Will of John Duncombe
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Esquire of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/1005 |
| First date: | 9 September 1774 |
| Probate date: | 6 February 1775 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Elizabeth Duncombe |
| Witness: | Richard Hayward |
| Witness: | John Sadler |
| Witness: | PauncFort Cook |
| (Witness to codicil as well) | |
| Witness: | John Gale |
| (Codicil only) | |
| Witness: | Richard Gale |
| (Codicil only) | |
| Court Official: | George Hay |
Bequests
To: Elizabeth Duncombe (Wife)
To my wife Elizabeth for her life, the house in Watlington, lately occupied by the Rev. Mr. Billingley; Properties in Watlington and Britwell Salome, occupied by John Hayward; share in the manor of Watlington and property in Stukely in Bucks. occupied by Robert Wilson; and meadow land in Stukely known as Oat Close, occupied by James Bevan, all property to be charged with the payment of a yearly annuity to her of forty pounds. After her death the properties and all my property in Tring and Putnam, Hertfordshire, given by the death of Mr. Knight, now living, by the will of my cousin Peter Duncombe, to pass to Edward Duncombe for his life and after his death to his first son Thomas Duncombe and his male heirs in order of seniority; if none to his second son Richard Duncombe and his male heirs in order of seniority and if none then to his third son and his male heirs in order of seniority.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: John Hobbs (Nephew)
To my nephew John Hobbs, an annuity of forty pounds a year to be paid from the Watlington, Britwell Salome and Stukely estates except Oat Close during the life of my wife and after her death payable only out of the Stukely estate as occupied by Robert Wilson.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Richard Duncombe (Nephew)
My estate at Foxton, Cambridge, left by the will of Peter Duncombe, after the death of Mrs. Knight, now occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Harwood and also the estate at Bulvan/Bulfan, Essex, occupied by widow Stevens and the tithes of Charlton Hall, Pitsey, Essex, occupied by Mr. Bleach, to be given to Richard Duncombe for ever.
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Location of property
Names
To: Dorothy Hobbs (Sister)
To my sister Dorothy Hobbs, twenty pounds for mourning
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Hobbs; Elizabeth Mourton (Nephew and Niece)
To my nephew John Hobbs and my niece Elizabeth Mourton, his sister, two hundred pounds each
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Duncombe (Wife)
To my wife Elizabeth the residue of my estate
Bequest Types
Names
To: Frances Knight
An annuity of ninety pounds granted to Mrs. Frances Knight following the purchase by me of her interests in land at Puttingham and Tring in Hertfordshire; any surplus from the income of the land after payment of the annuity to be paid to my wife for life. If my wife survives Mrs Knight, my wife to receive all the rents for her life from those properties.
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I John Duncombe of Henley upon Thames in the County |
| 0003: | of Oxford Esquire being at this time weak in Body but of sound |
| 0004: | Mind Memory and Understanding thanks be to God for the |
| 0005: | same but calling to Mind the certainty of death and the uncertain |
| 0006: | time of its coming and being desirous to dispose of such |
| 0007: | Worldly Estate and Effects as it hath pleased Almighty God to |
| 0008: | bless me with Do make this my last Will and Testament in |
| 0009: | manner and form following that is to say First and Principally |
| 0010: | I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God my Creator |
| 0011: | hoping through the Merits of his blessed Son Jesus Christ my |
| 0012: | Redeemer to obtain pardon and Remission of my Sins and to |
| 0013: | inherit everlasting Life and my Body I commit to the Earth to |
| 0014: | be decently Buried at the discretion of my Executrix herein after |
| 0015: | named And as to my Worldly Estate and Effects (after payment |
| 0016: | of my Just Debts Funeral and Testamentary expenses) I dispose |
| 0017: | thereof as followeth I Give and devise unto my Dear and loving |
| 0018: | Wife Elizabeth All that my Capital Mansion House situate |
| 0019: | standing and being in Watlington in the County of Oxford late |
| 0020: | in the Occupation of the Reverend Mr Billingley but now |
| 0021: | untenanted together with the out Offices Garden and Appurtances |
| 0022: | thereunto adjoining and belonging And also all that my |
