Thomas Edgar was master on the Discovery during the Third voyage. He kept a log and journal, and also surveyed and drew several charts. He was born in Woolwich in 1745. After Cook's voyage, Edgar was promoted to lieutenant in 1781. He later became keeper of the Dungeness Signal Tower in Kent from 1795 until he died in 1801. The will of THOMAS EDGAR (proved 12 November 1801 (11/1365)).

In the Name of God Amen, I Thomas Edgar, Mariner of the Signal Station Dungeoness in the County of Kent, Widower, being in Bodily Health and of sound and disposing Mind and Memory. and considering the Perils and Dangers of the Seas and other uncertainties of this transitory Life, do for avoiding Controversies after my Decease, make, publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in Manner following, that is to say -

First, I recommend, my Soul to God that gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God to order. And as for and concerning all my worldly Estate, I give, bequeath and dispose thereof as followeth, that is to say -

I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughters in Law, Mrs Ann Foley and Lydia Bean Spinster all Wages, Sum and Sums of Money, Lands, Tenements, Goods, Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be any ways due, owing or belonging unto me at the time of my Decease. I do give, devise and bequeath the same unto my beloved Daughters in Law Mrs Ann Foley and Lydia Bean to be equally divided between them after all my Funeral Expences is paid Head Stone and Foot etc.

And I do hereby nominate and appoint Mrs Ann Foley and Lydia Bean to be my Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former and other Wills, Testaments and Deeds of Gifts by me at ant time heretofore made. And I do ordain and ratify these presents to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testimony. In Witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my Hand and Seal the seventh day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and in the thirty ninth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the third over Great Britain etc. Thomas Edgar.

Signed, sealed, published and declared in the presence of John Langley, Stephen Kingsley.

This Will was proved at London on the twelfth day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one, before the Worshipful Samuel Pearce Parson, Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight, also Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper of Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths of Ann Foley (wife of Jesse Foley) and Lydia Bean Spinster the Executrixes named in the said Will, to whom Administration of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the deceased was granted, they having been first sworn duly to Administer.

The Will of JOHN ELLIOTT (proved 23 December 1834 (11/)).

In the name of God Amen, I John Elliott of Elliott House in the Parish of Ripon in the county of York, Esquire and a Captain in His Majesty's Royal Navy, do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) -

First, I recommend my soul to that great all seeing and Almighty God to whose goodness I have been greatly indebted through Life, and who has protected me through many perils and dangers both by Sea and by Land, under a firm persuasion and hope that all my sins, frailties and infirmities will be forgiven me, and of a resurrection from death to life eternal through the merits and sufferings of our saviour Jesus Christ. I desire that my body may be laid with those of my five dear children already departed this life and that a neat marble monument may be placed over it upon the Wall expressing the services to my Country which I have gone through, and I desire that a neat iron railing may be erected round the place where my family are buried.

I give and devise to my Trustees Henry Richard Wood of Hollin Hall and Charles Oxley of Ripon both in the county of York, Esquires and their heirs, my freehold messuage or dwelling house called Elliott House in which I reside with the outbuildings, gardens and lands thereto adjoining and belonging, and the fixtures and all other the appurtenances, upon trust to permit my most dear and well beloved wife Isabella Elliott to reside therein rent free during her natural life, provided she shall so long continue my widow, and in doing this it is my intention that all my dear daughters or such of them as shall remain unmarried shall continue to live with their mother so that it may be a home for them all.

I give and bequeath to my dear wife all the wine and other liquors and articles of household consumption which shall be in and about my dwellinghouse at the time of my decease, and also all the live and dead stock, Corn , Hay, Grass and implements of husbandry which shall be in and about the lands and premises.

I also give and bequeath to my said trustees Henry Richard Wood and Charles Oxley, their executors and administrators, all the household furniture, plate, linen, china, books and prints and the Carriage or Carriages which I shall be possessed of at the time of my decease, except only such articles of plate and plated and other articles and things as I shall in and by a Codicil or Codicils to this my last Will bequeath to my said Wife and to my sons and daughters respectively for their respective absolute use. And as to the Household furniture, plate, linen, china, books, prints and carriages so bequeathed to the said Henry Richard Wood and Charles Oxley, I direct that the same shall be held in trust to permit my said dear Wife to use and enjoy the same along with the said devised Dwellinghouse. And I direct that as soon as conveniently may be after my decease a Schedule or Inventory thereof shall be made under the direction of my said Trustees and that a copy thereof shall be signed by my said Wife who shall be answerable to my said Trustees for the several articles therein and reasonable allowance for the necessary wear and tear thereof.

But in the event of my said Wife choosing to reside in another Dwellinghouse, I direct that she be allowed to take, remove and enjoy during her widowhood the furniture of her own bedroom and of the Breakfast parlour and the scheduled china and glassware or such part thereof respectively as she may choose, which things so taken shall be scheduled in the same manner as I have hereinbefore mentioned. And from and after the decease of my said Wife, or the event of her marrying again, or of her leaving the said Dwellinghhouse for the purpose of living elsewhere in any of the said events, my will is that the said Henry Richard Wood and Charles Oxley their heirs, executors or administrators shall make an offer in writing to my dear son John Bardoe Elliott, now in India, of the said devised Dwellinghouse and premises with the appurtenances and also of the said Furniture and scheduled articles (except such part thereof as I shall in and by a Codicil to this my will otherwise bequeath and dispose of) at the price of Five thousand pounds, which I consider to be greatly below the value thereof, and in the meantime and until the determination of my said Son shall be known as to accepting or declining the said purchase, that my said trustees do and shall permit and suffer my said daughters, or such of them as shall be unmarried, to occupy the said Dwellinghouse and premises and to use the said furniture and scheduled articles.

And in case my said Son shall accept the said offer, upon trust that they my said trustees do and shall upon payment of the said sum of Five thousand pounds, convey and assure the said Dwellinghouse lands and premises with the appurtenances to him my said son his heirs and assigns, or as he or they shall direct or appoint, and do and shall give up the possession thereof to him or them accordingly, together with the said Furniture and scheduled articles therein.

But in case my said son shall decline the said offer, I bequeath to him out of the purchase money for the premises a legacy of Five hundred pounds and a handsome ring as a remembrance of me. And in that event, I direct that my said trustees do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after his determination may be known, sell and absolutely dispose of the said Dwellinghouse lands and premises with the appurtenances, by public auction or private contract for the best price which can be reasonably obtained for the same, and convey and absolutely assure the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. And I direct that that upon the sale of the said premises the receipt or receipts of the said Henry Richard Woods and Charles Oxley or the survivor of them or his heirs shall be good and effectual discharges to the purchaser or respective purchasers of the said premises for the money in such receipt or receipts expressed to be received. And that such purchaser or purchasers shall not afterwards be liable to see to the application or be answerable or accountable for the misapplication or non-application of the said monies or of any part thereof. And upon further trust in the event of my said son's declining the said offer to sell and dispose of the said furniture and other articles except such of them as I shall have bequeathed by Codicil, and as to the produce of the sale of the said Dwellinghouse and premises, furniture and other articles, the same shall, subject to the said conditional legacy to my said son John Bardoe Elliott, be upon such trusts as are hereinafter expressed concerning the same.

I further give and bequeath to my said trustees the said Henry Richard Wood and Charles Oxley, their executors and administrators, all my money, securities, for money, personal estate and effects whatsoever not hereby or by any Codicil to this my Will otherwise disposed of, Upon trust as soon as conveniently may be after my decease to pay and discharge thereout all my just debts and my funeral and testamentory expences and also any legacies which I may bequeath by Codicil. And I hereby think it right to explain that my only reason for not leaving a legacy to my dear son Captain William Henry Elliott is that I have extended different sums for his advancement and can now under an engagement to pay Seven hundred pounds towards purchasing him a majority I therefore xx bequeath to him a handsome ring in remembrance of me.

And subject as aforesaid upon trust that my said trustees do appropriate and set apart out of my residuary personal estate invested on security so much capital or principal stock as shall be sufficient to produce by the annual dividends and interest thereon the clear yearly sum of Four hundred and seventy pounds and do and shall pay thereout unto my said dear wife and her assigns during her life, if she shall continue my widow, the annuity or yearly sum of Four hundred pounds by equal half yearly payments, the first payment to begin and be made on such of the half yearly days of payment of the dividends on my Stock in the New Russian Loan as shall next happen after my decease. And further do and shall pay threout to my said wife, during such time as she shall continue my widow and shall live in my said Dwellinghouse, the yearly sum of Forty pounds for the purpose of her keeping the said Dwellinghouse, buildings and premises in complete repair, but in case she shall choose to quit the said dwellinghouse and to live elsewhere that they my said trustees do and shall in lieu of the said yearly sum of Forty pounds pay to her my said wife, provided she continue my widow, the yearly sum of Seventy pounds for and instead of house rent. And upon further trust in case my said wife shall marry again that they my said trustees do and shall pay to her and her assigns during her life, instead of the said annuity of Four hundred pounds, the annuity or yearly sum of Fifty pounds by equal half yearly payments. And I direct that my said trustees shall have a discretionary power of transposing and varying from time to time the securities wherein the Capital or principal money producing the said annual sum of four hundred and seventy pounds or any part thereof shall from time to time be invested, and shall and may invest the same in their names upon such Government or real securities as they shall think proper so long as the trusts of the said Capital or principal money shall continue. And that when and as the said Capital or principal money or any part thereof shall cease to be wanted for securing the annual payments aforesaid the same shall fall into my residuary personal estate.

And as to the clear produce of my of my residuary personal estate and the surplus if any of the interest and dividends of the said Capital or principal sum which shall remain after making good the said payments to my said wife, and also as to the clear purchase monies which shall arise from my said devised dwellinghouse and premises when the same shall be sold and from the furniture and other articles therein which I shall not otherwise leave by any Codicil to this my Will, I direct that the whole of the said residue and monies shall be held in six equal shares for the benefit of and shall be paid unto my dear daughters; Sibbella Elliott, Eliza Elliott, Jane Caroline Elliott, Margaretta Isabella Elliott, Louisa Lucretia Elliott and Anna Maria Elliott, their executors, administrators and assigns -
Provided nevertheless that in estimating the shares of my said daughters I direct that as a mark of my displeasure at the frequently undutiful and ungrateful behaviour of my eldest daughter, her share of and in the capital or principal money which shall be divided amongst my daughters at the death or second marriage of my said wife shall be less in amount by three hundred pounds than the respective shares therein of her sisters. I direct that each of my daughters, so long as she shall reside with her mother shall pay to her Fifty pounds per annum for board, lodging and washing.

I constitute and appoint the said Henry Richard Wood and Charles Oxley together with my said Wife, Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made. And I give to each of them, the said Henry Richard Wood and Charles Oxley a handsome mourning ring as a mark of my respect and esteem. I direct that the said Henry Richard Wood and Charles Oxley, my trustees hereinbefore named, shall not be answerable the one for the other, nor shall they be answerable for any loss happening to the trust monies unless the same shall be occasioned by their respective wilful neglect or default, and further that they shall and may reimburse themselves and each other out of the trust monies coming into their hands all such losses, costs, charges and expences as they shall necessarily sustain or expend in the execution of the of the aforesaid trusts. In Witness whereof I the said John Elliott the Testator have to the three preceding sheets of this my Will set my hand, and to this fourth and last sheet thereof my hand and seal, the twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven - J Elliott Capt. R.N.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John Elliott the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses Jona. Gray of York Solicitor, Henry Newton of York Solicitor, Wm. Gray Junr. Clerk to Messrs Thorpe & Gray, York.

