The Document Chest
1780 will of Elias Newman
Baker
This is the last Will
and Testament of
me Elias Newman
of Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset Baker I
commend my Soul
to God through
Christ and my
body I commit to
the Earth to be
decently buried
at the
discretion of my
daughter and
Executrix
hereinafter
named I Give and
devise my
Freehold
Messuage Lands
and
Hereditaments
situate lying
and being in the
Parish of
Halstock in the
County of Dorset
unto my Son
Thomas Newman
for and during
the term of his
natural life and
from and after
his death I Give
and devise the
same unto my
daughter Mary
Clothier and my
Grandaughter
Mary Ring as
tenants in
common and not
as joint tenants
their Heirs and
Assigns for ever
I Give and
devise unto my
Grandson John
Clothier the
Younger and his
Assigns for and
during the term
of his natural
life the Weekly
Sum of [three?]
shillings to be
issuing and
payable out of
my Freehold
Messuages Lands
and
Hereditaments
situate lying
and being in the
parish of Yeovil
aforesaid and to
be paid him the
said John
Clothier and his
Assigns Weekly
on every Monday
without any
deduction on
account of Taxes
or otherwise
howsoever the
first payment to
be made on the
Monday next
after my death
all and every my
Freehold
Messuages Lands
and
Hereditaments
[word illegible]
situate lying
and being in the
parish of Yeovil
aforesaid which
I am seized of
or intitled unto
in possession
Reversion
Remanded or
[Expectancy?]
charged as
aforesaid I Give
and devise unto
my said daughter
Mary Clothier
and to my said
Grandaughter
Mary Ring as
tenants in
common and not
as joint tenants
their Heirs and
Assigns for ever
I Give and
devise unto my
Grandaughter
Sarah Lilly Wife
of Samuel Lilly
the sum of One
hundred Pounds I
Give and
bequeath unto my
Grandaughter
Mary Ring the
sum of One
hundred and
fifty Pounds
which said
Legacies of One
hundred Pounds
and One hundred
and fifty Pounds
shall be paid by
my Executrix
hereinafter
named in one
year next after
my death And as
for and
concerning all
the Rest and
Residue or my
ready Money
debts and
Securities for
Money and all
other my
personal and
Testamentary
Estate
whatsoever and
wheresoever I
Give and
bequeath the
same unto my
said daughter
Mary Clothier
whom I make and
appoint Sole
Executrix of
this my last
Will and
Testament hereby
revoking all
former Wills by
me at any time
heretobefore
made In Witness
whereof I the
said Elias
Newman have to
this my last
Will and
Testament and
also to a
duplicate
thereof
subscribed my
Name and set my
Seal this second
day of February
in the year of
our Lord One
thousand seven
hundred and
eighty
Elias Newman
Signed Sealed
Published and
declared by the
Testator as and
for his last
Will and
Testament in the
presence of us
who at his
request have
Subscribed our
Names as
Witnesses
thereto in the
presence of the
said Testator
and of each
other
Nath[anie]l
Butler Batten
James
Anstice
John
Barrett
This Will was proved at London the
fifth day of
April in the
Year of Our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred
and eighty six
before the Right
Worshipful Peter
Calvert Doctor
of Laws master
Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the Oath of Mary
Clothier Widow
the daughter of
the deceased and
sole Executrix
named in the
said Will to
whom
Administration
was granted of
all and singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
said deceased
she having been
first sworn by
Commission duly
to administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
