Will of Alice Brutton late of Cullompton, Wife
Proved 13 August 1807
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National Archives Catalogue Reference PROB 11/1465/237 Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Lushington Quire Numbers: 606 -660
Transcribed by Art Ames
In the name of God Amen I Alice Brutton wife of Edward Brutton of Cullompton in the county of Devon make this is the last Will and Testament
Whereas my late dear aunt Alice Selleck deceased has in and by her last Will and Testament given and devised to or in trust for me the Perpetuity of the Living and Right of Presentation to the Church of Cullompton with the appurtenances and the Great Tythes of Cullompton and also the dwelling house in which she lived with a power to me to give and bequeath the same
I do therefore in pursuance of such power give devise and bequeath all and singular the aforesaid premises together with all other my real estate and property whatsoever and wheresoever with their and every of their rights hereditaments and appurtenances to my said most dearly beloved husband his heirs and assigns for ever for his own sole use power and disposal
And I also give unto my said husband the six hundred pounds reserved by my marriage settlement and all other my effects whatsoever and do hereby appoint him executor of this my Will all this as a token of gratitude and great affection for the most uncommon kindness of temper and the constantly kind and tender testament I have ever received from him and which I am sensible has alone preserved my life a great number of years in spite of an over tormenting distemper I wish I had a better return to make him
In witness whereof I have fixed my hand and seal this fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and seven in the presence of three witnesses whom I have desired to attest the same
Alice Brutton
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Alice Brutton as her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto set our hands in her presence and in the presence of each other
Ann Sydenham Emeline Jarman Esther Hillman
This Will was proved at London on the thirteenth day of August the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven before the Right honorable Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of laws master keeper or commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Henry Brutton the husband of the deceased and sole executor named in the said Will to whom administration of all and singular the good chattels and credits of the said deceased was granted he having been first sworn duly to administer