OR589

Probate of John Fownes of Kittery Court esquire.

4 January 1730/1.

From: 1730 To: 1731

Bequests to daughter Dorothy, grandson Thomas Fownes (son of son John), granddaughter Ann Stucley, 5 granddaughters (not named) daughters of son John, sister Mary Woodley, nephew Peter Woodley (provided he pays off debt to Samuel Barnes of Dartmouth, mariner), nephews James and John Woodley, former servants, poor of Brixham and Kingswear. Confirms marriage settlement relating to estates in Harberton, a tenement called Galmpton, farms (named), manor of borough of Kingswear, with lands in Brixham, Kingswear, Cheston Ferrers, Galmpton, Harberton, St. Budeaux, Tamerton Foliot, Egg Buckland, Plymouth, Plympton St. Mary, Plympton Earl, Slapton and Totnes; except a little tenement at East Allington; to use of son John, then grandson Henry, then Thomas. Witnesses. Richard Lake, Humphrey Leigh, John Coleton. Codicil. [N.B. This will takes up 44 pages]

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Fownes, John,
Fownes, Dorothy,
Fownes, Thomas,
Stucley, Ann,
Woodley, Mary,
Woodley, Peter,
Barnes, Samuel,
Woodley, John,
Woodley, James,
Lake, Richard,
Leigh, Humphrey,
Coleton, John

Harberton, PROBATE, John will: Fownes, marriage settlements, servants, farms, Brixham, Churston Ferrers, Plymouth, Plympton St.Mary, Totnes, Dartmouth, Kingswear, Galmpton, Saint Budeaux, Tamerton Foliot, Egg Buckland, Plympton Erle, Slapton [Devon], East Allington