Will of William Grimsdall
Occupation
- 229: Corn, Flour, Seed Merchant, Dealer
Location
Mealman of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/683 |
| First date: | 23 February 1721/2 |
| Probate date: | 28 June 1737 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Judith Grimsdall |
| Witness: | Francis Blandy |
| Witness: | William Wotton |
| Witness: | John Wheatland |
| Court Official: | John Bettesworth |
| Other: | John White |
| (appointed Overseer of Will; of Meadle in the parish of Monks Risborough, Bucks) | |
| Other: | John Wagstaff |
| (appointed Overseer of Will; of Henley, glover) |
Bequests
To: Judith Grimsdall (Wife)
To my wife Judith Grimsdall my property in New Street in my possession and the two adjoining properties for her life and after her death to my daughter Judith Grimsdall
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Judith Grimsdall (Wife)
All the income from my freehold estate in the County of Bucks to my wife Judith until such time as my daughter shall attain the age of 21 years at which time all the freehold estate in Bucks will be given to my daughter subject to the interest of my wife Judith and should my daughter die before reaching 21 without leaving lawful issue then my freehold estates in Bucks and Oxon shall remain with my wife for ever
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Caleb Toovey; William Toovey
To my friends Caleb Toovey Maltster and William Toovey Gentleman both of Henley ten pounds to be invested and used for the support of poor Quakers of Henley meeting [house]
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Pearce (Cousin)
To my cousin William Pearce of Hugely Deane, Farnham Royal, Bucks, Blacksmith Twenty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Thomas Treadway (Cousin)
To my cousin now living with me, Thomas Treadway, ten pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: John White; John Wagstaff
To my friends John White, junior, of Meadle in the parish of Monks Risborough, Bucks and John Wagstaff, Glover, the sum of five pounds each to be overseers and to assist my Executrix in the performance of my will
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I William Grimsdall of Henley upon Thames in the County |
| 0003: | of Oxon Mealman being in health of body and of a sound and |
| 0004: | perfect mind memory and understanding (thanks be given to |
| 0005: | God therefore) and calling to mind the certainty of death and |
| 0006: | uncertainty of the time when and to avoid all disputes which |
| 0007: | may happen after my decease as farr as in me lies do make |
| 0008: | and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and |
| 0009: | form following (vizt) Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my |
| 0010: | dear and loving Wife Judith Grimsdall all that my messuage |
| 0011: | or Tenement (Scituate Standing and being in a certain Street |
| 0012: | in Henley upon Thames aforesaid called New Street) now in |
| 0013: | my possession And also all those my two Messuages or Tenem[ent]s |
| 0014: | thereunto adjoyning Together with all ways warters Gardens |
| 0015: | Courtsyards Granarys Privilidges profits advantages emolum[ent]s |
| 0016: | and Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging used or |
| 0017: | in any wise appertaining To have and To hold the said Messuages |
| 0018: | or Tenements and premisses with the Appurtenances and every |
| 0019: | part thereof unto my said dear and loving wife Judith |
| 0020: | Grimsdall and her Assigns for and during the Term of her |
| 0021: | natural life and from and imediately after her decease I give |
| 0022: | and bequeath my aforesaid Messuages or Tenements and |
| 0023: | premisses with the appurtenances unto my loving daughter |
| 0024: | Judith Grimsdall and her heirs for ever subject Nevertheless |
| 0025: | to the provisoe hereinafter mentioned Item I give and bequeath |
| 0026: | All the rents Issues and profits of all my Freehold Estate whatsoever |
| 0027: | lying in the County of Bucks unto my said dear and loving |
| 0028: | wife Judith Grimsdall for and during and untill such time |
| 0029: | as my said daughter Judith Grimsdall shall attain her age |
| 0030: | of one and Twenty years and when and as soon as my said |
