenance
during their
natural lives
respectively in
equal shares and
proportions
except my
Dwellinghouse
which I now
inhabit which I
solely
appropriate to
the use and
advantage of my
Brother Samuel
Daniell as long
as he shall have
occasion for it
together with my
House in Grope
Lane with the
Garden and Back
Houseing
belonging
thereunto for
his use and
benefit during
his natural life
or as long as he
shall have
occasion for it
and likewise my
Garden in the
Churchyard for
the same term
and also my
orchard in
Preston Lane
called Long
Close for the
same term and it
is my will that
my Executors
shall within six
months after my
decease purchase
of the Portreeve
of the Borough
of Yeovil and
add my Brother
Samuel's life
and fully state
the aforesaid
House in the
said Borough
which I now
occupy called
Portreeve Land
that the expence
of such purchase
shall be paid
out of the other
part of my
Effects I shall
have at my
decease And to
my Brother
George Daniell I
give for his
sole use and
benefit my House
called Grubhams
which is now
occupied by Mr
Hancock during
the time he
shall have
occasion for it
And it is my
Will that on the
decease of
either of my
said Brothers
George or Samuel
Daniell that the
Survivor of them
shall then have
the share of
such deceased
Brother and that
such share shall
be solely
appropriated to
the use and
maintenance of
such surviving
Brother And
after the
several deceases
of my said
Brothers I give
devise and
bequeath my
Lands called
Inner Shortlands
Churchway two
Acres in
Northover Field
together with a
field on Hinford
Hill now rented
by Mr William
Symmonds
Gardener unto my
Nephew Peter
Daniell his
Heirs and
Assigns for ever
upon Condition
that he pays to
my Niece Miss
Sarah Daniell
the sum of Two
hundred pounds &
to Georgiana and
Emma Daniell
Daughters of my
Nephew George
Daniell the sum
of ten guineas
each and til my
said Nephew
Peter Daniell
has paid the
above Legacies
of two hundred
pounds to my
Niece Sarah
Daniell Ten
Guineas to each
to the said
Daughters of my
Nephew George
Daniell my said
Executors shall
appropriate the
produce and
rents of the
said Lands
towards paying
such Legacies
til they are
paid Item I give
my Watch to my
Nephew A'Court
Daniell but it
is my Will that
my Brother
Samuel Daniell
shall have the
use of it as
long as he shall
chuse to keep it
Item I give the
sum of Twenty
guineas to my
Cousin William
Scammel to be
paid him in two
years after my
decease or
sooner if
convenient to my
Executors and
after the
decease of both
my said brothers
I give devise
and bequeath all
the rest and
residue of my
Lands Tenements
Hereditaments
Goods Chattels
and Effects unto
my Nephew
A'Court Daniell
youngest son of
my Brother
George Daniell
unto him and his
heirs for ever
But subject to
the payment on
his coming into
possession of
one hundred
pounds to each
of his Brothers
and to his
Sister and
likewise if my
Brother Samuel
Daniell should
marry I give to
each child born
of such mariage
One hundred
pounds out of my
said Lands And I
do hereby in
token of my
esteem give unto
my said
Executors In
trust five
Guineas for a
ring desiring
them my said
Executors
William Blake
and John Moore
Eq to see this
my will written
in two sheets of
Paper fulfilled
In witness
whereof I
hereunto set my
hand and seal
the twenty
seventh day of
February 1786
Jane Daniell
In the presence
of us signed and
delivered and
sealed
Hannah Blake
William
Blake
Gabriel
Tizard
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
