The notes below were made from PRO film reference IR26/291.
Will No: 96
Testator: John KING of Wanstrow
Proved: 27 May 1806
Estate: Under £100
Executrix: Relict Eleanor KING
Legacies: (1) to son Roger KING, clock, best bed etc., pewter plates that was his mothers
(2) to wife, residue
Will No: 110
Testator: WilliamCHISLETT of Beckington
Proved: 3 Jul 1806
Estate: Under £2,000
Executrix: Relict Elizabeth CHISLETT; power reserved to Giles HILL, the other Exor
Legacies: to wife Elizabeth CHISLETT, the whole estate; after her death equal shares to Testor's two sons William CHISLETT and Henry CHISLETT
Will No: 111
Testator: William WISE Snr of Fromefield nr Frome
Proved: 3 Jul1806
Estate: Under £100
Administratrix: Relict Elizabeth ots Betty WISE, no Exor being named
Legacies: (1) to wife, £10 p.a. for life and the messuage that Dr CANDY lately occupied; after her death to son Thomas
(2) to son Thomas WISE, house now occupied by Betty MILLETT and the part of the house and ground at Clink called Palmer
(3) to dau Sarah MILLETT, three tenements late TILLY and the acre lying in common with the two acres of Rev. Mr IRELAND in Clink
(4) to son William WISE, ground near Clink called Corrne [?] Close and two pieces of arable nr Oldford Hill late PHILLIPS, and the stable and milking barton William WEIGHT now occupies
(5) to son Thomas WISE as Exor [sic] ground called Yearburys Heft and what is contained therein to pay my debts
(6) to wife, the bed I now sleep on
(7) to wife and three children, remainder of household goods
Will No: 112
Testator: John CHAPMAN of Frome Swd
Proved: 3 Jul1806
Estate: Under £600
Administrator: son William CHAPMAN, Exor dying in Testor's lifetime
Legacies: (1) to son William CHAPMAN, leasehold estates after death of wife
(2) to son William CHAPMAN, £200
(3) to nph John CHAPMAN, £10, wearing apparel and watch
(4) to wife Betty, residue
Will No: 375
Testator: Richard CARPENTER of Frome Swd
Proved: 4 Aug 1809
Estate: Under £200
Executors: James CLACEE, Tollgatherer of Frome Swd, and William MOORE, Hairdresser of Frome Swd
Legacies: to Exors, free- and leasehold messuages in trust
- to receive the rents for eight years (except the rent of the orchard and garden at the Leys mentioned below), pay Testor's debts, then equal shares to wife and children
- Spring Paddock at Innox Hill for son William CARPENTER forever, subject to paying £10 to son John
- dwelling house at the Leys with part of the garden in the occupation of Joseph WISE for son Benjamin CARPENTER forever, subject to paying son Thynne £10
- dwelling house adjoining latter with part of the garden in the occupation of Thomas HOPKINS for my son Richard subject to paying £5 each to sons John and Thynne
- dwelling house in Upper Leys in Frome occupied by John HAM and Richard TURK for Testor's four daus Mary CHURCHILL, Sarah PAYNE, Elizabeth CARPENTER and Lydia CAPRENTER
- dwelling house at Clink to be sold if they think fit, else to fall into the residue
- to wife and children, residue
Will No: 377
Testator: JosephPOPE of Marston Bigot
Proved: 4 Aug 1809
Estate: Under £600
Executors: Joseph POPE and William RABBITTS Snr of Frome Swd Woodlands
Legacies: (1) to dau Sarah MOORE, £70
(2) to son John POPE, £70
(3) to sons Joseph POPE and James POPE, the residue when James is 21
Duty: (1) – (2) 14s duty paid
Will No: 399
Testator: AnthonyBOURN of Beckington
Proved: 19 Oct 1809
Estate: Under £100
Executrix: Joan BOURN
Legacies: to wife, residue; after her death freehold messuages to son John BOURN; £20 to be paid to dau Sarah BOURN