| 0031: | daughter Judith Grimsdall shall attain her age of one and |
| 0032: | Twenty years Then I give and bequeath all my said Freehold |
| 0033: | Estate in the said County of Bucks unto my said daughter |
| 0034: | Judith Grimsdall and her heirs for ever (subject nevertheless |
| 0035: | and lyable to the Joynture which I have made of part of my |
| 0036: | said Estate in the [↑said] County of Bucks upon my said dear and |
| 0037: | loving wife Judith Grimsdall and subject also to the provisoe |
| 0038: | hereafter mentioned (vizt) provided always and my will and |
| 0039: | meaning is and I do hereby declare direct and appoint That |
| 0040: | if my said daughter Judith Grimsdall shall happen to dye |
| 0041: | before she shall have attained her age of one and Twenty |
| 0042: | years and leave no Issue of her body lawfully begotten |
| 0043: | behind her Then my Will and meaning is and I do hereby |
| 0044: | give and bequeath all my Freehold Estates wheresoever and |
| 0045: | whatsoever in the Countys of Bucks and Oxon unto my said |
| 0046: | dear and loving Wife Judith Grimsdall and her heirs for ever |
| 0047: | Item I give and bequeath unto my loving Friends Caleb |
| 0048: | Toovey of Henley aforesaid Malster and William Toovey of |
| 0049: | Henley aforesaid Gent[leman] The sum of Ten pounds of lawfull |
| 0050: | money of Great Britain In Trust to be by them placed out at |
| 0051: | Interest or otherwise disposed of as -// -// -// - they shall |
| 0052: | think fit towards the maintenance and for the support of |
| 0053: | such poor people called Quakers as belong to the Meeting |
| 0054: | at Henley aforesaid And to dispose of the same to such poor |
| 0055: | people as aforesaid in such manner and at such times as they |
| 0056: | shall see occasion for the doing thereof Item I give and |
| 0057: | bequeath unto my Cosen William Pearce Sen[io]r of Hugely Deane |
| 0058: | in the parish of Farnham Royall in the said County of Bucks |
| 0059: | Blacksmith the sum of Twenty pounds of like lawfull money |
| 0060: | to be paid him within six months next after my decease Item |
| 0061: | I give and bequeath unto my Cousin Thomas Treadway |
| 0062: | now living with me the sum of Ten pounds of like lawfull |
| 0063: | money and in like manner to be paid - // - And Lastly all the |
| 0064: | rest and residue of my Estate wheresoever and whatsoever |
| 0065: | after my debts Legacies and Funeral Expences are paid and |
| 0066: | satisfyed I give devise and bequeath unto my said dear |
| 0067: | and loving wife Judith Grimsdall whom I make and ordain |
| 0068: | the full and sole Executrix of this my last will and Testam[ent] |
| 0069: | And I desire and appoint my loving Friends John White |
| 0070: | jun[io]r of Meadle in the parish of Monks Risborough in the |
| 0071: | said County of Bucks yeoman and John Wagstaff of Henley |
| 0072: | aforesaid Glover to be Overseers of this my Will desiring |
| 0073: | them to be aiding and assisting to my Executrix in the due |
| 0074: | Execution and performance of this my Will and for their |
| 0075: | Care and pains therein I give to each of them the sum of |
| 0076: | five pounds and I do hereby revoke all former wills by me |
| 0077: | at any time heretofore made and published and do publish |
| 0078: | and declare this to be my last will and Testament and no |
| 0079: | other In Witness whereof I the said William Grimsdall have to |
| 0080: | this my last Will and Testament sett my hand and seal this |
| 0081: | Twentythird day of February in the Eighth year of the reigne |
| 0082: | of our Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God of Great |
| 0083: | Britain France and Ireland King defender of the Faith &c annoq[ue] |
| 0084: | d[omi]ni 1721 |
| 0085: | W[illia]m Grimsdall |
| 0086: | |
| 0087: | signed sealed published |
| 0088: | declared and delivered by the said William Grimsdall the Testator |
| 0089: | as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us |
| 0090: | and then attested by us in his presence |
| 0091: | Fran[cis] Blandy |
| 0092: | Will[ia]m Wotton |
| 0093: | John Wheatland |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 16th February 2013 |
| Date modified: | 16th March 2014 |
Comments
Hedgerley Dean was a hamlet in parish of Farnham Royal [Bucks VCH vol 3]