Hello again Phil
Robert CANDY very scratchily signed his Will on 17th July 1802 at which time he was describing himself as a yeoman.
Although quite easy to read I found it confusing, hopefully with your knowledge of the family it will make more sense to you. The spelling is also quite variable, with the same words being written in a variety of ways! I looked at the original document because it's not been digitised yet but it will be eventually, at which point you'll be able to order a copy online. Or if you want a photocopy before that, I believe the record office will do this for you and post it out to you snail mail, not sure of their charges though. As you're overseas they might be prepared to email you a photocopy. The Will is only one page (would need to be copied onto A3) and the same for the administration.
beneficiaries:
daughter Marys (sic)
could be Elzth, word "seven" written above - age? - £20 cash
daughter Elisabeth Brachers, word "seven" written above, £20 cash
daughter Sarah Baker £150
son in law Jno Brachor £30
son John Candy one shilling
daughter Martha Lush one shilling
son Robert Candy of East Knoyle £100 in trust
"remains over and above parted in 6 partments to my six (word "six" struck out) sons and daughters."
Something about utterly disallow Brooks and Disamul (
), I couldn't make a lot of sense of it, perhaps a reference to an earlier Will that favoured these individuals.
At the end there is a note about grandchildren which only makes sense to me if the two individuals named first on the Will are grand-daughters rather than daughters.
"As for my grandchildren at their several respective ages of 21 years and in case any or either of my grandchildren shall die under the age my Will and meaning is that the survivors shall be entitled to the £20 intended for each child."
That's the essence of the Will.
Administration was granted 7th December 1808 to Robert Candy, "one of the lawful sons of the deceased and principal legatee named in the Will, no executor or executrix being appointed". Robert signed his acceptance (quite a neat signature).
Sadly I've not managed to find anything on James CANDY, there was no baptism indexed at Sedgehill, no Sarum marriage licence bond indexed for anyone by that name and (as I'm sure you know) no Will. If you have a FindMyPast subscription they have indices to death duty registers but not the death duty records themselves. FindMyPast does have a James CANDY marriage in Somerset in 1796, if he was a widower when he married Rachel that might be him, as Somerset adjoins Wiltshire and Sedgehill is pretty close to the Somerset border.
Best wishes
Jane
