Cazaly ~ Wills
Cazaly ~ Wills
Will of Guillaume (William Henry) Cazaly, died 1824
| In the Name
of God Amen I the undersigned Guilhaume Cazaly late
merchant domiciled in England at present residing on my
domain of pied Bouquet within Canton of Sommieres in the
district of Nimes and department of the Gard being by the
grace of God in good health and of sound mind and
desirous of availing myself of the benefit of the same of
the fourteenth day of July 1819 do hereby declare the
following to be my last will. I dispose by the present
autograph will of the property which it has pleased God
to bestow on me as follows. In the first place I give and
bequeath to Anne Louise Cazaly born Duchemin my dear
wife, the enjoyment of a moiety of the whole of the real
and personal property which I poffess in ffrance without
exception dispensing with all security on her part . I
further bequeath unto her in complete property the
capital of twelve hundred pounds sterling in the Navy
five cent shares in the Bank of England in order that she
might dispose thereof at her own will and pleasure in
favour of any of her children. I moreover bequeath unto
her the enjoyment during her life of the whole of the
income arising from the Capital or Sum which I poffess in
my name in the Books of the Bank or public funds in
desire that my beloved wife do continue to during her
life to pay to my eldest daughter Marie Anne Cazaly the
sum of one hundred and twenty pounds sterling per annum.
Secondly I give and bequeath unto my son and my three
daughters to be divided in equal shares and proportions
between them after my decease and that of my Wife the
whole of the Real and personal property which I poffess
in ffrance as also by me professed in England after they
shall have respectively brought back what each of then
hath already received as and by way of advancement on
account of their inheritance. I prohibit Guilhaume Jean
Cazaly from a free disposition of the Capital of such
property as may devolve to him for his share in England
restricting his right to income only without it being
competent to him to sell the capital thereof. The said
capital being by me bequeathed unto the lawful heirs.
Such is my autograph will whereby I revoke my former
testamentary dispositions so far as the same may be
repugnant to these persons This done and written with my
own hand at the domain of Pied Bouquet aforesaid the 11th
day of the Month of April 1821 Signed Guilhaume Cazaly. I
beseech in the name of God my dear children to live in
peace and harmony in the fear of the lord in order to
draw upon them the blessings of the Almighty. It is my
sincere desire after my decease and the death of my dear
wife in case of my domain of pied Bouquet having been
sold that the same should be purchased by any of my
children who may be in a situation to acquire it in order
that the same may in order that the same may remain in my
family. It is my will that after my decease and the
decease of my beloved wife the sum of six hundred francs
be given to the poor of Sommieres the sum of three
hundred francs to the Protestant and three hundred franc
to the Catholics. Done and Signed at the same time as the
above will. Signed "Guilhaume Cazaly" I amend
by the present codicil that article of my Will
restricting my son with regard to what he is to inherit
from me of the sums I poffess in the N=Bank of England he
may consequently dispose thereof at his own free will and
pleasure. Done at Pied Bouquet on 29th August 1822.
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Minutes of the Registry of the Court, 1824
| Extracted
from the Minutes of the Registry of the Court in the
first place holding its sittings at Nimes for matters (
pro res ) verbal on the exhibition and description of the
autograph will of the Sieur Guilhaume Cazaly before
Monsieur Albaret Notary at Sommieres on Thursday the 2nd
of December the year 1824 at ten o’clock in the
forenoon. Before us (looks like) Jacques Guichet
Esperandieu, Knight of the Royal Order of the Legion of
Honour, president of the Court in the first resort
holding its Sittings at Nimes acting in our hotel (¬
looks like) attended by Antoine Vig… principal
Registrar of the Court , appeared Master Jacques Francois
Etienne Albaret Royal Notary residing at Sommieres who
declared to us that The Sieur Guilhaume Cazaly late merchant domiciled in England residing on his domain of pied bouquet in the district of Sommieres within the jurisdiction of the court departed this life after having made this autograph will which was confided to Albaret by the relations of the deceased for the purpose of exhibiting the same to us praying that we would be pleased to grant Albaret an act of the exhibition made by him to us of the said will and proceed conformably to what is prescribed by the one thousand and seventh article of the Civil Code … The president aforesaid granted an act to Monsieur Albaret recording his appearance declarations exhibitions of the will in question and petitions and deciding thereon immediately proceeded to the description of the said will in manner following. The said will is written on a sheet of paper impressed with a stamp of one franc and twenty five cents and contained in the first two pages of the said sheet under the date of 11th of April 1821 . Signed Guilhaume Cazaly. Immediately after the said will and in the third page of the said sheet is a recommendation on the part of the testator to his children and containing a legacy of the sum of six hundred francs in favour of the poor protestants and catholics of Sommieres aforesaid. This addition also signed Guilhaume Cazaly states that it was made and signed at the same time as the will. Next following this addition is a codicil also signed Guilhaume Cazaly dated the 29th August 1822* whereby the testator revokes the restriction on the legacy bequeathed to his son and states that he may enjoy at his pleasure the sums which he is to inherit. The said will is genuine entire and without alteration and contains one intersertion of the word “the” … it is as above mentioned signed on each page and at the end. it contains several legacies in favour of Mrs Anne Louise Cazaly born Duchemin wife of the testator and his children which will duly Registered this day at folio 164 Divisions Two and three by and received five francs and fifty cents marked with the words “ ..Vig.. ( perhaps Viguer) and ordered the same to be deposited in the hands of the said Monsieur Albaret there present in person received the same and signed with us and the Registrar to serve as and by way of discharge. Signed. Albaret , notary Crown copyright Transcribed by Penny Cazaly 2 June 2004. |
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