Codicil 1st
This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me John Elliott of Elliott House in the parish of Ripon in the county of York, Esquire which Will bears date the Twenty first day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven. I give and dispose of various articles of plate, furniture and other things as follows (that is to say) I give the following to my dear wife to be her absolute property at my death, my Gold Watch, silver coffee pot, silver Tea pot, silver Cream Jug, Silver Sugar Basket, Silver Tea tongs, six silver Tea spoons, all the loose silver spoons and loose knives and forks in common use, small silver plated Cake Basket, silver plated Bed Chamber candlestick, plated Toast crib, two small silver candlesticks, the plain mahogany knife with the knives and forks in it. I give the following to be the absolute property at my death of my respective children whose names are set opposite to the different articles:

- My Maps, Charts and drawings relative to Captain Cook's voyages, my son John Bardoe Elliott,
- one of the small silver sala xxxx with the Coat of Arms on it, my East India Dagger and all my Swords, Pistols and Arms, my silver xxxx Gold Chain and Gold Seals and rings and breast pins my son William Henry Elliott.
- silver xxxx Trowel, one silver four pronged fork, my daughter Sibbella Elliott,
- the other small silver xxxx with the Arms on it, one silver four pronged fork, the two plated salt frames with glass xxxx silver plated Casters, six silver tea spoons, my daughter Eliza Elliott
- the large silver xxxx one silver four pronged fork, six silver tea spoons, the last new silver plated Bed Candlestick to my daughter Jane Caroline Elliott
- one of the two large silver gravy spoons, one silver four pronged fork, the silver plated coffee pot, my daughter Margaretta Isabella Elliott,
-the other large silver gravy spoon, one silver four pronged fork, my daughter Anna Maria Elliott.

I give the following to be the absolute property of my respective children whose names are set opposite thereto, subject to the use and enjoyment thereof by my wife under the conditions expressed in my Will,

- the Library and Prints to all my daughters to be equally divided,
- the Coat of Arms Tea China which are already my wife's, the Chocolate China and the other Tea China, Glasses and Glassware to all or any of my daughters in such shares as my wife may think proper.
- Mr Bardoe's Clock to my son John Bardoe Elliott, or if he decline it, to my daughter Margaretta Isabella.
- the two silver plated branch candlesticks and branches to my daughter Eliza Elliott.
- Every other article of plate and plated goods and glass which I have not bequeathed to my wife or daughters, to my two sons equally.

In Witness whereof I the said John Elliott have hereunto set my hand and seal the Twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven - J Elliott Captn. R.N.

Signed, sealed published and declared by the said John Elliott as a Codicil to his last Will and Testament, in then presence of us Jona. Gray - Henry Newton - Wm Gray Junr.

Codicil 2nd.
The Second Codicil to my Will. Be it known to all men that I John Elliott Esqr. and a Captn. in the Royal Navy, being in good health and sound mind, do hereby make this writing a separate Codicil to my last Will and Testament, and hereby do make, constitute and appoint my son John Bardoe Elliott (now Chief Judge of the Province of Bahar in Bengal, residing at Pattna) to act as a joint Executor in trust to my Will along with my dear Wife, Richard Henry Wood of Hollin Hall Esqr. and Charles Oxley Esqr. of Ripon, to aid & assist my said dr. Wife in the management of her family & affairs according to my said Will to the best of their judgement &tc.

- J Elliott Captn. R.N. of Elliott House.

Signed this 21st day of October 1829, Witness John Horne St Helen's Cottage - Ann Pickersgill Housekeeper, Jane Wright Lady's Maid.

Codicil 3rd.
The third Codicil to my Will. I John Elliott Esqr. a Captn. in the Royal Navy do make this an additional Codicil to my last Will and by it I give and bequeath to my dear Wife Isabella Elliott, all my Drawings, Charts, Maps and more particularly all those Drawings relative to Cook's voyage, and further I give to my said dear Wife my Memoir of my early life written by myself as far as it goes.

Signed this 12th day of Jany. 1830 - J Elliott Captn. R.N. of Elliott House. Witness John Horne St Helen's Cottage, Ann Pickersgill Housekeeper, Jane Wright Lady's Maid.

Codicil 4th.
The Fourth Codicil to my Will. I John Elliott Esqr. a Captn. in the Royal Navy do make this an additional Codicil to my last Will and by it I give, bequeath and order that if any of my dear daughters should die unmarried or single, in that case it is my will & desire that the fortunes of each daughter so dying shall go to my dr. son Willm. Henry Elliott, now a Captn. in the 51st or Kings Own Light Infantry.

Sign'd this 17th day of March 1830 - J Elliott Captn. R.N. of Elliott House. Witness - John Horne St. Helen's Cottage, Ann Pickersgill Housekeeper, Jane Wright Lady's Maid.

The will of JOSEPH GILBERT (proved on 13 February 1821 (11/1639)).

This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph Gilbert of Fareham in the County of Southampton, Esquire. I direct that all my just debts, funeral expences and the Costs of proving this my Will shall in the first place be fully paid and satisfied.

I give and bequeath the several Legacies or Sums of money to the several persons hereinafter named that is to say
- the Sum of one thousand pounds three per Cent Consolidated Bank annuities to my good friend Mrs Elizabeth Pooke
- the Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful English money to my Godson John Pooke the younger,
- the Sum of one hundred pounds of like lawful money to my Son Richard Gilbert,
- the Sum of one hundred pounds of like lawful money, To my old and faithful Servant Elizabeth Drover,
- and the Sum of Twenty five pounds of like lawful money To my Servant Jane Cleverley,
and I direct that the said several Legacies shall be paid within one calendar month next after my decease,

- and I give and bequeath to my Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert, her Executors, Admors., and Assigns, my two Messuages or Tenements with the Gardens and Appurts thereunto belonging, situate in the North Street of Fareham aforesaid and holden under the Vicarage Manor for three lives, one whereof is in the occupation of Mr Maidman, and the other of myself, and also all my Plate, Linen, China, Household Goods and Furniture, Wine, Beer, Liquors and goods of every description in and about the Messuage and Premises so occupied by me as aforesaid,

- and I give and bequeath my Twenty five shares of Twenty Pounds each in the Philanthroper Annuity Institution unto my said Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert and John Pooke of Fareham aforesaid Esquire their Executors and Assigns In Trust for my Granddaughter Catherine Sterry Gilbert, her Executors, Admors and Assigns on her attaining the age of twenty one years, and in the meantime and until she shall attain that age, upon Trust to pay and apply the Interest and Dividends, or so much thereof as my said Trustees shall deem requisite, for and towards her maintenance and Education,

- and I give, devise and bequeath a piece or parcel of freehold pasture Land at Wrangle, near Boston, Lincolnshire, now in the occupation of John Bond, with the appurtenances, and also my shares or Securities for five hundred pounds in the Black Shire at Boston aforesaid unto my said Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert and the said John Pooke, their heirs, Executors, admors and assigns respectively, In Trust to pay or to permit and suffer my Sister Mrs Mary Dickenson to receive the Rents and profits of the said piece or parcel of Land and the Interest or annual proceeds arising from the said shares or Securities for and during the term of her life, and from and immediately after her decease upon Trust to pay and apply the said Rents and Profits, Interest or annual proceeds or so much thereof as my said Trustees shall judge necessary, for and towards the maintenance and education of my Grandson George Mowbray Gilbert, until he shall attain the age of twenty one years, and on his attaining that age the said piece or parcel of Land, shares and securities shall be In Trust for him my said Grandson, his heirs, Executors, admors and assigns respectively.

And I also give and bequeath to my said Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert and the said John Pooke, their Executors, admors and assigns my Securities for Two hundred and fifty pounds on the Titchfield and Cosham Turnpike Road, and also my Security for fifty pounds on the Gosport Turnpike Road, In Trust for my Granddaughter Emma Mary Harrington Gilbert, her Executors, admors and assigns on her attaining the age of twenty one years and in the meantime and until she shall attain that age, Upon Trust to pay and apply the Interest arising therefrom for and towards her maintenance and education,

- and as to all my ready money, money in the public Stocks and funds and all and singular other my personal Estate and Effects of what nature or kind soever not hereinbefore specifically disposed of, I give and bequeath the same to my said Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert and John Pooke, their Executors, admors, and assigns upon trust thereout to pay all my just debts, funeral expences, the costs of proving this will and the several Legacies or Sums of money hereinbefore given and bequeathed,

and as to the Residue of my said Personal Estate and effects which shall remain after and shall not be applied for the purposes last mentioned, I declare and direct that one fourth part thereof shall go and belong to my said Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert and the said John Pooke their Executors, admors and assigns stand and be possessed of the remaining part of my said Personal Estate and Effects, In Trust for my said Grandchildren Catherine Sterry Gilbert, George Mowbray Gilbert and Emma Mary Harrington Gilbert, equally to be divided between and amongst them, share and share alike, and to be paid or transferred at their respective ages of twenty one years, and if any or either of them shall happen to depart this life under the age of twenty one years then the part or share, parts or shares of him, her or them so dying shall go and be paid or transferred to my said Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert and the Survivors or Survivor of the other of them my said Grandchildren, and the Executors, admors and assigns of such of them being dead who shall have lived to attain the said age of twenty one years at such time or times as his, her or their original share or shares shall become payable or transferable, or as soon afterwards as circumstances will permit,

and it is my will and mind that if any or either of my said Grandchildren who are now minors shall die under the age of twenty one years, such other beneficial Interest as he, she or they so dying shall be entitled to under this my will shall go and belong to my said Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert and the Survivors or Survivor of the other of them my said Grandchildren in manner last hereinbefore mentioned, provided always and it is my Will and mind, and I do hereby declare and direct that my said Trustees do and shall pay and apply so much or such part of the Interest, dividends or annual proceeds of the respective portions or shares for the time being of my said Grandchildren who are now Minors of and in the remaining part of my said Personal Estate and Effects for their respective maintenance Education or benefit until their respective portions or shares shall become payable or transferable as my said Trustees shall in their discretion deem proper, and I further declare and direct that the Residue of the Interest, dividends or annual proceeds of the respective portions or shares of my said Grandchildren shall be laid out and accumulated by my said Trustees in or upon Government or Real Securities at Interest, and that my said Trustees shall stand and be possessed of such accumulations upon the same Trusts as are hereinbefore declared concerning the principal monies from which such accumulations shall arise, provided also and I declare and direct that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Trustees to raise and apply such part of the portion or share of my said Grandson George Mowbray Gilbert but not exceeding the Sum of five hundred pounds during his Infancy or Minority as to my said Trustees shall seem fit and necessary for placing him in any profession or otherwise for his benefit and advancement in life.

I appoint my said Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert and the said John Pooke Executrix and Executor of this my Will, and I declare that they shall not be answerable the one for the other and by no means for involuntary losses and that they shall respectively be allowed and may retain all their costs, charges and expences to be occasioned by the due execution of the Trusts hereby in them reposed. And I do hereby revoke all my former Wills. In Witness whereof I the said Joseph Gilbert have, to this my last Will and Testament contained in five sheets of paper, set my hand and seal this ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. Josh. Gilbert.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Joseph Gilbert the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have hereunto Subscribed our names as Witnesses   John Bogue   James Ainge   W.W.Maidman.