| 0023: | Messuage or Tenement Farm Lands Hereditaments and Premisses |
| 0024: | situate standing lying and being in the Several Parishes of |
| 0025: | Watlington aforesaid and Britwell Salome in the said County of |
| 0026: | Oxford or one of them now in the Tenure or occupation of Mr |
| 0027: | John Hayward his undertenants or Assigns And also my Share |
| 0028: | and an Half in the Manor of Watlington And also all my |
| 0029: | Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments situate standing |
| 0030: | lying and being in the Parish of Stukely otherwise Steweley in |
| 0031: | the County of Bucks now in the Tenure or occupation of Robert |
| 0032: | Wilson the Younger his undertenants or Assigns And Also all that my |
| 0033: | close of Meadow or Pasture Ground situate lying and being in the |
| 0034: | Parish of Stukeley otherwise Steweley aforesaid called and known by |
| 0035: | the Name of Oat Close and now in the Tenure or occupation of |
| 0036: | James Bevan To Have and to Hold all and every the said Mansion |
| 0037: | House Messuages or Tenements Farm Lands Hereditaments and |
| 0038: | Premisses with their and every of their Appurtanences (Subject and |
| 0039: | charged and chargeable with the Annuity Yearly Rent or Sum of |
| 0040: | forty Pounds hereinafter mentioned) unto her my said Dear and |
| 0041: | loving Wife Elizabeth and her Assigns for and during the Term |
| 0042: | of her natural Life and from and immediately after her decease |
| 0043: | I Give and Devise all and every my said Messuages Lands |
| 0044: | Tenements Close and Hereditaments with their and every of their |
| 0045: | Appurtenances situate standing lying and being in the Parish of |
| 0046: | Stukeley otherwise Steweley now in the several Tenures or |
| 0047: | Occupations of the said Robert Wilson the Younger and James |
| 0048: | Bevan And also all my Estate and Interest of in and to or out of |
| 0049: | a certain Farm Lands Hereditaments and Premisses situate standing |
| 0050: | lying and being in the several Parishes of Tring and Putnam or |
| 0051: | one of them in the County of Hertford now or late in the Tenure |
| 0052: | or occupation of John Goodspeed and which was given to me and my |
| 0053: | Heirs (after the decease of Mr Knight now living) in and by the |
| 0054: | last Will and Testament of my late Cousin Mr Peter Duncombe |
| 0055: | deceased (Subject to and charged and chargeable with the same |
| 0056: | Annuity except the said Close called Oat Close and the said Farm |
| 0057: | Lands Hereditaments and Premisses in the several Parishes of Tring |
| 0058: | and Putnam aforesaid which are not [↑to] be charged or chargeable |
| 0059: | therewith or any part thereof) unto and to the use of Mr |
| 0060: | Edward Duncombe of Dunton in the said County of Bucks for |
| 0061: | and during the Term of his natural Life and from and immediately |
| 0062: | after his decease I Give and devise all and every the said last |
| 0063: | mentioned Messuages Lands Tenements Close Heredit[ament]s Estate and |
| 0064: | Interest (Subject to and charged and chargeable with the same |
| 0065: | Annuity Except as aforesaid) unto and to the use of Thomas |
| 0066: | Duncombe the Eldest Son of the said Mr Edward Duncombe for and |
| 0067: | during the Term of his natural Life And from and immediately |
| 0068: | after his decease (Subject and except as aforesaid) unto and to the |
| 0069: | use of the first Son of the Body of the said Thomas Duncombe |
| 0070: | Lawfully Issuing (whether then born or unborn) And the Heirs |
| 0071: | Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully Issuing And for |
| 0072: | default of such Issue Then likewise to the second third and every |
| 0073: | other Son of the said Thomas Duncombe successively and in |
| 0074: | remainder the one after the other as they shall be in Seniority |
| 0075: | of Age and Priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs |
| 0076: | Male of the Body and Bodies of every Such second third and other |
| 0077: | Son and Sons (the Eldest of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his |
| 0078: | Body being always preferred and to take before any of the Younger |
| 0079: | Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body) And for default of such |
| 0080: | Issue (Subject and except as aforesaid) unto and to the use of |
| 0081: | Richard Duncombe the second Son of the said Mr Edward Duncombe |
| 0082: | for and during the Term of his natural Life And from and |
| 0083: | immediately after his decease (Subject and except as aforesaid) |
| 0084: | unto and to the use of the first Son of the Body of the said |
