Will of Margaret Wickham
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 11/1163 |
| First date: | 31 August 1783 |
| Probate date: | 07 February 1788 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | John Gregson |
| Relationship: | Nephew |
| (Also a trustee) | |
| Executor: | William Carr |
| Relationship: | Nephew |
| (Also a trustee) | |
| Witness: | T Cooper |
| (Witnessed will and codicil) | |
| Witness: | Thomas Ford |
| (Witnessed will and codicil) | |
| Witness: | J Platt |
| (Witnessed will only) | |
| Witness: | Francis Moon |
| (Witnessed codicil only) | |
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
Bequests
To: Mary Cluff (Servant)
To my servant, Mary Cluff, my coal, candles, wines and spirits in my house; and one hundred pounds. During her lifetime, Mary Cluff to receive the income and profits from my two houses and other investments and securities, and after her death my trustees to sell both houses and after investing the proceeds, to pay the interest and dividends to my sister Ann Carr and her husband William, equally for their joint lives. After their deaths, the monies and stocks to be shared equally between my nephews and nieces. Also to Mary Cluff all my black and grey clothes, plain muslin, linen, shifts, clothes, aprons and handkerchiefs.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Gregson; Alice Wilson (Sisters)
After the death of my servant Mary Cluff, my trustees to sell both my houses and to pay my sisters, Elizabeth Gregson and Alice Wilson, twenty pounds each before investing the remaining proceeds.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Carr; Catherine Walker (Nieces)
To my niece, Ann Carr, my gold watch, laced linen, white silk and gowns; and my two diamond rings. My household and table linen to be divided between Ann Carr and my niece Catherine Walker.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Theodora Gildart
To Theodora Gidart my diamond hooped ring
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Case
To Mrs Mary Case of Liverpool, my large diamond mourning ring
Bequest Types
Names
To: Catherine Walker (Niece)
To my niece Catherine Walker, one diamond ring and a share of my household and table linen to be divided between her and my niece Ann Carr
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Gregson; William Carr (Nephews)
The rest of my clothes not disposed of, my money in the house and dividends from my investments and pension from the Navy Office to my nephews John Gregson and William Carr
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Margaret Wickham of Henley upon Thames in the County |
| 0003: | of Oxford Widow being in Good Health and of sound and |
| 0004: | disposing mind memory and understanding considering the |
| 0005: | uncertainty of this transitory Life do therefore make |
| 0006: | publish and declare this my last Will and Testament |
| 0007: | in manner and form following (that is to say) First I |
| 0008: | desire that my Executors hereinafter named will immediately |
| 0009: | after my decease deliver all and every my wearing Apparel |
| 0010: | Laces Rings and Jewells to such person or persons as I |
| 0011: | shall name in any Testamentary or other Bit or Slip of |
| 0012: | paper for that purpose I give and bequeath unto my |
| 0013: | Old and Faithful servant Mary Cluff All my Coals Candles |
| 0014: | Wines and other Liquors of whatsoever sort or kind to |
| 0015: | and for her own use and benefit Also I give and |
| 0016: | bequeath unto the said Mary Cluff the sum of one hundred |
| 0017: | pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid to |
| 0018: | her out of my Estates within one Month next after my |
| 0019: | decease in liew and Full satisfaction of all Monies which |
| 0020: | I shall owe her at the time of my decease I give |
| 0021: | devise and bequeath unto my Nephew John Gregson |
| 0022: | and to my Nephew William Carr their Heirs Executors |
| 0023: | Administrators and Assigns All that my House wherein |
| 0024: | I now dwell situate at Henley upon Thames aforesaid |
| 0025: | together with the plate Household Linen China and |
| 0026: | Furniture thereunto belonging And also the House situate |
| 0027: | at the Bottom of my Garden now in the Possession of |
| 0028: | [left blank] Champion and also all the residue of my |
| 0029: | ready Money Securities for Money Monies in the public |
| 0030: | Funds Debts to me owing and of all and singular my |
| 0031: | Estates both real and personal not hereinbefore by me |
| 0032: | disposed of my Debts and Funeral Expences being first fully |
| 0033: | paid and satisfied To hold the same unto and to the |
| 0034: | use of the said John Gregson and William Carr their |
| 0035: | Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns Upon the Trusts |
| 0036: | following (that is to say) In the first place to permit |
| 0037: | and suffer or otherwise to sufficiently Authorize and |
| 0038: | Impower the said Mary Cluff and her Assigns to have |
