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The 1819 will of Thomas Jesty
Sadler and Harness Maker
This is the last Will
and Testament of me Thomas Jesty of Yeovil in the County of Somerset Sadler
and harness
maker I give
devise and
bequeath unto
Robert Young of
Chilton Cantelo
in the County of
Somerset Yeoman
and my Nephew
Robert Jesty of
Woolcombe in the
County of Dorset
Yeoman all my
Freehold
dwellinghouse
stable Garden
and Premises
wherein I now
reside together
with the stable
in the
Occupation of Mr
Marks Lamb
as the said
dwellinghouse
and premises is
now divided by a
now built wall
from the
dwellinghouse
and Premises
lately sold by
me to Mr Thomas
Boucher and all
other my real
and personal
Estate and
Effects
whatsoever and
wheresoever the
same may be at
the time of my
decease to hold
to them the said
Robert Young and
Robert Jesty and
the survivor of
them his heirs
Executors
Administrators
and assigns
respectively
Upon trust and
confidence that
my said trustees
do and shall
permit and
suffer my wife
Jane to have the
use of all and
singular my
household Goods
And Furniture
and other
Effects in my
dwellinghouse
and premises at
the time of my
decease or such
part thereof as
she shall think
proper for and
during the term
of her natural
life in case she
shall so long
remain unmarried
and also upon
further trust to
pay and apply
unto my said
wife all the
rents interest
and produce of
all the rest and
residue of my
said real and
personal Estate
to and for her
own use and
benefit for and
during the term
of her natural
life in case she
shall remain
unmarried by
even and equal
quarterly
payments but in
case my said
wife shall marry
again then I do
hereby revoke
all such
bequests to my
said Wife and
from thenceforth
I hereby will
and direct the
same to be paid
and applied in
manner
hereinafter
expressed in
case of her
death but I do
hereby direct
that the
provision hereby
made for my said
wife is and
shall be in bar
and lieu of all
Dower and thirds
which she might
Claim or be
entitled to of
or from any
Freehold Estate
which I shall
have been seized
of or entitled
unto at any time
during my life
and which I do
hereby direct
that she shall
release and
discharge within
three months
after my decease
unto my said
trustees or on
refusal thereof
I do hereby
exclude her from
all benefit
under this my
will and
Testament and
from and after
the decease or
Marriage again
of my said wife
Upon trust to
convey pay and
assign the same
and every part
thereof unto and
for my Daughter
Jane her heirs
Executors
Administrators
and assigns
providing always
and it is my
will that in
case my said
wife shall be
desirous in her
lifetime to
raise and pay to
my said Daughter
any part or
share of my said
real or personal
Estate and
Effects then And
in such case it
shall and may be
lawful for her
so to do upon
her testifying
such desire in
Writing unto my
said wife
trustees or the
survivor of them
his heirs
Executors
Administrators
and assigns and
in such case I
hereby authorize
them or him to
raise the same
by sale or
mortgage of my
said real or
personal Estate
as to them or
him shall seem
[most ?] and I
do hereby
empower my said
trustees to
reimburse and
pay themselves
all such losses
Costs charges
and expences
which they or
either of them
shall sustain be
put unto or
expend in or
about the trusts
aforesaid and
that they shall
not be
answerable or
accountable for
the acts deeds
or default nor
for the other
nor for any more
monies than
shall
respectively
come to his her
or their hands
and lastly I do
hereby nominate
Constitute And
appoint them the
said Robert
Young and Robert
Jesty joint
Executors in
trust of this my
last will and
Testament hereby
revoking and
making void all
former and other
wills by me
heretofore made
and declaring
this only to be
my last will and
Testament In
Witness whereof
I the said
Testator Thomas
Jesty have to
this my last
will and
testament set my
hand and seal
this twenty
sixth day of
January in the
Year of our Lord
one thousand
eight hundred
and nineteen
Tho[ma]s Jesty
Signed sealed Published and declared by the said Testator Thomas Jesty as
and for his last
will and
Testament in the
presence of us
who at his
request in his
presence and in
the Presence of
each other have
set our names as
Witnesses
Jno Wm Wall D
Corry
W W Wells
The Writing contained in this sheet of paper was this twenty fifth day of
February 1819
republished and
declared by the
said Thomas
Jesty the
Testator to
remain and be in
force as his
last will and
Testament and we
in his presence
have signed our
names as
Witnesses
thereto
Jno Wm Wall D Corry
W W Wells
Proved at London 4th July 1822 before the Judge by the Oath of Robert Jesty one of
the Executors to
whom Admi[nistrati]on
was granted
having been
first sworn by
Comm[issi]on
duly to Adm[iniste]r
power reserved
to Robert Young
the other
Executor
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