This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament if me

Joseph Gilbert

, now of Fareham in the County of Southampton, Esquire, bearing date the ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.

In order to prevent any difficulty in identifying my person after my decease I do hereby declare that I formerly resided at Portsmouth and afterwards at Deptford, and that during my residence at these places as well as my present place of abode, I at various times purchased Stock in the three per Cent Consolidated Bank annuities.,p> I give and bequeath my pew or Seat in the South Aisle of the Parish Church of Fareham, aforesaid unto my Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert her Executors, admors and assigns to and for her and their own absolute use and benefit instead of the same forming part of the Residue of my Personal Estate and Effects and going in the same manner as such Residue is disposed of in and by my said Will. And in all other respects I do hereby ratify and confirm my said Will. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, this twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. - Jos: Gilbert.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Joseph Gilbert, as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who, at his request, and in his presence, have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses.   John Bogue   W.W. Maidman   B. Maidman.

This is a further Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me Joseph Gilbert of Fareham in the County of Southampton, Esquire, bearing date the ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.

Whereas I have in and by my said Will given and bequeathed to my Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert and John Pooke, their Executors, admors and assigns, my Securities for Two hundred and fifty pounds on the Titchfield and Cosham Turnpike Road, and also my Security for fifty Pounds on the Gosport Turnpike was In Trust for my Granddaughter Emma Mary Harrington Gilbert, her Executors, admors and assigns on her attaining the age of twenty one years, now I do hereby revoke and make void such bequest, and I give and bequeath the said several Turnpike Road Securities unto my said Granddaughter Rebecca Frances Gilbert her Executors, admors and assigns to and for her and their own absolute use and benefit and in all other respects I do hereby ratify and confirm my said Will and also my former Codicil.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eighth day of October one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.   Josh. Gilbert.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Joseph Gilbert as and for a further Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto Subscribed our names as witnesses John Bogue   James Ainge   W.W. Maidman.

Proved at London (with 2 Codicils) 13th February 1821 before the Judge by the oath of Rebecca Frances Gilbert, Spinster, the Granddaughter and John Pooke Esquire the Executors to whom admon was granted being first Sworn (by Com'on) duly to administer.

The will of ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD GRINDALL (proved on 14 June 1820 (11/1631)).

This is the last Will and Testament of me Richard Grindall of Wickham in the County of Southampton vice Admiral of the White Squadron, being of sound disposing mind and memory and understanding whereby I give devise and bequeath all that my freehold messuage, tenement or dwellinghouse with the garden, hereditaments and appurtenances situate and being at Dover in the County of Kent, unto my son Rivers Francis Grindall, now in India in civil employ, his heirs and assigns for ever.

Also I give and bequeath the several valuable gold and silver, jewels, ornaments and other articles hereinafter particularly mentioned, that is to say my silver cup, cocoa nut cup, silver ink stand, family tankard, gold medal, miniature picture of Nell Gwynne and glass sword from the patriotic fund, gold watch and chain, my diamond ring and topaz ring set round with brilliants and also my Library unto my said son Rivers Francis Grindall, to be delivered to him by my Executrix hereafter named, immediately after my decease, also all and every the interest, dividends and proceed which shall annually arise and become due and payable from and out of all and every the capital, stock, monies which I now have, or may hereafter die possessed of, or be otherwise entitled unto in any of the public funds or securities of this Kingdom or any other securities whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my Wife Katherine Gwen Mary Ann Nathaniel Grindall for and during the term of her natural life, and from and immediately after her decease, Then I give and bequeath all and every the said Capital, stock, monies and securities for monies (save and except so much and such part as shall have been given, sold out, and disposed of by my Executrix for the purpose of payment and providing the several pecuniary and other legacies and to discharge my just debts, funeral and testamentary expences as after mentioned) together with all the interest and dividends then and from them ?ted to arise and become due and payable for the same, unto my said son Rivers Francis Grindall his executors, admors. and assigns, charged and chargeable nevertheless to and with the payment of one clear annuity or sum of seventy pounds yearly and every year unto Mary Lucy Young, Spinster, now living with me, for and during her natural life.

Also I hereby give and bequeath to my said Wife Katherine Gwen Mary Ann Nathaniel Grindall the use of the whole of my plate, linen, china, household goods and furniture (except the gold and silver articles hereinbefore specifically given and bequeathed to my said son Rivers Francis Grindall) which shall be in my dwellinghouse at the time of my decease to hold, use, occupy and possess the same during her life, and from and immediately after her death I give and bequeath the said plate, linen, china, household goods and furniture unto my said son Rivers Francis Grindall his executors, admors. and assigns.

Also I give and bequeath unto my friend John Dickenson Esquire of Saint John Street, London one hundred pounds to purchase a ring and mourning unto my godsons Richard Grindall Festing and Francis Grindall Hartwell One hundred pounds each and to my god daughter Charlotte Agnes Maria Scott One hundred Pounds, unto my brothers in law John Holt and the Reverend Francis Festing and my Sisters Rachael Holt and Jane Festing each a mourning ring, all which said several last mentioned legacies and mourning rings I will and direct shall be raised, paid and provided by my said Wife and Executrix out of my said Capital, Stock, monies ? hereinbefore mentioned, and I hereby give full power and authority to my said Wife to sell out and dispose of so much of the Principal of the same as will be adequate thereto and also to pay and satisfy all my just debts, funeral expences and the charges of proving this my will and carrying the same into execution, also all the rest and residue of my money, goods, chattels and effects of what nature or kind soever not hereinby me before specifically given, I give and bequeath unto my said son Rivers Francis Grindall, his executors, administrators and assigns.

And lastly I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my said Wife Katherine Gwen Mary Ann Nathaniel Grindall sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other will and wills by me at any time heretofore made. In witness whereof I the said Richard Grindall the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in three sheets of paper, to the first two sheets hereto set my hand, and to the third and last sheet hereof set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Richard Grindall.

Signed, sealed, published and declared in the presence of us who in his presence, at his request, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto. Eleanor Bullen, Cha. Bullen, Cha. B. Longcroft, Havant.

Proved at London 14th June 1820 before the Judge by the oath of Katherine Gwen Maby Ann Nathaniel Grindall, widow, the Relict, the sole Executrix to whom Admon. was granted being first sworn to by Comion. duly to adm.

Joseph Hamar was captain of HMS Eagle for a few months when James Cook joined the ship in June 1755. Hamar was relieved of his post in September 1755.

The will of JOSEPH HAMAR (proved on 12 March 1774 (11/996)).

In the name of God, amen I, Joseph Hamar, late of Hampstead in the County of Middlesex, but now of Manchester in the County Palatine of Lancaster, Esquire, being of sound mind and understanding and mindful of my mortality do this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following:

First a desire to be decently and privately buried in the church or church yard belonging to the parish in which I die and that no other inscription shall be made on the grave stone placed over me than such as denote my name, my title of Esquire, the day of my birth, the day of my death, and my age at my decease.

I order that all my just debts(?) the probate of this my will and the expenses of my funeral be paid out of the first moneys that shall be received by my executors.

I give and bequeath unto my wife, Ann(e), all the furniture in the dining room and her own bed chamber in my house at Hampstead aforesaid except as is hereinafter reserved and a large mahogany chest, two plain silver candlesticks, two plain silver salvers, half of my own table linen not including the late Mrs Limeburner's which she bequeathed to my daughter Margaret Elizabeth. I also bequeath to my said wife Ann(e) all my own china except as is hereinafter reserved and except that which was bequeathed by the late Mrs Limeburner to my said daughter.

I also bequeath unto my said wife, Ann(e), half of my body linen and the sum of fifty pounds in case my death shall happen two months before the dividends of the four thousand pounds, three per cent consolidated, settled upon her by **** and her late husband William Berry, Esquire, shall become due and payable.

I bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Elizabeth Hamar all the furniture in the two parlours including the harpsichord and also in her own bed chamber in my house at Hampstead aforesaid and also in the closet adjoining the said chamber and I further will and bequeath all the rest and remainder of my household goods and furniture except as before bequeathed and to be hereafter reserved equally to be divided betwixt my said wife and daughter share and share alike.

I bequeath to my said daughter half of my body linen, my table service and red and white china, the ornamental china over the chimney piece in my dining room at Hampstead above mentioned.

I also bequeath to my said daughter my large silver cup and cover presented to me by the merchants in Carolina and all my other plate except as before mentioned nor including the plate bequeathed to my said daughter Margaret Elizabeth Hamar by her grandmother the aforesaid Mrs Limeburner, deceased.

I also bequeath to my said daughter all my pictures, prints, drawings, books, pamphlets and manuscripts in any wise to me appertaining or belonging. I also bequeath to my said daughter Margaret Elizabeth Hamar a certain bond for one hundred and forty eight pounds due to me for upwards of twenty eight years from Samuel Gambier, Esquire, of Providence in the Bahamas Islands together with the rest, residue and remainder of all my efforts and properties whatsoever after the debts(?), expenses and legacies in and by this my last will ~~~~~~~~~~ left and bequeathed shall be discharged and paid.

I bequeath to my son William Berry, Esquire, my best sword, gold headed cane, a pair of pistols and a fowling piece and any other arms he may choose to accept.

I bequeath to my servant, James Bromfield, the sum of twenty pounds over and above his wages and also all my wearing apparel except my linen abovementioned. I bequeath to both of my maid servants the sum of two pounds above their wages.

And I do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Rumsey, Esquire, of the Excise Office in London and Thomas Butterworth Bayley, Esquire, of Hope in the County Palatine of Lancaster to be executors of this my last will and testament in witness whereof I have set my own hand to the first two sheets hereof and my hand and seal to the last sheet hereof, the day and year first above written Joseph Hamar + his mark. Signed, declared, sealed and published by the within named Joseph Hamar, Esquire, at Manchester in the County Palatine of Lancaster as his last will and testament in the presence of us the day and year above written. Thomas Edge, John Saxton, Thomas B. Bayley.

The will was proved on the twelfth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy four before the Worshipful George Harris, Doctor of Laws and surrogate of the Right Worshipful Sir George Hay, Knight, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, lawfully constituted by the oath of Thomas Rumsey, Esquire, one of the executors named in the said will to whom administration of all and singular, the goods, chattels and credits of the deceased was granted, he having been first sworn only to administer; power reserved of making the like grant to Thomas Butterworth Bayley, Esquire, the other executor named in the said will, when he shall apply for the said.

Notes for Hamar's will:

Elizabeth Limeburner (died 04 September, 1769) was the widow of Captain Thomas Limeburner (1696-1750), a Royal Navy captain. Limeburner had command of the Seahorse in American waters during the War of Austrian Succession (1739-1748) so was a colleague of Joseph Hamar. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married Hamar at St. Dunstan's in East London on 05 July 1753. The Limeburners are buried at Lee in Kent.
Samuel Gambier was a member of a family of Huguenot descent who were prominent in naval affairs in the second half of the eighteenth century. Samuel was the Admiralty Court Judge in the Bahamas. He died in 1789. A nephew, James Gambier, was in the Royal Navy and captained the Flamborough in American waters after Hamar.
Thomas Rumsey was also a resident of Hampstead so was probably a neighbour and friend. He died in 1798.
Thomas Butterworth Bayley (1744-1802) lived at Hope Hall in Salford, just west of Manchester. He was a lawyer who fought for penal reform. He has a biography in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

The will of WILLIAM HARROD (HEROD) (proved on 22 January 1782 11/1086).

