Will of Joanna Lucas
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 11/981 |
| First date: | December 1767 |
| Probate date: | 27 October 1772 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Robert Rowden |
| Relationship: | Nephew |
| (Jointly with Francis Rowden) | |
| Executor: | Francis Rowden |
| Relationship: | Nephew |
| (Jointly with Robert Rowden) | |
| Witness: | Mary Day |
| Relationship: | Servant |
| Witness: | Elizabeth Parker |
| Relationship: | Servant |
| Witness: | Sarah Lanyon |
| Relationship: | Sister |
| Other: | William Wynne |
| (Witness to affidavit) | |
| Other: | Henry Major |
| (Witness to affidavit) | |
| Court Official: | Andrew Ducarel |
| (Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Court of Canterbury) | |
| Court Official: | George Hay |
| (Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) | |
| Other: | Rachel Edwards |
| Other: | Martha Bates |
Bequests
To: Robert Rowden (Nephew)
I give to my nephew Robert Rowden of London, vintner, one hundred pounds
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Names
To: Francis Rowden (Nephew)
I give to my nephew Francis Rowden, fellow of Merton College, Oxford, clerk, fifty pounds.
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Names
To: Sarah Lanyon (Sister)
I give to my sister Sarah Lanyon fifty pounds of the money she now owes me.
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Names
To: Arabella Rowden (Sister)
I give to my sister Arabella Rowden all the interest that shall accrue after my death from the money I shall have before it is paid away by my executors in legacies or otherwise.
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To: Rachael Edwards (Friend)
I give to Mrs Rachael Edwards one guinea to buy a ring in remembrance of our former friendship
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Names
To: Mary Day; Elizabeth Parker (Servant)
I give to Mary Day and Elizabeth Parker, now my servants, two guineas each, but only if they are living with me at the time of my death.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Frances Roades (Grand daughter)
I give to my granddaughter in law Frances Roades three hundred pounds and the sum of ninety one pounds, sixteen shillings and eleven pence halfpenny which she now owes me for board, education, clothing and disbursements. I further give her the following household goods - one large silver tankard, one silver coffee pot, one silver pint mug, seven silver tablespoons, the best six silver teaspoons and tongs, one gold watch in a green shagreen case (in the bedchamber over the parlour) one bedstead with green worsted damask furniture, one feather bed, bolster and two pillows, one mattress, three blankets and one quilt, one mirror, one chimney mirror (over the chimney, and another chimney mirror now in the closet), one mirror (on the dressing table), the red curtains (in the drawers), the grate and brass front, fire shovel, tongs, poker and brass fender, four chairs with leather seats, two stools covered with linen, one mahogany chest of drawers, two portrait paintings, three worsted damask window curtains, chamber pot (in the bedchamber over the kitchen) bedstead with blue china furniture, feather bed, bolster and two pillows, one quilt and three blankets, mahogany card table, three rush-seated chairs, one box-bed, feather bed, bolster and two pillows, two blankets and one quilt, six pairs of sheets, five large and five small tablecloths (in the parlour) two armchairs, six other chairs with embroidered seats, one round mahogany table, one square mahogany dining table, half the china in the parlour and half the brass and pewter in the Kitchen. This legacy of three hundred pounds and the household goods is to be given to her at the age of twenty one if she is unmarried or married with the consent of my executors. If she is married without such consent, then the legacy is to be given to any legitimate children she may have in equal shares, but if she has no children then the three hundred pounds is to be paid to her weekly at the rate of ten shillings a week until fully paid and the household goods given to her when my executors think it best for her. If she dies before she receives any or all of this legacy, then all or the remainder is to be paid to my daughter in law Jane Roades at the rate of ten shillings a week and the household goods given to her when most appropriate for her. If both Frances Roads and Jane Roads die before this is fully paid, then the legacy or the remainder of it is to pass to my two sisters Sarah Lanyon and Arabella Rowden or the survivor of them, and if both my sisters shall die, then it is to pass to the natural heirs of Arabella Rowden. I give my books to Fanny, but not books in trade.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Arabella Rowden (Niece)
I give to my niece Arabella Rowden one hundred pounds to be paid within one calendar month of my death. I also give to her her the following items: one old watch in a chased case with the Gold Chased Chain and fittings, one large silver salver, the residue of my plate (other than that given to Frances Roades), my rings and jewels, my clothing, the residue of my linen, brass, pewter and china (other than that given to Frances Roades) and the residue of my household goods.
