Yeovil's Virtual Museum

1821 will of Sarah Moore

Spinster

 

This is the last Will and Testament of me Sarah Moore of Yeovil in the County of Somerset Spinster I give and bequeath and I accordingly hereby direct my Executrixes hereinafter named to transfer unto my friends Joseph Chaffey of Martock in the said County Surgeon and William Colt Wood of Martock aforesaid Esquire All that stark in the three per Cent Consolidated annuities which shall at the time of my decease be standing in my name in the books of the Gov and Company of the Bank of England To hold unto the said Joseph Chaffey and William Colt Wood their Executors and Administrators Upon trust to receive the Dividends and Produce thereof from time to time as the same shall become payable and pay or cause to be paid the same unto the proper hands of my several nieces Sarah Moore Elizabeth Peal Eleanor Moore and Susannah Moore the daughters of my brother John Moore in equal shares and proportions for and during their respective lives or to such person or persons as they shall respectively buy any note or notes in writing under their respective hands from time to time direct or appoint to receive the same to and for their own sole and separate use and benefit apart from their respective husbands and my Will is that such husbands shall not nor shall either of them [word illegible] with the said dividends and produce or any part thereof neither shall the same be subject or liable to them or any of them of their controul debts or engagements and the receipts of my said several nieces whether covert or discovert or of such person or persons as they any or either of them shall from time to time as aforesaid direct or appoint to receive the same shall be good and sufficient discharges for so much of the said dividends and produce as shall be therein acknowledged or expressed to be received And from and after the several and respective decease is of my said nieces Upon trust to transfer and pay over the said stock dividends and produce unto and amongst all and every of the Children of my said nieces in the proportion of one fourth part of the said stock together with the Dividends and Produce thereof unto the Children of each of my said nieces and the respective Executors Administrators or Assigns of such Children Provided and my Will is that if any one or more of the said Children of my said nieces shall happen to die under the age of twenty one years unmarried and without issue then the share or shares of him her or them so dying shall go and be paid to his her all their surviving brothers and sisters at such time or times as his her all their original share or shares would have become payable And my Will further is that all and every the shares and share so directed to survive shall from time to time survive together with the original share and share is until such original share and share is shall become payable Provided further and my Will is that in case any one or more of my said nieces shall happen to die without leaving any Child of her or their body or bodies who shall be living at the time of her or their decease or there being such and they shall all happen to die under the age of twenty one years unmarried and without issue then I do direct my said Trustees and the survivor of them his Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors to pay and transfer the share or shares of her or them so dying unto and amongst the survivor and survivors of my said nieces and their respective Children in the like manner and [word illegible] as I have hereinbefore bequeathed to them their original share and shares And if all my said nieces shall happen to die without leaving any child of their or either of their bodies who shall be living at the death of the survivor of my said nieces or their being such and they shall all happen to die under the age of twenty one years unmarried and without issue then I do hereby direct my said trustees and the survivor of them his Executors and Administrators to pay and transfer the said stock dividends and produce unto my nephews [word illegible] Moore Henry Moore Robert Moore and Thomas Moore in equal shares and proportions and their respective executors administrators and assigns I give and bequeath unto the Minister and Churchwardens for the time being of the parish of West Coker in the said County the sum of one hundred pounds stock in the [Navy ?] Five per Cent annuities To hold the same unto the said Minister and Churchwardens and their successors Upon trust to reserve the dividends and produce thereof from time to time as the same shall become payable and lay out and expended the same in and about the maintenance and support of the sunday school belonging to the established Church now or hereafter subsisting in West Coker aforesaid in such manner as they the said Minister and Churchwardens or the majority of them shall in their discretion think fit and I direct that the Minister and Churchwardens aforesaid shall as soon as the venue of the may be after my decease cause a memorial of this bequest to be inscribed on a Tablet and that the same be set up in some conspicuous part of the Church of West Coker aforesaid the better to receive the said legacy or donation from being at any time hereafter die vested from the purpose for which I desire it provided and my will is that my brother John Moore and his Descendants who for the time being shall be entitled to the dwelling house wherein my said brother the said John Moore now resides situate in West Coker aforesaid shall from time to time and at all times have the nomination and appointment of five Children to the said Sunday School so as that there may be constantly in such School that number of Children of his or their nomination and appointment And my Will further is that if at any time hereafter such Sunday School shall cease to subsist for the space of twelve months successively then I do direct that the said last mentioned stock shall sink into and be considered as part of the residue of my personal estate hereinafter bequeathed I give and devise unto my nephews the said John Moore Henry Moore and Robert Moore all and singular my dwelling houses and gardens and hereditaments situate in the parish of Yeovil aforesaid late Sealy's and late Brookes's to hold the same unto my said nephew's John Moore Henry Moore and Robert Moore their heirs and assigns for ever in equal shares and proportions as tenants in common and not as joint tenants subject nevertheless as to the share and proportion of my said nephew John Moore and charged and chargeable to and with the payment of the sum of one hundred pounds unto my nephew Robert Moore at the exploration of six calendar months next after my said nephew the said John Moore shall be in the actual possession of the lands and hereditaments at West Coker in the said County comprised in the settlement made on the Marriage of his father and mother I give and devise unto my nephew Thomas Moore all that my dwelling house wherein I now reside together with the outhouses garden and two Orchards adjoining now in my occupation to hold the same with the appurtenances unto the said Thomas Moore his heirs and assigns forever subject nevertheless and charged and chargeable to and with the payments of the sum of five hundred pounds to my said for nieces the said sum of five hundred pounds accordingly to be paid to them by the said Thomas more his heirs or assigns [word illegible] that is to say one moiety or half part thereof at the end of one year after my decease and the other moiety or half part thereof at the end of two years next after my decease And my Will is and I hereby direct my said Trustees and the survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such survivor shall and may at all times in the first place reimburse and indemnify and to deduct and retain to themselves and himself out of the said trust monies respectively all such costs charges damages and expenses as they or either of them shall on may at any time and expended lay out or be put unto four or by reason or means of all or any or either of the trusts hereby in them reposed and that neither of them shall be answerable for any loss which may happen of any of the said trust monies unless such loss happen through his or their wilful neglect or default nor one for the other of them nor for more monies than shall actually come to each of their hands respectively but each of them for his own acts deeds neglects and defaults only I give and bequeath unto my said nephew the said Thomas Moore his Executors Administrators and Assigns all my household goods and furniture linen in and China all the rest and residue and remainder of my lands tenements and hereditaments monies and securities for money goods chattels and effects I give devise and bequeath unto my said nieces Sarah Moore Elizabeth Moore Elizabeth Pratt Eleanor Moore and Susanna Moore equally to be divided between them share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and their respective heirs executors administrators and assigns Lastly I do a point to my said nieces Executrixes of this my Will but it is my request and desire that my said nephew is as well as my said nieces show each of them pay and bear an equal proportion of the expenses of obtaining probate hereof In Witness whereof I have to this my said Will contained in four sheets of paper subscribed and set my hand and seal that is to say to each of the first three sheets thereof my name and to this fourth and last sheet my hand and seal the seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one