In the name of God Amen - I William Harrod, Mariner of his Majesty's Ship Ramillies, being in bodily health and of sound and disposing Mind and Memory, and considering the perils and dangers of the Seas and other uncertainties of this transitory Life, do (for avoiding controversies after my decease) make, publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following, (that is to say) First I recommend my Soul to God that gave it and my body I commit to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God to order,

And as for and concerning all my Worldly Estate, I give, bequeath and dispose thereof as followeth, that is to say, all and singular such Sallary, Wages, Tickets, Bounty, Money, Prize Money, Short Allowance Money, Smart Money, Pensions and all other Wages, Sum, and Sums of Money, Lands, Tenements, Goods, Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall by any ways due, owing or belonging unto me at the time of my decease, I do give, devise and bequeath the same unto my beloved Wife Agnes Harrod of London.

And I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Agnes Harrod to be only Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former and other Wills, Testaments and Deeds of Gifts by me at any time heretofore made. And I do ordain and ratify these presents to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament.

In Witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my Hand and Seal the fourteenth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, and in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George third over Great Britain etc.    Willm. Herod    X his Mark.

Signed, sealed, published and declared in the presence of
John Moutray     Thos. Mason

This Will was proved at London the twenty second day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two before the Worshipful Andrew Coltee Ducarel, Doctor of Laws, Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper of Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Agnes Harrod, Widow, the Relict of the deceased to whom Admon. was granted of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased, she having been first sworn duly to administer.

The will of WILLIAM HARVEY (proved on 19 December 1807 (11/1471)).

This is the last Will and Test. of me William Harvey of Little Hadham in the County of Hertford, Gentleman, whereby I give and devise all the Customary or Copyhold Estates in Little Hadham aforesaid which I have this day been committed to and surrendered and the use of my Will and all my Monies, Goods, Chattels and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever (after payment of my just debts and funeral expenses), and with which I charge all my said Copyhold and personal Estate, to my dearly beloved Wife Martha Harvey, her Heirs, Exors., Admors., and Assigns, and I make & appoint my said Wife Sole Executrix of this my will. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Twenty Sixth day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine - Wm. Harvey.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Testator in the presence of us who have attested the same in his presence. Jno. Mott, A. Dawes.

This Will was proved at London on the nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven, before the Worshipful Samuel Parson, Doctor of Laws, Surrogate of the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne, Knight, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper of Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury, lawfully constituted by the oath of Martha Harvey, Widow, the Relict of the deceased, the sole Executrix named in the said Will, to whom Admon. was granted of all and singular, the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased, having been first Sworn duly to administer.

The will of JOHN HATLEY (proved on 14 January 1833 (11/1810)).

This is the last Will and Testament of me John Hatley of Upper Seymour Street West in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, a Captain in the Royal Navy. I direct my debts, funeral and testamentary Expences and the pecuniary legacies hereby bequeathed and which I may bequeath by any Codicil to this my Will, to be paid out of my personal estate and if it shall prove deficient I charge all my Real Estate with the deficiency but I direct that my real property at Maidstone in Kent shall be first resorted to to supply the deficiency.

I devise my Messuage or tenement and farm with the lands and hereditaments thereunto belonging, containing One hundred and eighteen acres one rood and fifteen perches or thereabouts (more or less) situate in the Parish of Somerton ? in the County of Suffolk to my Cousin, Right Honorable John Hookham Frere and his Assigns for his life without Impeachment of Waste, and with power to let the same for any term of years not exceeding twenty one years in possession, at the best Rent that can be obtained for the same without taking any first, and from and after his decease I devise the same to my cousin the Reverend Temple Frere of Roydon in Norfolk, Clerk, his heirs and Assigns, but if he shall die in my lifetime then subject as aforesaid I devise the same to all his Children living at my death in equal shares as tenants in common, and to their respective heirs and Assigns, Provided always and I do hereby declare that the said John Hookham Frere shall be at liberty to purchase the reversion of the said Messuage Farm and lands for the sum of two thousand pounds on signifying his intention to do so within twelve calendar months after my death and in that case on payment of the said sum of two thousand pounds to the said Temple Frere (if living), and if he shall have departed this life to his Personal Representative or Representatives (whose receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the same) the said Messuage, farm and lands shall be and remain to the use of the said John Hookham Frere, his heirs and Assigns or to such other uses as he shall direct, and the said two thousand pounds if it shall be payable to the Personal Representative or Representatives of the said Temple Frere, shall belong to the person or persons who would have been entitled to the said hereditaments if the said John Hookham Frere had not elected to purchase, the same and has departed this life, and if infants shall be interested therein the said Sum shall be laid out in the public Stocks or funds or an Endowment or real securities which shall and may be varied as occasion shall require and the income thereof shall be applicable towards their maintenance and Education.

I devise my Messuage, tenement and Farm with the lands and hereditaments thereto belonging, containing one hundred and sixty eight Acres two roods and five perches or thereabouts, situate in the Parishes of Shudy Camps, Haverhill and Withersfield in the Counties of Cambridge and Suffolk to my Cousin James Hatley Frere Esquire, his heirs and Assigns. And if he shall die in my life time I devise the same to all his children living at my death in equal shares as tenants in common and to their respective heirs and Assigns, provided always, And I do hereby declare that the said John Hookham Frere shall be at liberty to purchase the said last mentioned Farm and Hereditaments for the sum of four thousand pounds to the said James Hatley Frere if living, and if he shall have departed this life, to his personal Representative or Representatives (whose receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the same) the said last mentioned farm hereditaments shall be and remain to the use of the said John Hookham Frere his heirs, & Assigns or to such other users as he shall direct. And the said sum of four thousand pounds, if it shall be payable to the personal Representative or Representatives of the said James Hatley Frere shall belong to the person or persons who would have been entitled to the said last mentioned hereditaments if the said John Hookham Frere had not elected to purchase the same, and if Infants shall be interested therein the said sum of four thousand pounds shall be laid out in the public stocks or funds or on Government or real securities which shall and may be varied as occasion shall require and the interest thereof shall be applicable towards their maintenance and education.

I bequeath the following legacies - To my Cousins Edward Frere, William Frere, Bartholomew Frere, Jane Orde and Susanna Frere - one hundred pounds each. And I devise and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my real and personal Estate and Effects which shall remain after payment of Debts, Funeral and Testamentory expences and legacies unto my Cousin George Frere his heirs, Executors, Admors and Assigns.

And I appoint him the executor of this my Will, but if he shall die in my lifetime, I devise the said **** of my real and Personal estate to the oldest son of the said George Frere living at my decease if of age to be my Executor and whom in that case I appoint my Executor accordingly, and in case the said George Frere shall die in my life time without leaving any son of age to be my Executor, then I devise that the said residue of my real and personal estate to the said James Hatley Frere and Temple Frere, their heirs, Executors, Admors and Assigns in equal shares as tenants in common, or if eiother of them shall also die in my lifetime then the whole to the Survivor of them, and in the same event I appoint the said James Hatley Frere and Temple Frere Executors of this my Will.

I devise and bequeath to the said George Frere his heirs, Executors, Admors and Assigns, all Estates vested in me upon any Trusts or by way of Mortgage and in case of his death in my life time I devise all such Trust and mortgaged Estates to the said James Hatley Frere and temple Frere their heirs, Exors, Admors and Assigns as joint tenants.

In Witness whereof I have to this my last will and testament contained in four sheets of paper set my hand and seal, that is to say at the bottom of each of the three preceeding sheets I have subscribed my name, and to this fourth and last sheet I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal, this twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and twenty four   John Hatley.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John Hatley the testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses Rob. Walker Lincolns In Fields   Nichs. Walters Trin. Coll. Cambridge   Thomas Fawne Clk to Mr Walters.

This is a Codicil to the Will of me John Hatley, late of Upper Seymour Street West in the County of Middlesex, but now of Dover in the County of Kent, Esquire, a captain in the Royal navy, my said Will bearing date the twenty third day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, I bequeath to my faithful servant David McRaw(?) the yearly sum of twenty pounds during his natural life and a proportion money to the day of his decease, Ten Pounds part thereof to be charged upon and payable out of my farm at * Shudy Camps which by my said Will is devised to my Cousin James Hatley Frere. And in all other respects I confirm my said Will.
Witness my hand and seal this thirteenth day of Sept. 13th one thousand eight hundred and thirty.   John Hatley.

Signed, sealed , published and declared by the said John Hatley the Testator as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses B.W.Page of Ipswich, Suffolk.   Henry P. Brushet of Dover, Kent.   Jno. Pembroke of Dover, Kent.

Proved at London with a Codicil the 14th January 1833 before the Worshipful John Danbury, Dr. of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of George Frere Esqr. the sole Exor. To whom Admon. was granted having been first sworn duly to Administer.

(* The original will contains notes in the margin relating to this property, but the writing is to small to be legible).

William Hollamby sailed on Cook's Third Voyage on the Discovery as an Able Seaman. He was born in 1746. In 1783, he was promoted to the rank of Commander.

The will of WILLIAM HOLLAMBY (proved on 01 March 1798 (11/1303)).

In the Name of God Amen, I William Hollamby, Captain in his Majesty's Navy, now in the Service as Agent to Transports, being in bodily health and sound and disposing Mind and Memory, and considering the Perils and dangers of the Seas and other uncertainties of this Transitory Life (do for avoiding Controversies after my Decease) make, publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) -

First, I recommend my Soul to God that gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God to order, and as for and concerning all my Worldly Estate, I give, bequeath and dispose thereof as followeth (that is to say) -

All my own Servants pay & Emoluments arising from the said Service, half pay or otherwise, Wages, Sum and Sums of Money, Lands, Tenements, Goods, Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be any ways due, owing or belonging unto me at the time of my decease, I do give, devise and bequeath the same unto my loving Wife Hannah Hollamby, living in the Village of Shalford in the County of Surrey.

And I do hereby nominate and appoint my friends James Watson Hall Esqr. of the City of York, and James Sykes Senior and James Sykes Junr. of Arundel Street, Strand, London, Merchants, Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former and other Wills, Testaments and Deeds of Gifts by me at any time heretofore made. And I do ordain and ratify these Presents to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my Hand and Seal the thirtieth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, And in the thirty fourth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the third over Great Britain etc. W. Hollamby.

Signed, sealed, published and declared in the presence of Geo. Vandeput, Tho. Stilwell.

This Will was proved at London the first day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight before the Worshipful John Sewell, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of James Sykes the Elder Esquire, one of the Executors 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 duly to administer. Power reserved of making the like grant to James Watson Hall Esquire and James Sykes the Younger Esquire the other Executors named in the said Will, when they or either of them shall apply for the same.

The will of JEREMIAH HOLLOWAY (proved on 20 April 1811 (11/1521)).

This is the last Will and Testament of me Jeremiah Holloway of Stocks Lane in the Parish of Greenwich in the County of Kent, a Pensioner of His Majesty's Royal Hospital at Greenwich aforesaid, whereby I recommend my Soul to God & dispose of my Worldly Estate & Effects as hereafter is mentioned

First, I desire that all & every my just debts, Funeral & Testamentory Expences & the expences of proving this my Will be fully paid & satisfied as soon as conveniently may be after my decease.

