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Note for: George Farrow, ABT 1814 - BEF 1881
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Individual Note: 1851 census of England: listed as Builder's clerk.
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Note for: Living Townsend, ABT 1939 - 6 Jul 2007
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Nickname: Mickey
Individual Note: Owns and lives on Lowdale farm in Zimbabwe.
26 March 2001:
WPA chairman resigns over mole allegation
MR MICK TOWNSEND, the chairman of the Wildlife Producers' Association (WPA) has resigned. He offered his resignation to the association the day after the CFU's special congress last week. Townsend's departure followed allegations that he had leaked confidential information to the State owned Press.
It is understood that Mr Townsend supplied information to The Herald after at least one CFU council meeting during which the so-called split among members had been discussed. Prior to the union's special congress, a plan proposed by Mr Nick Swanepoel and backed by wealthy tycoon Mr John Bredenkamp had threatened the CFU leadership.
According Mr Colin Cloete, a CFU vice president, Mr Townsend admitted leaking information, but claimed he was not the only councillor to have done so. Councillors believed this was a "serious breach of confidentiality", said Mr Cloete.
But Cloete told The Farmer that the union welcomed the fact that Mr Townsend had brought new and different opinions to their meetings. "I told him that we have no problem with his opinions," said the union's vice president, "but that councillors felt uncomfortable discussing confidential matters if they believed they'd end up in the papers."
When contacted for comment, Mr Townsend accused the Press of bias against him, saying The Farmer was "a part of that." He said he had no other comment to make. But Mr Cloete pointed out that there was "no acrimony on the part of the CFU."
Speaking to The Farmer, Cloete said, "People thank Mick for his contribution to the WPA. He was worried that his views weren't in line with most other councillors, though this didn't worry anyone, councillors were worried about the confidentiality of their meetings." Mr Cloete, along with other union members, praised Mr Townsend for his efforts over the years. "He was excellent with wildlife issues," said Cloete, "and he always got the job don
But commercial farmers like Mick Townsend, who is white, produce five times as much corn per acre as farmers like Joanna.
Resettlement of the farm his grandfather hacked out of the bush a century ago would support about 200 people.
Today it is home to nearly 1,000.
Townsend, says: "It's a brilliant country, it still is. We have got troubles. But we tend to sort these things out."
Pressure is growing on the Zimbabwe government to do just that.
If farming collapses it's not just Zimbabwe and its people who will suffer. Eight neighboring countries are to a large degree dependent on the stability of this economy.
The emotional importance of land makes it an easy political weapon.
When asked what he would do if he had to give up his land, Townsend says, "Well since it's my whole life and my whole background I would be entirely lost, I wouldn't know what to do. I'd be devastated."
Meanwhile, Mr Muhau has announced the death of Mr Michael Townsend, the Society's executive chairman. Mr Townsend passed away last Sunday following a heart attack.
"ZAS's president Dr Robbie Mupawose, the council, the executive and staff have since conveyed their heartfelt condolences to the Townsend family on the sad and untimely loss of Mr Townsend.
"His death comes at a time he was working on various projects within the showgrounds that were aimed at transforming the Exhibition Park into a business park that would operate throughout the year," he said. - The Harare Herald, July 13, 2007.
Individual Notes
Note for: Charles Henry Farrow, jun qtr. 1862 -
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Individual Note: listed as "C C Clerk" in 1891 census, living at home at Mildmay Crescent.
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Note for: Elizabeth Ann Farrow, Sept qtr 1853 -
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Individual Note: Listed as School Governess in 1891 census, living with mother at 99 Mildmay Grove, Islington.
1901 census: Living with Herbert Thiselton, her husband, in Croydon, Surrey, England
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Note for: Mary Harris, 1719 - 1781
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Individual Note: Apparently from Modbury, Churchstow, or Aveton Gifford area - Stadbury apparently acquired thru this marriage(?). Two aunts, Elizabeth and Honor, were mentioned in her will. She bequeathed her properties in Modbury which she called Ley and Sheepham, but which appeared in the title deeds as Ley Chappell Downs, Chappell Parks, Cherry Hill Sheepham and Kerswell Parks to her nieces Jane and Mary Mallet. She also bequeather her "Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Heritaments" lying in Aveton Gifford and Churston and elsewhere in Devon to James Mallet (on condition that he change his name to James Veale) her nephew, who had also been bequeathed the Messuage of Passaford in Devon by Mary's late husband, James Veale.
