Will of Mary Barker
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 11/1143 |
| First date: | 27 April 1786 |
| Probate date: | 20 June 1786 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | John Palmer Boteler |
| (Friend of the testatrix) | |
| Witness: | Mary Toovey |
| Witness: | Thomas Palmer |
| Witness: | Thomas Thompson |
| Court Official: | John Michell |
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
Bequests
To: John Palmer Boteler (Friend)
To my friend John Palmer Boteler, all my personal estate except the legacies, and a blue enamelled ring with 'brilliants', and a sapphire with initals CB; and a canvas bag
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Parker
To (Lady) Ann Parker, wife of Sir Hide Parker, a pair of diamond earrings, a handkerchief pin, a diamond ring, a ruby ring set with rubies and diamonds, a miniature picture of her father, an Egyptian pebble snuff box set in gold and my other rings, garnets, trinkets, bracelets except an emerald ring set round with 'brilliants'; also all the sable in my possession
Bequest Types
Names
To: Jane Sarah Newel (Daughter)
To my daughter Jane Sarah Newel, wife of the Reverend Samuel Newel, of Ickford in Oxfordshire, an emerald ring set with 'brilliants'; also a miniature picture given her by my grandmother Mrs. ?Hood, and my wearing apparel such as linen, lace, cloths to be equally divided with Miss Mary Ann Gardner my grandaughter
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Ann Gardner (Grand daughter)
To my grandaughter, Mary Ann Gardner, an equal share of my wearing apparel, with my daughter Jane Sarah Newel, and also my chintz dimity and my watch and seals
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | I Mary Barker [↑Widow] |
| 0002: | of the parish of Henley on Thames Oxfordshire in |
| 0003: | Rotherfield Grays district being in sound Mind make this |
| 0004: | my last Will and Testament Item I do here constitute |
| 0005: | and appoint my dear Friend John Palmer Boteler Esq[ui]r[e] my |
| 0006: | whole and sole Executor to this my said Will he shall |
| 0007: | not be accountable to any one Item I give to the said |
| 0008: | John Palmer Boteler Esqr all and every my personal |
| 0009: | Estate of every kind in Money plate Goods and as well |
| 0010: | as evry thing I may be possessed of at the time of my |
| 0011: | decease [↑except the four Legacies hereafter mentioned] I Trust he will pay the few Debts I may leave |
| 0012: | that I may be interred with as little Expence as possible |
| 0013: | Item I give the said John Palmer Boteler Esqr a blue |
| 0014: | Enamelled Ring set Round with Brilliants and a Sappher |
| 0015: | of the same with the Enetials of CB given me by him |
| 0016: | as a remembrance of his Brother Cha[rle]s Item I give the |
| 0017: | said JPB Esq[ui]r[e] a Canvas Bag which is in my Bureau |
| 0018: | in my Closet of my Bed Room Item I give to my Daughter |
| 0019: | Ann Parker Wife of Sir Hide Parker Knight a pair of |
| 0020: | Diamond Ear Rings a Handkerchief pin a Diamond Ring |
| 0021: | a Ruby ditto set round with Rubys and Diamonds a |
| 0022: | miniature picture of her Father an Egyptian Pebble Snuff |
| 0023: | Box set in Gold and also [↑all] my other Rings Garnets |
| 0024: | Trinkets Bracelets except an Emerald Ring set round |
| 0025: | with Briliants which I give to my Daughter Jane Sarah |
| 0026: | Newel Wife of the Rev[eren]d Samuel Newell of Ickford in |
| 0027: | Oxfordshire also I give to my aforesaid Daughter Newel |
| 0028: | a Miniature picture given her by my Grandmother Mrs [?Hood] Item |
| 0029: | I give all my Wearing Apparel of all sorts to be such |
| 0030: | as Linnen Lace Cloths etc to equally divided between Mrs |
| 0031: | Jane Sarah Newel and Miss Mary Ann Gardner my Grand |
| 0032: | Daughter as also my Chintz Dimity knowing she will regard |
| 0033: | it for my sake Item I give to my said Grandaughter |
| 0034: | Mary Ann Gardner my Watch and Seals Item I give Ann |
| 0035: | Parker aforementioned all the Sable which may be found |
| 0036: | in my possession I beg the favor of Lady Parker my |
| 0037: | Daughter to take the trouble of dividing the above Cloaths |
| 0038: | equally between Mrs Newell and Miss Gardner So endeth |
| 0039: | the last Will and Testament of Mary Barker Widow of the |
| 0040: | within mentioned Place |
| 0041: | |
| 0042: | Mary Barker [her seal] |
| 0043: | |
| 0044: | Signed Sealed |
| 0045: | published and declared to be the last Will and Testament |
| 0046: | of Mary Barker widow of Henley on Thames Oxfordshire |
| 0047: | in the presence of us who [↑do] here set our Hands and |
| 0048: | Seals the in the twenty sixth year of the Reign of |
| 0049: | Our Sovereign Lord the King ye 27th of Apr[i]l 1786 |
| 0050: | |
| 0051: | Mary Toovey |
| 0052: | Thomas Palmer |
| 0053: | Thomas Thompson |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 09th April 2013 |
| Date modified: | 19th January 2014 |