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Names
To: Sarah Lanyon (Sister)
I give to my sister Sarah Lanyon twenty pounds a year for her lifetime in half-yearly payments out of the interest of money in the hands of my nephews (Robert Rowden of London two hundred and sixty pounds) and Francis Rowden of Merton College, Oxford, two hundred and thirty pounds). If the interest of this is not sufficient, then it is to be paid out of the principal.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Jane Roades (Daughter)
The remainder, after payment of my funeral expenses, of the first year's rent after my death of the house in Cannon Street, occupied by Mr Rotherford, Baker I give to Jane Roades, my daughter, who lives at Kingston. After this, the rent is to be equally divided between my sisters, nephews and niece.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Sarah Lanyon (Sister)
I give a black silk sack petticoat to my sister Sarah Lanyon
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To: Arabella Rowden (Sister)
I give the rest of my mourning clothes to my sister [Arabella] Rowden and all my other clothes to my niece [Arabella Rowden]
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Joanna Lucas of Henley on Thames Oxfordshire |
| 0003: | Widow being in Sound Mind and Perfect Memory do this |
| 0004: | [left blank] Day of December in the year of our Lord |
| 0005: | One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Seven and in the |
| 0006: | Eighth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George |
| 0007: | the Third of Great Britain France and Ireland King |
| 0008: | Defender of the Faith and so forth make and Publish this |
| 0009: | my last Will and Testament in the manner and form following |
| 0010: | (that is to say) First I recommend my Soul to God who Gave |
| 0011: | it me And my Body to the Earth to be buried in such decent |
| 0012: | and Frugal manner as my Executors hereinafter named |
| 0013: | Shall think proper And as to the Worldly Goods and |
| 0014: | Effects with which it has pleased Almighty God to bless me |
| 0015: | after my Just Debts and Funeral Expences are paid and |
| 0016: | Discharged I Dispose thereof as follows Item I Give and |
| 0017: | bequeath to my Nephew Robert Rowden of London |
| 0018: | Vintner the Sum of One hundred pounds Item I Give and |
| 0019: | bequeath to my Nephew Francis Rowden now Fellow of Merton |
| 0020: | College Oxford Clerk Fifty pounds Item I Give and bequeath |
| 0021: | to my Sister Sarah Lanyon the Sum of Fifty pounds of the |
| 0022: | Money which she now owes to me and is now in her |
| 0023: | Hands Item I Give and bequeath to my Sister Arabella |
| 0024: | Rowden all the Interest Money that shall Grow due |
| 0025: | after my Decease from the Money I shall be Possessed |
| 0026: | of at my Decease till such Money be paid away in |
| 0027: | Legacys or otherwise by my Executors Item I Give and |
| 0028: | bequeath to Mrs Rachael Edwards One Guinea to buy |
| 0029: | a Ring in remembrance of our former friendship Item |
| 0030: | I Give and bequeath to Mary Day and Elizabeth Parker |
| 0031: | my two Servants Two Guineas each (if they shall live |
| 0032: | with me at the time of my Decease and not otherwise) |
| 0033: | Item I Give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter in |
| 0034: | Law Frances Roades the Sum of Three hundred pounds |
| 0035: | I Also Give bequeath and remit to her the said Frances |
| 0036: | Roades the Sum of ninety one pounds Sixteen Shillings and |
| 0037: | Eleven pence half penny in which Sum She now Stands |
| 0038: | Indebted to me on my Book for Board Education Cloathing |
| 0039: | and Disbursements I further Give and bequeath to |
| 0040: | the said Frances Roades Sundry Household Goods and |
| 0041: | things, the Inventory of which here followeth, that is to |
| 0042: | say, One large Silver Tankard One Silver Coffee Pot |
| 0043: | one Silver Pint Mug, Seven Silver Table Spoons Six |
| 0044: | Silver Tea Spoons (the best & tongs) One Gold Watch |
| 0045: | in a Green Chagrine Case (In the Bed Chamber over |
| 0046: | the Parlour) One Bedstead Green Worsted Damask |