In Devon Record Office: FILE - John Allen, apprenticed to Mrs Mary Veale, widow - ref. 2917 A/PO 16/13 - date: 1779
December 18, 1781 Maiden name Mary Harris
I Mary Veale, of Passaford in the county of Devon widow being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding do make and publish my last will and testament in manner following that is to say it is the first plan. It is my wish and I do hereby order and direct that my remains shall be put in a Leaden Coffin and interred in the Parish Church of Iddesleigh in the Grave which was made for me by Mr. Veale my late Dear Husband and in such apparel and other things as shall be upon or about my Person at the time of my decease with a Sheet of the Bed wrapped round me and Conveyed in a Hearse to the said Church and if Mr. Tasker Minister or any other Minister of the said parish for the new court refuse to permit the Grave to be opened without some Compensation I do authorize my Executors to offer him five Guineas for my internment therein if he insists upon it But if he should refuse then it is my will and I do hereby direct that my remains shall be interred in manner aforesaid in the church yard of Iddesleigh aforesaid in a grave to be made for that purpose as near as possible to the place whereon the remains of my dear husband were buried And that the officiating Ministers for the new ____ of Hatherleigh and Iddesleigh and also the Reverend Mr. George Wirkey (?) of Great Torrington and the Reverend Mr Fisher Rector of Little Torrington be invited to attend my Remains to the Grave And that each of them shall have Satin Scarves and Hatbands with gloves and that such Physicians Surgeons or Apothecaries as may attend me in my last Hours shall also be presented with Satin Scarfs and Hatbands by my said Executors And that my remains shall be carried from the Hearse to Grave by ten Men consisting of my own Servants and such workmen or Labourers as have been usually employed by me and as my Executors shall think proper and that each of them shall have a silk hatband with a pair of Gloves and five Shillings in money and that in every other respect my funeral shall be conducted in the same manner as that of my late Dear Husband James only as to upper Bearers which I would not think to have I do hereby give and devise onto Jane Mallet and Mary Mallet Nieces of my late dear husband who have lived with me a considerable time and have shown that care and attention for me in my Illness all and singular my Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and real Estate whatsoever situated lying and being in Modbury in the said county of Devon commonly called or known by the Names of Ivy and Leyplain but in the title books I find they are called and distinguished by the several Names of Ley Chappell Downs Chappell Parks and CherryHill Parks and Kerswell Parks for and during the terms of their respective natural lives in equal undivided Moieties as tenants thereof in common and not adjoint tenants without Impeachment of Waste(?). And from and immediately after the determination of such estates and or either of them I do hereby give and devise all and every my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments situated or being in Modbury aforesaid or the moiety thereof which shall be so forfeited or determined unto Thomas Lane of Cofleet in the county of Devon Esquire and his heirs for and during the lives of them the said Jane Mallet and Mary Mallet and each of them respectively upon Trust to support and preserve the contingent Remainders hereinafter limited and for that purpose and from this forum to make Entries and bring actions as the Nature of the case shall require But nevertheless to permit and suffer each of them the said Jane Mallet and Mary Mallet respectively to receive and take the Rents and Profits thereof and every part thereof to and for their own use and benefit as Tenants in common for and during their respective natural Lives. And from and immediately after the death of the said Jane
Mallet I do hereby give and devise our undivided Moiety or half part of and in all and every said Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premises situate and being in Modbury aforesaid unto all and every the children of the said Jane Mallet as Tenants in common and the heirs of their respective Bodies. And if any of them shall die without issue then I do hereby give and devise the part or shares of such of them so dying unto the Survivors if more than one of them as tenants in common and to the heirs of their respected Bodies. And in case the said Jane Mallet shall have but one child or if he shall have more than one and all of them except one shall die without lawful issue then to such only or only surviving child and the heirs of his or her Body. And for want in failure of such issue I do hereby give and devise the same Moiety of my said real Estate unto the said Mary Mallet and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural Life. And from and after the determination of that Estate I do hereby give and devise the said Moiety unto the said Thomas Lane and his heirs during the life of Mary Mallet Upon Trust to preserve the contingent Remainders and to permit