Will of Elizabeth Buckney
Occupation
- 415: Not stated
Location
of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/1128 |
| First date: | 07 March 1784 |
| Probate date: | 02 April 1785 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Joseph Rackstraw |
| Executor: | Benjamin Wright |
| Executrix: | Joanna Eggleton |
| (Sister of testatrix) | |
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
| Witness: | Thomas Cooper |
| Witness: | John Hone |
| Witness: | Francis Noon |
Bequests
To: Joanna Eggleton (Sister)
To my sister Joanna Eggleton, wife of William Eggleton, the cottage where I live in Northfield End, for her life and after her death to my niece, Eleanor Buckney Eggleton, her daughter
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Benjamin Wright (Friends)
To my good friend Benjamin Wright, my cottage at Northfield End, occupied by Martha Campion, for life, and after his death to my nephew John Eggleton, daughter of my sister Joanna, for his use and benefit
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Thomas Buckney (Brother)
To my brother Thomas Buckney, ten pounds, and I release him from all debts owing to me on our account
Bequest Types
Names
To: Joanna Eggleton (Sister)
The residue of my estate to my friends Joseph Rackstraw and Benjamin Wright, in trust for my sister Joanna Eggleton, to be invested and for her alone to receive the income, not her husband, and after her death the investments to be transferred to my niece Elizabeth Buckney Eggleton and my nephew John Eggleton, equally
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Elizabeth Buckney of Northfield End in the Parish |
| 0003: | of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxford being |
| 0004: | weak in Body but of sound and disposing mind |
| 0005: | memory and understanding do make publish and |
| 0006: | declare this my last Will and Testament in manner |
| 0007: | and form following (that is to say) my soul I |
| 0008: | commend to Almighty God who gave it and my |
| 0009: | Body I commit to the Earth to be decently [↑interred] at the |
| 0010: | discretion of my Executors hereinafter named and as to |
| 0011: | the Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to |
| 0012: | bless me I dispose thereof as follows I Give and |
| 0013: | Bequeath unto my dearly beloved Sister Joanna |
| 0014: | Eggleton (wife of William Eggleton) all that my |
| 0015: | Messuage Cottage or Tenement wherein I now dwell |
| 0016: | situate at Northfield End aforesaid with the Yard |
| 0017: | Garden and appurtenances thereunto belonging for |
| 0018: | and during the term of her natural life (if the |
| 0019: | term Estate and Interest which I have therein |
| 0020: | shall so long continue) sole and separate and apart |
| 0021: | and not to be subject or liable to the Debts |
| 0022: | Controuls or Engagements of her present or any |
| 0023: | future taken Husband and after the decease of the |
| 0024: | said Joanna Eggleton I Give and Bequeath the said |
| 0025: | Messuage Cottage or Tenement with the Appurtenances |
| 0026: | for all the then residue of the term Estate and |
| 0027: | Interest which I shall have therein unto my Niece |
| 0028: | Eleanor Buckney Eggleton daughter of the said |
| 0029: | Joanna Eggleton and to her Executors Administrators |
| 0030: | and Assigns to and for her and their own use and |
| 0031: | benefit Also I Give and Bequeath all that my |
| 0032: | Messuage Cottage or Tenement with the Garden |
| 0033: | and Appurtenances thereunto belonging situate at |
| 0034: | Northfield End aforesaid in the Occupation of Martha |
| 0035: | Campion unto my good Friend Benjamin Wright for |
| 0036: | and during the term of his natural life (if the |
| 0037: | term Estate and Interest which I have therein shall |
| 0038: | so long Continue) And after the decease of the |
| 0039: | said Benjamin Wright I Give and Bequeath the said |
| 0040: | Messuage Cottage or Tenement with the Appurtenances |
| 0041: | for all the then residue of the term Estate and Interest |
| 0042: | which I may have therein unto my Nephew John |
| 0043: | Eggleton Son of the said Joanna Eggleton his Executors |
| 0044: | Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their |
| 0045: | own use and benefit I Give and Bequeath unto my |
| 0046: | Brother Thomas Buckney the sum of Ten Pounds of |
| 0047: | lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid him |
| 0048: | by my Executors hereinafter named within twelve Months |
| 0049: | next after my decease and I Give and forgive unto |
| 0050: | the said Thomas Buckney all such Sum and Sums |
| 0051: | of Money as may be owing from him to me at my |
