Will of John Havergill
Occupation
- 214: Innkeeper, Hotel Keeper, Publican
Location
Innholder of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/630 |
| First date: | 20 March 1722/3 |
| Probate date: | 19 June 1729 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Thomas Ovey |
| (of Henley, Gentleman; friend; joint executor) | |
| Executor: | William Brookes |
| (of Henley, brewer; friend; joint executor) | |
| Witness: | William Forster |
| Witness: | Henry Carter |
| Witness: | George Plukenett |
| (son in law of Testator and beneficiary in Will) | |
| Court Official: | John Audley |
| Court Official: | John Bettesworth |
Bequests
To: Elizabeth Havergill (Wife)
To my wife the new property on the east side of North Street alias Bell Street for her life now in the occupation of Richard Weller and after her death to my son John Havergill To my wife my other new property on North Street alias Bell Street in the occupation of Henry Wright and after her death to my son John Havergill To my wife the property known by the sign of the Butchers Arms in Market Place in the occupation of John Eeles Barber for her life and after her death to my son Jonathan Wickham Havergill
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Thomas Havergill (Son)
To my son Thomas Havergill the property at Sidenham in the parish of Burnham, Bucks, purchased from Richard Wilder late of Henley after the decease of "one Bannister" wife of "one Bannister" who is now in possession
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Elizabeth Havergill (Daughter)
To my daughter Elizabeth Havergill two hundred pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: George Plukenett (Son in law)
To my son in law George Plukenett Ten pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: George Wolstenholm Plukenett (Grand son)
To George Wolstenholm Plukenett son of my son in law George Plukenett Thirty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Children (unspecified)
To all my children equally with the exception of such of my household goods as my wife shall choose for the furnishing of her room
Bequest Types
To: Elizabeth Havergill (Wife)
To my wife such of my household goods as she shall choose for the furnishing of one room for her own use
Bequest Types
Names
To: Thomas Ovey
To Thomas Ovey, my executor, ten shillings to buy a ring
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Brooks
To William Brooks, my executor, ten shillings to buy a ring
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I John Havergill of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxon |
| 0003: | Innholder being of sound Mind Memory and understanding thanks be |
| 0004: | give to Almighty God for the same do make ordain and declare this |
| 0005: | my last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following And |
| 0006: | First and principally I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty |
| 0007: | God who gave it trusting through the Meritts and Mediation of my |
| 0008: | Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ eternally to be saved and as touching |
| 0009: | my temporal Estate which God hath pleased to bless me with I give |
| 0010: | devise and bequeath the same as followeth vizt Imprimis I give |
| 0011: | devise and bequeath unto my affectionate Wife Elizabeth Havergill |
| 0012: | All that new erected Messuage or Tenement with the Garden |
| 0013: | Backside and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging scituate |
| 0014: | standing and being on the East side of a certain Street in Henley |
| 0015: | upon Thames aforesaid called North Street alias Bell Street and |
| 0016: | now in the Tenure or Occupation of Richard Weller To hold unto |
| 0017: | my said Wife and her Assigns for and during the Term of her |
| 0018: | natural life and from and immediately after her decease I give |
| 0019: | devise and bequeath the said Messuage or Tenement with the |
| 0020: | Garden Backside and other Appurtenances to the same belonging to |
| 0021: | my son John Havergill his Heirs and Assigns for ever Item I |
| 0022: | give devise and bequeath unto my said affectionate Wife all that |
| 0023: | my other new erected Messuage or Tenement with the Garden |
| 0024: | Backside Grainary and other Appurtenances to the same belonging |
| 0025: | scituate standing and being in the said Street called North Street |
| 0026: | alias Bell Street in Henley upon Thames aforesaid and now in |
| 0027: | the Tenure or Occupation of Henry Wright To Hold unto my |
| 0028: | said Wife and her Assigns for and during the Term of her natural |
| 0029: | life and from and immediately after her decease I give devise and |
| 0030: | bequeath the said last mentioned Messuage or Tenement with the |
| 0031: | Garden Backside Grainary and other Appurtenances to the same |
| 0032: | belonging unto my said son John Havergill his Heirs and Assigns |
| 0033: | for ever Item I give devise and bequeath unto my said affectionate |
| 0034: | Wife All that Messuage or Tenement with the Appurtenances |
| 0035: | commonly called or knowne by the Sign of the Butchers Arms |
| 0036: | scituate standing and being in the Market Place in Henley upon |
