Catalogue description Probate of will of Eliz. Goodall, Fowey, spinster.   So sister-in-law Ann Coryton,...

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Probate of will of Eliz. Goodall, Fowey, spinster.

 

So sister-in-law Ann Coryton, widow, 50 guineas, use of my silver coffee pot and stand during her life'.

 

To nephew the Revd. Peter Coryton D.D. £500, plain gold watch, silver bason and ewer, all china ware (except largest bason and bowl coloured partly blue with gold and enamelled), 'my needle worked Chairs and Stool and my Silver Coffee Pot and Stand after his Mother death'.

 

To niece Laetitia Maria Kempe 20 guineas.

 

To niece Ann Kempe ten guineas for mourning

 

'I give and bequeath unto Jn. Tillie Coryton, s. of my nephew Jn. Coryton, esq., my whole Duty of Man in Folio the History of England in four volumes my Waller Milton and Ovids Metamorphoses'.

 

To Mary Ann Coryton, dtr. of nephew Jn. Coryton 'my Flowered Night Gown Almoseen and Spectators in Eight Volumes'.

 

To Eliz. Coryton another dtr. of nephew Jn. Coryton 'my diamond Earrings my Gold chased Watch and Gold Chain my Pearl necklace my blue Paduasoy Gown and Petticoat trimmed with Silver my White Sarsenet, Quilted Petticoat my Bible with Silver Clasps and Common Prayer Book.

 

To Jane Coryton, dtr. of nephew Jn. Coryton 'my Girdle Buckle set with diamonds and Rubies and my White damask Gown'.

 

To the maidservant with her at the time of her death £10.

 

Residue to nephew Jn. Coryton, esq. (excr.)

 

Witd. J. Kimber, Jn. Kimber, jun.

 

(Pr. P.C.C. 15 March 1783).

Date: 12 October 1782
Held by: Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office), not available at The National Archives
Language: English

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