| 0085: | Richard Duncombe lawfully Issuing(whether then Born or unborn) |
| 0086: | and to the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully Issuing |
| 0087: | and for default of such Issue then likewise to the second third and |
| 0088: | every other Son of the said Richard Duncombe successively and |
| 0089: | in remainder the one after the other as they shall be in Seniority |
| 0090: | of Age and Priority of Birth and the several and respective |
| 0091: | Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of every such second third |
| 0092: | and other Son and Sons (the Eldest of such Sons and the Heirs |
| 0093: | Male of his Body being always preferred and to take before any of |
| 0094: | the Younger Sons and the Heirs (Male of His Body) And for default |
| 0095: | of such Issue (subject and Except as aforesaid) unto and to the use |
| 0096: | [left blank] Duncombe the third Son of the said Mr Edward |
| 0097: | Duncombe for and during the Term of his natural Life And |
| 0098: | from and immediately after his decease (Subject and Except as |
| 0099: | aforesaid) unto and to the use of the first Son of the Body of the |
| 0100: | said [left blank] Duncombe lawfully Issuing (whether then Born or |
| 0101: | unborn) And to the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son |
| 0102: | lawfully Issuing And for default of such Issue then likewise to |
| 0103: | the second third and every other Son of the said [left blank] Duncombe |
| 0104: | successively and in remainder the one after the other as they |
| 0105: | shall be in seniority of age or priority of Birth and the several |
| 0106: | and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of every such |
| 0107: | second third and other Son and Sons (the Eldest of such Sons |
| 0108: | and the Heirs Male of the of the Body being always preferred and to |
| 0109: | take before any of the Younger Sons and the Heirs Male of his |
| 0110: | Body) And for default of such Issue unto and to the use of my |
| 0111: | own Right Heirs for ever And I do hereby give devise and bequeath |
| 0112: | unto my Nephew John Hobbs and his Assigns for and during |
| 0113: | the term of his natural Life one Annuity or clear Yearly |
| 0114: | Rent or Sum of forty Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain |
| 0115: | free of Taxes and all other deductions Parliamentary or |
| 0116: | otherwise to be Issuing and Payable out of all and every my |
| 0117: | said Estates lying and being in the said several Parishes of |
| 0118: | Watlington and Britwell Salome in the said County of Oxford |
| 0119: | and in the said Parish of Stukeley otherwise Steweley in the |
| 0120: | said County of Bucks (except Oat Close) during the Life of my |
| 0121: | said dear and loving Wife Elizabeth but from and immediately |
| 0122: | after her decease to be Issuing and Payable only out of my said |
| 0123: | Estate lying and being in the Parish of Stukeley otherwise |
| 0124: | Steweley aforesaid herein before mentioned to be in the Tenure or |
| 0125: | Occupation of the said Robert Wilson the Younger And to be |
| 0126: | Paid and Payable by four Quarterly Payments at the four most |
| 0127: | usual Feasts or days of Payment in the Year that is to say |
| 0128: | the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel the nativity of our |
| 0129: | Lord Jesus Christ the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 0130: | and of Saint John the Baptist the first Payment thereof to be |
| 0131: | on such of the said Feasts as shall first and next happen after |
| 0132: | my decease and I do hereby charge and subject all and every |
| 0133: | the same Estates and Premisses in the manner aforesaid to |
| 0134: | with the Payment of the said Annuity Yearly Rent or Sum of |
| 0135: | forty Pounds accordingly And my Will is that in case the said |
| 0136: | Annuity Yearly Rent or Sum of forty Pounds or any part |
| 0137: | thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of fourteen days |
| 0138: | next over or after any or either of the aforesaid Feasts or days |
| 0139: | of Payment whereon the same is hereinbefore directed to be paid |
| 0140: | as aforesaid that then and so often it shall and may be lawful |
| 0141: | for the said John Hobbs and his Assigns to enter upon the |
| 0142: | aforesaid Estates or Estate or any part of the said Premisses |
| 0143: | charged with the said Annuity as aforesaid and distrain for the |
| 0144: | same or for so much thereof as shall be so in arrear and all |
| 0145: | costs and charges occasioned by non payment thereof in like manner |
| 0146: | Landlords distrain their Tenants for Rent And whereas I have |
