Will of Reverend John Veryard Brutton late of Cullompton, Clerk
Proved 19 September 1821
© Crown Copyright
National Archives Catalogue Reference PROB 11/1647/420 Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Mansfield Quire Numbers: 451 -500
Transcribed by Art Ames
This is the last Will and Testament of me the Revd John V. Brutton of Cullompton in the county of Devon clerk written with mine own hand this sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty
I give devise and bequeath unto my brother Henry Brutton of Cullompton and William Brutton son of my late brother Joseph Brutton of Kenton in the said county of Devon share and share alike all my estates monies securities for monies goods chattels and effects whatsoever and wheresoever of which I am possessed or any way entitled thereto
And I do hereby appoint my said brother Henry Brutton and the said William Brutton son of the said Joseph Brutton of Kenton aforesaid joint executors of this my last Will subjecting them to the following legacies and gifts
I give unto Elizabeth Brutton of Kenton the sister of the above mentioned William Brutton the sum of one hundred pounds
I give unto my nephew Benjamin Parham senr of Ashburton in the county of Devon solicitor one hundred pounds also the like sum of one hundred pounds to each of the his three children Benjamin John and Susanna making in all the sum of four hundred pounds which sum of four hundred pounds
I am called upon and requested to advance for the maintenance of his son John at the University of Cambridge and which sum of four hundred pounds if I do so advance and apply for that purpose then my will is that the said sum of four hundred pounds shall not be respectively paid to the said Benjamin Parham senior and his three children Benjamin John and Susanna as mentioned above
I give unto my nephew the Revd James Lewis Gidoin of Lympstone in the county of Devon clerk my razor which I have constantly used for more than three score years without any homing or grinding and also to the said John Lewis Gidoin all my manuscript sermons to be destroyed by him after he has selected such of them as he may think fit to retain
I give unto Mrs Augusta Blake wife of Mr Richard Blake of the city of Bristol the sum of fifty pounds
I give unto Mary Ellicot of Cullompton seamstress the sum of ten pounds
I give unto Thomas Searle verger in the Church of Cullompton the sum of five pounds
I give unto my maid servant Mary Sconce provided she be living with me at the time of my death and not otherwise the sum of thirty pounds
I give unto my maid servant Mary Collard the sum of ten pounds provided she be living with me at the time of my death and not otherwise
My will further is that all my just and legal debts shall be paid and discharged by my executors as soon as possible after my death and that I may be buried in the vault or under the gallery leading into Lanes aisle in the Church of Cullompton and as near as possible to my dear wife and daughter who are there deposited my particular wish also is that every unnecessary expense attending my funeral shall be avoided and that I may be buried as privately as possible
The above is my last Will and Testament
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty John V Brutton
Signed sealed and published by the above named John V Brutton as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto in his presence and in the presence of each other of us attested on the day and year above written by us
Jas Crosse Frances Sydenham Margaret Sydenham
By way of codicil dated the second day of May 1820 I give unto my late servant Betty Blampin now the wife of John Luxton shoemaker the sum of ten pounds
NB having absolutely advanced and paid the sum of four hundred pounds for the education at the University of Cambridge of John son of the within named Benjamin Parham senr my will is that the said sum of four hundred pounds shall not respectively be paid again to him and his three children
John V Brutton
Appeared personally James Heath of Cullompton in the county of Devon banker and Henry Skinner of Cullompton aforesaid banker and being sworn on the holy evangelists made oath that they severally know and were well acquainted with the said Reverend John Veryard Brutton clerk late of Cullompton aforesaid clerk deceased for some time before and down to the period of his death and during such their knowledge of and acquaintance with him they have frequently seen him write and recite and subscribe his name whereby they have become well acquainted with his manner and character of hand writing and subscription and these deponents now with care and attention perused and inspected the paper writing hereunto annexed purporting to be and contain a codicil to the Will of the said deceased also hereunto annexed which said codicil bearing thus “by way of codicil dated the 2nd day of May 1820” and thus “to him and his three children” and is thus subscribed “John V Brutton” they said that they verify and in their conscience believe the whole body sense and contents of the said codicil beginning and ending as aforesaid together with the subscription “John V Brutton” set and subscribed thereto as aforesaid to be of the proper hand writing and subscribing of the said deceased James Heath Henry Skinner
On the fifteenth day of September 1821 the said James Heath and Henry Skinner were duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit in virtue of the commission hereunto annexed before me
John Sydenham Commr
Proved at London with a codicil 19th Septr 1821 before the judge by the oath of William Brutton the nephew and surviving executor to whom administration was granted having been first sworn by commission duly to administer