I give & bequeath unto Mary Gains, now residing with me & daughter of Joseph Gains of Stepney in the County of Middlesex, Ropemaker, the Sum of Ten Guineas to be paid to her as soon as conveniently may be after my decease. Also I give & bequeath unto the said Mary Gains the Press Bedstead which is in the Room I now sleep in, together with the feather Bed Bolster & Pillow, three Sheets, three blankets & Counterpane belonging thereto & used therewith, also the small Couch & the Linen & furniture belonging thereto & used therewith & which is also in the said Room I now sleep in. Also I give & bequeath unto the said Mary Gains my Copper Tea Kettle, Copper Coal Scuttle, Tea Chest, two silver tea spoons & one Silver Table or Pap Spoon. Also the Bath Stove in the Kitchen & the set of Fire Irons in the Parlour.

Also I give and bequeath unto the said Mary Gains one moiety or half part of all such wearing apparel, both Linen & Woolen, as I shall be possessed of or shall belong to me at my death, & also one moiety or half part of all my Jewellery and all Silver and Gold, all which said matters & things before mentioned I direct may be delivered to the said Mary Gains as soon as conveniently can be after my decease to & for her own use & benefit.

Also I give & bequeath unto my Sister Mary Clare, widow, now also residing with me & unto the before named Mary Gains, All that Messuage and Premises with the Appurts. Thereto belonging, situate in Stocks Lane aforesaid & now in my possession & also all those three Messuages & Premises adjoining thereto as the same are now in the possession of Thomas Peirce, Thomas Semeric (?) & (blank) Simonsen or their respective undertenants, all held by me of Mr Collingwood, to hold the said four Messuages & Premises before described unto my said Sister the said Mary Clare & the said Mary Gains for all such Estate term & Interest as I shall have to come in the said Premises at the time of my decease, equally to be divided between them share & share alike as Tenants in common & not as Joint Tenants their respective Exors, Admors & Assigns to & for their own use & benefit, subject nevertheless to the payment of the Rent & to the terms & conditions under which I hold the said respective premises.

Also I give and bequeath unto my Brother in Law Joseph Hunt of Trenton (?) Wheelwright, the sum of Five Guineas to be paid him as soon as conveniently can be after my decease to & for his own use & benefit.

Also I give & bequeath unto Thomas Scott of Church Street, Greenwich aforesaid, Victualler, my Executor hereinafter named & appointed a Ring of Two Guineas value. Also I give & bequeath unto the said Thomas Scott the Sum of Twenty Pounds upon Trust that he, his Exors or Admors. shall & do as soon as can be after my decease lay out the said sum in the purchase of twenty pounds of Capital Stock or Annuities at the Bank of England in the name of him, the said Thomas Scott, his Exors or Admors. & I do direct that the said Thomas Scott, his Exors or Admors. shall & do stand possessed of and interested in the said Capital Stock or Bank Annuities & the Interest & Dividends & of all accumulations of Interest & Dividends to be made as herein after mentioned & directed & of all Capital Stock or Bank Annuities to be purchased therewith in Trust for Lettice Eliza Clare daur. of my Nephew Jeremiah Clare of Wandsworth in the County of Surrey, Weaver, & to be assigned, transferred & paid to her in case she shall live to attain the Age of Sixteen years to & for her own use & benefit & I do hereby order & direct that in the mean time & until the said Lettice Eliza Clare shall attain the age of Sixteen Years or shall die under such age he the said Thomas Scott, his Exors or Admors. shall & do lay out & invest all the Interest & Dividends of the said Capital or Stock so to be purchased as aforesaid & the Interest & Dividends of all other Capital Stock or Bank Annuities to be from time to time purchased in the like purchase of Capital Stock or Annuities at the Bank of England in the name of him the said Thomas Scott his Exors or Admors. in order to accumulate & go along with the Principal Original Stock or Annuities to be purchased with the said twenty pounds as aforesaid.

But if it shall happen that the said Lettice Eliza Clare shall depart this life under the age of Sixteen Years, then I give & bequeath all the aforesaid Capital Stock or Bank Annuities & all accumulations to be made hereto as aforesaid & all Interest & Dividends which may be then due thereon unto Ann Clare the Sister of the said Lettice Eliza Clare & the before named Mary Gains, to be equally divided between them share & share alike, their respective Exors, Admors. & Assigns to & for their own use & benefit absolutely.

And as to all & every the last residue and remainder of my Estate & Effects whatsoever & wheresoever & of what nature, kind or quality the same may be or consist of or whereof I or any person or persons in Trust for me or for my use shall be anyways interested in or intitled unto or which shall be due or owing to me or my Estate at my death & not hereinbefore by me disposed of & all my Estate, right, title & Interest in & to the same I give & bequeath the same respectively & the whole & every part thereof & all my Estate & Interest therein unto the said Thomas Scott, my said Executor hereinafter named, to hold to him the said Thomas Scott upon Trust nevertheless that he the said Thomas Scott his Exors or Admors. do & shall as soon as can be after my death sell & dispose of such part thereof as shall not consist of monies & call in & receive all such Debts & Sum & Sums of money as shall be due or owing to me at my death & the monies to arise by such sale or sales as also the monies to be called in & received as aforesaid after paying the expences attending the sale & conversion into money of all my said Residuary Personal Estate & subject thereto upon Trust to pay one moiety or half part of all the clear surplus or residue of my said Estate & Effects unto my Sister the before named Mary Clare, her Exors Admors & Assigns to & for her own use & benefit.

And as to the other or remaining half part of all the clear surplus or residue of the money to arise from my said Estate & Effects upon Trust that he the said Thomas Scott his Exors or Admors. shall & do lay out & invest the same in the purchase of Capital Stock or Annuities at the Bank of England in the name of him the said Thomas Scott his Exors or Admors & I direct that the said Thomas Scott his Exors or Admors. shall & do stand possessed of & interested in the said Capital Stock or Bank Annuities to be purchased as last aforesaid & of the Interest & Dividends & of all accumulations of Interest & Dividends to be made as hereinafter mentioned & described & of all Capital Stock or Bank Annuities to be purchased therewith, In Trust for the before named Ann Clare the said Sister of the said Lettice Eliza Clare & to be assigned, transferred & paid to her in case she shall live to attain the age of 17 Years to & for her own use & benefit & I do hereby order & direct that in the mean time & until the said Ann Clare shall attain the said Age of 17 years or shall die under that Age, he the said Thomas Scott his Exors or Admors shall & do lay out & invest all the Interest or Dividends of the said Capital or Stock so to be purchased as last aforesaid & of the Interest & Dividends of all other Capital Stock or Bank Annuities to be from time to time made thereon in the like purchase of Capital Stock or Annuities at the Bank of England in the name of him the said Thomas Scott his Exors or Admors in order to accumulate & go along with the original Capital Stock or Annuities so to be purchased by & from the said one moiety or half part of all the said clear surplus or residue of my said Estate & Effects as aforesaid.

But in case it shall happen that the said Ann Clare shall not live to attain the said age of 17 Years, then I give and bequeath all the aforesaid Stock or Bank Annuities so by me directed to be purchased from the moiety or half part of the residue of my Estate & Effects & all accumulations to be made thereto & all Interest & Dividends which may be then due thereon unto my Sister the before named Mary Clare in case she shall be then living, but in case she shall not be then living then I give & bequeath all the aforesaid Stock or Bank Annuities & all Interest and Dividends then due thereon unto my said Nephew the said Jeremiah Clare his Exors, Admors & Assigns to & for his own use & benefit.

And my will is & I do direct & declare that the receipt & receipts of the said Thomas Scott his Exors or Admors shall at all times & on all occasions be a good & sufficient discharge & good & sufficient discharges to all persons whomsoever for all monies or effects paid or received on account on my Estate & after such Receipt or Receipts given unto person or persons paying or delivering such monies or effects shall not be bound to see to the due application or nonapplication thereof of any part thereof. And I do further order & direct that it shall be lawful for the said Thomas Scott his Exors or Admors. by & out of the Trust monies & premises to deduct & reimburse himself & themselves all such costs, Charges, Damages & Expences which he or they or other of them may be at or put to by reason or on account of any matter or thing relating thereto & that he they, or either of them shall not be charged or chargeable with or accountable for more monies & Effects than he or they shall actually receive or shall come to his possession by virtue of this my will.

And I do hereby nominate, constitute & appoint the said Thomas Scott sole Exor of this my will & lastly I do hereby revoke, annul and make void all former & other Will & Wills by me at any time or times herebefore made & do declare this only to be my last Will & Testament contained in four sheets of paper, to the first, second and third sheets whereof I have set my hand, & to this fourth & last sheet set my hand & seal this twenty seventh day of July in the year of our Lord 1810 - Jeremiah Holloway His Mark X.

Signed, Sealed, Published & declared by the said Jeremiah Holloway, the Testator as & for his last Will & Testament, the same having been first read over to the said Jeremiah Holloway in our & each of our presence & acknowledged by him to be his last Will & Testament in the presence of us   Anchon (?) - C.M.R.Parker, Greenwich.

Proved at London 20th April 1811 before the Worspl. Charles Coote, Dr. of Laws, & by the oath of Thomas Scott sole Exor he being first sworn duly to Administer.

The will of ALEXANDER HOOD (proven on 12 September 1798 (PROB 11/1316)).

We the undersigned being present when the late Captain Alexander Hood of His Majesty's Ship Mars was brought down into the cockpit and are ready to testify whenever required that he was perfectly collected and conceive he intended the following expressions to be his last will and testament, viz:

That he gave all his fortune to his wife during her life and afterwards to be divided up equally between his children and few minutes after the above expressions he said he gave all his fortune to his wife during her life or continued in the name of Hood and in case of marrying was then afterwards to be divided between his children. He also requested he should be buried on shore and sent to his wife on which Mr Morgan asked him if he wished to be buried at Butleigh to which he replied yes.

Given under our hands on board His Majesty's Ship Mars in Cawsand Bay the ninth day of June 1798. Tho Morgan, Chaplain; Robert Melville, Surgeon; James Wallis, Carpenter; Tho L. Yates, Purser.

In the Goods of Captain Alexander Hood, decd.

The twenty seventh day of August 1798.

On which day appeared personally Thomas Morgan, Clerk Chaplain; Robert Melville, Surgeon; James Wallis, Carpenter; Thomas Loyall Yates, Purser, all of His Majesty's Ship Mars of 74 guns whereof Alexander Hood Esquire deceased was late Captain and made oath that on Saturday the twenty first day of April last whilst the said ship was in his present Majesty's service and under the command of the said Alexander Hood and cruising off Ushant, she fell in with and engaged a French line of battle ship called Hercule, commanded by Monsieur L'Herefier, and during such engagement the said Alexander Hood received a mortal wound and upon receiving such wound he was immediately taken down to the cockpit of the said ship where he soon afterwards died, but previous to his death these deponents say that the said Alexander Hood was perfectly sensible and collected and in the presence of these deponents made a declaration of his will and intention as to the disposition of his esate and effects and where he wished to be taken and buried in words or the following effect (that is to say)

"I give all my fortune to my wife during her life and afterwards to be divided up equally between my children"

And these deponents further made oath and say that the said Alexander Hood in a few minutes after making the above declaration further said

"I give all my fortune to my wife during her life if she continues in the name of Hood and in case she marries to be divided between my children. I desire to be buried on shore and sent to my wife". And on the said Thomas Morgan asking the said Alexander Hood if he wished to be buried at Butleigh, he said "Yes".

