Title | Declaration of trust (2 parts) by Robert Brian of Weston yeoman, that whereas Thomas Brian late of Weston yeoman, Robert's brother, contracted last December with Rebecca Holden widow and Robert Holden, for the purchase of the Gorstey Closes in Weston and died before the conveyance, but had devised the closes to be purchased in his will, the Nether Gorstey close in Thomas Fewkes holding to his nephew Robert Brian and the Upper Gorstey Close in the holding of George Barker and George Domelow to his nephew Thomas Brian, and he made Robert his brother his sole executor, and the Holdens conveyed the premises to Robert, who declares that the purchase money was his late brother's money and that his name was used for the performance of Thomas Brian's will and for the benefits of Thomas Brian's nephews, Robert and Thomas. Dated 4 April |