The Document Chest
1856 will of Thomas Phelps
Accountant of Bond Street
This is the last Will and Testament
of me
Thomas Phelps of Yeovil in the County of
Somerset
Accountant I
bequeath unto my
Son William my
silver watch I
bequeath unto my
Daughter Hannah
my large Quarto
Bible and a
yearly annuity
of two pounds to
be paid to her
out of the rents
of my two
dwellinghouses
hereinafter
devised to my
Wife such
annuity to
commence from
six calendar
months after my
death and be
paid quarterly
the first
payment to be
made at the end
of nine months
after my decease
and to be
continued during
the life of my
said Wife I
bequeath unto my
Son Thomas all
my wearing
apparel I
bequeath unto my
Daughter Ann a
Mahogany
[Pembroke?]
Table ix China
Cups and Saucers
and a Cream Jug
I bequeath unto
my son John two
silver table
spoons six tea
spoons two salt
spoons and one
mustard spoon
all engraved
with a letter L
I bequeath unto
my Wife Ann
Phelps such
articles of my
household
furniture as she
may choose to
select necessary
to furnish two
rooms The
residue of my
household
furniture and
book debts if
any shall be due
at my death I
bequeath unto my
said Son John
Phelps and my
friend John
Farley of Yeovil
aforesaid Corn
factor Upon
Trust to convert
the same into
money and after
paying thereout
my funeral and
testamentary
expences and my
debts the
mortgage debt
owing by me to
my said Son John
excepted to pay
that residue if
any to my Wife
to whom I
bequeath the
same But if the
money produced
by such
reversion shall
not be
sufficient for
the purposes
aforesaid and
also for the
support of my
Wife until she
shall receive
interest from
the monies
secured to her
in and by her
marriage
settlement then
I direct that my
Trustees shall
borrow and raise
such further sum
by way of
mortgage on my
two
dwellinghouses
as shall be
needful for the
aforesaid
purposes I
devise unto my
said Wife my two
freehold
dwellinghouses
with the
appurtenances to
the same
belonging
situate in Bond
Street in Yeovil
aforesaid one of
which is now in
my own
occupation and
the other in the
occupation of
William Bennett
To hold to her
my said Wife for
her life subject
to her [word
illegible] the
interest of the
mortgage that
may be made
thereon for the
purposes
aforesaid and
keeping the
premises in
repair and
insured from
loss by fire and
also paying unto
my said Daughter
Hannah the
aforesaid
annuity when and
as the same from
time to time
shall become due
and payable and
on the death of
my Wife I devise
the said
dwellinghouses
and premises
unto and equally
between my said
Daughter Hannah
and my said Son
John their heirs
and assigns for
ever as tenants
in common I
empower my
Trustees to
retain and allow
to each other
their expences
And I appoint
the said John
Phelps and John
Farley
Executors
and Trustees of
this my Will I
revoke all
former Wills in
witness whereof
I have hereto
subscribed my
name this twenty
second day of
March one
thousand eight
hundred and
fifty six
Thomas Phelps
Signed by the
said Thomas
Phelps the
Testator in the
presence of us
both present at
the same time
and attested and
subscribed by us
in his presence
the words "for
her life"
between the
second and third
lines from the
top of this page
having been
first written
George Hewlett
Samuel
Reeves
both of
Yeovil
Carpenters
Proved
at London 22nd
August 1857
before the
Worshipful
Samuel Fawkes [Waunby
?] Doctor of
Laws and
Surrogate by the
oath of John
Phelps the Son
one of the
Executors to
whom Adm[inistrati]on
was
granted having
been first sworn
duly to
administer Power
reserved of
making the like
Grant to John
Farley the other
Executor when he
shall apply for
the same
Transcribed by
Bob Osborn
