Will of Matthew Chessall
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Gentleman of Henley
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/1231 |
| First date: | 1 March 1791 |
| Probate date: | 18 April 1793 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | William Harrison Chessall |
| Relationship: | Son |
| Executor: | Matthew Chessall |
| Relationship: | Son |
| Witness: | William Fisher |
| Witness: | Bennett Smith |
| Witness: | Richard Pauling |
| Court Official: | John Fisher |
| Court Official: | William Wynne |
Bequests
To: William Harrison Chessall (Son)
To my son William Harrison Chessall my property in Hart Street, Henley now occupied by ....... Nix for ever.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Elizabeth Chessall (Daughter)
To my sons William Harrison Chessall and Matthew Chessall, nine hundred pounds part of my consolidated three per cent Bank Annuities on Trust that they pay the interest or dividends to my daughter Elizabeth Chessall and after her death, the sum of nine hundred pounds to be given to my son Matthew Chessall. I give my daughter the sum of ten pounds.
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Harrison Chessall; Matthew Chessall (Sons)
All the rest and residue of my estate to be given to my sons William Harrison Chessall and Matthew Chessall to be held as tenants in common and not joint tenants.
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | This is the Last Will |
| 0002: | and Testament of me Matthew Chessall of Henley upon |
| 0003: | Thames in the County of Oxford Gentleman I give |
| 0004: | and devise unto my Son William Harrison Chessall |
| 0005: | my Messuage or Tenement situate in Hart Street in |
| 0006: | Henley aforesaid now Occupied by [left blank] Nix |
| 0007: | To hold to my said Son his Heirs and Assigns |
| 0008: | for ever I give to my said Son William Harrison |
| 0009: | Chessall and my Son Matthew Chessall of the Parish |
| 0010: | of Saint Clement Danes Gentleman nine hundred Pounds |
| 0011: | part of my Consolidated three Per Centum Bank |
| 0012: | Annuities Upon Trust that they do and shall pay |
| 0013: | the Interest or Dividends thereof to my Daughter |
| 0014: | Elizabeth Chessall for her life and after her decease |
| 0015: | I give the said Nine hundred Pounds three Per |
| 0016: | Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities to my said Son |
| 0017: | Matthew Chessall I give to my said Daughter Ten |
| 0018: | Pounds and to my Sister two Guineas All the |
| 0019: | Rest Residue and Remainder of my Freehold and also |
| 0020: | my Leasehold and all other my Personal Estate |
| 0021: | and Effects of what nature or kind soever or |
| 0022: | wheresoever I give devise and bequeath unto my |
| 0023: | said Sons William Harrison and Matthew To hold |
| 0024: | to them their Heirs Executors Administrators and |
| 0025: | Assigns for ever equally share and share alike according |
| 0026: | to the nature of my Estates therein as Tenants |
| 0027: | in Common and not as Joint Tenants I appoint |
| 0028: | my said Sons Executors of this my Will In |
| 0029: | Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand |
| 0030: | and Seal the first day of March in the Year |
| 0031: | of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and |
| 0032: | ninety one. |
| 0033: | Matt[he]w Chessall [Seal] |
| 0034: | Signed Sealed published |
| 0035: | and declared by the said Matthew Chessall as his |
| 0036: | last Will and Testament in the presence of us |
| 0037: | who at his request in his presence and in |
| 0038: | each others Subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto |
| 0039: | |
| 0040: | W[illia]m Fisher |
| 0041: | Bennett Smith |
| 0042: | R[ichar]d Pauling |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 26th June 2013 |
| Date modified: | 09th February 2014 |
Comments
Note also a legacy to the Testator's un-named sister