| 0147: | been in treaty with one Mr Woolley for the purchase of the |
| 0148: | other Moiety or half part of the said Farm Lands Hereditaments |
| 0149: | and Premisses situate standing lying and being in the several |
| 0150: | Parishes of Tring and Putnam in the said County of Hertford |
| 0151: | herein before mentioned to be now or late in the Tenure or Occupation |
| 0152: | of the said John Goodspeed and being desirous of having the same |
| 0153: | carried into Execution Now I do hereby from and immediately after |
| 0154: | the decease of my said dear and loving Wife Elizabeth Give and |
| 0155: | devise unto the said Edward Duncombe his Heirs and Assigns all |
| 0156: | and singular the said Mansion House Out offices Garden Messuage |
| 0157: | or Tenement Farm Lands Hereditaments and Premisses situate |
| 0158: | standing lying and being in the several Parishes of Watlington |
| 0159: | and Britwell Salome in the said County of Oxford and also the Share |
| 0160: | and an half in the Manor of Watlington aforesaid To Have and |
| 0161: | to Hold the same [↑with their] and every of their Appurtanences unto the said |
| 0162: | Edward Duncombe his Heirs and Assigns [↑To the use and behoof of the said Edward Duncombe his Heirs and Assigns] |
| 0163: | Upon Special Trust |
| 0164: | and confidence that he the said Edward Duncombe His Heirs and |
| 0165: | Assigns do and shall with all convenient speed that may be |
| 0166: | after the decease of my said Dear and loving Wife Elizabeth Sell |
| 0167: | dispose [↑of] and convey the said Mansion House Out offices Garden |
| 0168: | Messuage or Tenement Farm Lands Hereditaments Share and all |
| 0169: | half in the Manor of Watlington and Premisses with their and |
| 0170: | every of their Appurtanences to one or more Purchasor or Purchasors |
| 0171: | for such Sum or Sums of Money as he the said Edward Duncombe |
| 0172: | his Heirs or Assigns can or may reasonably get for the same And |
| 0173: | to the intent that any purchasor or purchasors may securely enjoy |
| 0174: | their said Purchases I do Will and direct the Receipt and |
| 0175: | Receipts that shall be given by my said Trustee his Heirs or |
| 0176: | Assigns to the respective Purchasors of the said Premisses for the |
| 0177: | purchase Money which shall be actually paid for the same shall |
| 0178: | be a good and effectual discharge both in Law and equity to the |
| 0179: | said respective purchasors so that neither such purchasr or |
| 0180: | purchasors their respective Heirs Executors or Administrators or the |
| 0181: | Premisses so to be Sold as aforesaid or any part thereof shall be |
| 0182: | liable or responsible for any loss or misapplication which shall |
| 0183: | or may at any time hereafter be had or made of all or any part |
| 0184: | of such Purchase Money and as to the Monies arising by and |
| 0185: | out of such Sale or Sales (the Rents and profits of the said |
| 0186: | Premisses until such Sale or Sales to be had received and taken |
| 0187: | by the said Edward Duncombe and by his first and every other Son |
| 0188: | and Sons severally and successively in Tail Male and for default |
| 0189: | of such Issue by my own Right Heirs) I do hereby Will order and |
| 0190: | direct the said Edward Duncombe his Heirs and Assigns to purchase |
| 0191: | therewith the said other Moiety of half part of the said Farm |
| 0192: | Lands Hereditaments and Premisses situate standing lying and being |
| 0193: | in the several Parishes of Tring and Putnam aforesaid in the said |
| 0194: | County of Hertford herein before mentioned to be now or late in |
| 0195: | the Tenure or Occupation of the said John Goodspeed his undertenants |
| 0196: | or Assigns and my Will and meaning is that immediately after the |
| 0197: | purchasing thereof the same shall be held possessed and enjoyed by |
| 0198: | the same person who from time to time shall be in the actual |
| 0199: | possession and enjoyment of the other Moiety or half part thereof |
| 0200: | and of my Stukeley otherwise Steweley Estates by virtue of this my |
| 0201: | Will And for that and no other use intent or purpose whatsoever |
| 0202: | it is my earnest Will and desire and I do hereby order and |
| 0203: | direct that so soon as the said Moiety or half part shall be |
| 0204: | purchased as aforesaid The same shall be conveyed to Trustees by |
| 0205: | such ways and means in the Law as shall be advised and thought |
| 0206: | necessary provided always and my Will and meaning is that the |
| 0207: | said Edward Duncombe his Heirs and Assigns shall compleat the |
| 0208: | said Purchase and settle and Assure the said other Moeity or half |
| 0209: | part within twelve Months next after the decease of my said Wife |
| 0210: | Elizabeth but in case he or they refuse or neglect so to do then |
| 0211: | I do hereby give and devise my said Estates lying and being in |
| 0212: | the said Parishes of Watlington and Britwell Salome unto my |
| 0213: | said Nephew John Hobbs his Heirs and Assigns Or in case the |
| 0214: | same should be then Sold I Give and bequeath unto him his |
| 0215: | Executors Administrators and Assigns the Money or Moneys |
| 0216: | arising by and out of the Sale or Sales thereof And Whereas |
| 0217: | the said Peter Duncombe did also in and by his last Will and |
| 0218: | Testament Give and devise unto me and my Heirs (after the decease |
| 0219: | of the said Mrs Knight) All his Estate and Interest of in and to or |
| 0220: | out of an Estate at Foxton in the County of Cambridge now or late |
| 0221: | in the Tenure or occupation of Mrs Elizabeth Harwood And Also |
| 0222: | of an Estate at Bulvan otherwise Bulfan in the County of Essex |
| 0223: | now or late in the Tenure or occupation of the Widow Stevens and |
| 0224: | also of the Tithes or Impropriation of Charlton Hall in the Parish |
| 0225: | of Pitsey in the said County of Essex now or late in the Tenure or |
| 0226: | Occupation of Mr Bleach Now I do hereby Give Will and devise |
| 0227: | All my Estate and Interest of in and to or out of all and every |
| 0228: | the said last mentioned Estates and Tithes or impropriation unto |
| 0229: | the said Richard Duncombe his Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I |
| 0230: | Give and bequeath unto my Sister Dorothy Hobbes the Sum of |
| 0231: | twenty Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain for Mourning |
| 0232: | to be paid to her by my Executrix herein after named within one |
| 0233: | Month next after my decease Also I Give and bequeath unto my |
| 0234: | Nephew the said John Hobbes and my Neice Elizabeth Mourton |
| 0235: | (Sister of the said John Hobbes) the Sum of two hundred Pounds a |
| 0236: | piece of like lawful Money the same to be paid by my Executrix |
| 0237: | herein after named within twelve Months next after my decease |
| 0238: | as to the Rest and Residue of my Personal Estate and Effects |
| 0239: | of what nature or kind soever which I shall die poss[ess]ed of and |
| 0240: | entitled unto I Give and bequeath the same and every part |
| 0241: | thereof unto my dear and loving Wife Elizabeth whom I do |
| 0242: | hereby nominate constitute and appoint Sole Executrix of this my |
| 0243: | last Will and Testament Hereby revoking all former Wills by me at |
| 0244: | any time heretofore made And do declare this only to be my last |
| 0245: | In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament |
| 0246: | contained in eight Sheets of Paper set my Hand and Seal to each |
| 0247: | Sheet thereof this ninth day of September in the Year of our Lord |
| 0248: | one thousand seven hundred and seventy four |
| 0249: | John Duncombe [Seal] |
| 0250: | Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said John Duncombe |
| 0251: | the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence |
| 0252: | of us who in his Sight and at his request and in the presence of |
| 0253: | each other have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto |
| 0254: | Rich[ar]d Hayward |
| 0255: | John Sadler |
| 0256: | PauncFort Cook |
| 0257: | |
| 0258: | This is a Codicil to |
| 0259: | the last Will and Testament of me John Duncombe of Henley |
| 0260: | upon Thames in the County of Oxford Esquire which I duly made |
| 0261: | and published bearing date the ninth day of September last past |
| 0262: | whereas I have since the making of my said Will purchased of |
| 0263: | Mrs Frances Knight her Estate and Interest of in and to |
| 0264: | several Freehold and Copyhold Messuages or Tenements Farms |
| 0265: | Lands Tyths Hereditaments and Premisses lying and being in the |
| 0266: | several Parishes of Putttingham and Tring or one of them in the |
| 0267: | County of Herts and in the Parish Liberty or Manor of Foxton |
| 0268: | in the County of Cambridge and in the Parish of Pitsey otherwise |
| 0269: | Pitsea in the County of Essex And have agreed to pay unto her |
| 0270: | and her Assigns during her Life one Annuity or Yearly Sum of |
| 0271: | ninety Pounds And Whereas I have been admitted to the Copyhold |
| 0272: | Part of the said Estates purchased of the said Mrs Knight and |
| 0273: | also to a third part or Moiety of the same Copyhold Estate which |
