(a 5xgt grandfather of mine)<\/p>\n
With most Devon wills having been destroyed by enemy bombing in WW2, Inland Revenue copies were subsequently sent to the Devon Record Office<\/a> rather than being destroyed. This is one such will; being an IR will explains the comments on the ‘cover’.<\/p>\n It can be found at the Devon Record Office<\/a> (aka Devon Heritage Centre<\/a>) under ref. 1078\/IRW\/V\/179<\/a><\/p>\n I had hoped this will would confirm my believes re the structure of this family and maybe add to it. Instead, it proved to be one of the most boring and least helpful I have seen!<\/p>\n In his will, John Vogwell left just 2\/6 to each of his children living at the time of his death, whom he did not name, to be paid to them a year after his death, leaving everything else to his second wife (who was not the mother of any of his children). The \/ in the following transcription indicate line breaks<\/em><\/p>\n Nicholas Gidley } ‘cover’ shows:<\/p>\n Sole Executrix Proved in the Archdeacon’s Effects Sworn under 100 £<\/p>\n Walter Prideaux Deputy (a 5xgt grandfather of mine) Introduction With most Devon wills having been destroyed by enemy bombing in WW2, Inland Revenue copies were subsequently sent to the Devon Record Office<\/a> rather than being destroyed. This is one such will; being an …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1372,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1740","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"\nComment<\/h2>\n
\nWhether this small amount was a way of showing them disapproval, or whether he had made provision for them in his lifetime and felt he couldn’t give them more than this token when he died, that his widow needed what he then left, I don’t know.
\nI think 6 children were living when he wrote his will, aged only 9 to 23, though another (my ancestor) died after the will was written but before his father. It is hard to imagine that he had by then made provision for them all, or that he could have fallen out at least with the younger ones. He wrote his will in November 1805, only a few months after remarrying (in July 1805). I think it most likely that his second wife wished to reassure herself that adequate provision was being made for her. What does strike me as strange is that he didn’t make lifetime provision for his widow, with a stipulation that his estate go to his children on her death.<\/p>\n
\nSigned sealed and delivered by the above named }
\nTestator George Vogwill in presence of us _ } George Vogwill\n
\nThomas Spencer<\/div>\n
\nOriginal Will of George Vogwill late of
\nWalkhampton but formerly of Whitchurch
\nDevon Yeoman deceased the same having
\nbeen carefully examined therewith by us
\nClerks to Walter Prideaux Deputy Registrar
\nof the Archdeacon’s Court of Totnes.<\/div>\n
\nJno. Wm. Hodges. }<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nCopy of the Will of
\nGeorge Vogwill late of
\nWalkhampton Devon Yeoman
\n(but formerly of Whitchurch)
\ndeceased\n
\n
\nAnn Vogwill of Walkhampton
\naforesaid Widow<\/p>\n
\n
\nCourt of Totnes 25th May 1826<\/p>\n
\n
\n[Stamped: ]
\nJune 9
\nN. 2 Reg U2 1826
\nFolio<\/a> ?? FOL 423
\n[to the right of the stamp] 1 : 6 [I think this was the amount of death duty]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"