And these deponents say that the said Alexander Hood made the above declaration in their presence in the cockpit of the said ship as aforesaid and during all the time he was making the same he was perfectly sensible and collected and understood what he said and was about. And these deponents say that the said declaration was so made by the said Alexander Hood for the express purpose as these deponents verily believe that they might witness the same as his last will and testament. And the said Alexander Hood in about ten minutes after the making thereof at about a half an hour after ten o'clock at night of the said twenty first day of April died on board the said ship, the Mars, in consequence of the wound he so received as aforesaid.

And the said Thomas Morgan for himself said that he reduced the above declaration of the said Alexander Hood or the substance of it into writing on the twenty second day of the said month of April. Tho Morgan - Jams Wallis - Robert Melville - Tho L. Yates.

The same day the said Thomas Morgan, Robert Melville, James Wallis and Thomas Loyall Yates were duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit (the above interlineation beginning with the word "say" and ending with the word "deponents" being first made) before me, George Jope, Commissioner, and in the presence of William Foot, Notary Public.

On the twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, administration (with the will unxxxupative annexed) of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of Alexander Hood Esquire, late Captain of His Majesty's Ship the Mars, and of Butleigh Wootton in the county of Somerset, deceased, was granted to Elizabeth Hood, widow the relict of the deceased and universal legatee for life or during widowhood named in the said will, having been first sworn by commission duly to administer, no executor being named therein.

Henry Jeffs was the Butcher on board the Endeavour on the First Voyage. His place and date of birth are unknown. During the voyage he was punished on 29 April 1769 for aggression. He died on 27 February 1771 as the ship crossed the Indian Occean. His will below records that he was married to Ann Jeffs.

The will of HENRY JEFFS (proved on 18 July 1771 (11/969)).

In the Name of God Amen, I Henry Jeffs belonging to his Majesty's Bark Endeavour, Lieutenant James Cook Commander, being in bodily Health and of Sound and Disposing Mind and Memory, and Considering the Perils and Dangers of the Seas and other Uncertainties of this Transitory Life (do for avoiding Controversies after my Decease) make, Publish and Declare this my last Will and Testament in manner Following (that is to say)-

First, I commend my Soul to God that Gave it and my Body I Commit to the Earth or Sea as it Shall please God to Order, and as for and concerning all my Worldly Estate I Give, bequeath and Dispose thereof as followeth, that is to say -

All such Pension Money, Smart Money, Prize Money, Wages, Sum or Sums of Money, Lands, Tenements, Goods, Chattels and Estate whatsoever as Shall be in any ways due, owing or belonging unto me at the time of my decease, I Do Give, Devise and bequeath the same unto my beloved Wife Ann.

And I do hereby Nominate and Appoint my beloved Wife Ann aforesaid, Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former and other Wills, Testaments and Deeds of Gifts by me at any time heretofore made. And I do Ordain and ratify these Presents, to Stand and be, for and as, my only last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof to this my said last Will I have set my hand and Seal the thirteenth day of August In the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight, And in the Eighth year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third over Great Britain etc. Henry Jeffs.

Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared in the presence of Jams. Cook, John Gathrey, R. Orton.

This Will was proved at London the Eighteenth Day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy one before the Worshipful Andrew Coltee Ducarel, Doctor of Laws, Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Hay, also Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Ann Jeffs, Widow the Relict of the deceased and Sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom Administration was Granted of all and Singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased. She having been first Sworn Duly to Administer.

Arthur Kempe was born in Veryan, Cornwall in 1743. He sailed on the Adventure as a lieutenant on the Second Voyage. His family was related to Furneaux, the captain of the ship. He was also the second cousin of Samuel Kempe, who sailed on the ,i>Adventure as a midshipman. Arthur Kempe would later rise in the Navy to become Admiral of the Red. He married Ann Coryton (the will, below, calls her Sally) and they had four children.

The will of ARTHUR KEMPE (proved 17 March 1823 (11/1668)).

This is the last Will and Testament of me Arthur Kempe of the Parish of Budock in the County of Cornwall, Esquire, Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet. I desire that my body may be decently and privately buried in my family vault in the parish church of Veryan after having been kept uninterred for ten days at the least from the time of my death and it is my wish if my Wife Sally Kempe survive me and die my Widow that her body be also buried there.

I give the dwelling house in which I now reside together with the dwellinghouse adjoining thereto in the occupation of Mrs Mary Harris and all the offices and appurts. thereto respectively belonging, together with my Pew or Seat in the Parish Church of Falmouth, unto my said Wife Sally Kempe for and during so much of my Estate and Interest therein respectively as shall run out and expire during her Widowhood,

And I also give to my said Wife for her absolute use and benefit all the Household Furniture, Plate (except such part of my Plate as may have my family arms engraven thereon), Linen, China, Books, Wines, Stores and Provisions which shall be in or about my said dwellinghouse at the time of my decease, together with my Carriages, Carriage Horses and their harness in case my Wife shall chuse (sic) to keep and use them.

And I give to my said Wife the sum of five hundred pounds of lawful British money to be paid to her immediately upon my decease.

And I also give unto my said Wife, in addition to the other bequests and provisions made her by this my last Will, or by the settlement made previous to our marriage, the yearly sum pf thirty pounds to be paid by my Executors hereinafter named, out of my monies in the Public Stocks or Funds, by half yearly payments, the first payment to be so made six months next after my decease, and I hereby direct that the legacy duty or Tax which shall be due or payable, for or in respect of the bequests hereinbefore contained to my said Wife, shall be paid by my Executors hereinafter named,out of the residue of my Effects, and that she shall be wholly exonerated and indemnified therefrom.

And whereas by the settlement made previously to my marriage with my said Wife, my freehold Estates called Trevithick in the Parish of St. Ewe, and Trenestrall in the Parish of Ruanlanihorne, both in the said County, and also my Leasehold Estate called Treburthes in the Parish of Veryan aforesaid, are charged with the payment to her my said Wife during her Life for her jointure of an annuity or yearly sum of two hundred and five pounds of lawful money of Great Britain, liable to be reduced nevertheless to the sum of eighty five pounds in the event of my said Wife becoming entitled after my death to a Government Pension as an Admiral's Widow. I will and direct as far as I have any power so to do that the said Annuity or Yearly Sum of two hundred and five pounds, which I do hereby ratify and confirm shall be issuing and payable out of the said several Estates in the proportions following, that is to say the annual sum of one hundred and ten pounds part thereof out of my said freehold Estate called Trevithick, the annual sum of fifteen pounds further part thereof out of my said freehold estate called Trenestrall, and the remaining annual sum of eighty pounds out of my said leasehold estate called Treburthes, or in case my term and Interest in the said Leasehold Estate shall expire previously to the determination of the said Annuity, then such last mentioned sum of eighty pounds shall thenceforth be issuing and payable out of my freehold estate called Beruppa in the said Parish of Ruanlanihorne which I hereby subject and charge to and with the payment thereof accordingly, and in case the said Annuity or Yearly sum of two hundred and five pounds shall be reduced by the event aforesaid than I direct that such reduced annuity shall be issuing and payable out of the said several Estates in the like proportions,

And in case my said Wife, within three calendar months next after my decease, shall signify to my Executors hereinafter named, her wish and desire that the said annuity of two hundred and five pounds or the reduced annuity as the case may be, may be secured upon my monies in the Public Stocks or Funds, and shall accordingly will and sufficiently release and discharge my said Freehold and Leasehold Hereditaments and premises from the payment of my said annuity, or reduced annuity as the case may be, and from all costs, charges and expences in relation thereto, then I order and direct that my said Executors shall upon or immediately after the receipt of such deed of discharge set aside and appropriate so much of my Stock in the new four per Cents,or in some other of the Public or Parliamentary Stocks or Funds as will be sufficient to satisfy and pay the annuity which shall so become payable to my said Wife, and do and shall, well and sufficiently authorize and empower her, my said Wife, and her Assigns, to receive the same annuity half yearly during the term of her natural life and subject and charged with the payment of the proportionate part hereinbefore mentioned of the annuity which shall so become payable to my said Wife,

I give and devise my said freehold Estate called Trevithick to my Son Charles Trevanion Kempe, his heirs and Assigns for ever.

And also I give and devise my freehold Dwellinghouse, Farm and Tenements of Polsne with the appurtenances and also my freehold Estate called Trenestrall subject and charged as aforesaid to my Son Charles Trevanion Kempe his heirs and assigns for ever

And I give and devise my said Freehold Estate called Beruppa, charged and made chargeable as aforesaid in the event hereinbefore mentioned, and also my Freehold Estate called Tregisson in the said Parish of Ruanlanihorne, unto my Son William Peter Kempe his heirs and Assigns for ever.

Also I give devise and bequeath unto my said Son William Peter Kempe the sum of eight hundred pounds, to be paid within twelve months next after my decease with Interest for the same after the rate of four per cent per annum

And I give and bequeath unto my Executors hereinafter named, and the Survivors and Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators, the sum of eight hundred pounds upon trust, that they or the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators, do and shall within six months after my decease lay out and invest the same in or upon Government or Real Securities in England at Interest in their or his names or name, with power to alter vary and change such Securities In Trust for my Granddaughter Elizabeth Anne Kempe, to be an Interest vested in and paid and assigned to her upon her attaining the age of twenty one years, but not sooner, provided always and I order and direct that the Interest Dividends and annual proceeds for the said last mentioned Securities shall be paid to the Guardian or Guardians for the time being of the said Elizabeth Anne Kempe in the meantime and until she shall attain the age of twenty one years, or die which shall first happen, to the intent that the same may be applied for or towards her maintenance or education notwithstanding she shall not have acquired a vested Interest therein

And further, I do hereby order and direct that my said Executors hereinafter named, or the Survivors or Survivor of them, do and shall within six months next after my decease from and out of my Personal Estate lay out and invest the sum of six hundred pounds of lawful British money in or upon some or one of the Public Stocks or Funds or at Interest upon Government or Real Securities in England in their or his names or name, and do and shall alter vary and transpose such Stocks, Funds or Securities from time to time as they or he shall think proper and do and shall during the life of my Daughter Ann Coryton Cregoe pay the Interest, Dividends and annual produce of the said six hundred pounds or of the Stocks Funds or Securities in or upon which the same shall be invested or laid out, from time to time as the same shall be received, into the proper hands of my said Daughter Ann Coryton Cregoe, or into the hands of such person or persons as she by any Note or writing under her hand from time to time, but not by way of anticipation, shall appoint to receive the same during her life, to the intent that the same may be for the sole separate and peculiar use and benefit of my said daughter and may not be subject to the debts, controul (sic), disposition or engagements of her present Husband or any other person or persons, as she shall so appoint to receive the same, and her or their receipt or receipts only shall be a good and sufficient discharge, or good and sufficient discharges, to the person or persons who shall pay the said Dividends, Interest or annual produce for so much thereof as in such receipt or receipts shall be acknowledged or expressed to be received from.