her to receive the Rents and Profits thereof during her life and from and immediately after the decease of the said Mary Mallet I do hereby give and devise the same moiety of my said real Estate unto all and every the children of the said Mary Mallet if more than one as tenants in common and to the heirs of their respective Bodies. And if any of them shall die without Issue then I do hereby give and devise the part or Shares of such of them so dying without issue unto the Survivors of them if more than one as tenants in common and the Heirs of their Respective Bodies. And if she shall have but one child or if she shall leave more than one and all of them except one shall die without issue I do hereby give and devise the said last one Moiety to such only or only surviving child and the heirs of his or her body and for default of such issue I do hereby give and devise the said last mentioned Moiety of my said real Estate unto the said Jane Mallet and her assigns for and during the term of her natural Life. And for and after the termination of that Estate I do hereby devise the same Moiety unto the said Thomas Lane and his heirs during the life of the said Jane Mallet upon trust to conserve the contingent Remainders and to permit him to retrieve the Rents and Profits thereof during his life and from and immediately after the decease of the said Jane Mallet I do hereby give and devise the same Moiety of my said real Estate unto all and every the children of the said Jane Mallet if more than one as tenants in common and to the heirs of their respective Bodies and if any of them shall be without issue then I give and devise the part or shares of such of those dying without issue unto the survivors of them if more than one as tenants in common and the heirs of their respective Bodies and if the said Jane Mallet shall have but one child or if more or all of them shall die without issue then I do hereby give and devise the same Moiety to such only or only surviving child and the Heirs of his or her Body. And for want or in failure of issue of the same Jane Mallet and Mary Mallet and of each of them respectively I do hereby devise all of my said real Estate in Modbury unto John Woollcombe of Ashbury Esqure his Executors Administrators and Assigns for and during the term of five hundred years upon Trust by Mortgage of the said Premises or any part thereof for the whole or any part of the said term to raise or borrow and take up at interest the full Sum of five Hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain which I direct to be paid by the said John Woollcombe his Executors Administrators or Assigns unto such person or persons and at such time or times and in or by such Shares or Proportions Manners and forms as the survivor of them the said Jane Mallet and Mary Mallet in case of both their Estates without Issue as aforesaid by her last Will and Testament in Writing or any Instrument in Writing in the Nature of or purporting to be her last will to be by her signed executed and published in the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses covert or solo and notwithstanding her _____ shall give and bequeath direct or appoint the said sum of five hundred pounds or any part thereof and for want or in default of such disposition or appointment of the said sum of five hundred pounds or any part thereof then it is my will that the whole thereof or such part and so much thereof of which no sure disposition or appointment shall be made shall not be raised or paid out of the said Estate or any part thereof but that the part shall be owed and enjoined from and discharged therefrom by the several persons to whom I have thereinafter devised the same. And from and after the expiration or other sooner determination of the said term of five hundred years and in the meantime subject thereto and to the trusts thereof I do hereby give and devise all my said real Estate in Modbury aforesaid and also all my every Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments situate lying and being in Aveton Gifford and Churston or elsewhere in the said county of Devon and all other my real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever from and immediately after my Decease unto James Mallet the Nephew of my late Husband and brother of the said Jane and Mary Mallet and his Assigns for and during the term of his natural life only and regularly paying and keeping down the Interest of the said Sum of five hundred Pounds and immediately taking upon him and always using the Name and bearing of the Arms of Veale only and from and immediately after the determination of that Estate by forfeiture or otherwise I do hereby devise all my said real Estates as well in Modbury as in Aveton Giffard and Cherston unto the said Thomas Lane and his heirs for and during the natural life of the said James Mallet upon trust to support and preserve the contingent Remainders hereinafter limited and to permit the said James Mallet to retrieve the Rents and Profits during his life. And from and after the decease of the said James Mallet I do hereby give and devise all the said real Estate subject to the Term and Charge of five hundred pounds on the Modbury