Wills at the Cornwall Record Office

This page contains extracts from wills from members of the Trevan family from before 1858. These are held at the
Cornwall Record Office.

The following are listed chronologically.

  1. 16xx - John Treveighen
    Inventory - 16xx - 28 pounds 11 shillings
    (written in secretary script, and in good condition except of the top right hand corner of the page. The xx indicates what I cannot read because of damage)
    Date: The 13th day of January 16xx
    A true and pfect invitorie taken of John Treveighen goods by Richard Hambley and Richard Clarke the 13th day of January 16xx
    Pound shillings and pence abbreviations above the columns of numbers
    Item his purse and godill his wearinge Cloose 02-0-0
    (purse, goodwill and wearing clothes)
    Item three fether beds adoust bed and to fether coussens 8-0-0
    (3 feather beds, a dust bed and 2 feather cushions)
    Item foure fether pillowes and foure peare of blankets 2-10-0
    Item tow peare of courtings & a peare of vallens 1-10-0
    (2 pairs of curtains and a pair of vallences)
    Item tow ruggs and tow bedsteeds and a trussell bed 1-18-0
    Item three pears of sheets and other linninge 2-0-0
    Item one tabell bord foure joynt stooles & two trunkes 1-0-0
    Item one Cubbord acheare and alume 0-10-0
    (1 cupboard, a chair and a loom)
    Item tow barrels tow brainye bines and tow tubs 1-0-0
    (2 barrels, 2 bran bins and 2 tubs)
    Item one harrow and a ladder 0-3-0
    Item foure puter dishes one pan askillit and one fork 1-5-0
    (4 pewter dishes, 1 pan - a skillet, and 1 fork)
    Item for corne in the ground 6-0-0
    Item tow calfes and foure littell rearinge piggs 0-10-0
    Item for thinges not remembred 0-5-0
    The sume is twenty eight pounds and eleven shillings
    Signatures of Richard Hambley and Richard Clarke

    Although it isn't stated on the inventory, this is almost certainly the inventory of one of the John Treveighen's who lived at St. Teath.

  2. 1767 - John Trevan
    The Devon Association Transaction Calendars of Cornwall & Devonshire Wills show that in 1769 a will was proved for John of St. Germans. The will is neither with the Devon nor Cornwall record offices, and it is probable that it was destroyed in 1942 during WWII when many of the Devon records where hit by an incendiary bomb.

  3. 1774 - Frances Trevan
    The Devon Association Transaction Calendars of Cornwall & Devonshire Wills show that in 1774 a will was proved for Frances Trevan, widow of St. Germans. The will is neither with the Devon nor Cornwall record offices, and it is probable that it was destroyed in 1942 during WWII when many of the Devon records where hit by an incendiary bomb.

  4. 1795 - Sampson Trevan
    The Devon Association Transaction Calendars of Cornwall & Devonshire Wills shows his name as Travajan(? - I need to check the exact spelling from the calendar) but his name is spelt Trevan on the inventory and bond.
    From my notes: 6 May 1795, Sampson Trevan of Sheviock, Yeoman
    Inventory and Bond
    He died intestate; the inventory was made by Thos Bate and Peter Stephens and totalled £1727 17s 5d, which included monies owed (to him) on mortgages of £1050 7s and 2 pence.

  5. 1820 - Frances Trevan nee Lord
    Will
    Effects: Not stated
    Date of death:Not stated
    Date of will: 5 Dec 1818
    Administration granted to her daughter Elizabeth Trevan the executrix on 7 Mar 1820 Names mentioned in will: Eldest daughter Jane Parson - £10; £5 each to sons John Trevan and William Trevan and daughters Frances Davey and Mary Ann Davey and granddaughter Mary Henwood Trevan. Residue to daughter Elizabeth Trevan
    Witnesses:
    Thos Gray, Surgeon, Kingsand
    Samuel Lyne, Parsonage
    Ann Samuels, Sheviock

  6. 1837 - Ann Trevan nee Watts
    Will, codicill, affidavit for executors and sworn statement that her signature is genuine.
    Effects: under £20
    Date of death: 11 Jul 1837
    Administration granted to executors in trust Endellion 15 Apr 1837 Will of Ann Trevan proved in Common Form before John Wallis the younger Clerk Surrogate & Names mentioned in the will:

  7. 1851 - John Archer Trevan
    I need to revisit the Cornwall Record Office to look at the probate records to check the exact type of document which survives. It was very similar to the one left by his wife, Ann, in 1837.
    Effects: under 20 pounds
    Date of death: 4 June 1851
    Names mentioned in the will:

  8. 1854 - William Trevan, Mine Agent
    Will, affidavit, bond (3 papers in the bundle)
    Effects: £60 gross
    Date of death: 2 Dec 1853 at Camborne
    Names mentioned in the 3 papers in the bundle:

  9. 1857 - John Watts Trevan
    Will proved in common form at Endellion 5 Aug 1857 before John Wallis Clerk A.M. Offical &
    Administration granted to Adolphus Trevan the brother - reservation to Henry Trevan another brother the other executor
    Description: Gentleman
    Effects: under 100 pounds
    Date of death: 23 Mar 1857
    Beneficiaries: ... I give devise and bequeath all my messuages lands and tenements and parts and shares of messuages lands and tenements situate in the parishes of Alternun and St. Endellion in the said county and elsewhere in the county of Cornwall and also all my personal estate and effects unto and to the use of my brothers Adolphus Trevan and Henry Trevan .... upon trusts following ... and for the benefit of brother Isaac Trevan and my four sisters namely Ann the wife of Francies Olver Elizabeth Trevan Jane Trevan and Susan Trevan ... interest to be paid equally between them ... after the death ... freehold estates unto my brother Frederick Trevan ... and from and after the death of such survivor upon trust for and I give and bequeath all my said personal Estate unto my said brother Frederick Trevan ....
    Executors: brothers Adolphus Trevan and Henry Trevan.
    Witnesses: William Davey, Isaac Sleep


Wills formerly at Somerset House

The wills from 1858 onwards were formerly held at Somerset House. The extracts from these are held on separate pages.
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