St  Cleer

1851 Voters list includes POMERY John living at St. Erme, Cornwall , a Freehold house & land in Penhale

AJP found Penhale close to the Lantoom Quarry, just off the A38 at Dobwalls .

1783 John Pomeroy gent of Lantoom & Penhale was evidently a man in business.

Will  of John Pomery, dated 24 September 1783, and later Indenture

 This is the last Will and Testament of me JOHN POMERY of Lantoom in  the Parish of Liskeard and County of Cornwall Gentm. being at  present in health of Body and sound mind and memory and for avoiding controversies after my decease make this my Will in the  following Manner and form first I desire my Body may be interred  in a decent and frugal manner where and as my Executive shall in think proper and that she will choose 8 of my Labourers or Workmen  as my Bearers and instead of Mourning give ‘em five Shillings  each for their labour 

Whereas my Son JOSEPH POMERY clerk is amply  provided for by St Kew and my Marriage Settlement and entitled  unto Davises Tenenement in Trewint and the great Marshes in  Menheniott after the death of myself and Wife subject to the   payment of one hundred and fifty pounds as I should by my last  Will and Testament or otherwise direct and appoint to which said  Settlement refer and as far as in me lies confirm And Whereas he s likewise entitled to Penhale in St Cleer as Heir at Law to his  Grandfather PETER TRUSCOTT Gent deceased I give my said Son JOSEPH  POMERY all my right title and interest in Great Park thereto adjoining during the remainder of the term I have therein to come  and expire Whereas I have and stand indebted One hundred and fifty pounds to my daughter GRACE POMERY which I received from the Revd  Mr JOHN LYNES Mortgage I give unto my said daughter GRACE POMERY  the said Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds due to me out of  Davises Trewint by my marriage settlement as aforesaid in lieu  thereof and lawful Interest for the same till it is paid her by my  Son JOSEPH POMERY Also I give devise and bequeath unto my Son PHIL TINCOMBE POMERY and his Heirs and Assigns All my Lands in the  parish of St Nyott in the said County of Cornwall called Narwood  Arundells parke two plots of Land in East Haynes and Rotherton  which I purchased of Heames and Deeble to hold to him His Heirs  and Assigns forever I also give unto my said Son PHILIP all that  my Leasehold Premises called Lantoom and Blackwater after the  death of my dear Wife GRACE POMERY to whom I give the same during  her natural life and from and after her decease by my said Son PHILIP to be enjoyed during the remainder of my terms therein to come and expire Also I give unto my three daughters MARY GRACE and  SARAH POMERY the Sum of three hundred pounds each all which Money  Legacies so given to my said daughters it is my Will shall be  raised and paid in manner as herein after mentioned and for which  purpose I give and devise unto the Revd JOHN JOPE Vicar of the parish of Saint Cleer and THOMAS HOBLING of the Burrough of  Liskeard in the said County Gent. All those Messuages Lands fields Closes and parcels of Land lying in or called by the name of  KELLYS Trewint situate and lying in the parish of Menhinnett in  the said County of Cornwall And also all other the Lands Tenements  and hereditaments which lately belonged to my brother in Law  PHILIP TINGROMBE Surgeon deced situate and lying in the said  Parish of Menhinnett and since his death purchased by me of the  Devise and other Representatives thereof to hold the above said  Premised unto the said JOHN JOPE and THOMAS HOBLING their  Executors Administrators and Assigns immediately from and after my decease for and during the term of two hundred Years thence next  ensuing fully to be complete and ended without Impearchment of or for any manner of waste upon the trusts nevertheless and to and  for the uses intended and purposed thereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same And immediately from and after the determination of the said term of two hundred Years by  performance of the said Trusts thereof according to the time intent and meaning of this my Will I give and devise the same  premises unto my eldest Son JOSEPH POMERY Clerk his Heirs and Assigns forever And it is my Will and I so hereby declare that the  said term of two hundred Years so devised as aforesaid is upon this special and confidence that they the said JOHN JOPE and THOS HOBLING or the Survivor of them or the Executors Admr or Assigns  of such Survivor shall and do as soon as conveniently can be after  my death by Sale or Mortgage of the Premises comprised in the said  form or of any part thereof for all or any part thereof or by or  out of the Rents Issues and profits thereof in the mean time raise  and pay first to much Money as after my death shall remain one to the Executors Admr or Assigns of FRANCIS BEAUCHAMP Esqr deceased  on a Mortgage of the same premises made by the said PHILIP TINGOMBE to the said FRANCIS BEAUCHAMP and from after payment and  satisfaction thereof to raise for and pay to my said daughter the said several Sums of Money Legacies given and bequeathed to them respectively as aforesaid the lawful Interest for the same from  and after my decease until the payment thereof And it is my Will that the said Legacies and Interest shall be raised and paid from  and out of the said Trust premises and that no other part of my  real or personal Estate shall be changed with or subject to the  payment thereof Also I give unto my Granddaughter MELLONY ISABEL POMERY twenty pounds And to my Grandson JOHN and Granddaughter MARY Son and daughters of my Son JOSEPH POMERY Clerk five pounds  coin to be paid by my said Son out of the Money he owes me one Year after my death and placed at Interest for the use of my said  3 Grandchildren by my said Son ‘till they respectively attain  the Age of one and twenty years Also Whereas my daughter ELIZABETH  POMERY is handsomely provided for by her Uncle TINCOMBE I give her twenty pounds to provide a Suit of mourning and a ring to wear in  remembrance of me Also all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my  Goods Chattels and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and  my Tin Bounds I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved Wife  GRACE POMERY and make her my whole and sole Executrix and  Residuary Legatee of this my last Will and Testament revoking all  others by me heretofore made

 IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto  set my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of September 1783 _ JNO POMERY (SS) __ Signed Sealed published and  declared by the said Testator JOHN POMERY for as and to be his  last Will and Testament in presence of us who subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in his presence and at his request and also  in the presence of each other   CHARLES DANGAR, THOMAS ELIOT & WILLIAM REYNOLDS Senr.

A CODICIL to the  within written Will dated 24th of September 1788 Whereas my poor  dear Wife is in my said Will named my Executor or Executors  therein and it hath pleased God to take her from me I therefore  make this alteration and order and direct and give and bequeath  all the Residue of my Goods Chattels and Effects by me not before given and give the same unto my two Sons JOSEPH and PHILIP POMERY  and my three daughters MARY GRACE and SARAH equally to be divided between them share and share alike and do make my two Sons JOSEPH and PHILIP my EXECUTORS of this my Will with a power sell and  dispose thereof and amount to their three Sisters For their  respective shares after deducting their reasonable Expenses and  Charges for so doing Whereas I gave my Granddaughter MELLONY  twenty pounds I revoke that Legacy and give all my Grandchildren  five pounds coin and no more to be Paid out and paid them as my said will directs out of the Money my Son JOSEPH is indebted to  give and Whereas I have devised and appointed Mr THOMAS HOBLING  one of my Trustees for Kelly’s Trewint I revoke that and the  trust in him reposed and in the place and stead I give and devise  all the power vested in him to my friend the Reverend Mr JOHN BONY  of Trewint together with my friend JOHN JOBE Vicar of St Cleer their Executors and Administrators or the Survivors of them to execute my said trust in them reposed as by my said will  appear and disannul and revoke all with respect to Mr Hobling as  he is a week and infirm man and not likely to live to act in my  said Trust and is sure dead I desire this codicil may be taken as a part of my said Will which I hereby satisfy and confirm In  Witness whereof I have to this my Codicil set my hand and seal the  seventh day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven __ JNO POMERY (SS) __ Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Testator JOHN  POMERY as a Codicil annexed to this said Will in his presence at  his request and in presence of each other by us __ CHAS POMERY  Senr __ CHAS POMERY Junr __ WM REYNOLDS

Extracted by  GEO. BOGG Proctor Docton Common Indenture

(LH Margin, near top, STAMPED TENN PENCE QUIRE)

 Release of  a Legacy out of Trewint

To all to whom these presents

Shall  come I GRACE POMERY of Lantoorn in the Parish of Liskeard in the County of Cornwall Spinster send Greeting WHERAS JOHN POMERY of  Lantoorn aforesaid my late deceased Father in and by his last Will  and Testament in Writing bearing Date the Twenty fourth Day of September one thousand seven hundred Eighty Three did amongst other Legacies and Bequests herein contained, give and bequeath unto me his said Daughter the Sum of Four Hundred & Fifty Pounds and charged his Estate called Davey’s Trewint in the Parish of Menhenniot with the Payment of one hundred and fifty Pounds and his other Estate in Menhenniot aforesaid called Hellys Trewint with the Payment of the remaining Sum of Three Hundred Pounds – AND WHEREAS the said JOHN POMERY after devising the said Estates to his Son JOSPEPH POMERY subject to the said Legacy (among others) is since dead without altering or revoking his said Will, Reference being there to had will more fully appear 

NOW KNOW YE that I the said GRACE POMERY for and in Consideration of the said Sum of Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds of  lawful money of Great Britain to me now in Hand paid by my said Brother JOSEPH POMERY at or before the Sealing and Delivery hereof, the Payment and Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and thereof and there from and of and from every part there of do  acquit release and discharge my said Brother JOSEPH POMERY his Executors Administrators and Assigns as also the said Estates so  charged as aforesaid of and from the Payment of the said Legacy and also of and from the Payment of the said Legacy and also of and from all other Debts Dues Claims and Demands whatsoever, of in to or out of the said Estates charged with the Payment of the same or which my Executors or Administrators may

(On the Reverse)

have Claim Challenge or Demand of my said brother JOSEPH POMERY by virtue of the said last Will and Testament of my said Father deceased or otherwise howsoever – In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this fifteenth Day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty Eight.

