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Will of Katherine Rackstraw

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: ORO MSS Oxon Wills 57/3/48
First date: 29 September 1746
Probate date: 25 June 1753
Probate court: Henley

Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.

Executrix: Sarah Rackstraw
Witness: Fr[ancis] Blandy
Witness: Mary Tidd
Witness: William Mackworth Praed
Court Official: Dan[ie]l Burton
Court Official: Herbert Beaver

Bequests

To: Martha Rackstraw (Daughter)

To my daughter Martha Rackstraw fifty pounds to be paid within three months of my death

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To: Martha Rackstraw (Daughter)

To my daughter Martha all the furniture bed and bedding at the time of my death in the back room in my house called the Yellow Chamber

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To: Joseph Rackstraw (Son)

To my son Joseph one guinea

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To: Joseph Rackstraw (Grand son)

To my grandson Joseph (Rackstraw) one guinea to be paid to his fathers hands for his use

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To: Elizabeth Armstrong (Daughter)

To my daughter Elizabeth Armstrong one guinea

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To: unspecified (Grand children)

To the children of my daughter Elizabeth Armstrong one guinea each to be paid to their father for their separate use

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To: Sarah Rackstraw (Daughter)

All the rest and residue to my daughter Sarah Rackstraw

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Transcript

0001: In the name of God amen I Katherine Rackstraw
0002: of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxford widow Do make and
0003: Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following (vizt)
0004: Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Martha Rackstraw
0005: the Sum[me] of fifty pounds of good and lawfull money of Great Britain
0006: to be paid her within three Months next after my decease I also give
0007: to her my said Daughter Martha All the Furniture bed & bedding
0008: in and belonging and which shall at the tyme of my Decease be in &
0009: belong to the Back room in my now dwelling house called the Yellow
0010: Chamber Item I give to my Son Joseph one Guinea and to his Son
0011: Joseph one Guinea to be paid into his Fathers hands for the Sons use
0012: Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Armstrong one Guinea and to
0013: her Children one Guinea apiece to be paid unto their Fathers
0014: hands for their Seperate use whose receipt Shall be a Legall
0015: discharge for the same And Lastly all the rest and residue of
0016: my Estate Goods & Chattles wheresoever and whatsoever both reall
0017: & Personall I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah
0018: Rackstraw her heires Exec[uto]rs and Adm[inistrato]rs And do make & Ordain her my
0019: Said Daughter Sarah Rackstraw the full and Sole Executrix of this
0020: my Last Will and Testament Revoking all former Wills by me made
0021: I do publish and declare this to be my last Will & Testament In Witness
0022: whereof I the said Katharine Rackstraw the Testatrix have to this my last
0023: Will and Testament set by my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of
0024: September in the Year of our Lord 1746
0025: The mark of Kath[eri]n[e] K Rackstraw [Seal]
0026: Signed Sealed published declared and delivered by the S[ai]d
0027: Katharine Rackstraw the Testatrix as & for her last Will
0028: & Testament in the presence of us and then attested by us in
0029: her [pr]esence
0030:
0031: F[ranci]s Blandy
0032: Mary Tidd
0033: W[illia]m Mackworth Praed

Preparation of this entry

Post status: Published
Transcript by: Viv Greenwood
Author: Viv Greenwood
Checked by: Cynthia Robinson
Date posted: 23rd January 2013
Date modified: 10th May 2014