Will of John Rawes of Taunton, Somerset. Made 24th August 1798. Proved at London 8th June 1801 (PCC PROB11/1359 ff.250/251). (Russell Line)

[Page 1:] In consideration of the great / uncertain[ty] of health and of the time when it shall please / the Almighty to dispose this Tabernacle of Clay I / John Rawes of Taunton in the County of Somerset / Tobacconist do make this my last Will and Testament / First I desire to be interred in a plain but decent / manner in the nearest Burial Ground of Friends to / which I may reside at the time of my decease My / Temporal Estate I bequeath and dispose of in the / following manner First I give to my dear Brothers / William and James Rawes my share of the Legacy / left me by my Aunt Agnes Rawes to be paid on the / decease of my Aunt Mary I say & give to be / equally divided between my two Brothers The Residue / and Remainder of my Estate Goods Chattels Money / and Debts with all other properties of what kind [Page 2:] soever to me appertaining I give and bequeath / to my dearly beloved sister Mary Rawes whom I / constitute and appoint the whole and sole Executrix / of this my last Will in consideration of the dear / affection which subsists between us and I do hereby / utterly revoke disallow and disannul all former / bequests wills or legacies by me heretofore in any / wise left or made declaring ratifying and confirming / this and no other to be my last Will and Testament / In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and / seal this twenty fourth day of August 1798 - / John Rawes (LS) - Signed Sealed Published and Declared / by the within named Testator John Rawes to be his / last Will and Testament in presence of the said / Testator and of each other - William Jones - [----] / Mark of + Ann Jones. This Will was proved at London the eighth / say of June in the year of our Lord One thousand / eight hundred and one before the Right Honourable / Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master / Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of / Canterbury lawfully consituted by Mary Rawes / Spinster the Sister of the deceased and the sole Executrix / named in ths said Will to whom Administration / of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits / of the said deceased was granted she having first / made a solemn and sincere declaration or affirmation / according to the Act of Parliament by Commissioners / duly to Administer. Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2003