(Signed and Sealed)

G POMERY

Signed sealed and delivered (being first duly stamped) in the Presence of . . . . . . . .

Wm Reynolds

N.B. Words in italics within brackets are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)

Transcribed by Althea Johnson from a document in the Malcolm McCarthy Collection.

Will of John Pomery of Liskeard, Gent 1783: Annexed 1787: Proved 1796 

This is the last Will and Testament of me John Pomery of Lantoom in the Parish of Liskeard & County of Cornwall Gent being at present in Health of Body & sound Mind and Memory and for avoiding Controversies after my Decease make this my Will in the following manner and form First I desire my Body may be interred in a decent and frugal manner where and as my Executrix shall think proper and that she will Choose eight of my Labourers or Workmen as my bearers and instead of Mourning give em Five Shillings each for their Labour w--? Whereas my Son Joseph Pomery Clerk is amply provided for by St. Kew and my Marriage settlement and entitled unto Davies Tenemt. in Trewint and the Great Marshes in Menhinniott after the Deaths of myself and wife subject to the payment of one hundred Ʌ and forty Ʌ pounds as I should by my last Will and Testament or otherwise Direct and appoint to which said settlemt. I refer and as far as in me lies confirm and whereas he is likewise entitled to Ponhall in Saint Cleer as Heir at Law to his Grandfather Peter Emscott Gent Deceased I Give my said Son Joseph Pomrey all my right Tithe and Interest in Great Parks thereto adjoining during the remainder of the Term I have therein to come and expire whereas I have and stand Invested one hundred and Fifty pounds to my Daughter Grace Pomery which I received from the Reverend Mr. John Lynes Mortgage I Give unto my said Daughter Grace Pomery the Ʌ said Ʌ Sum of one hundred and Fifty pounds due to me out of Davises Trewint by my Marriage settlement as aforesaid in lieu thereof and lawful Interest for the same till it is paid her by my Son Joseph Pomery Also I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Son Phil Tingcombe Pomery Mercer and his Heirs and Assigns All my Lands in the Parish of Saint Nyott in the said County of Cornwall called Karwood? Arundells Parks two Plotts of

