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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF NICHOLAS VARCOW
Nicholas Varcoe1570 who married Joan b 1570 who has daughter Eide Varcoe, who married Philemon Elford 1590-1645 and had son Robert Elford b 1614.
I in the name of God amen I Nicholas Varcow of the p(ar)ishe of St Dennys in the countye of Cornwall yeoman the xxijth day / of March in the yere of o(u)r Lorde God 1614 beinge sicke ofbody / but p(er)fytt of mynd God be thancked doe make and ordayne / this my last will and testament in manner folowinge. First / I bequethe my soule to almightii God my maker and redeemer / and my boddy to Christian buryall.
It(e)m I geve / to wards th(e) rep(ar)acyon of the church of St Dennys a quart of tyn. It(e)m I give to Pascas Varcoe and her children one yeo.
It(e|)m I geve / to children of Ede my dafter each of them a shepe.
It(e)m/ I geve to Pyllmon Ilford and Ede his wife my dafter five pounds / of lefull mony of England to be paid w(i)thin one year after my deth, so that the said Phyllymon doe make a gen(er)all release to my/ executors when they shall require the same.
It(e)m I geve unto my dafter Ede aforesaid a lambe.
It(e)m I give to Thomas Corne / ten shilling(e)s. Ans all the resydew of my good(e)s and chattels / not geven of bequeathed I geve and bequeth to John Varcow and / William Varcoe my sonns, who I doe make my hole / executors.
AnD all former wils and testament(e)s legacyes and bequethes / I do here by adnull and revoke. And here by doe ordayne / Thomas Corne my over seer to see this my will p(er)formed.
/In witness whereof I have here unto sett my hand and / seale ye en the days and yere above written. Made in the p(re)senc(e)s of those Thomas Corne The signe of Will(iam) Code. Endorsed: St Dennys xj Decembris 1615
The testament with inventory of the goods of Nicholas Vercoew, deceased, was proved in the presence of the venerable man master William Parker, Bachelor of Sacred Theology, lawfully appointed Official of the Lord Archdeacon of Cornwall. And the administration of all and singular the goods, rights and credits and chattels of the deceased was and is committed to the executors name in this testament first sworn in due form of law. The executors have sworn
The inventory of all the good(e)s and chattels / of Nicholas Varcow, deceased, app(rai)sed by / John Varcow and Thomas Corn the first daye of May in the year of our Lord God 1615.
Imp®imis his purse and girdell and mony in the same vs
It(e)m his apparell xxxs
It(e)m ten steres xxl
It(e)m one heffer xxxs
It(e)m three kene vil xiijs iiijd
It(e)m three calfes xxs
It(e)m eight mares, nagg(e(s and colt(e)s xijl
It(e)m seventeen sheepe and three lamb(e)s iiijl
It(e)m nyne pigg(e)s xis
It(e)m foure gese and putlrye vs
It(e)m corne in the ground and mohaye vjl
It(e)m ten brase pans vj
It(e)m tow table bord(e)s and furmes xvjs
It(e)m xxiiijor platters pothengers and sasers a quart, tow cupes and candlesticks xxs
It(e)m a cubbord and a coffer xs
It(e)m tow fetherbedd(e)s and steed(e)s with their furnyture vl
It(e)m three fleches of bacon xxxs
It(e)m tymber essels xs
It(e)m clome vessels ijs
It(e)m foure bune butt(e)s xijd
It(e)m plowstufe and iron xls
It(e)m table cloths sackes and sheet(e)s vjs
It(e)m a peare of curat(e)s sorde and dagger xxijs
It(e)m bords and olde tymber stufe viijs
It(e)m blacke tyn vl
It(e)m
It(e)m tow silver ring(e)s and a whissell Spones dishes and trenchers vjs
It(e)m worcking toles iijs
It(e)m dett(e)s owed hem xl
It(e)m desparat dett(e)s vjl Sum(m)a total (is) lxxxxvl vijs iiijd £951/7s/4d
Copy of
The
Last Will and Testament
of
Robert Varcoe
of
Edgcumbe House, Parkwoon, Roche
In the
County of Cornwall
18th. Day of August 1906
(and Codicil 18th. Day of February 1910)
I Robert Varcoe of Edgcumbe House, Parkwoon, In the Parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall Retired Auctioneer hereby revoke all former Wills and testamentary dispositions by me made and declared this to be my last Will and Testament.
I direct that my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses shall be paid as soon as may be after my decease.
I give to my dear wife Susan Jane Varcoe All my Leasehold Dwelling-house two Shops Garden and premises known as Edgcumbe House in Roche aforesaid together with the Household furniture and effects therein.
I also give to my said Wife all my Leasehold House and Lands situate at Hendra in the Parish of Roche aforesaid.
