Will of Henry Riggs
Occupation
- 218: Maltster
Location
Maltster of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/809 |
| First date: | 19 March 1754 |
| Probate date: | 19 June 1754 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Mary Riggs |
| Relationship: | Wife |
| (joint Executrix and joint Trustee to Testator's three sons) | |
| Executor: | Henry Sumner |
| Relationship: | Brother in law |
| (joint Executor and joint Trustee to Testator's three sons ) | |
| Witness: | William Day |
| (Witness to Will only) | |
| Witness: | John Maskall |
| (Witness to Will only) | |
| Witness: | Thomas Newell |
| (Witness to both Will and Codicil) | |
| Witness: | Abraham Watts |
| (Witness to Codicil only) | |
| Witness: | Elizabeth Bolter |
| (Witness to Codicil only) | |
| Court Official: | George Paul |
| Court Official: | George Lee |
Bequests
To: Mary Riggs (Wife)
To my wife, Mary Riggs, I confirm my marriage settlement of five hundred pounds to her; all the furniture in my house and my firewood there.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Drew; Rebecca Puffet; Daniel Riggs; William Riggs (Brothers)
To my sisters and brothers, Elizabeth Drew, Rebecca Puffet, Daniel Riggs and William Riggs, five pounds each.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Riggs (Nieces)
To the two daughters of my brother John Riggs, five pounds between them.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Henry Sumner (Brother in law)
To my brother in law, Henry Sumner, ten guineas for a ring.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Henry Riggs; John Riggs; William Riggs (Sons)
To my three sons, Henry, John and William Riggs, to receive as much as is appropriate for their education and maintenance from my trustees, Mary Riggs and Henry Sumner, arising from the investments to be held in trust following the sale by them of my estate at Burcot, Oxfordshire, recently purchased from Goldwyn, and all my other personal and real estates. At their ages of twenty one years, the capital and remaining interest to be shared between my sons but should they all have died by their ages of twenty one, then my wife to receive these funds.
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Henry Riggs of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxford |
| 0003: | Malster being at present indisposed in Body but of sound Mind |
| 0004: | Memory and Understanding being willing to settle my Affairs make |
| 0005: | publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner |
| 0006: | and form following In the first Place I ratify and confirm the |
| 0007: | Settlement of Five Hundred Pounds I made on my Wife on my |
| 0008: | Marriage with her and do give to her over and above the same |
| 0009: | all the Furniture in my Dwelling House at Henley aforesaid |
| 0010: | and also all my Billett that shall be at my said Dwelling |
| 0011: | House at Henley aforesaid at the time of my decease I give |
| 0012: | to the two Daughters of my Brother John Riggs the Sum of |
| 0013: | five Pounds between them And to my Brother William Riggs |
| 0014: | to my Brother Daniel Riggs to my Sister Rebecca Puffett to |
| 0015: | my Sister Elizabeth Drew the Sum of five Pounds each to be |
| 0016: | paid unto them respectively within twelve months after my |
| 0017: | decease I give devise and bequeath unto my dear and loving |
| 0018: | Wife Mary Riggs and to my Brother in Law Henry Sumner |
| 0019: | of the City of London Distiller and to their Heirs Executors |
| 0020: | Administrators and Assigns for ever all that my Estate at Burcott |
| 0021: | in the County of Oxford aforesaid which I lately purchased of |
| 0022: | [left blank] Goldwyn and all other my Estates whatsoever and |
| 0023: | wheresoever both Real and Personal Upon special Trust and |
| 0024: | Confidence nevertheless to sell and dispose thereof for the best |
| 0025: | Price that can be gotten for the same for the benefit of my |
| 0026: | three Sons Henry John and William and of the Survivors and |
| 0027: | Survivor of them to whom I give the same And my Will |
| 0028: | is and I hereby direct that all Moneys arising by Sale of |
| 0029: | my Estate Stock or otherwise shall be placed out at Interest |
| 0030: | on the best Security or Securitys that can be gotten for the same |
| 0031: | until my said three Sons shall attain [↑to] his or their Age or |
| 0032: | Ages of twenty one years each of them to come to and receive |
| 0033: | his said Share when he shall arrive to the Age of twenty one |
| 0034: | years And my Will is further and I do hereby direct my Executors |
| 0035: | and Trustees and the Survivor of them and the Executor or |
| 0036: | Administrator of such Survivor out of the Income Interest and |
| 0037: | Produce of my said Moneys to be raised by Sale of my said |
| 0038: | Estate Stock or otherwise as Aforesaid such part and so much |
| 0039: | as is necessary shall be applyed for and towards the Education |
| 0040: | Maintenance and bringing up of my said three Sons and the |
| 0041: | residue and remainder thereof shall be placed out at Interest |
| 0042: | with the other Moneys And further that in case all my said |
| 0043: | three Sons should die under the Age of twenty one years Then |
| 0044: | and in such Case I give all my said Estates both Real and |
| 0045: | Personal to my said dear and loving Wife Mary Riggs her |
| 0046: | Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever And Lastly |
| 0047: | I hereby make and ordain my said Wife Mary Riggs and |
| 0048: | my Brother in Law the said Henry Sumner Executrix and |
| 0049: | Executor of this my last Will and Testament and Trustees to |
| 0050: | my said Sons and I give to my said Brother in Law Henry |
| 0051: | Sumner the Sum of ten Guineas for a Ring and do revoke |
| 0052: | all former Wills by me heretofore made And in Testimony that |
| 0053: | this Writing is and contains my last Will and Testament I |
| 0054: | the said Henry Riggs the Testator have hereunto set my |
| 0055: | Hand and Seal this Nineteenth day of March in the Year of |
| 0056: | Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and fifty four |
| 0057: | Henry Riggs |
| 0058: | Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Henry |
| 0059: | Riggs as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence |
| 0060: | of Us who in his presence and at his request have Subscribed |
| 0061: | our Names as Witnesses hereto |
| 0062: | W[illia]m Day |
| 0063: | John Maskall |
| 0064: | Tho[ma]s Newell |
| 0065: | |
| 0066: | Whereas I Henry Riggs the Testator within |
| 0067: | named have by my within Will given and bequeathed all |
| 0068: | my Real and Personal Estate to be divided amongst my three |
| 0069: | Sons Henry John and William Now I being willing to make |
| 0070: | some addition to my Will And in case I should have a Child |
| 0071: | born after my decease Then and in such Case my Will is |
| 0072: | and I hereby direct that all my said Estates both Real and |
| 0073: | Personal shall be equally divided between such Child and my |
| 0074: | said three Sons in the same manner and method as in my |
| 0075: | said Will is contained In Witness whereof I the said Henry Riggs |
| 0076: | have to this Writing which I declare to be a Codicil to my |
| 0077: | said Will and desire to be accepted and taken as part and |
| 0078: | parcel thereof set my Hand and Seal this twenty third day of |
| 0079: | March One thousand Seven hundred and fifty four |
| 0080: | Henry Riggs |
| 0081: | |
| 0082: | Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the above |
| 0083: | named Henry Riggs as and for a Codicil to his last Will and |
| 0084: | Testament in the presence of Us who have hereunto Subscribed |
| 0085: | our Names as Witnesses thereto in his presence and in the |
| 0086: | presence of each other |
| 0087: | Tho[ma]s Newell |
| 0088: | Abraham Watts |
| 0089: | The Mark Elizabeth Bolter |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author Hilary Fisher |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 12th November 2013 |
| Date modified: | 13th May 2014 |
Comments
The codicil provides for the possibility of a posthumous child of the testator; in which case that child to be included with the three sons on the same basis as specified in the provisions relating to the trust.