Estate unto the first and all and every other new Son and Sons of the said James Mallet lawfully to be begotten successively according to their Priority of Birth and Seniority of Age and the Heirs made of their respective Bodies. And for default or in failure of such Issue I do hereby give and devise the said Estates subject to and charged as aforesaid unto all and every the daughters of the said James Mallet lawfully to be begotten if there shall be more than one as tenants in common and to the heirs of their respective Bodies. And if any of them shall die without Issue then I give the part or Shares of such of them so dying to the Survivors of them if more than one as tenants in common. And if there shall be only one with ______ or if there shall be more than one and all and every one of them except one shall die without Issue then I do hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto such only or only survivors Sanglitor and the heirs of her Body. And for default of such issue I do hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto Richard Mallet Brother of the said James Mallet and his Assigns for and during the term of his natural Life. So likewise taking the Name and bearing the Arms of Veale only and from and after the determination of that Estate by forfeiture or otherwise I do hereby devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto and to the use of the said Thomas Lane and his Heirs for and during the natural Life of the said Richard Mallet upon trust to support and preserve the contingent Remainders everafter from being defeated or destroyed and to permit and suffer the said Richard Mallet and his Assigns to retrieve the Rents and Profits thereof to his own during his natural Life. And from and after his decease do hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto the first and all and every other the son and Sons of the said Richard Mallet lawfully to be begotten successively in tail male in manner subscribed for expressed. And for default of such Issue unto all and every the Daughters of the said Richard Mallet if there shall be more than one as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and to the Heirs of their respective Bodies. And if any of them shall happen to die without Issue I give the part or Shares of such of them so dying unto the Survivors of their respective Bodies. And if there should be only one such Daughter of the said Richard Mallet or if there shall be more than one and all and every one of them except one shall die without Issue then I hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto such only or only surviving Daughter and the Heirs of her Body. And for default of such Issue I do hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto Hugh Mallet Brother of the said Richard Mallet and his Assigns for and during the term of his natural Life. And from and immediately after the Determination of that Estate by forfeiture or otherwise I do hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto the said Thomas Lane for and during the Natural Life of the said Hugh Mallet upon trust to support the contingent Remainders and to permit and suffer him and his Assigns to retrieve the Rents and Profits thereof during his natural Life and from and after his decease I do hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto the first and all and every other the Son and Sons of the said Hugh Mallet lawfully to be begotten successively in Tail male of manner hereinbefore expressed And for Default of such Issue I do hereby give and devise my said Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto all and every the Daughters of the said Hugh Mallet if there shall be more than one as tenants in common and to the Heirs of their respective Bodies And if any of them shall die without Issue then I give the part or Shares of such of them so dying unto the Survivors of them if more than one as tenants in common and the Heirs of their respective Bodies And if there shall be one only such Daughter or if there shall be more than one and all and every one of them except one shall die without Issue then I do hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto such only or only surviving Daughter and the Heirs of her Body And for default or in failure of such Issue I do hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto William Mallet Esquire oldest brother of the said Hugh Mallet if he shall then be married but not otherwise and to his Assigns for and during the term of his natural Live And from and immediately after the termination of that Estate by forfeiture or otherwise I do hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto the said Thomas Lane for and during the natural Life of the said William Mallet upon Trust to support and preserve the contingent Remainders hereinafter limited And to permit and suffer the said William Mallet and his Assigns to retrieve the Rents and Profits thereof his natural Life And from then and after his decease I do hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto the first and all and every other the Son and Sons of the said William Mallet lawfully to be begotten successively in Tail male in manner thereinbefore expressed And for default of such Issue I do hereby give and devise the said Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto all and every the Daughters of the said William Mallet if there shall be more than one as Tenants in common and to the heirs of their respective Bodies And if any of them shall die without Issue I give the Part or Shares of such of them so dying unto the Survivors of them if more than one as Tenants in common and to the heirs of their respective Bodies And if there shall be only once such daughter or if there shall be more than one and one and every all of them except one shall die without Issue Then I so hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto such only or only surviving Daughter and the Heirs of her Body And if the said William Mallet shall not be married at the time of the Death of the said Hugh Mallet without Issue as aforesaid or for default or in failure of Issue of the Body of the said William Mallet in case he shall be married at the time aforesaid and take the Estates by virtue of this my will then I do hereby give and devise all my said real Estates subject and charged as aforesaid unto such of the Sisters or Sister of the said William Mallet as shall be there living for and during the rest of their natural Lives as Tenants in common if more than one with a Right and Benefit of Surviviorship upon the Death of any of them to the other or others for the rest of their natural Lives as Tenants in Common And if but one such Sister then to her for her Life And after the Determination of the lastmentioned Estates or any of them or any of them remainder to the said Thomas Lane and his Heirs during the respective lives or the Life of such Sister upon Trust to support and preserve the contingent Remainders and to permit them to receive the Rents and Profits of my said Estates During her or their Life or Lives rexpectively And from and after the Decease of all and every such Sisters and of the Survivor of them I do hereby give and devise all my real Estates subject and charged as before unto the first and all and every other the Son and Sons of the oldest of such Sisters successively in Tailmale with Remainder in default of such Issue to all and every her Daughters as Tenants in common in Tail _______. Remainders in failure of Issue of any of them And if but one such Daughter or surviving Daughter to such Daughter and the Heirs of her Body And for default of such Issue I do hereby declare it to be my Will and direct that all my said real Estate subject and charged as aforesaid shall descend and go to my our right Heirs provided always and I do hereby declare it to be my Will and direct that it be lawful to and for the said Jane Mallet and Mary Mallet and also the said James Mallet and the several other persons to whom I have devised my said real Estates as Tenants thereof for their respective Lives as and when they shall severally come into and be in the actual Possession of my said real Estates hereinbefore respectively devised from time to time during their respective natural Lives by Indenture under their respective Hands and Seals to promise and Lease the said Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premises so to them respectively devised or either of them or any part thereof respectively to any Person or Persons for any terms or Number of years not exceeding twenty one years in Possession and not in Reversion Remainder or Expectancey at the Cost and in an improved yearly Rent or Rents that can be reasonably had or obtained for the same without taking any Sum or Sums of Money or other Matter or Thing whatsoever by Way of fine or ____ for or in respect of such Lease or Leases distinguishable of Waste by any express Words to be inserted therein and so as in every such Lease there be contained a Clause for a Reentry on Nonpayment within a reasonable time of the Rent which shall be thereby respectively reserved and so as the Lessee or Lessees to whom such Lease or Leases do seal and deliver Counterparts thereof respectively. And I do hereby give and bequeath to the said Jane Mallet my Gold Watch with the gold chased case and Gold Chain and one of the Carnelian and one of the crystal Seals hanging to it at her option I also give her my Dear Mr. Veale’s Miniature Picture set in Gold with the brilliant Diamond Ring set in Rose which was given me by Mrs. Spooner and likewise my Wedding Ring. I do also give to the said Mary Mallet my Pearl Necklace my other Carnelian and other crystal Seal hanging to the Chain of the said Gold Watch likewise the Diamond Mourning Ring I had for her Dear uncle and the Diamond Mourning Ring I had for my two aunts Elizabeth and Honor Harris that is the ring with the largest five diamonds. And I also give to the said Mary Mallet thirty Guineas to buy a Watch and which I direct to be paid to her within two months next after my Decease. And although the Plate and furniture belonging to my late Dear Husband was in my Possession and which I am entitled to for my Life are by his Will given to and become the Property of the said James Mallet upon my decease yet it is my Will and Desire that the said James Mallet shall within two calendar months next