| 0047: | Furniture One Feather Bed bolster and two Pillows, one |
| 0048: | Mattres three Blankets and one Quilt One Peer Glass |
| 0049: | One Chimney Glass over the Chimney, one other Chimney |
| 0050: | Glass now lying in the Closet of the said Room one |
| 0051: | [↑one Dressing Table Glass upon it in my Room and |
| 0052: | the Red Curtains in the Drawers in my Room] |
| 0053: | Stove Grate brass Front One Fire shovel Tongs Poker |
| 0054: | and a brass Fender Four Chairs Leather Seats two Stools |
| 0055: | Covered with Linnen one Mahogany Chest of Drawes Two |
| 0056: | Portrait Painted Pictures three Worsted Damask |
| 0057: | Window Curtains (In the Bed Chamber over the kitchin |
| 0058: | One Bedstead blue China Furniture One Feather Bed |
| 0059: | Bolster and two Pillows One Quilt and three Blanketts |
| 0060: | One Mahogany Card Table three Matted bottom Chairs |
| 0061: | One Burau Bedstead One Feather Bed Bolster and two Pillows |
| 0062: | two Blankets and one Quilt now twined up in the Bedstead |
| 0063: | (Linnen One Pair of Sheets marked JL Two pair of Sheets |
| 0064: | Marked with the Figure 5 three pair of sheets marked with |
| 0065: | the figures 63 five large Table Cloths (no mark) five small |
| 0066: | Table Cloths marked with the figures 63 (In the Parlour) |
| 0067: | Two Elbow Chairs Six other Chairs worked seats, one |
| 0068: | round Mahogany Table One Square Mahogany Dining |
| 0069: | Table half the China in the Parlour and half the brass |
| 0070: | and Pewter in the Kitchin (the other half of the China |
| 0071: | in the Parlour and Brass in the Kitchen to be bequeathed |
| 0072: | as is herein after mentioned) to be Equally Divided by an |
| 0073: | Appraizer of Household Goods, the above bequeathed Three |
| 0074: | hundred pounds and Goods to be paid and delivered to the said |
| 0075: | Frances Roades when she shall arrive at the Age of Twenty |
| 0076: | one years Provided She shall be then unmarried or shall |
| 0077: | be Married with the Approbation and Consent of my Ex[ecu]tors |
| 0078: | and not otherwise, For in Case she shall be Married before |
| 0079: | She arrives at the Age of Twenty one years without without |
| 0080: | their Consent and Approbation I do in that Case Give and |
| 0081: | bequeath the above mentioned Sum of Three hundred pounds |
| 0082: | and the rest of the Articles above mentioned (as bequeathed |
| 0083: | to the said Frances Roades) to her Child or Children legally |
| 0084: | begotten if she shall have any such and if more than one |
| 0085: | to be Equally Divided between them Share and Share |
| 0086: | alike, But if she shall then have no Child Then it is |
| 0087: | my Will and I do hereby Direct that the said Three hundred |
| 0088: | pounds shall be paid to her the said Frances Roades |
| 0089: | Weekly in the Sum of Ten Shillings Per Week till that Sum |
| 0090: | be so paid to her if she shall live long enough to receive |
| 0091: | the same in that manner and the Goods above bequeathed |
| 0092: | to her shall be Delivered to her at such time or times as |
| 0093: | it Shall [↑appear] to my Executors most to her Advantage But in |
| 0094: | Case the said Frances Roades Shall die before any or all |
| 0095: | the Money mentioned or any or all the Goods abovementioned |
| 0096: | be Paid and Delivered as above to her I do then Give and |
| 0097: | bequeath all or the Remainder of the three hundred |
| 0098: | Pounds and all or the remainder of the Goods (bequeathed |
| 0099: | as above to Frances Roades) to my Daughter in Law Jane |
| 0100: | Roades the Money to be paid and the Goods to be delivered |
| 0101: | to her as it was Intended as above to be paid and Delivered |
| 0102: | to Frances Roades, that is to say, the Money to be paid to |
| 0103: | her Weekly at Ten Shillings Per Week and the Goods to |
| 0104: | be Delivered to her at such time or times as it shall |
| 0105: | Appear to my Executors most to her Advantage, But |
| 0106: | provided the above said Frances Roades and the said Jane |
| 0107: | Roades Shall Die before all or a part of the said |
| 0108: | Three hundred pounds be so paid and the Goods delivered |
| 0109: | Then in that Case I Give and bequeath all or such |
| 0110: | part of the Three hundred pounds and all or part of the |
| 0111: | Goods which shall remain unpaid and not delivered (if any) |
| 0112: | To my two Sisters Sarah Lanyon and Arabella Rowden to |
| 0113: | |
| 0114: | I Give fanny y[e] Close Stool in my Chamber |
| 0115: | Witnesses Mary Day. Elizabeth Parker |
| 0116: | |
| 0117: | be equally Divided between them Share and Share alike the |
| 0118: | Money to be paid to each of them Weekly in the Sum of |
| 0119: | Ten Shillings Per Week each and the Goods to be deliverd |
| 0120: | to them equally Share and Share alike and when either of |
| 0121: | them shall Die the whole of the remainder to the longest |
| 0122: | liver of them And if both my said Sisters shall Die |
| 0123: | before all the above mentioned Money be paid and the |
| 0124: | said Goods Delivered I Give and bequeath such remainder |
| 0125: | to the Heirs at Law of my said Sister Arabella Rowden |
| 0126: | Item I do hereby Give and bequeath to my Niece Arabella |
| 0127: | Rowden the sum of One hundred pounds to be paid to her |
| 0128: | at the end of One Calendar Month after my Decease And |
| 0129: | I do hereby also Give and bequeath to my said Neice |
| 0130: | Arabella Rowden the under mentioned Goods and things |
| 0131: | (that is to say) One Gold Watch in a Chased Case with |
| 0132: | the Gold Chased Chain and Appurt[enance]s thereunto belonging |
| 0133: | One large Silver Salver All and Singular my Plate Excepting |
| 0134: | what is above bequeathed to Frances Roades All and Singular |
| 0135: | my Rings and Jewels All and Singularly my Wearing Apparel |
| 0136: | All and Singularly my Linnen whatsoever Excepting what is |
| 0137: | bequeathed as above to Frances Roades One half of the |
| 0138: | Brass and pewter in the kitchin and half the China in |
| 0139: | the Parlour together with all the rest and residue of my |
| 0140: | Household Goods and Furniture and other Effects whatsoever |
| 0141: | and wheresoever Excepting only what is bequeathed as above |
| 0142: | Specified And I Do hereby Nominate Constitute and Appoint |
| 0143: | my two Nephews Robert Rowden of London Vintner |
| 0144: | and Francis Rowden of Merton College Oxford Clerk to |
| 0145: | be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament In |
| 0146: | Witness whereof I the said Joanna Lucas have to this |
| 0147: | my last Will and Testament containing two Sheets of paper |
| 0148: | (having set my hand to the first Sheet and read over and |
| 0149: | perused the whole) set my hand and Seal the Day and year |
| 0150: | first above written the words if they shall live with me |
| 0151: | at the time of my Decease and not otherwise between the |
| 0152: | fourteenth and fifteenth line of the first Sheet being first |
| 0153: | interlined |
| 0154: | |
| 0155: | Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Joanna |
| 0156: | Lucas as and for her last Will and Testament in the |
| 0157: | presence of us whose names are hereunder written who |
| 0158: | did each of us Subscribe our names as Witness at her |
| 0159: | request and in her Presence in the Room where she then |
| 0160: | was |
| 0161: | |
| 0162: | Mary Day |
| 0163: | Elizabeth Parker |
| 0164: | Sarah Lanyon |
| 0165: | |
| 0166: | I Give and bequeath to my Dearly Beloved Sister |
| 0167: | Sarah Lanyon now living with me twenty pounds a year |
| 0168: | During her life at half yearly Payments out of the |
| 0169: | Interest of Money in the hands of my Nephews Robert |
| 0170: | Rowden of London two hundred sixty pounds in Francis |
| 0171: | Rowden of Oxford Merton College two hundred thirty pounds |
| 0172: | with Interest for the same and if not Sufficient to be paid |
| 0173: | out of the Principal I leave there is above a hundred |
| 0174: | pounds in funds a Stone to be put up in the Church in a |
| 0175: | Decent manner in Memory of my D[ea]r M[r] Lucas & Self |
| 0176: | the part of the House Ive in Cannon Occupied by M[↑r] |
| 0177: | Rotherford Baker to take the first year after my decease |
| 0178: | to Defray my funeral Expences afterwards to Jane Roads |
| 0179: | my Daughter who live at Kingston if any Time to come |
| 0180: | of the Lease if any Money over to be equally Divided |
| 0181: | between my Sisters Nephews and Neice a black Silk |
| 0182: | Sack [↑petticoat] my Sister Lanyon I Give it to, the rest of my Mourning |
| 0183: | Clothes to my D[ea]r Sister Rowden and all my Clothes |
| 0184: | besides to my Neice my Books to fanny but not Books in |
| 0185: | Trade whereof I set my hand |
| 0186: | |
| 0187: | Joanna Lucas |
| 0188: | |
| 0189: | 1771 |
| 0190: | 25 September I Desire Frances Rowde[n] Oxford may |
| 0191: | an equal Share with Nephew London & Niece fanny Roads |
| 0192: | to come for no part of Stock in She's enough before M[↑rs] Roads |
| 0193: | that House in Cannon S[t] not to have y[e] benefit till all |
| 0194: | my Debts a paid |
| 0195: | |
| 0196: | Joanna Lucas |
| 0197: | |
| 0198: | 26th October 1772 |
| 0199: | |
| 0200: | On which Day Appeared personally Rachel |
| 0201: | Edwards of the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square |
| 0202: | in the County of Middlesex Spinster and Martha Bates |
| 0203: | Wife of John Bales of the Parish of Saint Gregory |
| 0204: | London Vintner and Severally made Oath as follows, to wit, |
| 0205: | that they well knew and were acquainted with Joanna |
| 0206: | Lucas late of Henley upon Thames in the County of |
| 0207: | Oxford Widow deceased and have often seen her write and |
| 0208: | also Subscribe her name and thereby became well |
| 0209: | Acquainted with her manner and Character of Hand Writing |
| 0210: | and Subscription and they having now Carefully Viewed |
| 0211: | the Paper Writing hereunto annexed Consisting of two Sheets |
| 0212: | purporting to be and Contain the last Will and Testament |
| 0213: | of the said Joanna Lucas deceased and bearing date the |
| 0214: | [left blank] Day of December in the year of our Lord |
| 0215: | One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Seven, and more |
| 0216: | particularly observed the words, "the Best & tongs" |
| 0217: | interlined between the Nineteenth and Twentieth lines |
| 0218: | of the fisrt Sheet, the words, "one dressing Table |
| 0219: | Glass upon it in my Room & the red Curtains in y[e] Draws |
| 0220: | in my Room" - between the Twenty Second and Twenty |
| 0221: | third lines of the said Sheet and the words - "I give |
| 0222: | fanny y[e] Close Stool in my Chamber" - wrote at the |
| 0223: | bottom of the said first Sheet so depose that they do |
| 0224: | verily and in their Consciences believe the said words so |
| 0225: | interlined and wrote as aforesaid in the said first sheet of |
| 0226: | the said Will and above recited to be all of the proper |
| 0227: | hand writing of the said Joanna Lucas Widow deceased And |
| 0228: | these Deponents further say that they have carefully |
| 0229: | Viewed and observed the Writing at the bottom of the said Will |
| 0230: | on the Second Sheet thereof beginning thus - 25. [↑1771] September |
| 0231: | I desire Frances Rowde Oxford", and ending thus, " till |
| 0232: | all my Debts a paid" - and thus subscribed - Joanna |
| 0233: | Lucas - and purporting to be a Codicil to the said Last |
| 0234: | Will and Testament of the said Joanna Lucas, and that |
| 0235: | they do verily and in their Consciences believe the whole body |
| 0236: | and Series of the said Writing or Codicil and the name |
| 0237: | Joanna Lucas thereto set and Subscribed to be all of the |
| 0238: | Proper Hand Writing of the aforenamed Joanna Lucas |
| 0239: | Widow deceased, |
| 0240: | |
| 0241: | Rachel Edwards |
| 0242: | Martha Bates |
| 0243: | |
| 0244: | Same Day, the said Rachel Edwards Spinster and Martha |
| 0245: | Bates (Wife of John Bates) were duly sworn to the Truth |
| 0246: | of the premisses before me |
| 0247: | |
| 0248: | W[illia]m Wynne Surrogate |
| 0249: | |
| 0250: | present Hen[ry] Major Not[ary] Pub[lick] |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 16th September 2013 |
| Date modified: | 02nd May 2014 |
Comments
Day of will not given. In the copy from which this transcript has been made the Testatrix's signature to the Will is not recorded. The intentions of the purported codicils are in some cases unclear.