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1817 will of mary coward
formerly Strong
This is the last Will
and Testament of
me
Mary Coward
of Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset the
Wife of Henry
Coward of the
same place
Grocer I give
and devise unto
my loving
Husband the said
Henry Coward my
two Closes of
Land called
Higher Lark Hill
and
Lower Lark Hill
in Yeovil
aforesaid
containing about
seventeen Acres
(purchased in
fee by the late
Samuel Strong)
of Messiors
Glyde and Watts
and given to me
by my late Uncle
Richard Strong
his Heirs and
Assigns upon
Trust to receive
the Rents Issues
and Profits
thereof and
apply such Rents
Issues and
Profits for and
towards the
maintenance
education and
support of Mary
Ann Coward my
Daughter during
her minority and
when and so soon
as my said
Daughter shall
arrive at the
age of twenty
one years or day
of Marriage I
give and devise
such two Closes
called Higher
Lark Hill and
Lower Lark Hill
and my Daughter
Mary Ann Coward
To hold to her
her Heirs and
Assigns for ever
But in case my
said Daughter
shall happen to
die before the
age of twenty
one years and
without leaving
any lawful Issue
then I do hereby
give and devise
the same two
Fields called
Higher Lark Hill
and Lower Lark
Hill unto my
said Husband
Henry Coward To
hold to him his
Heirs and
Assigns for ever
And as to all
the rest residue
and remainder of
my Real and
Personal Estates
of whatsoever
nature or kind
or wheresoever
situate which I
have any right
or power of
disposing of I
give devise and
bequeath the
same to my
Husband the said
Henry Coward To
hold to him his
Heirs and
Assigns for ever
and I appoint
the said Henry
Coward to be
Executor of this
my Will In
Witness whereof
I have hereunto
set my hand and
seal this fourth
day of December
in the year of
our Lord Christ
one thousand
eight hundred
and seventeen
The mark of Mary
Coward
Signed sealed
published and
declared by the
said Testator
Mary Coward as
and for her last
Will and
testament in the
presence of us
who at her
request in her
presence and in
the presence of
each other have
subscribed our
names as
Witnesses hereto
Samuel Bradley
Physician
Thos
Shorland Junr
Surgeon
Lydia
Vickery
On the 22nd of May 1818 Adm[inistrati]on with the Will
annexed of all
and singular the
Goods Chattels &
Credits of Mary
Coward formerly
Strong Spinster
(Wife of Henry
Coward) late of
Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset
deceased was
granted to the
said Henry
Coward the
lawful Husband
the party
entitled to the
Effects of the
said deceased
[illegible words
inserted] he
having been
first sworn duly
to Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn