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Note for: Isabella Sackville, 6 Oct 1622 - 14 Oct 1661
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Burial: Place: Compton Wyniates, Warwickshire, England
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Note for: Thomas Creed, -
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Individual Note: Creator(s): Boots Industries Plc Leighton Buzzard - 49 High Street FILE [no title] - ref. X 811/10 & 11 - date: 20, 21 December 1797 [from Scope and Content] ii) Thomas Creed, senior, Chesham, Bucks, auctioneer FILE [no title] - ref. X 811/12 - date: Hilary 38 George III 1798 [from Scope and Content] i) Thomas Creed, plaintiff FILE [no title] - ref. X 811/13 - date: 2 July 1803 [from Scope and Content] Certificate for the redemption of land tax (17s 6d) made with Thomas Creed, the elder, Chesham, Bucks, draper, and relating to a messuage and outbuildings in Leighton Buzzard FILE [no title] - ref. X 811/14 - date: 14 March 1805 [from Scope and Content] i) Thomas Creed, Chesham, Bucks, draper
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Note for: Ellen Morris, 1855 -
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Individual Note: Living in Fishleigh, Hatherleigh, Devon in 1861.
Living with Morris aunts in Madron, Cornwall in 1881.
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Note for: Thomas Veale, - 1780
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Individual Note: 1780 Will of Thomas Veale
I Thomas Veale of Coffleet in the County of Devon do make this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time heretofore made. First I do hereby subject and charge all those my Manors or Lordships hundreds Burroughs capital and other messuages markets fairs market house mills Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances situate and lying in the Towns of Newton Abbot and Newton Bushell and in the parishes of High Week Woolborough and East Ogwell in the said county of Devon to and with the payment of my Debts (which I hope will be very few-italicized words were stroked out) and of the Legacies which I shall give by the Paper or Papers hereinafter mentioned. Also I give and devise unto my Dear Brother-in-Law and good friend the Reverend Mr. John Bedford the Reversion in fee of the Tenement in the Tithing of Weston Peverell otherwise Pr_____ in the said County of Devon which he now holds of me by Lease to hold for him the said John Bedford his heirs and Assigns for ever. Also I give the several Legacies and Bonuses which shall be contained in any Paper or Papers left with or referring to this my Will of my own handwriting or whereto my name shall be set or in case of my in___ to set my name of this handwriting of any other person by my Direction or attested by two credible witnesses to have ____ my approbation after the same was written by such other person. And I so direct that contents of all such Paper or Papers shall be as fully observed and complied with as if they had been inserted in this my Will. Also I give and devise to my Nephew Thomas Lane all my hundreds Burroughs Manors or Lordships and my Tithes Tenths Capital and other Messuages Bartons Farms Lands Tenements Rents Reversions Hereditaments and real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever I have power to devise or dispose of charged as to such parts thereof as are hereinbefore mentioned with the payment of my Debts if any and Legacies to hold to the said Thomas Lane his heirs and Assigns for ever. And I do hereby declare that in case my said Nephew Thomas Lane shall think proper to sell all or any part of the Lands which I have hereby subjected to the payment of my Debts and Legacies for that purpose or otherwise that the Receipt of my said Nephew shall be a sufficient Discharge to the purchaser or purchasers shall not be afterwards answerable for the same or be accountable for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof. All the rest and residue of my Goods and Chattels real and personal and Testamentary Estate except such parts thereof as I may give or dispose of by the aforementioned Paper or Papers Writing I give and bequeath to the said Thomas Lane and do appoint him sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament On Witness whereof I have hereunto se my hand this 11th day of April 1775. Tho. Veale (Seal) Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Testator Thomas Veale as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testator and of each other Oliver Edwards Joseph Pearson of Essex Street - John Horlock clk to Mr. Cawli
This is a paper referred to by my last Will. I give the following Legacies besides those in my Will and in a paper with it. To my housekeeper Elizabeth Wilkins if living with me at the time of my Death and not otherwise the sum of ten pounds To ____ Saunders my Coachman on the same condition ten pounds To William Soper my ___ on the same condition ten pounds. To Louis Vido_ on the same condition Six Guineas. To my Footman if he shall have lived with me more than one year five Guineas. To my Groom on the last mentioned condition five Guineas. To every Maid Servant (except the housekeeper and Elizabeth Miller) who shall have lived with me more than a year next before my Death five Guineas each. To every other Maid Servant two Guineas a piece. To Mary Bunshole (?) and Mary Thorning who have attended me in Sickness three Guineas apiece. To every Labour Man employed at the time of my death on my Estate at Coffleet or on my Garden two Guineas each. To the Labour Women then employed on my Estate or in my Garden one Guinea each. To John Cale Carpenter Thomas Hughes mason and Lapthorn Cha__ three Guineas each. Tho. Veale
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The alterations or obliterations in this and the annexed paper were made by my own hand since my Wife’s Death and therefore if I should be taken off before I have time to transcribe these papers - they must stand. The paper which contained what I had given to my Wife I have destroyed.
Tho.Veale
I give and bequeath to my Dear Wife Penelope over and above the 400 a year which I settled on her previous to our marriage the Sum of Annuity of 50 pounds yearly to be paid by half yearly to be paid by my Executor. The first payment to be made at the end of six months after my Death Tho. Lane. clear of all outgoings or ____ I intended to have given her more But now the confused state of the public affairs of this Nation were so precarious I know not what to call my own. I also give unto my said Wife all the Plate China Ware Jewels and other Chattels which were hers before our marriage and also my Chariot and a pair of my coach horses and 50 pounds for her present use.
To my last wife’s nieces Mrs. Lucretia Putt & Mrs. Jenny Bedford I give my Moiety of the fields in Plymouth late ____ for the remainder of the term granted to me therein by the Mayor and Commonalty of Plymouth determinable on the deaths of the said Lucretia Putt and Jenny Bedford and of my self. To hold the said moiety to them and their respective Assigns as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants. To their sisters Mrs Stephens and Mrs. Woollcombe I give 50 pounds a piece. To my Dear Brothers in Law the Reverend Mr. John Bedford and Mr. Lancelot Elford I give 50 pounds a piece. To the Reverend Mr. Lancelot Bedford & to his Sisters To Mrs. Amy Elford I give ten Guineas a piece To Mr. Raymundo Putt Mr. Edward Stephens The Revd. Mr. Thomas Bedford Mr. Thomas Woollcombe Mr. William Elford Mr. Jonathan Elford I give 50 pounds a piece. I give to my Wife’s Niece Miss Jenny Elford 50 pounds when she attains the age of twenty one years or Marries. On greatful remembrance of the Benefit I received by a Legacy of the late Mr. Francis Pengelly Esqire I give to Miss Azgar__ Pengelly and Master Henry Pengelly children of John Francis Pengelly Esquire the sum of one hundred pounds a piece. To my Nephew Edmond Veale Lane I give the Sum of three thousand pounds. Also I give to my Niece Martha Lane one thousand pounds. Also I direct my Executor the said Thomas Lane to lay out settle or otherwise Dispose of as he shall think proper the sum of one thousand pounds for the use and benefit of his father and of the children of his said father by my late Sister Charity (the said Thomas Lane himself and his said Brother Edmund Veale Lane and his said Sister Martha) and of the children of such children which shall be living at my death or for the use or benefit of such of them in such manners shares parts and proportions and to be paid at such times as the said Thomas Lane in his Discretion think fit it being my intention to give him an absolute power in the Distribution of the said Sum and wholly to exclude such of them as he my think not deserving to partake thereof without being liable to account for his conduct therein to the person or persons so excluded or to any person or court whatsoever. To my cousins Thomas Veale John Veale Oliver Veale and Magdalen Downe children of my late uncle Mr. John Veale I give twenty Guineas apiece To my Kinswomen Mrs. Murfill and Mrs. Edgcumbe Daughters of my late uncle Mr. Oliver Veale I give twenty Guineas a piece. To my kinsmen Mr. Philip Roe and to his Sons Mr. John and Mr Mathew Roe I give ten Guineas a piece. To my clerk Mr. Joseph B____ if living with me at the time of my death I give the sum of 100 pounds to be paid to him as soon as he shall have settled as far as he can and made out my Accounts hold the Courts and retrieved the Rents due at my Death as a reward for the doing thereof as I settle my Accounts Annually it cannot require much time. I direct my Executor to pay to the Treasurer or the Treasurors for the time being of the Society called the Governors of the Devon and Exeter hospital at Exeter to which I have from its commencement been a Subscriber the sum of five hundred pounds to be by them applied to carrying on the Charitable Designs of that Society. I give ten pounds to the Industrious Poor of the Parish of Yealmpton not receiving Parish Pay. And the like sum of ten pounds to the like Poor People of the Parish of Brixton both those Sums to be distributed by my Executor within twenty days after my death. I give twenty pounds to Elizabeth Miller All the pecuniary Legacies hereby given are to be of lawful money of Great Britain. And those which are not otherwise directed are to be paid within twelve months after my death. Tho. Veale
Bought the manors of Bradley and Newton Bushnell from the Yarde family which had held these lands since 1450. Thomas was apparently the last male member of this branch of the family. His sister's son, Thomas Lane inherited these properties.
Had the lease of Sutton Pool "1759 Sutton Pool with the profits thereof and the quays, wharfs, cellars, yards and messuages belonging thereto, near the borough of Plymouth, parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall", which he fought to keep "The Attorney-General on behalf of His Majesty, informant Henry Hewer, Thomas Veale. v. The mayor and commonalty of the town of Plymouth, Humphrey Buttall, William Martin, John Brent, John Forrest.: Right and title to the "inheritance" of the pool or place called "Sutton Pool," lying within or near the borough of Plymouth, the value of right and title to, and disposal of the dung and soil of, the streets of the town of Plymouth, and to messuages, &c., at a place called Cockside in Plymouth, heretofore in the possession of Samuel Buttall, sugar baker, "the defendant Thos. Shepherd," and his partner James Browne, Henry Watts, a suit brought by Richd. Lord Arundel (formerly of Trerice) and the Prince of Wales against the mayor and commonalty of Plymouth, relating to encroachments on Sutton Poole, and the manor of Sutton Prior belonging to said corporation, &c., &c. Metes and bounds of said port and manor of Sutton Prior, &c., &c.: Devon
Miscellaneous Hoblyn deeds and settlements (including will of Deeble Peter of Colquite) (1595-1832)" and pass on to his sister's and wife's descendants.
FILE [no title] - ref. PH/254 - date: 19 December, 1733 [from Scope and Content] Bond between (i) Edwd. Hoblyn of Plymouth, gent. and (ii) Jn. Veale, apothecary and Thos. Veale, gent. (both of Plymouth) in £1200.
Deeds Great House, Frankfort Gate, Plymouth
Deeds Plymouth (Lipson) FILE [no title] - ref. 149/88-89 - date: 28-29 September 1746 [from Scope and Content] 3 Thomas Veale of Plymouth, gent
FILE [no title] - ref. 1408/23-24 - date: 1740 [from Scope and Content] 2 Amy Elford and Thomas Veale of Plymouth, gent
FILE [no title] - ref. 292/175 - date: 29 May 1745 [from Scope and Content] Letter from Samuel Veale to Thomas Veale, agent of William Strode of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, relating to the lease of a tenement in Trevivian, Cornwall
FILE [no title] - ref. 292/188 - date: 1 July 1746 [from Scope and Content] Letter from William Strode of Little Chelsea, near London to Thomas Veale of Plymouth, concerning his proposal to hire horses as he cannot get them from the country. Will soon need more money and "am gald to hear you have purchased Coffleet (BRIXTON TORR MILLS was the corn mill of old Cofflete House comprising three floors of thirteen rooms, demolished in the 1950s)Manor House
The Manor House in the village centre (Brixton) was used for the village Post Office over a long period. Built in 1911, it inherits the name of the original Manor House, which stood at the Western end of the village.
The original Manor House was occupied by the husband of a co-heiress of William de Britrickstone, who died in the reign of Henry III. He took his wife’s name, and he and his descendants possessed the Manor House for seven generations. Subsequent occupants included Vincent Calmady (mid-16 th century), Sir Shilston Calmady, George Kermisham (early 17 th century), Samson Sandys (from 1652), Thomas Veale of Cofflete (from 1747) and The Reverend Richard Lane (parish vicar from 1802). The last fragments of the building were removed in 1807 to make way for a modern residence, which was replaced by the present Manor House
Brixton English belonged anciently to the family of English, and afterwards successively to the Blomvilles and Coplestons of Bowdon. It was purchased, after the decease of Thomas Copleston, Esq., in 1753, by Mr. Veale, and is now the property of the Rev. Richard Lane.(from website http://www.brixtonvillage.org.uk/manor.html)
FILE [no title] - ref. 292/221 - date: 2 December 1747 [from Scope and Content] Letter from Thomas Veale of Coffleet to John Trevanion of Plymouth Dock, relating to the "honourable solution" to the problem of William Strode, however he has unfortunately put his head through the upper storey window, whilst being restrained in a straight jacket
FILE [no title] - ref. 74/474/19 - date: 6 July 1773 [from Scope and Content] 2 Lady Bridget Bastard, widow, and Thomas Veale of Coffleet, as trustees for John Pollexfen Bastard and Edmund Bastard, nephews of Edmund Bastard, deceased
FILE [no title] - ref. 1/723/12/1 - date: 8 January 1777 [from Scope and Content] 1 John Arscott of Tetcott, esq and Thomas Veale of Coffleet, Brixton, esq, (trustees of the marriage settlement of John Molesworth, esq, later Sir John Molesworth, since deceased)
Marriage settlement of William Bastard and Charlotte Wrey. - ref. 3012Z/T/3-4
FILE [no title] - ref. 3012Z/T/4 - date: 1761 [from Scope and Content] 5. The Right Honourable John Earl Poulett of Hinton St. George, Somerset, and Thomas Veale of Cofflete [in Brixton].