Will of Ann Brookman
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Widow of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/1281 |
| First date: | 23 May 1788 |
| Probate date: | 15 November 1796 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Joseph Allwright Rackstraw |
| (and Trustee) | |
| Witness: | Thomas Cooper |
| Other: | Humphrey Jeston |
| (Commissioner) | |
| Witness: | J.A. ?Islesman |
| Court Official: | William Wynne |
Bequests
To: Joseph Corderoy (Brother)
To my brother Joseph Corderoy, the sum of fifty pounds stock, part of £600 stock ( being half of the total £1200 stock) in the three per cent Consolidated Annuities
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Webb (Sister)
To my sister Elizabeth Webb, the sum of one hundred pounds stock, part of £600 stock (being half of my total £1200) in the three percent Consolidated Annuities
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Webb; Hannah Corderoy (Nieces)
To my nieces, Elizabeth Webb and Hannah Corderoy, the respective sums of £50 and £10 stock, part of £600 stock (being half of my total £1200 stock) in the three per cent Consolidated Annuities
Bequest Types
Names
To: Wise (Nephews and Nieces)
To the five children of my late sister Mary Wise, two hundred pounds stock to be shared equally, part of the £600 stock (being half of my total £1200 stock) in the three per cent Consolidated Annuities. To be inherited at the age of twenty one, and in the event of death of any of them, their share to be divided amongst the survivor(s) equally.
Bequest Types
Names
To: (Nephews and Nieces)
The remainder of the £600 stock (i.e. £190) to be equally divided amongst all my nephews and nieces living at my death
Bequest Types
To: Elizabeth Webb (Nephews and Nieces)
All my household goods, furniture, plate and china I give to my niece Elizabeth Webb and the five children of my late sister Elizabeth Webb to be equally divided between them.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Catherine Brookman; Mary Brookman (Daughter in law)
To my daughters in law, Catherine Brookman and Mary Brookman, six hundred pounds stock (residue of the total £1200 stock in the Consolidated Annuities) equally divided between them; all my linen and wearing apparel to be equally divided between them; the rest and residue of my estate to be divided between them and for their own use and benefit. To be inherited at the age of twenty one; with the executor applying the income in the meantime for their education and maintenance.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Joseph Allwright Rackstraw
To Joseph Rackstraw, ten pounds for the execution of my will
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Ann Brookman of Henley upon Thames in the County |
| 0003: | of Oxford Widow being of sound mind memory and |
| 0004: | understanding do make and ordain this my last will and |
| 0005: | Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First |
| 0006: | I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God who |
| 0007: | gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth to be |
| 0008: | decently Intered at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter |
| 0009: | named and as to such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath |
| 0010: | pleased God to bless me I dispose thereof as follows (that |
| 0011: | is to say) Whereas I have the Sum of Twelve hundred |
| 0012: | pounds Stock in the three per cent Consolidated Annuities |
| 0013: | Now I do hereby dispose of Six hundred pounds part of |
| 0014: | the said Sum of Twelve hundred pounds in manner following |
| 0015: | (that is to say) First I give and bequeath unto my |
| 0016: | Brother Joseph Corderoy the Sum of Fifty pounds Stock |
| 0017: | part of the said sum of Six hundred pounds Stock Also |
| 0018: | I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Webb the |
| 0019: | Sum of One hundred pounds Stock other part of the said |
| 0020: | sum of Six hundred pounds Stock Also I give and bequeath |
| 0021: | unto my Niece Elizabeth Webb the sum of fifty pounds of |
| 0022: | lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid out of the |
| 0023: | said Stock Also I give and bequeath unto my Niece |
| 0024: | Hannah Corderoy the Sum of Ten pounds of lawful |
| 0025: | Money of Great Britain to be paid out of the said |
| 0026: | Stock Also I give and bequeath unto the Five Children of |
| 0027: | my late Sister Mary Wise the sum of Two hundred |
| 0028: | pounds Stock part of the said Sum of Six hundred pounds |
| 0029: | Stock to be equally divided between them share and share |
| 0030: | alike when and as they shall respectively arrive at the |
| 0031: | age of twenty one years but if it should happen that |
| 0032: | if either one or more of the said Children shall die |
| 0033: | before arriving at the [↑said] age of twenty one years then I |
| 0034: | will and direct that the share or shares of him her or |
| 0035: | them so dying shall go and be equally divided between |
| 0036: | the Survivors of them respectively share and share alike |
| 0037: | all the Rest and Residue of the said Sum of Six hundred |
| 0038: | pounds Stock in the said three per cent Consolidated Bank |
| 0039: | Stock I give and bequeath unto and amongst all and |
| 0040: | every my Nephews and Nieces that shall be living at |
| 0041: | my death equally to be divided between them share |
| 0042: | and share alike all my Household Goods Furniture |
| 0043: | Plate and China I give and bequeath unto my said Niece |
| 0044: | Elizabeth Webb and to the said Five Children of my said |
| 0045: | late Sister Mary Wise equally to be divided between them |
| 0046: | share and share alike Also I give and bequeath unto |
| 0047: | my two daughters in Law Catherine Brookman and |
| 0048: | Mary Brookman the Sum of Six hundred pounds Stock |
