Description:

1. Will dated 19 December 1829:
Beneficiaries: To Herbert Yeomans, £10.
To Sarah, wife of Joseph Prosser,£10.
'All my money either on bonds note or all other…' to executor that he split it 4 ways between sons, James Hoddell, Thomas Hoddell, William Hoddell and Joseph Hoddell. James, Thomas and William to be paid their shares within a year of her death, but Joseph's portion to be invested for him in land or government securities and the interest paid to him quarterly for the rest of his life. If he dies having married and had children then the interest to be divided amongst the children till they reach 21 when they can have the capital or if he dies unmarried then his portion to be divided amongst his 3 brothers
To James Hoddell 'all my household goods'

Executor: James Hoddell, son.

Signed by testator.

Witnesses: John Beavan & John Gwillim, Wayne.

Date of Probate: 3 October1832.

2. Inventory: none but registration instruction states, 'Effects sworn under one thousand five hundred pounds'

Observations:

This will would seem to indicate not only that Sarah Yeomans was married twice but that one of her children by her first husband, Joseph, was 'simple' having to have his portion invested for him and interest doled out quarterly to him throughout his life. She seems too to have been a wealthy woman. The coversheet is endorsed with what seems to be a bill of £30 from the lawyers for arranging probate. The documents include the will, a separate registration instruction, coversheet and a sheet with James Hoddell's address and instruction for collection at The Red Lion, Abergavenny; 4 sheets in all.