I also give to my wife ten shares in the Capital & Counties Bank, ‘Ltd All the before mentioned bequests I give to my said wife for her sole use and benifit absolutely.
I give to my daughter Helena Augusta Mary Roberts my Leasehold land situate at Victoria Road part of Churchtown Common in the said Parish of Roche containing about six Acres and subject thereto I charge the said Leasehold tenement with the payment of the sum of Two Pounds per annum to my daughter Edith Cornelia Curtis for her life if my Interest therein shall so long continue.
I give to my daughter Milicent Elizabeth Richards Jane the sum of Fifty pounds.
I give to my daughter Clarissa Eliza Spinks One Share in the Capital and Counties Bank Limited and also the sum of Forty pounds. I give to my daughter Edith Cornelia CurtiS one share in the Capital and Counties Bank limited and also the sum of Fifty pounds. I give to my daughter Lucie Annie Waters the sun of Eighty pounds.. I give to my daughter Julia Alberta Emily Varcoe Five shares In the Capital and Counties Bank Limited and also the sum of Fifty pounds. I give to my son William Richards Varcoe the sum of Fifty pounds. I give to my son Arthur Albert George Varcoe three shares In the Goonvean China Clay and Stone Company and also the sum of Ten pounds,
I give to my son Guy Robert Edward Varcoe Four Shares in the Goonvean China Clay and Stone Company the sum of ten pounds.
1.
I give to my
son Arnold Egbert Thomas Hicks Varcoe the sum of ten Fifty
pounds7
I give to William Hicks Stephens my Wife’s son the sum of ten pounds. I direct that all the above mentioned Legacies and Shares shall be paid or transferred to the before mentioned Legatees within six calendar Months from the date of my decease.
I give to my Grandson Robert Varcoe Son of my said Arthur Albert George Varcoe the sum of Twenty pounds to be paid to him on his attaining the age of twenty one years.
All the rest residue and remainder of my estate and effects of whatever description whether real or personal which I may die possessed of I give to my wife absolutely.
Lastly I appoint my said wife SuSan Jane Varcoe and my friend George Burrow of St.Columb Bank Manager Trustees and executors of this my will.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of August One thousand nine hundred and six.
Signed by the said Robert Varcoe the )
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testament In the presence of us who in ) (sgd) Robert Varcoe
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his presence at his request and in the )
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presence of each other have hereunto )
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subscribed our names as witnesses:- )
Roche, Grocer.
2.
I Robert Varcoe of Edgcumbe House Parkwoon in the parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall retired Auctioneer do declare this to be a Codicil to my Will which Is dated the Eighteenth day of August One thousand nine hundred and six and which I make this eighteenth day of February One thousand nine hundred and ten.
In addition to the sum of Fifty pounds which I have given to my Son Arnold Egbert Thomas Hicks Varcoe by my said Will I give to my said Son Arnold Egbert Thomas Hicks Varcoe Five Shares In the Goonvena China Stone & Clay Company for his own use and benifit absolutely
And In all other respects I confirm my said will.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year first before written.
Signed by the said Robert Varcoe
as a Codicil to his said Will In
the joint presence of us who
thereupon in his presence and in ( Sgd ) Robert Varcoe
the presence of each other have
hereunto subscribed our names as
witnesses:-
Chas E. Whitfird
Solr, St. Columb.
Richard Mewton
Roche
Farmer & Shoemaker.
Richard
& Jennifer Varcoe lived and farmed at Higher Penrose or Penrose Vean, St.
Dennis about the end of the eighteenth century. (Please
note from Glenn Perry"Richard
& Jennifer Varcoe lived and farmed at Higher Penrose or Penrose Vean, St.
Dennis about the end of the eighteenth century."
Then 3 children... but this is wrong. The above Richard & Jennifer are
not their parents. Their parents were Robert Varcoe (1763-1818) &
Elizabeth Tretheway (1765-1815).
Their family
1.John Varcoe 1798-1878 ("Mister John")
2.William d1876 ("Captain Bill")
3. James ("Mister Jim")
4. Joanna? Wm. Key of Carnegga Farm. He died 1847.
5 A daughter married"Grigg of Penrose"
and other children, I think.
Around the years 1825-1827 Widow Varcoe, as she then was, came over and rented the farm of Great Gothers for her son John. She was a very capable person and it was said she used to attend the Summercourt Fair and whilst sitting in the saddle of her horse or pony, transacted her business, with the merchants and dealers. Her son John and his descendants lived and farmed here for seventy years till the Mellows came from Newmore in 1897. The Varcoes worked and lived on a coarse diet of fat pork, salted pilchards, heavy barley bread, broth, strong beer, cattle cabbage, potatoes, field swedes etc. Although they were holders of shares of 100pounds each in the Goonvean China Clay and Stone Co. Ltd. formed in 1833.
Mister John's Wife (1809-1861) was a Stephens from the Miners Arms Public House St. Dennis. . Their family.