| 0049: | Residue of the said sum of Twelve hundred pounds Stock |
| 0050: | which I have in the three per cent Consolidated Bank |
| 0051: | Annuities equally to be divided between them share and |
| 0052: | share alike Also I give and bequeath unto my said two |
| 0053: | daughters in Law Catherine Brookman and Mary Brookman |
| 0054: | all my Linen and Wearing Apparel equally to be divided |
| 0055: | between them share and share alike Also I give and |
| 0056: | bequeath unto Joseph Allwright Rackstraw of Henley |
| 0057: | upon Thames aforesaid Grocer the Sum of Ten pounds of |
| 0058: | lawful Money of Great Britain for the trouble he will |
| 0059: | be at in the Execution of this my will All the Rest and |
| 0060: | Residue of my Estate and Estates whatsoever and wheresoever |
| 0061: | and of what nature or kindsoever not hereinbefore by me |
| 0062: | disposed of I give and bequeath unto my said two |
| 0063: | daughters in Law Catherine Brookman and Mary Brookman |
| 0064: | to be equally divided between them share and share |
| 0065: | alike to and for their own use and benefit and I do |
| 0066: | hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Joseph |
| 0067: | Allwright Rackstraw Executor of this my Will and |
| 0068: | Trustee and Guardian of the respective Fortunes of my |
| 0069: | said daughters in Law Catherine Brookman and Mary |
| 0070: | Brookman and the five Children of my said Sister |
| 0071: | Mary Wise until they shall respectively arrive at the |
| 0072: | Age of twenty one Years and in the mean time to |
| 0073: | apply the Income Interest dividends and produce of the |
| 0074: | said Sums so respectively to them given towards their |
| 0075: | respective Education Maintenance and Support until they |
| 0076: | shall respectively attain their said Age of twenty one |
| 0077: | years and it is my Will and I do hereby declare that |
| 0078: | my said Trustee shall not be charged or chargeable with |
| 0079: | or accountable for more of the said Trust Monies than |
| 0080: | he shall respectively actually receive or shall come to |
| 0081: | his Hands by virtue of this my Will nor for any Loss |
| 0082: | that may happen to the said Trust Money or any |
| 0083: | part thereof so as such Loss happen without his wilful |
| 0084: | default and also that it shall and may be lawful to and |
| 0085: | for my said Trustee out of the said Trust Monies to |
| 0086: | reimburse to himself all such Costs Charges damages and |
| 0087: | Expences as he shall or may sustain expend or be put |
| 0088: | unto for or by reason or in or about the performance of |
| 0089: | this my Will or the Trusts hereby in him reposed and |
| 0090: | Lastly I do hereby revoke and make void all former |
| 0091: | and other Will and Wills by me at any time heretofore |
| 0092: | made and do declare [↑this] and this only to be my true last |
| 0093: | Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Ann |
| 0094: | Brookman the Testatrix have to this my Will contained |
| 0095: | in two sheets of Paper to the first Sheet set my Hand |
| 0096: | and to the last my Hand and Seal the twenty third day |
| 0097: | of May in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven |
| 0098: | hundred and eighty eight |
| 0099: | |
| 0100: | Ann Brookman [Seal] |
| 0101: | |
| 0102: | Signed |
| 0103: | Sealed Published and declared by the within named Ann |
| 0104: | Brookman the Testatrix as and for her last Will and |
| 0105: | Testament in the presence of us who in her presence |
| 0106: | at her request and in the presence of each other |
| 0107: | have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto |
| 0108: | Thomas Cooper Junr |
| 0109: | J.A.Islesman |
| 0110: | |
| 0111: | Nov[em]b[e]r 18 1795 my Will and desire is |
| 0112: | that the one hundred pound Stock I left to my late |
| 0113: | Sister Webb be equally divided between her two Sons |
| 0114: | and her daughter Ann Webb oneley the] shall give |
| 0115: | thair Father James Webb Five pounds out of the same |
| 0116: | Money |
| 0117: | Ann Brookman [Seal] |
| 0118: | |
| 0119: | 29th October 1796 |
| 0120: | Appeared Personally Joseph Allwright |
| 0121: | Rackstraw of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxford |
| 0122: | Gent and Mary Brookman of the same place Spinster |
| 0123: | and made Oath that they know and were well acquainted |
| 0124: | with Ann Brookman late of Henley upon Thames in the |
| 0125: | County of Oxford Widow deceased and with her manner |
| 0126: | and character of Handwriting and subscription by |
| 0127: | having frequently seen her write and subscribe her |
| 0128: | Name and having now with care and attention viewed |
| 0129: | and perused the paper writing hereto annexed purporting |
| 0130: | to be a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of the |
| 0131: | said deceased the said Codicil beginning thus Nov[em]b[e]r 18 |
| 0132: | 1795 ending thus "Oneley the shall give thair Father |
| 0133: | James Webb Five pounds out of the same Money" and |
| 0134: | thus Subscribed "Ann Brookman" They the Appearers |
| 0135: | say they do verily and in their consciences believe the |
| 0136: | whole Series and Contents of the said paper Writing |
| 0137: | beginning ending and subscribed as aforesaid to be of the |
| 0138: | proper Handwriting of the said Ann Brookman Widow |
| 0139: | deceased |
| 0140: | Joseph Allwright Rackstraw |
| 0141: | Mary Brookman |
| 0142: | |
| 0143: | the |
| 0144: | said Joseph Allwright Rackstraw and Mary Brookman |
| 0145: | were duly sworn to the Truth of the above affidavit by |
| 0146: | virtue of the annexed Commission before me |
| 0147: | Humphrey Jeston |
| 0148: | Commiss[ion]or |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 20th May 2013 |
| Date modified: | 04th February 2014 |