| 0037: | Thames aforesaid and now in the tenure or Occupation of John |
| 0038: | Eeles Barber To hold unto my said Wife and her Assigns for |
| 0039: | and during the Term of her natural life and from and immediately |
| 0040: | after her decease I give devise and bequeath the said last mentioned |
| 0041: | Messuage or Tenement with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging |
| 0042: | unto my Son Jonathan Wickham Havergill his Heirs and Assigns |
| 0043: | for ever Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Son Thomas |
| 0044: | Havergill all that Messuage or Tenement Lands and other the |
| 0045: | Appurtenances thereunto belonging scituate standing and being at |
| 0046: | Sidenham in the parish Burnham in the County of Bucks which I |
| 0047: | purchased of Richard Wilder late of the Parish of Henley upon |
| 0048: | Thames aforesaid Yeoman and all my Estate Right Title and |
| 0049: | Interest therein both in Law and Equity To Hold to my said Son |
| 0050: | Thomas Havergill and his Heirs for ever from and immediately |
| 0051: | after the decease of one [left blank] Bannister Wife of one |
| 0052: | Bannister who is now in possession thereof Item I give devise and |
| 0053: | bequeath unto my loving Daughter Elizabeth Havergill the Sum of |
| 0054: | Two hundred pounds of [↑good] lawful money of Great Brittain to be paid |
| 0055: | her within six Months after my decease by my Executors herein |
| 0056: | after named Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Son in Law |
| 0057: | George Plukenett the Sum of Ten pounds of good and lawful money |
| 0058: | of Great Brittain to be payd within six Months [↑next] after my decease |
| 0059: | by my Executors herein after named Item I give devise and |
| 0060: | bequeath unto George Wolstenholm Plukenett Son of my said |
| 0061: | Son in Law George Plukenett the full Sum of Thirty pounds of |
| 0062: | good and lawful money of Great Brittain to be paid to him within |
| 0063: | six Months next after my decease by my Executors herein after |
| 0064: | named Item my Will and Meaning is that neither of my said |
| 0065: | Sons shall at any time sell or Mortgage or any ways incumber any or |
| 0066: | either of the Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and |
| 0067: | premisses hereby bequeathed them but shall descend free from |
| 0068: | Incumbrances to the Heirs of the respective Bodyes of my said |
| 0069: | Sons and for want of Issue of my said Sons then to my Right |
| 0070: | Heirs for ever Item all the Rest and Residue of my Goods |
| 0071: | Chattles Leases Debts and personal Estate whatsoever (my Debts |
| 0072: | Legacyes and Funerall Expences being first payd and discharged) |
| 0073: | I give devise and bequeath unto all my Children equally to be |
| 0074: | divided amongst them except only such of my Household Goods |
| 0075: | which my said Wife shall think fitting to choose for the furnishing |
| 0076: | of one Room for her own Use when ever she shall please to |
| 0077: | remove or to goe to live privately by her self which I do hereby |
| 0078: | give devise and bequeath unto her for that purpose Item my Will |
| 0079: | and pleasure is that in case any of my said Children shall happen |
| 0080: | to dye without Issue before they or either of them shall receive |
| 0081: | his her or their Legacy and Share of the Residue of my |
| 0082: | personal Estate hereby before bequeathed to them that then and |
| 0083: | in such Case my Will and Meaning is that the Legacy or Share |
| 0084: | of him her or them so dyeing shall goe to and be equally divided |
| 0085: | between my surviving Children Share and Share alike Item I |
| 0086: | give devise and bequeath unto my Executors herein after named the |
| 0087: | Sum of ten Shillings each to buy them a Ring Item Lastly I |
| 0088: | hereby nominate constitute and appoint my loving Friends Thomas |
| 0089: | Ovey of Henley upon Thames aforesaid Gentleman and William |
| 0090: | Brookes of Henley upon Thames aforesaid Brewer full and sole |
| 0091: | Executors of this my last Will and Testament And I do hereby |
| 0092: | also revoke all former and other Will or Wills heretofore made |
| 0093: | or published by me and do declare this to be my last Will and |
| 0094: | Testament only In Witness whereof I the said John Havergill |
| 0095: | have to this my last Will and Testament being written in two |
| 0096: | sheets of paper to each Sheet I sett my Hand and Seal this |
| 0097: | twentyeth day of March in the ninth Year of the Reign of our |
| 0098: | Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God of Great Brittain |
| 0099: | France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c annoq[ue] D[omi]ni |
| 0100: | one thousand seven hundred and twenty two |
| 0101: | |
| 0102: | John Havergill |
| 0103: | Signed Sealed published and declared by the said John Havergill |
| 0104: | the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the |
| 0105: | presence of us who subscribed our Names in the presence of the |
| 0106: | said testator |
| 0107: | W[illia]m Forster |
| 0108: | Henry Carter |
| 0109: | Geo[rge] Plukenett Exr |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 19th February 2013 |
| Date modified: | 30th March 2014 |