The Document Chest
1803 Will of Ann Pitt
Spinster
In the Name of God Amen
this is the last
will and
testament of me
Ann Pitt
Spinster now
residing with
Mrs Mary King
Bookseller and
Stationer in the
Town of Yeovil
in the County of
Somerset my will
is as follows
that is to say I
give unto my
dear Friend
Mrs
Elizabeth [Toms
?] or Warden
Newton in the
County of Dorset
Widow every one
of my Towels and
Napkins and one
half of my
Wearing Apparel
likewise my Book
of the Feasts
and Fasts of the
Church of
England and all
my Volumes of
Sermons and the
new whole Duty
of Man To my
most dear Friend
Mrs Sarah
Barrett Wife of
Mr John Barrett
of Yetminster in
the County of
Dorset I give
the other half
of my wearing
apparel my large
Bible my red
common prayer
Book Brookes
Gazetteer and my
large Dictionary
and my paste
hair [Sheer ?]
it having been
left me by Miss
Gardiner To my
dear and
respected Friend
Mrs Mary
Syndercombe now
residing at
Bridport Dorset
I give my three
Volumes of [Sterius
?] Meditations
and Doctor
Taylors holy
Living and [word
illegible] Dear
Cousin Mr George
Westlake of
Exeter in the
County of Devon
I give my large
common prayer
Book bound in
Black with
Copper Plates it
having formerly
belonged to Mrs
Mansfield Aunt
to both our
Mothers likewise
a Volume of Dr
Sherlocks Works
given me by his
Father to my
dear cousin Mrs
Jane Filmore
Richardson
daughter of Mr
George Westlake
I give all my
Rings I give to
my dear Cousins
Eliza Dorothea
Mary and Ann
Westlake
daughters of Mr
George Westlake
all my Ear rings
[word illegible]
paste pins and
Sprigs and two
Guineas to each
of them and to
their Brother
George Westlake
to buy Rings in
Remembrance of
me To my dear
and valued
Friend Mrs
Frances Pearce
of Exeter I give
two Guineas for
a Ring to my
dear and
respected Friend
Mrs Mary
Syndercombe
of
Bridport Dorset
I give two
Guineas for a
Ring To my very
dear and valued
Friends Mr
Joshua Carter of
Bridport Dorset
and his Wife Mrs
Elizabeth Carter
I give two
Guineas each for
Rings and the
like Sum for the
same purpose to
my kind Friend
Mr Andrew Abbott
of Fleet Street
London To Mr
Caleb Barrett
Junior of Corton
Denham in the
County of
Somerset I give
five Guineas for
a Ring and the
like Sum for the
same purpose to
Mrs Susan
Longman Bown and
Miss Abigail
Barrett his
Sisters to my
most dear and
kind Friend Mrs
Mary King of
Yeovil Somerset
I give two
Guineas for a
Ring to Mrs
[Jenny ?] Chick
Wife of Mr
William Chick
Bridport I give
two Guineas for
a Ring I give to
my Cousin Mr
George Westlake
of Exeter the
Sum of ten
pounds now in
the five per
cents of 1797 To
Mrs Elizabeth
Jones of Maiden
Newton Dorset I
give the like
Sum of ten
pounds now in
the five per
cents of 1797 I
give the Sum of
ten pounds now
in the five per
cents of 1797 to
Mr Joshua Carter
of Bridport
Dorset and Mrs
Elizabeth Carter
his Wife I give
ten pounds each
now in the five
per cents of
1797 lastly I do
constitute and
appoint my most
Dear and Valued
Friend Mr John
Barrett of
Yetminster in
the county of
Dorset Bag Maker
and Mrs Sarah
Barrett his Wife
to be my whole
and sole
Executors as
witness my hand
this twenty
first day of
February in the
year of our Lord
One thousand
eight hundred
and three
Ann Pitt
Signed Sealed
and delivered in
the presence of
Witness
John King
Sarah
Phelps
This Will was proved at London the
first day of
June in the year
of our Lord one
thousand eight
hundred and five
before the Right
Honourable Sir
William Wynne
Knight Doctor of
Laws Master
Keeper of
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the Oaths of
John Barrett and
Sarah Barrett
(wife of the
said John
Barrett) the
Executors named
in the said will
to whom Adm[inistrati]on
was granted of
all and singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
deceased having
been first sworn
by Commission
duly to
administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