| 0039: | receive and take the Rents Issues dividends Interest and |
| 0040: | produce thereof for and during the term of her natural |
| 0041: | Life to and for her and their own use and benefit And |
| 0042: | from and after her decease Then Upon Trust that they |
| 0043: | the said John Gregson and William Carr and the Survivor |
| 0044: | of them and the Heirs Executors and Administrators of |
| 0045: | such Survivor do and shall as soon as conveniently |
| 0046: | may be after the decease of the said Mary Cluff sell and |
| 0047: | dispose of the said Messuages or Tenements and Furniture |
| 0048: | either by Public or Private Sale for the most Money and |
| 0049: | best Price or Prices that can be reasonably gotten for the |
| 0050: | same and out of the Monies arising from such Sale in the |
| 0051: | first place do and shall pay unto my Sisters Elizabeth |
| 0052: | Gregson and Alice Wilson the Sum of twenty pounds |
| 0053: | each of lawful Money of Great Britain and after |
| 0054: | payment thereof do and shall lay out and Invest the |
| 0055: | residue of the Monies arising from such sale or sales together |
| 0056: | with such other part of my Personal Estate as shall |
| 0057: | remain in their Hands in the Public Stocks or Funds or |
| 0058: | upon Government Securities not being annuities for Lives |
| 0059: | or determinable on a certain Number of Years or on |
| 0060: | real Securities at Interest Upon Trust to permit and suffer |
| 0061: | or otherwise to sufficiently authorize and impower my Sister |
| 0062: | Ann Carr and my Brother William Carr to have |
| 0063: | receive and take the Interest dividends and produce |
| 0064: | thereof equally between them share and share alike for |
| 0065: | and during the term of their Joint natural Lives and |
| 0066: | from and after the decease of either of them my said Sister |
| 0067: | Ann Carr or my said Brother William Carr Then to permit |
| 0068: | and suffer the Survivor of them to have receive and take |
| 0069: | the Interest dividends and produce thereof for and during |
| 0070: | the term of her or his natural Life But my Will is that |
| 0071: | if my said Brother William Carr shall at any time sell |
| 0072: | or otherwise dispose of his Interest therein Then I direct |
| 0073: | that the Right or Interest of my said Brother therein |
| 0074: | and thereto shall cease and determine and if my said |
| 0075: | Sister Ann Carr shall be then living then the whole of |
| 0076: | such Interest dividends and produce shall go and be |
| 0077: | paid to my said Sister Ann Carr for and during the |
| 0078: | term of her natural Life and from and after the decease |
| 0079: | of the Survivor of them or in Case my said Brother |
| 0080: | William Carr shall survive my said Sister Ann Carr and |
| 0081: | shall have disposed of his Interest therein Then Upon Trust |
| 0082: | to pay Assign transfer and distribute the said Trust Monies |
| 0083: | on the Stocks and Securities in which the same shall be |
| 0084: | Invested unto and amongst all and every my Nephews |
| 0085: | and Nieces who shall be then living Children of my Brothers |
| 0086: | and Sisters equally between them share and share alike |
| 0087: | And I do hereby direct that my said Trustees shall not be |
| 0088: | answerable one for the other of them or for the Heirs |
| 0089: | Executors or Administrators Acts Deeds Receipts Disbursements |
| 0090: | and defaults of the other but each for [↑himself his Heirs |
| 0091: | Ex[ecut]ors or Adm[inistrat]ors Acts or Deeds] Receipts Disbursements |
| 0092: | and defaults only And that my said Trustees or either of |
| 0093: | them shall not be answerable or accountable for any Loss |
| 0094: | which may happen to the Trust Monies unless the same |
| 0095: | happen through his or their Wilful neglect or default and |
| 0096: | that my said Trustees shall and may deduct retain |
| 0097: | and reimburse to him and themselves out of the said |
| 0098: | Trust Monies all such Costs Charges Damages and |
| 0099: | Expences as they or either of them shall pay expend |
| 0100: | or be put unto for or by reason of or in the Execution |
| 0101: | of the Trusts hereby in them reposed And for the more |
| 0102: | easy effecting the sale of my said real Estates I do hereby |
| 0103: | will and direct that the Receipt and Receipts of my |
| 0104: | said Trustees or the survivor of them and his Heirs |
| 0105: | shall be a sufficient discharge to a purchaser or |
| 0106: | purchasers thereof and that such purchaser or purchasers |
| 0107: | shall not be answerable or accountable for the |
| 0108: | misapplication or nonapplication of the purchase Money |
| 0109: | or any part thereof And I do hereby nominate constitute |
| 0110: | and appoint my said Nephews John Gregson and William |
| 0111: | Carr Executors of this my Will hereby revoking all former |
| 0112: | and other Will and Wills by me at any time heretofore |
| 0113: | made declare this and this only to be my true last Will |
| 0114: | and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Margaret |