(Page 2) Land in East Draynes and Netherton which I purchased of Heames and Deeble To hold to him his Heirs and Assigns for ever I also give unto my said Son Philip all that my Leasehold Premises called Lantoom and Blackwater after the Death of my Dear wife Grace Pomery to whom I Give the same during her natural Life and from and after her Decease by my said Son Philip to be enjoyed during the remainder of my term therein to come and expire Also I Give unto my three Daughters Mary Grace and Sarah Pomery the Sum of three hundred pounds each all which Money Legacies so given to my said Daughter it is my Will shall be raised and paid in manner as herinafter mentioned and for which purose I Give and Devise unto the Reverend John Jope Vicar of the Parish of St. Cleer and Thos. Hoblinge of the Borough of Liskeard in the said County Gent all those Messuages Lands Fields Closes and Parcels of Lands lying in or called by the Name of Kellys Trewint situate and lying in the Parish of Menhinniot in the said County of Cornwall and also all other the Lands Tenements and Hereits. which lately belonged to my Brother in Law Philip Tingcombe Surgeon Deceased situate and lying in the said Parish of Menhinniett and since his Death purchased by me of the Devisee and other representatives thereof To hold the abovesaid Premises unto the said John Jope and Thomas Hobling their Executors Admrs. And Assigns Iumm? viately? from and after my Decease for and during the Term of two hundred years Ʌ thence Ʌ next ensuing fully to be Compleat and ended without Impeachment of or for any manner of Waste upon the Trusts nevertheless and to and for the uses intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned and Declared of and concerning the same and Immediately from and after the Determination of the said Term of two hundred years by perfomance of the Trusts thereof according to the true intent and meaning of this my Will I give and Devise the same Premises unto my Eldest Son Joseph Pomery Clerk his Heirs and Assigns for ever And it is my Will and I do hereby Declare that the said Term of two hundred years so Devised as aforesaid is upon this special Trust and Confidence that they the said John Jope and Thos. Hobling or the Survivor of them or the Executors Admors. or Assigns of such Survivors shall and do as soon as Conveniently can be after my Death by Law or Mortgage of the Premises comprized in the said Term or of any part thereof Ʌ for all or any part thereof Ʌ or by or out of the Rents Issues and profits thereof in the mean time raise and pay first so much Money as after my Death shall remain due to the Executors Admors. or Assigns of Francis Beauchamp Ʌ (in left margin) Esqr. Deceased on a All the records on this website are placed there with the permission of their transcribers, to whom the copyright belongs. They are only to be used for personal research, and are not to be copied in any way without prior written consent - see full copyright notice at www.opc-cornwall.org/Structure/copyright.php Mortgage of the same premises made by the said Philip Tingcombe to the said Francis Beauchamp Ʌ and from and after payment and satisfaction thereof to raise for and pay to my said Daughters the said several Sums of Money Legacies given and bequeathed to them respectively as aforesaid with lawful Interest for the same from and after my Decease until the Payment thereof and it is my will that the said Legacys and Interest shall be raised (Page 3) and paid from and out of the said Trust Premises and that no other part of my Real or Personal Estate shall be Charged with or subject to the payment thereof Also I Give to my Grand Daughter Mellony Scobell Pomery twenty pounds and to my Grandson John and Grand Daughter Mary Son and Daughters of my Son Joseph Pomery Clerk five pounds each to be paid by my said Son out of the Moiety he owes me one year after my Death and placed at Interest for the use of my said three Grand Children by my said Son till they respectively attain the Age of one and twenty years Also whereas my daughter Elizabeth Pomery is handsomely provided for by her uncle Tingcombe I Give her twenty pounds to provide a Suit of Mourning and a Ring to wear in Remembrance of me Also all the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and my Tin Bounds I Give and Bequeath unto my Dearly beloved wife Grace Pomery and make her my whole and sole Executor and Residuary Legatee of this my last Will and Testament revoking all others by me heretofore made In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty Fourth Day of September 1783 Jno. Pomery Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Testator John Pomery for as and to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us who subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in his presence and at his request and also in the presence of each other Charles Dangar Thomas Eliot William Reynolds Junr. A Codicil to the within written Will Dated the 24th of September 1783 Whereas my Poor Dear Wife is in my said Will named my Executor or Executrix therein and it hath Pleased God to take her from me I therefore make this alteration and order and Direct and Give and Bequeath all the residue of my Goods Chattels and Effects by me not before given and give the same unto my two Sons Joseph and Philip Pomery and my three Daughters Mary Grace and Sarah equally to be Divided between them share and share alike And do Ʌmake Ʌ my two Sons Joseph and Philip my Executors of this my will with a power to sell and dispose thereof and account to their three Sisters for their respective shares after Deducting their reasonable Expences and Charges for so doing Whereas I Gave my Grand Daughter Mellony twenty pounds I revoke that Legacy and Give all my Grand Children five pounds each and no more to be laid out and paid them as my said will Directs out of the Moiety my Son Joseph is invested to me

And whereas I have Devised and appointed Mr. Thomas Hobling one of my Trustees for Kellys Trewint I revoke that and the Trust in him (Page 3) reposed and in his Place and Stead I Give and Devise all the power vested in him to my Friend the Reverend Mr. John Hony of Trenant together with my Friend Mr. John Jope vicar of St. Cleer their Executors & Admrs. or the Survivor of them to execute my said Trust in them reposed as by my said Will will appear and disannull and revoke all with respect to Mr. Hobling as he is a weak and infirm Man and not likely to live to act in my said Trust Ʌ and is since Dead Ʌ I desire this Codicil may be taken as a part of my said Will which I hereby ratify and Confirm In Witness whereof I have to this my Codicil set my hand and Seal the seventh Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven Jno. Pomery Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Testator John Pomery as a Codicil annexed to his said Will and in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other Ʌ by us Ʌ Chas. Pomery Senr. Charles Pomery Junr. Wm. Reynolds All the records on this website are placed there with the permission of their transcribers, to whom the copyright belongs. They are only to be used for personal research, and are not to be copied in any way without prior written consent - see full copyright notice at www.opc-cornwall.org/Structure/copyright.php This Will was proved at London with a Codicil the twelfth Day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six before the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of the Reverend Joseph Pomery Clerk and Philip Tincombe Pomery the Sons of the Deceased and the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased was granted having been first sworn by Commission duly to Administer Transcribed by Angela Aylward from National Archive document Ref. No. PROB 11/127