And immediately after the decease of my said daughter, do and shall stand and be possessed of the Stocks, Funds or Securities in or upon which the said sum of six hundred pounds shall be invested or laid out, In trust for such of the Children of my said Daughter Ann Coryton Cregoe by Mathew Garland Cregoe Esquire her present Husband as shall attain the Age of twenty one years, equally to be divided between or among them, if more than one, as Tenants in Common. And if but one such Child then to such only Child at his or her Age of Twenty one years, but the payment of the shares or such of them as shall attain the said Age of Twenty one years in the lifetime of my said Daughter shall be postponed until after her decease.

And I give and bequeath the further sum of two thousand pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to my said Executors In Trust for such of the Children of my said Daughter Ann Coryton Cregoe as shall live to attain the Age of Twenty one years, if more than one in equal shares and proportions, and if but one In Trust for such only Child together with the Interest on the said sum of two thousand pounds, after the rate of four pounds per Centum per Annum, from the expiration of one year after my decease, to be applied by the parent or Guardians of my said Grandchildren in, for, or towards their maintenance and education until they shall respectively become entitled to receive their respective shares in proportions of the said sum of two thousand pounds. And in case my said Daughter Ann Coryton Cregoe shall happen to die during the minority of any of the Children, then I direct that the Interest of the shares to which such Children shall be presumptively entitled of and in the said sum of six hundred pounds or the Stocks, Funds or Securities, in or upon which the same shall be invested or laid out shall be paid by my said Executors to the Guardians for the time being of my said Children as an addition to their maintenance hereinbefore provided.

And in case my Grandson, John Garland Cregoe, shall be placed at the University of Cambridge preparatory, and in order to his taking holy orders as a Minister of the Church of England, then I order and direct that the Executors of this my Will shall and do pay or cause to be paid unto my said Grandson the sum of one hundred pounds yearly during the four years of his undergraduateship at such University, or so much thereof as shall expire after my decease until he shall be ordained, for and towards his education and maintenance in addition to the other provisors made for them by this Will.

Also I give and bequeath to Letitia Maria Cregoe, Edward Arthur Cregoe, the said John Garland Cregoe, Lania Elizabeth Ann Cregoe, and Elizabeth Courtenoy Cregoe, the sum of four hundred pounds each, to be paid to them respectively at the end of six months next after my decease.

And I do hereby order and direct that my Executors hereinafter named, or the Survivors or Survivor of them, do and shall within six months next after my decease, from and out of my Personal Estate lay out and invest the sum of four hundred pounds of lawful British money in or upon some or one of the Public Stocks or Funds or at Interest upon Government or Real Securities in England in their or his names or name, and do and shall alter, vary and transpose such Stocks, Funds or Securities from time to time as they or he shall think proper, and do and shall during the life of my Daughter Elizabeth Mary Coutenoy pay the Interest , dividends and annual produce thereof from time to time as the same shall be received into the proper hands of my said Daughter Elizabeth Mary Courtenoy, or into the hands of such person or persons as she by any Note or writing under her hand from time to time but not by way of anticipation shall appoint to receive the same during her life, to the intent that the same may be for the sole separate and peculiar use and benefit of my said Daughter Elizabeth Mary Coutenoy and may not be subject to the debts, controul(sic), disposition or engagement of her present Husband or any other person with whom after his decease she may happen to intermarry. And I declare that the receipt or receipts of the said Elizabeth Mary Courtenoy, or of such person or persons as she shall appoint to receive the same, and her or their receipt or receipts only shall be a good and sufficient discharge, or good and sufficient discharges, to the person or persons who shall pay the said dividends, Interest or annual produce for so much thereof as in such receipt or receipts shall be acknowledged or expressed to be received.

And if any of such Children shall attain the age of twenty one years during the lifetime of my said Daughter the payment of his or her share to be postponed until after the decease of my said Daughter. And in case there shall not be any Child of my said Daughter Elizabeth Mary Courtenoy who shall attain the age of twenty one years, then upon trust that they, my said Executors or the Survivors or Survivor of them, do and shall transfer and assign the Stock, Funds or Securities in or upon which the said sum of four hundred pounds shall be invested or laid out and the dividends, Interest and produce thereof, from and after the decease of my said Daughter and such failure of her issue, I give as aforesaid unto my said Granddaughter Elizabeth Anne Kempe her Executors, Administrators and Assigns,

And I give and bequeath to my said Executors and to the Survivors and Survivor of them the sum of two hundred pounds upon trust that they, or the Survivors or Survivor of them, do and shall lay out and invest the same in or upon Government or other Security and Interest in their or his names or name with power to alter, vary and transpose such Stock, Funds or Securities from time to time as they or he shall think proper and upon trust that they or the Survivors or Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators do and shall pay the dividends Interest or annual produce thereof to my said Son Charles Trevarion Kempe during the joint lives of himself and his Wife Elizabeth Kempe. And from and after the decease of either of them my said Son Charles Trevanion Kempe and Elizabeth his Wife then In Trust to transfer and assign the same to the Survivor of them, or as he or she shall order and direct, provided that in case the said Elizabeth Kempe shall survive her said husband,it is my wish and I hereby direct that the said sum of two hundred pounds shall be accepted by her in lieu and satisfaction of her claim to the use of my household furniture, plate, Linen, China and other articles at Polsne which she may or might otherwise claim to be entitled to the use of for her life under or by virtue of a covenant contained in the settlement made previously to her marriage with my said Son.

And I hereby give and bequeath all my last mentioned Household Goods and furniture, plate (except that which shall have my family arms engraven thereon) Linen, China and other articles left by me at my late Residence at Polsne aforesaid, now in the occupation of my Son John Arthur Kempe, unto my Son Charles Trevanion Kemp, William Peter Kempe and my Daughter Ann Coryton Cregoe, equally to be divided and apportioned between them, share and share alike,

Also I give and bequeath unto my Son Charles Trevanion Kempe all my plate having my family arms engraven thereon.

I give the sum of three Guineas to the poor of each in the Parishes of Philliegh, Veryan, Ruanlanihorne, and Saint Ewe to be distributed within one month next after my decease to such persons and in such manner as the Ministers and Churchwardens of the said several Parishes for the time being shall respectively direct.

Also I give to my old Servant Mary Ball fifteen Guineas,
to my old Workman John Ball twelve pounds,
to Thomas Collick ten pounds
and to George Bennett ten pounds
to be paid to them respectively at the end of one year next after my decease.

And I give, devise and bequeath all and singular the Hereditaments and Premises vested in me by way of mortgage or In Trust of which I have power to dispose by this my Will with their rights, Members and Appurtenances and all and singular my shares and Interest in the Public Stocks or Funds and all other my monies and Securities for money and all and singular other my Goods, Chattels, Effects and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever not herein by me otherwise disposed of, unto my worthy Friends the Reverend Jeremiah Trist of the said Parish of Veryan Clerk, the Reverend William Baker of the Parish of Gerrans in the said County of Cornwall Clerk, and James Dunn Trevosso of Falmouth in the said County of Cornwall Esquire, their heirs, Executors Administrators and Assigns respectively according to the nature and quality thereof, upon trust as to such Hereditaments and premises as are vested in me by way of trust that they, the said Jeremiah Trist, William Baker and James Dunn Trevosso, and the Survivors and Survivor of them or his heirs Executors or Administrators, do and shall execute and perform the trusts thereof respectively, and as to such of the same Hereditaments as are vested in me by way of mortgage, that they or he do and shall upon payment of the principal sum and sums of money and Interest thereby respectively secured in, reconvey the same and upon trust as to the surplus and residue of my Personal Estate after payment of my just debts and Funeral and Testamentary charges and expences and the legacies and payments hereinbefore bequeathed and directed to be made, for my Son Charles Trevanion Kempe, his heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns.

And I hereby nominate and appoint the said Jeremiah Trist, William Baker and James Dunn Trevosso joint Executors of this my Will, and hereby revoke all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made provided always, and it is my Will and mind that my said Executors and their and each and every of their heirs Executors and Administrators shall be charged and chargeable only for such monies as they shall respectively actually receive, and every of them only for and with his own respective receipts, payments, acts and wilful defaults, and not otherwise, and shall not be answerable or accountable for the others or other of them or for the acts, deeds, receipts, neglects or defaults of the other or others of them, the joining in Receipts merely for conformity notwithstanding and shall not be charged or chargeable with any loss or damage which shall or may happen in the placing out or investing all or any of the trust monies aforesaid in or upon real or Government Securities, or in the Parliamentary Funds or Stocks of Great Britain, or by defect of any other Security or Securities to be taken in pursuance of this my Will, either in title or otherwise or by depositing the said trust monies or any part thereof in any Bank, or any Bankers hands, or elsewhere for safe custody, nor with or for any other loss or damage which shall or may happen in or about the execution of all or any of the trusts aforesaid, without their respective wilful default, and shall and may, by and out of all or any of the trust monies and premises aforesaid, or any other monies which by virtue of this my Will shall come to their or any of their hands, deduct, retain and reimburse himself and themselves all such reasonable costs charges and expences as they or any of them shall or may sustain, expend, or be put unto, in, or about the execution of all or any of the trusts hereby in them reposed.

In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament, contained in this and the seven preceding sheets of paper hereto annexed, set my Hand and Seal (to wit) my hand at the bottom of each of the said preceding sheets, my Hand and Seal to this last sheet, and my Seal at the top of the first of the said preceding sheets where all the said sheets are fixed together, the twenty fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two. Ar. Kempe.

The writing contained in this and the seven preceding sheets of paper hereto annexed was signed and Sealed by Arthur Kempe, the Testator and by him published and declared as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who as Witnesses thereof have hereunto subscribed our names in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other James Bull, Chas. S. Moorman, Rd. K J Paddock.

Proved at London 17th March 1823 before the Judge by the Oath of James Dunn Trevosso Esqr. one of the Ex'ors. to whom admon. was granted having been first sworn by Comon. duly to Admr. - the Revd. Jeremiah Trist Clerk & the Revd. William Baker Clerk the other Exors. & two of the Resid'y. Legatees In trust named in the Will having first renounced as well the probate & exon. thereof as Letters of Admon. with same annexed of the Goods of the dec'ed. as by acts of Court appear.

Samuel Kempe sailed on Cook's Second Voyage aboard the Adventure as a midshipman. He was a second cousin of Arthur Kempe, lieutenant on the Adventure. Shortly after the voyage had started, Samuel died at sea in the South Atlantic on 09 September 1772, probably as a result of sunstroke.

The will of SAMUEL KEMPE (proved on 25 August 1774 (11/1000)). In the Name of God Amen, I Samuel Kempe, Midshipman on Board his Majesty's Sloop the Adventure, Captn. Tobias Furneaux Commander, being in Bodily health and of sound and disposing mind and Memory, and considering the Perils and Dangers of the Seas and other Uncertainties of this Transitory Life, (do for avoiding controversies after my decease) make, publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) -

First, I recommend my soul to God that gave it, and my Body I commit to the Earth or sea as it shall Please God to Order, and as for and concerning all my Worldly Estate, I Give, Bequeath and Dispose thereof as followeth, that is to say -

All such Wages, Sum and Sums of Money, Lands, Tenements, Goods, Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be any ways due, Owing or belonging unto me at the time of my decease I do Give, Devise and Bequeath the same unto my Uncle the Reverend Mr William Bedford of St Ive, near Mevagissey in the County of Cornwall.

