Will of Titus Seal
Occupation
- 032: Schoolmaster
Location
Schoolmaster of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/779 |
| First date: | 10 November 1749 |
| Probate date: | 07 May 1750 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Titus Seal |
| Relationship: | Father |
| Court Official: | Robert Chapman |
| Court Official: | Henry Stevens |
| Court Official: | John Bettesworth |
Bequests
To: John Seal (Brother)
To my brother John Seal thirty pounds that is in the hands of John Corderoy; all my wearing apparel, linen and woollen, my watch and buckles, and neck buckle; and one gold ring. Five pairs of sheets
Bequest Types
Names
To: Titus Seal (Father)
To my father, Titus Seal, the interest of 70 pounds during his life and on his death to the two boys; the interest of the £300 which is in the hands of Mr. Styles of Turville Heath for his life and after his death to my brother for his life and after his death two hundred pounds to my kinsman John Seal; and all my household goods.
Bequest Types
Names
To: George Seal (Brother)
To my kinsman George Seal, one hundred pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mrs. Baynes; Mrs. Southam; Mrs. Taylor (Friends)
To my good friend Mrs. Baynes the contents of the little portmanteau; to Mrs. Southam and Mrs. Taylor the contents of the great portmanteau.
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Titus Seal of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxon Schoolmaster |
| 0003: | being Ill but of a perfect sound mind memory and understanding |
| 0004: | thanks be given to God therefore) and calling to Mind the certainty |
| 0005: | of death and uncertainty of the time when and to avoid all disputes |
| 0006: | which may happen after my decease as far as in me lyes do make |
| 0007: | and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form |
| 0008: | following First I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God |
| 0009: | who gave it trusting to obtain Salvation through the Merits Death |
| 0010: | and Passion of Jesus Christ my ever blessed Saviour and Redeemer |
| 0011: | and my Body to the Earth from whence it came to be decently |
| 0012: | buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after named and as for |
| 0013: | my Worldly Estate which God in his Mercy hath bestowed on me I |
| 0014: | dispose thereof as followeth (that is to say) I give devise and |
| 0015: | bequeath to my Brother John Seal Thirty Pounds that is in the |
| 0016: | Hands of Mr John Corderoy to be paid him Six Months after my |
| 0017: | decease by my Executor herein after named Also I give to my Father |
| 0018: | the Interest of £70 during his natural Life and after to the two Boys |
| 0019: | Item I give to my Brother all my Wearing Apparel Linnen and |
| 0020: | Woollen also my my Watch and Buckles and Neck Buckle Also |
| 0021: | I give devise and bequeath to my Honoured Father Titus Seal the |
| 0022: | Interest of the three hundred Pounds which is in the Hands of Mr |
| 0023: | Styles of Tirvil Heath for and during the Term of his natural Life Also my |
| 0024: | Will and desire is that my Father would take up the said Three |
| 0025: | Hundred Pounds that is in the Hands of Mr Styles and put it in the |
| 0026: | East India House Also I give and bequeath unto my Brother after |
| 0027: | the decease of my Father the Interest of the said three hundred Pounds |
| 0028: | for and during his natural Life and after the decease of my Brother |
| 0029: | I give and bequeath unto my Kinsman John Seal two hundred |
| 0030: | Pounds Also I give unto the said John Seal One Gold Ring Also |
| 0031: | I give and bequeath unto my Kinsman Geore Seal one hundred |
| 0032: | Pounds Also I give unto my Brother Five pair of Sheets one |
| 0033: | Holland pair and four others and Lastly I give devise and bequeath |
| 0034: | unto my Honoured Father Titus Seal all my Household Goods |
| 0035: | whatsoever and wheresoever whom I make and ordain the full and |
| 0036: | sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament revoking all |
| 0037: | former Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do publish |
| 0038: | and declare this to be my last Will and Testament and no other |
| 0039: | In Witness whereof I the said Titus Seal the Testator have to this |
| 0040: | my last Will and Testament Set my Hand and Seal this Tenth |
| 0041: | day of November and in the Twenty third year of the Reign |
| 0042: | of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God |
| 0043: | of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the |
| 0044: | Faith and Anno Domini 1749 |
| 0045: | Titus Seal |
| 0046: | |
| 0047: | Before the Signing and Sealing of this my last Will |
| 0048: | I give devise and bequeath unto my very good Friend Mrs |
| 0049: | Baynes all that is in the little Portmantue also I give devise |
| 0050: | and bequeath unto Mrs Southam and Mrs Taylor all that is in |
| 0051: | the great Portmantue desiring them to accept the same |
| 0052: | Titus Seal |
| 0053: | |
| 0054: | 24th April 1750 |
| 0055: | Appeared Personally Titus Seal of Henley upon Thames |
| 0056: | in the County of Oxford Gardiner and being Sworn on the Holy |
| 0057: | Evangelists to depose the Truth made Oath as follows that he is |
| 0058: | the natural and lawful Father of Titus Seal late of Henley |
| 0059: | upon Thames aforesaid Schoolmaster deceased that his said Son |
| 0060: | died on the fifth day of January last and after his death the |
| 0061: | Deponent found lockt up in a Drawer of his the deceaseds Chest |
| 0062: | of Drawers the Paper Writing hereto annext Purporting to be |
| 0063: | the last Will and Testament of the said Deceased bearing date |
| 0064: | tenth day of November 1749 with a Post[↑s]cript or Codicil thereto |
| 0065: | without date and he saith that on the said dece[ase]ds death he |
| 0066: | found the Key of the said Drawer in which the said Will was |
| 0067: | lockt in his the said deceaseds Breeches Pocket and the said |
| 0068: | Will and Codicil when so found were in the same Plight and |
| 0069: | Condition as they now appear and Particularly the Erazure |
| 0070: | at the end of the fifteenth Line of the said Will and the |
| 0071: | Words thirty Pounds wrote on such Erazure did then appear |
| 0072: | therein in the same manner as they now do and the |
| 0073: | Deponent saith that the Deponents Son John Seal the Brother |
| 0074: | of the said Titus Seal deceased died before the said Titus Seal |
| 0075: | the Testator and the Deponent doth verily believe the whole |
| 0076: | Body of the said Will and Codicil and also the said Words thirty |
| 0077: | Pounds wrote on the said Erazure and the Several Interlineations |
| 0078: | in the said Will to have been all wrote by and with the Proper |
| 0079: | Hand of the said Titus Seal the Testator deceased |
| 0080: | |
| 0081: | the mark of Titus Seal.................................... same |
| 0082: | day the said Titus Seal was Sworn to the Truth of this affidavit |
| 0083: | before me Rob[er]t Chapman Surrogate Present Hen[ry] Stevens |
| 0084: | Notary Public |
| 0085: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Cynthia |
| Checked by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Date posted: | 18th September 2013 |
| Date modified: | 22nd May 2014 |