| 0115: | Wickham the Testatrix have to this my last Will and |
| 0116: | Testament contained in three Sheets of paper to each of |
| 0117: | the said sheets set my hand and seal the thirty first day |
| 0118: | of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven |
| 0119: | hundred and eighty three |
| 0120: | |
| 0121: | Marg[are]t Wickham [Seal] |
| 0122: | Signed Sealed |
| 0123: | published and declared by the above named Margaret |
| 0124: | Wickham the Testatrix as and for her last Will and |
| 0125: | Testament in the presence of us who in her presence and |
| 0126: | at her request and in the presence of each other have |
| 0127: | subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto |
| 0128: | |
| 0129: | T Cooper |
| 0130: | Tho[ma]s Ford |
| 0131: | J Platt |
| 0132: | |
| 0133: | I Margaret Wickham the above |
| 0134: | named Testatrix being of sound and disposing mind memory |
| 0135: | and understanding but having met with a misfortune which |
| 0136: | confines me to my Bed and not having made any Testamentary |
| 0137: | disposition of my wearing apparel Laces Rings and Jewels |
| 0138: | as alluded to in my above Will do therefore by this |
| 0139: | Codicil to my said Will which I hereby direct shall be |
| 0140: | considered and taken as a part thereof as fully and |
| 0141: | effectually to all Intents and purposes as if the same |
| 0142: | had been inserted therein declare my mind and desire as |
| 0143: | Follows First I desire to be privately buried in the Church |
| 0144: | yard of Fawley in the County of Bucks and that there be |
| 0145: | used a Hearse and one Mourning Coach only Also that |
| 0146: | Mr Benjamin Moorhouse of Henley upon Thames Cabinet |
| 0147: | maker be employed to make my Coffin and Mr Samuel |
| 0148: | Allnutt of Henly upon Thames aforesaid Linen Draper be |
| 0149: | employed as undertaker in Furnishing my Funeral Also I |
| 0150: | desire my Executors named in my above Will to deliver |
| 0151: | immediately after my decease all and every my said |
| 0152: | wearing apparel Laces Rings and Jewells to the several |
| 0153: | persons following (that is to say) To my Niece Ann Carr |
| 0154: | my Gold Watch my Laced Linen and my White Silk and |
| 0155: | Striped Lutestring Gowns to Miss Theodora Gildart my diamond |
| 0156: | hoop Ring to Mrs Mary Case of Liverpool my large |
| 0157: | Diamond Mourning Ring to My Niece Mrs Catherine |
| 0158: | Walker one other of my Diamond Rings To my said |
| 0159: | Niece Ann Carr my other or remaining two diamond |
| 0160: | Rings And to my said servant Mary Cluff all my Black |
| 0161: | and Grey Cloaths my plain Muslin Linen Shifts Cloaths |
| 0162: | Aprons Handkerchiefs and all and singular other my |
| 0163: | wearing apparel not hereinbefore by me disposed of And |
| 0164: | all such Ready Money which I shall have in the House |
| 0165: | at my decease and the Dividends then due to me from |
| 0166: | my Monies in the Funds and for my pension from the |
| 0167: | Navy Office And as to my Household and Table Linen by |
| 0168: | my above Will bequeathed amongst the residue of my |
| 0169: | Personal Estate to my Nephews John Gregson and William |
| 0170: | Carr after the decease of the said Mary Cluff to be sold as |
| 0171: | therein mentioned I do hereby direct that my said Nephews |
| 0172: | John Gregson and William Carr their Executors Adm[inistrat]ors |
| 0173: | or Assigns do not after the decease of my said Servant |
| 0174: | Mary Cluff sell or dispose of my said Household and |
| 0175: | Table Linen but that they divide and deliver the same |
| 0176: | equally as near as may be to and between my said |
| 0177: | two Nieces Catherine Walker and Ann Carr And I do |
| 0178: | hereby ratify and confirm my said Will in all and every |
| 0179: | other respect In Witness whereof I the said Margaret |
| 0180: | Wickham the Testatrix have hereunto set my Hand and |
| 0181: | seal the twenty first Day of May in the Year of our |
| 0182: | Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four |
| 0183: | Marg[are]t Wickham [Seal] |
| 0184: | Signed Sealed published and declared by the |
| 0185: | above named Mar Wickham the Testatrix as and for |
| 0186: | a Codicil to be taken as part of her last Will and Testament |
| 0187: | in the presence of us who in her presence and at her request |
| 0188: | and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names |
| 0189: | as Witnesses thereto the following Words Viz. "And all such |
| 0190: | ready Money which I shall have in the House at my |
| 0191: | decease and the dividends then due to me from my Moneys |
| 0192: | in the Funds and for my pension from the Navy Office" being |
| 0193: | interlined before the Execution thereof |
| 0194: | T. Cooper |
| 0195: | Tho[ma]s Ford |
| 0196: | Fran[ci]s Moon |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Cynthia |
| Checked by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Date posted: | 09th November 2013 |
| Date modified: | 01st July 2014 |