after my Decease deliver to his said Sisters Jane Mallet and Mary Mallet or to whom also they shall appoint under their Hands the several pieces of Plate Chattels and Effects hereinafter mentioned that is to say the Silver TeaKettle with the Lamp and Waiter belonging to it with the Case wherein they are kept Also the set of Knives and forks with silver Handles the forks having three prongs with Spoon Handles and the case wherein they are kept upon all which the said Plate the Coplestone’s Arms are engraved also one of the silver Coffee Pots and the larger silver Teapot with the Parker’s and Bond’s Arms engraved thereon likewise the pair of common Silver Candlesticks with the Snuffers and Hand thereto belonging with the Veale’s Crest thereon engraved but which were the property of my Aunt Honor Harris also the eight Silver Table Spoons marked H.H. and a silver plate with Harris’s and Osborne’s Arms engraved thereon also two of the four table Waiters with the Harris’s and Coplestone’s Arms engraved thereon likewise the four table Cloths and two dozen of the Napkins which are usually kept and will be found in one of the little upper Drawers of the Mahogany Chest in the best Parlour Chamber and also the pair of white China Dish or China Candlesticks I have been the more particular in the description of the Arms on the above mentioned Pieces of Plate in order to show that the same were the Property of my own Relations as also were the said Linen and China Candlesticks all which said Plate Linen and Effects I give to them the said Jane Mallet and Mary Mallet during their Lives and the Life of the Survivor of them willing and hereby directing that the same and every part thereof allowing for Wear and Tear may at the Death of the said Survivor of them the said Jane and Mary Mallet go to the said James Mallet his Executors Administrators and Assigns provided also and it is my express Will that if the said James Mallet shall not give up and deliver to the said Jane and Mary Mallet the several pieces of Plate Linen and China Candlesticks hereinbefore particularly mentioned agreeable to my Will and Request within one calendar Month next after my Decease Then and in such case I do hereby give and bequest unto the said Jane Mallet and Mary Mallet the Sum of one hundred Pounds each in lieu and staid thereof And which I do hereby direct to be paid to them respectively out of my personal Estate within two months next after my Decease And I do hereby expressly acquit release and discharge the said Jane Mallet and Mary Mallet and each of them from all Claims and Demands whatsoever in respect of their Board and Accommodation in my House or any other Matter or Thing on any Consideration Account or Pretense whatsoever I do hereby also give and bequeath unto Mrs. Jane Mallet Mother of the said James Mallet the Sum of twenty pounds and also my round TortoiseShell Snuff Box with a Gold Lip and Hinge which I always use I do also hereby give and bequeath unto Anne Mallet Sister of the said James Mallet the Sum of fifty pounds with my long TortoiseShell Snuff Box given me by her good Uncle To Amy Mallet another of his Sisters the Sum of fifty pounds and likewise my ring set with one square Emerald and the plain mourning ring which I had for her Uncle. To Gertrude Mallet another of the Sisters of the said James Mallet the Sum of fifty pounds I also give her my stone Buckles together with the Ring set round with Table Diamonds and Rubies and also another Ring which I had for mourning for my good friend John Woolcombe Esquire late of Ashbury. To Juliana the wife of Mr. Edmund Bennet of Wivelscombe near Saltash in the County of Cornwall another Sister of the said James Mallet the Sum of fifty pounds and also the Ring I lately had made for Mourning for her Grandmother. To Charlotte the wife of Mr. Theophilus Blinsham of Kinscott near Torrington another Sister of the said James Mallet the Sum of fifty pounds and also my Hoop Diamond Ring. To the said Theophilus Blinsham twenty Pounds which I desire him to accept as a small acknowledgment for the many Civilities and friendly assistance I have received from him. To the said William Mallet ten Guineas. To the said Hugh Mallet the Sum of fifty pounds. To the said Richard Mallet the Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds. To my Goddaughter Jane Tucker the daughter of Mr. Francis Tucker Attorney of Barnstaple the Sum of one hundred pounds also my Ring set round with Amethysts which I had for Mourning for my father and Mother and the Ring I always wear with a Chrystal Heart under which is my Grandfather Coplestone’s hair set round with small Rose Sparks. To Mrs Elizabeth Mudge Widow of the late Reverend Mr. Mudge late Vicar of St. Andrews Plymouth the Sum of twenty pounds. To Mrs. Susanna Wood Wife of the Reverend Mr. Wood Rector of Cadleigh near Tiverton the Sum of twenty pounds. To Mrs. Margaret Cory of Great Torrington five Guineas. To each of my Servants who shall be living with us at the time of my Decease one Guinea over and besides what shall be then due to them for Wages and such Mourning as I gave my Servants for their late good Master. And I do hereby order and direct my Executors to pay and