Sarah Moore

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Sarah Moore the testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request in her presents and in the presence of each other have subscribe our names as witnesses hereto

WL White     GP Luke     Wm White

 

Whereas I Sarah Moore of Yeovil in the County of Somerset Spinster have by my last Will and Testament in writing bearing date the seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty one bequeathed to the Minister and Churchwardens of the parish of West Coker in the said County the sum of one hundred pounds stock in the Navy five per Cent and annuities upon certain trusts in my said Will mentioned Now I do hereby this Codicil to my said Will which I desire may be annexed to and taken as part thereof revoke the said legacy and direct that the same shall not be paid And Whereas I have by my said Will charged the share and proportion of my nephew John Moore of and in certain dwelling houses and gardens and hereditaments therein devised with the payment of the sum of one hundred pounds to my nephew Robert Moore Now I do hereby revoke such charge and to divert that the said last mentioned some shall not be paid I give and devise unto my servant Mary Legg if she shall be living in my service at the time of my decease but not otherwise my dwelling house in the occupation of Luke Harvey with its appurtenances (except the garden thereto belonging) To hold to her and her assigns for her life I give and bequeath to my nephews Henry Moore and the said Robert Moore the sum of fifty pounds each to be paid them at the end of one year next after my decease I give and bequeath to the said Henry Moore my three silver Casters and my large gold Seal; to my niece Susanna Fussell my silver Tea pot and Stand, to my niece Elizabeth Pratt my gold Chain and my late brothers profile. To my niece Eleanor Moore my Diamond Ring. To my niece Sarah Moore my watch chain and my other seals, my bracelet buckles pearl [leaf ?] and the rest of my trinkets to the said Robert Moore my large silver soup spoon To the said John Moore all the old China now in the Cupboard in my middle Bedroom and my silver Salver I give and bequeath to the said Mary Legg if living with me at the time of my decease All my wearing apparel (except my silk Dresses my Common blue ware coloured tea pot and cup and saucer to match and such useful plates and dishes as my Executrixes shall think proper and my quarter barrel my small bedstead where she sleeps all with the bedsheets blankets and curtains thereto belonging and the use during her life only of my Kitchen Clock six ash Chairs of my table and to chairs in the back Kitchen and of my small boiler tea Kettles and Sauce pan I give and bequeath to my nephew Thomas Moore my apple Mill and Cider Press with my Casks and Liquors, together with my large bible and all my plate which I have not hereinbefore specifically disposed of and also the several articles of which I have hereinbefore given the use to the said Mary Legg for her life And to the end that there may be misapprehension or misconstruction of my will as to the Orchard late Sealy's I do direct that such Orchard was not intended to be comprehended in or to pass by the device of the hereditaments in my said Will mentioned to my nephews John Moore Henry Moore and Robert Moore, but that such Orchard was intended to be comprehended in and to pass by the devise of the two Orchards therein mentioned to my said nephew Thomas and I accordingly hereby give and devise the same to him the said Thomas Moore his heirs and assigns for ever. And I do hereby confirm my said Will in every other respect in witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed and set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight

Sarah Moore

Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Sarah Moore as and for a Codicil to be annexed to and taken as part of her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request in her presents and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

WL White     TS Orton     HS Sabine

 

Whereas I Sarah Moore of Yeovil in the County of Somerset Spinster have by my last Will and Testament in writing bearing date the seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty one devised the dwellinghouse in which I reside with the outhouses garden and two Orchards adjoining unto my nephew Thomas Moore his heirs and assigns for ever charged with the payment of the sum of five hundred pounds to my four nieces the sisters of the said Thomas Moore in equal shares and proportions Now I do hereby revoke such charge and do direct that the said sum of five hundred pounds shall not be paid And Whereas I have by a Codicil to my said Will dated the fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight given and bequeathed unto my nephews Henry Moore and Robert Moore the sum of fifty pounds each to be paid at the end of one year next after my decease Now I do hereby revoke the said Legacies and direct that the same shall not be paid And I do also by this Codicil to my said Will which I desire may be taken and considered as part thereof give and bequeath unto my nephews John Moore and my said nephew's Henry Moor and Robert Moore the sum of one thousand pounds will shares and proportions in addition to the provision made for them by my said Will In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed and set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty two

Sarah Moore

Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Sarah Moore as and for a Codicil to be annexed to and taken as part of her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request in her presents and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

John Slade     Sam Symons     Edward Burges

 

This is a third Codicil which I direct to be annexed to and taken as part of my last Will and Testament Whereas I have by my said will bequeathed my stock in the three per Cent Consolidated and annuities to Joseph Chaffey and William Cole Wood in my said Will named in trust for the benefit of my four nieces as therein mentioned Now I do hereby [word or words missing] it to be my will and intention that as to the fourth part of such stock which by my said Will I bequeathed for the benefits of my niece Sarah Moore and her Children the dividends thereof shall be paid to her for her life as in my said Will is mentioned but that from and after her death such fourth part of the said stock shall be absolutely paid and transferred to such person or persons as my said niece Sarah Moore shall by Deed or Will only executed direct limit and appoint or bequeath the same And I do further declare it to be my Will that my said niece Sarah Moore shall be holy excluded from all benefit of survivorship as to the remaining three fourths of such stock, and that such benefits of survivorship shall be confined entirely to my three nieces Elizabeth Pratt. Eleanor or now the wife of William Thomas [word illegible] and Susanna now the wife of Thomas Fussell and their Children as in my said Will is mentioned as to the whole of the said Stock And inasmuch as my personal property may possibly not be sufficient to answer and pay the legacies I have bequeathed without resorting to my said stock in the three per Cent Consolidated Annuities I do hereby direct that if necessary so much thereof shall be disposed of by my Executrixes as will be sufficient to enable them to pay such legacies In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed and set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty two

The signature and marks Sarah Moore and the seal of Sarah Moore the Testatrix

Signed Sealed published and declared by the said testatrix Sarah Moore as and for a third Codicil to be annexed to and taken as part of her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request in her presents and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

WL White      Edward Burges

 

See fourth Codicil after Act

Proved at London with 4 Codicils 15th March 1833 before the Judge by the oath of Elizabeth Prat (wife of Samuel Prat) the niece one of the Executrixes to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer power reserved of making the like Grant two Sarah Moore Spinster Eleanor Talbott (in the Will written Eleanor (Josse Wife of William Thomas Josse) formerly Moore Spinster and Susanna Fussell (wife of James Fussell) formerly Moore Spinster the nieces also the other Executrixes when they shall apply for the same.

 

 

Transcribed by Bob Osborn