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
Bequest Types
Names
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
Bequest Types
Names
To: Joseph Rackstraw (Son)
To my son Joseph one guinea
Bequest Types
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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
Bequest Types
Names
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 |