| 14 Dec No 12 For the Stamp Office
Copy of the Will of John Bass of Lympstone, Devon Shipbuilder
Executor
John Bass of Lympstone Gent
Proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter
30 Nov 1825
Effects sworn under £800
Edward L Kemp Registrar Exeter
18 folios at 6d £0=9=0
John Bass of the parish of Lympstone in the County of Devon gentleman the
sole executor named in the last Will and Testament of John Bass late of
Lympstone aforesaid shipbuilder deceased who died on the fourteenth of
October 1825 maketh Oath and saith that he hath made diligent search and due
enquiry after, and in respect of the Personal Estate and Effects of the said
Deceased, in order to ascertain the full Amount and Value thereof; and that
to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief the whole of the
Goods, Chattles, and Credits, of which the said Deceased died possessed
within the Archdeaconry of Exeter (exclusive of what the Deceased may have
been possessed of, or entitled to as a Trustee for any other Person or
Persons, and not beneficially and without deducting any thing on account of
the Debts due and owing from the Deceased) are under the Value of Eight
Hundred Pounds and this deponent further saith that the said deceased was
not at the time of his decease to the best of this deponents knowledge
information and belief possessed of or entitled unto any Leasehold Estate
for years either absolute or determinable on lives.
Sworn on the 30th Day of November 1825 before me Edward Chance
Surrogate
John Bass
This is the last Will and Testament of me Mr John Bass of
Lympstone in the County of Devon.
First I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Bass all those
two newly erected dwelling houses with the Cellars, Coalyard, & Tin Shop
thereunto belonging & in the several occupations of John Sivell, Rd Payne &
I Edwards as Tenants thereof, to the only use of my said daughter Sarah
Bass, her heirs and assigns forever.
Also I give & bequeath unto my son Wm Bass all that Estate called
Watter Meadow situate & lying at Woodbury Salterton in the Parish of
Woodbury in the occupation of Wm Payne as Tenant thereof.
Also I give and bequeath unto my said son Wm Bass all those two
dwelling houses in Lympstone now in the occupation of Wm Bodly & Ellis as
Tenants thereof with their and every of their Appurtenances thereunto
belonging for & during his natural Life, and from & Immediately After his
decease I give and bequeath the said Estate called Walton Meadows & the
houses in Lympstone unto his Child or Children if more than one in even and
equal shares between them as Tenants in Common & not as joint Tenants &
their heirs & Assigns forever but in case he shall leave no Child or
Children Living at his death or any Issue of such Children Then I give the
same Lands & houses unto my son John Bass but in case of his leaving no
Child or Children , or Issue of any such Child or Children Living at his
death in even and equal shares between them & their Heirs & Assigns forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my son Wm Bass All that Vessell of
mine called the Neptune with the Boat Anchors, Cables, Sails and all the
Stores & Articles belonging to the sd Vessell to his own proper use and
benefit.
Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Anna Sophia Bass all
those three Dwelling Houses being a part of Metherals Tenement adjoining the
house in which I live, now or late in the occupation of Mr Shore Mrs Hooker
& Mrs Todhunter as Tenants thereof with all outhouses Gardens paths passages
& priviledges thereunto belonging, together with all the Household goods
fixtures & Property of mine which may be in the said houses or either of
them at my death for & during her natural Life & from & Immediately after
her death I give the said Dwellinghouses unto her Child or Children if more
than one in even and equal shares between them as Tenants in Common and not
as joint Tenants & their heirs & assigns forever, but in case she shall
leave no Child or Children Living at her death or any Issue of such Child or
Children then I give the same Houses & premises unto my son John Bass but in
case of his leaving no Child or Children or Issue of such Child or Children
(lawfully begotten) living at his death then I further give the same Houses
with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging unto such of my Children as shall
be living at his death in even and equal shares between them & their heirs &
assigns forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Eliza Colridge Sivell
all those four dwelling houses in Lympston called the Bridge house, in the
occupation of Elizth Fley Rbt Knowles Skinner & Ann S Bass, with the Cellars
& outhouses thereunto belonging to her own Sole and Separate use, & in case
she shall leave any Child or Children Living at her death, then I give the
same Houses & premises unto such Child if more than one in equal shares
between them and their heirs & assigns forever, a[s] Tenants in Common and
not as joint Tenants but in case she shall leave no Child or Children then I
give the same houses & premises unto my son John Bass but in case of his
Leaving no Child or Children or Issue of any Child or Children lawfully
begotten Living at his death then I further give the same Houses with the
appurtenances thereunto belonging unto such of my Children as shall be
living at his death in even and equal shares between them and their heirs &
assigns for ever.