And I do hereby nominate and Appoint my Friends Messrs Thomas Mande and William Mande of Downing Street, Westminster, Jointly or severally, Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former and other Wills, Testaments and Deeds of Gifts by me at any time heretofore made, and I do Ordain and Ratify these Presents to stand and be, for and as, my only last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my hand and seal the fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy two, and in the twelfth year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third over Great Britain &c. Samuel Kempe.

Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared in the presence of us. Tob. Furneaux, Arth. Kempe.

This Will was proved at London, the twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy four, before the Worshipful Andrew Colter Ducarel, Doctor of Laws, Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Sir George Hay Knight, Doctor of Laws, Master keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oath of Thomas Mande one of the Executors 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 duly to Administer. Power reserved of making the like grant to William Mande the other Executor named in the said Will when he shall apply for the same.

The Will of JAMES KING (proved on 18 November 1785 (11/1135)).

This is the last Will and Testament of me James King, Captain in his Majesty's Navy. I appoint my Father the Dean of Raphoe in Ireland, And my brother Walker King my Executors, And I direct that the clear Residue of my Estate and Effects to be put or placed out at Intr., And that the Interest thereof be paid Yearly equally to and amongst my Brothers and Sisters during the life of my Father and Mother, And that when my Mother shall Survive the Dean my Father (if it to be so) the said Interest be paid to my Mother for her Life, And that upon the death of my Mother the said Residue be divided equally among my Brothers and Sisters, my Sisters share to be paid to her as well Interest as Principal Share to and for her own separate use and benefit, And in case of the death of any of my said Brothers or Sisters, whose Names are Thomas, Walker, Richard, John and Ann Venables, before me leaving issue, I direct his, her or their 5th part, or other increased part by the death of any of them, of the said Residue, both Intr. and Principal, to be paid to his, her or their Child or Children equally at the Age of 21 or Marriage, which shall first happen, And I particularly order that in token of my great regard and esteem for Mrs Burke, the Wife of the Right Honble Edmd. Burke, my sd. Exors. shortly after my death make her a present of the Value of fifty Pounds in Any Article or thing she shall be pleased to direct for a Remembrance of me. Witness my hand the 11th. of September 1784.   James King.

Signed, sealed and delivered in our presence.  James Trevenen   John Hunsdon (?).

This Will was proved at London the eighteenth day of November in the Year of Our Lord One thousand and seven hundred and eighty five, before the Worshipful George Harris, Doctor of Laws, Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert also Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of the Reverend Walker King, Clerk, the Brother of the deceased and one of the Executors named in the said Will, to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased, he having been first sworn duly to administer, Power reserved of making the like grant to the Reverend James King, Doctor in Divinity, the Father of the said deceased and the other Executor named in the said Will when he shall apply for the same.

The Will of WILLIAM LANYON (proved on 15 May 1818 (11/1604)).

This is the last Will and Testament of me William Lanyon of the Parish of Saint Austell in the County of Cornwall, Esquire, Commander in the Royal Navy.

I give, devise and bequeath all that my Leasehold Dwelling House situate in the said Parish of Saint Austell in which I now reside with the Garden Courtlage and Appurtenances thereunto belonging unto Tobias Lanyon of Camborne in the said County, Surgeon, his Exors, Admors, and Assigns, for and during all the Estate and Interest which I shall have therein at the time of my decease, to and for his and their own absolute use and benefit, subject to the rent and other reservations payable by or under the Indenture of Lease by virtue of which I am intitled to hold the same.

I give and bequeath unto my Niece, Frances the Wife of Thomas Penns, all and singular my Household Furniture, Plate, Linen and China whatsoever which I may be possessed of at the time of my decease (except the Bed and Bedding hereinafter bequeathed to my Servant Mary Eplett) and I do will and direct that my Executors hereinafter named do and shall release and discharge the said Thomas Penns of and from all sum and sums of money which he may be indebted to me at the time of my decease, and particularly of and from the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds which I advanced him on a note of hand bearing date the 16th day of May last, which Note of Hand I hereby direct shall be given up to the said Thomas Penns.

I give and bequeath to my Servant Mary Eplett, if she shall be living with me at the time of my decease, over and above what may be due to her for wages, the sum of twenty pounds to be paid to her within six Months after my decease. Also I give to the said Mary Eplett the Bed and Bedding in the Garret on which she usually sleeps,

And as for and concerning all and singular other the property, Stocks, Funds, Money and Effects which I shall be possessed of or intitled to, or over which I shall have a disposing power at the time of my decease, of what nature or kind soever the same may be, I give, devise and bequeath the same and every of them unto the said Tobias Lanyon and John Carne of the said Parish of Saint Austell, Gentlemen, their Heirs, Exors & Admors upon the Trusts and to and for the several ends, intents and purposes hereinafter declared of or concerning the same, that is to say, upon Trust in the first place that they, my said Trustees, do and shall thereout with all convenient speed after my decease pay, discharge and satisfy all my just Debts and my Funeral and Testamentary Expences and the aforesaid Legacy of twenty pounds, and do and shall in the next place lay out and invest such of my Monies as shall not be already invested in the Stocks in the purchase of Parliamentary Stocks or Funds of Great Britain in the names of them my said Trustees, or the Survivor of them, his Exors or Admors and do and shall stand and be possessed of all such Stocks, Funds and Securities In Trust that they my said Trustees or the survivor of them, his Exors, or Admors do and shall pay the following Legacies (that is to say)

  unto my Nephew Edward Lanyon (Son of the late William Lanyon of Surry) the sum of Eighty Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain and my watch,
  unto my Nephew William Lanyon (Son of the said William Lanyon of Surry) the Sum of One hundred pounds of like lawful Money and my Sleeve buttons,
  unto my Niece Jane Lanyon, (Daughter of the said Willian Lanyon of Surry) the Sum of One hundred pounds of like lawful Money,
  unto my Nephew Richard Lanyon (Son of the said William Lanyon of Surry) the Sum of One hundred pounds of like lawful Money,
  unto my Nephew Henry Lanyon (Son of the said William Lanyon of Surry) the Sum of Fifty pounds of like lawful Money
  unto my Nephew James Lanyon (Son of the said William Lanyon of Surry) the Sum of Fifty pounds of like lawful Money,
  unto my Niece Elizabeth Lanyon (Daughter of the said William Lanyon of Surry) the Sum of Eighty Pounds of like lawful money,
  and unto my Nephew Joseph Lanyon (Son of the said Willaim Lanyon of Surry) the Sum of Fifty pounds of like lawful Money,

such several Legacies to be paid to such of my said Nephews and Nieces respectively as shall have attained the age of twenty one years immediately after my decease, and to such of my said Nephews and Nieces as shall be under that age, as and when they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years,

and my mind and will is and I hereby direct that it shall and may be Lawful to and for my said Trustees to receive the Dividends and Proceeds of such of the said Legacies as shall not be payable at the time of my decease by reason of the Legatees being under the age of twenty one years and do and shall lay out and invest the same in the purchase of the like Stock there to accumulate to and for the use and benefit of such last mentioned Legatees which accumulations shall be paid to them with their original Legacies as and when they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years, Provided always that it shall be lawful to and for my said Trustees to apply so much of the Dividends arising from any such Legacy as they shall think proper in and towards the education of the Person intitled thereto, and I direct that the Residue of my Property after payment of the before mentioned Legacies and the expences incident thereto shall be divided equally between and among my said last named eight Nephews and Nieces, to be paid to them at the time the youngest of them shall attain the age of Twenty one years, provided always that if any of my said Nephews or Nieces shall happen to die under the age of Twenty one years then it is my will and meaning and I do hereby direct that the Legacy and accumulation or Legacies and accumulations of him, her or them so dying shall go and accrue to the Survivors or such nephews and Nieces or Nephew and Niece as shall not have attained the age of twenty one years at the time of the death of such Nephew and Niece so happening to die, to be equally divided between them and to be vested, paid and payable to them at such age and in such manner as their original legacies are hereinbefore directed to be paid, Provided also and I do hereby further declare and direct that it shall be lawful for my said Trustees at any time and from time to time when and as often as they shall think fit or adviseable to sell, transfer and dispose of or vary all or any of the Funds or Stock wherein the said Trust monies shall at any time be invested and to lay out and invest the money to arise by any such sale, transfer or disposition in the purchase of other or the same or like Stocks or Funds in the joint names of them my said Trustees, and all such new or other Stocks and Funds shall stand and be in the names of such Trustees and the Dividends and annual produce thereof and of every part thereof respectively shall be applicable and applied upon and for such and the same Trusts, end, intents and purposes as the original Stocks and Funds and the Dividends thereof were subject and applicable to at the time of such Sale, Transfer, Disposition or variance thereof.

And lastly I nominate, constitute and appoint the said Tobias Lanyon and John Carne Execuitors of this my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this eighth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Seventeen - Wm Lanyon.

Signed and sealed by the said Testator William Lanyon and by him publiched and declared as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses   John Cary   Maria Cary.

Proved at London 15th May 1818 before the Judge by the Oaths of Tobias Lanyon and John Carne the Executors to whom Admon. was granted being first sworn by Comm. Duly to Adminr.

The Will of JOHN LAW (proved on 28 November 1786 (PROB 11/1147)).

In the Name of God, Amen, I John Law of Stamford in the Parish of All Saints, in the County of Lincoln, Surgeon, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, but mindful of my Mortality, do this day, being the 17th of August in the year of our Lord 1786, make and publish this my last Will and Testament in the manner following, that is to say -

First, I wish to be buried in Cliffe Church, decently and plain.

Secondly, to have all my Just Debts paid as soon as possible
To the Executor of the late Mr Robert Thornton, No. 82 East Smithfield, London, the sum of £20.
To Mr Tatam of Stamford, the sum of seventeen pounds.
To Mr Heppenstall of Stamford, the sum of two pounds 10/-. To B & S Law; to Mrs Piltington; to Thos. Law of Stamford, their just debts now not exactly known, also Mr Richd. Newcombe, his not known.

I Give and Bequeath unto my Brother, William Law, the sum of five pounds 5/-.

Also I Give and Bequeath unto my Brother Tom's Wife the sum of ten pounds 10/-, and also the Furniture in the Dining Room and all other Furniture whatever may be found in this house.

I do hereby make, ordain, constitute and appoint my Brothers Benjamin and Thos. Law Executors of this my last Will and Testament and that they shall make or cause to be made the most Money of my property such as Horse, two watches and Gun, whatever they shall make, be it more or less, that with my other Money shall be lodg'd in the hands of Benjamin and Thos. Laws for which they shall give proper Bond to my Mother, paying five per Cent to her so long as she shall live.

After her death, the said Money shall be divided into three equal shares and paid as follows, that is to say
One share to Benjamin Law
One share to Thomas Law
And one share Eliz Lowe the wife of Chas. Lowe or to their Executors, Administrators and Assigns and so forth.

I hereby make Benjn. and Thos. Law my Executors of this my last Will and Testament revoking all former and other Wills and Testaments by me at anytime heretofore made.

In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament set and subscribed my hand and seal the day and year first above written - John Law.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Testator John Law as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other, subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto, Thos. Lowe Saml. Bucknell.

This Will was proved at London the twenty eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty six, before the Worshipful John Nicholl, Doctor of Laws, Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, lawfully constituted by the Oath of Thomas Law, Brother of the deceased and one of he Executors named in the said Will, to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased, having been first sworn duly to Admr., power reserved of making the like grant to Benjamin Law, the Brother also of the deceased and the other Executor named in the said Will, when he shall apply for the same.