| 0274: | descended and came to me on the death of Mr Matthew as her |
| 0275: | Cousin and Heir at Law which said Copyhold Estates I have |
| 0276: | Surrendered to the use of my last Will and Testament Now I do |
| 0277: | hereby order and direct Edward Duncombe of Dunton in the County |
| 0278: | of Bucks Gentleman his Heirs and Assigns to receive the Rents |
| 0279: | and Profits of all the Estates before mentioned during the Life of |
| 0280: | the said Mrs Knight and from time to time to pay unto her the |
| 0281: | said Annuity or Yearly Sum of ninety Pounds in the manner |
| 0282: | the same is agreed to be paid to her and the Surplus of the same |
| 0283: | Rents and Profits if any to pay unto my loving Wife during her |
| 0284: | Life and after her death to the person and persons who shall be |
| 0285: | entitled to the Freehold and Inheritance of the same Estates |
| 0286: | proportionably But in case the said Rents and Profits should not |
| 0287: | be sufficient to pay the said Annuity or Yearly Sum of ninety |
| 0288: | Pounds Then I do hereby order and direct the deficiency to be made |
| 0289: | Good out of all or any of my other Estates devised by my said |
| 0290: | Will And my Will and desire is that in case my said loving Wife |
| 0291: | shall happen to survive and outlive the said Mrs Knight she |
| 0292: | shall receive the whole of the Rents and Profits of the before |
| 0293: | mentioned Freehold and Copyhold Messuages or Tenements Farms |
| 0294: | Lands Tythes Hereditaments and Premisses for and during the Term |
| 0295: | of her natural Life And whereas I have by my said Will devised |
| 0296: | all my Estate and Interest of and in the said Estate lying and |
| 0297: | being in the several Parishes of Puttingham and Tring or |
| 0298: | one of them in the said County of Herts Now I do hereby |
| 0299: | ratify and confirm the same unto the several and respective devisees |
| 0300: | therein named And whereas I have by my said Will given and |
| 0301: | devised my Estate and Interest of in and to or out [↑of] certain Freehold |
| 0302: | and Copyhold Messuages or Tenements Lands Tythes Hereditaments |
| 0303: | and Premisses situate lying and being in the Parish Liberty or |
| 0304: | Manor of Foxton in the County of Cambridge and in the Parish |
| 0305: | of Pitsea otherwise Pitsey in the County of Essex unto Richard |
| 0306: | Duncombe (one of the Sons of the said Edward Duncombe) And to |
| 0307: | his Heirs and Assigns for ever Now I do hereby ratify and confirm |
| 0308: | give and devise my Share or Shares Estate and Interest of in and |
| 0309: | to or out of the same Freehold and Copyhold Messuages or |
| 0310: | Tenements Lands Tythes Hereditaments and Premisses unto the |
| 0311: | said Richard Duncombe and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever And |
| 0312: | I do hereby ratify and confirm my said Will in all other respects |
| 0313: | whatsoever In Witness whereof I have to this my Writing contained |
| 0314: | in One Sheet of Paper which I declare to be a codicil to my |
| 0315: | said last Will and Testament and which is to be accepted and |
| 0316: | taken as part thereof set my Hand and Seal the twenty first |
| 0317: | day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven |
| 0318: | hundred and seventy four |
| 0319: | John Duncombe [Seal] |
| 0320: | The Writing |
| 0321: | contained in this Sheet of Paper was Signed and Sealed by the |
| 0322: | abovenamed John Duncombe and by him published and declared |
| 0323: | as and for a codicil to his last Will and Testament and to be |
| 0324: | accepted and taken as part thereof in the presence of us who |
| 0325: | have hereunder Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in his |
| 0326: | presence and in the presence of each other |
| 0327: | John Gale |
| 0328: | Richard Gale |
| 0329: | PauncFort Cook |
| 0330: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Viv Greenwood |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 26th June 2013 |
| Date modified: | 03rd March 2014 |
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This is a lengthy and complicated will involving many properties. The subsequent codicil changed the requirement of one of the legatees to sell part of the properties in Watlington to acquire a share in other properties in Hertfordshire since the testator had acquired such a share from Mrs. Frances Knight to whom he granted an annuity before his death. The current names of the towns and counties referred to in the transcript of the will have been included in the bequests. The testator's relationship to Edward Duncombe was not stated, but possibly was his brother.