| 0052: | decease on the Ballance of the Account between us |
| 0053: | also I Give and Bequeath unto my several |
| 0054: | Nephews and Nieces (Sons and Daughters of my |
| 0055: | Brothers and sisters) which shall be living at the |
| 0056: | time of my decease the sum of five shillings |
| 0057: | apiece all the rest and residue of my Goods and Chattels |
| 0058: | Ready Money securities for Money Book debts stock |
| 0059: | in Trade and all and singular other my Personal |
| 0060: | Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever not |
| 0061: | herein before [↑by me] disposed of after payment of my Just |
| 0062: | Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences I Give and |
| 0063: | Bequeath unto my good Friends Joseph Rackstraw |
| 0064: | and Benjamin [↑ Wright upon trust that they my said Trustees |
| 0065: | do and shall with all convenient] Speed invest the same upon such publick |
| 0066: | private or Real securities as they shall think proper |
| 0067: | (not being Annuities for lives or determinable at any |
| 0068: | certain term or number of years) and to permit |
| 0069: | and Suffer or otherwise Authorize and empower my |
| 0070: | said sister Joanna Eggleton to receive and take the |
| 0071: | Income Interest and Dividends thereof for and during the |
| 0072: | term of her natural life and I direct that the same |
| 0073: | shall not be liable to the debts Controuls or |
| 0074: | Engagements of her Present or any future [↑taken] Husband |
| 0075: | but that the receipt of the said Joanna Eggleton |
| 0076: | alone shall be a good and sufficient discharge for the |
| 0077: | same and after the decease of the said Joanna |
| 0078: | Eggleton Then upon Trust to pay Assign Transfer and |
| 0079: | set over the said Trust Moneys or the Stocks or |
| 0080: | securities in which the same shall be Invested unto |
| 0081: | my said Niece the said Eleanor Buckney Eggleton |
| 0082: | and my Nephew the said John Eggleton to be |
| 0083: | equally divided between them share and share alike |
| 0084: | and I do hereby Will and direct that my said Trustees |
| 0085: | or the survivor of them his Executors or adm[inistrar]ors |
| 0086: | shall not be Answerable or accountable for any more |
| 0087: | of the said Trust Moneys or Estates than shall come |
| 0088: | to his or their Respective Hands nor for any loss that |
| 0089: | may happen to the same so as such loss happen without |
| 0090: | his or their Wilful Neglect or default nor shall they |
| 0091: | or either of them be Answerable or Accountable for the |
| 0092: | Acts deeds receipts defaults or payments of the other of |
| 0093: | them but each for his own Separate Acts and deeds |
| 0094: | only and I do hereby Will and direct that it shall |
| 0095: | and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees and |
| 0096: | the survivors of them his Executors and Administrators |
| 0097: | to deduct x x retain and reimburse to him and |
| 0098: | themselves respectively all such Costs Charges damages |
| 0099: | and Expences as they or either of them shall or |
| 0100: | may sustain expend or be put unto in or about |
| 0101: | the Execution of the Trusts hereby in them reposed |
| 0102: | and I do hereby Nominate Constitute and Appoint the |
| 0103: | said Joseph Rackstraw Benjamin Wright and my said |
| 0104: | sister Joanna Eggleton Executrix and Executors of this |
| 0105: | my Will and Lastly I do hereby revoke and make |
| 0106: | void all former and other Will and Wills by me at |
| 0107: | any time heretofore made and do declare this and |
| 0108: | this only to be my true last will and Testament |
| 0109: | In Witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Buckney have |
| 0110: | to this my last Will and Testament contained in two |
| 0111: | sheets of paper set my hand and seal the seventh |
| 0112: | day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand |
| 0113: | seven hundred and eighty four |
| 0114: | |
| 0115: | Eliz[abeth] Buckney [Seal] |
| 0116: | signed sealed published and declared by the said Elizabeth |
| 0117: | Buckney the Testatrix as and for her last Will and |
| 0118: | Testament in the presence of us who in her presence |
| 0119: | ....... at her request and in the Presence of each |
| 0120: | other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto |
| 0121: | the words "Joanna Eggleton Executrix and" being |
| 0122: | first Interlined in the last sheet |
| 0123: | Thomas Cooper Junr |
| 0124: | Fra[nci]s Moon |
| 0125: | John Hone |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 09th April 2013 |
| Date modified: | 07th February 2014 |