distiribute two Guineas on Christmas Eve in every year for and during the Span of twenty years next after my Decease unto and amongst such of the old sick and industrious poor of Hatherleigh aforesaid in such Proportions and Manner as my said Executor shall think their Wants and Necessities may require. And I do hereby order and direct that all and every the Pecuniary Legacies hereinbefore given and bequeathed to the several Persons hereinbefore named except the said two Legacies of one hundred pounds so given and directed to be paid to my said Nieces Jane and Mary Mallet at the time and upon the Condition hereinbefore mentioned. And also except the said thirty Guineas so by me given and directed to be paid to the said Mary Mallet to buy a Watch and the said yearly Sum of two Guineas so given and directed to be distributed by my Executors amongst the Poor of Hatherleigh in manner aforesaid shall be paid by my said Executor unto the said Persons to whom the same are hereinbefore respectively given and bequeathed in manner aforesaid within the Space of twelve Calendar Months next after my Decease. And that the specified Legacies shall be delivered to the Legacors when the same shall be applied for. And I do hereby give and bequeath all the Rent Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate and Effects of what Nature Kind or Denomination soever which I may or shall be possessed of interested in or entitled unto at the time of my Decease in by or through any Right Ways or Means subject to or after payment of all my just Debts funeral and testamentary Charges and Expenses and the Legacies hereinbefore given and bequeathed unto the said James Mallet his Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own use and Benefit. And Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint the said James Mallet sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and hereby revoking all and every other Will and Wills by me at anytime heretobefore made. I do declare this alone to be and contain my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament put my Hand and Seal this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and eighty. Mary Veale. Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in her Presence and at her Request and also in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto. Eliz. Dolby - Daniel Johnson - Jas. Martin
I Give and bequeath to my dear friends and Nieces Jane Mallet and Mary Mallet all my Cloakes Linen and Woolen except which I shall otherwise dispose of. I give to the said Jane and Mary Mallet all of my own Books my two Bod (?) carpets my own work and the carpet and the window curtains in the great parlour and the green Mod in the Parlour Chamber. I give Mrs. Woolcombe a rug such as I had for Mr. Woolcombe. I give to Mrs. Drake a black paper snuff Box with green flowers upon it. I give to Sarah Ellcott two Guineas a year during her Life to be paid by my said Nieces Jane and Mary Mallet one Guinea by each of them to be paid yearly. I give and bequeath to my dear friends and Nieces Jane and Mary Mallet all that is contained in ____ Bookcase and Drawers. I give to my sister Mallet my black satin petticoat my apron worked with Mrs. Drake’s pattern my patent ____ cloak and apron H____ a suit and one Guinea. Mary Veale witness Susanna Wood the 30th January 1781
17th December 1781
Which Day appeared personally James Martin of the Middle Temple London Court and made oath that sometime in the beginning of the year 1780 he prepared and drew up the last Will and Testament hereunto annexed of Mary Veale late of Passaford in the parish of Hatherley in the county of Devon widow deceased from Instructions sent to him by the said deceased for that Purpose and among other Legacies therein she directed a Legacy of 300 pounds to be given to her Nephew Richard Mallet which this deponent accordingly inserted in her said Will And this deponent further saith that after he had prepared the Ingrossment of the deceased said Will and had sent it into Devonshire for her to execute he this deponent received a Letter from the said deceased wherein she mentioned that circumstances had happened which made her see it right to reduce the said Legacy of three hundred pounds by her given to the said Richard Mallet and directed this deponent to alter the same to one hundred and fifty pounds which was accordingly done agreeable to the said deceased’s Direction in the manner in which the same now appears in the tenth line from the bottom of the said Will and the same as altered was shown or read over to the said Testatrix by this deponent before she executed her said Will - Jas. Martin - Same Day the said James Martin was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me. Will. Markam Surrogate, ___ Thos. Adderly J.P.
This Will was proved at London with a Codicil the eighteenth Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty before the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert father of Laws Master ___ or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of James Mallet Esquire the sole Executor named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first sworn by commission duly to administer.