1. Robert Varcoe 1825-1910 married Caroline Richards (1825-1877) Robert was an auctioneer at Roche (Edgecombe House) before 1889.
Their children were, John, Arnold, Julia, and a
daughter married to a Roberts, a builder.
2. Caleb Varcoe (D 1907) of Nanpean Farm married a Thomas Welsh. Their children.
1. John (C1854-1930) he did railway construction work in New Zealand about 1877.
2. Mary married a railway official she died in 1932. Annie (1866-1955 married Eddie James, d1914.
3.Elizabeth married Joseph Truscott.
4.Lauriona married a Kellow?
5.Nelly, unmarried.
3. John Varcoe 1830-1896. farmed at Great Gothers Married his 1st Cousin Elizabeth Varcoe (d 1918, Elizabeth was the daughter of "Captain Bill" Their
children were,
John, lived in London,
Arthur William (1863-1945) farmer at Domelick
Mary Tabitha married Harry Bullock of St. Dennis Beatrice married John Julian? farmer.d1937
4. Cornelius Varcoe (1834-1913) married Mary Best (1835-1897) of Nanpean, daughter of Captain James Best 1786-1872, the first china-clay agent in Cornwall. Their children were
1. Charles 1858-1940
2. James Best 1862-1933 immigrated to Australia in 1883 and married Christina Green in Lithgow NSW. James only had one child Mary Varcoe, born 24th May 1887 and died 17 November 1973. Mary married William Edward Crase in Parramatta on 18th November 1916. They had Harry Varcoe Crase born 4 December 1921 who married Constance Smith on 21st November 1942. James also married Mary Emma Thomas but no children.
3. Joshua Varcoe (1864-1942) immigrated to Australia and married Matilda Jane Delbridge. Matilda’s parents were John Delbridge and Mary Oliver also from Cornwall they immigrated to Australia. Joshua is my Grt. grandfather. Children of Joshua and Matilda were;
1. Stanley Cornelius Varcoe born 5 April 1896, married Elizabeth McDonald Roberts in 1940, one child Donald who married Isabella and had 4 children, Elizabeth, Maurice, Donald plus one other.
2.John Roy Varcoe. born 6 August 1897, died 1941.
3.Mary Irene (known as Rene) Varcoe born 21 March 1905 Married Robert Methven. Had 2 children, Elizabeth, who Married Robert Harris and John, never married. Mary was married a second time to Harold Weatherby.
4. Rupert Delbridge Varcoe 10 January 1909 died 12 March, 2001 married Marjorie Marks, no children.
5. Doris Myrtle Varcoe born 22 October 1911 married Wilson McIllroy Johnston. They had 3 children Robert and his twin brother Wilson Roy (the twin died) born 14 April 1943. Robert married Robyn ? and has 3 daughters. Marilyn born 23 December 1946 married John Posker and has 2 children Jason deceased 2000, and Nicole.
6. Keith Best Varcoe born 19 May 1913 died 23 January 1990 married Jean Coleman in 1942. Had 1 child Gale Laura Varcoe born 15 July 1943. Gale married Ronald Mervyn Roy, 2 children Steven James Roy born 16 December 1969 and Nicole Anne born 3 June 1973. Nicole is married to Collin John Wiggins.
4. John Varcoe (1866-1931) immigrated to the USA/Canada
and married Elizabeth Scare/Score and later returned to Cornwall.
5. Fanny Varcoe (1870-1953) married George Bullock.
5. Moses Varcoe (1837-1907) married Jemima Blake. They farmed at Little Gothers. St. Dennis. Their family.
John (1871-1956) married Susan Jane Cowling (1884-1968) of St. Columb.
Annie? married Martin ? she died in Canada in 1921.
Mary married William Coad. They farmed at St. Dennis.
6 James Varcoe (D 1901) also married a Varcoe of Whitepit, St. Dennis. Their family
1.Eva married Richard Trethewey?
2. Mary married Moses Bullen who later became an official on the railways in India.
3. Elizabeth Florence (1869-1957 married John Bunt. (1869-1918) He was a farmer and clayworks engineer.
4. John (1866-1940) an Architect and builder in London.
5. William. lived in London.
7. Elizabeth (1840-1942married Richard Varcoe (1838-1897) a Blacksmith of Whitepit, St Dennis. Their family
1. Richard an engineer at Great Eastern Railway works at Lincoln.
2. WIilliam George (1870-1941) Blacksmith at St. Dennis.
3.Thomas, Outfitter at St. Dennis d 1937.
4. Mary (1861-?) married James Giles a farmer of St. Dennis.
5. Another daughter married Tom Brokenshire of Bugle.
6. Janie (1880-1971) married Thomas Hawkey of Roche.
This has been typed from hand-written notes; some of the spelling of places may be incorrect.