All other of my Freehold Lands Messuages, Tenements & premises
with the apputenances thereunto belonging situate and being in the Parish of
Lympstone or elsewherein the County of Devon not hereinbefore given &
described I give and bequeath unto my son John Bass for and during his
natural Life & in Case he shallLeave any Child or Children Living at his
decease, Then I give the same lands messuages Tenements & premises with the
appurtenances thereunto belonging unto such Child or Children in even &
equal shares between them as Tenants in Common & not as joint Tenants and
their heirs and assigns forever, but in case he shall leave no Child or
Children lawfully begotten or issue of any such Child or Children then I
further give & bequeath the aforesaid Lands Messuages Tenements & premises
with the appurtenances thereunto belonging unto such of my children as shall
be living at his death in even & equal shares between them and their heirs &
assigns forever.
And I hereby appoint my son John Bass my sole executor to this my last
Will and Testament and I give and bequeath unto him all my household
.......... & personal property which I may be possessed of at my death .....
.......... ...... ............ to the payment of all my just debts and
funeral expenses-------------John Bass (£$)
Signed Sealed and Published & declared by the said John Bass to be
his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request have
set our names as witnesses this 18th day of November 1822 after the
interlination[?] of six words on the other half of this
sheet------------------------Emeline Smith Thomas Smith Alex Stogdon
This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of Mr John Bass
of Lympston in the County of Devon.
First I Give devise and bequeath unto my live daughters Sarah Bass
and Rebecca Salter the sum of two hundred pounds each and I declare that the
said sum of two hundred pounds given to Rebecca Salter shall be for her own
sole and separate use and that her present husband shall have no right or
Claim thereto to be paid to my said daughter within one year after my death.
Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Anna Sophia Bass the sum
of four hundred pounds to be paid to her within one year after my decease
Also I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Eliza Colridge
Sivell the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds to be paid her within one
year after my decease.
Also I give devise and bequeath unto my Sister Mary Bass the sum
of one hundred pounds to be paid her within one year after my decease and I
hereby declare that I have given each and everyone of the above Legacies in
addition to any Legacies already given to any or either of them in my last
Will and Testament and that they shall be paid by my son John Bass as my
Executor named in my said Will.
Also I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Bass her
heirs Executors or administrators one clear annuity or sum of fifteen pounds
per year payable quarterly free and clear of all deductions and charges
whatsoever the first payment thereof to be made on the next quarter day (or
within ten days thereof) which may next happen after my death, Upon Trust to
pay and apply the said same annuity of fifteen pounds per year for and
towards the support and maintenance of my son William Bass during his
natural Life And I hereby Charge and make liable the Lands and premises
which I have given to my son John Bass for the due payment thereof and to be
enforc’d by my said Daughter Sarah Bass by distress on my said Lands and
Premises or any part thereof when the said annuity shall be in arrear or
unpaid for the Space of fifteen days after each quarter day and the
expence[sic] attending such distress to be paid in addition to the said
annuity In Witness whereof I the said John Bass have hereunto set my hand
and seal this twenty fourth day of June one thousand eight hundred and
twenty four----John Bass (SS)
Signed Sealed published and declared as and to be a Codicil to the
last Will and Testament of Mr John Bass in the presence and in the presence
of each other have Set our names as Witnesses------------Robt Carmichael
John Blechynden Ab Stogdon
Examd with the original Will & Codcl by me E L Kemp[?]
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